[Was wondering why people keep choosing "Self-Replenishment" instead of Illyasviel (Caster)'s broken "Unlimited Mana Supply", must be for balancing. However @Ramesses, if you're the mid-boss and Llama or Ruler is the main boss, who will be the hero that come and kill you, lol?]
I got enough rest. Right now, i think i can fight a strong opponent without trouble, but because that command, right now i can't do anything. I haven't talked with Shirou, yet, not like i will, after what he has done. Right now, the sun is high, i doubt any servant will want to fight me right now, it will attract too much attention. I changed to my casual clothes (Shirou's clothes) before I go to the Central Park and practice with my sword. It must be autumn atm, the leaves are falling a lot. Cutting falling leaves in the Line sure is a good training to sharpen my reflect. I also practice my throwing skill with some small rocks, my precision in throwing is very good, must be because of this body's previous owner.
Due to this silent space that i can easily hear a weird noise out of the falling leaves. A mechanical one, indeed. I can spot a drone around 5 meters on the sky. When did it follow me? I throw a rock and destroy that drone. Guess staying here won't be a good choice. I go to the top of the ESB. Overlooking the Scenery, huh? "The scenery you see from a high place is magnificent. But a vision that's too large creates a boundary between you and the world. It's more correct for you to recognize the large world you see as the world you live in rather than as the small space around you. But you can't feel that you're living in this big world no matter how hard you try. Your reasoning, represented by your knowledge, and your experience, respresented by your realization, will crash against each other. And eventually, you will lose yourself and confusion will begin. And then you will fall.". This line... i heard it from someone, i don't know who he or she is anyway. (reference to Touko Aozaki, KnK).
Hmm, come to think of it, it's a faint feeling but there must be some living being very nearby but also very far away. With my MEoDP, i can see only one floating line. When i attempt to cut it, my hands can't move. This must be the CS's work. So, cut that thing will have the same meaning as challenging a Servant? I try to fight against the CS but my CTTR also tell me to stop. Ah, i get it now. I can see and cut even the concept of things, and that line must be the concept of space created by a Servant. There must be a Servant that can move outside of this world, outside even time and space itself. If i cut that and get dragged out of time and space, i won't survive. Ah, this is the place where i meet Ruler for the first time. Guess he will come here again. I write a note "Hello Ruler, it's Saber. Are you still alive? I'm in a tight situation right now... so i can't actually search for you. But, if you want a fight, just come to me at anytime. I want you to die by my hands, so please don't die by other's. See you later". I left that note there and leave.
I come to Caster's new territory. He created a new one in Midtown East. This one seems stronger than the previous one. Caster know that i'm coming, he isn't hiding so that i can easily find him with my Servant's sense. Caster places his workshop inside an abandoned building, with some barrier to lure people away. Shirou already told Archer and Caster about my current condition, Caster told me that Archer laughed a lot, i'll teach him a lesson later.
- What do you think? This territory took me lots of effort just to create it. Normal stalking tools such as drones and familiars can't enter this. It will also lower enemy servant's stat by 2 ranks or 1 if they have Magic Resistance. Also, by using me and my God Hand as its core, only attacks with A rank or higher can enter this territory from outside. Now this is a fortress that will protect us a lot while we're inside. Indeed it costs a lot of mana, but i'm using this Midtown East's people as its source to maintain it. I also set it up so that it won't drain people till death. What do you think? Splendid, right? This can only be done by me, the Pioneer of the Stars, the greatest genius of the human's history!
- Yes, you're right, it's very amazing. How could i expect less from you, LEONARDO DA VINCI?
- Oh? So you already know?
- A Pioneer of the Stars who can compare even to the great Nikola Tesla, the greatest genius on all fields of study, a Caster who can craft items and create a territory that can even compare with a Servant's Bounded Field. That can only be you, Leonardo. To think i have 2 geniuses on my side, what a good fortune.
- You're prasing me too much, lady. Sure, I'm part Da Vinci, but I'm also not. I'm a fake, a Blah who's got a bit of his mind, his body, his abilities. But I'm not on his level just yet. I know instinctively, my head's no match for the real deal, maybe that's why I've got a bit of Heracles in me too; twelve heads are better than one, it's a shame they'll never meet. I'm sure Archer's realized what's going on, he's certainly smart enough. He must realize, that we aren't them.
- Yeah, the same goes for me. This body... belong to a girl named Shiki Ryougi. Yet, i'm not her. She must be somewhere in this vast multi-verse. But, without fighting or an actual true identity, WHO AM I?
- I don't know who you WERE. And, what's it matter? You're you, the culmination of your experiences. Whoever you are doesn't matter, all that matters is what you do. But even so, there's someone out there, who knows if they really are, but there power's more than enough to pull the strings, after all there's no way a regular servant could release the magic energy they did. But they're someone who's impossible to reach, impossible to beat. Still, if you want a crack at them, as long as it's only impossible, I'm sure we'll be fine. And, i belive, Ruler, the supervisor of this HGW, is the one behind all of this. We know something. We must take him down, once and for all.
After some deep thought, i stand up. This whole thing just now was unbelivable, but i don't think Caster would like to me. I need sort my mind out before i can make a decision. When i'm about to leave, Caster calls me in and give me a pair of rings.
- Shirou asked me to make this. Those rings are linked with each other, one for you and one for your Master. With this, your Mana rank will increase by one and it will also deepen your connection with your Master so your mana replenishment will be better, you don't have to worry about mana shortage after using SoG anymore. This was Archer's idea since his NP would consume tons of mana. He also asked me to create it like a pair of rings for him and his Master. Your Master was very worried about you and you're misunderstanding his command. It's more like "I don't want you to fight alone" than "I forbid you from fighting".
I can't say anything. I just silently leave. Leonardo... he's really a genius... that he can easily see through me...
[@Blah: The scene below this is a little off-scene. If you don't want it, just say and i'll remove it]
After i left, Caster turns to his Master who's playing with birds. He say:
- They sure are having a good relationship with their Master, right?
- Birdy birdy birdy~
- Hey, you bird brain! Are you even listening?
- Assassin is dead. The birds saw an explosion. They even saw Assassin before he disappear. That man near him was a mage with CS, must be his Master. The man behind that explosion is still unknown. We must be careful.
- So Assassin is dead, huh... Someone can easily kill him when we had a hard time with him before... Things won't be easy.. I'll tell Saber and Archer about this later.
- What about that ring on your hand?
- Oh, so you noticed? I called it "The Lord of Rings". With this one, i can sense Saber, Archer and their Master's location and condition, as long as they're still wearing their ring. I'm a Caster, i can't just go outside my territory all the time, so this ring will let me know if they're having a fight and i'll come for help.
Caster backs to his workplace again. He's working on a flying boots or something like that...