A Not So Evil God In Fate/Grand Order

Chapter 41 - Emperor vs Emperor

"I would recommend you to take it easy and concentrate on fighting the enemy army. Now that I think about it, bringing three Berserkers wasn't the best idea in the world." Romani rubbed the back of his neck in awkwardness, noticing that if Fujimaru and his Servants were to fight against the incoming Heroic Spirit, it would require too much energy he couldn't afford to spend.

"I'm sorry, Senpai. I should have paid more attention to these sorts of things." Mash looked at her Master with an apologetic look. She felt like she had failed as a kōhai.

"Don't worry, Mash. The others have been kind enough to not demand much Magical Energy...except Caster." Fujimaru gave her a reassuring smile that quickly turned forced at the mention of Cu Chulainn.

"I just wanted to have fun for a little while. You can't blame me for that. Do you know how boring it is for me to be in Chaldea doing nothing?" He tried to justify himself, but seeing the looks of everyone, he knew they weren't on his side.

"You can discuss that later, the enemy Servant is here!" Romani informed them and true to his words, a man with a crazy look on his face made his presence known to them. He had dark blue hair and was wearing golden armor with a red cape on his back.

As soon as the man appeared in front of them, he looked at the young girl in the red dress. "My...sister's...child..." He spoke words with twisting madness. Although he was smiling, his face would suddenly change to rage and then to the usual calm one beside making howl-like sounds now and then. They didn't have to be geniuses to know this new enemy was a Berserker.

"Uncle..." You could see the pain in the eyes of the blonde girl when she looked at the Servant in front of her; she felt sad and betrayed by him. If her words were to be trusted, and he indeed was her uncle, all the sorrowful feelings she was holding were understandable.

Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath, she reopened them to look at him with a gaze full of conviction. "No, I guess I shouldn't call you with affection seeing as you have allied with the United Empire. Am I right, Caligula?"

"My beloved niece...AARRGHH." He extended his hand forward like he was trying to reach the girl before his eyes suddenly glowed with a mad glint, giving an enraged cry he dashed towards her.

Just as she was about to use her sword to stop the mad charge of her uncle, the two girls that looked like sisters used both their flags to stand in his way.

"I have dealt with enough people with Madness Enhancement. One more wouldn't hurt." After saying that, she kicked Caligula in the stomach. He left a deep trail on the ground until he came to a stop not far from them.

"I don't think that's something to be proud of..." Jeanne had a slightly reproachful tone in her voice. Memories of what she did are still fresh.

"Oh, will you shut up?! Why don't you mind your own business?" She had a scowl on her face, but she never took her eyes off the enemy Servant in front of her.

"Do you want to fight against him on your own?" Seth asked his two Servants who, despite their one-sided bickering, were working together. 'One step at a time, I guess...'

"Yes. Leave it to us, Master!" "Ha! this will be easy." Both girls gave a positive response, so he didn't mind letting them fight against Caligula. To him, confronting people with Madness Enhancement or with very little sanity was too easy. Even if he didn't like using illusions against his enemies and preferred to win fighting, there was always that option. There was nothing simpler than to play with the mind of a crazy person, at least for him.

"What about you, kid? By your words, he is your uncle. Are you going to fight him, or will you lead your men against the enemy soldiers?" Seth asked the little girl beside him, who was still looking at Caligula with a firm gaze.

"I'm not a kid! And indeed, I will be fighting my uncle, although it pains me seeing him on the enemy side. As an Emperor, it's my job to end with the lives of the people that threaten my empire. Even if they are family..." After a quick retort, She made her conviction clear. Gone was the narcissist girl who looked more spoiled than anything, now, only an Emperor who was ready to give her all for her people remained.

"Don't worry; killing your family is not as bad as people make it look." Seeing her conviction, Seth gave her some words of encouragement. Although they weren't too appropriate...

His words gained a weird look from the little girl, a glare from Jeanne, and an approving nod from Jalter who took those words as some kind of revelation.

Ignoring them, he spoke to the girl again. "Lend me your sword for a moment. I will give you something to fight him in better conditions."

"There is no way I will give—Hey!" She wouldn't give her precious sword to a stranger she met not long ago, even if they fought by her side once, but when she was going to convey her intentions, her sword was taken away from her.

Putting his hand on the chibi woman's head who was trying to pounce at him to recover her sword, he looked at it for a moment. "Nice sword." He complimented it, which made the girl pause for a second. "I see you recognize its glory, Um—Wait, there is no time for that! Give me my Aestus Estus now!"

"Not a bad name." Deciding it was enough, he started transferring his mana to the sword, making the previous black and red colors took a darker shade to them. Having finished, he gave it back to her.

The girl observed the sword carefully, not noticing anything different aside from the color. Looking at him suspiciously, she asked. "What did you do to it?"

"Try lighting it on fire." Doing as he said, she saw as the former bright flame her sword emitted was now darker, and from time to time, black flames would mix in between. The whole aura of it has become more sinister.

"I don't like it! An Emperor is supposed to shine as bright as the sun, he can't have such a dark and gloomy sword, change it back!" The moment Seth heard the words of the ungrateful brat, especially 'sun,' his face couldn't help but twitch.

"Oh? Is that so?" He put his hand on her shoulders as his lips curved up a little. However, his eyes didn't share the sentiment.

Thinking he had understood her plight, she closed her eyes and crossed her arms. Giving a proud smirk and nod, she spoke. "Umu! I see you understand."

However, when she opened her eyes again, she saw the bright sky. She then noticed she was flying in the direction of her uncle, who, for some reason, stayed in the same place not doing anything while they talked.

Correcting her posture mid-air, she did a vertical slash at him. Caligula, who saw her incoming niece, gave a smile filled with madness. In response to her attack, he simply put his left arm on top of his head.

The sword impacted on his golden wrist guard, effectively blocking her strike. However, the ground under him cracked by the force of the impact.

The girl was surprised by the force of her own attack. It seemed her sword had indeed become more powerful even if it wasn't as aesthetically beautiful as before.

Caligula, wanting to reverse the situation, moved his left arm with incredible force to the side moving her sword along with it. He then formed a fist on his right hand and punched toward his niece, who was 'floating' after losing her momentum.

However, she wasn't going to stay put and receive his punch head-on. She waited for the moment when her uncle would be closer to her before using his face as support and doing a backflip, successfully avoiding his blow. She then retreated to the place where the two girls where positioned.

"Hey! Why did you do that?!" When Nero turned around, Seth was nowhere to be seen.

"I'm sorry about our Master's behavior. I'm sure he didn't mean what he did." Jeanne apologized in his stead.

"Speak for yourself. I think he did a great job." Jalter didn't like the fact that her Master gave this spoiled brat a gift, so she actually felt very pleased with him sending her directly toward the enemy Servant.

"Don't say such things. It's our job to make Master a better person, complimenting him when he does something bad is not going to help." Jeanne reprimanded her other-self.

"Hah! That's why you are a delusional girl; if you only accept Master when he is the way you want him to be, then you don't have the right to be his Servant." Jalter spoke words that shook Jeanne to her core. The Black Saint, who was someone with incredible rage for the world, knew perfectly well that people like them didn't need someone to tell them how to live their life or how to act.

Her words greatly affected Jeanne, but he decided to reflect on them later. They were fighting an enemy Servant at the moment; one second of carelessness could be fatal.

"Leave your argument for later, he is coming." The girl with the red dress reminded the two Servants beside her.

True to her words, Caligula shot like a missile toward them, forming a cross with his arms. Jeanne put herself in front, taking the full brunt of his charge with her flag. Taking advantage of this, the other two attacked from each one of his sides.

Sadly for them, Berserker retracted his arms before kicking Jeanne's flag pole, making her take some steps back. Then, he grabbed both of the attacking girls' wrists and, with a sadistic smile, slammed them against each other. Having done that, he threw them against Jeanne, who was recovering from the previous kick.

"Gah!" As the Emperor was just a human and didn't possess the body of a Servant, she was the one who suffered the most damage. A trail of blood could be seen falling from her forehead.

Slowly getting up, Jeanne looked at the human girl with some worry. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah...this is nothing to worry about." She said while slowly getting up. Caligula watched her struggle with the same sadistic smirk.

"Dammit! I will make sure to burn him as slowly and as painfully as possible." Jalter was looking at Caligula with hate.

Taking a moment to recover, the three girls dashed toward the enemy Servant. Jeanne and Jalter were side by side while the Emperor was behind.

Caligula sent punched forward with both fists to meet the incoming charge. The two Servants used their flags to block each one of his attacks.

Once the fists and flagpole impacted, Jeanne and Jalter used one of their hands to grab Caligula's wrists, keeping him in place.

The remaining girl jumped from behind the two and, with her sword lit on fire, made a deep slash wound on her uncle's c.h.e.s.t.

Seeing as their attack was successful, both Servants let go of him and, together with the other girl, retreated to safety just in time to avoid the explosion from his wound that followed.

"Did we do it?" The Emperor asked with mixed feelings on her voice.

To answer her question, the cloud of dust from the explosion disappeared to reveal a kneeling Caligula. His c.h.e.s.t armor was completely gone, and you could see the bones that formed his ribcage.

"Nero...NEEROOOO!!" With Caligula's yell, his wounds started healing. Although he didn't fully regenerate, it gave him the capabilities to continue fighting.

"Tch. So troublesome." Jalter couldn't help but click her tongue in annoyance seeing what was happening in front of her. The other girls could understand the sentiment.

Now, it was time for round two.

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