Chapter 416: I Want to Meet Your Master

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Chapter 416: I Want to Meet Your Master

Class Skill: True Name Discernment Activated.

Jack's information is fully revealed.

Class: None

Alignment: Black

True Name: Jack the Ripper

Gender: Female

Height/Weight: 150 cm / 45 kg

Attribute: Chaotic Evil

Strength: E

Endurance: E

Agility: D

Mana: E

Luck: E

Noble Phantasm: C

The eighth Servant of the Black faction? How is that possible?

Surprised, various speculations flooded Jeanne's mind.

Could someone from the Black faction have violated the rules? Jeanne's first reaction was exactly this.

Her second reaction was to enter the Millennia Castle and investigate. If there was indeed a violation, she would exercise her authority as the adjudicator to administer punishment.

However, she soon suppressed this impulse. As Artoria had said, "An empty stomach is the enemy," and in her current state, a long journey was not advisable. Moreover, she noticed anomalies in Jack's profile.

First, Jack's attributes were extremely low, so low that any known Servant could easily crush her.

Second, she had no class. If it weren't for the alignment marked as Black, Jeanne would have thought she was a Servant summoned through a ritual outside the Holy Grail—according to the knowledge granted by the Grail, every Servant summoned by it should have a corresponding class.

Unless Jack wasn't using a Holy Grail-created catalyst.

Jeanne had already used her "True Name Discernment" skill to scan all the Black faction's Servants. In her view, there were only two people who could have summoned Jack: one was the Assassin, and the other was Artoria. The former represented the unknown, while the latter was the most famous king of England, so possessing a skill or Noble Phantasm to summon British Heroic Spirits was not surprising.

Such a skill or Noble Phantasm must have some significant limitations, like being able to summon only once, summoning only one person at a time, or summoning characters randomly. This would perfectly explain the current situation and Artoria's attitude—otherwise, Artoria could have summoned a much stronger Heroic Spirit. To say nothing of others, her Round Table knights would have been excellent choices.

"No, it wasn't me. It was my Master."

This answer completely surprised Jeanne.

"Your Master? Miss Reika? How could she—?"

Could it be an illegal summoning? This thought had just arisen when it was interrupted by an even more unexpected fact.

"Reika? You're mistaken; she is not my Master. She, well, should be considered a proxy Master."

Having experienced the previous Holy Grail War, Artoria naturally applied the example of Kiritsugu and Irisviel.

"Proxy Master? Then who is your real Master—?"

"Him, he is as special as I am and is my confidant and collaborator."

"Special? Confidant? Collaborator? What do you mean?" Jeanne was increasingly confused.

"You'll understand when you meet him."

Artoria didn't elaborate further; she didn't want to disrupt Shinji's plans.

"Jeanne, let's continue last night's unfinished conversation. I'll tell you about my situation, and I hope for your assistance—the current Holy Grail War involves very complex circumstances..."

What followed was straightforward. Artoria told Jeanne everything about her situation, the mission she bore, and her speculations about the current Holy Grail War.

As a saint who has heard the voice of God and as someone possessing "Revelation," Jeanne knew that Artoria was telling the truth. Considering what Artoria had said, Jeanne became even more convinced that her summoning was not merely to adjudicate the fourteen-knight battle between the Red and Black factions but for a deeper reason. This reason also explains the unusual nature of her summoning.

Having confirmed this, Jeanne did not hesitate any longer and informed Artoria of her special circumstances, responding to her request for assistance.

"I agree to provide you with assistance, but I must make it clear that I will not interfere in any way with the Red and Black factions' struggle over the Holy Grail."

"I understand." Artoria was not surprised by this stipulation.

"In addition, I would like to meet your Master."

Whether as a collaborator or regarding the matter of summoning Jack, I need to understand everything clearly.

P.S.: It's not Jack's fault, nor is it the world's; it's Tohsaka Tokiomi's fault—this world's Tokiomi is still alive, so he continues to take the blame.