“Good boy, tell me about yourself first. You know everything about me, but I don’t know anything except the title of [The Last Master of Humanity]. It’s too unfair.”

Joan of Arc gently combed Lin Qi’s hair, her cheeks slightly red.

After all, she was an innocent girl and it was her first time to have such close contact with a man.

“This tone… I’m not a child…”

Lin Qi was a little uncomfortable with Joan of Arc’s actions.

“Not a child…?”

Joan of Arc looked at the tender half of the face that was not burned and blinked.

“How old are you, then?”

“Sixteen…seventeen!”

“I heard it~, she’s only sixteen years old, isn’t she younger than me?”

“I remember from Chaldea’s historical records that you also went to the battlefield for the first time at about this age.”

“You actually knew about this? But I wasn’t alone at the time. I had my comrades helping me.”

Jeanne’s face warmed up a little again.

“Why are you talking about me? Aren’t we talking about you?”

Jeanne rudely changed the subject.

Lin Qi didn’t pay much attention to Jeanne’s method of changing the subject. After hesitating for a moment, he organized his words while talking about what had happened since he came to Chaldea.

……

Chapter 3 Black Jeanne

“So you came here just after you recovered from your injury? Isn’t that too hasty?”

After hearing this, Joan of Arc, who could probably guess how hard it was for Lin Qi to be alone, couldn’t help but ask.

If you are tired, just take a rest.

Lin Qi shook his head.

“If I don’t hurry up, I might not even be able to meet you.”

“not to mention……”

Lin Qi took a deep breath.

“Only when I was lying in Chaldea injured did I realize that I was truly alone, as if I had been abandoned by the world…”

The slight bit of complacency in my heart about conquering singularity F was completely burned out during this period of time.

“I hate an empty Chaldea.”

Lin Qi lowered his eyes, forcing himself not to think about the time when he was isolated and helpless in Chaldea.

Joan of Arc’s eyes softened a lot, and the hand holding Lin Qi tightened.

She had never experienced that feeling and didn’t know how to comfort Lin Qi, but she thought that companionship was the best comfort, right?

Neither of them spoke again. The only sounds in the grove were the chirping of insects and birds, and the occasional crackling sound of the flames.

After a period of time.

Jeanne noticed that Lin Qi’s breathing became steady.

‘Asleep?’

Looking down at Lin Qi’s face, his originally furrowed brows had relaxed, revealing a sleeping face like a baby.

“How can I let go of you like this?”

Feeling her legs already a little numb, Joan of Arc sighed softly and continued to stroke Lin Qi’s hair helplessly.

She could feel the uneasiness in Lin Qi’s heart, and his dependence on her, whom he had only met once, as if he was grasping at a life-saving straw.

“I feel like I’ll be blamed if I let go at this point…”

At this time, Lin Qi, who had fallen into a deep sleep, rubbed unconsciously into Jeanne’s arms, as if looking for a better sleeping position.

“Well……”

Feeling her two holy places being rubbed, two suspicious blushes flashed across Joan of Arc’s face.

She couldn’t help but pinch Lin Qi’s face in embarrassment.

The night passed.

I haven’t slept so well in a long time, and I even had a dream… ?

In the dream, I seemed to be eating jelly, the kind that I couldn’t chew no matter how hard I tried. Oh, and the jelly also hit me! It pinched my face and it hurt!

Lin Qi thought in a daze and slowly opened his sore eyes.

The familiar body scent was still next to my nose, and the embrace was quite soft. Facing me were two majestic human hearts, and they were so sparkling that I wanted to take a bite just by looking at them…

Wait, a bite?

Seeing the suspicious marks on the clothes wrapping the human heart, Lin Qi instantly woke up and suddenly had a bad guess.

So he looked up along the direction of the two huge human hearts and saw the girl’s blue eyes, which were filled with shame, anger and a bit of resentment.

……ah?

Lin Qi’s heart skipped a beat.

–split line–

Nothing happened between the two of them, as is commonly seen in anime or novels. They just stood up from the grass in silence, tacitly agreeing not to mention the matter again.

But when Lin Qi saw Joan of Arc silently using water to clean her chest, she couldn’t help but cover her face in embarrassment.

After completely extinguishing the bonfire, the two set out to look for Siegfried.

“By the way, I remember you seemed to say that you have been here for more than a day. Where have you been?”

Without a map, Joan of Arc had to confirm the direction she was going next.

Lin Qi was silent, and then said with some difficulty:

“…Only here.”

“Ok?”

Jeanne tilted her head in confusion.

“I got lost after I came here, and then wandered around here for a day and ended up back where I started.”

Lin Qi turned his head to look away and said nothing more.

That’s right, this was the last straw that made Lin Qi fall into despair at the beginning.

Even though he knew that time was tight, Lin Qi, who had a poor sense of direction and was a bit of a road idiot, could not avoid the desperate situation of going in circles.

There was no other way. There was no map, and the things he could carry were limited. There was no one in Chaldea, so there was no way to provide support. As a result, Lin Qi, the savior, really fell into the most ridiculous place.

“Anyway, I can’t do anything about finding my way. Do you have any ideas?”

Ignoring Joan of Arc’s strange look, Lin Qi abruptly changed the subject.

Joan of Arc held back her laughter and didn’t let herself laugh out loud on the spot.

“After signing the Servant Contract with you, my spiritual base has recovered a little. Although it is not at its peak, the skill [Revelation] can be used barely. Pointing the way should be no problem.”

After calming herself down, Joan of Arc’s expression returned to normal, and she clasped her hands together in a prayer gesture.

Joan of Arc, also known as Jeanne d’Arc, the savior of France, claimed in her youth that she had received a revelation from God, telling her to lead troops to recover the lost French territories occupied by England.

And subsequent developments were indeed just as Joan of Arc had said. After several twists and turns, Joan of Arc, who had gained military power, indeed led France to many victories.

However, Joan of Arc did not remain active for long. She was captured by the French with great wisdom and then burned at the stake. She lived a legendary but short life.

If it were in the original world, Lin Qi’s understanding of Joan of Arc in history would be very simple and the most recognized – rather than saying that she heard God’s revelation, it would be better to say that she was a natural military strategist who could capture clues in advance and anticipate the enemy.

That’s why we have achieved so many victories.

Now Lin Qi doesn’t think so anymore. After all, this is the Type-Moon world, and there really is a God. Jeanne d’Arc, who possesses the skill of revelation, may not have as high a military quality as described in the official history. Most of the credit for winning so many battles probably goes to God.

This forced us to admit that the skill of revelation was really useful. Joan of Arc only prayed for a while and obtained information about Siegfried’s direction.

“My revelation skill has dropped in level, so I can’t hear clearly, but I still managed to get a direction. Let’s go that way next.”

Jeanne opened her eyes and pointed into the distance.

“it is good.”

Lin Qi nodded, then stretched out his finger and drew a strange character in the air.

“This is?”

Joan of Arc looked at Lin Qi’s actions curiously.

“Rune magic is one of the abilities I inherited from Cu Chulainn. This character can strengthen our physical fitness and speed up our movement.”

“Are we going to use this now? We still have a long way to go to find Siegfried. It’s not impossible that we have to cross the whole of France. Let’s save our magic power.”

Jeanne suggested, frowning.

“It doesn’t matter. Rune magic doesn’t consume much magic power. With my current total magic power, I can keep strengthening it for a long time. What’s more, there are spells in rune magic that can restore magic power.”

“…I see, rune magic is really useful!”

Jeanne suddenly realized and had a new understanding of the convenience of rune magic.

“Ah.”

Only after actually acquiring this skill did Lin Qi realize how complex and useful Rune magic is. What is shown in the game is just the tip of the iceberg.

Unfortunately, this skill was not learned or developed by Lin Qi himself. Lin Qi, who inherited it from Cu Chulainn, was unable to fully exert the power of this skill level.

That is, it is the fire-attribute attack rune that matches his own attributes and is also the one that Cu Chulainn often uses. Lin Qi is more proficient in using it.

After a short while, the drawn characters turned into two rays of light that covered Lin Qi and Jeanne d’Arc.

Feeling their bodies becoming stronger and lighter, the two knew that Rune’s power had begun to take effect, and they started on their journey at the same time.

Both of them possessed the power of servants, and their running speed was not slow to begin with. With Rune’s assistance, they ran even faster. It didn’t take long for them to cross the plain that Lin Qi had been circling for a whole day.

This has to be said that Lin Qi is really lucky in a sense. This plain is probably one of the rare pure lands in France today. After leaving this pure land, Lin Qi had the illusion of returning to the burning winter wood.

This era was during the Hundred Years’ War between England and France. The flames of war were everywhere. Burnt villages, ruined cities, and corpses infested with maggots could be seen everywhere.

Although it was not as severe as the burning Fuyuki where no one could be found and the entire city was silent, it was precisely this sense of desolation that could make people silent.

The two remained silent about what they saw and heard on the road. After all, this was the most basic form of war, and Joan of Arc had experienced it countless times.

Lin Qi had at least completed the dungeon in Fuyuki City, so he had some experience and was more or less immune to this kind of thing.

What’s more, compared to this, what should be more important is the changes brought about by the appearance of Black Jeanne d’Arc.

Wyverns, which should not appear in this era, fly across the sky from time to time, as if endless skeleton soldiers are wandering on this land. If this situation is allowed to continue in this singularity, there may come a day when there will be no one left in France.

“Over there, there are several wyverns attacking the city!”

Jeanne suddenly spoke up.

Several more wyverns flew over the two men’s heads. Following the direction they flew, they could see a city that was neither too big nor too small. Soldiers were standing on the city walls trying to attack the incoming wyverns with bows or crossbows.

But the wyverns were sub-dragons after all. How could ordinary crossbows easily break through their dragon scales and bones? The wyverns completely ignored the soldiers’ attacks, and smashed into the city wall with one swoop. Then, they swept the soldiers off the wall and knocked them to the ground, where they died.

Even for well-trained soldiers, dealing with skeleton soldiers is probably their limit, and they have basically no chance of winning against wyverns.

For a while, the city was filled with screams and wailing. The old, weak and sick could only close the doors and windows, curl up their bodies, shiver and pray.

–call!

A fireball the size of a washbasin suddenly rose from the ground, drew an arc in the sky, and hit a two-legged dragon hovering in the air.

Boom!

An explosion sounded, and the bursting flames enveloped the entire pterosaur, blowing its body away for a distance. After flapping its wings a few times, it fell uncontrollably to the ground.

Swift and heavy footsteps sounded on the city wall, and a figure jumped down from the wall, pointing the rolled-up flagpole in his hand at the neck of the falling wyvern.