Chapter 69 - 68 Price and Worth (1/2)

”I was hoping you could help me get rid of this....”.

Bekka raised her hand and gestured to the faint red smudge that came before the summoning of a Servant. The Grail had chosen this woman to compete in the Holy Grail War, but she had yet to summon a Servant.

Gray eyed the pretty woman in front of him with an expressionless gaze. His eyes narrowed as the woman's gaze turned stern in return, picking up her strange black sword from behind her and sheathing it behind her back.

He arm still raised as she spoke,

”I came here to Earth a few days ago. When I arrived, I found this strange mark on my hand. When I detected an unfamiliar powerful energy emanate from the city you call Metropolis I followed you when I noticed the same mark on your own hand. That was when I saw you-”.

”Draw those summoning circles and summon Caster and the others..... You're not human, are you Red?”.

”Red” raised an eyebrow at the strange nickname Gray had called her but his tone indicated no signs of a mocking expression or an angry one. It sounded intimate, although the look on his face looked anything but.

Bekka nodded but didn't give a proper response.

”Indeed I am not human. What I am far exceeds the boundary of what the human mind can understand. My life span is hundreds of times higher than what a mere human could even imagine”.

Gray shrugged his shoulders and tapped Rengoku on the ground once more. The slight echoing ding that came with the blade tip tapping the ground sung out like music, despite its strange origins.

He smiled at Bekka although not even she knew whether it was real or fake. His figure vanished and reappeared behind hers, and not even a gust of wind was generated from this instantaneous movement.

The redheads eyes widened as she turned around and raised her sword. She swung out at Gray's figure out of reflex, but found the tip of her sword caught between Gray's fingers. No strange energy emissions like a few days ago came off the Pseudo-Servants body....

The smile on his face was dangerous, but not like the smiles she had received from her fellow New Gods....

”I guess it must be my lucky day then.... cause I'm not human either....”.

Bekka raised an eyebrow before relaxing her sword and and dropping her aggressive stance. She gave an equally dangerous smile to the Pseudo-Servant as he raised the hand carrying the plastic bag and gestured to the penthouse visible from this alleyway.

The words ”ice cream” where unfamiliar to the alien, although something told her she wouldn't not enjoy it.

”Ever had ice cream before?”.

The tilted head expression was all Gray needed to know before the two flew up towards Gray's penthouse apartment. Unknown to both of them, a not-so-little purple haired kouhai saw them both raise up towards the bright blue sky. Her eyes widened as she tried to grab her older sisters attention but found that neither her sister or her friend noticed the handsome man and beautiful woman rise up towards the sky.....

Gray sent a side ward glance towards Bekka, whose strange white armor that was more than a little bit revealing reminded him of a certain Amazonian Princess.

The armor itself was mostly white with a black belt on her midriff and black pauldrons on her shoulders. Both had strange gold patterns embedded into them. Her white armor showed off most of her neckline as well as the deep valley that was just below said neckline. Bekka noted the look Gray was giving her before she raised an eyebrow with a smile on her face.

”See something you like?”.

The Pseudo-Servant received many positive comments from the Heroic Spirits inside his head, but just smiled as his gaze moved to the strange black sword on her back.

”Yeah. It's not everyday you meet someone with a boom tube built into their sword. Makes me wonder just who you really are”.

Bekka's smile froze for a moment before landing on the roof of Gray's penthouse. The helicopter pad on one side with the three summoning circles still present on them drew her attention, but the sparkling blue pool on the other side caused the woman to walk over towards, almost forgetting Gray's presence.