The so-called 'negotiation venue' was nothing more than an empty space that had just been cleared out with tables and chairs carried by homunculi.
But Kairi Shishigou also knew that the other party would not bring him into the underground, after all, there should be many secrets of the Yggdmillennia family there, but for him, this was already enough. After all, he had already decided to die, and it was already lucky enough that he was still alive.
"Then, Miss acting head of the Yggdmillennia family, what do you plan to discuss next?"
"It's simple, naturally it's about the matter between the Yggdmillennia family and the Clock Tower."
At this time, Fiore did not show any of the inexperience of a young girl. With a serious expression on her face, she was like a true politician, and Gordes, who was standing behind her, also had a solemn expression.
His job next was to assist Fiore. This was not for the sake of the blood relationship between them, but more for the sake of his own family, but it was precisely because of this that he was even more trustworthy.
At the same time, Lancer also entered the underground area of the Yggdmillennia family with the escort of Jeanne and the others.
He was quite familiar with this place, after all, he was locked up here before. After 'joining' the Yggdmillennia family, he had never come here again, as it was a key area. At this time, the originally dark underground area seemed a bit crowded.
Countless injured homunculi were being treated in the corridors, but because of the lack of emotions in the homunculi, they were expressionless no matter what kind of injuries they had, which looked a bit bizarre.
But at this moment, he saw an unexpected person.
"Caules?"
"Ah~! Mr. Lancer? Why are you here? No! No! I mean..."
Caules, who was using healing magic to help the homunculi recover from their wounds at this time, was also stunned when he saw Lancer, and then he looked a bit flustered.
And Lancer was not a fool. From the other party's strange reaction, he quickly guessed the reason. It was nothing more than being surprised by his return to the Yggdmillennia family.
"Because of my injuries, I might be bothering you for a while longer."
"No bother~! No bother! I'll go tell my sister right now!"
"No need. We already ran into her when we came in. She should be negotiating with Red's Saber's Master now, right?"
Caules's expression instantly became a bit complex when he heard Lancer words.
It was obvious that he was a bit helpless that his sister didn't tell him about this, but he was more self-blaming for his own incompetence.
'If I were stronger, then my sister wouldn't have to be tied to the family...'
Seeing that Caules seemed to have fallen into a strange line of thought, he simply said goodbye to the other party. After all, even though the other party was the first magus of the Yggdmillennia family he knew, the actual communication between them was not too much. Of course, it could also be understood that Caules was deliberately avoiding Lancer.
After being sent to a small room of only a few square meters, he lay down on the bed to rest, but he had not been lying down for long before he sat up with an awkward expression.
"Um... Ruler..."
"Just call me Jeanne. I'm no longer a Ruler now."
"Alright, Jeanne, can you not look at me like that? It... feels a bit awkward to be looked at."
Simply put, Lancer belonged to the type with a more sensitive 'intuition'. This had saved him countless times in battle. Whenever an enemy tried to sneak attack him from an angle he couldn't see, he mostly dodged it by relying on his intuition, but a side effect of his sensitive intuition was that he was also very sensitive to people's gazes, such as Jeanne, who was sitting in a chair in the room and had been looking at him.
"Did I make you feel awkward? I'm so sorry. It's just that your body is not in a good state right now, so I wanted to stay and protect you. If you don't like it, I'll just watch the door..."
Because the battle had ended, Jeanne was no longer wearing that set of light armor with white and purple patterns but had changed into a sailor uniform.
When she turned around, her back was completely exposed to his eyes, and because it wasn't as awkward as facing her directly, his gaze unconsciously became more unrestrained. Especially because the skirt was a bit short, the 'absolute territory' that appeared made him feel a bit hot-headed.
It should be known that it had been a year and a half since he changed from a 'Magus' to a 'Knight'. During this time, he had been abstinent, or rather, all of his energy was focused on increasing his strength and surviving. Now that he was suddenly relaxing, his thoughts became a bit chaotic.
'What am I thinking about? The other party is staying in the room to protect me. How can I think about the other party's body?'
Lancer, who considered himself a person of integrity, simply lay on his back and stared at the ceiling in a daze, but when a person is in a daze, their thoughts can't help but wander. For example, Lancer at this time thought of half a month ago when he had just arrived in this world.
'By the way, what was my initial goal? It seems it was to survive the Holy Grail War, right? I never expected that in the end, I would not only be dragged into it but also get the Holy Grail... It feels a bit strange to think about it now.'
From the first time he met that blonde magus, to being captured directly by the Grand Duke's Noble Phantasm, to meeting his 'Master', and finally charging all the way until now...
Although he looked very young, like a college student, his expression at this time was filled with endless emotions after experiencing so many things. The strong contrast between his appearance and his aura was even enough to create a strange illusion in people's minds.
But at this moment ---
"Mr. Lancer, can we talk?"
Jeanne, who had her back to the door, suddenly said something strange, but for some reason, Lancer always felt that Jeanne's words were a bit strange at this time.
In his impression, although Jeanne was full of a healing aura, after a period of time, he would discover that she was actually the type who was gentle on the outside but firm on the inside. Once she made a decision, she would never regret it.
Even when facing her own 'tragedy', she was able to remain calm and give the most reasonable solution.
But at this time, Jeanne's voice, although still gentle, gave him a 'soft' feeling?
It was as if being gentle on the outside and firm on the inside had become a soft and cute feeling?
At the same time, his eyes unconsciously landed on her very soft-looking a**...
"Cough cough~ That's fine. In reality, I'm only weak because of the side effects of my ability. Simply resting doesn't have much meaning."
After lightly coughing twice to pull his overly scattered thoughts back, his face once again returned to its serious look.