Tanuki Rise of the Yokai Clan - Chapter 256: My Servant doesn't seem bad

At that moment, everyone became gob-smacked. In the war of the Holy Grail, no Servant would want to declare his identity as it could be a key component of his battle plants, so Rider’s act was nothing but ridiculous!

Scheherazade shook her head as she let out a long sigh since she didn’t expect such a stupid Servant to exist.

“…has he really conquered one-third of the world?”

The legend of Alexander is still famous even now as someone who conquered a third of the world during his life.

Yet, when she saw the real Alexander, she was glad that this person was their enemy.

However, because of this, she could tell that Alexander was confident in his ability, telling all of them that even if they knew his identity, he would still fight them.

Rider’s courage was worthy of admiration, but it didn’t change the fact that this guy was stupid.

“I think that you are the most normal Servant, Scheherazade.”

“…I am not sure whether that is praise, Master.”

“It is.”

When they thought about all the Servants that they had seen until now, compared to all of them, Scheherazade was the most normal.

Her wish not to die was a normal thing.

Everyone wished for it.

However, what about the rest?

Assassin?

They couldn’t say anything since an Assassin thought of themselves as a tool of their Master, and they would do anything as long as their Master ordered them.

Frankly, Tamazuki knew that Hassan-i-Sabbah was a perfect Servant, and everyone wished to have him even if Hassan was weaker than others. However, in the Holy Grail War, there was no need to fight the Servants themselves as long as they could win the Masters.

So, Assassin was the most suitable Servant.

The only problem was that the Master of an Assassin was sick since their fate was doomed the moment they became the Servant of Kotomine Kirei.

Archer?

This was an egomaniac Servant.

Everything in this world was his treasures, whatever they were, whether they came from past, present, or future.

Everything in this world was his.

If the Master wasn’t careful and showed respect toward Archer, then Archer would kill the Master without hesitation.

Lancer?

This was a fool who only wanted to serve his Master like a knight in the past, showing loyalty, yet fate didn’t allow him as he was constantly hit by misfortunes, especially by women.

Moreover, all of his Masters needed to be careful of him as their wives or lovers might be… Cough! Cough! …because of his Love Spot.

Except that everything about him was normal.

He was so normal.

His character was almost cliche, like a knight that usually appeared in the storybook.

Saber?

She was probably the most ironic and saddest Servant as she only wished to save her country and her subjects, yet being betrayed again and again by her trusted knights, wife, and sister, and constantly being caught in many problems before, in the end, dying with regret being unable to save her country.

Watching her lithe frame being burdened by many things that could crush her anytime, Tamazuki sighed and felt sad.

Rider?

Even if his act couldn’t be understood by normal logic, without a doubt, Rider was a reliable Servant and partner.

Berserker?

This Servant hadn’t appeared, so he refrained from talking about him for now.

Though he knew if someone knew what he thought regarding those Servants, they would scoff at him as Caster and Assassin were the two weakest classes in the Holy Grail War.

“I wonder who Berserker is?”

“He is going to appear soon. Be patient.”

When Tamazuki saw Rider appear in front of everyone, announcing his identity loudly and confidently, Rider’s Master, Waver, quickly became angry and complained, but Rider was a Rider, so he didn’t care and even tried to invite Saber and Lancer as his army.

“…Master, is he serious?”

“I guess so?”

Scheherazade was lost for words when she saw how Rider blatantly asked Lancer and Saber to fight for him.

Naturally, Lancer and Saber refused without hesitation, which made Scheherazade sigh in relief. While the chances of the two Servants agreeing to the Rider’s invitation were almost null, the chances weren’t zero, especially when all of the Servants had their unique personalities.

Still, Tamazuki thought differently as he knew that he could take all of them down with ease by using his Argos, shooting a laser beam at all the Servants present on the screen, but he endured it since one of his goals was to devour all the Servants to gain all of their abilities.

If he killed all of them, even if he got the Holy Grail, he wouldn’t be able to master all of their abilities.

Though because of Scheherazade, he knew that he could learn the Class Skills and Personal Skills of the Servants.

As for Noble Phantasms? It seems that he was unable to learn them.

“Master, is it only me, or have you become more handsome?” Scheherazade suddenly felt that Tamazuki had become even more handsome that she couldn’t look away.

However, Tamazuki didn’t answer her and thought that it was the effect of “Love Spot” that he learned from Diarmuid.

As Scheherazade tried to kiss him, Waver, who was seen on the screen, suddenly shivered in fear as he hid behind Rider when he heard the voice of his lecturer, Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald, or Lancer’s Master.

“Or rather, all the Servants are going to appear except you.” Tamazuki then looked at Scheherazade and asked, “Do you want to appear too?”

Scheherazade shook her head so fast that she made an afterimage while hugging him tightly like a baby koala.

“NOOOOOOOO!”

If she came to that place, then she was going to die!

Even if Lancer was weak, without a doubt, he could kill her with ease.

Even if Saber was injured, without a doubt, she could kill her with ease.

Rider?

Was there even a need to question?

The power behind Rider’s chariot wasn’t a joke as it was given by Zeus, the King of the Gods on Mount Olympus.

Tamazuki might say that Zeus was only a God in Greek, but a God was still a God.

There was no way for them to be weak.

They should have the power to destroy a country or two.

Unfortunately, Alexander wasn’t a real God and only the child of Zeus in the legend, so his lightning wasn’t so strong.

Naturally, it was only by Tamazuki’s standard.

If it was other Servants, as long as they were hit by a Rider’s chariot, they would be sent back to the Throne of Heroes instantly.

Still, after talking for a moment, Tamazuki and Scheherazade were calm since they were far away, and no one should be able to tell they had been observing them while talking to each other.

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Kayneth, who was Lancer’s Master, as natural as he breathed, mocked Waver since this student of his dared to steal the catalysis, which he prepared to summon Rider. Because of this student, he could only summon Diarmuid, so he would have a similar fate to Diarmuid’s previous Master, whose wife was taken away.

Still, Kayneth didn’t know his fate was like that.

However, as Waver could only cower in fear, Rider, who was his Servant, patted his Master’s back reassuringly, then shouted, “Oi, Magus. If I understand correctly, you were supposed to be my Master instead of that kid, apparently.”

Rider called out to the unseen Master of Lancer. In fact, his face was covered and twisted by a huge smile of malevolent pity.

“That thought is beyond ridiculous. The man that deserves to be my Master should be a warrior that rides with me into the battlefield, not a coward that doesn’t even dare to show his face.”

Silence descended; only the anger of the unseen Master could be fled spreading along the night air. Rider suddenly laughed into the empty sky, a roaring laugh that exhausted the air in his lungs since this wasn’t the end.

“Come on out! There must be others. Friends that are hiding in the darkness and spying on us!”

Hearing those words, Tamazuki knew his most troublesome opponent was going to appear.

A golden light immediately arrived following Rider’s bellow.

The golden light came out from ten meters above, atop a street pole, where a figure standing in shining armor could be seen.

Servant Archer appears.