Having settled the matter with Caster and his monsters in the forest. Josh, Emerald and their servants along with Irisviel, Mayia and Lakshmi-bai head to the castle for Mayia's recovery. When they entered the castle, the masters of Azur Lane were amazed with it (despite the damage it suffered).
Josh: (removes his helmet) this place has seen better days.
Artoria: yeah. Eliy's castle is better at Azur Lane.
Emerald: you mean Queen Elizabeth, right?
Lakshmi-bai: Who's that?
Josh explains that Queen Elizabeth is the leader of the royal navy as his friend QM2 is known as the royal dragon. While they are chatting, Irisviel has came out from Mayia's room. Lakshmi-bai asked her about Caster and his master, Atalante was looking down at her feet. Emerald notices that she was thinking about the missing children.
Emerald: are you ok, Atalante?
Atalante: I'm just worried about the children, Emerald.
Emerald: when we get back to the fleet, how would you feel if we go for a search?
Atalante: sounds like a plan.
Irisviel: Mayia's asleep now, guys. (To Josh) so what are you going to do now?
Josh: head back to the fleet and go from there I guess.
Emerald: actually after we return to the fleet, Atalante and myself would be searching for the missing children.
Irisviel: Atalante really cares about the kids, doesn't she?
Emerald: her wish for the grail is to bring happiness to them. So yeah, she does.
Josh: so what's Kiritsugu going to do about Caster?
Irisviel: he's determined to eliminate Lancer and get our saber back to fighting form again.
Josh: she's still can't move her thumb? (Thinks) it was a good idea not to let Artoria to fight Lancer considering that her noble phantasm is incredibly powerful.
After he deduced that Lakshmi-bai's noble phantasm is actually a reality marble. Emerald has checked her watch and decides that they need to head back to the docks. Saying goodnight and farewell to Kiritsugu, Irisviel, Lakshmi-bai and Mayia, Josh and the girls left the castle.
Later
After they had returned to the docks, they were welcomed by their friends. While Emerald and Atalante were chatting with Oklahoma and Yorktown, Tirpitz asked Josh how the battle against Caster went and was told that he wasn't holding back even in front of Artoria.
Tirpitz: wait. So this Caster fellow mistook both Artoria and Lakshmi-bai as this holy maiden even though they don't look anywhere close to her?
Josh: yea.
Tirpitz: that's just plain silly. I mean Jeanne D'Arc is back in Iris Libre with your old pal: Adrian.
While they continue to discuss about Caster's bizarre behaviour, Emerald and Atalante had let them know that they are going on a hunt. Josh had caution them to remain vigilant and keep their guard up. With that, the girls head off into the city. While they were exploring the city, Emerald and Atalante met up with Sarah and Rider as they had found Caster's hideout. Having arrived at Caster's hideout, Rider warns Sarah not to see the horror in front of the four but she didn't listen and lit up the area. After seeing the terrible scene in of her, Atalante was shaking in fury and jumps out of the chariot. She rushed over to a dead child and puts it back amongst their fellow victims.
Emerald: (places her hand on Atalante's shoulder) Atalante?
Atalante: (bitter) I will tear apart that serial killer and Caster for this...
Emerald: how?
Atalante: I have an ace up my sleeve for it.
Then Atalante fired her bow into the shadows to reveal Assassin which made Sarah surprised.
Sarah: Assassin?
Emerald: (to herself) Just like what he said about the first shot being fake.
Assassin made a quick retreat into the darkness and they left Caster's hideout as Rider burns it to the ground.
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A Mandalorian's Grail War (Book 1)
Fanfictionset after achieving peace with the Sirens. two friends got dragged into a ritual called the holy grail war in the city of Fuyuki. they didn't know that they were chosen to take part. unlike the masters of both Archer and Assassin, these two have a v...
