We're not really Doctors. (Shirou x Harem) Arknights x Fate

Chapter 21 - 1

Author's Note (Mostly for FFN)

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Answering some questions in the last chapter.

Shirou's tracing ability allowed him to see the history of Talulah's sword BUT it doesn't show the moment Talulah lost her way. It only shows Talulah using it to kill Kashchey then being carried around by Talulah until Chernobog. From the sword's pov, Talulah simply took it away. It only records who used it physically.

CRAP. I haven't read the Victoria arc and I didn't know W only chose Wis'adel as her name in chapter 14. Welp, time to just quietly gloss it over until forgotten.

=== CHERNOBOG ===

Two days after the assault on Lungmen...

Shirou sensed the change in the atmosphere before the Reunion's leader returned.

The revolutionary camps were abuzz with news when Shirou served breakfast. He listened in on a conversation nearby while serving soup in line.

"If Talulah's coming back for reinforcements, does that mean they failed to assault Lungmen?"

"We all knew Lungmen would be a tougher city to attack. Some of us were left behind to secure prisoners and Chernobog. We've been training some of the new guys but I don't know why we keep the civilians around." One of the rebels shrugged while looking at the prisoner camp across from them.

The Reunion didn't capture all the civilians escaping Chernobog. They only captured a number of them. Few enough to be controlled with minimal security, but large enough to warrant attention. By now, the Ursus Empire would've heard about losing one of their cities. Yan was also paying attention to the growing situation on its border with Ursus.

"Who knows? Only the commanders know what Talulah is planning."

"Have you even heard from the Shieldguards and the Yetis? A common sentiment is that the attack on Lungmen was unneeded. They also disagreed with our assault on Chernobog."

"Bah- ignore those guys. They're always talking about how it would be safer for us to avoid the cities. Those guys would be happy to disappear into the wilderness if they could."

Many other conversations repeated similar information with variety.

One, that Talulah was returning to muster the rest of the Reunion in Chernobog. And two, that the Shieldguards and Yetis were showing disapproval again. The rest of the Reunion who didn't belong to those groups showed mixed reactions to their disapproval, but nonetheless shared their own.

Most of them were on the fence, but it looked like Patriot and FrostNova's efforts were taking root as there was growing sentiment about avoiding unnecessary battles across the new recruits. It helped that the more radical Reunion members were mostly part of the invasion force Talulah sent to Lungmen, giving Patriot more freedom to spread his faction's influence.

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Talulah's return was received with lots of praise despite the lingering echoes of frustration over the failed assault on Lungmen.

Shirou knew that many of the new recruits and the general Reunion members saw Talulah in a good light. She was like a bonfire in the dark- the head of the Reunion- the only person who had the gall to form a rebel movement that was fighting discrimination against nations.