Albert's home, early in the morning.
"Things are moving very nicely." Herod said siting on the couch with his legs kicked up on the coffee table, watching the news.
"Did Momo's GPS tracker lead you anywhere?" Albert asked while watching the news as well.
"It did. Her Quirk is very useful, we have them within our sights."
"Then All For One is about to resurface?"
"Exactly. Which is why I brought you some ammo for [Lilith] and [Eve] along with [Michael] and [Azrael]. Tap! Tap!"
By his sides where two long military cases, the longest one was [Azrael].
"… Handler after he is dead what then? Do I just 'transfer' out?" Albert said in quotations.
"Maybe. I am sure by now Toshi and that rat Nezu came to you right?"
"They have."
"Hm. Well you probably won't get transferred or anything. There is still some work left us to deal with."
'The Grail War. They probably want me to find and kill the other Servants and Masters.'
"Like the Shie Hassaikai?"
"Exactly." He rummaged through his jacket and puts down a piece of paper. "Get geared up and get here on time. [Morning Star] Should update and tell you the plan."
"Got it." Albert picks it up and reads it. "So are you gonna stay here and relax or what?"
"A little." He looks around. "You should add in some art or something? I like the Gundams though."
"Thanks it's a nice hobby. As for the art I was never trained in it besides the acting kind."
"Damn shame. Well why don't you pick it up? Unless building Gundam's and the like is your only hobby now?"
"Maybe it will, maybe I'll even learn how to sing just so I can style on the villains I face."
"Hahaha!!" He let out a chortle. "That'll be a sight to see! The people will like that! Anyway wanna see a movie before I head out?"
"Which one?"
"Pacific Rim."
"Alright. You wanna get snacks or something?"
The two got some popcorn and enjoyed the film.
"I love the robots are slow to show the weight of their attacks." Albert said.
"Yeah! Yeah! You can see they are also very careful with how they walk taking into consideration the collateral damage they could cause! It's those small details that make this movie so good!" Herod said.
Father and son. Related by blood? But connect through duty and business. It was a… new experience for Albert. He enjoyed it.
Herod stuck around for them both to watch the sequel, they didn't like it, but it was a warm memory for Albert, the only one he had of Herod, and it's last.
"Alright well it was nice kid." Herod said walking to the door.
"Yeah, we should do this again."
"Hm." He tilts his head left and right. "Make sure you get there alright? A lot is riding this deal contract finishing."
His voice was back to its business tone.
"Yeah…" Albert also returned from this nice moment back to reality. "Okay." It was back to business.
"Good."
He then walks away, not looking back once as he gets his shoes and walks out the door. Albert then closes the door.
"… Whatever." Albert said, his melancholy expressed through the slight dip of his lips. "Mel were going back to the forest when he is far away."
He walked back to the living room as Mélusine appeared physically on the couch.
"Yeah, got it." Mélusine said noticing her masters expression.
'He was so happy just a few minutes ago, but now it's soured…'
She wanted him to be happy, but Herod isn't the one to give it to him.
Albert put on Morning Star and left the rest of the gear in a locked room.
In the late afternoon as the sun was setting.
"So what do you plan on doing with this pit of snakes?" Mélusine asked as she and Albert were back at the Pussycats' forest.
The snakes that spawned from the blood of Medusa slithered and coiled within the pit. Hissing angrily up at Albert and Mélusine.
Ssssss~ Ssssss~ Ssssss~
Ssssss~ Ssssss~ Ssssss~
"Eating them." Albert looked down at the pit of snakes, slithering around and getting tangled with one another.
"Why?"
"Well Mel, when Medusa bit me and injected her venom it caused my Poison Tolerance to go up into Poison Immunity. So seeing as these snakes were made from her like a single celled organism reproducing, what do you think will happen if I eat them?"
"You would get stronger… Heh!" She smirked. "A hell of a plan but what if something happens to you?"
"That is why I am wearing Morning Star. With it I have a better understanding of my own body."
"What if you lose more of your humanity? Isn't that what you are fighting for? To be free and be who you are?"
"I am, but to be free I need strength to rival the U.S. a massive force on the planet that has it's grubby fingers in the affairs of every country in the world. Their military spending eclipses 30 nations combined, they are effectively the world police with the economy at their fingertips for them to manipulate however they see fit, and they have several times. I put them in that position."
"So… you plan on razing the planets strongest power? What of the consequences of ingesting Medusa's blood?"
"I have already spilled her blood, Mel. Might as well take opportunities when they come."
"What if you become something you hate? You know the story of Medusa. I don't want you to hate yourself."
There was a silence between the master and servant as they look at one another with concern.
"… Why are you making this so hard now Mel?"
"Because you are my master and my closest friend. I will follow whatever path you take but I want to make sure it is the path you want and seek with no future regrets. As one who already died I want you to take my words seriously."
"I wanna leave all my work before being Albert. No shackles, no orders, no unsavory jobs. No telling me who I should kill. No double life. If it means I have to shed my humanity to feel—be human."
"Albert…" She says with a resigned sigh. "Very well. I am with you to the very end."
Albert took a step and fell into a pit of Medusa's spawn. They quickly wrapped around him while biting him but it was all pointless. He picked one up and bite it's head off and eat it whole. He ate everything and chewed it thoroughly.
[Ding! Unnamed Serpent has been eaten! Name given from accumulated information! Medusa's Kin has been ingested! New skill: Demonic Mutation, has been added! Skills: Albion's Skeleton and Dragon Heart ranking up! Body has been pushed past it's limits! Starting Body Rebirth!]
Crack-Crack-Crack-Crack-Crack!!!
Several of his bones snapped along with his muscles and tendons.
[Vitals have spiked! User's body has undergone severe trauma! Suit is in working condition! Activating invisibility! Stay hidden and recover!]
"Grrrr!!" Albert gritted his teeth and kept eating while the suit bent the light a millimeter around where the suit covers him.
[Ding! Medusa's Kin has been…]
[Ding! Medusa's Kin has been…]
[Ding! Medusa's Kin has been…]
He ignored the dings as he consumed one snake after the other.
[DNA has changed due to unknown factors! Biological changes have begun to occur!]
[Ding! Medusa's Kin has been…]
[Base conditions met!]
[Ding! Medusa's Kin has been…]
[Ding! Medusa's Kin has been…]
[Ding! Medusa's Kin has been…]
[New DNA sequence has been registered for future use. Recording new biological functions.]
Mélusine bore witness as Albert shed his humanity away as a snake would their skin.
'Your Quirk is frightening adaptable.' Mélusine thought seeing her master change so easily before her.
"Ahhh~" Albert revealed his head, it was as magenta as Medusa's hair and a bit longer with small branch-like horns curved back, red and gold scales even lightly covered his skin. His eyes had a tinge of gray, his pupils are slightly sharp almost like a hexagon. His body grew about an inch or two, but what was important was what was inside. "<
Name: Galahad, (Adam #101522), (Cain), (Hiroyuki Albert)
Title: ■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■, ■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■,
Race: Human (71%) Dragon (28%) ■■■■■ (1%)
Servant: Lancer, Mélusine
Age: 15 (December 31st)
Body: S → Monster Body: I
Albion's Skeleton: C+ → B+Dragon Heart: I→ GMonstrous Strength: I (New!)Self-Modification: I (New!)
Mind: SS→SS+
■■■: I (New!)
Skills:
Running: S→ SS-Acting: A+Regeneration: B+ → A+Swimming: C→B-Temperature Tolerance: E→ GLanguage: SSMartial Arts: SCooking: SCleaning: SMarksmanship: SSWeaponry: APoison Immunity: I→ GSeduction: A→A+Sex: SStealth: SS → SS+Driving: APiloting: FEngineering: SHacking: BMana Burst: H→ Mana Burst (■■■■■): I (New!)■■■■-■■■f■c■■on: ??? [Locked]
There was a lot of changes that he noticed, but before he could think on them he felt, a bit woozy.
"I feel… od—Oh?"
"What is it? Your still okay right?" Mélusine asked.
"I am… in water?" With his eyes it was as if he was looking through the world underwater. He looked up to the sky to see nothing, an emptiness.
"Water?"
"Yeah." he turned to her. It's like—" he stopped and looked at her.
"What's wrong?"
"You… look glitchy?"
"Glitchy?"
"Yeah. Hm!" he jumps out of the hole and looks at observers her. "Do you feel weird or something?"
"I am fine, your eyes however feel a bit more intrusive."
"Well maybe it's something to do with Medusa, she does have eyes that turn you to stone, but my status didn't say anything? It's something outside my knowledge?"
"Well if its eyes then it has to be a Mystic Eye of some sort."
[Ding! Information gained! Mystic Eyes of ■■■, has been revealed!]
"Huh? They were mystic eyes? But they do something I don't understand?"
"Then do tell again what you see?" said a foreign voice.
Both Albert and Mélusine flinch before turning and drawing their weapons on the old male voice. They were ready to kill.
"Who said that!!"
That voice sounded familiar to Albert, yet when he recalls it he only remembered the words spoken.
Throb!
"Hm!" Albert lightly touches his head as he began to put a face and voice to the words.
"I guess Magecraft used on you before you gained the skills to cancel them will remain until you acknowledge it."
The air seemingly opens up and reveals the old man from when Albert first arrived in Japan.
"You… I remember you. Back when I was riding on the train and you… land Unagi, land eel, snakes…" His eyes widen even more. "Ugh!?" Albert's eyes strain looking at this old man, he looked to be under several different kinds of filters giving him a constant look but different style in appearance.
"Hello, Galahad." The old man said putting his hands behind his back. "Allow me to introduce myself, I am Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg, and I miss my chair."