Book 6: Chapter 2:2: Noble Phantasm: Ancestor, Save Me! Part 2
“Hello, Yakumo Yukari. You are as beautiful as the images in the cultural section showed.”
Yakumo Yukari looked simr to a human, barely differing. Holding a purple umbre, she wore purple robes marked with eight trigram symbols, her long golden hair framing alluring purple eyes.
Even without moving, Yakumo Yukari radiated immense charm and an air ofnguid grace. If she had lived in ancient times, she would have been the kind of beauty who could bring ruin to kingdoms.
“Thank you for yourpliment, Little Brother Chen Heng. You’re quite handsome yourself,” she replied.
“No arguments there. Are we starting the summoning of Merlin now?”
“Hold on a moment. I’ll send a message in the group chat.”
17-Year-Old Beautiful Young Lady: Merlin, have you earned enough points for the fate-severing talisman yet?
Magus of Flowers: Thanks to you, olddy, I’m just 1,000 points shy. Tomorrow, you won’t have a chance to summon me anymore. I can finally ck off. By the way, I haven’t logged into the Magi Mari ount in a few days. Doctor Roman, do you miss me?
Solomon: …
17-Year-Old Beautiful Young Lady: And what if I tell you I’ve found a suitable Singrity in the Doctor’s world?
Magus of Flowers: Huh?
Efreet: I want to watch the livestream. I want to watch it.
Lord of the White Night: Let’s go! Let’s start the livestream. Start it!
Queen of Ice and Snow: To think you’d have this day, Merlin.
Magus of Flowers: That scared me. Yakumo Yukari, are you trying to mess with me? I just checked with irvoyance, and I didn’t find you in any Singrity.
Iron Fist Teacher: Hah…looks like we’ll have to wait a little longer.
Umaru-chan: Let’s wait. Just for a bit more.
Magus of Flowers: Waiting is impossible. I justpleted a mission. I’ll take another one soon, and I can earn enough points. You won’t have a shot at me.
17-Year-Old Beautiful Young Lady: Just you wait! I’m searching for a suitable world. You’re done for, Merlin.
Magus of Flowers: Idle threats.
17-Year-Old Beautiful Young Lady: …
Back in reality, while Yakumo Yukari was testing out Merlin, Chen Heng had hit it off with Doctor Roman.
Chen Heng had helped Doctor Roman before, so they could be considered to have had some interactions. As a result, they quickly became familiar with each other.
More importantly, the shared goal of the present members—Chen Heng, Doctor Roman, and Yakumo Yukari—was to target Merlin. Allies all around!
“I’m curious. Doctor Roman, why are you here?”
“I want to turn Merlin into Mari and then beat him up properly. To achieve this, I even bought a one-time-use Gender-Shifting Spring from the Dimension Administrators Association’s store. Fortunately, as it’s a consumable, it wasn’t too expensive.” Doctor Roman held up a bottle of water that looked no different from ordinary mineral water.
The keen intuition Chen Heng had nurtured since childhood screamed extreme danger at him, urging him to stay away.
Although Chen Heng did not know what the Gender-Shifting Spring did, he knew it spelled trouble. Determined to learn more, he began scouring the association’s store for information about it.
“…Doctor, would you call this turning love into hatred? And could you please put that thing away?” Chen Heng asked after discovering what the Gender-Shifting Spring was. He quickly grabbed Sirin and opened the distance from Doctor Roman.
While Sirin didn’t understand Chen Heng’s reaction, she offered no resistance, trusting himpletely.
“Chen Heng, why are you so afraid? I’m not going to use it on you. When Merlin shows up, I’ll just ssh this bottle of spring water on him. It’s a one-use item, but it’llst at least seven days.”
Chen Heng felt a flicker of doubt, wondering if Doctor Roman could really bear to use it against his former idol, Magi Mari. But the malicious glint in the doctor’s eyes made him back farther away instinctively.
By this time, Yakumo Yukari had opened her eyes, shifting her attention from the chat interface to reality.
“Everyone, I’m going to set up the summoning ritual. Keep an eye on the surroundings.”
“Don’t worry. I’ve set up an attraction web around us. If a fly enters within a kilometer, I’ll know,” Chen Heng assured her confidently.
Yakumo Yukari nodded at Chen Heng and pulled a variety of strange, mystical items from her Gap to set up the summoning ritual.
Chen Heng didn’t know what these items were and didn’t dare ask.
Therefore, he focused his attention on his Servant status screen, feeling secure, thanks to the attraction web.
He just nced at the Servant status screen for a few seconds before closing it. Then he opened his own status screen, as if confirming something, but quickly closed it again.
“Sirin, have you seen my Servant status screen?” he asked Sirin in his arms.
“Your Servant status screen? Let me see…”
“No, don’t look!” Chen Heng wanted to stop her, but it was toote. Sirin had reflexively opened the panel.
“Bwahahaha! Noble Phantasm: An…Ancestor, Save Me!? Hahaha, this is hrious! So apt! Hahaha!” As Chen Heng’s Master, Sirin could ess his Servant status screen. The first thing that caught her eye was the EX-Ranked Noble Phantasm named Ancestor, Save Me!
Sirinughed so hard that her feet lifted off the ground, and she doubled over in Chen Heng’s arms. She transformed from her normal state into her Herrscher form whileughing, and even her wings (Subspace Lances) were pping from herughter, making her float in midair.
Chen Heng released Sirin and watched her drift aimlessly in midair, herughter echoing in his ears.
Chen Heng reopened his status screen to take a closer look.
True Name: Chen Heng
ss: Archer
Alignment: Lawful/Neutral
Strength: A++
Agility: A+
Mana: EX (Converted from Will Energy Spiritual Energy.)
Endurance: EX
Magic Resistance: A+
Luck: A
Up until this point, everything seemed normal. The parameters were strong enough to face almost any Servant head-on, even Berserkers. His mana and endurance were exceptionally high. But then…