CK Simulation, Creating the Style of Tsukino Fumi

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When the collar around Hina Akuta's neck came into Meryuchina's view, the fairy knight seemed to realize something, and a hint of displeasure appeared on her face. Clearly, she had seen through Hina Akuta's identity and realized that Hina Akuta was the culprit who had recently been wreaking havoc in Germania, causing the local nobles to constantly seek help from London.

[Logically speaking, Meliuchina could have easily cut off Akuta Hinako's head right now, but because of your presence, she restrained herself from doing so.]

You couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, silently releasing the fist that had been hidden beneath your robe, ready to strike at any moment.

Clearly, Britannia has not only remained largely unchanged in technology and institutions over the past thousand years, but its customs have also remained largely the same as they were a millennium ago. The empire still maintains an ancient tradition—slaves are the property of citizens, and no one may move them without the permission of the property owner, not even noble lords.

Although this tradition had little binding force on noble lords most of the time—after all, they possessed privileges that far surpassed those of ordinary citizens—it was still one of the fundamental laws enshrined in the Imperial Code.

Quinn was betting that Melyuchina would abide by this law, because after Lancelot's public trial, he had always strictly adhered to and respected the laws and customs of various places, and was famous overseas for this. Given Melyuchina's obsession with Lancelot, if she did not want the world to say that she was inferior to her predecessor, she would also have to strictly adhere to this law.

[A seemingly insignificant act you once did still protect you today, even after a thousand years. This feeling makes you want to hum a little, but you hold back because you see that Meliuqina's expression is not good. You think she must be angry because you tricked her. Just as you are about to say something to appease this fairy knight, Meliuqina speaks, making you feel a little uneasy.]

"Magician, you stole my prey because you wanted to prove you're stronger than me?"

"what?"

“I am the strongest knight in Britain.” Melyuchina suddenly emphasized, her originally kind face turning serious. “I am the knight who can remove all obstacles for His Majesty. Magician, you are strong, but I don’t think you can surpass me. Even if you defeat this inhuman thing first, it’s still not strong enough. Even if His Majesty knows your deeds, he will not think you can stand shoulder to shoulder with me.”

Melyuchina's emphasis made Akuta Hina want to curse, but the true ether emanating from Melyuchina's body calmed her down. The magic power emanating from the other's body with her breath alone was enough to put pressure on Akuta Hina. She had to admit that Quinn's suggestion to disguise himself as a slave was absolutely right.

If it had been Melyuchina who found her first instead of Quinn, she would probably have been taken by the other party to claim credit right now.

Quinn didn't feel too much pressure. Although Melyuchina was strong, she was still slightly inferior to Sephalus of Greece. He just couldn't understand the dragon girl's thoughts. Under normal circumstances, shouldn't she thank him for stopping the empire's losses in advance and minimizing the impact of the rebels and reward him?

Why did this person's first thought be that he would steal her credit?

While inwardly criticizing Meryuchina's thought process, which resembled that of a third-rate villain in a novel, Quinn outwardly remained calm and explained, lest this dragon girl suddenly consider him and Akuta Hinako as enemies. "I didn't mean that, Lady Meryuchina. I am a magician, and magicians need a suitable familiar, don't they? I came to Germania for this rare elven race. She is very suitable to be a familiar, and also suitable to be a slave."

"..."

Meliuchina was silent for a few seconds after hearing this answer. She listened to Quinn's disguised and androgynous voice, and then looked at Akuta Hinako wearing a slave collar. She had to admit that even though Akuta Hinako's face was not good at the moment and her emotions were obviously unstable, she was indeed a beautiful woman with a graceful demeanor. In addition, her status as an elf made her an excellent choice for continuing the lineage in the eyes of magicians.

Mei Liuqina's expression softened slightly. "So, you don't want to curry favor with His Majesty by solving his troubles before me?"

"Yes, yes."

Quinn nodded repeatedly.

"Oh, you should have said so earlier. I was worried that I had another competitor and that I had to kill you to prove to His Majesty that I was the stronger one."

Quite abruptly, Melyuchina said something chilling with a look of relief on her face.

Quinn's lips twitched slightly, but these words didn't frighten him. After all, he was quite confident in his fighting ability.

However, before he could even speak, the dragon girl's next words made him break out in a cold sweat.

"Since you are not a competitor, come back with me to see His Majesty the Emperor. You have rendered meritorious service, and His Majesty will surely reward you. I will speak well of His Majesty and ask him to forgive your familiar for the crimes it committed against the people of the Empire, and to allow this sinner to serve as a slave to continue your lineage. This time, you cannot refuse me. Otherwise, if the world finds out about this, it will surely ruin my reputation and make me think that I am a greedy person who steals the credit of others."

No…you want to commit suicide and take me with you? Telling the current emperor that the late emperor should take a concubine to continue the family line…

Don't you want your entire family anymore?

Chapter 203 Go Be a Spy

Quinn didn't want to respond, and Hinako Akuta also realized that the fairy in front of her was somewhat dim-witted, but her strength was indeed terrifying, so she remained silent.

The silence between the two brought a hint of satisfaction to Melyuchina's face. She felt that she had guessed Quinn's thoughts correctly. He intended to capture a slave who could improve his family's lineage and bloodline to reproduce for him. This was not uncommon in the world of magicians. In fact, in modern Britannia, many magicians would try to marry fairies to mix fairy blood into their families in order to improve their offspring's mastery of the mystical.

However, fairies are all restless creatures, so someone who can win a fairy's heart must at least meet the prerequisite of being "interesting".

In Melyuchina's eyes, Quinn met the criteria, and not only that, he also demonstrated sufficient strength. To be honest, Melyuchina genuinely wanted Quinn to join the British court, preferably as her deputy.

In this way, Quinn's feat of defeating the Germanic monster and enslaving it could be somewhat attributed to Melyuchina herself.

This is why she threatened Quinn while offering him pie, and also wanted Quinn to go with her to meet the Emperor. Therefore, she tirelessly persuaded Quinn, describing the benefits of returning to London with her. Listening to Melyuchina's constant persuasion, Quinn only felt a headache.

He couldn't just go to London and meet Mordred like that. The reason was simple: his disguise magic might fool many people, but it wouldn't work against those who were not only strong but also knew him very well. Mordred was a perfect example of both.

If he dared to appear in front of her, Mordred would definitely recognize him immediately.

However, just as Quinn was pondering how to appease Meryuchina, the Servant's voice rang in his ears.

"Why not agree to her request? She hasn't said when she'll take you to meet the other me. Just wait until you feel the conditions are right before letting her take us there. Wouldn't that make it easy to get close to the other me?"

[Your servant has offered you very insightful advice. Due to your relationship with Mordred Europa, you were instinctively resisting meeting your beloved daughter because you weren't mentally prepared to confront her. But now, Mordred has eased the knot in your heart.]

As she said, you didn't need to refuse Meliuchina's invitation, especially since the dragon girl had all her attention on you, so you accepted Meliuchina's invitation.

[After obtaining your consent, Melyuchina immediately became amiable. She agreed to your plan to travel to London at a later date and promised to obtain a pardon for your slaves in advance. At the same time, she planned to take you on the inaugural flight of Dragonair.]

Faced with such enthusiasm, it was hard for you to refuse. So, you took Hinako Akuta and Mordred, climbed onto the back of Melyuchina, who had been transformed back into a dragon, and boarded the Dragon Airship to return from Vienna to your camp at the mouth of the Rhine River.

The dragon that Melyuchina transformed into descended from the sky didn't cause much of a stir. Bavanshi seemed to have long been accustomed to Melyuchina's behavior. However, the sight of you returning with Melyuchina surprised Bavanshi for a moment. This was the first time she had seen Melyuchina allow someone to ride on her back, and she couldn't help but tease you a little, thinking that your ability to get along with Melyuchina in such a short time made you worthy of being called Britain's number one socialite.

If Bawan Xi was merely surprised, then the fairies of Paradise and the guardians of Alaya who witnessed this scene exchanged bewildered glances. They hadn't expected that in just a few days, you could so quickly build a good relationship with the fairy knights who were supposed to be your enemies. It's fortunate that it has reached this level.

Unlike the astonishment of the others, Shiro Emiya was completely unmoved by the scene.

As your student, Shiro Emiya is already accustomed to your amazing charm. In her memory, every magician in the entire Clock Tower who has interacted with you speaks highly of you, and among the women living in the Europa Mansion, half of them have an unusual fondness for you.

Now that they're in Britain, seducing a fairy doesn't seem like an unacceptable thing to her; it's the news you brought that's making her brain freeze.

[Considering that Hinako Akuta already knows everything about your affairs in Britain, and your plan has been initially set up, all that's left is to wait for the Knights of the Round Table to find the other A-class Masters, in case these guys pull a big surprise on you. You decide to tell Haku Emiya some things she doesn't yet know, and at the same time, have her act as your spy planted in London.]

"So... the current Emperor of Britannia is your daughter, teacher? And the Europa family isn't, as the rumors in the Clock Tower say, descendants of the Knights of the Round Table. Instead, Mr. Gawain is your child?" Shiro Emiya's expression was strange. "Ms. Morgan and the legendary King Arthur... are respectively your wife and your lover..."

"That's right."

"Why...why are you telling me all this?" Mei You, I miss you, but you're busy. Lin Zai, are you...?

"Because I'm sending you to the London court."

Quinn stared at Shiro Emiya. “Meliu Zina and Bavan Shi don’t know my identity yet, nor do they know who is hiding under the guise of a magician. But my daughter is different. As long as I appear in front of her, no disguise magic will work. But you are different. You have never met her. She will only see you as an ordinary magician, provided that… you don’t become emotionally unstable because of some things in the London court.”

"Then...why don't you look for someone else?" Shirou instinctively avoided his teacher's gaze, lest he, like the others, fall into Quinn's almost bewitching charm trap. "The other Masters of Chaldea would be more suitable than me, wouldn't they? For example, Kirshtalia Wodem?"

“I don’t trust those people.” Quinn stated his suspicions directly. “Animusphia has deliberately concealed many things in Chaldea, such as this experiment. So many people shouldn’t have been involved. You are my student, and I can only feel at ease when you are in charge.”

This reasonable explanation made Shiro Emiya's heart race. In the ten years she had been the other's student, she had rarely heard Quinn say anything like that. Most of the time, Quinn's teaching of her was just encouraging and comforting, because Shiro Emiya was indeed not as good as the two Tohsaka sisters in learning magic.

But now...

His own teacher actually said that he trusted him...

Shiro swallowed hard, then looked up at Quinn's eyes. "I understand. Just tell me what you need me to do."

"Don't worry, what I need you to do is nothing difficult. I just need you to find an opportunity to secretly take the Avalon sword sheath out."

Chapter 204 Audience with the Throne

London, Britain.

Shiro wrapped her long robe tighter around herself and carefully followed the petite dragon girl in front of her, walking through the magnificent palace corridors. The intense magical energy emanating from the end of the long corridors had already made her feel physically uncomfortable.

As a modern person, her body was not well adapted to the divine true ether that permeated the air. In the most important capital palace of the entire Britannian Empire, the concentration of true ether far exceeded that outside, to the point that it was making her dizzy.

But she still forced her eyelids open, trying her best to stay awake.

It has been almost half a month since Queen told her she would be the spy and she entered the London court. During that time, Shiro Emiya has been learning British court etiquette from Queen in preparation for her infiltration of the court.

Once she had learned most of the intricate court etiquette of Britain, Quinn couldn't wait to ask Melyuchina for an audience with the Emperor.

To be honest, Shiro Emiya could understand her teacher's eagerness. Ever since she learned about the entire history of Britannia from Quinn, as well as the relationship between the current emperor and her mentor, she had been able to understand him. After all, if she were in her mentor's shoes, she would also be eager to resolve everything as soon as possible.

only……

Quinn's request was still too difficult for her.

Shiro Emiya isn't a very good actress, and the most direct evidence of this is Meiliu Qina walking in front of her right now.

"Relax, magician, don't be so reserved."

After passing through the outermost corridor of the London Palace, the dragon lady, who acted as the introducer, spoke up, "His Majesty the Emperor is not a monster. You don't need to be so careful. I can tell you're not in good condition. You'll easily be seen by His Majesty as a worthless idler."

Shiro Emiya's forehead immediately began to sweat. Clearly, Melyuchina had already discovered that she had replaced her teacher. However, for some reason, the fairy knight did not intend to expose this little secret directly and ruin Quinn's plan.

Although the fairy knight's reaction was strange, now that his identity had been revealed, Shiro Emiya had no choice but to respond.

Fortunately, after living in the Clock Tower for so many years, she had become quite accustomed to the scheming and backstabbing among magicians. When faced with Melyuchina's sudden revelation, she was able to maintain her composure. "Thank you for the reminder. My teacher just wants me to make an appearance before His Majesty the Emperor."

“Oh, you’re an apprentice? That makes sense.” This explanation seemed to convince Melyuchina. “You humans are always like this, passing the credit around. There have been many knights who have given their credit to their juniors. I don’t quite understand this behavior, but I don’t object to it either. However, His Majesty the Emperor dislikes this behavior. If you want your teacher’s good intentions to not be wasted, you’d better not give yourself away.”

Shiro Emiya could only nod repeatedly.

But when he thought about how he would be following Melyuchina into the most dangerous London court to steal the legendary Avalon sword sheath, while his teacher only needed to accompany another seemingly more approachable person, Bavan Shi, in the Germania region, under the guise of searching for King Arthur, to have some fun, Shiro Emiya found it hard to convince himself that all of this was a good arrangement made for his teacher's benefit.

Even so, she understood the importance of her role in this operation.

Avalon's sword sheath.

Legend has it that this treasure can protect its holder from injury. In the original Arthurian legend, King Arthur was invincible when he held the sword sheath, because the king would never be hurt under the protection of the sword sheath. However, with the loss of the sword sheath, King Arthur and his kingdom of Camelot also perished in the long river of history.

Compared to the original Arthurian legend, the Britannian Empire, which ruled the entire European continent, was much more powerful. Mordred Europa II, the emperor of this empire, was a powerful figure who possessed many treasures. The Star-Forged Sword and the Holy Lance, which once belonged to King Arthur, were in his hands. The Round Table and the Bone Throne were the core of his authority as the emperor, enabling him to exercise his authority as the master of this world.

With these treasures, Europa II was already far superior to the fully-fledged King Arthur. If he still had the scabbard, this absolute ruler would be invincible from the start. If he could not steal the scabbard, even if his teacher reassembled the Knights of the Round Table and dealt with the fairy knights, it would be difficult to defeat this emperor.

These thoughts raced through Shiro Emiya's mind as he tried to convince himself that the risk he was taking came from Quinn's trust, and to calm his nerves as he prepared to meet his teacher's daughter, the final boss of this world.

Her reverie did not slow down the passage of time; however, after only three minutes, Mei Liuqina, who was walking at the front, stopped.

Seeing the guide stop, Shiro Emiya snapped out of her reverie and focused her attention on the enormous palace gates before her. During her time in modern London, Shiro had seen Buckingham Palace from afar more than once, but the gates of that postmodern royal palace could not compare to the gates before her now.

huge.

This was Shiro Emiya's first thought upon seeing the door. Standing before the ten-meter-high gate, she couldn't help but think of giants; only a giant of such stature would need such a door.

However, when Meliuchina knocked on the door and announced her identity, the door slowly opened from the inside out, revealing not a giant's house, but a dim courtyard, where a huge, towering tree formed of light came into Shiro's view.

A pale marble arcade extends from the doorway toward the giant tree, where it becomes a circular corridor encircling the tree. The towering Roman columns intersect with the tree's branches, resembling a natural Greek temple, and in the center of that "temple" is a coiled dragon skeleton.

An immense, suffocating pressure emanated from the dragon bone, the very source of Shiro Emiya's physical discomfort and the origin of the continuous flow of true ether.

Emiya Haku took a deep breath to calm his racing thoughts, then pulled down the hood of his robe to reveal his face. In an instant, the face of Meliuchina, who had just been indifferent in leading the way, twisted in shock, and the fairy knight's eyes widened.

The moment that face, identical to Morgan's, appeared, the end of the dragonbone cast its gaze upon it.

……

Your student has arrived before the throne. As you expected, the face that looks exactly like your wife has caught the emperor's attention. Although she knows that the person in front of her is not Morgan, your daughter still can't help but think of her long-lost mother.

[And the magical artifact you left on Shiro Emiya also conveyed all of this to your eyes.] Mei Youwo Mei Yongkong Ni Lin Zaizai Mei...

Looking at the figure that appears before you through the magic projection, you can't help but exclaim in amazement.