Fate/Ultimate Antagonist

[117] Good Man

"So, why haven't you been accepted as a disciple, Sima Yi? Could it be because you look too much like a woman?"

After Sima Hui finished his morning lecture on the art of morale, the young strategists sprawled across their desks, some forming small groups to study formations, techniques, and explosive spells.

A lean young man sat with his hands folded in his sleeves, holding a large, warm, white-furred fox with gold-tipped ears, who was enjoying his master's affectionate strokes.

Yu Mei-ren knelt beside Reinhard, holding a fan and blushing with shame and anger as she fanned the boy with both the moonlight and the breeze.

"Fan harder, Senior Sister. Haven't you eaten?"

"Guh..."

The voice assistant activated Yu Mei-ren's handheld fan mode. The black-haired woman bit her lower lip and began fanning furiously.

"Lady, don't tire yourself out... ahh..." Xu Fu, panting and flushed, watched Yu Mei-ren's frustration with a strange excitement. "Young Master Zhang Jue, how about I fan you instead?"

"Senior sister is my maid. Not you, Miss Xu Fu."

So, Yu Mei-ren fanned Reinhard, while Xu Fu fanned Yu Mei-ren, forming an oddly hierarchical service chain.

Damn you, Zhang Jue! Damn it! How dare you!

Yu Mei-ren's sharp teeth clenched in her red lips as she gazed at the boy's pale neck, her eyes slowly filling with a blood-red gleam, feeling the urge to bite.

Even Xiang Yu had never received such servitude from her!

Yu Mei-ren felt like a woman whose husband had incurred a huge debt, and she had been sold to a wealthy household to repay it.

Damn it! Who decided to portray my friendship with Xiang Yu as a tragic love story? After all, robots don't have genders!

It was mutual appreciation, not a romantic farewell.

Do androids dream of electric succubi?

Of course not.

As an Incarnated Elemental with planetary perception, Yu Mei-ren's rationality and self-awareness were acquired, leaving her unaware of her origins.

With no race or organization to belong to, she was not human and utterly alone, hating and fearing humanity.

Thus, she struggled to understand human emotions.

Until that strange machine reached out to her, speaking of traversing the world together, forging a bond between two non-human beings.

Yet, watching Xiang Yu initiate self-destruction, she couldn't even reveal the truth.

The immortal Yu Mei-ren detested the world.

As for Zhang Jue, he was the epitome of loathsomeness!

Vile! Filthy! Shameless! At only nine years old, he boasted about visiting brothels and had the audacity to make her, a noble Incarnated Elemental, his maid! Despicable!

Yu Mei-ren fanned even harder.

Sima Yi, sitting gracefully on a bamboo chair, played the harp, finding this master-maid pair amusing.

His long black hair cascaded like a waterfall, his delicate features exuding a feminine elegance despite being a boy.

Reinhard marveled, thinking that Sima Yi could easily pass as a beautiful woman if he didn't speak or softened his voice.

"You might look good in women's clothes."

"Heh..." Sima Yi wasn't offended. He lowered his eyes and chuckled softly. "You're not the first to say that, Brother Zhang Jue. Do I look too delicate? Yet, a skilled hunter often appears like his prey."