Move forward in time a little.
Astolfo knocked Spartacus down with his treasure "Touch and Knock", and then left the battlefield.
Knowing that he was a reckless man whose rationality evaporated and who acted only on emotion, Vlad III and Avisbronn did not pay attention to his strange behavior. The two servants' attention was still focused on capturing Spartacus.
After leaving the Servant's perception range, Astolfo returned to Mirenia Castle and Shinji's room as quickly as possible.
At this time, Sieg was practicing walking.
This was the first thing Chiron taught the newborn.
"First, you need to practice walking. Your feet are too flexible. If you can walk, you will be able to perform magic. This will reduce the obstacles you have to survive."
The second thing is to think about how to survive. Although Sieg's life is short, with only three years left, if he doesn't think, it will be the same as dying here.
After teaching these two things, Chiron handed Sieg over to Astolfo. This was Astolfo's responsibility, and it was destined from the moment he picked up Sieg to respond to Sieg's wishes.
Astolfo complained, but he had no intention of refusing in his heart. He was ready to escape with Sieg - his method was simple. When all the servants were dispatched and the castle's defenses were empty, he would first take Sieg out of the city, and then use his trump card, and leave Tulifas in one breath because he was chosen as Astolfo.
Astolfo did not think about what would happen next, such as where to send Sieg or what kind of punishment he would face for not breaking the master-servant contract. He just wanted to take Sieg away, that was all.
Astolfo, with his slightly injured body, smiled and reached out his hand to the android.
"Now is a good opportunity, hurry up, let's run away!"
The android immediately understood the situation, held his hand and started running together.
Perhaps it was because Astolfo was holding his arm, it was overwhelmingly easier than usual. Even so, perhaps because their fragile bodies could not bear the burden, Astolfo and Sieg's escape made no progress.
In the corridors of the city, I passed by patrolling androids several times, but no one came up to check on me. Instead, they watched them leave in silence with cold eyes and weak emotions. Their eyes were filled with sadness and a glimmer of hope.
But the stone puppets, another fighting force, were not like that. Following Caster's advice, Roger ordered the improved surveillance golem to closely track the two people running at full speed on the stone road.
Of course, with Astolfo, a Servant, beside them, they would not attack. Firstly, the golems could not stop Astolfo; secondly, the golems were programmed that way.
Caster had no intention of hunting down the enemy himself. That was something that should be done by someone other than himself, and he had more important things to do.
In this way, the two of them finally escaped from the city, out of breath. After passing through the back door on the east side of the fortress, a turbulent river appeared before them. The muddy current was like a torrential rain, and it was obviously a trap set by magic.
On the other side, all you can see are the steep mountains stretching back and forth. But there is freedom there. Although it is a freedom with only a little joy and cruel reality, it at least gives people the will to live.
"Um... you must not let go from now on okay?" Sieg nodded nervously up and down.
The area around here was obviously filled with traps and barriers created by magic. Putting aside the Servant, if it was a defective item like Sieg who would be on the verge of death just by using magic, he would probably die in less than ten minutes.
But the Black Rider, Astolfo, smiled confidently and said:
"I have this, jiangjiang—!"
What he pulled out was a thick leather-bound book. Although the words and images on the cover were dim and unclear, Sieg understood that it was clearly an item related to magic.
"In the past, I saved a woman named Rosacetella. This is what she gave me. Just holding it in your hand can break all magic!"
"That's amazing." Sieg exclaimed.
This seems to be a Noble Phantasm as well. Astolfo, one of the Twelve Warriors of Charlemagne, is said to be an adventurer who went on various adventures as he pleased and eventually reached the moon. During his adventures, he obtained many strange Noble Phantasms.
"However, there is one thing that is a bit troublesome. Although this is a Noble Phantasm, I forgot its real name."
Astolfo gritted his teeth as if he was shy and unexpectedly said this ridiculous statement.
"Ah, but it doesn't matter. Basically, as long as I have it, it will work. At least, modern magicians shouldn't be able to hurt me. If it's not a modern magician, the situation is another matter."
Or maybe it was the same with the so-called inherent barrier, which was infinitely close to magic. But that kind of magic could not be contained by the barrier, and he would not activate that kind of great magic just to chase after himself (Sieg).
"Hmm... what's it called? Mana... Break... Manual? Something like that? It seems to be a name like that, but it doesn't seem to be..."
"You'd better remember it before the battle." Sieg advised. Being defeated without knowing the real name is not something that can be solved by just saying it's confusing.
"That's right. Well, let's go then."
Astolfo held his hand tightly and jumped up. Suddenly, the river water swirled up to hinder them, trying to entangle them. But because of the book, it bounced away as if it was natural.
"Are you okay? Can you walk?"
Sieg replied that it was no problem if it was just a little bit. Astolfo offered to carry him, but he refused.
Sieg thought that one should walk on one's own two feet until one can no longer walk.
"Hmm. Archer's teachings?"
Astolfo complained slightly. In his opinion, it was unacceptable that Sieg followed his instructions after just a few minutes of conversation.
"I understand. I will stay with you until you are rescued."
I took a step forward. My feet didn't hurt much, but I was exhausted. When I was tired, my steps would be slow. My heels and thighs began to creak and make a sad sound.
"Are you okay?" Astolfo kept asking.
Although he kept walking bravely in front of Astolfo, he had reached his limit after enduring a whole night.
An hour later, he could no longer walk without Astolfo's help.
"I think you've tried very hard."
Astolfo consoled her while walking steadily along the dark mountain trail. Even if he looked up at the sky, there were no stars shining. It seemed that a magic trick was being performed to make people lose their way. I'm afraid that the compass and map would be useless. However, Astolfo seemed to know the distance. He kept walking straight along the forest trail.
"Isn't it great to be with me?" (Yeah, you two should stay together forever.)
A smug smile. When Sieg thought that he would never see that smile again tomorrow, he felt reluctant. He would return to the Holy Grail War, and he - he had to think about how to survive.
The possibility of my own death is very high, and there is also a certain possibility that he will die in the Holy Grail War. The probability of this becoming a separation of life and death is very high.
He was a hero, an adventurer, and a servant. He was summoned to the world to fight. Compared to himself, who was created just to be consumed, there was a huge difference.
"What's wrong? Are you thinking about something?"
Sieg muddled through the issue with vague answers. There was no need to let others know about his worthless and inferior feelings.
The forest immersed in darkness was very quiet. Apart from the faint sound of the grass and trees swaying every time the wind blew, not even the chirping of birds could be heard. Was this a countermeasure against the familiar? This forest was completely and morbidly covered with barriers.
"Ah, I miss this atmosphere so much! Did you know that I was once turned into a tree?"
He smiled, looked up at the sky and talked about his past failures. It was said that Astolfo had committed fatal failures as many as his brilliant adventures.
He always lost in every horse riding competition, fell into the trap of magic several times, and the rationality he had finally gained on the moon also evaporated without him noticing.
However, Astolfo never suffered a setback. He seemed not to regard failure and defeat as a setback at all.
"For example, when I was turned into a tree, I felt very safe. It was surprisingly good. Birds would land on my hands without warning, and animals, whether deer or wolves, would lean on me." (You have to read the comics for this part. Fuku-chan is even more charming when he turns into a tree.)
He was probably the only one who thought this way. Normally, if someone was turned into a tree, they would be in despair. Maybe it was because of his innate optimistic personality, he lived his life positively all the way.
"How do you want to survive?"
Suddenly, Astolfo threw a difficult question at him. Although he had been asked the same question by Chiron, he could only answer that he did not have the time to think about what kind of life he would live because survival itself was the goal now.
The dark forest... Yes, my life is the darkness itself. It is like a forest without purpose or goal, where even survival is difficult.
The caring voice from the bottom of his heart struck his little soul. Ah, it would be great if I could really escape. If possible, I would like to talk freely with Astolfo after that, Sieg thought.
Astolfo paused, and he put more force into his clenched hands, which was a little painful.
Blocking the way ahead were Black Saber and his Master Gold.
It seemed that they had been waiting for him here. Siegfried was expressionless as always, while Gold glared at the two of them with displeasure.
Astolfo sighed and said, "Hmm, do you have any secrets? Are you actually a Servant?"
"I don't think so." Sieg shook his head.
Astolfo knew this, but he couldn't understand it. Why would he be so particular about one android? Aren't there many of them everywhere in the castle
PS: Danik: Because you can become the nuclear button.