“W-well, just be sure to let me know beforehand next time. It’s not good for my idol image if I’m surprised every time,” Elizabeth said after pulling away from Nero. The pink-haired Lancer crossed her arms before her (not so much developed) chest and turned her gaze aside, trying to regain a measure of her composure. At this moment she didn’t care so much about the facts that were transpiring around the two of them, especially Elizabeth couldn’t allow herself to slip anymore and lose to Nero in a battle of wits.

She was sure that a time when she had the upper hand in their rivalry battle. It was all a matter of waiting and hoping.

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Atalanta eyed the chaotic gathering of different Servants, spending a particularly long time glaring at the Valkyries before turning her attention to the human Master that the Flaming Archer talked about.

“So, art thou of Archer’s Master? Thou doesn’t seem to belong to this era more than I do. I would ask what’s thy reason to interfere with the flow of human history, however, I must first repay your Archer’s deeds by answering thy questions,” the silver-haired Berserker said in a much more composed way than one would expect of a Heroic Spirit summoned in her Class.

“Before anything else let me tell thee my True Name as a proof of the honesty of my words,” she said, bringing one of her gauntlet-clad hands to her chest. “I’m Atalanta, a chaste huntress anointed by the Goddess Artemis, one of those who helped in the felling of the Calydonian Boar, as well as taking part in the Journeys of the Argo, and the daughter of Iasus, King of Arcadia,” Atalanta introduced herself in a way that, unconsciously, made her priorities clear when it came to the tales that recounted her life.

“I was summoned here by the World, as a Servant that is knowledgeable about tracking down and slaying Divine Beasts, in order to stop the spread of the beasts you have just seen and put an end to their progenitor. The reason why I answered the summoning is because the fate of all children hangs in the balance. Originally, I was an Archer, much like your own, but I was forced into this state after having to deploy one of my Noble Phantasms after my first encounter with Lancer,” Atalanta explained her situation, summoning a patch of the Calydonian Boar’s hide so that the others could understand what she meant.

“If thy mission is to stop them, I request that thou accept my assistance. If this is of thine accord, I shall offer thee my bow and swear to stand by thy cause as long as thou does not seek to bring harm to any children,” Atalanta concluded her statement in a serious voice, gazing straight into Keisuke’s eyes