[You and Mordred begin to work together to pry open Old Man of the Mountain’s armor.
But facing the Grand Assassin’s heavy armor, you still feel willing but powerless.]
[Pass a difficult Strength check.]
A die fell before Eikou’s eyes.
[The die face read: EX]
Good heavens, a one-in-six chance, why another critical failure?
Could he be Darius’s cousin?
[You and Mordred failed to pry open Old Man of the Mountain’s armor.
Instead, because your bodies were too slippery from the lubricant, you lost your balance and accidentally fell.]
The two of them were still exerting themselves, prying at the armor, but their bodies began to slide uncontrollably.
And in the instant of falling, Mordred subconsciously grabbed Eikou by the back of his collar, pulling him down with her.
Bang!
The two of them tumbled together.
Although he fell, Eikou didn’t feel much pain, but his forehead definitely hit something very hard, and his hands felt a relatively soft and slippery sensation.
“Hiss…”
Eikou carefully opened his eyes.
That seemed to be Mordred’s forehead.
He looked at the golden-haired girl pressed beneath him, and couldn’t help but show a confused expression.
Then his gaze slowly moved down, seeing where his hands were placed: one hand rested on her slightly slender shoulder, while the other hand…
rested on her chest.
Eikou: “…”
How should he describe this feeling?
The touch was very soft and elastic.
Although it wasn’t very large, this experience was like entering a girl’s room.
Regardless of whether her room was clean and tidy, being able to enter a girl’s room was itself a kind of happiness.
You call this a critical failure?
This was clearly a critical success!
But Eikou changed his mind the next second, because he looked up at Mordred’s expression at that moment.
Her heroic and beautiful face was now flushed with a maiden’s shyness, her cheeks crimson, and her emerald eyes held a hint of bewilderment.
However, the most important thing was that her fists had already clenched subconsciously.
“…”
“…”
The two were silent.
Eikou silently stood up and bowed to her.
“Thank you for the hospitality.”
After saying that, he turned and ran without hesitation.
Boom!!
Only a loud bang was heard behind him, followed by a streak of crimson lightning that sped past him, instantly blocking his escape route.
Mordred appeared in front of him almost instantly, moving so fast it hardly seemed like the speed a B-rank Agility should possess.
“Mochizuki Eikou”
Crimson lightning surged all over Mordred’s body, which was the external manifestation of her Mana Burst.
In an instant, the entire VIP room was bathed in the blood-red glow of her magic.
A montage of his life already began to flash through Eikou’s mind.
“Mo-chan, let’s talk this over properly—” he quickly said.
Mordred walked a few steps towards him in silence.
“First, that was just an accident.
Second, when we fell, you were the one who pulled me down.
In other words, this is a story that you started…”
Upon hearing this, the crimson lightning on her body intensified.
As she walked forward, she picked up the sleeping Ivan the Terrible nearby, and relying on her B+ Strength, forcibly lifted him.
Eikou gasped, “Holy crap!
You’re going to use a guest as a weapon!”
Crimson, lightning-like Mana flowed over Ivan the Terrible’s body, but he was still snoring soundly, completely unaware, seemingly having become her weapon.
Eikou suddenly realized he had made a critical mistake.
At this moment, he shouldn’t have explained the reason first, because people don’t listen to explanations when they are angry, especially with Mordred’s personality.
At such a time, the right way was to soothe her emotions with pleasant words.
However, it was probably too late for that path…
Looking at the rebellious Knight walking closer step by step, brandishing Ivan the Terrible in her hand, and radiating intense pressure, he couldn’t help but sweat profusely, his heart pounding.
Damn it, he wasn’t going to be killed by Sessyoin, but by the mammoth in Mordred’s hand.
He glanced at the Old Man of the Mountain nearby; the latter was still unaffected by the outside world, incredibly steady.
He looked at the mammoth in her hand, then at his own empty hands, and finally at the Old Man of the Mountain nearby.
“Ah, I apologize for the offense…!”
He steeled himself, and with a ‘nothing ventured, nothing gained’ attitude, he abruptly grabbed the Old Man of the Mountain, who was already in meditation.
[You activated the skill “A Knight Does Not Die with Empty Hands C”.]
[You obtained the temporary weapon “Old Man of the Mountain”.]
“Come on, Mordred.
I’m ready to face your wrath.”
Eikou held the Old Man of the Mountain like a greatsword with both hands, adopting an attacking stance, and also began his Mana Burst.
He couldn’t help but wonder, although everyone treated Grand Servants as disposable bombs, would it really be okay to use him like this?
“Die, Eikou!” Mordred charged like a war chariot, raising Ivan the Terrible high and smashing him down.
Eikou raised the Grand Servant in his hand and also slashed fiercely towards her.
Question: What do you do if you accidentally make a friend angry?
Answer: Just take out the friend!
A while later…
Enma-tei, in the corridor of the VIP room.
Benienma and Tomoe Gozen walked along the long corridor.
“I didn’t expect guests to be so fond of cricket fighting lately, chu.”
“It’s quite normal,” Tomoe Gozen said.
“After all, most of the guests who come to Enma-tei are like us, Heroic Spirits from the Japanese Class.
Cricket fighting was very popular back then.”
“That’s true, chu.”
At this point, Benienma suddenly thought of the two Heroic Spirits from other classes today, Old Man of the Mountain and Ivan the Terrible, and couldn’t help but show a worried expression.
“Mr.
Li Shuwen, the massage therapist, is on leave today.
Will it be alright to leave it to the new intern, chu?
I’m a bit worried about his situation.
He’s so young, can he serve the guests thoughtfully, chu?”
“We’ll know if we go look.”
Just as they reached the door of the VIP room, Tomoe Gozen faintly heard a commotion inside.
She opened the door and took a look.
After seeing the scene inside, Tomoe Gozen silently closed the VIP room door again…
So strange, let me look again.
She opened the VIP room door again, carefully observing what was happening inside.
“Tomoe, what’s the situation inside, chu?” Benienma asked.
“How should I put it…” Tomoe Gozen showed a very perplexed expression and tried her best to describe what she saw.
“I saw a young man and woman, both covered in lubricant, standing on a waterbed, raising the guests high and fighting crickets with them.”
“???”
“Go to hell!!!” Two furious roars came from the VIP room.
Mordred and Eikou, each wielding a Grand Servant and a King of the Lostbelt, were locked in fierce combat.
The long tusks of a mammoth collided with the twin horns of King Hassan, erupting in a dazzling shower of sparks.
“What do they think of the guests, chu?!”