Chapter 201: The Function of Command Spell
[An unforeseen disturbance has occurred.]
[Doctor Kotomine has passed away, and replacing him is his daughter – Doctor Caren.]
[You sense an exceptionally strong aura of danger, and the style of this journey may be completely different from what you imagined.]
[In such a situation, can Doctor Caren really choose a normal Servant for you?]
"Stop playing with your father's urn already, hurry up and hand me the Servant!"
Eikou shouted anxiously.
He didn't want to stay in this shabby research room another second. He just wanted to quickly choose one of the three Servants, then immediately go meet up with Artoria Lancer.
This silver-haired demon-like girl was not someone he could deal with. Whatever cooperation stuff they were supposed to discuss could wait!
"Ehem… Before receiving your Servant, let's review the basic knowledge of a Trainer first."
Doctor Caren adjusted the scholar's cap on her head, a seriousness flickering across her face.
"Since I am now Doctor Caren, I am obligated to inherit the important responsibility of mapo-tofu… cough, sorry, of my father. I must conduct the minimum competency test for you."
[Doctor Caren initiates a Trainer knowledge test for you.]
[Only by answering her questions correctly can you become a true Trainer.]
Eikou froze, a bit uneasy. He had come here without reviewing this setting at all.
"Please." He nodded nervously.
"A very simple question. Do you know what a Command Spell is?"
"Umu…"
He thought it would be something difficult, but this was indeed very basic knowledge.
If he didn't even know this, he definitely wasn't cut out to be a proper Trainer.
"It's that thing, right…"
Eikou recalled the basic setting of Command Spell,
"It's the powerful magical energy granted by the Holy Grail after a Master and Servant form a contract in the Holy Grail War."
"Correct answer. Your brain has finally grown to an age where it starts maturing."
Caren clapped with lenient praise, though it sounded entirely like criticism.
"Then the next question, what is the purpose of a Command Spell?" she continued.
"Hm…" Eikou thought for a bit, "To force a Servant to carry out all sorts of commands."
"Be specific. What kinds of commands?" Doctor Caren pressed again.
"First of all, it cannot be vague commands or ones that take too long to fulfill, because the effectiveness of the Command Spell will weaken significantly. It's best if the command is given in an instant or is something concrete. Those kinds of commands usually produce the highest efficiency."
Eikou listed them while thinking:
"For example, 'use one Command Spell to make the Servant instantly teleport next to you', 'force the Servant to carry out an order they don't want to do', 'make the Servant forcibly unleash their Noble Phantasm', or 'transfer the magical energy of the Command Spell to the Servant to greatly enhance their abilities'…"
"..."
Caren listened and suddenly froze.
Then her beautiful snow-white cheeks flushed red, and she deliberately covered her face like an embarrassed girl.
"Eikou, you… you're really too filthy…"
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"You actually want to use the Command Spell to do all kinds of things like that with your Servant, using it to satisfy your own sexual fantasies… So dirty! I don't remember ever training you into a child whose whole head is full of perversion! Every method you listed is too lewd!"
"What the hell, how is that lewd, none of those commands have anything to do with perversion!" Eikou retorted.
"It's obviously very lewd…"
Doctor Caren's beautiful golden eyes showed seriousness again, and she said:
"'Instant teleportation', isn't that so the Servant can return from a faraway place instantly to help you relieve your desires? But that's still not enough— you even want to 'greatly increase the Servant's sexual capabilities', 'forcibly make the Servant release for you intensely'…"
"?????"
No, what kind of planet-level interpretation skill is this!?
"And 'forcing the Servant to carry out an order they don't want to do', just imagining it already scares me. Most of it would probably be things like 'let me graduate my virginity', 'please play the diaper-changing game with me', 'hurry up and turn into a stupid sow who only knows how to love me'… that kind of delusional fantasy. Your lust truly has no bottom!"
Damn it, who the hell would give such perverted commands, you're the scariest one here and also the biggest delusional thinker!
"Those seductive and alluring Servants, if they fall into your hands, I can't imagine how humiliatingly they'll be treated. In that case, for this test, I can only give you…"
Eikou swallowed.
He saw Doctor Caren smiling, raising her scorecard:
"Full marks, congratulations on completely passing the general knowledge test. You absolutely have the qualifications to become a Trainer!"
"….."
Although he passed, just what kind of knowledge and qualifications was this test even about? Or rather, Doctor Caren, the one who needs to take a knowledge test the most is you!
Eikou grumbled silently in his heart.
"All right, lastly will be the section on advanced settings, then you'll be able to have your own Servant."
After speaking, Doctor Caren took out a thick book, circling around him while beginning to explain the settings.
"The book in my hand is called the 'Book of the False Attendant', a special tool used to capture Masterless Servants. When you defeat those Masterless Servants, you can use the Book of the False Attendant to capture them. The lower the HP of the Masterless Servant and the worse their condition, the higher the capture rate. Conversely, if the Masterless Servant is in good condition, the capture success rate will be lower…"
"..."
Eikou suddenly wanted to say something, his lips moved, but in the end he held it back.
This setting sounded unbelievably familiar…
He really wanted to complain, but it didn't feel appropriate to call her out…
Eikou tried his best to suppress that urge.
Doctor Caren had already walked right up to him, holding the Book of the False Attendant in one hand and a toy red-white Ball in the other:
"For example, using Pokémon, it's basically the same as a Poké Ball used to capture wild Pokémon. You've played Pokémon before, right? So I don't need to explain the detailed mechanics of the Book of the False Attendant."
Ah, so she finally said it outright, no longer pretending?
"You're being way too direct. Doesn't your Singularity have its own settings? Why are you slapping a Pokémon skin onto Holy Grail War mechanics?"
Eikou shook his head helplessly:
"All right all right, I know all these basic settings already. Hurry up and let me enter the Starter selection phase."
Just pick a Servant at random and get this over with!
"..."
Doctor Caren suddenly went silent.
"Why aren't you saying anything? Don't tell me you didn't prepare anything?"
"Of course not. I've already chosen a Servant extremely compatible with you. Isn't it just a Starter? I prepared everything."
Doctor Caren showed a somewhat forced smile and politely said:
"Do you want the JK gyaru Suzuka Gozen Saber, or the gentle and capable Tomoe Gozen Archer? The young Bradamante Lancer who's just learning about love also suits you very well, you know?"
"All three of them are married women, what the hell kind of Starter is this?"
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