Chapter 463

"Merlin, huh..."

Artoria froze for a moment, then immediately seemed to react.

"Right, at this time, Merlin should still be around..."

"Uh, wait, Master."

"What do you want Merlin for?"

Her brows furrowed slightly, her gaze revealing puzzlement and doubt, not quite understanding why her own Master had suddenly shifted his attention there.

After all, no matter how you looked at it, this shouldn't be any important matter.

——This wasn't to belittle Merlin...

——But simply telling the truth.

Be that as it may, with Master's current height and vision, it was indeed not easy to pay attention to a mere kingmaker.

Even the most successful, most famous kingmaker in history was ultimately an existence confined to this Star.

What he dabbled in was also merely the limited history of Humanity over a few thousand years.

"It's purely just a tiny bit of curiosity, after all, long ago, I wanted to summon him..."

Xia Zhi revealed a harmless smile, like warm sunlight in spring.

At the same time, he extended his hand, gesturing a "tiny bit" with his thumb and index finger.

Indicating he really just had that tiny bit of curiosity.

Mainly because long, long ago, Xia Zhi attempted to reverse engineer the Class Skills and Innate Skills of Servants; that was his main pathway to improving his strength at the time.

Back then, he was obsessed with it, constantly excavating those miraculous powers hidden in history and mythology, mastered by heroes and Demigods.

Instinct, Magecraft, Monstrous Strength, Mors Brave, Independent Action, High-Speed Divine Words, Self-Modification...

And during that period——

The "Thousand Mile Eye EX" ability commonly possessed by Crown Mage Casters genuinely made him covet it for a long time.

It sounded full of Prestige, simply the standard Setting for a poser.

In the world of Magecraft and Mystery, who wouldn't want to possess that power seemingly capable of seeing through everything?

Especially Compared To other Crown Mage Classes that seemed to have only empty titles but no notable features, Crown Mage Caster was truly that noble.

As if among the many Crown Mage Classes, only the Mage was truly the Grandpa.

So to speak, it was only perfectly normal for Xia Zhi to set his mind on Crown Mage Caster.

It's just a pity that——

Other Crown Mage Casters seemed to only have the qualification to be mentioned, yet no exact Summoning records.

Currently, only the fact that Merlin took that position after the previous Solomon stepped down.

And Solomon was because he activated that abstruse Noble Phantasm, Bao Tu his entire Existence.

Not meaning his traces disappeared, but meaning his accomplished undertakings all Battle End.

The figure of King Solomon, the achievements of King Solomon, would never appear on the ground again...

——This meant there was no way to conduct targeted Summoning, or obtain the corresponding Spirit Origin data.

——Therefore the remaining choice was only that cunning Fellow, Merlin.

Xia Zhi had also pondered quite a few plans for this.

However, every Pig Butchering Scam he prepared went unused; even the History Link stolen from Chaldea couldn't summon that Fellow.

Don't know if that guy's wariness was too heavy...

Or under normal circumstances——

Merlin simply wouldn't pretend to be a Servant and then be summoned...

Yes.

That guy fundamentally hasn't died, so naturally he couldn't possibly ascend the Singularity Record as a Heroic Spirit.

In Chaldea's data, it shows Merlin pretended to be a Servant to be summoned, and it was exploiting an era's bug.

Simply put, it was in an era before his own Birth, treating the condition of "himself not existing in this World" as the condition of "assuming himself already dead in this World".

Utilizing this point, he underwent Servant Transformation and was summoned.

Anyway, all of Xia Zhi's attempts to trick the Opposite Side over and Obtain that Highest-grade Thousand Mile Eye Intelligence ultimately ended in failure.

Slowly...

Xia Zhi also slowly lost the Demand.

Especially now, that physical body's Skills already had no Practicality value for him.

After all, no matter how powerful Thousand Mile Eye EX was, how could it compare with his Multidimensional Vision?

His vision could simultaneously observe all possibilities of all Time Planes, like Humanity overlooking an unfolded scroll, all-encompassing, all-seeing.

So to speak...

In theory, there was no longer a need for those things.

But, theory is theory.

Now that he saw it, he remembered; his complete Heroic Spirit Encyclopedia seemed to indeed be missing exactly such a VIP.

Then... what would Xia Zhi do?

The answer was Naturally obvious, not hard to guess at all.

"Anyway, it's just a matter of doing it in passing..."

Xia Zhi smiled faintly, facing Artoria's Speechless expression, then reached out and gently probed, as if grabbing across the Void.

Next Moment——

Spacetime seemed to lose boundaries; Distance and Orientation became Meaningless at this moment.

A white figure was directly pulled over by him……

Like a puppet drawn by invisible threads, crossing all obstacles, she appeared straight in the sight of the two.

"Oh my, oh my……"

Suddenly appearing on the hill of the bloodstained battlefield, a lovely girl with white hair and crimson pupils froze for a moment.

As if startled by the scene before her that had suddenly switched.

She subconsciously surveyed the surroundings filled with gunpowder smoke and wreckage, her eyes revealing shock that was difficult to disguise.

Then, she slowly turned her head, her gaze falling on the young man before her.

"……It seems something extraordinary has happened."

The corner of the girl's mouth curved up slightly, as if wanting to show that signature smile as usual, to ease this sudden change and tense atmosphere.

However, her smile appeared somewhat forced; clearly the turmoil in her heart had not subsided.

But then again——

Even she had not anticipated this at all.

She was staying perfectly fine at home, when suddenly her vision blurred and she was grabbed to this place.

Who wouldn't be stunned for a good long while!

"……"

"……"

Brief silence.

The air seemed to have quieted down as well, leaving only a certain subtle atmosphere.

"Wait, Merlin is a woman?"

Xia Zhi raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes, then unceremoniously stepped forward and reached out.

Meeting the white-haired girl's astonished gaze, he pinched the delicate skin on her fair cheek.

"Mmph! That hurts a little, be gentle……" The lovely magician girl widened her eyes, seemingly unable to react.

——Wait! This person is too rude!

——How can he just come up and pinch a strange girl's face without saying a word?

"It shouldn't be……"

Artoria behind them was also somewhat dazed; only after a good long while did she come to her senses. She rubbed her temples, trying hard to recall past memories, "I……in my memories, there is no such impression."

It should be impossible.

How could Merlin possibly be a woman.

"It's actually real……not some disguise or cross-dressing."

Xia Zhi withdrew his hand, gently rubbing his fingers. Based on that delicate and real feel, he gave a very certain conclusion.

This is indeed a girl.

Not the result of some illusion technique or shapeshifting.

——This is undoubtedly the absolute authoritative appraisal result.

"What is this……"

The white-haired girl couldn't help but pull at the corner of her mouth.

She felt a bit troubled; things seemed to have completely gone beyond her control.

"That's not right, how could Merlin be a girl——"

At this time, Artoria, having finished searching and verifying her own memories, shook her head repeatedly, feeling this matter was truly too absurd.

"What's the big deal, isn't King Arthur also a girl?"

Xia Zhi likewise shook his head, expressing neither agreement nor disagreement on this.

Artoria: "……"

Fine, this……this reason is very strong.

The Master directly used her as an example; it really was irrefutable.

Miss King Arthur worked hard to dispel distracting thoughts, gently bit her lip: "That should be a mistake? I feel it shouldn't need verification……"

"If you talked more with Mash Kyrielight, you'd discover there's someone called Da Fenqi in Chaldea."

Xia Zhi wore an expression of 'you don't understand this'——

"Becoming a beautiful girl is a man's dream……although this statement is a bit of a sweeping generalization, it can summarize the thoughts of some people."

"Mmph, this is too rude……"

The white-haired girl beside them smiled like a flower, calmly voicing protest: "I am a genuine beautiful girl, not some man turned into one……"

"I know, then——are you Merlin?"

Xia Zhi smiled faintly, gazing straight at the magician standing smiling like a flower before him.

"Oh my, oh my, is it really okay to stare at my face like that?" The girl's gaze wandered, "That……that, oh my, I am Merlin's younger sister."

"Merry……right?"

The youth spoke very plainly, stating a name.

"Eh eh eh——?"

The girl's eyes instantly became extremely astonished.

"Tsk tsk, I thought the Magic Mei idol account Merlin made back then was purely nonsense……"

Watching this magician girl's reaction, Xia Zhi also fell into thought: "It seems there's actually some truth to it."

"Merry?"

Artoria raised an eyebrow: "So……what is her relationship with Merlin?"

"Merlin of another world——"

Xia Zhi waved his hand: "Let's not talk about this for now, Bedivere is about to arrive here, are you planning to meet your loyal knight face to face, or what do you intend……?"

"Sir Bedivere……"

Miss King Arthur was slightly stunned, then sighed:

"Never mind…… forget it, in my current state I'm also not suitable to see him."

According to legend, Bedivere is the only knight who witnessed the king's end.

The dying King Arthur entrusted the knight to return the Holy Sword, but Bedivere understood the value of the sword and King Arthur to Britain, and only on the third time did he truly throw the sword into the lake.

Just now it seems……

Right now it's not too suitable to follow this script.

The current Artoria is alive and kicking, looking like aside from her mood not being too beautiful——

That spirited vigor of hers, she could completely slay dragons and kill gods, reign supreme over all things.

And she also has no intention of giving up her Holy Sword at this time.

"Then fine, let's leave here first…… also the Holy Lance, take the Holy Lance too." Xia Zhi also didn't mind, taking the opportunity to remind her.

Although it's said……

Over there, Xiao Mo is still stuck on the spear right now……

"Holy Sword…… Holy Lance……"

The white-haired red-eyed Flower Magician, at this time also shifted her attention onto Artoria.

A clearly quite interested light flashed in her eyes: "Wait, you are Arthur…… this world's Arthur?"

"……Yes……"

Artoria stared at her for a while, gently nodding.

The king's complexion was somewhat strange, the feeling in her heart even more strange.

"Alright, catching up can wait for later, let's leave here first……" Xia Zhi clapped his hands, drawing the two's attention over.

Simultaneously——

Along with his words falling——

Beside him, a vortex on the mirror surface appeared, opening a Void Channel.

"Ha, truly interesting, this I must experience……" Merry said with a smile, then waved at Artoria——

"Then, Arthur……"

"See you later."

Saying this, she unhesitatingly took the lead stepping forward, walking into the Channel.

"She just accepted reality like that? Clearly she still hasn't figured out what happened, right?" Artoria was somewhat suspicious.

"Shows she's a sensible fellow……"

Xia Zhi nodded: "Just this personality…… very obviously a fun-seeker, might be even more terrible than the Merlin you know."

(Chapter End)