Fate/Poseidon

(Author's Note: Is it me or does the name of the chapter sound like the fifth Imaginary Hero of the Rising of the Shield Hero?)

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3rd Pov

In a few days when Poseidon was gone to regain his Divine Authorities a lot of things happened with the Ritsuka's gang. Firstly, Jeanne met Gilles along with some soldiers surrounded by the wyverns, and being the saint she is, went into the battle against the wyverns and saved them only to be rewarded with stones thrown on her face as they misunderstood as Jalter.

After that, unlike the original, they didn't encounter Martha and instead left the place while the soldiers still throwing stones at them and spewing all the hate they had for the Jalter and the atrocities she committed against them. They continued their journey jointly till the third day they decided to split as they weren't having any luck with encountering a new servant with whom they can ally.

The team was divided into two parts, one had Kiyohime, Elizabeth, Mash, Jeanne, and Ritsuka Fujimaru and the second team consisted of only Wolfgang and Marie, basically the lover duo. The reason both Kiyohime and Elizabeth were with Ritsuka's team as they were still quite injured and more than a week was needed before they even healed enough to fight again.

So, due to their dire situation, it was decided they will be going with Ritsuka Fujimaru along with Jeanne and Mash who could do both offensive and defensive if such a situation where they had to fight or escape arises, and they could protect Kiyohime and Elizabeth who are at their weakest, and for Ritsuka he could only be with Mash and with him being near the injured duo they will get a constant supply of Mana preventing them from kicking the bucket.

Wolfgang and Marie while not battle-oriented servants still had quite the prowess due to their useful abilities and could escape if the need arises for them to do so, their extremely good coordination due to being past lovers made it only better thus they formed another team.

Both of them went in separate ways, and soon Ritsuka's team reached Montlucon where their luck turned around, and to their surprise they found two new servants, one was named Georgios a Rider class servant, and most especially the other servant they meet was Seigfried, the one the most if not the most famous Dragon Slayer.

Unfortunately for them he was severely wounded and had multiple curses placed on him by one of the Jalter's servants, this got them worried as the moment they heard that the other servant is the famous Seigfried who slayed the Evil Dragon Fanfir they got their hopes up as with him they had the chance of slaying the Dragon of the Jalter.

" So what to do now?", said Ritsuka worried, Jeanne came forward and said," No need to worry Mr. Fujimaru I and Georgios have the power to lift the curses unfortunately as we are non-contracted servants the process will take quite a while, depending on the situation it may take up more than one month".

Others became relieved hearing the former half of her sentence but the latter half crushed their excitement," More than one month?! I don't think our enemy is gonna give that time", said Elizabeth annoyed by their circumstances, Ritsuka clenched his fists, and then looked at the command seals on his hand," A contracted servant huh?".

He then looked at Jeanne and said," That's it! If that is what it takes to heal him and defeat the enemy then I want you to make a contract with me Jeanne!", everyone became surprised hearing that," Huh?!", all of them said, Romani shouted in the comms," Have you lost your mind?! Your body has just started adapting to the strain of multiple contracts and even then you have been quite lucky with how it played out! Normally, any other master would have died in your situation!!".

Ritsuka and Mash looked nervously at the Holographic projection of the angry Romani Archman who was against the idea of Ritsuka forming a new contract, suddenly Jeanne pushed Romani's side with her hand and came in front of the comms," Nice idea!! Why don't you make a contract with Seigfried as well?! I am very curious about how your body will react and how much strain it will put on you, and your body is also interesting", she said.

Romani pushed her to the side and shouted," Have you gone mad Leonardo?!!", she looked at him and said," Firstly it's Da Vinci-Chan! And secondly, it's time you take a proper break! You haven't slept more than 9 hours in the last few days and after the precious accident you have been getting more annoying".

He gritted his teeth and said," I won't! If I was to take a broken god knows what will you do!!", Leonardo smiled and said," Is that so?", then next moet she attacked Romani," What the-", Romani muttered in shock as not long before he was tied in ropes and tape, he struggled to break through it crawling in the ground like a cockroach.

"Phew, here you go, nicely tied up, and also don't try to break from it! You will be met with nothing but failure, and as the genius I am! I have tied you in such a way that all you can do is stay still tied up", she said proudly, Romani struggled trying to break from it, she looked below and said," Can someone carry him to his room?".

Some members of staff nodded and did as she said, Romani looked at the staff with a look of disbelief, as they took him, Leonardo took out the tape from his mouth and he started shouting," What the heck all are you doing?! Unbind me now!!", a staff member said," Sorry Commander but Miss Vinci is saying the truth, you have been pretty annoying for last few days".

Thus without listening to his pleas, they carried him to his room and then closed it off, meanwhile, Ritsuka and his gang looked at the situation from the comms speechlessly," He had gone to take a rest, now Fujimaru quickly proceed with the contract", she said with excitement on her face, he sweated and thought,' Why I am feeling like a lab rat?! '.

He nodded and then made a contract with Jeanne after which he fainted much to the worry of Mash, Jeanne, Kiyohime, and Leonardo. He recovered in the evening and cried in pain as his body was aching, the next few days are going to be quite painful for him.

On the Jalter's side, she lost one servant known as Phantom of the Opera, a servant she summoned later on who fought with Seigfried and returned heavily injured, Jalter dissatisfied that he failed in his task ordered one of his two newly summoned servants, Charles Henrison, to finish him off, he did gladly as she ordered him to do.

The other servant whom she summoned, was the Lancelot of Berserker class who under madness enhancement and found Jalter's face similar to Arthur which caused him to follow her orders without fail, in which he massacred an entire village, then she put him on the guard of the castle with Chevalier D'Eon.

(A/N: I forgot about her totally lol, she is just that much of a side-character in the Orlean Singularity, anyway she is a knight of the white lily, she is said to be a woman who was a man or a man who was a woman, see confusing right? Her current Gender is unknown and she looks female. Her pic--->)

She also waited for Poseidon's return every day, along with the fear she admired his strength and liked the care he had shown him past days despite her personality considering such things meaningless. It affected her overall and she was changing, slowly but gradually, and it was another day she was looking outside of her castle wanting to see a glimpse of him if he were to return.

" I am back", she heard a voice from behind her, she moved backward rapidly and found Poseidon's figure in front of her and knelt on the ground unhesitantly, and greeted him," Welcome back My Lord", she said, he nodded and said," You can stand up", she stood up and looked at him, for some reason Poseidon looked a bit different to her.

" It seems you have noticed it huh? Good job, you have got a keen eye", he said praising her, obviously, it was more surprising that he understood what Jalter was thinking from the minuscule expressions on her face, it does show that his 13.9 Billion years of life had taught him many things even if not made him Overpowered.

Jalter blushed lightly hearing his praise as she felt extremely satisfied to be praised by him, he said," You see when we meet first my Divinity hadn't manifested properly, now I am no longer a mere Heroic Spirit but a Divine Spirit, I have proper Divine Authorities unlike before where I was able to use Pseudo-Authorities for a short period of time".

She became stunned hearing that, Poseidon released a bit of his Divinity to demonstrate, and not too long after that Jalter was trembling, fear gripped her heart as the realization hit her,' I knew he wasn't at his full power but this difference in strength is enormous! ', Poseidon looked at her and said," Stop getting scared on just my Aura".

She stopped and replied, "Y-Yes", he looked at her coldly and said," I know you fear me and you should fear me, but remember if you fear this much strength then how will you handle against other powerful Divine Servants? I don't want a weak servant", she nodded and said," Yes!!", her voice contained much vigor this time.

Poseidon became satisfied hearing that, if he need Jalter to be his servant he needed to make her braver against more powerful enemies, something which had become a problem after he beat her up brutally, and considering how powerful his future opponents might be he didn't want a servant who freezes because of fear.

For him, it's okay if she was to feel fear, but if that fear becomes the limitation then she will be pretty much useless to him in the future, and yes he hasn't developed any romantic relationship with her to treat her softly with love and care, it's a possibility but not the current reality. Thus, he is going t be both strict and caring for her, though mostly strict as when rewarded in a desperate situation that reward feels more satisfying.

Knowing this ideology, he was going to make full use of it, he asked her," Anyway tell me about our and your other self's current situation", she nodded and started telling him everything she knew about her other self's team's situation and their situation till now. Once she finished reciting everything he looked satisfied.

" Good, you didn't disappoint me", he said and patted her head, she lowered her head in embarrassment as he treated her like some child and rewarded her, to be honest considering Poseidon's real age she was a child in front of him but she didn't know it and neither Poseidon cared much about it.

" Now, let's have a feast", he said, Jalter's eyes lit up hearing that, since the time he has left she hadn't eaten or tasted anything, only Poseidon had the ability to create the food so she had to spend her time without enjoying the lavishing dishes. She followed after him to the dining table, and then he created food using his mana much to Jalter's delight.

' Master is the best!! ', she thought joyed by the scenery of lavishing dishes presented before her, Poseidon didn't waste time and started with his favorite dishes Biryani, Megladon Stew, and Jellyfish Stew simultaneously, while Jalter before taking a bite thanked him and then begin eating.

To be continued...

(Author's Note: I am very happy with our current ranking, still I want to see if we can go higher, so please donate power stones wholeheartedly as always!)