Confused Every Time

"How's your sleep?"

"Better than ever."

"Great, every knight-in-training should have some rest. I suggest you retire for today or try to conquer that dungeon." Artoria knew the existence of the dungeon. She tried to enter once but needed to enter with Ray for the first time, courtesy of Hana's explanation.

When Hana talked to her, she didn't use the body that she used while summoning Artoria from her universe. Instead, Hana's voice can be heard like she was talking from a loudspeaker.

The only one that Hana can talk directly to was Ray.

"Hmm, I think I should. Do you want to go as well, teacher?"

"I do."

'Hana, teleport us to the dungeon.'

[Teleporting...]

The scene changes to a dark void with a big brown door with big enough size to let 2 people in.

"Hana, can you explain to us about this dungeon?"

[The dungeon was formerly on Heaven, but God relocated it to be inside this dimension. Because of the lack of a leveling system, this dungeon's objective is to farm system points and combat training. The dungeon has a total of 100 floors downwards. The deeper Host went, the stronger the monster will be. Even God can only clear this dungeon only until the 68th floor.]

Ray and Artoria were shocked. Someone that capable of creating both Excaliburs can only clear until the 68th floor? There are still about 32 floors before the 100th floor.

Though it demotivates Ray a little bit, part of him was burning with excitement. Imagine if he can go more than the 68th floor? He will be much stronger than even God.

Deep inside him, a battle lust personality started to plant itself. But the said person won't notice it until later on.

"Let's go inside, teacher."

"Yes." Artoria was beginning to get enthusiastic about the possibility of her getting stronger. Though she was substantially unkillable, with the same could be said for Ray, she didn't think that she was invincible.

If there's a weapon that can cancel their limited immortality or simply aim for their brain, they will be killed. Fortunately for them, this vulnerability was unknown for everyone, at least if they didn't count Fate franchise fans from Earth.

When they passed through the door, they were in some kind of a cave. There was no lighting nor a light source, so even looking at their own hands was difficult. The air was chilly and the sound of water droplets can be heard.

Even without a light source, Ray can still see in the darkness like he was strolling under the sun. Artoria can also see in the darkness by guiding her mana to her eyes. Their eyes became slit eyes as a Dragon.

Both of them have a Dragon Bloodline. Artoria was given a dragon bloodline when she was birthed, but that's a story for another day.

When Ray saw Artoria's eyes became slit eyes, he was not surprised. He knew that Artoria was infused with a dragon's blood by Merlin so it was not a piece of new information for him. But the same could not be said to Artoria.

Artoria, for the lack of better words, startled. She didn't know that Ray also has a dragon bloodline inside of him.

"Ray, your eyes!"

"My eyes? Oh, is it slit, like yours?"

"Like mine? What?"

"Your eyes are like mine. Do you remember when I was asleep after that training?"

Artoria nodded and he continued, "Well, I met a dragon in my dreams. It said that It and I were the same entity. Seems that I also have a core inside of me, though I don't know if my heart is a dragon or still human. So, we have something more in common, teacher." Ray was smiling at the thought of having something in common with his teacher.

Not only Ray but she was also happy that they have more in common with each other, making her heart beat faster than it should.

'Huh? What is this feeling?' She was not a stranger to something like happiness. But the feeling that she felt has something other than happiness mixed within.

Since she was training to be a King from childhood, she never felt something like love, except for that one time where she was taking care of a lion cub for a month. That was the only time where she looked like a normal girl. And since then, she never felt something like that again.

"Hello? Teacher?" Ray was confused about why his teacher suddenly went silent.

"Ah, sorry. I was thinking of something."

"Ummm, are you okay?" Though Artoria and he couldn't get sick, he just wanted to make sure.

"Yes, I'm okay. Thank you for your concern." Although it felt weird, she was happy that her student was showing concern for her. Slowly but surely, her heart was beginning to melt.

"I'm glad. Now, what should we do?"

"Take out the wooden swords and we will start to explore the dungeon."

Ray nodded and summoned the wooden swords with one that was given to Artoria.

They began to walk while talking about Ray's dream because apparently, she was intrigued by it.

In the middle of their talk, a small and smelly humanoid creature suddenly came at them. It has a big head with long ears similar to an elf, a green skin, wearing a single piece of brown cloth, and holding what looks like a wooden club.

It was a goblin.

The goblin was happy that it found preys and one of them was a female. The goblin planned to kill and eat the male while bringing the female to its nest and share her with its friends.

Unfortunately, or fortunately for the goblin, with a single swipe from Ray, its skull was broken.

Since it was a wooden sword with a blunt edge, it didn't have the capabilities of slashing meat.

If Ray knew what the goblin was thinking, he will torture the goblin so gruesomely that it will plead for its death.

"That's easy."

[Its a given, an ordinary human can survive until level 10. From then on, a simple attack can cause death.]

For the current Ray, even level 15 is not a problem.

"Let's go, teacher." and they resumed their journey.

On the way, they found a nest of goblins that were badly covered with rocks. At first, both of them walked away until they were surrounded by goblins from the said nest. By then, the little creatures have signed their death certificate.

Not long after, they found a stairway going down. From what he got from Hana, it was an access point to the lower floor.

From Ray's viewpoint, the dungeon was similar to the dungeon in Danmachi, one of his favorite anime. Though he wanted to read the light novel, he decided not to for an unknown reason.

Before they went down, he asked something,

"Teacher, why don't we use our Excalibur instead? I mean, it is our weapon and companion. I know that its overkill but I feel that the one inside me was dying to be let out and used."

"...I understand, draw out your weapon."

Artoria gave the wooden sword back to Ray and he stored it in [Inventory].

They summoned their respective Excalibur out in the open. Both Excalibur, including their Avalon, has the same design with the only difference between them was the color. Artoria was royal blue while Ray was crimson.

Both swords emit a divine light while they pull it out from the scabbard.

Artoria permitted to use Excalibur because she wanted Ray to get used to the sword. But Ray, on the other hand, was happy to finally wield the legendary weapon.

The Excalibur that once Artoria had in the past, which was Excalibur from Fate Universe, was forged by the planet as the crystallization of the wishes of mankind, stored and forged within the planet. Artoria received the said weapon from Vivian, the lady of the lake, before giving it back when she was about to die.

This Excalibur, however, was forged with the power of God simply because He wanted it to become a weapon and also a companion for both of them. Because it was forged by God, it was much more powerful than its counterpart in Fate Universe.

Artoria realized the major difference. The Excalibur in her hand and also in Ray's hand are living beings. An embryo that grows with the wielder. It essentially has a spirit of its own but bounded to both of them.

This means that even if they 'exchange' or use other's Excalibur, they can still use it normally. In normal circumstances, Excalibur will reject those that are not its wielder.

After examining their weapon, they continued downwards.

The enemies were much easier to defeat, not like it was hard, to begin with. They dissect the little creatures with a simple swipe of the sword.

"Ray, in our next training, we will use our Excalibur." She wanted Ray to get used to using his weapon as soon as possible.

His foundation was quite strong, even though it is not really up to her lower standards. But she needed to train Ray to use a real weapon or it will be devastating for him.

Weapons are an extension of one's hand. So getting used to one is important, especially when the weapon was bounded with him

Artoria planned for Ray to train in not only a sword but also other weapons such as a pole, spear, etc.

"Yes, teacher." Ray simply replied.

After reaching level 5, they went out with the help of Hana.

[Congratulations, Host received 100 System Points.]

They only encountered 100 creatures of both Goblins and Kobolds. Each only worth 1 System Points, which is not much.

Kobolds is a humanoid creature that resembles a wolf.

"I think its time for us to go back to the outside and rest. I won't allow you to train for days without rest. You also have something to do tomorrow."

"Okay, teacher." Ray wanted to argue but he thought that it was useless, so he can only follow his teacher.

When they went outside, Ray realized that there's only 1 bed. Though its enough for both of them, it was improper for people with different genders to sleep together on the same bed.

"Teacher, you will sleep on the bed while I buy a couch or something."

"Don't worry too much. I'm okay with us sleeping on the same bed."

"B-But you are a woman. I can't sleep with someone that I fancied." He whispered the latter part, thinking that Artoria won't hear. But unfortunately, she did.

"...Huh?" She was flustered a little bit. People never thought that she was a woman. Even if someone knew, someone like Guinevere, they will keep it for themselves. She was considered as a male before, so Ray suddenly became like that because of her gender, flustered her a little.

"I-I will cook us something first, please wait here." Ray decided to escape to the kitchen of the boarding house.

He cooked a simple dinner, consists of Aglio e olio, caesar salad, and tea. Since Artoria ate a lot, he cooked for 4 people with 3 being only for his teacher, if she wanted to eat more.

Artoria has an appetite, so he made sure to cook more than usual.

He stored the dishes to his [Inventory] and nervously went back to his room.

While he was preparing the dishes, Artoria wanted to take a bath but she forgot to ask for clothes. So she opened the closet to borrow Ray's clothes.

Artoria was embarrassed about Ray's underwear concealed almost nothing but the crotch area. There were also several small pants, so she took one of those small pants and took a T-Shirt.

The small pants that Artoria was referring to are boxers. She mistook it as regular short pants.

She undid her hair and took a bath inside the room.

Artoria saw bottles inside the bathroom were foreign to her.

'What is shampoo?' She read the texts on the bottles.

'This one is for the body, this one for the hair, what is this gel?' She was intrigued by the new things in front of her and amazed by how many bottles Ray used just to clean his body.

After 5 minutes of looking around, she finally started showering. Though the shower offers a hot bath, she was used to the cold water.

After she finished her bath, she dried herself with a brown towel and wore the clothes.

She finished wearing clothing just in time for Ray to come into the room and silence ensued.

Ray's brain was short-circuited seeing that his teacher wearing his clothes. The epitome of happiness for men can be achieved just by the woman wearing his clothing or simply his jacket.

Ray was currently feeling happy but aroused at the same time.

Though the clothes were too big for Artoria, it has a certain allure to it that made him want to just pushed her down.

Artoria's wet hair, her smell, and her smooth skin aroused the young man.

'Calm down little me!' He thought. He was trying his best not to get a boner in front of Artoria.

While Ray was struggling internally, she was confused about why Ray was standing there.

It was weird for her, not because Ray was standing there looking at her, but about always feeling confused after she was summoned.

"Is this okay?" She was referring to her using his clothing.

"Huh? Ah yes, yes it's okay. U-umm, let's eat." Ray was back from his stupor and summoned the dishes from his [Inventory] and put it in the only table in the room.

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Hello there.

Sorry for the lack of updates. I didn't feel like writing so I just finished this chapter today. The reason I didn't feel like writing was because this part is not planned at all (dungeon and stuff) so I kind of just reconfigure the timeline again. I don't know why I kept doing this.

And also blame Fate/Extella Link for having a discount.

When I saw how many people started to come into this novel, I was surprised. I never thought that I will get an audience. Though I'm still a lazy bum, that won't change... I guess.

Thanks for reading.