When Lancer came out of the 'dungeon', he was already wearing a set of black and white uniforms exclusive to the 'Yggdmillennia' family, but because Lancer was better at fighting than using magic, he didn't wear normal underwear but a body suit.
And in order to numb the other party, Lancer deliberately didn't restore his right arm, and the 'Alucard' that was originally tied to his right arm was also tied around his neck like a scarf.
In reality, Lancer never expected that the other party would actually return 'Alucard' and the Force Orb to him, but when he took 'Alucard' from the tray, a strange smile appeared on his face. He found that the amount of blood in Alucard had increased.
'It seems the other party didn't do nothing. I just don't know which unlucky person had their blood completely drained.'
As Lancer said before, his so-called 'joining Yggdmillennia' was just a temporary measure. Although he didn't know why the other party chose to believe him, he absolutely didn't believe the reason the other party gave before. After all, if you think about it, if it was just for the family, wouldn't it be simpler to detain him, and then when the Holy Grail War begins, use the Holy Grail ritual to forcibly summon a servant and have a 6-on-1 fight?
There must be a reason he didn't guess!
Lancer, who was following behind Darnic, had a flickering look in his eyes...
And Darnic himself didn't care at all. He walked into the castle hall with Lancer with his head held high, and when the two of them arrived, five people were already waiting there.
As soon as he walked through the door, Lancer attention was drawn to one person.
A round body, not a very tall height, and a face full of arrogance.
Lancer silently gave him a rating of 'probably won't survive three episodes', and the other party, after noticing Lancer gaze, also snorted and said nothing.
But at this moment, Darnic lightly tapped the floor with his staff.
"Everyone, please allow me to introduce you. This is 'Lancer Yggdmillennia', who has just joined our 'Yggdmillennia' family, and also the seventh master of this Holy Grail War."
When he said the name, Lancer expression became extremely strange. According to the habits of Europeans, he should have been called 'Lancer Yggdmillennia', but this name was simply too... bizarre. Lancer finally asked the other party to just call him 'Lancer Yggdmillennia'. Although it still felt a bit strange, at least it was just a bit awkward.
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With Darnic's introduction, the expressions of the remaining five people varied and could be divided into three categories.
The first category was the guy Lancer thought 'wouldn't survive three episodes'. He looked at Lancer with a look of displeasure. According to Darnic's introduction, the other party was named 'Gordes Musik Yggdmillennia'. He was originally a member of the 'Musik' family and was said to be second only to the Einzbern family (self-proclaimed) in the field of homunculi.
Although the other party said hello to Lancer under Darnic's gaze, anyone could see the contempt, after all, in most people's eyes, Lancer was a 'captive' before.
The second category was Caules and his sister, who had a rough understanding of Lancer strength.
Although Darnic's reputation in the magical world was not very good, his strength was there. He had personally seen Darnic, who had to summon his servant to save his life under Lancer quick attack, so he knew that even if Lancer was once captured, it was because he lost to a 'legendary hero', and for them, these ordinary magicians, he was still an existence to look up to.
So he was very cautious when shaking hands with Lancer, which, of course, made a certain fat man very unhappy.
As for his sister, Fiore, she had learned some things about Lancer from her brother, especially about Darnic. Sitting in her wheelchair, she looked at Lancer with some curiosity, seemingly wanting to see clearly how this man, who didn't look much older than her, was able to defeat Darnic.
And Lancer didn't know if it was his illusion, but when introducing this Fiore, that Darnic seemed very enthusiastic, calling her 'the most talented person of this generation in the Yggdmillennia family'.
The last third category was a boy who had been bored from the beginning and a woman who was dressed a bit revealingly.
The boy's name was 'Roche Frain Yggdmillennia'. According to Darnic, although his talent in magic was only average, he had a special fondness and talent for 'golems' and was the master of Caster this time.
He showed no concern for Lancer appearance and only wanted to go back to the Golem Factory to continue his studies.
As for the last woman, she showed some interest in Lancer, but Lancer had no interest in this kind of woman. But according to Darnic, this woman named 'Celenic Eskol Yggdmillennia' was the magician second only to him in the 'Yggdmillennia' family. Of course, she was also recruited, and according to Darnic, what this woman was good at was the most bizarre 'curse' type of magic, which made Lancer secretly raise her threat level by two grades in his heart.
"And finally, Mr. Lancer, please introduce yourself~ You are now our companion."
Facing Darnic's smiling face, Lancer couldn't help but feel a little disgusted, because he was too familiar with that smile. He had seen countless nobles with similar smiles when he was a general before.
But displeasure aside, the situation was stronger than him, so he still had to introduce himself as requested by the other party.
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After the brief meeting, Lancer was taken away by Darnic, who said he was going to show him around the place he would be staying.
And Celenic and Roche also left the room without hesitation after Darnic left. In the end, only the two siblings, Caules and Fiore, and that strange 'ball' remained.
"Hmph! How boring! He's just a captive. What is that man thinking!"
Gordes complained without hesitation almost as soon as the 'outsiders' left. In his opinion, the reason he joined 'Yggdmillennia' was just to revive his own family, and condescending to stay under that man was also for that wish, but now he was bringing a captive over? What did that mean? Was he looking down on him?!
"Uncle, that Mr. Lancer was actually subdued by Lancer, and Patriarch Darnic was almost defeated by him when he was careless, so..."
Caules didn't finish his sentence, but Gordes's expression became a bit ugly.
Although he was arrogant, it was also for the family. In terms of strength, he also knew that he was no match for Darnic, otherwise he wouldn't be in second place. Now that he heard Lancer was so strong, he had to swallow the harsh words he originally wanted to say.
And looking at the other party's single-armed message, Caules looked extremely helpless. Although his uncle's strength was not top-tier, in terms of a magician's strength, he was above average, but the other party's personality was something that made one not know what to say. He was still okay with them, the siblings, but he was too arrogant with others. Even with Darnic, his superior on the surface, he only maintained the most basic respect and didn't actually see the other party in his eyes.
As for the 'lineage' that the other party was so proud of, in Caules's opinion, it didn't have much meaning, especially after the battle between Lancer and Darnic, which made him deeply realize that in this world, only 'strength' was the most important.
'I hope my uncle can realize it soon...'
It wasn't that he didn't want to tell the other party, but that he couldn't. His uncle was extremely arrogant. If he told him, not only would he not be able to persuade the other party, but he might even anger the other party and make things worse.
"Sister, should we go back too?"
"Huh? Mmm."
Unlike her brother, Fiore had been looking down and thinking about something since the beginning. Only after Caules called her twice did she nod.
On the other side, Lancer was also wandering around the castle under Darnic's lead. The other party showed him all the functional areas of the castle and was about to send him back to his room to rest when...
"Mr. Darnic, you said you would take me to Caster to remove the magic before..."
"Did I say that? I'm sorry, I'm getting a bit old so my memory is not as good~ I'll take you there right away."
Before this, the two of them had a brief conversation, and Darnic also told the other party that he was actually over ninety years old. After all, his age was not a secret, so there was nothing to hide, but what he called 'getting old' was just boring acting in Lancer eyes, but he didn't expose the other party. After all, the two sides still had to maintain a superficial cooperation.
Lancer didn't know when this so-called 'cooperation' would break down, but he knew that the only thing he needed to do now was to use this time to gather enough information and gain the strength to fight the other party. As expected, it should end at the start of the Holy Grail War at the latest, right?
And when Lancer was brought back to the Golem Factory, he realized that Caster had been by his side the whole time.
'It's a good thing I didn't act recklessly back then, otherwise, it would have been a lot of trouble.'
But just as Lancer was sighing, he finally saw that Caster.
In Lancer impression, even if a servant hid their identity, they wouldn't cover themselves up too much, after all, in theory, unless they were from the same era, very few people could recognize them from their appearance, but this Caster in front of him was wearing a strange set of equipment. Not just his face, but his entire body was covered.
"Mr. Darnic? Is there something you need?"
"I apologize for the trouble, Caster. Please remove the magic on Lancer body."
"Simple."
"Snap~"
With a light snap of his fingers, Lancer suddenly felt as if something on his body had been released, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although even without magic power (blood aura), he could still have a lot of combat power, it was naturally best to have the restraints removed.
Under the gaze of Darnic and Caster, a frozen arm also appeared at the place where his broken arm was...
During this time, Lancer had been paying attention to Darnic's gaze. There was no doubt that he did this to give the other party the illusion that 'his arm needed magic power to be maintained'. Now, it seemed that the effect was not bad?