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When the gossip suddenly turned into a reference to Joan of Arc herself, she was extremely embarrassed, blushing and turning her head away, unable to face the strange looks from everyone.
"Ahem." Elga Marie coughed slightly, a little embarrassed, and continued, "Let's leave Ms. Marie's situation as it is for now. And what about you, Mr. Mozart?"
Mozart shrugged, then laughed cheerfully, "As for me, it's naturally because of love."
Everyone looked at him, their expressions unchanged.
"What kind of reaction is this? How boring."
Seeing that everyone was so uncooperative and didn't give him any face, Mozart muttered a few words of exasperation before continuing, "Simply put, I just don't like this... well, in your words, it's a 'singularity'."
“I don’t like it here. It’s not artistic at all. I happened to meet Princess Mary and learned what she wanted to do. Out of concern, I went with her.”
Well, the last sentence is the key point.
Just as Princess Mary was a fervent Joan of Arc fan, he was a fervent Princess Mary fan.
Even the one who proposed to the other person on their very first meeting.
However, I was rejected.
But he was not discouraged and maintained his love, silently supporting all of Princess Mary's choices. He was definitely a devoted admirer.
Incidentally, when this guy proposed to Princess Mary, he was only six years old, and she was only seven. (Not historical fact; PS: I think it's awesome)
Good guy!
Loli plus older woman!
That's a really monstrous old pervert.
Chapter 261 Princess Mary:! Joan of Arc's affectionate gestures and the Black Marshal's shock.
After that, Chaldea asked a few more questions.
For example, why didn't Princess Mary hate Flandre?
Yes, she, like Joan of Arc, was publicly executed, and by the people of Flanders.
In response, Princess Mary stated that she was merely complying with the public's expectations, even down to her final execution, and that she still loved the country, blah blah blah.
Her confession successfully persuaded the Chaldeans to agree to her joining.
Yes, and Mozart is included as a bonus.
"That's great! It's such an honor to fight alongside the Holy Maiden. Wow, so cool! (excited)"
Princess Mary cheered and skipped over to Joan of Arc, hugging her arm and beaming with happiness.
Joan of Arc looked helpless: "Please stop saying that. As for 'Saintess' and all that, I'm just an ordinary village girl."
As she said this, she suddenly glanced at Ma En with a hint of resentment.
She still remembers the time when Maren teased her and Jeanne Alter for being country bumpkins.
However, she didn't say anything to Marne, but instead said to Princess Mary, "You can just call me Joan of Arc. Don't mention the title 'Saintess' anymore."
"Huh!? Is that alright? Then, Joan of Arc."
Princess Mary was immediately excited and tried calling Joan of Arc's name.
"Hmm." Although De was somewhat helpless about her fervor, at least she had obediently changed her form of address, so he didn't say anything more.
"Then Joan of Arc should also call her Mary, that would be fair."
Unaware of the consequences, Joan of Arc nodded instinctively: "Yes, Mary."
"Oh my! De called her Mary, Amadeus, did you hear that? Did you hear that? How wonderful, how blissful, ha~ my ears are pregnant."
Princess Mary was immediately overjoyed, and even became somewhat incoherent.
“That’s wonderful!” Zart quickly agreed with a smile.
Joan of Arc was so embarrassed that she almost dug a three-bedroom, two-living-room house out of her toes, and wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Upon seeing this, everyone couldn't help but chuckle.
With such an energetic and adorable member joining the team, the atmosphere instantly became much more cheerful.
The atmosphere here is harmonious and pleasant, but the scene on the other side is quite different.
Jeanne Alter led three remaining soldiers back to the main camp.
"Jill! Where the hell have you been! Come out and see me!"
Jeanne Alter roared from within the castle.
Then a commotion ensued, and the mentally unstable Caster Gilles de Rais rushed to Jeanne Alter.
"Ah~ Joan of Arc, what's the matter that you're in such a hurry to find me?"
Upon seeing Jeanne Alter, Marshal Alter (let's call him that for now) was initially taken aback by a moment of shock before quickly inquiring about the situation.
"What is it?! What else could you possibly want to say?! Besides spending all your time in the city performing your magic tricks, what else can you do?!"
Jeanne Alter angrily rebuked him, seemingly venting the anger she had suffered at the hands of Marne and the others on Marshal Alter.
Seeing this, Marshal Black lowered his head and looked meek, not daring to refute, and silently endured Black Jeanne's angry rebuke.
He seemed to be enjoying it a little?
Black Jeanne scolded him for a while, and only stopped talking after she calmed down a bit.
The Black Marshal, quick to seize the opportunity, said, "Joan of Arc, what happened to make you so angry? Just tell me, and I, Gilles, will do anything to avenge you, even if it means my own destruction."
Black Jeanne calmed down a bit and slowly said, "It's that little girl. She's appeared and brought powerful reinforcements."
She briefly recounted the events in Lasharita, focusing particularly on the situation in Ma'en.
There was no way around it; Marx and Engels' performance was just too outstanding.
Not only can she easily see through the true names of Servants, but she is also extremely powerful. She killed Carmilla in a short time, making it difficult for Jeanne Alter not to pay close attention to Marne.
"Is there such a thing?"
Marshal Black was also taken aback by Marne's situation.
"Even you, with Ruler's abilities, can't see through his true intentions?"
This is the part he can't understand the most.
Logically speaking, Ruler's abilities are a natural counter to Servants. Even those with abilities to conceal their identities or Noble Phantasms are rendered useless in the face of Ruler's 'True Name Revelation'.
Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for any Servant to be immune to Ruler's abilities.
unless……
The other party is not a Heroic Spirit at all!
But, is this possible?
Not a Heroic Spirit, yet so powerful, even capable of single-handedly killing a Servant?
While such magicians do exist, judging from Jeanne Alter's description, Marne is clearly not one of them.
Marne's fighting style is quite different from that of a magician.
After all, a magician's main methods are magic and costumes.
Although using Mystic Codes grants her general melee combat abilities, she won't be able to overwhelm Servants in close combat like Maru.
Moreover, Ma En didn't use magic much; the only thing he used was high-level stuff like the Primal Rune.
It's hard to imagine that Marx and Engels would be a magician.
"If you could tell, would I need to come back to you?!"
Upon hearing this, Jeanne Alter immediately recalled the setbacks she had suffered before and angrily rebuked him.
Marshal Hei quickly lowered his head: "It was my fault. I shouldn't have questioned you, sir. I deserve to die."
Seeing that there were 470 cases, Black Jeanne didn't bother with it anymore and said, "Alright, stop talking nonsense and quickly think of a way to deal with them. I must get back the face we lost today."
"And that damned country bumpkin, I'm going to get rid of her!"
"Yes!"
Marshal Black immediately responded and began to think of a solution.
He said shortly afterward, "First of all, we lack intelligence, so we need to monitor the enemy's every move. We should send out servants to monitor them."
"And this person cannot be someone they haven't seen before. Since the other side can easily see the follower's real name, we must hide our hand cards to avoid being seen through by the other side."
"Hmm." Jeanne nodded, thinking that what the Black Marshal, this cunning strategist, said made a lot of sense, and then looked at the few Servants beside her.
"Berserk Rider, you can go."
She had seen it before; Martha could fight Saber on par with Marne's side. Plus, as a Rider, she had the highest mobility and could run away even if she couldn't win. She was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate among the three people Marne had seen.
"Yes."
Martha stepped forward, responded, and then turned and left.
Jeanne Alter nodded in satisfaction.
But none of them saw that after Martha turned around, her expression changed slightly, as if she was struggling and resisting something.
Chapter 262 Black Jeanne's brilliant plan: Winning over Marne?
Jeanne Alter had no idea that she would soon regret her decision.
At this moment, she was more concerned about Marshal Black's next plan than Martha's departure.
Stared at like that by Jeanne Alter, Marshal Alter couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
However, he could only helplessly say, "I'm sorry, Lady Jeanne, we don't have enough information about the enemy at the moment, and I don't know how to deal with them. For the time being, we are on the defensive and can only try our best to hide our trump cards."
"Of course, we are not just sitting here waiting to die. We can also think of ways to strengthen our own forces."
"For example, among the living people here in this era, there are some magicians, and we can try to win them over."
"There are other humans, or even lone Servants, who might come in handy if we try to recruit them."
Jeanne Alter, who had initially heard the other party say that there was nothing she could do but be passive, was shocked by what they said next.