A Not So Evil God In Fate/Grand Order

Seth's arrival made things easier for the group. Not that they were having any trouble, but the Master and Servants much appreciated some help.

"Battle finish. Nice work." Mash said once she saw there were no more enemies nearby. She then tried contacting Romani, with no success.

"Maybe something happened?" Fujimaru asked. It wasn't a common occurrence, after all. Every time they Rayshifted, the doctor would be already there. The only exception was Fuyuki, but well, the circ.u.mstances at that time were particular.

"Most likely there is some type of interference, the only thing we can do is wait," Shielder answered before turning to the new additions to the team. "Excuse me, do you mind introducing yourselves? You are not normal people, are you?"

"No, shit. What do you think?" It's what Seth would like to say, but he had a character to play, especially in front of the white-haired woman here. "I prefer to keep my identity a secret, mysterious guys are always cooler! But as you can see, I'm a Saber-class Servant." -Charles- said in a happy tone with a smile on his face.

"As for me, I'm the eternal hunter of the night sky. My name is Orion! Yep! That's me!" -Orion- introduced herself with enthusiasm. If someone had been paying close attention to Seth, they would have noticed a twitch in the eyebrows of his still smiling face.

"Woah! Are you the legendary Orion?!" Charles asked with a 'surprised' tone in his voice. In his mind, however, he wanted to kick her a.s.s with a passion he didn't know he had.

A light shined in Orion's eyes. Faster than one could blink, she grabbed Seth's hands and excitedly shook them with all her might. "So you know me?!"

"Wasn't Orion a man, though?" Ignoring her strange behavior, Fujimaru asked, a little confused. He may not know much of history, but even the name screamed male to him. Still, he didn't understand why he bothered at this point. The number of people whose gender was mistaken by records of the past had numbed him already.

The white-haired girl turned to the Japanese Master. "You mustn't believe everything you see! People thought Orion was a good for nothing, unfaithful, and skirt chaser of the worst kind. But I'm glad someone recognizes me for how good I am!"

In the middle of her speech, something stuck between her b.r.e.a.s.ts tried to get out, but she quickly pushed it back. Seth noticed it and narrowed his eyes, although, from an outside perspective, it looked like he was staring at Orion's b.o.o.b.s as if trying to engrave them into his memories.

"Cough!" Mash did a fake cough, bringing both 'Servants' attention to her. "Hm? What's the matter? Are you sick?" Charles asked while tilting his head. The only answer he got was, "Please be a little more respectful." though.

A look of confusion formed on his face, not understanding what she meant by that. This time, he wasn't faking it. "Sure...whatever you say..." At this point, he seriously wondered if being a homunculus gave you less mental capabilities.

"Anyway. In reality, Orion is a kind-hearted man that made a Goddess fall in love with him, and he loves her so much too! That's why I have come here to clear my reputation!"

'At least try a little with your acting and use she instead of he, you dumbass!' This bimbo is the epitome of stupidity. He may not be the best at impersonating, but at least he tried! And the fact the other two didn't realize the incongruencies spoke enough of them too.

"That's commendable, Miss Orion! By the way, have you seen any suspicious person around here? Someone stole the dumplings we had for a celebration, and now we are trying to get them back." Mash asked Orion, who, in turn, put a thinking pose.

"Suspicious, huh..." She then turned to Seth, who shook his hands left and right with a forced smile. "Don't look at me. I just materialized here recently, and I have no idea why."

"The truth is, I saw three people running with some boxes. They did it quite clumsily, though. Some of the contents were falling, and that's what attracted the beasts from before." Orion responded while pointing at the distance, signaling where they went.

"I see! That's certainly helpful. Thank you, Miss Orion!" Mash thanked her, followed by Fujimaru.

"Don't mind it. You helped me, so how about I help you? The little guy over there is a Master, so we should be able to form a temporary contract, isn't that right?" The white-haired girl proposed with a smile on her face. She seemed to be having fun.

"That would be helpful, thanks," Fujimaru responded before turning to Seth. "How about you...Charles, was it? I can manage to form another contract."

"Nah. I'm good. Besides, I have Independent Action despite being a Saber so I can fight without a Master. You gotta give your Magical Energy to them, not me!" Seth looked quite proud of having a skill that didn't belong to his class.

With nothing more to say, the group of four began following the trail left behind by the trio Orion saw before. It eventually led them to a forest, where they could see a campfire in the distance.

Slowly and without making a sound, they approached the place where presumably the thieves were. When they were close enough, the group could hear some people talking and even see their faces.

However, the moment Mash and Fujimaru saw them, they couldn't help but open their mouth in surprise. The three people were D'Eon, Marie, and Sanson, but how was this possible?

The three were eating peacefully and even having some strange talk about how Marie would never get fat because all the food went to her b.r.e.a.s.ts. Sanson was saying that was medically inaccurate but still wanting to hear more 'In the name of science' and D'Eon was telling him to shut up...

'This...' They couldn't describe what they felt by seeing a scene like the one before them. Mash and Fujimaru decided to get near to talk to them, believing they could recognize each other.

'That Sanson there is not my Servant...so that means he is another copy from the real one in the Throne.' He didn't feel any connection with the Assassin Servant in front of him, so that was the most logical explanation there was.

'Also...that damn Amadeus is hiding in the shadows like some kind of stalker.' The disguised man thought while looking at a particular direction. There, a masked man was observing them in the shadows.

Seth didn't plan to stop the two kids in their futile attempt to talk like old friends with the trio. They would have to fight with them anyway, so what was the point in doing that.

"Stop there! Who are you?!" The first to react was Sanson. He rapidly put himself in front of Marie, followed by D'Eon. "Get back, Your Majesty!"

"E-Eh? Don't you guys recognize us?" Mash asked, a little perplexed by their cold treatment. Fujimaru was in a similar state as her, but then remembered EMIYA. His case was a little particular because he was a Shadow Servant back then, but it was true he didn't remember fighting them when the boy summoned him.

"Hm...I think I remember you. However, I don't know where we met or if we truly did." Marie said with a somewhat sad face.

"Don't bother Marie, they are probably just some bandits," Sanson reassured her, trying to lift her mood. D'Eon for once agreed with him. "He is right. They most likely came here to ruin Her Majesty's time."

"Who are you calling a bandit?! We are the good guys, and you are the bad ones here!" Seth retorted with passion while pointing his sword at Sanson, seemingly offended by his words.

"Isn't that obvious? You are." Sanson responded with his brows knitted together.

"No, you."

"No, you."

"You."

"You."

"Enough, Executioner! Can you not act like a child in front of Her Majesty?!" D'Eon reprimanded Assassin. He/She couldn't allow such behaviors in front of the Queen.

"She is right! Why are you so fixated with it, little knight? You won't grow up to be a good boy if you keep such an attitude!" The white-haired girl did the same but with Seth. She couldn't allow someone who knew the greatness of Orion to act like that!

"Hmph. Don't look at me. That man started it." Sanson unhesitantly shifted the blame on Seth without a second thought.

"Don't say that, big sis! Being a bandit is lame! Did I forget to tell you that I get weaker when I do lame things?!" He said, sounding like he had been betrayed by her, while in his mind... 'I will strangle you to death, Artemis!!!' He was having not so kind thoughts...

'What kind of useless power is that?!' Was the thought in everyone's mind. However, Seth paid them no mind. Instead, he summoned his weapons behind him. "Prepare yourselves, dumpling thieves!"

With that as the signal, the confrontation began. One that only lasted less than ten minutes. Artemis s.u.c.k.e.d with a bow despite being the Goddess of the Hunt. It was by some mysterious work of fate that she managed to hit her target. Seth didn't have the person he was copying's Noble Phantasm or Skills and only could use some of his abilities, including his fighting style.

As per Fujimaru's orders, they didn't fight to kill but just to restrain them. As Seth was now a 'Servant,' he went along with his command, not that it made much difference, as Amadeus finally showed himself up, declaring he would help them, even if they were in the wrong.

"Amadeus too..." Mash didn't know what to say while Artemis laughed a bit, seeing her predicament. "Ahaha...you have it rough, by the look of things."

The Musician began to play a tune that seemed to revitalize the tired Servants. Thanks to that, they would have to fight once again.

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It was over in just a minute. Saying the coordination of those four s.u.c.k.e.d would be an understatement. Not even ten seconds in the battle, and Amadeus was already 'missing' his attacks and hitting Sanson instead.

D'Eon was lying on the ground, ashamed due to being beaten twice in front of her Queen. And all because of the Musician. "Amadeus, you sc.u.m! You only made it worse!"

"You don't have to suffer being a low-rarity Servant, so you don't have the right to complain." Caster said while taking off his mask and throwing it away randomly. Strangely enough, it hit Sanson in the back of his head, knocking him out.

Seeing his 'nemesis' defeated in such a way, Seth fell on the ground. He was laughing so hard that tears were coming out of his eyes. Fujimaru wanted to join him, but Mash shot the young man a glare for him to behave. So there he was, trying to keep a stoic face and failing miserably.

"That was a splendid battle, you two!" Out of nowhere, Marie ran and hugged the youths. The people in question were taken aback at first but then returned the hug.

"Do you remember us now, Marie?" Mash asked with happiness all over her face. This familiarity she was displaying could only mean one thing!

"Yes! It happened mid-fight, but I wanted to have fun, so I continued!" The Queen happily exclaimed, making them smile wryly. "Wait a moment. I will give you the rest of the dumplings we collected."

Marie then went back to her carriage, opened the door, and took a small box before giving it to them. "Here, you can have what's left."

After recovering from his laughing madness, Seth looked at the box and couldn't help but sweatdrop. "Eh...Isn't that a bit small?" Indeed, it was a single box, and it wasn't that big to boot.

"I'm sorry... We didn't have much; we gave it all away to some people who passed by." She said, quite apologetic. However, Seth wasn't part beast for nothing. The smell of dumplings in the air told him the number they consumed wasn't minimal.

Even D'Eon was struggling to maintain his/her composure after hearing Marie's words. Still, he/she wouldn't contradict her, and would instead keep silent.

"R-Right...well, can you tell us who they are and where they went?" Fujimaru asked. They didn't get much here, but maybe the other people had more of it, and hopefully, they wouldn't have eaten everything yet.

"They said they were going to pray in the waters of Marseille. You need to hurry if you want to meet up with them." Rider said with her characteristic smile.

"Then let's continue our adventure! We have to catch them as quickly as possible!" Seth's words, filled with excitement, motivated the rest of the group.

"Yeah!" Orion raised her closed fist to the sky, sharing his enthusiasm.

"Good luck, you guys. Viva La France and whassup!" After her strange farewell, Marie threw Fujimaru a flying kiss while Mash put her shield in front of him to protect her Master from that deadly attack.

The group then parted to complete the quest to catch the dumplings' thief.