[h2]Mihama Nanako[/h2]

There was at least one thing there that Nanako could agree with. And that was that it had been a weird fluke of luck. How had she summoned someone so clearly from outside of human history? Someone who couldn't possibly have existed within the human order? There was definitely no Meltryllis lurking in the past, even without the way she had spoken about herself. She was someone who just had to be foreign to this entire timeline.

But wasn't that kind of lucky, as well?

Aside from that... Meltryllis claimed to be a monster made to oppose humanity, whose entire existence was indeed the opposition of humanity. It didn't seem like she was lying about this being the reason she came to be(and that alone was a lot to take in) but at the same time...

A Master could understand certain things about their Servant just by summoning them, and one of them was skills. One of those skills was Independent Action at A-rank. If Meltryllis was as terrible as she said, why did she even bother listening to Nanako? Wouldn't a monster just kill her and then make a new contract with someone else who was more cooperative? She was hardly the only person without a Servant in the area.

At least... that's how it felt. That's what she hoped. Nanako wanted to have a good relationship with her Servant, and no matter what Melt said that didn't include treating her as a monster in the brunette girl's mind.

Nanako pressed the button to take them to the bottom floor.

Even though this was a matter of life and death for the people who could potentially bump into Meltryllis, and certainly she didn't want anyone to get hurt or worst, Nanako could sense how upset this outcome had made her Servant. It wasn't difficult, just hearing the tone of her voice change was enough. It was clear her legs were part of the core of her identity... but they were also exceptionally dangerous. No wonder just being close to them felt kind of scary.

"I'm sorry, I can tell you're not happy," she said, finally, as they approached the bottom floor, "But it's the only way I think I'd ever be allowed to take you around the city. Even if you're careful. The clinic isn't too far away, so at least it won't be a long detour..."

A few of Nanako's neighbors were in the lobby. When they went to wave to her, they fairly quickly noticed she was being accompanied by what could only be a Servant, and a rather unusual one at that. They were mostly rendered speechless.

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