Shinji's strange attitude made Sakura suspicious - could it be that her brother, such a playboy, had flirted with a female heroic spirit
"Brother, what happened between you and Rider?"
"If there is nothing wrong with my memory, I should have never met the Master's brother, nor do I have any memory of him."
Medusa, who had remained silent since her appearance, finally spoke, as cold and beautiful as her appearance.
"Of course you have no memory of me, and nothing happened between us, but - do you think I look familiar?"
Hearing Shinji's question, Medusa pointed her eyepatch at the boy in front of her - the eyepatch is a treasure similar to the "Mystic Eye Killer", which is used to seal the famous petrifying Mystic Eye in history, and does not affect normal vision.
"It seems - it looks a little familiar."
"What about this?"
As Shinji spoke, he used his hand to push his bangs upwards and carved an illusion rune, turning his hair from blue to dark red.
"Looks more familiar." There was a hint of fluctuation in the voice.
"And these?"
Shinji said this, and in his left hand he manifested the "Snake Hunting Scythe" and in his right hand he manifested the "Shield of Athena".
"This, this is—"
Medusa's cold and beautiful image finally shattered, as if an iceberg turned into flames and her body trembled.
"Brother, are these?"
Sakura covered her mouth in disbelief. She knew her brother had many treasures, and she also knew the legend of Medusa, but she had never asked the real name of the treasure, let alone thought of connecting the two.
"Yeah, that's the one." Shinji nodded with a wry smile, "'Scythe of the Serpent', the weapon that killed Medusa. 'Shield of Athena', the treasure that blocks the petrifying eye. The goddess Athena later embedded Medusa's head on the shield - so I don't know what attitude to use to face you."
To be honest, he never thought of summoning Medusa as his servant.
It's not because of lack of strength. Although Medusa didn't perform well in "Fate stay night", she is actually very strong. The super high attributes given by the monster's characteristics are secondary. What's more terrifying is the highest-ranked petrifying magic eye 'Cybele'; that is the same as Fujino's "Distorted Magic Eye" in the first sight. In the battle with insufficient information, one sneak attack is accurate.
It's not because Medusa has a personality problem and is difficult to get along with. On the contrary, Medusa can be said to be one of the easiest servants to get along with, and she has many cute points. In Shinji's previous life, Medusa not only had a large number of fans, but also a large number of doujin authors who created secondary works for her. At her peak, she once won the title of "Type-Moon King of Books", and the number was extremely impressive - ahem, it seems to have exposed something.
In short, Medusa is a lady who can handle both the living room and the kitchen, and can go to bed. She can fight, run, and act cute, and most importantly, she is very obedient. She is definitely an ideal servant.
However, even the most ideal servant would find it difficult to remain calm when seeing the Noble Phantasms that could kill him, especially when these two Noble Phantasms were his nemesis. This was also the reason why Shinji was worried. He knew that Medusa had already accepted her fate, but accepting the fate was one thing, but having someone wave the murder weapon in front of him was another.
"Are you—Perseus? No, you are not him."
Looking at the red hair that she saw in the last moments of her life, looking at the sickle that cut off her head, looking at the shield inlaid with her head, Medusa's voice was dry, and she leaned forward unconsciously, and soon she kept shaking her head. She did not have the demeanor of the Gorgon that slaughtered countless warriors in the past.
"Indeed, I am not him, but you can think of me as his successor. The bloodline of the Matou family can be traced back to Perseus."
Shinji is Shinji, not someone else, and he has never thought of becoming someone else. No matter what kind of inheritance and gift he received from Perseus, this is an indisputable fact.
"When I was very young, I had a chance encounter with Perseus. He gave me these treasures, and I got a glimpse of his life. He asked me to bring his apologies to two people if I had the chance. One was Acrisius, and the other was you."
Shinji lied here, Perseus left such a request, but this feeling is definitely not false. If these two former enemies could meet again, Perseus would definitely say sorry, and Shinji, who had a spiritual contact with him, can conclude that.
Acrisius, King of Argos and grandfather of Perseus, was accidentally killed by a discus thrown by Perseus during the athletic competition. Although Perseus was given a divine revelation before he was born that Perseus would kill his grandfather, and Acrisius exiled his daughter and infant grandson, Perseus was still sad about it.
As for Medusa, Perseus did not have too many feelings when he killed her. He just felt that it was a monster that had devoured countless lives, an unprecedentedly powerful enemy, and a target that he had to defeat in order to save his mother. However, after learning about Medusa's experience, his mentality changed. He did not regret killing Medusa, but he could not avoid a sense of guilt in his heart.
There is no way, Perseus is such a person. To put it nicely, he is loyal and righteous, to put it bluntly, he is a too compassionate and overly nice person.
Medusa obviously knew this, and her reaction was the best evidence.
"I see, that man said something like that, and he is indeed someone who would do that. He is a hero who acts only with kindness. It's embarrassing, but I don't hate him personally, nor do I have any intention of killing him. I even feel pity for him, but I can't tell him that."
"You are pitying him, but he is also pitying you. Anyone with a little bit of common sense knows that it's not your fault, but Athena is being unreasonable."
Shinji thought so, and so did Sakura.
"That's right, that's right. When I read this legend, I felt it was unreasonable. Why can a goddess curse others at will?"
"Thank you, Master, and Master's brother."
Medusa smiled, very lightly and beautifully. Perhaps this was her true character, not a Gorgon monster, but just Medusa (the daughter of domination).
"Matou Shinji, just call me Shinji." Shinji gave his own name, "Medusa, no, Rider, and Sakura. Whatever plans I had in the past, whatever people I planned to summon, that is in the past. Now you are the master and servant, and companions. I hope you can respect each other, understand each other, trust each other, and support each other, and don't let the shadow of the past affect your relationship now."
All the previous foreshadowing and explanations were for this sentence. Whether it was the inertia of the world line, or the fact that Sakura and Medusa were too compatible, it didn't matter. What mattered was the current master-servant relationship and the upcoming war.
"Got it, brother."
Ying agreed immediately, and Medusa nodded silently. Her long purple hair swayed slightly, making them look like a pair of sisters.
"Rider, tell me about yourself. Do you really have two sisters? And is Perseus really as great as the legend says?"
"I do have two sisters, and they are both very kind to me. As for Perseus, haha - I don't know if he is that great, but in my eyes, he is a coward."
"coward?"
"Well, he was shaking when he got close to me."
"Huh?"
The two of them spoke in increasingly softer voices, and Shinji felt a lot more relaxed.
Although many unexpected events occurred, it was still a good start. Next, we should consider our own problems.
PS: Chapter 4 of FGO reveals that Mushi-sama Matou Zouken is related to the Demon Pillar, Solomon. Solomon is the king of Israel. Although it is a Jewish country, the Persians and Jews have a long history of relationship and have always had a good relationship. It was not until modern times that the relationship began to change, so it is not impossible for him to be chosen by the Demon Pillar.
PS2: Perseus' eldest son Perses was born in Ethiopia. When Perseus and his wife left Ethiopia, King Cepheus kept him to prepare for his future succession to the throne. Later, he became the ancestor of the Persians, and the "Persia" in the Persians came from his name.
PS3: I made some cooking for Perseus. According to FHA records, Perseus' shield is a mirror shield, which is just a pathfinder and has no other functions. Of course, that was before his death. After his death, the heroic spirit enjoys the legendary bonus. There is nothing wrong with this setting, after all, Perseus' satellite has not come down yet.
PS4: Perseus was indeed quite cowardly at the beginning, and the title of the victorious version of Erye is not undeserved.