Fate/Inheritance

I felt my eyes opening voluntarily. Are those fireflies? I felt like I am dreaming like my mind is a mess… When my eyes got clearer I saw what those fireflies are they appear to have a form which somehow I cannot understand but somehow I can feel a bit mischievous. When I tried to grab them I was shocked that I have such small hands.

"Ara, you have waked up my child? – ???

I looked up and saw a blue haired giant-no based on the situation I am a baby now. She looked at me with such gentle eyes and I looked back and saw my reflection in those kind gaze. Blue hair and red eyes, as much as I know a lot of Servants there is only one that fits the bill on who am I dreaming of. When she saw my confused look she laughed with such gentle yet tired laughter that echoed in the forest.

"You shall be named Sétanta son of the sun god Lugh and me Deichtine. Grow strong and healthy with a righteous heart my child for you will become a shield of Ulster." – Deichtine

After I heard those words filled with well wishes and pride I blanked out. When I came to I saw myself around what I can call a battlefield around me blood flowed and corpses abound with broken weapons. Seeing such a horrifying sight brought me to my knees and I felt somehow puking with shaking hands I looked at it stained by the blood mixed from different people around me. When I was nearly passing out I heard a cheerful voice inappropriate from what I can consider a land of death.

"Yo, kid(bozu) before you start puking and worsen the smell around here can you help me a bit?" – ???

Swiveling my head, I looked at my back which and saw what I can consider a corpse talking.

"Oi don't kill me that easily boy… no I guess I'm already dead Hahaha~!" – ???

Ignoring that somehow he can read my mind I made a detailed look of this corpse(?) a man who is somehow youthful tied strongly in something like a wooden post of sort with a red spear stabbed through his heart wearing what I can say a full body tights with a lot of blood. Ignoring those I looked at his face, the signature cheerful smile of his with that blue hair and red eyes somehow cannot be tarnished even when he was puking blood.

"Come on kid hurry up I am having a hard time talking with all the blood coming out of my mouth you know~." – ???

Snapping from my reverie I approached him and noticing the crow perched on his broken pauldron and an otter near him greedily drinking the flowing blood that is mixing into the river. When I got near the crow startled with my approach flew away and the otter stopped drinking and looked at us before scampering away.

"Hahaha sorry but I need to talk with the kid for a bi–tete(ow) careful with the spear boy." – ???

After I pulled out the spear and cut him from his bindings he stretched himself a bit and I noticed that his wounds and damage on his armor is slowly vanishing.

"Iyaahh~ it's always refreshing not to be tied from those things~. Hmm~ Oh yeah a proper introduction must be met in such occasions right~ I am the Child of Light Cú Chulainn, but you can call me Lancer if it's a mouthful~. Best regards to you Inheritor-san~!" – Lancer

Looking at such a refreshed look I can somehow imagine the discomfort of being stabbed by his own weapon while tied to a post. Introducing myself with my name and being a beginner of a hero he laughed cheerfully and said;

"Hahahaha really a newbie Hero? Well your introduction is not perfect but let's stick to that. This place is not a proper place for conversation anyway…Hmm let's see let's go there." – Lancer

After thinking it through he snapped his fingers when I saw myself beside a creek with a lot of fishes swimming in such clear water. He approached a tree and somehow grabbed a fishing rod and started fishing while leaning to it… Somehow that look of his is so surreal like a resting do–

"Feel free to continue your narrating there but a spear will block your air pipe next." – Lancer

Looking at the spear that is inches away from my neck I plopped myself with my b.u.t.t on the ground. Arranging my breathing and composing myself I hesitatingly approached him and sat near him. I'm kidding I'm sitting a bit farther, looking at my traumatized self he sighed and said in a frustrated tone.

"Look kid I ain't gonna bite ya come nearer so we can talk properly. I'm just easily ticked by those people who call me with such namesake a bit." – Lancer

"Ano…" – William

"Before you start talking yes I can read your thoughts; I can sense a powerful magecraft in effect that connects us strongly so I can read your mind but mostly I'll try to read your surface though only." – Lancer

Realizing what he said I quickly arranged my thoughts and asked him one crucial question.

"Am I talking with Cú Chulainn the Heroic Spirit or the Cú Chulainn that is a Servant?" – William

Scratching his head, he smiled wryly and told me in a slightly confused tone.

"Hmm you are actually talking with the Heroic Spirit 'me' but somehow due to how far you are I can merely talk with you in a Servant form but directly connected to the 'me' that is inside the Throne of Heroes. Now let's talk about you kid feel free to talk with me about yourself and your situation." – Lancer

Hearing what he said I started giving him my life story from my childhood, my parents and sister, life in London and in Japan where my dad once lived. He laughed at some of my embarrassing moments and when he learned about me being an otaku and has foreknowledge about his universe and how I had been lynched back in the day due to it he merely said.

"Kid I don't know why are you so attracted to such a terrifying world filled with death and strife but if you got something to learn and seen something in our life stories feel free to be proud about the path you had chosen so cheer up~!" – Lancer

Hearing what I said made me pour a lot of tears while he kept on patting my back. When it started getting hurt I continued about my story till I get to the point of hero summoning and the current state of things.

"Hmm so that's what happened huh that's a hard pressed predicament you got their kid~. But I wonder why you have chosen me to be the first Heroic Spirit to inherit from not from Saber who is a powerful and strong woman, nor that sarcastic and s#itty Archer that seemed to be one of your favorite nor Caster who has strong magecraft that person will be strong in a place where Mystery is still the mainstream in everything? Heck you could had chosen Rider or Berserker and you could almost plow everything. You might be even get lucky of what Assassin you are compatible with." – Lancer

Hearing what he said I merely stated.

"Saber may be a good first pick but she had merely two combat wised personal skills which is her Instinct and Mana Burst as much of it is appealing especially her Noble Phantasms I feel that I won't get there much, I won't mention much about Archer but he is merely a one trick person and even if I would get a much better condition due to me having a bigger starting point I might die in the future first before getting there while Caster may be good but I will be troubled in a front line situation with such frail physique. I won't mention much about Rider and Berserker because I might get hunted down by having abilities slightly similar to those of the enemy. While I can't be so sure with how unpredictable who is the Assassin I'm gonna connect to. While you have the overall parameters and the knowledge in runic magecraft perfectly balanced and with a beast-like instinct I feel I would have a much higher chance in surviving." – William

"Hoo~ you have properly though it through huh kid~. Hearing such praises, I feel motivated to pass on to you my skills but before that… Hmphh!" – Lancer

Having heard what, I said Lancer looked at me with praise and he suddenly stood up, materializing his spear and thrown it to what seemed to be a fleeing shadow and I saw it connect and stabbed through what seemed to be the c.h.e.s.t before vanishing together.

"We had a listener so I kicked him out." – Lancer

"But aren't we in a mental world right now? His physical body might be out there right now you know …" – William

"Thinking like a magus ehh~ but your right and wrong about this being a mental world, true it's a mental world but more akin to a temporary Reality Marble we are just using your current status that is dreaming and with the effect of your magecraft we can perfectly replicate the conditions of a Reality Marble. While his real body? *chuckle* It will be taken care of don't worry~." – Lancer

Hearing what he said made me relax a bit but made me remember the exact purpose of what I am using my skill for.

"But can we start what we are gonna do now Lancer-san" – William

"Hmm yeah let's started anyway I already relaxed a bit… First let me tell you straight I won't be the one teaching you." – Lancer

"Huh?" – William

Hearing what he said made me pause a bit but the next words clarified my unanswered question.

"I am not a good teacher but I know someone with the knowledge for you to learn from but first let's fix a problem you have~." – Lancer

"Yes?" – William

"You, you haven't killed right?" – Lancer

Hearing what he said I naturally no. There are only few incidents in my time where a child will kill a living being except those who were forced by circ.u.mstances or accidental kills.

"That is the problem kid. You did not felt the feeling of taking a life you might be calm right now due to anticipating your current situation due to you being an otaku but in crucial moments you might hesitate and the enemy may take the opportunity to take your head. So we will fix that." – Lancer

"*gulp* So what do we do?" – William

"Easy~" – Lancer

Hearing what he said made me relax a bit but the next few words made me lurch and nearly curse him a bit of what is gonna happen.

"You will have your first kill tonight~ and that will be your first trial~." – Lancer

"W-wait! Toni– "If you call yourself a man, steel yourself and face what is ahead! Where starting already!"

Cutting what I'm gonna say, Lancer made me flinch when he questioned my manhood when I started to see lights flickering I heard clearly what he said in the ringing background. But I must say this one thing.

"The Trial of the Beast is starting kid wish you return in one piece!" – Lancer

"I'll seriously gonna hit you la–…" – William

After William vanished Lancer left alone started chuckling till he laughed uproariously disturbing the fishes from the waters.

"Hahaha that kid is really interesting. Well you can try when you return kid~. Now then… let's see what we caught." – Lancer

After that announcement Lancer looked through the real world through Williams eyes and saw…

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*15 minutes ago*

In the shadow of the night a figure hidden in the smoke and fog slowly approached the building where the heroes currently reside. With the moonlights shining from the two moons above it's figure can be seen to be in human shape but it's clearly not human for it's oppressing eyes where a pair blood red pupil and pitch black sclera is placed where it should be. Sensing the hidden sentries in the distance the shadow laughed and whispered.

"Those fourth generation heroes really did a good job putting a hole through their defences… Let's see what room to pick first…" – ???

Looking around the shadow evaded the magic traps hidden and when he arrived at the area where the many windows of the rooms, he looked up and sensed the various mana signatures. The shadow thought to himself while looking around.

"Hmm oh~ that room has a monster tamer? Let's see… by the Daemon Goddess! A sword saint that could be a perfect target…? Wait this annoying aura… a holy sword user!! Yosh~ I'll choose that one." – ???

When he was preparing to climb the building he accidentally noticed the room where William and Yamada stays.

"Hmm? A barrier is erected? It's a strong one also… I guess the holy sword user and the sword saint can wait later this one is much smarter than the rest…" – ???

Deciding his course of action, the shadow approached the shadow of the building and slowly merged with it. If you look closely enough a black streak quickly flown through the window of the room. Bypassing the alarm sneakily put inside the window he looked around and saw two sleeping children in the two beds of the room. When he looked closely they had black hair similar to the some of those mysterious human tribes from the East. He also noticed the boy Yamada had proper martial training while the other one William is pulsing with strange mana foreign in style.

"Hmm the boy with the martial arts skill has that smell of darkness while this other one is the one who erected the barrier eh… Oh he is dreaming let's see what kind of dreams this clever boy have…" – ???

The shadow deciding so pointed at William's forehead and chanted a strange cryptic aria in the language of his clan. When his chant is over a purple smoke of dark magic flown from his finger and entered through William's head. Closing his eyes', he looked like a foggy 3D black model of a human's shadow.

After opening his eyes, he looked around and saw a battlefield. He mused that the kid is dreaming about his past but when he saw William conversing with Lancer he was shocked by the sheer aura of the Heroic Spirit.

'What!? Such ferocious and bestial aura!!! It is even above the God of Beasts when he rampaged at that time!! But looking closely he is too bright!!! Is the kid some sort of a demigod? This is dangerous I must report this to Master!" – ???

When he tried to get out of the dream he realized that something is blocking him from getting out. Forcing his way out will be impossible for he will be noticed by the 'god' so without a choice he waited and eavesdrop in the conversation. He was surprised at the sudden change of scenery but thinking it's a dream it feels natural.

'What?! This god is from another world? How can he communicate from such a long distance? No wait is he even a god? Why can I sense some similarities to those weak humans… Hmm a Heroic Spirit? Such a strange term so he is not a God ehh… Wait the kid knows similar people to this guy?" – ???

Shocked with what he overheard the shadow waited for their conversation to be over. But sadly due to lack of knowledge he does not know one of the basic rules of Bounded Fields and this one is a scarier and natural one even if it's an imitation. When he noticed Lancer getting up he thought that the conversation is over but when the red eyes of the Hound of Ulster fell on him… he felt it. Being stared at by a "Beast" is what it felt, digging up the memory countless years ago when the God of Beasts in its rage trampled the countless armies of his clan, he merely survived at that time for the God though he is already dying lest was it true but he was saved by his Master. When he came to he, is already in the outside world he looked with great fear at the boy who has such a monstrous being inside him.

'I must kill this boy quickly!! No I can't that 'creature' will chase after me I must get out of here quickly to report this to Mast–' – ???

Realizing the great danger this boy had the shadow tried to escape but a soft and frail arm caught his neck and he heard a voice no two voices overlapped at the same time.

"Ho~ trying to escape now are we~… Based on your smell you have that similar stench from those S.u.c.c.u.b.u.s that kept on pestering me back in the day … You're a male so I guess an Incubus perhaps?" – Lancer

'What are you a dog!!!' – Incubus

Gagging at the strong grip coming from such frail hands he desperately tried to break free from the restraints and even trying to resort to turning himself into a shadow. But the grip became stronger and he sensed magical energy from the arm.

"Heh~ trying to escape now are we you seemed to be a different kind from the Incubus that I know~ Well the kid is taking his trials now and the night is still long~. We can hear your story right now when I'm slightly bored~. Oh I felt a bit insulted did you talk behind my back?" – Lancer

Hearing the voice of the 'Heroic Spirit' that is now only his own, the scout and assassin of the enemy resigned to his fate. Desperate and with no option the Incubus wished to look at his assailant one more time before blacking out. When he turned his gaze to the owner of the hand all he saw is a pair of glowing red eyes of a beast…

Title: The Child of Light!!! Cú Chulainn !!!

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Extra:

Fishing

"Lancer-san why do you love fishing anyway?" – William

"Hmm well it's one of the only things that helps me relax when I was alive you know~ and one of the few entertainments at that time~ Oh a mackerel!! This is one of my favorite food at our place back then~" – Lancer

"*drools* can you cook it Aniki!!" – Wiiliam

"Gahaha I can but with such fat and healthy fish we need someone who is skilled in this stuff let's call him~" – Lancer

*few moments later*

"Tch waking me up early just to cook you guys are hopeless…" – ???

Dreams

"Hmm that kid has such creepy and weird dreams…" – Incubus

"Guhehehe…. Tights…." – Yamada