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❝ Don’t jinx it! What if it does happen! I’ll make sure to go after you and feed you to the zombies! ❞ Though there was desperation and a bit of terror in Gudao’s voice, he didn’t truly mean any of that, nor was the truly scared. Maybe because he was used to zombie movies, and zombie situations, or maybe because he could always rely on his Servants. Not to mention zombies did tend to be kinda stupid, so it wouldn’t be nearly as bad… But still, a bit terrifying, despite everything the young magus had been through.
He was still amazed, though, at the fact this girl was a legit magus. In the sense that she had participated through a Grail War, that is. They were different than the Grand Orders Gudao and his sister were used to doing, the many Singularities they were part of. He couldn’t help but imagine how scary a genuine war would be.
❝ Don’t worry about it. I’m sorry for threatening to kick you off, even though I really wouldn’t. It’s just a bit scary. With all these monsters and what not. ❞ Why was Gudao even hiding, anyways? He should be out there, helping his Servants, healing them, increasing their attack…! But he knew many would think of him to be naive, going out unprotected. He didn’t want to worry and burden them.
❝ I’m Gudao! It’s, well… It’s nice to meet you, even in our current situation. ❞ The young Master smiled, extending his hand at the girl. Everything was less anxiety-inducing when one had company, right? Right? ❝ I haven’t met many Masters before.. I think you’re the second. Aside from my sister, that is. ❞ It may hardly be the time and place to speak of such things, but it was way too hard to contain his curiosity! ❝ Are Grail Wars really that scary? ❞
His greeting came after hers, as expected, and Hakuno shook his hand quickly before dropping it. Hopefully she didn’t come off as rude. Physical contact just made her-- she wasn’t used to it, not really. Plus, he did seem like a nice boy, pretty rare for her to encounter in this city.
However, the words that followed made her more and more-- concerned? Confused? He was a Master-- how had he not met other Masters? How did he not understand the terror of a War? Did he hit his head and lose his memories? ( she could definitely understand the annoyance of amnesia ) Yet, even though it was a possibility that could be the case, her gut told her it wasn’t. Her initial assumption had been that he had come from the parallel world that existed similar to her own, one that other Servants she had met hailed from. Where the world hadn’t lost its power. Where the War wasn’t held on the Moon Cell. Apparently she had been wrong.
❝ -- what? ❞ she couldn’t help uttering her confusion aloud, wincing as at the same time more screams came from below them. This wasn’t the time or place, but she might as well learn a little bit more about her new partner if they were to stick together through this-- mess, she supposed, would be a way to describe it. Answering his question first seemed to be the polite way of going about things though, so she sighed and looked at him seriously. ❝ Of course they are. At least in the War I fought in, the minute you lost, you were dele-- you died. I know there are other cases where the Church, I think it was, protected Masters who lost their Servants. But that wasn’t the case when I fought in it. You had to fight to survive and had to live with watching the losers die, knowing that it was-- it is your fault. ❞
Pausing after her little rant, she breathed out. It had been a while since she thought about the War, given everything that had happened. ❝ How-- I just don’t get it. If you’re a Master, and you have Command Seals, how do you not know all this? Masters are chosen to fight in Wars yet you say you’ve never participated in one? That doesn’t make sense to me. ❞ And if his sister was a Master too, why hadn’t they ever ended up fighting one another for the Grail? Leo and Julius had been brothers, and aware that both could not survive.















