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Predictably, the fight had gone about as well for the outnumbered demon as could have been expected--even with two of them sitting out of it, though she doubted that an author would be much use in a fight, he was still hopelessly outmatched simply by being unable to fully focus on the sword fight. There was a use in his continued life--someone so obliviously acting as the most stereotypical villain possible was quite amusing. He also seemed the sort likely to lead her to some further source of magical power to hold a spell or two in reserve.

Though it had taken him some time, he'd come to the natural crux of the matter--they were manifestly in a different world. The incongruous appearance of a certain Hans Christian Andersen was a clue, whilst his lack of actually demonic features was another. Even the child's staff was something beyond the ability of all but a select few to create--and given that Chao was explicitly from the future and there wasn't a pactio in sight, it had to come from somewhere else. If they had been brought to another world, with no idea how or why, then it was a bad idea to go killing each other off until they knew how to get home.

It would be a shame to find the method but realise that one of the components needed had been dead for weeks.

Thus, to Mordred, the completely unexpected vision of her Master coming in from out of seemingly nowhere, having produced an iron fan, and knocking the killing blow aside. Not that it was time for Menomaru to get too comfortable, with the vampire still having her fist cocked and a free shot.

"As much as a third-rate villain like yourself should normally die around this point of the story, where the hero has shown what they can do, you're right about being in another world. We might need you alive for everyone to get back but if you won't co-operate then..."

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Asterios certainly couldn't have explained the difference between an alchemist and a magus before, with the blonde's sudden alteration of the trees around them only raising further questions. To him, it was magic all the same and the hope that he'd be able to establish her as a Master before the situation became unspeakably dire. Already, it was starting to be something of a concern despite his lack of exertion; Servants just weren't meant to exist without some form of magical sustenance...

Sitting on the ground, the famous monster waited for his turn to introduce himself. Ah... maybe he could make a better impression than when his Master had summoned him, and actually give a name--[i]his[/i] name, not that hated moniker.

"As...terios..."

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As if her current situation wasn't enough of a problem, it got even stranger when a man just stepped out of the air in front of her. No glowing symbols, no warning--just appearing in a way that mirrored her own arrival but far more controlled. There was only one group that she knew of to have anything like those abilities but that didn't mean he was hostile... still, just in case, the girl kept a grip on the relic fragment as she walked towards Ben.

"Excuse me, are you an alchemist?"