A Not So Evil God In Fate/Grand Order

Seth reappeared in the middle of the Command Room. Romani, who was quietly drinking his coffee, fell off his chair, while the other staff members merely got a scare.

"You are okay?! And why didn't you appear normally?! Wait, what happened to your arm?!" Dr. Roman fired questions like a machine gun.

"Shut up, Romani. Don't you realize you are a bother?" Da Vinci entered the room just in time to hear the man's annoying voice.

"Yes Romani, stop being annoying, I just got here." Seth supported Caster on this. It was like being woken up early by a loud noise; nobody likes that.

"I'm sorry..." The doctor gave a forced laugh while scratching his cheek. "Anyway, is it safe to assume you eliminated the cause of the Singularity?" They would get the results soon from their staff, but knowing sooner didn't hurt.

"Yeah. It turns out it was that Lev guy, he talked a lot of crap before I killed him. Still, he used his life to power the Holy Grail and summon another Servant, which is why I don't have an arm now." Missing a limb was becoming so common now that he didn't feel bothered by it.

His words, while light, resounded like an explosion in their ears. Everyone just stared frozen at Seth, trying to process what he just said.

The first to react was Romani. "You...you killed Lev?!" It was something he didn't expect, not in a million years. Of course, he took into consideration the possibility of Lev being in Rome. Yet, knowing it was a reality and that Seth killed him, it was shocking.

Da Vinci shared Dr. Romani's feelings, although she was not that acquainted with him, she was still pretty pissed for what he did to Chaldea.

The staff members that were present had mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, they were happy the man that sabotaged them and killed the people they have come to call friends was dead, and on the other, they were regretful they didn't watch that traitor's death.

"Are you deaf? I already told you I killed him. I have some information that will be of help to you. When the others get here, I will share it." Seth's words almost got overshadowed by the cheers of the staff present. Tears of joy streaming down their faces as they hugged each other.

The Egyptian God, while not sharing their sentiment, could understand how they felt. Hell, he would even be dancing if he found out about Ra's death.

"Right..." Romani took some seconds to process it all before sighing. "What happened to the Holy Grail? Also, did you know about...?" Although he didn't finish, Seth knew what he was trying to say.

"I destroyed that fake cup once I got my hands on it. And if you want to know if I'm aware of Jeanne's death, I am. However, what do you expect me to do, cry for her? She did her job splendidly, that's all. There is no reason to think about it further." Such is life; people come and go.

"I would have liked it if you didn't destroy that 'fake cup' as we had some uses for it, but there is no helping it. Still, you don't have to worry! We have the data of her Saint Graph stored so she can be summoned by you again!" The destruction of the Holy Grail was an unfortunate thing, but at least not everything was bad news.

"I pass. Tell the kids I died or something if they ask for me." However, much to his dismay, Seth wasn't interested in that resummoning thing or whatever. He just waved his goodbyes and left.

"He never changes, does he?" Romani wryly asked Da Vinci, who was just smiling, seeing the happiness in their personnel's faces. She knew they needed something like this to blow off some stress that had naturally acc.u.mulated due to the situation Lev caused.

"Oh? I think he looks different now." She responded with some amus.e.m.e.nt in her voice.

"How do you know that?" Dr. Roman asked again. She sometimes says some weird things that he honestly can't understand.

"Call it a woman's intuition." Caster gave him a 'knowing wink' while patting his back.

"You are a man, though..."

...

After leaving, Seth calmly walked through the hallway. Some people he met shot him weird looks due to him missing an arm. Still, they hadn't interacted with each other before, so they didn't ask how he got like that.

Of course, the black-haired man didn't mind this. He just wanted to eat some of Archer's food and get enough energy to regrow his arm.

Soon arriving at the cafeteria, he was witness to a strange scene, something that was becoming rather common every time he got here.

A dying EMIYA was sitting with his head resting on the table while a tiny ghost escaped his mouth. He also saw Siegfried there, calmly eating his food. The Dragon Slayer now looked completely different, having horns, wings, and the tail of a dragon.

"Y-You...what have you done...!" Archer, upon seeing Seth, barely managed to raise an accusatory finger at him.

"Now, what did I do?" The Egyptian God rolled his eyes, him getting blamed for every little thing didn't seem to get old.

Siegfried stopped eating his food and walked to Seth before kneeling. "Congratulations on your return, Master. I'm sorry—" He was about to apologize for not being able to accompany him but was quickly interrupted by the black-haired man.

"It's okay. There were no dragons, so you didn't miss much." To avoid having another Romani screaming at the top of his lungs, Seth cast an illusion on himself to make it seem like he didn't have any problems.

"So, what's the matter with him?" Seth asked his Servant. Archer didn't seem like he was going to be able to speak more, so the only way of knowing was to ask Siegfried.

"Oh, that? It was because Saber forced him to—" The white-haired knight was interrupted again, this time not so subtly. Artoria delivered a flying kick to his face so hard he ended up on the other side of the room. You could even hear an 'I'm sorry' in the distance.

Seth raised an eyebrow at this, hoping for an explanation from the perpetrator. "I see you didn't die out there, what a shame." The only thing he got was a sarcastic remark, though.

Archer, even though he couldn't move or talk, could still hear her. 'Shame my ass! You made me go through hell just to say something that no one buys?!'

"...Okay..." It was the only thing he could say to this spectacle before him. Deciding to ignore it, he went to the counter to ask the lady for food, seeing as EMIYA was out for the count.

However, before he got far, he was stopped by Saber. "Don't need to annoy that woman. I have some leftovers from the food Archer gave me." She then took a try out of nowhere and offered it to him.

Seth observed the food she gave him. It was all junk food, but there was some strange black miasma oozing from it. The black-haired man wondered if someone had put curses on the menu.

Looking at Artoria, she was avoiding eye contact while her arms were slightly trembling. He then turned to EMIYA, who managed to give him a 'Please eat that or I'm dead' look.

'So that's how it is...' It wasn't like he was not resistant to poison, so there was no problem in eating this but...he wanted to eat something good. Was that asking too much?

'Damn Archer, you owe me one.' Thinking this, he took the try from Saber's hands and went to a table to peacefully eat whatever was this food.

Saber shot a smug look at the red bowman only to find out he had fainted. Still, she would forgive him. He served his King magnificently, after all.

The moment he took the first bite, he had the urge to vomit right away. However, he persevered and ate through everything. With speed rivaling the faster hero in the world, Seth quickly wiped the tears in the corner of his eyes.

"How is it, bastard? The greatest food you have ever eaten, right? You can tell me, and I will make sure to pass your compliments to Archer when he wakes up." She seemed pretty proud when she said this.

'What did I do to deserve this...? I'm starting to believe some cosmic power to mess with me exists...' With thoughts like this, he responded. "It was bad, but nothing that hard work can't improve. Tell Archer that I will be looking forward to 'his' improvement."

Saying it was good would go against his personality, but as he was going to torture Archer in the Training Room, he may as well do him another favor.

"Here, have something to eat if you are still hungry." Just then, the lady came and gave him a decent size lunch box. She had seen EMIYA teach Saber how to cook and knew how bad that was going, so she wanted to make sure Seth had a proper lunch.

"Thank you." The black-haired man thanked the lady before leaving, gaining a smile from her face. She then went and patted the frozen Artoria. "Work hard, and you may succeed."

Embarrassed, Saber tried to refute her, but at that point, the lady had disappeared to the counter.

Meanwhile, Seth was going to his room to rest and call it a day. However, the voice he heard some time ago resounded again in his head.

[The choices made were different, and so shall be the outcome. One Evil will rise, and the other will fall.]

He stopped in his steps, his face becoming colder. 'Do you know anything about this?' Seth asked in his mind to no one in particular, but an answer came, nonetheless.

'Yep! I have to say, though. That sounds scary~' Stargazer happily replied, lying down on his throne, like it was a bed. However, contrary to his outward look, inside, he was serious.

'So it is as I guessed, there was a deeper meaning to the task that hen gave me.' There was a look of disdain in his face. Still, he resumed his walk toward his room.

'Naturally. It's not like the geezer isn't selfish. You should know that more than anyone. So, will you take my advice and kindly become the Evil God you were supposed to be?' He asked in a cheerful tone.

'No.' Only to be rejected straight away.

'Welp, it was worth a try.' Stargazer put a look of fake sorrow while kicking his legs in the air. Things never went his way; it was sad.

'Why do you insist so much on it, knowing that's not going to happen?' It was Seth's time to ask, hoping to understand his motives for that particular thing.

'Hm... How can I explain this? One plus one is not always two, you know? That's the clear path to victory.' The only answer he got was a cryptic one.

'If you are going to answer like that, then don't answer in the first place. Whatever, what's the origin of that voice?' Seeing as he was not getting something from it, he decided to change the topic.

'Don't be like that. You are going to break my heart! And that voice belongs to me, although I have no control over it. It just happens.' Stargazer replied to his question, this time giving valuable information.

'As I thought. You are...'

'Bingo!' Stargazer clapped multiple times, congratulating him. 'However, I'm too weak now, which means I will need your help! As your reliable and humble helper, I need you to pay me so I can bring forth results!'

'Why do you came to be in the first place? I don't remember having any relation with your kind.' Seth finally arrived at his room, quickly inputting the password, he entered inside.

'Fate works in mysterious ways, little Seth! Honestly, you are truly hopeless. But setting that aside, I have some good news for you! What would you say if I told you I could make you speak with your little animal lover?' Stargazer's words made the black-haired man tremble. From what emotion, he didn't know.