dea concentrated on taking notes. She could've used her 'Item Construction skill' to create a mystic code for Haruki. However, having known Haruki's goals of battling alongside her, she went an extra mile to give the mystic code an extra boost. Even she had to wrack her brain to make sothing durable enough to clash against a Noble Phantasm. Even her level of reinforcent wouldn't provide durability to last a few minutes against a mid-tier servant. From what she heard, all the Servants in this war were powerful.
Haruki felt like he could watch her all day without getting bored.
'Love is a powerful emotion.'
As much as he wanted to watch his beautiful servant, he had to sleep lest he ended up collapsing inside the dungeon. He couldn't kidnap Shirou under Rin's watch, so sleeping was the best use of his ti. He imdiately thought of going to the infirmary to steal a nap but shook off the idea. dea would wrap her 'shop' and follow him around. Sleeping here was a little price for having dea's handmade mystic code.
'Arch, can you create the tasks for summoning another servant and killing Zouken?'
Task #5: Third Summon
Objective: Summoning another servant.
Difficulty: C-Rank
Rewards: 1 X High-Rank Gacha Coupon
Would you like to accept this Task?
The difficulty drastically dropped this ti around. It was easy to guess who was responsible.
Artoria Pendragon.
She will make things easy for him, instead of raising the danger level.
Task #6: Payback
Objective: Kill Zouken Matou.
Difficulty: B-Rank
Rewards: 1 X Premium Gacha Coupon
Would you like to accept this Task?
B-Rank difficulty ant the old magus won't go down easily. He will have three servants at his call in a battle. The last thing he'd want is making a stupid mistake in overconfidence.
'What's high-rank gacha? What are other ranks?'
"Wait let find my list"
Haruki imagined Arch fumbling around her room for a tier list. It was a funny and unbelievable picture.
Rates of Gacha drops
Premium: Mythic item - 0.8%, Legendary item - 3.2%, Epic item - 10.4%, Super-Rare item - 85.6%
High-Rank: Legendary item - 0.5%, Epic item - 2.5%, Super-Rare item: 6.8%, Rare item - 90.2%
Mid-Rank: Epic item - 0.4%, Super-Rare item: 1.6%, Rare item - 5.9%, Uncommon item - 92.1%
Low-Rank: Super-Rare item: 0.3%, Rare item - 1.2%, Uncommon item - 5.5%, Common item - 93%
'What are these shitty pull rates?!'
Even the Fate ga had better rates for 5 stars than this system.
"I didn't want to give any Mythic items at all," Arch admitted. "but I can't go against my authority. You'll rely on the items instead of becoming strong yourself. Items are tools. What matters, in the end, is your fists."
He could understand what Arch wanted to convey.
"At first," Arch whispered. "I didn't expect you to give in to the temptation of power and **** won for authorities I knew the type of man you would be after death."
'And?'
"I still had so doubts but you didn't let down."
Getting acknowledged by Arch made his chest giddy.
'Glad to hear that. And I accept the tasks.'
He leaned his back against the wall and made himself comfortable. With a deep breath, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep.
***
The fourth period of the class ended, then ca the break. Sakura's most awaited mont in school ti, where she could show off her cooking skills to Haruki. Today, she had worked super hard on preparing the chicken ran for him.
With a smile, she walked toward the door, only for a classmate to take her hand.
"Matou-san, Matou-san, are you going out with Hayashi-Senpai?"
It was a cute girl with short black hair. Despite being classmates, Sakura didn't rember her na or the nas of the girls around the cute girl.
'I wish I was going out with him.'
Sakura gave a bitter smile. She had long realized Haruki never saw her as a woman, only as a family figure. Perhaps the worms writhing under her skin made him hesitate. She'd do anything to get a normal body.
'If only Grail could grant two wishes...'
Sakura pushed back the painful thoughts. "No. Haruki-Senpai is single"
"Ehhhh. I thought you two were dating."
Everyone in the school thought that. Sakura had gotten used to this peculiar relationship between her and Haruki. Closer than friends, yet not still a family.
"Want to have lunch with us?" asked a girl with tanned skin.
Sakura bowed. "Thank you for asking, but I have plans with Senpai."
"Okay"
The girls quietly left her, whispering things to each other.
Sakura sighed and walked to Haruki's class, only to find Rin standing outside, leaning against the wall with her arms crossed. She seed to be contemplating sothing.
Sakura couldn't find the courage to initiate a conversation. Having Haruki by her side helped a lot. She didn't disturb Rin and peeked into the class.
"Senpai isn't here," she whispered.
Standing a few ters away, Rin naturally heard Sakura.
"He is on the roof," Rin said, a tinge of frustration in her voice. "Having fun with his servant."
Sakura's mind went blank. Not all Masters shared a perfect spiritual bond with their Servant. They had to resort to sexual activities to share mana. That's why Masters preferred a servant of the opposite gender.
'Senpai wouldn't fall for that witch right?'
She was skeptical. After all, she had seen him dating won in the area. All of them were older than him and more experienced. dea gave her the sa vibes.
'I don't have any right to stop him'
She could still warn him about the legends of dea, the Witch of Betrayal. He most likely knew about his servant. A wake-up call wouldn't hurt anyone.
Rin saw Sakura's serious expression and covered her smug grin. 'It's my revenge, dummy. Sakura will hate you now.'
Even if it wasn't sex, Rin was confident Haruki would be doing sothing shady that he didn't want to show anyone.
"Rin Nee-san. I'll see you later."
Sakura bowed briefly before she turned and hurriedly walked toward the stairs. Rin followed her in a hurry to watch the drama unfold.
Sakura found the door locked, so she knocked. "Senpai."
dea, on the other side of the door, frowned. She could feel Sakura and Rin's presence.
'Annoying bugs'
She glanced at Haruki, who was sleeping with a soft smile on his face. He did it all because he didn't want to disturb her during her work. A strong urge to spoil him grew in her heart. She was quick to realize her growing attachnt to the young man.
'Gods, he is barely a fraction of my age. Am I really falling for a man this young?!'
She sighed and threw the feelings to the back of her head.
'I'll think about it after winning the war.'
Nothing would co to fruition if they didn't win. Her master had sworn to resurrect Kaede, and he might even sacrifice himself to achieve that.
'Extre love is the most dangerous thing in this universe'
People in extre love knew no limits. Whether it was slaying her family or burning a whole town, she had done it all before under Eros's spell.
"Senpai," Sakura called once again.
dea stored the tools in the imaginary space built inside her robes before she opened the door. Sakura and Rin walked past her and looked at Haruki sleeping soundly.
"Rin Nee-san, you're a liar."
Rin scratched her head. Of all things, she never predicted Haruki would be dozing off on the roof. His soft smile raised her heartbeat for so reason.
'He is really good-looking'
"Master, I never expected to hear it from you," Archer comnted, chuckling in her head.
Rin blushed a little. As Rin reached out to wake Haruki, Sakura grabbed her hand. With a finger on her lips, Sakura shushed Rin.
"Let Senpai sleep."
Rin couldn't help but shudder. Sakura's soft smile had this frightening atmosphere that could shake anyone's will.
"Yes," dea agreed and cast a bounded field around the roof, cutting off any sound coming from outside. Her skillful magecraft was only noticed by Archer, who simply conveyed it to Rin.
Sakura put down her bag and carefully sat beside Haruki. She was going to wake him before lunch ended.
dea looked at Sakura sitting so close to Haruki. She could feel the maggots wreaking havoc inside the purple-haired girl. Despite being a gifted mage, she couldn't provide any od to her servant since the maggots fed on her magical energy.
'Master would want to save her as well.'
dea could use Rule Breaker to sever the link between Sakura and the crest worms. But doing so would leave them in a berserk state, and they will most likely kill Sakura.
'I'll need to make preparations before Master asks . It'll make him happy'
dea's lips curled up. Covering her mouth, she giggled.
Rin and Sakura heard her creepy laughter and looked at her in confusion.
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