When Shinobu thought that she would be teleported somewhere, she opened her eyes slowly and could only see a gentle, golden light that formed in front of her.
"This...?"
Even though Shinobu knew about her mission, she couldn't help but feel surprised.
"Please don't be scared, I am the one who has drawn your consciousness here."
Then Shinobu noticed a young girl with a golden, blonde-haired girl, smiling at her gently.
"You're...?"
"My name is Jeanne," Jeanne said with a smile. "I know that you must be flustered or scared, but I don't have a bad intention toward you, and all I want is to ask you for help."
Shinobu looked at the girl and she had a good feeling about this girl, but she wasn't sure why.
"Help?"
Jeanne nodded and said, "Do you know about Holy Grail?"
The Holy Grail is the Christian holy relic that received the blood of Christ, considered to be a Noble Phantasm. It was said that the Holy Grail could grant any wishes, so a group of magicians would fight each other to get their hands on the Holy Grail, known as the Holy Grail War.
Jeanne explained about the Holy Grail War which was a war for a magician to fight over the Holy Grail
This war had been held several times, however, the was an anomaly in this Holy Grail War which was caused by either participant doing something that broke the rules or something unexpected happening without someone's knowledge.
In such a condition, the Holy Grail would summon a servant to become a referee in this war.
"So you're that servant?" Shinobu asked and everything had been connected on her mind.
"Yes."
Jeanne smiled, but then her expression turned into an awkward smile. "But this time the Holy Grail War is quite weird. Even though I have been summoned, I can't appear in this world normally."
"You can't appear in the world normally?" Shinobu had a guess and asked, "So when you appear in front of me, you should have some methods, right?"
"Yes." Jeanne showed a helpless expression and nodded. "I can appear in the real world by attaching my consciousness to someone."
"....."
Shinobu didn't say anything, only smiled while looking at Jeanne which made Jeanne quite flustered for some reason.
Jeanne coughed several times and said, "I have found out that your body function and ability has surpassed normal humans by several times, within your body, there is also a mysterious power that is quite different from Magic Power. If I can attach myself inside your body then my Ability Value will also be promoted to a maximum degree, so in this critical moment...." She bowed her head and said, "I need your help!"
Jeanne then looked up and saw that Shinobu said nothing.
"..."
Jeanne sighed and wondered whether she had been rejected since Shinobu's expression was very hard to guess since Shinobu had always been smiling gently from the beginning to the end.
"So...?"
"Do you want to hear my answer?"
"Yes!"
"Really?"
"Yes!"
"Do you really want it?"
"Yes, please help me!" Jeanne wasn't sure, but then she saw Shinobu chuckled which somehow caused her to be lost.
Shinobu chuckled and said, "I am sorry, Jeanne-san. You're so cute that I can't help but tease you."
"This...?"
Jeanne opened her mouth wide since she had never been teased in the past.
"Alright, I can lend you my body," Shinobu said with a smile.
"Thank you very much!" Jeanne showed a bright smile when she heard Shinobu's answer. She didn't care about Shinobu's previous teasing since Shinobu's answer made her happy. "I am sorry for giving you a lot of trouble."
"It's alright so please treat my body well," Shinobu said, but she had to admit that Jeanne was really saintess and she was quite worried about Jeanne somehow, it wasn't because of the war, but because of something else.
"Please believe in me." Jeanne nodded with a serious expression. "So please extend your hand."
"Right, Jeanne-san, before we start, can I ask you something?" Shinobu asked.
"Yes?"
"So while you're attached to my body, you can also see what I'm doing, right?" Shinobu asked.
"Yes, is there something wrong?" Jeanne asked with an innocent expression.
"....."
Shinobu let out a long sigh and somehow could feel that this kind of gullible girl was the type of that guy.
"It's just...."
"Please tell me anything." Jeanne had this serious expression on her face and said, "As long as it doesn't have anything to do with Holy Grail War then I can do anything for you."
"....You shouldn't say that no matter what, alright?"
Shinobu knew that saying "I can do anything for you" was something forbidden in front of him.
"Huh?" Jeanne looked at Shinobu with confused expressions.
"Cough! Cough! Anyway, Jeanne-san, please take care of someone for me," Shinobu said.
"Someone?"
"That person should be participating in the Holy Grail War, so can you watch him out for me?" Shinobu asked.
"....Watch him out? What do you mean?" Jeanne asked with a confused expression. If Shinobu asked Jeanne to take care of a participant within the Holy Grail War then she would reject Shinobu's request since she needed to be fair as the referee of Holy Grail War, however, watch out? She couldn't understand the meaning behind those words.
"Um...." Shinobu also wasn't sure how to explain this matter and asked, "Can we talk to each other when you have entered my body?"
"Yes, we can talk. It is your body after all and I only borrow your body so you exist inside and you don't need to worry about anything." Jeanne reassured Shinobu that everything would be alright.
"...."
"I will explain to you later then so let's start the ritual first," Shinobu said.
"Yes." Jeanne nodded.
Then Shinobu and Jeanne held their hands together before a bright light enveloped them, though, at the same time, Shinobu really felt a bit worried when this gullible saintess met that bad wolf.
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When Shinobu appeared in the world of Fate/Apocrypha, Haru also arrived in Budapest and quickly created a fake identity, got money from various people, but at the same time, he also sighed at the inconvenience of the beginning of 2000 since the penetration of computer wasn't that good at this kind of place.
However, everything had been solved easily by him and he quickly went to Trifas to join the Holy Grail War.
Haru had decided which faction that he was going to join in this Holy Grail War and the best way to do so was to enter and announce his allegiance.
Haru quickly arrived at Trifas, but he didn't enter immediately since Trifas was covered in a barrier which was made by Yggdmillennia. He stepped down from his motorbike and looked at the mark on his right that was the shape of three circles that combined with each other. He knew very well that it was Command Spells which was a sign of him as a master or participant within this Holy Grail War.
Haru took a deep breath and stepped into the barrier before he flared out his energy slightly so it wouldn't destroy the barrier and shouted out loud.
"Mr. Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia! I am Kasugano Haruka! I am your fan! Let me work with you and join you in this revolution to bring down the Tower Clock together!"
Haru had made up his decision and that was to join the Black Faction!