Lancer did not know the result of Celenike's treatment, but seeing Fiore who was clearly not in high spirits and Gord with a gloomy face, he could roughly guess something. However, the fact that Astolfo still maintained his body at least showed that the other party was still alive, but even if she was 'alive', there were many possibilities.
However, Lancer had a more important matter at hand, such as comforting a certain person.
"Do you want to go fishing?"
"Eh?"
Although the former Lancer was also a gold-ranked powerhouse who stayed up all night to play LOL (laugh), his life had become very 'simple' since he started practicing the spear. However, he himself enjoyed this kind of life, after all, every time he wielded the spear in his hand, he could clearly feel his strength slowly increasing, even if the increase was very small.
The final result was that Lancer himself basically had no so-called 'leisure time'. As for his hobbies now, it was probably drinking and fishing, which his unscrupulous senior brother had passed on to him.
Drinking during the day didn't look very good no matter how you looked at it, so he simply asked Astolfo to go fishing, and the other party, after being stunned for two seconds, also agreed. After all, staying in the underground space of the castle was really depressing.
However, what was strange was that Jeanne also chose to go with them.
"It's okay, I have Astolfo to protect me. Jeanne, it's rare for you to come to this era, don't you plan to go out and look around?"
In the face of Lancer kind suggestion, Jeanne just shook her head.
"Although I am a little curious, as a Servant, I should not have too much contact with this era..."
It must be said that Jeanne's rigid personality was a bit helpless, but since the other party was willing to be a guard, Lancer did not say anything more.
By a small stream behind the Yggdmillennia castle, Astolfo, who took the fishing rod from Lancer hand, sat by the stream with a serious face and looked at the clear stream in front of him. But it was precisely because of the other party's attitude that Lancer noticed that something was wrong with him. After all, with Astolfo's lively personality, he would have probably already run off somewhere at this time, so why would he be quietly accompanying him to fish like he was now?
Lancer, who was not good at talking, also did not know how to comfort the other party. After thinking for a long time, he finally blurted out a sentence...
"Astolfo, if you hold the rod like that, it's not easy to lift it."
"Pffft~!"
As soon as Lancer finished speaking, Astolfo, who was sitting next to him, immediately burst out laughing.
"What's wrong?"
"Haha~! Nothing~ nothing~ I was just a little curious about what Lancer would say, but I didn't expect that after thinking for a long time, you would say that~ haha~"
While laughing, Astolfo also wiped his eyes. This exaggerated performance made Lancer look very helpless.
"Is there a need to laugh like that?"
"Maybe? But Lancer, don't be angry~ I'm just speaking from my heart~"
'Doesn't that make it even more excessive?'
Perhaps it was because of the brilliant smile on Astolfo's face that Lancer also felt a lot better.
"Lancer, you don't actually have to comfort me. Although I may not look very reliable, I am still a knight of His Majesty~ Although I can't compare to my other comrades, I am not a fragile little girl~ Hehe... Lancer?"
Astolfo, who was still giggling, found that a somewhat rough hand had been placed on his head.
"Knowing is knowing, understanding is understanding, but you will still feel bad, won't you?"
"You found out? Lancer, you're clearly an idiot, but you are still quite sensitive at times?"
He did not push away the big hand on his head, but Astolfo still 'resisted' by complaining. In response, Lancer just tilted his head to show his confusion.
"You don't know? Then forget it~ I can't interfere in this kind of thing~ Lancer!! You've got a bite!!"
Looking at the shouting Astolfo, Lancer just smiled and didn't say anything more, but in his heart, he couldn't help but sigh —————— Compared to luck, I have the secret fishing technique personally passed down by my senior brother, so I will definitely not lose!
"Hum~ hum~ hum~"
The three of them stayed by the river until dusk, and the lunch was also made by Tiger. However, when the three of them went back, their expressions were extremely different.
Astolfo, who was walking at the front of the group, was holding a bucket with a happy face and humming a strange tune, while Lancer, who was following behind him, had a pale face and was mumbling strange words in his mouth 'Impossible, it's clearly the secret fishing technique that my senior brother personally passed down that can break through the lucky seal', and 'Jeanne', who was walking at the very back of the three, was looking at Lancer back with a face full of smiles.
Laeticia had always thought that all 'Servants' should be either strict with themselves or full of dignity like the Holy Maiden who possessed her, but today she saw another side of those 'legendary heroes'.
The knight who was shouting loudly because he caught a fish, or the 'general' who felt that life was meaningless because he lost to the other in fishing. The performance of the two could be said to have completely reversed the understanding she had of them on the 'battlefield' before.
'Servants were at least once living beings, they have their own joys and sorrows, so Laeticia, you don't need to be surprised.'
'Sigh, if it's as you said, Holy Maiden, then you're the same, aren't you?'
'I've said it many times, you don't need to call me Holy Maiden, just call me 'Jeanne' is fine. But if you must say, I'm probably the same, after all, I was once just an ordinary girl living in a border village, until that day came...'
Although Jeanne did not finish her words, at least anyone who knew a little about the name Jeanne knew what she was talking about. It was nothing more than how she was drawn into that tragic vortex because of an 'apocalypse' after the Anglo-French War broke out that year.
'Jeanne-sama, do you... regret it?'
'Regret? No, because that was my mission. If death is my ending, then I will gladly accept it, because it might be the best ending, but I also have my own regrets...'
'Regrets?'
'Yes, I was once just an ordinary little girl lying in a hay pile, and I also yearned for a romantic love...'
At this point, Jeanne's emotions did not change, because for her, these were just established facts that had already happened, and as a Servant, she was also destined to be separated from this world. Having recognized reality, she naturally would not feel sorry for herself, not to mention that for her, being able to continue to 'protect' people after death was already enough.
'We exist in the past, present, and future, but we are also independent of this world, so this world belongs to you...'
This was Jeanne's resolve, and it was also the reason why she had to stop Amakusa Shirou Tokisada. Leaving aside the fact that the other party's plan fundamentally denied the existence of 'humanity' itself, the key was that in her opinion, even if they could save humanity once, then what about the second time? In the end, they were just 'guides', and the ones who truly accomplished all of this were always the 'ordinary people'.
Just like back then, she waved the holy banner and charged at the front line of the battlefield, but without the soldiers behind her who protected their homeland and their families at all costs, how could she have repelled the invaders time and time again?
Perhaps because she mentioned that matter from back then, both Jeanne and Laeticia fell silent, but at this moment, Laeticia suddenly remembered something.
'Jeanne-sama, what about Mr. Gilles? What kind of person do you think he is?'
'Gilles? He's probably my most trusted vice-captain and the comrade I can trust my back to the most?'
'Jeanne-sama, I'm not asking about that, I mean, how do you see Mr. Gilles in daily life?'
"..."
After a moment of silence, Jeanne finally gave an answer that was both unexpected and expected.
'He's probably a very excellent elder? When everyone didn't believe me at first, it was Gilles who supported me first. Later, when I was setting up plans, he often helped me fill in the gaps. It can be said that Gilles' efforts can never be missing from my glory.'
After Jeanne finished speaking, she did not say anything more, and Laeticia seemed a little disappointed. After all, she was quite interested in the love life of the legendary Holy Maiden.
'But it's normal. Perhaps only the hero who saved the world is worthy of the Holy Maiden-sama?'
While thinking this, Laeticia followed the footsteps of Lancer and Astolfo.