Chapter 616

[The dilapidated Saint Church.]

[Caster thought from the beginning that there was no Holy Grail in the church, but she felt Kirei Kotomine should have some information, so she took this place, but didn't expect—]

[This guy Kirei Kotomine really left nothing behind.]

[However, she did find traces of another person living here, but that person is no longer here.]

[Moreover, she also discovered an unknown Reverse Reverse Reverse Side of Kirei Kotomine.]

[Truly a hypocritical priest.]

Zabiko: "Looks like Medea discovered something."

Blonde Rin: "Should say, this priest did something again and didn't wipe his butt clean."

["ε=(′ο｀*))) sigh..."]

[Sighing slightly, Caster presses her temples with her fingers and closes her eyes.]

[Don't look at how she was so at ease dealing with Emiya Emiya Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka before; actually, she is also very tired.]

[In the month or so since she was summoned, she has exhausted her efforts to achieve victory.]

[Although Soichiro Kuzuki is strong, he is just an ordinary person after all, unable to supply her with magic power, which led her to abuse the taboos of magic to replenish magic power. Squeezing the vitality of people in the city.]

[That is, laying magic threads on the street, using human pillars to manipulate the underground spiritual veins.]

[This is the reason why she was called a 'witch' during her lifetime.]

[How ridiculous, methods she never used in her lifetime are now being used.]

[However, what she told Archer about using the people in the city for herself and draining them dry was just a tough stance to maintain her cruel image.]

[Up to now, she had only absorbed the vitality of a few thousand people, and those whose vitality was absorbed only needed a few days of rest to recover.]

[This is already a very gentle method.]

[Compared to Medusa's direct absorption of human blood and soul, Caster can be said to be too kind.]

[It should be said that Caster never liked using these evil magics.]

[Caster's creed is that everything in the world has a price!]

[Retribution, karma, curses.]

[Using evil magic is destined to pay these prices.]

[Unfortunately, she was finally toyed with by the gods and became a witch who betrayed her father and killed her brother.]

[Caster's wish was to use the Holy Grail to change people's thoughts.]

[But after learning the truth about the Holy Grail, she gave up.]

Everyone: "..."

Good guy, a big reversal.

Previously thought Medea was a witch who would stop at nothing to achieve her goals, didn't expect her to be a very kind person.]

Caster: "ヽ(≧□≦)ノ"

Damn it, why say such things! This ruins the strong image I've always built!]

Uh, wait, this thing seems to have been gone for a long time because of "Carnival Phantasm".

Then it doesn't matter—

[Medea: "I was clearly just taking revenge, just retaliating against that man Jason who abandoned me. Why did I deviate from the right path to this extent..."]

[Everything was Jason's fault.]

["——Idiot. Does this kind of thing have any meaning."]

[She didn't look down on the Holy Grail made to realize the Third Magic at all; such simple magic, actually being so highly regarded by these modern mages, is ridiculous and sad.]

[This is the limit of what modern mages can do after the Age of Gods retreated.]

Caules: "As expected of a Jewel Jewel Mage from the Age of Gods, speaking so arrogantly."

Jinako: "This is called Versailles."

Caules: "Versailles? Isn't that a place name?"

Jinako: "No, Versailles is internet slang, which is a form of language that inadvertently shows off one's superiority to the outside world in a subtle way."

Fiore: "Heh, this word is really fitting."

Shishigou: "Oh, the future really has a lot of strange vocabulary."

[Caster couldn't help but recall what happened a month ago before she descended.]

["Welcome, Caster, Princess of Colchis."]

[The Oil King looked excitedly at the summoned Medea, the smile on his face making her feel very greasy.]

[The summoning place was the top floor of a luxurious hotel, with marble floors, swimming pools on both sides, and a group of women from various races standing behind him.]

[Hmm, this is very much in the style of the Oil King.]

[Looking at the jewelry made of gold and gems on him, Medea immediately judged that this was a Jewel Jewel Mage with a very flamboyant personality.]

[At this time, Medea still had a personality that hated trouble, so she acted very submissive and asked for Atram's name.]

[The relationship broke from this moment.]

[Atram didn't show it on his face, but the disgust in his eyes was seen by Medea.]

[The person in front of her instantly reminded her of Jason, that hateful man.]

[Medea's perception of the Oil King began to drop significantly.]

[Subsequently, after Atram learned that Medea's Noble Phantasm couldn't summon Dragon-kind, he didn't even bother to act anymore.]

[The ignorant Oil King didn't know that in the entire Pan-Human History, there were less than a handful of people who could drive Dragon-kind.]

[And regarding Atram's mockery, Medea just felt ridiculous and tired, not yet having the intention to kill.]

[That's right, she didn't want to betray, didn't want to become that betraying witch again.]

[But unfortunately, reality gave her a heavy slap.]

[Some people just like to court death.]

Caster: "Heh, such trash..."

It's truly a wonder I could endure this guy; it seems she really didn't want to be labeled as a traitor again.]

Waver: "Sigh..."

Atram, this flamboyant guy, didn't reach the top in terms of strength, but learned all the bad habits of mages.]

[Atram took Medea to see his trump card prepared for winning the Holy Grail War, a magic workshop that refined mana crystals using the lives of children.]

[That was pure mana crystals refined from the pure souls of hundreds of trafficked children, without mixing in other thoughts.]

[Atram even proudly showed off in front of Medea, not knowing that his behavior was making Medea's favorability drop 'whoosh' downwards.]

[This kind of evil magic that plunders life, is inefficient, and useless, completely did not fit Medea's style.]

[That's right, Medea could make a bunch of such crystals easily, while Atram needed to sacrifice so many lives.]

[To stop Atram's behavior, Medea showed Atram a trick on the spot, but it made Atram even more wary of her.]

[Thus, Atram used his first Command Spell, making her unable to use her Noble Phantasm on him.]

[His brain was sharp for once, but only once.]

[Subsequently, Atram, thinking he was safe, began to abuse Medea, because he thought Medea's previous behavior was mocking him.]

Atalanta: "This bastard!"

Seeing the Oil King trampling on the lives of children like this, Atalanta immediately exploded.]

Not just him, everyone else in the group had ugly expressions.]

Especially Waver, because of the plot of "Lord El-Melloi II", he originally thought that although Atram had a lot of small problems, he was actually not bad, but now it seems he was one-sided.]

Mud can never be plastered on a wall.]

[In the following days, Atram kept talking about witches and betrayal, successfully brushing Medea's favorability into negative numbers.]

[Thus, one day, when Atram left the workshop, Medea began her 'betrayal'.]

[Atram, this idiot, didn't know that Medea's "Rule Breaker" could be used not only on Masters but also directly on Servants.]

[Accompanied by a shrill laugh, Medea successfully broke the contract with Atram.]

[Subsequently, Medea didn't show any mercy, killing all of Atram's servants in the workshop, and then letting all the surviving children go.]

[That was all she could do.]

["Using children's lives to do this kind of thing... if Atalanta saw it, she would definitely fight me to the death."]

[Subsequently, clusters of azure flames appeared, burning Atram's workshop to the ground.]

Atalanta: "Medea, thank you..."