"So how about it? What do you want to learn first?!" Helena asked in excitement, you wanted to look away from that expectant gaze, but you couldn't pull your eyes away for some reason.
As you stared into Helena's sparkling eyes you couldn't help but feel cornered, you didn't know how to respond… you needed a distraction and fast. You look away from Helena's puppy dog eyes to focus on something more important like… Like the Elf, Yes, the Elf.
"Sorry not right now Helena, I have to check up on that elf!" You hastily answer, making a beeline towards where you last spotted the gaudily dressed woman, but it seems the midget wasn't going to let you go that easily, as she doggedly followed after you with Astolfo in tow.
"It's alright… I understand, I honestly got a little carried away. We can just have our lesson later!" Yup Helena simply wasn't going to let it go, was she?
Now that you thought about it, Helena was obviously Caster what with trying to teach you Magecraft, but if that was the case then what class was the Elf?
May as well ask before you embarrassed yourself "Hey Helena what class is the elf? Oh, and what's her name, I can't keep calling her the Elf after all."
"The Elf? You must mean Semiramis." Helena starts of with a hint of confusion before continuing "She's a demigod infamous committing the first murder using poison, so she's classed as Assassin, however she's also a Caster at the same time."
You glance at the young Caster in shock, Servants could be two classes at once? Since when!?
"Monsters first and now double classed Servants..." You mutter under your breath.
Were the rules of the Holy Grail War in place just so they could be broken?! Were there even any rules in the first place, because it didn't seem like it!
Just as Semiramis came into view Helena asks you a question "What do you intend to do about her Master?"
"Uhmm…" You actually hadn't thought about it too much, in the first place you were only here to avoid Helena's offer!
Seeing your indecision the pink Caster adds her own thoughts on the matter "Master, I'm not sure how to put this, but that woman what I've observed isn't going to take her change is Masters very well, if my suspicions are right."
That statement stops you in your tracks as you turn to Helena with a serious expression on your face "What do you mean?"
The small Caster meets your gaze with steely resolve "I believe she was in love with our former Master and considering you've just killed him, there's a high chance she'll try to take revenge on us. No, it's guaranteed considering her personality."
"Wait, what are we supposed to do then?" Astolfo nervously interjects her eyes darting towards Assassin of Red.
Helena's face is a mask of steel as she replies back without hesitation "While I doubt that she has the ability to hurt our Master, she can easily kill every Servant in this room if given the chance with her powerful poisons. Even if she doesn't try to kill us all the moment she wakes up, she'll simply be biding her time trying to find the best way to kill our Master…"
"Our only option is to kill her." Helena mutters the last part after a long silence before looking away from the two of you, as if ashamed of herself for suggesting such a thing.
"But, but that's so cruel! Killing a defenseless person without giving them a chance isn't right!" Rider cried out in protest.
Was Helena right, should you kill Semiramis?
Well… Assassin had assisted Kotomine even when he was as good as dead, seemingly more concerned with his well being than all his other Servants combined. So you could certainly see the Servant trying to kill everyone once she found out the wayward Ruler was dead, especially since they were the cause of his death.
You Ignore the budding argument blossoming between the two pink haired servants in favor of walking up to the insensate Assassin. While you could acknowledge that Caster's assumptions were likely, was killing the long-eared demigod truly the right choice?
despite the mounting evidence you still weren't sure what to do, until Assassin's eyes slowly fluttered open. Despite your hesitation when Assassin's yellow eyes met your gaze, the decision was made. In less then a second you struck her skull with all your might, killing the defenseless Servant instantly.
It was those eyes that erased any doubt in your mind, Assassin's face had twisted into a murderous rage the moment she laid her eyes on you. If you didn't act and let her live, you were sure she would've tried to kill everything around her without a second thought.
"Hey, you two, it's finished so you don't have to argue about it anymore." You call to your Servants happily, proud of having saved everyone from a nasty fate.
Two pairs of pink eyes turn towards you in surprise, it didn't take them long to notice the light flaking off Semiramis' headless corpse to realize what you had accomplished.
Helena looked at the fallen Servant somberly, lacking your cheer despite being the one who suggested this action in the first place! Hmph why wasn't she congratulating you on saving everyone from having to experience Assassin's last stand?
Still Caster's reaction was better than Rider's as the small Knight Servant stared at the scene with no small amount disgust, looking quite queasy, as if she was about to hurl. Honestly Astolfo was pretty sensitive for a hero a mere headless body and you. You couldn't help but wonder how the paladin would react to some of the messes Roa left for you to clean up, the wimp would probably pass out.
Just as you were about to make fun of Astolfo the ground beneath your feet rumbled, cracking and splitting as the large spires around you collapsed to the floor.
"What the hell is going on?!" You yell in alarm
"Without Assassin to support it her Noble Phantasm is falling apart!" Caster hollered back in response as she blasted away a slab of stone looking to crush her along with Astolfo who was hiding behind her.
The commotion was enough to stop Gil's duel as the young Archer along with the green haired Servant took stock of their surroundings.
Perhaps killing Semiramis wasn't the smartest move? Well it wasn't that bad considering that the crumbling fortress wasn't that big a danger to you or the Servants around you. Actually on second thought it was quite helpful, since now you only had two of your Servants fighting each other, progress!
Now your next move would be too…
What does Arcueid decide to do?
[] Make sure the Duel between Gil and the green haired man doesn't start again.
[] Talk to Helena and Astolfo some more and perhaps take up Caster on her magecraft offer.
[] Check up on Siegfried to see how he's doing, you're a bit worried about him.
-[] Go to him or summon him to you using a Command Seal?
[] Do something about Indian brothers duel.
-[] What?
[] Inspect that purple ooze still hanging in the air.
[] Write in(Subject to QM approval)
A/N: Very short, but that's due to there being a lot of branching paths that are all important in their own right. Honestly the sheer breadth of diverging paths makes it so I'm including write ins, I would say more, but that would spoil way too much.
What I will say is that killing your own Servants without allowing them to make the first move, while pragmatically the best option will serve to damage your relations with some of your other Servants for obvious reasons.
