I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

"It's so ugly."

In the shadow of the entrance to the altar, Semiramis crossed her arms and frowned tightly, as if to express her dissatisfaction in this way.

"What's the 'Shadow Servant'? They're just puppets with no power. It's almost enough to call them 'Shadow Servant'."

"It turns out that it is indeed a more appropriate title."

The golden spirit dispersed, adding a bit of light to the dark space.

Hearing this voice and seeing this brilliance, the empress showed obvious mockery on her face.

"It's really rare that you would leave that room."

The room Semiramis mentioned refers to the five former masters of the red side - Lotwell Berzinski, Kim Ram, the Pentier brothers, and Finder Wall Sembey. The room where Lun rested.

Before the servants were summoned, they were fed poison and fell into the world of madness while maintaining normal thinking. They were induced and manipulated by Shirou and Semiramis until Shirou took them away. command spell.

They are all first-class modern magicians and have no shortage of mental defense means. However, these methods are no different from paper armor to the most ancient poisoners. As a result, they were neither killed nor given freedom, but were left alive as they are now, no different from waste.

Despite this, Karna still guarded them. When he did not receive orders, he stayed in the room to accompany them silently, and stayed silently, just as he had promised before.

From the beginning to the end, he never regarded Shirou as his master. He only followed Shirou's orders so that he could better protect those losers.

Although there is no difference in terms of results, there is a hidden danger - if his master wakes up and gives instructions, Karna will undoubtedly betray him, no matter what the situation is at that time.

Before the command spell and contract were stripped away, in order to prevent the followers from noticing any abnormalities, any direct harm was not allowed, and even the weight of the poison was reduced again and again. Even Semiramis, the oldest poisoner in the world, still failed to obtain satisfactory results under such harsh conditions. In other words, they don’t know when they will wake up.

It would be okay if I wake up after the dust settles, but if before that——

In order to eliminate hidden dangers, Semiramis thought of getting rid of these five people more than once. But she had to worry about Karna's mood. This was the last warrior on her side who could charge into battle.

This feeling of dilemma made Semiramis very dissatisfied, and naturally she didn't have a good look on Karna.

"You'd better give up, Lancer. They won't wake up during this battle, and you have no obligation to obey their orders."

"The relationship between a master and a servant is not an obligation, but a contract and a bond. Assassin, you probably didn't assist Shirou Kotomine out of obligation."

"Of course, he and I are in a relationship based on the contract between Master and Servant. But Lancer, your Master should be Shirou, not these guys."

It was a provocative smile that contained a hint of ridicule that an ordinary hero would never tolerate. But facing Semiramis's smile, Karna did not show the slightest disgust. Instead, he nodded in a serious and serious manner and replied:

"What you said is indeed correct, Assassin. The relationship between master and slave is concluded in the most legitimate way. You are the only pair in this camp. The master is using you, and you are also using the master. But , but there is dedication and trust in each other. You can't betray him, at most you just think about it in your heart."

"——"

These words left Semiramis speechless.

Didn't this heroic spirit just point out "something" hidden in the deepest part of himself in an extremely direct way?

After a period of silence, the empress slowly spoke:

"...just now, what did you say?"

"I didn't say anything. You can't betray your master, and the other party has full trust in you, so I'm just praising you for having the most ideal master-slave relationship."

Semiramis stared hard at Karna. Karna looked puzzled as if he was confused.

He was indeed praising himself, at least in his own eyes. But this statement——

"What are you talking about...?"

"I didn't say anything stupid. As master and slave, you are in the most ideal state. You will not betray him, and he will not betray you. That is not because you will retaliate against the betrayer with the greatest punishment, but because he is very Understand that not betraying is the most important and appropriate method."

——He will not betray.

This sentence sounds extremely noble.

Ignoring Semiramis's wavering, Karna continued:

"I won't ask you to forgive me for this, but you can at least accept my approach, Assassin. The law of the jungle is the law of the world - having said that, we are not beasts. In addition to our instincts, we should also have a There is a shell of human ethics, and that is an ethics that is different for everyone. Now, it is this layer of ethics that prevents me from betraying my Master - because this is how I am formed. I will be here Protect them, that’s all I can say.”

"...Is that so...? Well, do as you like."

"Thank you very much Assassin."

Karna bowed his head deeply.

Semiramis snorted and activated the space transfer magic.

The moment before her body was about to disappear, she asked again:

"——Do you really think I won't betray you?"

"Of course. Assassin, are you the kind of paranoid who wants to kill the one you love?"

Upon hearing this answer, Semiramis showed unprecedented panic and disappeared with a gesture of fleeing for his life.

Karna stood alone and breathed out softly.

"Well - this way, Assassin won't have murderous intentions towards Master and the others."

Unlike his relief, Semiramis looked confused when he returned to the throne.

——You can't betray him. At most, you can only think about it in your heart.

What a ridiculous lie. It was only now that something akin to anger began to surge strongly in his heart.

The blood was also extremely hot as if it was about to boil.

"You actually said that I can't betray? I am Semiramis, who relies on betrayal to poison the empress who controls the Assyrian Empire!"

It's just ridiculous. The reason why I didn't betray him was just because it was fun to be on the same side as him.

If he bore him anymore, she might betray him at any time.

That Lancer guy is so ridiculous. Of course I can betray, but there is no need to betray for the time being.

How about I betray you now and snatch away everything he clings to and turn it into nothing.

That's right, there is no need for me to cater to that boy's willful thoughts. Just take it from you. As has been done more than once in the past, make everything your own with words, fingertips and sweet poison.

You can imagine his expression when he was betrayed. He was stunned as if in a daze, and as he gradually understood the facts before him, his face must have twisted into an angry look. Then, he will definitely cry out in grief——

"...No, that's not right. That guy wouldn't show such an expression, and no matter what, he wouldn't let himself end up in that situation."

He always seems to be at ease, with seemingly endless means at his disposal, as if nothing can trouble him, not even his own poison.

Although I haven't used Hydra's poison, which even the most powerful heroes can't withstand, can it really be useful?

If it doesn't work, can relying on magic, deception, and temptation really hinder him?

No way.

Definitely not.

From the beginning, when he resisted his own poison, he vaguely realized that he followed him not only because it was interesting, but also because he had no way to deal with him.

It's really ugly that the majestic Assyrian empress can do nothing to a man.

"But, you were wrong about one thing, Lancer. Ever since I was taken away by Ninus, no, from the time I was abandoned by my mother, I have never been tempted, so it is absolutely impossible to have a crush on her."

Absolutely impossible! ! !

Absolutely not.

No way...

The empress leaned on the throne with dull eyes, holding a hint of loneliness as cool as a thin cloud in her arms, repeating the same words over and over again.

"Is it really?"

A female voice suddenly appeared in her mind without any warning.

"who!!!"

Semiramis was instantly alert. The powerful magic power was in her hands and could be transformed into great magic at any time.

At the same time, various detection magics were spread among the kings to find the source of the sound.

"I'm sorry, I seemed to scare you."

The voice sounded very sincere, with an inexplicable affinity.

But the owner of the garden, the Assyrian empress, not only did not relax, but tightened her body, as if facing a powerful enemy.

During the time that the voice spoke, she had isolated the space where Wang Jian was and scanned it multiple times with magic, but found nothing unusual.

This shows that the enemy either has the ability to break through the garden space blockade and directly transmit the sound to her mind; or he can perfectly avoid her detection and come and go freely in her home field and her domain.

No matter which one it is, it means that this enemy is very scary. Although she was reluctant to admit it, this was indeed not something she could handle alone, and she needed reinforcements.

Just as she was launching her communication technique, the voice rang again.

"Please don't be so nervous. I have no hostility, and I have no ability to hurt you. I just want to talk to you."

"Let's talk? Okay, since you want to talk, at least let me see your appearance. This will be considered sincere."

Semiramis rolled her eyes and was not in a hurry to activate the communication technique. To be honest, she was very curious about the owner of the voice.

"I'm sorry, um, I also want to appear in front of you and talk to you face to face. But no, I am far, far away. What is here is just my thoughts, which have no form and no way to manifest them. .I’m really sorry.”

So what she has is the ability to break through space blockades from a long distance. No, it's possible that he was lying, creating an illusion to make me relax my vigilance. To be on the safe side, it's better to notify Shirou.

Semiramis responded while thinking about it in her mind.

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. You and I have nothing to talk about. Please leave. If you don't leave, I will treat you as an enemy."

"Please, please wait, I'm really not your enemy."

The voice in my head was a little more anxious.

"I won't take up much of your time. Please trust me."

Semiramis was a little confused. She is good at playing conspiracies and has long been accustomed to using the greatest malice to speculate on others, but this time she really didn't feel any malice at all - there is more than one way to let her guard down, and there is no need to lower her posture so low.

This is not like harming anyone at all, but rather asking for help.

Okay, let me see what tricks you are playing.

With this thought in mind, Semiramis dispersed the communication technique in her hand.

"Tell me, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Tell me something about him."

"he?"

"That's um...Shirou Kotomine, your master."

"Shirou?" Semiramis' heart thumped, "What happened to him?"

"There's nothing wrong with him. What's wrong with you? Did you just say that you wouldn't be tempted by him?"

"Hmph, so what?"

"That's not what you really mean."

"What do you want to express? I like him?" Semiramis's voice became sharp, "Don't be joking. Everyone in the world is just my plaything. I can turn them into unintentional puppets at any time."

"Including him?"

Her Majesty the Empress wanted to answer yes, but she knew she couldn't do it, so she could only sit on the throne angrily.

"I just haven't found his weakness yet. One day I will..."

"Haha, that's it."

The smile in the voice made Semiramis feel a little uncomfortable.

"You...seem to know him very well."

"Well, I understand him very well. There is probably no one in the world who understands him better than me."

Hearing such words, Semiramis felt a little more irritated for no reason.

"So, you are his old friend? I will call him here right now to see if what you are telling the truth——"

"Please do not do this."

"Why, are you deceiving me?"

"I'm not lying to you, but if he knew that I secretly projected my thoughts on him, we might never have the opportunity to communicate like this again."

"Eh?"

"Even if you don't want to trust me, at least let me finish my words. I don't want you to regret it in the future."

"I regret it. How dare you say it? You know me very well?"

"I don't know if this counts as understanding, but I have been watching you since the appearance of this garden that is between illusion and reality."

"You..."

Semiramis' hair stood on end and she was also uncontrollably curious.

"Who are you?"

"I am his..."

"What!!!"

Upon hearing that insignificant word, Semiramis's image of the empress collapsed.

PS: The traitor is very curious about how to deal with these five mentally retarded eating, drinking and littering.