Hollow/FGO Chapter 37

"This is rather tactless..." I muttered with a flat expression as I held Ritsuka's sleeping form in my right arm, while in my other arm I held onto Mashu who was also asleep but dressed in a rather daring silk dress.

Meanwhile, I who knew some bullshit was up, the moment Rituska was getting snatched up alongside Mashu who was sleeping in a bed across from Ritsuka. I had teleported to my master to protect her and for good reason.

As we three had been torn through space and time... Only to be thrown directly into what seemed like a shitty Halloween themed event!

'Wait this is the Halloween event from like 2015, damn it's been like forever since I saw the base form of Castle Csetje, it's been so damned long and there's no mecha Elizebeths either.' I thought with a wry smile.

I brought my two passengers down to the ground and in the distance, I could see Elizabeth's castle, and I muttered with a groan. "I am sure that this is entirely our fault in leaving Kiyohime and Elizabeth back in Orleans... I just hope Chaldea doesn't get stuck with a dozen different versions of Elizabeth."

For whatever reason, there was almost as many versions of Elizabeth as there were versions of Saber/Artoria. And while a dozen Artorias wasn't a bad thing at all.

"Alright... You two get some rest, then." I said as I relaxed on the ground with the two resting their heads on my lap as the 

A single Elizabeth was more than enough, thank you very much.

I sighed as I wondered how Tiamat and the rest of the servant's of Chaldea were going to be flipping their shit when they realized we were gone.

But there was nothing I could do right now to get in contact with Chaldea frankly, as the connection between me and Tiamat was smothered by the dimensional difference in the Singularity we were in.

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A few minutes later, Mash began shifting, and then she paused... Before shooting up and looking at me in confusion, before flushing at her dress with her servant outfit flaring to life around her.

"Where... Where are we Blake?" Mash asked in hurried confusion.

I smiled wryly and said quietly while pointing down at our shared still sleeping master. "We got snatched up into another Singularity, I am afraid. And Ritsuka isn't wearing her mystic code outfit or bracelet so we are unlikely to get to speak with Chaldea now."

Mash froze at my explanation with her saying hurriedly but quieter at the realization that Ritsuka was still asleep. "So we are on our own?"

To which I could only nod before I pointed out into the distance. "That is correct. But this is not like Singularity F or Orleans, this one is... Smaller, it's laws ill defined and not so tied to Gaia. There at the castle obviously is the core of this Singularity and the person or people who pulled us here." 

All my speaking seemed to wake up Ritsuka blinked in question at waking up in my lap, but didn't freak out as much as she had... Zero fucking shame about some snuggles.

Then she looked around and sat up with a grumble of. "Ughh, my pj's are dirty now."

Thankfully, the ground wasn't particularly damp or anything but it still wasn't exactly comfortable sleeping on said ground.

And as Ritsuka took in our surroundings, I gave a quick explanation before Ritsuka took a deep breath... And then said calmly. "Blake, smash them, please. I want to get back into my bed."

"Aye aye, Blake the Berserker is on the job." I said with a rueful smile before I stood up and pulled the two up to their feet and then I added more casually. "Well, let's get moving then. We are going to walk, as we have no idea what defenses the castle has."

With it supposedly having Caster Elizabeth here, I wasn't going to chance Ritsuka's life on thousands of magical circles coming to life to blast us out of the air if Elizabeth was feeling petty.

"Alright, I will take the front to block any enemies Black!" Mash said firmly and with Ritsuka's nod she led the way forward from the dark forest we were in and we began heading towards the large illuminated castle in the distance.