[Chapter 33]the mc agreed to scathach's training, lmao. rip

Giving Jeanne random titles is my new hobby.

The latter half of the chapter is a bit more serious than normal. idk if it's good so give me your opinions.

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"Shishou, when will this stop..." Cu asked. Scathach was forcing him to run around the forest inside the Hub with multiple tons of metal attached to his legs.

"Just this much has already tired you out?" The purple-haired woman said with ridicule, earning a groan from Lancer before he started running again.

He would get his revenge on that child.

As Cu finished his 105th lap around the forest, Scathach finally stopped his torture.

"That's enough." She said before continuing. "We will start your training tomorrow morning." She then turned to her Master. "You will come too unless you are one of those guys?" She questioned.

"Fine," Alex said with a sigh. "As long as it doesn't take too long." He added.

"Good." Scathach nodded before looking towards a young-looking woman with blonde hair and steel armor.

"That is Artoria, also known as King Arthur." He explained before Artoria fell next to him from a portal.

"Ugh." She groaned before getting up and glaring at him, probably not liking his stunt. However, she quickly composed herself later.

"Sorry." He said sheepishly.

"It's fine." The blonde said before noticing Cu. 'He looks so done with life,' she thought with pity.

The poor man was lying face down on the grass, not even bothering to untie the weights on his ankles. His previously blue hair was completely messed up and sweaty, forming a disgusting stench around him.

Artoria, who wanted to approach and help him, quickly retreated. Witnessing this, Scathach nodded with hidden delight. 'No more young girls for you, student of mine.'

Alex, noticing Cu sweat even more intensely, decided to leave the area. "Let's go. Cu deserves to rest." He said as he quickly grabbed the two female Servants and teleported.

Did he need to touch them? No, but where was the fun in that.

After noticing the two psychos leave, Cu sighed with relief and safely closed his eyes, dozing off shortly after.

~Location Change~

After teleporting to the real world again, the first Alex had noticed the was hidden smile from Scathach.

'Oh no, did she notice?' He halted the battle inside him before it began, quickly letting go of Artoria and Scathach.

Artoria already knew of his habits and abilities, so she didn't care that much about it. Maybe there was another reason, though.

He had never noticed her speak against him, mostly just following "orders," as she called them. He should talk to her about this later.

"The person we will be meeting is kind of... weird." Alex didn't know much about Scathach's personality, so he asked her to remain peaceful despite what might happen.

"Uh-huh." Scathach nodded, the menacing smile on her face disappearing.

After that, the group walked in front of the room, and before one of them could even knock on it, a woman appeared from within the room.

"Jea–" As expected, Jeanne didn't even give him time to talk before she took his ability to breathe.

[YOU DIED *dark souls death sound sfx*]

Ahem.

After multiple minutes of agony and help from Artoria, the snake was rescued from the God of Sisterhood.

What a terrifying god, almost killing our MC like that.

"You are a good boy, Master. Summoning me new sisters~." Jeanne told him with a smile.

'Good boy...? You can't be serious. I'm not a puppy!' Alex inwardly protested against his new title. However, he knew better than to speak up against Jeanne.

Nothing he could say would change his new big sister's mind. He had already tried multiple times.

Besides, he was a half-snake, he could be called a good boy, and it wouldn't sound wrong. After all, some people owned snakes as pets.

Turning back to the scene, it was Scathach that was getting patted this time.

Alex could see her stoic expression slowly starting to break, so he spoke up. "Jeanne, I don't think Scathach likes what you're doing." He said slowly, making sure to get the point across.

"You don't?" Jeanne asked the red-eyed woman, getting a nod from her instantly.

"Oh." Jeanne retreated her hand back, obviously disappointed.

"Come on, don't make that face. Here, play with Lux and Letos." The white-haired snake quickly said, not enjoying her expression.

"Okay!" The Saint quickly grabbed the foxes that appeared in the air.

"Wuu?" Lux looked confusingly at Jeanne, finding the area around her very similar to a particular emperor's chest.

She wondered if they were twins of some kind. She knew they weren't blood-related, but perhaps something like soul twins?

That woman who called herself a Sword looked similar to Jeanne, too, but her chest wasn't anywhere near the size of Jeanne.

The female fox was thinking so much that she didn't notice her brother trying his best to escape from Jeanne's hug. His dere side wanted to stay still and enjoy the hug, while his tsun side wanted to leave as soon as possible.

While the twin foxes were doing their own thing, Jeanne had closed her eyes in comfort. Ever since being summoned here, the Saint had lost all of her worries, living the life she never had.

That was why Alex hated to interrupt her fun, along with all of his other Servants.

Almost all of them had never lived an enjoyable life, most of them fighting for humanity until their death. That's why he forced Artoria to do other things than be his assistant daily.

He didn't want a servant; he wanted a Servant. He could easily create clones to serve him if he wanted.

Heck, he could probably reincarnate the soul of a god from another universe to a container and make him/her be his loyal servant.

Soul magic was no joke.

With his Divinity of Reincarnation, he could reincarnate dead people from the multiverse he was in, which was currently the DxD Multiverse. He had used it many times to shock other people.

Issei being killed by his clone once again was an amusing sight. He would occasionally pop up near him to try one of his new abilities, then resurrect him and teleport back.

It was extremely entertaining.

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That night, Artoria was pacing around her room in her casual outfit, seemingly in deep thought. Alex would force her to sleep each night, even though she had said multiple times that she didn't need to.

She was a Sword; her role was to protect her Master, no matter the time or place.

Even though unknowingly, Alex had done something quite important for her, and she had vowed to be his Knight from then on, despite not even knowing his face.

Thinking back, that was a stupid vow. However, being quite familiar with him now, Artoria didn't regret it one bit.

She was skeptical at first, so she acted at their first meeting. She should probably tell him the truth now.

Well, not now. Maybe tomorrow morning. She didn't want to barge into Alex's room and earn Nero's displeasure.

That woman was quite scary sometimes.

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Her (A)nus is (R)arely (T)o(O) (R)oasted. The (I)nside, however, is (A) delicacy. Medium rare, even.