17 Teasing and Revelation (2/2)

”You are quite manipulative person aren't you. Your face and your smile is really asking for a beating, just like Merlin in the past. Why is my luck is so poor, meeting people like him even after becoming Heroic Spirit.” Saber sighed slightly hearing him.

”So, what is it you really want to talk, Saber?”

”Your purpose telling all of us those informations. What do you want to do with us?”

”Just for you to know, the Grail you wish to win is impossible granting your wish like how you want it to be. You can understand it later, Saber. Beside that, my purpose...is nothing much, I just want to interact with you all, especially you, Artoria. As I quite enjoy teasing you.”

”Call me Saber.”

”Nope, I will start calling you Artoria, he he. What will you do then?”

”I will slash you everytime you call my name.”

”He he, I don't mind being slashed by you. But, can you slash me, Artoria?”

”You of all people should know better about my Excalibur. Are you doubting my ability as a knight, Rafi-san?”, Saber was getting more annoyed, thinking that Rafi undermined her as a knight.

”How can I doubt you as King of Knights, Artoria?”

”Then what is your meaning?”

”You are a woman after all, yours is a sheath, Artoria.” Rafi said to her with a bit lewd smile on his face.

”You..you..so it is like that, really, you and Merlin is so much similar. You really need a slashing after all, hyaah.” Saber slashed her Invisible sword to him as she blushed.

”Wahh, so fierce, but I like it. If you want, I can call you Artoria only in our private times, when the two of us being a husband and wife couple, Artoria.” Rafi said as he moved backward, evading a sense of danger he felt from his front.

”You..are..asking..for it, Rafi..!! Die..pervert..!!”, Saber was blushing hard like a ripe apple. As soon she said it, she unleashed her Invisible Air, revealing the splendor light of Excalibur. She slashed at him furiously as her face was burning hot.

Clang, tink

Rafi hardly defended her furious slashes with Gungnir as sweats rolled on his back like a broken dam. His clothes became tattered as his body was cut all over, though his wounds kept regenerating at quick speed. It was strenuous for him, an amateur, to even defend himself from furious slashes of Knight's King. Just for barely defending, Rafi even opened his EMS for quicker reaction speed and predicted her movements in advance. After they first clash sounded, the others quickly came out, and watched Saber thrashing Rafi around.

”That is Saber and Rafi-san. Why are they fighting?”, Emiya said, puzzled at them suddenly fighting.

”Saber,..it must be Rafi-san that incite her first.” Tohsaka looked vexed seeing Saber was thrashing Rafi around, while shouting he was a pervert that needed to die.

”Is Rafi will be alright, Minamoto-san?”, Sakura asked Minamoto no Yorimitsu worriedly, seeing Rafi's tattered and bloodied clothes.

”Don't worry, although Master is disadvantaged at first, he gets the hang of it as the battle goes on. See, now he can even parry her attacks, even if with difficulties. Besides, even if Saber is still shouting for him to die, her strikes are never fatal.” Yorimitsu replied with confidence. 'It is supposed to be me who is sparring with Rafi. How can that damn Saber went ahead of me? Rafi must be seduced by her.' She thought jealously in her heart.

”Stop..stop, Saber. Looks, they have gathered around us. Besides, look at your sword. It is revealed now.” Rafi said suddenly, pointing toward the spectators and her revealed Excalibur.

”You are quite a tough nut to crack, pervert. Don't tell me, it is your intention all along, forcing me to reveal myself to them.” Saber replied coldly, as she looked vexed knowing that others might have guessed her real identity.

”Saa..who knows, Artoria. But my offer still stands, I will call you Artoria in our private times later he he.” Rafi said, teased the King of Knights to helplessness.

”Grrr...”, Saber gritted her teeth in anger like an angry lioness.

”Let's go back, Saber.” Rafi said loudly as he was walking back to the spectating others, while waving at Saber.

”Ugh, I believe that my Luck stats is quite high. Why is my luck seems so poor for meeting Merlin's similar person here. Haah.” Saber sighed as she walked, following him back to the group. Then they were walking to the others, exposing her Excalibur and his Gungnir.

”Yo, Tohsaka-san, why are you looking at me like that?” Rafi said as he looked at her agape mouth.

”That..that..is Gungnir. An original Noble Phantasm. And your mystic eyes can even change to normal eyes, how convenient, you can easily hide your mystic eyes. Really, who are you, Rafi-san?”, Tohsaka questioned Rafi fiercely as she was jealous of him.

”Nah, I am a mysterious magus after all. I am bound to have some trump cards aren't I. No need to think much, as I don't have malice to you. Saber can prove my words.”

”Ugh, even if I hate to admit it, but his words isn't a lie. My Instincts tell me he is telling truth, but his face and his smug smile is really asking for a beating, Rin.” Saber said as she looked at Rafi with annoyance.

”Well, let's put it aside for now. Saber, you are actually King of Knights. Britain's legendary King. Why don't you tell me sooner?”, Tohsaka said, switched topic to Saber.

”I am sorry, Rin, Shirou. It is not I am deceiving you. But some things need to be hidden. If not for this pervert here, I will not tell you this.”

”Fu fu, looks like Rafi really likes to tease Saber-san, isn't he?”, Sakura said somewhat smiled darkly. Rafi trembled slightly while he was changing clothes, borrowed from Emiya's.

Then Saber told them that she was also summoned as a Servant in the previous war. Her Master at that time was Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel von Einzbern. At the end of war, when she was just a step away winning the Grail, Kiritsugu commanded her to destroy the Grail. She was still felt a resentment over it, thus when knowing she was summoned again as Servant by his adopted children, she was having a mixed feeling about it. When she met Illyasviel at first, although Illyasviel seemed has resemblances to Irisviel, Saber couldn't relate the two as Einzbern family was famous for their homunculus. She thought that Illyasviel was just another homunculus the Einzberns produced, not Irisviel's daughter.

”Father...”, Emiya was reminiscing his deceased adopted father, as he couldn't imagine that he also became a Master like the father he always idolized.

”Papa...Mama...Saber...”, Illyasviel was murmuring slightly while she looked at Saber absent-mindedly.

”That is roughly all, Rin, Shirou. Gilgamesh is a Servant of Archer class in previous war. His noble phantasm is really a headache as he is seemingly able to counter every heroic spirits.”

”For Gilgamesh, you can count on Emiya-san or Archer. Their ability can counter Gilgamesh's. You can know the details when you confront Archer later as I am quite lazy explaining it.” Rafi added suddenly.

”Hmph, lazy pervert.” Saber said, giving him another title beside a pervert.

”Then, let's go to Einzbern Castle. We need to solve Emiya's problem first.” Tohsaka finalized their first plan and walked outside first, followed by Emiya.

”Yes, I will need to settle it with him. I can't absolutely agree with his way right now.” Emiya said firmly as he followed Tohsaka.

”Sure, sure. But leave Lancer and Kirei to me, I believe they have been watching our movements after all. Sakura, Illya-chan, take care at home you two.” Rafi said loudly as he ran toward Emiya and Tohsaka.

Thus Tohsaka Rin, Emiya Shirou, Saber, Rafi and Minamoto no Yorimitsu were going to Einzbern Castle for a fateful battle between Rafi vs. Lancer and Emiya vs. Archer.