I don't like the gods, I want to be a hero

"Servant Caster, here in response to your despair."

The dignified but holy voice sounded again, and the girl who finally came to her senses was just about to respond when a burst of sharp pain came from the back of her left hand.

She couldn't help covering her left hand with her right hand, and waited for the pain to completely disappear before taking a closer look—a strange scale-like mark composed of three red scratches appeared at some point on the back of the originally smooth and white hand.

The girl subconsciously wanted to ask the young man in front of her who had won all her trust just after he appeared, but found that the young man was also staring at the imprint on her hand, with a trace of...complicated expression on his face.

............

'It seems... a bit overplayed. '

Seleus, who successfully transformed the spirit foundation, looked at the Command Seal that suddenly appeared on the blond girl with a strange expression.

I wanted to satisfy the inexplicably excited heart of the main body, so I referred to the description of the young Emiya to reproduce the scene when he and Saber first met, but I never thought that I actually created the Command Seal... .

wrong!It should be that the guy had already set up the spell when he separated himself. As long as he chooses to appear in this way, the hidden magic power will be transferred to the corresponding person by itself, and quickly form the command spell appearance.

'That guy is really...' Seleus sighed. 'Aren't you afraid that this magical power will be given to the wrong person? '

"That...thank you for saving your life, Ka...Master Kester?"

The crisp sound like a wind chime reached Serius' ears. He followed the sound and inadvertently met the eyes of the crimson pupils under the hood.

This is a very cute girl. Her appearance is about ten years old. As for her real age... she is a legal loli with the same attributes as the former Illya.

"Mr. Kester?" Serius pointed to himself. "Are you referring to me?"

The girl nodded, but she quickly realized something from Serius' words, and her little face was filled with panic.

"I... I'm very sorry! My lord." The girl explained hastily. "I thought what you just said was your name, so..."

"Don't worry." Looking at the girl who was eager to explain something, Serius showed a comforting smile. "Caster can be called my code name. As for my name, it's Serius. You can just call me Serius."

"Alright...Okay, Sir Serius." Serius' smile made the girl a little nervous. "My name is Keno Fasliss Inberon, you can call me Keno..."

Chapter 10 The Coffin of Death

"Is that Keno Farsleys Inberon? What a lovely name worthy of the master."

Seeing the girl's nervousness, and realizing that the experience of tossing back and forth between heaven and hell might have had a considerable impact on the spirit of the 'girl', Seleus showed a smile that could express goodwill to the greatest extent.

"However, since I don't understand the customs here, I would be very grateful if you could tell me which name should be called among friends."

Including the gods, all the characters Serius met before he became a beast of despair have only one-letter names, so no matter how they are called, there will be no unexpected ambiguity.

Moreover, although there was common sense of Holy Grail infusion during the Fifth Holy Grail War, Illya's full name was also used as a reference.

However, considering the possible differences between the different world in front of him and Xingyue, Seleus still felt that it would be more conducive for the girl to build initial trust in him if he explained his situation openly and honestly before the exchange.

On the one hand, the attitude is to clearly express his respect for the girl, and on the other hand, it is to avoid some unnecessary misunderstandings.

You know, no matter when, pretending to understand and being self-righteous are the most inadvisable stupid moves.

Keno couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Not only because of the boy's rescue at the critical moment, but also because of that almost dazzling handsome face.

As if standing in front of a sun that tore through the darkness, the long-lost sense of security suddenly surged into the girl's heart.

"Since I'm an adult, you can just call me Keno."

"Then please take care of me from now on, Keno-chan."

Thanks to the blessing of taking care of Illya, Seleus, who is inherently very bad at socializing with the opposite sex, has gained some experience and insights when dealing with little girls.

’ Although she hasn’t completely let go of her guard, judging from her respectful attitude and slightly reassuring tone, Keno is her name. '

The "surname" tells the origin, and the "name" expresses itself, and when a girl is willing to let you call her by her name, it means that she has established initial trust in her.

And at this time, it is the best time to pull into the distance in one go.

Thinking of this, Serius directly reached out and stroked the girl's little head.

The long golden hair was as smooth as silk and felt very comfortable to the touch, but the girl's eyes widened at this moment, as if she was very surprised by Serius' sudden behavior.

"What... what's wrong?"

The girl's unexpected reaction made Serius feel a little inexplicably guilty, and he couldn't help hesitating in the movements of his hands.

If it was Illya, she would have been comfortable squinting her eyes like a kitten at this time, but why did Keno, who was as young as her appearance, react like this?

'etc!Appearance!Young? ! ' Seleus suddenly realized something.

Seleus didn't feel the existence of the living when he arrived, and the death energy that filled the girl's body was enough to prove her identity as an undead.

As an undead, the girl's body has long stopped growing, that is to say, trying to judge her age from her appearance will only lead to wrong conclusions.

'Although the body is forever fixed at this young moment, is the spirit constantly growing under the baptism of time? '

'That is to say, it is very rude to treat her like a child without authorization? 'Selius felt a little troubled in his heart.

'Because I only have the experience of getting along with Illya, so I really don't have much confidence in 'actively communicating with the opposite sex', so I will subconsciously ignore her spirit that is quite different from her childish appearance. '

Serius continued to analyze the gains and losses, and the hand stroking the other party stopped because of his thoughts.

In the end, although he knows the basic common sense to treat women as young as possible, considering that even Illya, who gets along well with him, will get angry from time to time because she is treated like a child.

This kind of girl who can't grow up due to special reasons should be quite concerned about the fact that people will treat her as a child because of her appearance...

"Triple magic is the most powerful, electric shock ball!"

Just when Seleus and the girl Keno were caught in an awkward atmosphere of staring and staring, and no one knew what to do next, the Night Mage, who had been ignored by the two, finally caught Seleus, the girl. A chance for 'strong enemies' to let their guard down.

The skeletal undead's claws were stretched forward, slowly opened, and after gathering three electric shock balls that were three times larger than usual, he fired them out without hesitation.

"Boom boom-"

The electric shock ball with greatly increased destructive power expanded rapidly, and the berserk electric arc burst out with a dazzling light that could illuminate the surrounding area like daytime.

"Obviously occupying an absolute advantage, but after a successful blow, let the powerful enemy reassert their offensive posture..."

Seeing that his own magic completely engulfed Serius' figure, the Night Mage's eyes flashed red, and he looked at Serius' original position with some disdain.

"Even if it's a high-level archmage whose strength surpasses mine, your arrogance is yours... what?!"

The smoke blown up by the explosion gradually dispersed, revealing the crimson boy who stood unshakably in it, and the blond girl who was firmly blocked by the boy.

And the seemingly unharmed two people also made the skeletal undead who should have lost all emotions exclaim in disbelief.

"Eating my attack head-on turned out to be unscathed. With all your attention on that guy, you shouldn't have time to release your magic defense!"

"Think about it carefully, maybe it's because your magic doesn't work for me at all."

Seleus, who was 'rescued' from the extremely embarrassing situation before by the other party, curled up into a slight smile.

"As you said, even I 'didn't have' the ability to deploy magic defense at that time."

"Don't get carried away over there, bastard!" the Archmage of the Night said in a bad tone.

"It's nothing more than just wearing a magic item with a constant 'thunder attribute defense'...or a higher-level 'thunder attribute attack invalid'."

"If it makes you feel better to think so, feel free."

Seleus blinked, the fact that the information he revealed out of good intentions was misunderstood by the other party as a provocation made him feel unspeakably helpless.

However, considering that he didn't intend to let go of this night mage, who is considered a natural disaster for human beings, the other party's judgment can be called "reasonable" to some extent.

"Cut!" It was clearly a skeleton body, but it showed an extremely vivid anger that could be called gnashing of teeth.

But there is no other way. After all, cutting off one's wealth is like killing one's parents. What's more, Seleus not only destroyed the plan of the night archmage to forcibly dominate Keno, a noble undead, but also threatened his "life". posed a huge threat.

If the 'life' of the undead can really be called 'life'.

'Having that level of defensive props is equivalent to blocking most of my attack methods. '

After carefully looking at Serius and Keno who was behind him, and confirming that he could not find a trace of lightning strikes on them anyway, the anger in the blood pupils of the skeleton undead dissipated quite a bit.

He is not a reckless person, and being able to grow into a master of the night under the circumstances of the world's enemies is enough to prove his extraordinary mind and means.

'Now is not the time to be envious of the city's negative energy and that newborn vampire. According to the attitude and strength shown by that bastard, he definitely has the ability and intention to keep me here. '

Thinking of this, the undead took out a palm-sized magical item wrapped with powerful negative energy from the robe.

It was a rather simple orb that shone with pitch-black light. It had not been polished, and its shape was not neat, and it had a rough stone-like texture.

He raised the orb high, and the negative energy of the whole city poured into it like a whale swallowing a dragon.

"The sixth rank, dominating the undead!"

The undead chanted their own magic loudly, and as if responding to something, the zombies in the entire outer city suddenly turned their heads to look at the battlefield here, and swayed with movements controlled by death. Akira stood between him and Serius.

"Do you think these zombies alone can be my opponent?"

Looking at the huge group of corpses rushing towards him, Serius' voice was no longer the briskness before, but a kind of indifference with a hint of anger.

"Hahahahaha, you are right, but as long as it can hold you back and cause you a certain amount of trouble, attack!!!"

Hearing the anger in Seleus' words, the skeletal undead who thought he had won the game let out a hearty laugh, but he didn't know that his behavior of playing with the undead had already set a countdown called 'death' for him.

"Really, you can meet this kind of self-righteous guy no matter where you are."

Serius sighed softly and stretched out his palm, the sun-like hot crimson flame jumped up, and following his movements, formed a wall of flames that tightly wrapped him and Keno.

The wall of fire rotated and spread rapidly like a storm, as if it was going to burn the skeletal undead in front of it, as well as the entire city, in the next second.

But, just when Serius was about to take action, a trembling little hand suddenly grabbed his clothes corner behind him.

He turned his head with some doubts, but saw that the eyes of Keno, who had been quiet all this time, were filled with tears at some point, and his small face was looking at him with a pleading face.

"Everyone...everyone is an important clan member and a citizen of this kingdom."

"So...you intend to let me let them go" Seleus understood the meaning behind Keno's endless words.

"But you should understand that they have become the dead, and for the dead, the most important thing is to rest in peace, not to be transformed into such a pair of walking corpses that are easy to be dominated by others."

"But everyone was transformed into this form by magic. Since it was caused by magic, there must be a countermeasure."

"But if your body is burnt out, no matter what, everyone will not be able to return to their original state." Keno's voice was like weeping blood.

"Became like this?" Serius heard the news and couldn't pretend he didn't hear it.

"Do you know who did this?"

"it's him!"

Sensing Serius' attitude, Keno hastily stretched out his finger, pointing directly at the skeletal undead anxiously urging the orb to absorb negative energy after seeing the power of the wall of fire.

"It's this guy?"

Serius was a little surprised to observe the soul and mana content of the undead skeletons, and counted the number of people who had been turned into zombies in the entire royal city.

But no matter what, he couldn't imagine how a guy with only this level of strength could transform all the people in the entire city into undead at the same time.

"Sorry, Keno-chan, I don't think this guy has the power to transform so many people into undead at the same time."

Keno stopped all movements as if the power had been cut off. After a long time, she let out an extremely confused voice in a daze.

"Ugh!?"

"Ugh?"

The two looked at each other, and the scene was once very awkward.

"But, after he entered the city, he was..."

"With all due respect, Keno-chan." Serius nodded the girl's head, preventing her from speaking further.

"No matter how unmistakably he said or did what he did, he doesn't have the ability to transform a living being in the royal city into an undead at the same time, even with that precious orb. gap."

"In addition, do you have direct evidence or a basis with high credibility to confirm that he is the culprit behind the scenes?"

"..." Keno's expression slowly changed, from surprise to sadness, with a hint of dismay.

Like a child, Keno couldn't hide the change in expression. Even after living for such a long time, she was still strongly shocked by Serius' words.

"Ah!" Serius sighed, this kind of mental blow still depends on the girl to survive alone, what he can do after all is limited as a newcomer.

"Next, we have to deal with the troubles ahead." Seleus, who held Keno firmly behind him and dispelled the flames of the sun, wrapped his arms around his chest in distress.

"Without destroying or even destroying their bodies, restricting their actions is really annoying... No, why did I forget this trick."

As if embracing the world, Seleus suddenly opened his arms, and the surging crimson flame suddenly exploded, and gradually turned into a stream of light and gathered on his hands.

The death aura of the entire royal city is within Serius' perception, and with the help of the death aura, he can grasp the positions of all the zombies as if looking down from a high altitude.

"Everything is in my hands!"