Crossover Anime: Picking up Medea at the Start

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"There's no need to worry about anything now. Let's welcome our reinforcements first."

As Roland spoke, magical flames ignited on the Magic Circle, and several figures appeared one after another amidst the surging magical flames.

First Cú Chulainn, then Hercules, then Iskandar...

Because Roland had contacted the three of them using the God Group Communication before calling them over, there were no problems on their side. Even Hercules just stood there like an iron tower, without any extreme reaction.

Cú Chulainn and Iskandar had made thorough preparations before their arrival.

However, compared to the three of them, Roland was more concerned about the petite figure that appeared behind them.

Is this the helper that Alaya mentioned?

Under Roland's gaze, amidst the light, a girl, almost pure white and as beautiful as a flower, appeared.

She had white hair, wore a white robe, and even the staff in her hand was predominantly white.

Before Roland could react at all upon seeing her, Artoria exclaimed in surprise.

"Merlin? No... I should say, a female Merlin!?"

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164. Mary's Small Goal

Apart from Irisviel and Jeanne d'Arc, everyone else was pretty sure of the white-clad girl's identity after hearing Artoria's words.

After all, how could Artoria possibly mistake Merlin for someone else?

Regardless of her identity, her power of the Eye of Truth is not exactly a secret among the members of the God Group.

However, the girl in white did offer a rebuttal to Artoria's statement.

"Hey, I was originally planning to say I'm Merlin's sister... but now it seems you have a very special eye."

She sighed somewhat helplessly, and then gave a brief self-introduction.

"It would be appropriate to call me Merlin, but it's not quite right... If you really want to, just call me Melly, or if that doesn't work, you can call me Lady Avalon."

"Yes, Mary."

Artoria clearly felt that the Merlin before her was indeed different from the Merlin in her memory, so she agreed with her statement.

Artoria nodded, and the others naturally followed suit and called her Melie.

These members of the divine group were meeting Merry for the first time, so they were greeting her. Irisviel was also with Ilya, while Roland took the opportunity to introduce Cú Chulainn and the others to Jeanne d'Arc, and at the same time, he also assigned tasks to the three of them.

"This is Cú Chulainn, the Son of Light of Ireland—Cú Chulainn. When the time comes, just go to the location I shared with you and wait there. As long as the enemy attacks from that location, just stop them from advancing. So, fight with all your might."

"Oh, leave it to me!"

"This is Hercules, the Greek god of strength. Go to the area I shared with you; your task is the same as Cú Chulainn's."

Although Hercules had become a member of the divine order and received the boost to the ascension ladder, his mind was no longer as chaotic as before. Furthermore, he had been stimulated by Roland's heterogeneous divinity in the early stages—so it wouldn't be surprising if he suddenly regained his sanity at some point.

He hadn't regained his senses yet, so Roland only gave him simple instructions, which he nodded in response to.

"The last one is Iskandar, the King of Conquerors, who is also our main force on the front lines this time. In this Holy Grail War, neither side can just use simple Servants; they both have their own troops. So I'm leaving the front lines to you."

Roland did not intend to be the commander of the main battlefield himself.

After all, he considered himself inferior to Iskandar in this regard.

When Iskandar heard Roland's arrangement, he grinned.

"I've been studying modern tactics and reading military books from ancient countries, and I've come up with quite a few new ideas. I just happen to be lacking test subjects."

When Iskandar was in the Type-Moon world, as the king of a country, he entrusted many domestic affairs to his deputy, El-Melloi II, also known as Waver.

Aside from making crucial decisions, he has been constantly learning and training.

Many modern military books are now in circulation, so Iskandar read through them all when he had time and devoted himself to studying them. He was also very interested in the history of warfare.

Then the divine people brought by his royal army also climbed the ladder and regained their strength.

It just so happens that his troops had recently replenished their magic power, and the heroic spirits in his King's Army had also regained their strength. He himself had also summarized a lot of tactics, and it was the perfect time to put them to use. Roland then handed the opportunity to him!

Roland introduced Cú Chulainn and Joan of Arc to each other, and then the three of them left according to Roland's arrangements.

Joan of Arc watched the three figures depart, a sense of melancholy washing over her.

"I didn't expect the reinforcements you were talking about to be them... and it seems like you two know each other."

Joan of Arc's gaze shifted to Roland, her beautiful eyes filled with curiosity.

"Roland...who exactly are you?"

When Joan asked the question, Roland shook his head slightly. He didn't intend to explain too much to Joan right now. In fact, he was more concerned about Merry than this side, so he just left with this one sentence.

"At least for now, I'm just your ally, nothing more."

Mary is a nightmare.

Nightmare itself has no human emotions, so all the emotions she expresses are simulated.

This resulted in Mary being completely socially savvy, and with her intention to do so, she quickly built good relationships with the members of the God Group.

However, compared to the others, she was more concerned about Artoria.

This wasn't because she discovered Artoria had grown up, nor because she discovered Artoria had become a god, but rather...

How could her personality be like this?

During their conversation, Meli could still discern the knightly aspect in Artoria's words, but it was no longer her top priority. Roland seemed to have become her priority. Even if Roland asked her to do things that went against her chivalrous principles, she would silently do them, believing that Roland had his reasons, or that Roland was right and she was wrong...

And regarding the king, she could hardly find anything about Artoria...

If it's a character in a story, then this is perfectly fine.

After all, some stories need to have some supporting characters. A slightly better way to depict them is to give them less screen time, describe only one aspect, and keep the other aspects vague. Then, use this one aspect that has been shown to label the plot.

Nothing surprising.

But there's a problem with these talking labels appearing in reality.

To Melie, Artoria was a living, breathing presence, so she quickly realized that Artoria seemed to have given her brain to Roland, and was too lazy to use her brain in many areas—just like the king was tired and had completely given up.

But she is very serious about things, even to the point of being somewhat rigid.

This contradictory feeling alerted Mary—she seemed to have some unresolved issue.

This discovery made Mary think...it's so interesting!

After all, her Arthur is too rigid and too knightly... She even tricked him into going out as a tool, and he still hasn't realized it. He'll probably still choose to believe her after he sees her, but he'll ask questions about some different things and wait for her explanation in version 1.7.

Ugh, this is so boring!

Meili avoids him now, otherwise the thought of having to think about so many consequences for the previous lies gives her a headache.

But this female Arthur in front of me... hehe, isn't this much more interesting!

Of course, we can't go too far.

Meli thought about what Alaya and Gaia had told her when they approached her, and her attention kept drifting towards Roland. Each time, she would see Roland smiling at her...

The task of inhibition is one aspect, and Roland is another.

In addition to simply having fun, Meli was actually more interested in seeing what kind of radiance Artoria would radiate after she resolved her inner conflicts.

So, in addition to her task of self-control, she has now set herself another small goal.

That is to try to untangle Artoria's inner knot!

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165. Draw this sword, and you will no longer be human.

Having set a goal, Mary began to take action.

She first admitted that she was a female Merlin, and then said that she had some private matters to ask Artoria, thus sending Bazett and the others away.

Then, under Artoria's somewhat puzzled gaze, he spoke.

"Artoria, when did you start to look like this?"

Hearing Melie ask this, Artoria became even more puzzled.

"Merry, what do you mean?"

"So, when did you begin to relinquish your identity as king... no, I should say, when did you relinquish your responsibilities as king?"

Melly quickly learned about Artoria.

So although she didn't know exactly how Merlin taught her, as Artoria had mentioned, Merlin could probably deduce some things from the clues.

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Merlin was probably the kind of guy who, while he might want to have some fun, only did so for a small part of his life; the majority of his life revolved around other things—the exact opposite of me, whose primary motivation was having fun.

If Merlin is like this, then 14 Merlin can already imagine some things.

For example, after deducing Arthur's future, he wanted the future to turn out in a better direction, but he didn't want to interfere too much. He wanted Artoria in front of him to shine with heroic brilliance on her own. As a result, he wanted both sides and didn't figure out either side, and in the end, it turned out like this.

The future isn't bright, and Artoria's brilliance hasn't been fully realized...