The Chaldean Security Organization headquarters, build on a remote mountain in Antarctica, was a place like no other on the planet.  Within the facility designed to monitor and preserve the existence of the human race, a sophisticated form of magecraft at allowed provisional 'Masters' to summon Heroic Spirits from the Throne of Heroes to aid mankind against any force that sought to threaten the human race.  These beings, designated as familiars of the highest quality called 'Servants', wield near unimaginable power and magics and come from all walks of life, from virtuous heroes to depraved madmen.  Any Master contracted with one of Chaldea's Servants receives 3 Command Seal which, among other uses, allows the Master to issue one absolute order per seal used, such is the power required to keep a rebellious Servant in line.

Due to an incident half-way through the year of 2017, Chaldea was left in a difficult position as not only was the facility attacked resulting in almost all of the Master candidates being critically injured, being put into cryofreeze to save their lives, and Chaldea's observational computers showing that humanity would go extinct by the end of 2018.  Only one Master candidate survive the attack due to being absent, Ritsuka Fujimaru.  As the only one left in Chaldea to stop the plot to wipe out human existence, Ritsuka had to travel through 7 singularities, points in humanity's history that the enemy force were disrupting for their plan to succeed, an operation call the 'Grand Order'. There were also numerous minor singularities form as consequence or coincidence of the 7 major singularities that also required the attention of Humanities Final Master, but at the end of a long, perilous journey, Ritsuka successfully restored the 7 singularities and saved humanity, not that the world would ever know.

Unfortunately for both Chaldea and Ritsuka, in the final battle four of the enemy forces were able to escape into history and create 4 less powerful singularities.  So once more Chaldea was forced to rely solely on Ritsuka and the numerous Servants summoned throughout the Grand Order to clear the pseudo-singularities and wipe out the remnants of the enemy's forces.

With Ritsuka gone, Rayshifted to the final pseudo-singularity in 1692 AD Salem, his My Room should have been empty.  It had already been more than a week since he left, yet his bed was not unoccupied.  Laying in the place where her Master would rest after days of working himself to exhaustion, the purple haired former-Goddess took a moment to savor the comforting scent waft through the room from the sheets.  Like all humans, Ritsuka's scent stirred her hunger, since they are best used as nutrients and her body demanded high volumes of Mana to maintain.  However, simply consuming her Master was out of the question.  To say nothing of the Command Seals that could be use to simple restrict her actions, Ritsuka had proven to be a curious human.  Not her scaled limbs, long tail, or sharp claws were enough to scare him off and much to her dismay, the semi-sentient entities formed from her hair have, to an extent, been tamed by the courageous youth.  She had voiced on multiple times that if he was careless, her hair had whims of their own and could swallow him up but he stuck by her regardless.

"Master..."  She said softly, licking her lips as she rolled over and stared at the ceiling, the bed creaking under her weight.  She had reverted her form to that of her first Saint Graph evolution, since her wings make it uncomfortable to lie down in a bed, so the black and gold of her divine dress stood in stark contrast to the white of the room and caught her eye.

Despite all her monstrous features, the staff of Chaldea are put more at ease by the third form she acquired much to her own surprise after her Master invested so many Cholecysts and Claws of Chaos, white skin tight garments and golden wing.  Not that her form changes her view of them as potential/emergency food source should the opportunity present itself, so she just considered it part of human foolishness.  If they wished to drop their guard simply because she looked less threatening, she'd use it to her advantage.

Ritsuka, however, didn't treat her any different after witnessing her unexpected transformation.  Like the curious specimen of the human race that he is, he didn't act any different towards her, regardless of how she decided to manifest.  That recklessly accepting side of him was worth praise at least.

"Master needs a larger bed."  She thought, her feet hanging over the edge and her tail lying mostly on the floor.  "Everything humans make is much too small and weak.  Despite limiting my size as much as possible everything is still so cramped."  Rolling over back on her side, Gorgon curled up on the bed and coiled her tail around her, hugging her hair and petting it affectionately.  "I know I'm best used against Rulers, but he could have at least brought my along longer... the only thing those Alter Egos have going for them is the fact that most of the enemies are Calvary class..."

Suddenly, the alert for an incoming Rayshift sounded through the facility.  "Attention all personnel and Servants, Master Fujimaru Ritsuka has restored the Pseudo-Singularity in Salem.  I repeat, restoration of 1692 AD Salem has been completed."  One of the staff members of Chaldea announced.

Getting up quickly, Gorgon hurried out of her Master's room before anyone saw her and began to 'aimlessly' wander the halls, halls near Command Room to be exact.  She passed by several staff members as she walked, not realizing she hadn't manifested her white, winged form, until she heard a voice call out to her from behind.

"Oh, Gorgon!  Where are you off to?"  Turning to the source of the voice, Gorgon saw her Master walking towards her, covered in scrapes, bruises and other minor injuries.  "I see you decided to wear your black outfit today.  It looks good on you."  He added, complimenting her like it was nothing.

"And it appears you had some difficulty in your final battle, again."  She replied, masking any concern she might have had with indifference.  "Had you called upon me you would have received not so much as a scratch."

"Y-Yeah... you're probably right.  Sorry for worrying you."  He apologized, smiling sheepishly and scratching his cheek with his right hand.  Her hair extended and began rubbing against him and wrapping around his arm a bit, excited to see him.  "Hey girls.  Julia, Gwen, Leila, Tress, Keira, I missed you too."

"Insolent human, why should I waste time with concerns for your well being?"  She snapped, noting the faded remains of all three of his Command Seals as she willed her hair back to her side.  "And I told you not to name them... Are you-"

"Master, Master!  Wait for me Master!"  The voice of a young girl called out as the speaker ran around the corner to catch-up.  Gorgon recognized the short blonde-haired girl in a black dress as one of the people around Ritsuka while he was investigating Salem.  She didn't know too much about her though.  "Don't leave me behind!"  She whined, running up and hugging his arm.

"Another Servant?"  She asked, her somewhat threatening gaze turning to the little girl.

"Yeah, I forgot Da Vinci-chan restocked her Mana Prism shop before I left.  I got lucky and summoned her with only one ticket!"  He reported excitedly.

Good summons came hard for the mediocre Master, something she was keenly aware of as he burned through his stock of Saints Quartz trying to get copies of her Saint Graph to improve her Noble Phantasm to it's most powerful but only got two... and an insane nurse that constantly tries to amputate one of Ritsuka's limbs if he gets injured!

"I see.  Well you should run along and let that Berserker girl treat your injuries, Master."  Gorgon said, turning and slithering away with her tail since it's more awkward to walk with it dragging behind her.

Waving to the large Servant as she turned a corner without looking back, Ritsuka replied.  "I will!  Take care."

Feeling a tugging on his sleeve, Ritsuka looked down to Abigail, who was almost in tears.  "Master, that snake woman is really scary!"  She cried, pointing in the direction Gorgon left.

"Really?  You think?"  Ritsuka asked with a gentle smile.  "She can be intimidating at times, but I wouldn't call her scary.  Abby, she's one of your friends now, so you can't judge her on looks alone, okay?"

"Well... If you say so Master."  The blonde-haired Servant replied.  "But you never thought she even looked a little bit scary?  Not even when you first met?"

"Well for me it was a bit different."  He began to explain, remembering the first time he saw Gorgon in the Babylonia Singularity.  "When I first met her, she was an enemy trying to kill me and wouldn't listen to I word I said.  We had to run for our lives back then.  However, and don't tell anyone I said this, but I couldn't help but think she also looked beautiful at that time too."  He admitted blushing.  "Even when I summoned her, despite her not remembering me, I thought she looked more beautiful than scary, intimidating or anything of the sort."

"Hmmm..."  Looking towards the corner the purple-haired Servant disappeared around, Abigail saw the flicker of a shadow on the floor and smiled.  "I see.  She did look really pretty, but I bet Master just likes her big boobs!"  She teased.

Ritsuka stuttered and nearly choked on his saliva at the young girl's comment, turning a shade of bright red.  "C-Come on Abby.  I'll give you a tour of Chaldea as we head toward the Head Nurse."  He managed to  finally say, leading his newest Servant by the hand as they walked the other way.

After receiving treatment from Nightingale, who was still wearing her 'Trick-or-Treatment' Mystic Code for some reason, and showing Abigail around the facility, Ritsuka returned to his room exhausted and sore.  The sight of his bed filled him with nostalgia and without even changing he flopped down into its fluffy embrace.  "Oh, I missed you, old friend."  He thought, stretching out face down and inhaling deeply into the sheets to enjoy that scent of fresh, clean linen.  However, there was another scent mixed in with the fragrance of detergent, one of the sea breeze and stone with a sweet hint of blood.  Sitting up to examine his bedding, he also found some small golden-yellow scales and strands of purple hair longer than he was tall.  Smiling again, he flopped back down and drifted off to sleep in the 'mysterious' scent.

December 12, 2018

Three days had passed since her Master returned from Salem, and true to his nature since Nightingale hadn't confined him to bed for some much needed rest and recovering, he hadn't let a moment pass idly.  He diligently farmed Embers and ventured back into the Salem Singularity to ensure it's correction was proceeding without incident.  This wasn't unexpected to the Avenger, since her Master always tried to make up for his lack of talent as a Mage with effort.  What somehow did irritate her was the fact that the little 'not' a Witch girl, Abigail, was glued to her Master's side almost every second during that time.  He brought her everywhere he went, making sure to introduce her to all the different Servants around Chaldea.

Well, except Blackbeard for obvious reasons.  Gorgon couldn't count the number of times she's squeezed the life out of the lecherous pirate for looking at her elder sisters or Lily form.  That was one of the drawbacks of the FATE system that managed the Servants summoned to Chaldea, the only way to send them back to the Throne was for them to dissolve their contract themselves, death from damage simply returned them to the facility.  Though it was a blessing too, so she took the good with the bad.  Besides, even if he wasn't obviously in the middle of some perverted endeavor, nobody seemed to mind when she'd grab Blackbeard and drag him into her room to relieve some stress.  He was almost always up to no good and assumed she found him out, while she got to sink her claws into some flesh.

But Master's behavior wasn't unusual, especially not after contracting with a new Heroic Spirit.  He wanted them to feel welcome, and to get to know his Servants better so he could accommodate their needs better.  Though few Servants got as much attention as he had spent on her and her Rider form, her Chrysaor proof of the deep bond they shared.  Something she'd tease her Lily form with occasionally, since she hadn't achieved that level of bond yet.  He even performed the Palingenesis strengthening ritual on her, twice!

Still, passing the time in her room idly, Gorgon couldn't help but recall some of the few memories she had from before her death.  The memories not dripping in the thrill of bloodletting, petrifying and crushing weak, foolish, handsome heroes that came to her island to claim her head, but rather the dark isolation where only the sound of waves and silent stone, stale, rotting blood thick in the air and her waiting for her next meal to carelessly enter her domain.

Breaking the silence that dominated her room, Gordon could both hear and feel footsteps approaching her door followed by knocking upon it.

"You have my permission to enter, Master."  She said, sitting up from her reclined position and fixing the ribbon strands of her sleeves and skirt.

"Good Morning Gorgon."  The young Master greeted, closing the door behind him as he entered.  "Sorry I haven't been by since returning from Salem.  It's no excuse, but I've been busy."

"You're right, that is no excuse for your negligence."  She replied sharply, rising up on her tail and approaching Ritsuka.  Her hair stretched out and circled around him, nudging and rubbing against him as she curled her tail a few inches around his legs.  The fact the day he got all three of his Command Seals back being the same day he came to visit her was not lost on her.  Still, unlike the other staff, he entered her room without hesitation or attempting to make an excuse and even closed the door.  It was obvious the other humans of the facility trusted her as one of 'Fujimaru-san's Servants', but not to be alone with her.  "What offering will you present?"  She asked, drawing him closer as she gently wrapped her fingers around the back of his neck and stroked his jaw-line with her thumb.  "How shall you try and satisfy me, I wonder?"  She whispered seductively.

Blushing intensely, but not breaking his gaze from her own, Ritsuka reached up and placing his hand on hers.  "Will an offering of blood do?"  He asked, extending a finger to one of her razor sharp claws and pricking himself on it.  As the crimson liquid seeped from the wound, he held it up for her.

"A paltry offering, but acceptable."  She replied, extending her longer-than-average tongue from her mouth to wrap softly around the wounded digit and drew it back into her moist, warm cavity.  Coiling her tongue around Ritsuka's finger, she drank from the trickling source of her favorite drink.  To the average being, blood may seem only slightly thicker than water, not enough to notice especially when fresh but they know it is because of what's in blood.  However, for beings like Gorgon, or even that little idol-wannabe dragon girl, the texture and increased viscosity of blood is unmistakable.  It coated her tongue, spread it's coppery taste to the corners of her mouth and spilled over down into her waiting throat.  Sadly, Ritsuka's meager aptitude as a Mage was evident in the weak taste of Mana in his blood, but as someone of pure virtue and an open heart as opposed to the cynical, depraved hearts of true practitioners of Magecraft, the flavor was worth the drop in nutrition.  After a few intentionally sensual moments of licking her Master's finger, Gorgon release his digit from her lips with a smile and reclined into a sitting position on her tail, making sure even her chest was higher than Ritsuka's head, and crossed her legs.  "Now, speak Master.  Why have you come to visit?"

Smiling up to the powerful Divine Spirit, though his face was still red from her mouth play, Ritsuka bowed down on one knee and held up a hand towards her.  "I was planning on visiting Septem for a while today.  Would you care to join me?"

"If the matter is merely a deployment, there is no reason to go out of your way and come here.  I'll answer your summons anytime you require my strength.  That is our contract."  She replied, though lowered herself enough to take his hand.

"I suppose, but I had something special in mind for today."  He replied, standing heading for the door.  "Besides, what if you were busy?  Blackbeard's been sneaking around for the past couple days, near the wing your sisters stay in and-"

"Master."  She interrupted with a deathly harsh tone.  "I'll meet you in the Control Room momentarily."  She said, slithering past the young Master and taking her leave first.

"Sorry Blackbeard."  The Japanese youth sighed, offering a prayer up for the scraggy pirate.  "How many more times will it take for you to listen?"  Exiting the room, Ritsuka went to prepare for his Rayshift.

It was a surprisingly short wait in the Chaldea Control Room, with several of the staff running about doing the final check for Rayshifting, as Gorgon slithered in on her tail using a piece of fabric that used to be white to clean the blood off her claws.  Despite her favorite method for cleaning off the blood of her victims being licking it up and savoring the taste, she refused to allow even a single drop of that filthy pirate's blood to enter her body.  Ritsuka waved to her next to his Coffin, ready to enter.

"Where is the little one?"  She asked, looking around for the girl in black that had barely left his side since she arrived.

"Oh, Abby's playing with Jack, Nursery Rhyme, Lily Santa and Paul today."  He replied, smiling nervously.  "I suppose it's a good thing Mash can't Rayshift on a whim anymore too, or else I would have had to come up with a reason for her to stay behind too."

"Who else will be coming then?"  She asked, not seeing any other Servants around.  Sure, Ritsuka could temporarily summon Servants for battle when needed, but that was only short term.  Rayshifting allowed Servants to travel alongside the Master.

"Didn't I tell you?  It's just going to be the two of us."  The young man admitted though made a conscious effort to hide his face as he entered the Coffin.

"J-Just the two of us!?"  She thought, her heart rate quickening slightly.  Without a chance to get him to explain himself further, Gorgon entered her own Coffin after Ritsuka's sealed itself and filled with Spiritron liquid.

The staff sitting at the terminals for TRISMEGSTUS, SHEBA and LAPLACE finished the final protocols to initiate the Rayshift sequence.  Once the command was given, a synthesized voice played over the speakers in the room.  "Starting Unsummon program. Initiating Spiriton conversion.  Initiating Ley Shift in 3, 2, 1...  All processes - Clear. Initiating Rayshift."

Manifesting in the middle of an open plain of rolling hills, the sole Master of Chaldea and the only Servant companion he brought had arrived with no issues.

"Master, where are we?  What are you planning?"  The purple haired fallen Goddess questioned once their consciousnesses settled and they registered their surroundings.  "Why only us two?"

"We should be just outside the United Empire's detection range on the Mediolanum plains."  He replied before blushing as she leaned in close, looming over him so he couldn't run away.  "As for the plan and just us... I... I wanted..."

Gorgon found the way she had her Master squirming and fidgeting very appealing.  He was very much akin to her prey, like a rabbit or, as Elizabeth might say, a cute little squirrel caught by a hungry predator.  His quivering voice, trembling limbs, the cold sweat on his brow!  "I could just eat him up."  She thought, slowly licking her lips, pressing them into a domineering smile.  "Even just a finger, or maybe an eye.  He's tempting my so much, unguarded and isolated..."

"I wanted to celebrate our anniversary!"  Ritsuka finally blurted out, his face erupting into a full blush as he stared down at the ground.

"What?"  The cursed deity asked, her thoughts freezing for a moment at the unexpected confession.  "Anniversary?  Who?  Him and..."  Trying to organize her thoughts, Gorgon said the only thing that came to her mind.  "Presumptuous.  Far too presumptuous even for a joke, Master.  Our bond is that of Master and Servant, a human I allow to make use of my strength until the day I grow weary of your orders and kill you."  She said, standing on her feet and tightly wrapping her tail around her Master, lifting him off the ground.  "In merely a year, have you forgotten that I am unable to live alongside humans?  I am a monster.  I prey upon the weak, devour the innocent and delight in the suffering I inflict on the survivors I deem to spare.  We are not anything like what you humans would classify as lovers, nor could we ever and yet you wish to celebrate an anniversary?"

"Huh?  What?"  Ritsuka asked, looking up in surprise and a shocking lack of fear.  "L-Lovers!?  I just wanted to...  It's been a year, today, since I summoned you.  You've helped me so much this past year, I wanted to do something for you!"  He stated, now even more embarrassed by the misunderstanding that had formed.

After hearing his explanation, Gorgon did nothing for a moment before lowering her Master back to the ground and turning her back to him and slithered a few feet away.  Clearing her throat, she spoke but didn't face him.  "I see.  Your choice of words were misleading.  I understand you're intentions now, Master, but not your actions.  If you are to presume to 'do something' for me, an unnecessary notion but one I know I cannot dissuade you from, then state so clearly."

"Right, sorry Gorgon."  He apologized, scratching the back of his head and smiling weakly.

"Hmph.  Forgiveness will depend of this mystery service you believe may please me."  She said.  "And so I'll ask again.  Why have you brought me, and only me, here?"

"I... I wanted to let you cut loose on as close to a human analogue as I could allow."  He admitted rather easily.  "I know you've been holding yourself back, restricting your size and instincts to not cause me any trouble but that can't be good for you.  However, I can't just let you slaughter people... I'm sorry if this isn't good enough, but it was the best compromise I could think of!  The United Empire's forces are very similar to humans, they fight and can be harmed, but unlike humans they'll replenish lost forces in short order.  I thought if I let you fight as you wished, used whatever tactics you wanted, it would help relieve some of that stress."

"Master, you don't need to concern yourself with matters such as this."  Gorgon replied, genuinely thankful for her Master's consideration.  He was right, when she wasn't sinking her claws into an enemy fighting for his sake, she was dreadfully bored in the all-too small rooms and corridors of Chaldea.  "I will fight by your side when summoned.  There is nothing more for you to worry about.  Besides, as much as it pains me to admit, in my current form I would not be able to triumph over the forces I'm sensing in a manner I would enjoy.  Their spears and swords can pierce my scales, and with their numbers I'd be quickly overwhelmed."  Turning back around and commanding her hair to wrap around him, Gorgon giggled seductively as she drew him closer and caressed his cheek. "Unless you wished to also witness me suffer a slow and painful death, Master.  Quite a perverse hobby, but one I can appreciate."

"I would never send one of my Servants, excluding Arash, into a battle just to sacrifice themselves."  Ritsuka denied, pulling his right hand between them and displayed his 3 charged Command Seals.  "If I support you with these you should be able to enjoy yourself."

Intrigued but the suggestion, the purple haired Servant released her Master from her bonds and sat down in the grass.  "Your Command Seals are powerful indeed Master, capable of binding or restricting the actions of your Servants, repairing our Spirit Origins, or supplying the Mana to release our Noble Phantasms at the cost of a single seal or exchanging all three to store the Spirit Origins of multiple Servants at once, but they are limited and not all-powerful.  Even with your support, sustaining so many injuries would not be something I would consider enjoyable."  She explained as he sat beside her, her hair resting on his lap of their own accord to allow him to pet them.

"Not quite.  I actually had Da Vinci-chan teach me more about what Command Seals can do."  He corrected, happily playing with her semi-sentient hair.  "I still don't really get it, but from what I do understand, I can use a Command Seal to force a Servant to do something they are theoretically capable of doing, or perform acts of True Magic if the conditions are right."

"Like transporting a Servant over a great distance instantly."  Gorgon commented, knowing the basics of Command Seals as imprinted into her mind by the summoning system when she manifested.

"Right, and so when she explained it to me like that, I had an idea I couldn't bring myself to ask her about."  He admitted, glancing towards her a couple times.  "Because if I did, she never would have approved this Rayshift."

One thing Gorgon because keenly aware of in year of being contracted to Ritsuka was that he could come up with surprising solutions to problems that faced him.  It was how he corrected all the other singularities, one of which included besting her as she attempted to wipe out humanity!  However, these ideas also tended to be more reckless and work more on luck or a circumstance unique to the situation at hand.  "Master, what exactly are you plotting?"

Steadying his breathing by taking a couple deep, soothing breaths, Ritsuka steeled his determination.  "I, Fujimaru Ritsuka, offer in exchange for one of my Command Seals.  Gorgon, release the seal you've imposed on your form and manifest your true body!"  He declared loudly as one of the marks of his Command Seals lit up in a scarlet flash.

"Master!?  What are you d-ah!"  There was genuine worry in the Avenger's voice after hearing the downright asinine command.  How he had realized she had purposely manifested in a restricted form she didn't know, but to force her to undo her self-imposed seal was a near suicidal act!  Even as she was currently she had to be careful not to accidentally harm, maim or outright kill humans through everyday interactions.  She felt the magical energies of the expended Command Seal penetrate her Spirit Origin, adjusting and changing it as necessary to accommodate the order.  It wasn't a painful process, in fact it felt good as the strict restrictions she had forced herself to live with loosen, but she was unable to speak properly during the process.  "M-Master...  You... Y-You need to stop this!"  Thankfully for the corrupted Servant, the effect was passing, she had resisted it.

"Even with how powerful Command Seals are, Gorgon is a being equivalent to Divine Spirits.  Seems one wasn't enough."  Ritsuka reasoned, noting a lack of change in Gorgon's form.  "I, Fujimaru Ritsuka, offer in exchange for a second of my Command Seals.  Gorgon, release the seal you've imposed on your form and manifest your true body!"  He recited again, offering another of his precious, absolute orders towards his objective.

"Again!?"  Shocked by her Master's resolve to see his goal through, Gorgon wasn't ready for him to use a second Command Seal on her and had let her guard down.  She could feel multiple cracks form in her seal, as the delicate flesh her arms turned black and her legs began to fuse into her tail.  There was a noticeable increase in the size of her wings as well, and a golden light shone from her body.  However, once again through force of will and the magnitude of Mana required to transform her body back into a being comparable to deities, Gorgon felt the wave of magical energy begin to fade.  "I... I barely managed to hold on.  Master only has one Command Seal left, not even he would risk-"

"I, Fujimaru Ritsuka, offer in exchange for my final Command Seals.  Gorgon, release the seal you've imposed on your form and manifest your true body!"  Without hesitation after seeing his second Command Seal wasn't enough, Ristuka used his third.

Already exhausted from fighting back against two Command Seals, a feat that already should have been impossible, Gorgon was unable to resist this last one and her Spirit Origin soak in the potent magical energies.  "Master..."  She thought, for a split second nothing happen as she looked to Ritsuka with worry and joy.  "... run."

A bright flash of golden light erupted from the Servants body, blinding Ritsuka momentarily, accompanied with a sigh of release.  Though she had fought it, the undoing of her seal brought with it the relief of unrestriction.  For a full year she had accepted suffering in the cramped human facility in a body smaller than she could normally allow just to answer Ritsuka's summon and fight to make right her sins of Babylonia.  Not that she truly remembered what she had done in the seventh singularity, just some vague feelings and fleeting memories that fade the moment she tried to recall them, but she knew she had to make amends.  And yet, the form she had sealed away, the form that had caused Ristuka and his companions so much trouble, the form that tried to kill him whenever the chance presented itself, he had called forth.

From the light, two sets of massive gold-feathered wings stretched out and a titanic serpentine tail encircled the area around the reckless Master.  Ritsuka was completely and utterly dwarfed by new size of the Avenger Servant as opposed to the mere two centimeter advantage she and her Rider form had over him, her true form was as close to that of one of the Beasts of Calamity as a being could get without actually being one.  Her torso and head remained mostly unchanged, other than the steep increase in scale, though three more snake-like heads formed from her hair.  Stretching out from under a newly formed tube skirt, without even a hint of the legs she once had, was the scaled tail of gold and black.

"Had to use all three for it after all..."  Ritsuka thought, looking over his Servant's new from.  "I bet Shishou could have used her Runes and did it with less effort, like last summer."  Once again his ineptitude as a Magus was thrown in his face, but at least it worked out like he had hoped!  "See, that wasn't so bad, was it Gorgon?"  He yelled up to the colossal Servant.  However, when he looked up to her face, it wasn't elation or gratitude that she wore on her face, but a harsh, stern glare.  "Huh?  Uh, Gorgon?  I-Is something the matter?"

Not answering Ritsuka's question, Gorgon reached down with one of her massive, clawed hands and plucked him up with only two fingers!  Bringing him before her, the purple haired woman's face tensed even more.  "Master, you foolish, reckless creature!"  She scolded with her usual mannerisms showing through.  "Had I reverted in both body and mind into this form, you'd already be dead!  Do you realize how dangerous it was to make me manifest in this form?  Moreover, using all of your Command Seals to do so?"  She was furious at her Master's disregard for his own safety, not to mention her mixed feelings about her 'Mother of Demonic Beasts' form.  "I had intended for you to never have to look upon such a grotesque, revolting body again.  Even if my other form was confining, it was far bett-"

"But you don't look grotesque or revolting at all.  No matter how others see you, I still think of you as a Goddess."  Ritsuka interrupted, complimenting her without thinking as he is to do.  "Besides, in this form those United Roman spears and swords should bounce right off you.  I just want you to go enjoy yourself a bit... what's wrong with a Master looking out for his Servant?"

"The heights of your ignorance is astounding, Master..."  Gorgon sighed.  "What would you have done if my 'Tiamat' persona had manifested with this body?  You'd be melting away in here by now."  She explained, bringing Ritsuka down to her toned, flawless stomach and pressing him lightly against it.

On the other side of the wall of human-like skin, Ritsuka could hear the sounds of Gorgon's body operating.  Her heartbeat was the loudest, along with the coursing of blood through her veins, but the pulsing of organs functioning could barely be discerned.  Leaning more into the soft flesh, the young Master closed his eyes and listened closer.  It was like her body was speaking to him.

"You already used all of your Command Seals, so you couldn't have stopped me either."  She continued, pulling him away from her core and bringing him up to her face again.  "In fact, perhaps I should consume your body, Master.  Despite waiting until all your Seals were back before coming to see me, you wasted them all.  How do you plan to protect yourself now?  How will you stop me if I do... this?"

Before Ritsuka could even respond, Gorgon opened her mouth and rolled out her tongue amorously, allowing her hot, humid breath to wash over his comparatively tiny body.  The sight caused the young man's mind to freeze.  Plump, full lips opened wide to reveal a squishy tongue extending over a row of perfectly white teeth, flanked on either side by two of her sharp, pointed fangs.  The soft, moist flesh of her inner mouth framed the empty cavity as strands of thick saliva stretched from roof to tongue, some snapping from overextending.  At the very back of the open maw, barely visible as even the light seemed to be getting swallowed, was the undulating entrance to the depths of the gigantic Avenger, her tongue like a carpet showing the way.

Tilting her head back and raising the foolish human who forced her transformation over her waiting maw, Gorgon felt her mouth salivate at the thought of its impending treat.  "Reflecting on your own thoughtless actions, Master?  Regretting leaving yourself so vulnerable and at my whims?"  She asked, slowly lowering the young Magus.

"Why would I need to use Command Seals to restrict you?"  Ritsuka finally asked, just as his feet were about to past the threshold of his Servants lips.

"What a truly thick contractor you must be..."  She sighed, pausing for a moment before releasing her hold on her minuscule Master.  As soon as she hit her tongue, she wrapped him up in it and slammed her lips shut.  "Mmm, it's been so long since I've last tasted human flesh.  Master, you lack an overpowering flavor to off put my taste buds, like you were made just to feed me."  She thought, rolling Ritsuka around with her tongue.  She could feel him struggling to move on his own too, gripping at her tongue only for it to slip out and push him into her cheeks or pin him to the roof of her mouth.  "Regretting your naivety now, Master?  If you still had a Command Seal you could force me to stop.  As you are now, much like in Nippur, I could swallow you without any real effor-!?"

As she played with her literal mouth-watering morsel, she felt Ritsuka get a good lock on her tongue, mounting it much like a riding animal of some sort and begin rubbing(?) the slithering muscle!  Worse yet, it felt really nice as the tiny hands caressed the squishy flesh softly, an all too alien sensation to the Ancient Greek figure.

Some heroes gave up once they were locked in the darkness of her jaws, giving in to the inevitable as she crushed them to mush with her unrelenting teeth if she was feeling merciful or forced to face the wrath of her stomach alive if she wasn't.  Other's futilely continued to fight, though she found their efforts of punching, kicking or even biting to be amusing.  Depending on her mood, sometimes she'd even give them a glimpse of hope, pretending their feeble attack could cause some sort of harm to her and opened her mouth only to bite off whatever body part they tried to stick out of her first.  Usually it was arms or legs, but her favorite was when she'd decapitate the insignificant hero and see his dying expression as she swallowed their body.  Eventually the discarded head would get crushed under her massive body as she slithered by, but by then she'd already forgotten their existence.

But none of them ever rubbed her tongue in a way to induce pleasure!  Not used to this sensation, Gorgon was hit harder with the euphoria than usual and let out a little moan.  "Oh, oh Master.  N-Not there...  My tongue... it's... it's r-really sens-!"  She felt Ritsuka wrapped his arms tightly around her tongue and rub the underside as well and his efforts were salivatingly delightful.  In a moment's carelessness, she coiled her tongue around the morsel of a Master, breaking his hold on it and his legs dangled down over the back of her throat.  The tight grip of the ring muscles pulled in an effort to bring the treat deeper into her massive body, to an organ that was eagerly awaiting his arrival.  However, Gorgon's tongue held fast to her Master, leaving him in an indeterminate state of devourment.  "You see how easy it would be, Master?  If I were to relax my tongue for even an instant you'd disappear into me forever."  She thought, composing herself a bit more.  Opening her eyes, she saw the eight heads of her hair pets in front of her face staring at her and she could tell they were concerned.  "I'm not actually going to devour him yet.  The fact that he could even summon me was a miracle.  I'll not throw this chance away for a simple meal."  She reassured them, closing her eyes again to focus more on the living being in her mouth.

Despite her large size, humans generated more heat than she did thanks to her mostly cold-blooded body.  It helped her track the descent of her heroic meals back when she was alive, but feeling Ritsuka's warmth seep into her was a new act she hadn't tried before.  She could still feel his breathing and heart-rate, both accelerated of course, and he was starting to squirm a bit in her hold.  "Maybe... maybe just a little bit..."  The literal man-eater bargained with herself, rubbing her smooth stomach with her hands as the corner of her lips turned up into a smile.  "Just a little bit more.  I still have a good hold of him."  Deftly, she let a bit more of the young Magus' body slide deeper into her throat.  She brought one hand up to feel around her neck for a protrusion while the other groped her massive breast roughly.  She was a bit more sensitive than she thought however, so when she jerked her body in response to the jolt of pleasure she got from teasing her breast, her tongue loosened even more and her throat wasted no time dragging the frail morsel entirely into its tight embrace.

At first, Gorgon didn't even register what had happened.  The pulled her breast free of the cloth covering it and pinched her nipple as she swallowed and moaned happily.  She tail wagged back and forth lazily, as her other hand followed the descent of the lump in her throat all the way down to her waiting stomach and continued down to under her skirt.  Hunger and lust had always been associated for the deity-turned-monster, so she was seeking to sate the heat in her nethers as well.  However, as her hand brushed over her pulsing sex, she had an arousingly shameful thought.  "Pleasing myself with Master in my mouth...!"  Realizing her inattentiveness, instantly bringing her senses back, she gasped.  "Ma-!?"

Before she could even utter a syllable, one of the hair heads shot into her open mouth and began to slither down her throat.  Reflexively she grabbed the squirming mass and was about to pull it out but realize its intention, releasing it and relaxing her throat.  "Hurry up Tress!  Master won't have long."  She encouraged as it snaked its way down to the depths of her body.

While Ritsuka was wrapped in the overpowering tongue of his latest giant Servant, his concerns were more focused on pampering her than his own safety.  Despite how she speaks down to him and threatens his life, in some of the more challenging battles they've gone through in the past year she'd always wrap her tail around him when things looked bad.  Unlike some of the other Goddesses around Chaldea, Gorgon didn't try to coddle him, train him, tease him or manipulate him.  She acted with a gentle hostility but respected him and what he was able to accomplish.  So when the saliva-coated muscle loosened its grip on him and he was swiftly dragged down her tight, tight throat, he wasn't overly afraid.  The strong constrictions of her esophagus threatening to crush his bones on his descent were worrying since unlike her hands or tongue, she couldn't consciously hold back to not injure him.  By the time he landed in the waiting, churning stomach of the purple haired Avenger, he felt like he'd have to make another trip to Nightingale once they got back.

"Now then... so this is Gorgon stomach?"  He thought, feeling around as the digestive organ squeezed gently around him.  "How many humans could fit in here?"  The air was rancid with acidic fumes, causing his throat and lungs to itch with every breath and the solution slowly filling the space irritated his skin.  The environment was so unsuited to sustaining life in Gorgon's stomach, that Ritsuka was on the verge of passing out by the time something else enter the lively organ.

After recovering Ritsuka from a slow, horrific death melting down, Tress pulled itself up and out of Gorgon throat with the young Master in it's jaws.  His bare legs hung out from its massive jaws, the shoes, socks and pant legs of his Chaldea uniform already dissolved by her far stronger than normal acids, but it didn't look like his skin had been damaged yet.  Opening his eyes slowly, Ritsuka sat up in Tress's mouth and looked up at Gorgon.

"What, I didn't taste good?"  He asked in jest, chuckling and rubbing the inside of the maw he was sitting in.

"I just swallowed you alive Master, and that's all you have to say?"  Gorgon asked back, not nearly as intimidating as before.

"Yes, Fujimaru-kun."  A pleasant voice said with a bit of an edge to it.  To all that could hear it the voice obviously belonged to a genius with unrivaled beauty even if you didn't know the person it is attached to.  However, both Master and Servant recognized it as Da Vinci's voice, speaking over the LAPLACE communicator on Ritsuka's wrist.  "Care to explain yourself..."

As is always the case when Rayshifting, Chaldea monitors the area surrounding the Master as well as 'proving their existence' at the target space and time to allow the Master to carry out their duties.  So when the monitoring team noticed a massive spike in Gorgon's magical readings and confirmed a shift in her Spirit Origin to more closely resemble the data they had of her Saint Graph as the Mother of Demonic Beasts, Tiamat, the monitoring staff contacted Acting-Director Leonardo Da Vinci.  They were able to establish visual confirmation of the situation just as Gorgon swallowed Ritsuka and saw how she retrieve him, after which Ritsuka was forced to explain himself.

"I can't believe you would do something so..."  Da Vinci began to chastise once the young Master finished his explanation but stopped and let out a heavy sigh.  "... no, that actually sounds exactly like the kind of ridiculous stunt you'd pull."

"Senpai, while I understand you were concerned for Gorgon's well being, I can't approve of you going off on your own like that."  The voice of Ritsuka's adorable and devoted kouhai, Mash Kyrielight, added.

"Everyone's making too big a deal out of this.  I'm perfectly safe with Gorgon.  She's always looking out for me whenever I summon her."  Ritsuka insisted, leaning back and looking up from his kneeling position on the ground to see the aforementioned Servant staring back at him.  She wore her usual stern expression, but was physically restraining her hair from reaching out to play with him.

"Ritsu- no.  Master, I can understand and appreciate your open-mindedness and trust concerning the Servants you've contracted with.  Jack is a notorious serial killer, but you see her as an innocent little girl.  You see the good nature of all the Hassans, entertain the whims of Shuten Douji and Ibaraki, let your guard down around some of the most ruthless pirates in history and of course, you have never once doubted either of the Avengers you summoned.  Chaldea has what most might consider a 'concerning' amount of Evil-aligned Servants that Masters could call upon for aide, but you trust them with your life so readily.  It truly is admirable and, as a genius artist I can also say, beautiful."  Da Vinci praised, reasoning with the inexperienced youth.  "But forcing Gorgon back into that form is another thing entirely.  It's the form most closely tied to all of her infamously monstrous tales.  Cursed, shunned, feared, hated... the legend of Medusa's transformation into the Gorgon is one of tragedy."

"That's right, Master."  Gorgon concurred, in a flat, even tone.  "The 'Gorgon' was a monster that killed and consumed her beloved older sisters.  Neither of them could defend themselves against normal threats, and so trusted their youngest, flawed sister who was capable of growing tall and strong to protect them from the dangers of the world and most of all, man.  But in the end, consumed by her curse, 'Gorgon' took pleasure in dispatching the would-be 'heroes' who came to 'save' the 'captive' sisters and kill the monster who held them, crushed her sisters effortlessly and consumed what was left."  She neither liked nor hated her life, it was simply a fact of what happened.  She was who she was, and even if a little of what had happened in Babylonia had gotten mixed into her Spirit Origin it didn't change her past, her actions or her sins.

There was a somber silence in the air, and even the staff of the Command Room has gone quiet.  Hearing Gorgon recall the events of her life were more impactful, carried far more weight, than if some third party had done so.  Her tone, her inflection, the choice of wording, so casually referring to herself as a 'monster'.  How does one follow that up?

"But... what about your legacy?"  The young Master asked, his usual cheerfulness lost in the serious concern of his question.  "The story of Medusa the Gorgon doesn't end with her death.  Doesn't that also factor into who you are now?"

"Senpai... Medusa, or I should say, the Gorgon gave birth to the Pegasus and Chrysaor with her death.  She wasn't returned to life or redeemed."  Mash commented sadly.

"Which is a fitting, miserable end for a monster that killed her own family."  Gorgon agreed.

"Well... actually, Ritsuka isn't necessarily wrong."  Da Vinci countered.  "Indirectly, the Gorgon Medusa continued to have an impact on the course of history, aiding man and Gods alike."

"What?  Really?"  Mash asked, not having heard of this aspect of Medusa's legend before.

"It's not surprising you haven't heard about this Mash, as it's a facet of the figure overshadowed by her infamous gaze."  Da Vinci replied.  "In fact, I only remembered because Ritsuka had been coming to my shop to borrow some of my books since resolving the Grand Order. I got curious and perused through some of them myself and only a few talked about what happened to Medusa's head after Perceus slew her."

"Perceus went on to use Gorgon's head, which became known as the Gorgoneion, as a weapon until he gave it to the Goddess Athena and was adorned on her shield.  From there, the Gorgoneion became known as an evil-averting device and a symbol of protection."  Ritsuka stated, smiling back to the gigantic Avenger Servant.  "And I know that that aspect of your legend found its way into your Spirit Origin.  From the way you protect me in battle, to the vigilant watch you keep over your sisters despite you aversion to them, and even in Babylonia.  It wasn't just Ana trying to stop you and protect the humans that she claimed to despise so much, Medusa's protective instincts were rooted deeply in your, admittedly misguided, efforts."

Releasing her hold on her hair, Gorgon reached forward and picked up her Master.  Scowling, she narrowed her gaze on the palm-sized human.  She had resolved herself to being called a monster, to the reservation the staff and even most Servants of Chaldea had towards her, it was what she deserved after her foolishness in life.  But for Ritsuka to so adamantly insist she was something else was like rejecting the core of her beliefs!  "Protective instincts?  Master, did you forget I was summoned into that singularity to destroy humanity?  My instincts were destructive, murderous and malicious.  I did my best to fulfill the King of Mages objective."

"That's right.  Have you forgotten how 'Tiamat' tried to kill us in Nippur, Senpai?"  Mashu asked, confused Ristuka would suggest such a thing.

"It is a bit of a leap to say she was trying to save people.  After all, her Demonic Beasts were feeding on the people of Uruk for sustenance."  Da Vinci argued.

"But you were trying to save the people."  Ritsuka asserted.  "Kind of like how the Goddess Rhongomyniad did in Camelot.  If the people of Uruk weren't 'human' anymore, they wouldn't get incinerated.  Isn't that what the Lahmu were for?"

Again, there was a stunned silence for a moment before Chaldea's Second Servant spoke up.  "An interpretation of an average man's mind.  While I might never have viewed the Gorgon in Babylonia's actions in such a light, it's a viewpoint I'm not surprised you thought of, Master."  She complimented and though it couldn't be seen, the smug grin on her face was easily conveyed in her tone and words.

"Foolish and dangerously optimistic are more like it."  Gorgon replied, still holding Ritsuka in the palm of her hand.  "I may not remember what that version of me did, but I know she killed for fun.  Pathetic humans that were unfortunate enough to be before her would be crushed and used as resources to make and feed Demonic Beasts."

Thinking for a moment, Ritsuka nonchalantly laid down in Gorgon's hands.  "Well yeah.  I'm not saying you'll protect just anybody."  He reasoned, looking up at her while surrounded by 8 impatient snake-like heads.  "Yup, there are three more now... we'll have to come up with names for them too.  Anyway, there's nothing saying you can't take pleasure in murdering others and not protect someone or something at the same time.  Just look at Jack!  She's always running around saying how much she wants to dismember people, but she'll fight with all her strength to protect me."

"That little Wraith girl and I are-"  Gorgon began.

"Not the same, but you are both inhuman entities."  The young Master interrupted, acknowledging the inconsistency in his argument.  "And her thoughts and mannerisms mirror that of a human girl, while you were born a Goddess with an outlook on life different from humans.  I've been on the receiving end of your sisters efforts to 'kill time' or 'seek amusement' to understand that much, but that doesn't mean there aren't any similarities either."

"And if you trust in the hope of a similarity between us that doesn't exist?"  The purple-haired Servant asked.

"Then I can rest assured in your promise of to 'kill me gently'."  He smiled back.  "Hmm... I remember 'Flavia' and 'Dada' as potential names for the little ones, and there was another, a 'Ceib'-something.  Ah!  I can't remember it, now it's going to bug me all day!"

Sighing in defeat, Gorgon went to lower her Master to the ground only for her semi-sentient locks to snatch him off her palm to play.  "So, Da Vinci?  Do you want us to finish our original objective or will you terminate the Rayshift?  And I told you not to give them names."

"Well... actually, we have a bit of a problem with calling you back at all, currently."  The Caster replied with a nervous laugh.  "In layman's terms, we can bring Fujimaru-kun back no problem, but if we tried to bring you back too, Gorgon, you'd manifest in that form.  Ill advised or not, he used all three of his Command Seals to change your Saint Graph."

"Then just call Master back for now.  I can seal my form away again with enough Mana, and thankfully there's an army of magically manifested, resupplying soldiers not too far from here."  She suggested, looking in the direction of the United Empire's forces.

"How long do you think it will take?"  Da Vinci asked, thankful that the Avenger was so amicable.

"Well, since the original seal was wholly and utterly shattered, I'll have to construct a new one from scratch.  Depending on the amount of Mana in each soldier, it shouldn't take more than a month."  Gorgon estimated.

"A month!?"  Ritsuka exclaimed, currently riding on the head he had named Keira.  "I'm not leaving you here for a month by yourself.  I'll stay and keep you company."

"But Senpai, you can't be absent for that long."  Mash argued a bit panicked.

"That's right Fujimaru-kun, the other Masters of Chaldea are either unfit for deployment still or returning back to they families.  As Acting-Director I cannot approve of you being unavailable for so long."  Da Vinci concurred.  "We'll begin the unsummoning process for you."

"Wait!  I should get a Command Seal back tonight, right?  If Gorgon doesn't resist it, can I just use that to help her re-seal her form?"  The young Master suggested.  "Besides, you already approved our deployment for the day."

"That was before I found out what you planned on doing."  The genius Caster retorted.  "And not for nothing, but given what happened with your first 5 minutes after arriving there I don't think it would be a good idea to leave you two alone."

"I second that decision."  Gorgon agreed readily.  "It would be far too easy in this body for me to harm you Master."

"Oh, no.  I wasn't worried about that."  Da Vinci replied with a light-hearted giggle.  "Like Ritsuka said, you've more than proven you protective instinct for your Master over the past year.  I'm more worried that he'd do something reckless again."

"That is a fair point.  Knowing Senpai..."  Mash couldn't help but agree.

"I'll stay safe you two, promise."  Ristuka pleaded.  "Please, there's nothing going on right now anyway."

"... Fine."  Sighing, Da Vinci acquiesced to the hard working Master's request.  "But if the Command Seal can't return Gorgon to a more manageable size, you are still coming back."

"Thanks Da Vinci-chan!  You're the best!"  Ritsuka praised.

"I know, do feel free to tell me more often."  She replied playfully.

"And I'll make sure your existence is confirmed properly from here."  Mash added.

"Thanks Mash."  The young Master said, looking towards the army in the distance.  "Okay Gorgon, let's go!"

"Very well, Master."  Gorgon didn't even bother wasting energy trying to convince the foolish youth to go back.  "Oh, and Da Vinci, I'll have to correct one thing you mentioned earlier."

"Yes?  Did I make a mistake in my explanation somewhere?"  The Caster asked.

"You said before that I was a Servant of Chaldea to be called upon by its Masters.  My contract is with Ritsuka only.  Should another human foolishly attempt to call on my strength or worse, try to give me orders I'll petrify and crush them where they stand."  She said, her statement a promise and warning, not some baseless threat.  Insignificant as humans may be, her Master was a special form of insignificant.

"You're not the first to say something similar."  Da Vinci replied in an amused tone.  Fact of the matter was that most of the Servants Ritsuka had managed to summon shared the desire to only work with him, though few outside of Alters went as far as to threaten the other Master's lives.

"Though if there is a Master you consider an eyesore, feel free to send them to me."  Gorgon joked(?) darkly, smiling sinisterly and licking her lips.  "Now then Master, let us be off."

Gathering magical energy in the four wings, Gorgon took Ritsuka into her hands and took flight.

It took almost no time at all for Gorgon to fly the distance from where they had Rayshifted to the amassed forces of the United Roman Empire.  She took much satisfaction in their stunned faces as they watched her great, winged form pass over most of them and set down in the middle of them.  She didn't bother waiting for the soldiers under her to get out of the way either, simply crushing whoever was too slow to get out of the way.  Immediately there were screams of pain and panic accompanying the sound of human bodies popping.  As she settled her weight on her thick, powerful tail, she slipped Ritsuka between her already massive breasts to hide him from sight.  She could feel some of the soldiers partially crushed by her trying desperately to free themselves, futilely.

"Prey...?  That reminds me, I'm feeling peckish."  The massive snake woman commented very matter-of-factually, with a loud growl sounding from her human midsection that could be heard for a few dozen feet.  The snake-like heads spread out in all directions around her, menacing the soldiers but not attacking.  "You can have your fun, but remember to save some for me."  She instructed, glaring as a large swath of soldiers in front of her and activating her Mystic Eyes.  Looking over the delicious looking morsels she had paralyze, Gorgon contemplated as her snake heads began tearing into the army's formations.  "Where should I start eating?"  Reaching forward like one would choosing from a platter of food, she plucked a random soldier from the group and brought him into her mouth like it was nothing.  Likely because she could still remember the feeling of her Master when she swallowed him by accident, she swallowed her prey readily and licked her lips in satisfaction.

There was no way the magically manifested soldiers could resist the great winged serpent woman that decided to use them as a means to sate her hunger.  Their weapons bounced of her scale without so much as a scratch, and within a blur of motion many of them would vanish into the maw of a passing snake head.  Her absentmindedly wagging tail reduced scores of them to bloody paste in seconds, she'd rip fleeing soldiers to shreds with her claws and any that got far enough away that it wasn't worth the hassle to chased she'd petrify them just enough to watch them fall over and shatter into a bloody, stony mess.  Snake heads that weren't consuming human's whole cleaned up the remains around her.

Smiling happily as she picked up the last living soldier that she had left purposely untouched, he managed to shake off the effects of her Mystic Eyes.  "Y-You... You monster!  This... this... what is this?!"  He demanded, horrified by what he bore witness to.  The ground and she was slick with blood and gore, which when left for too long faded into shadowy mist, and her stomach had distended noticeably from his comrades melting in it.

"A massacre."  Gorgon replied dispassionately, holding him up over her waiting maw and dropping him unceremoniously.  Snapping her jaws shut, she felt something small and likely unimportant crunch in her teeth, followed by a muffled yell of pain as she swiftly swallowed.  Tracking the last of her grand meal's descent to her stomach, the now stuffed Avenger smiled as she stroked her enlarged belly happily and listened to the cries and screams of her digesting prey.  "What else could it be?"  Releasing the pressure on her breasts, she allowed Ritsuka to climb out of her cleavage for a breath of fresh air as her meal processed.  "I've never had such a filling meal before Master, even if spiritual bodies are inferior in taste to real flesh and blood."

Climbing down from the massive Servant's body, the young Master looked around as either the snake heads cleaned up the last bits of soldiers remains or the residue of the army faded into dark mist.  "I'm happy you're happy Gorgon..."  He said and truly meant it, this is why he brought her here to begin with.  The remnants of the United Empire hadn't been corrected and were ever respawning, so they weren't actual human lives he was letting her consume... but they still had human form.

"Master... do you realize now how horrendous my true nature is?"  Gorgon asked, seeing Ritsuka's reaction to her slaughter.  Maybe now he'll see her for the monster she was.  "How does it make you feel?  Knowing one day you'll end up my meal like them?"  She continued to rub her bloated human belly, though the violent movement and voices inside had become much more subdued.  Like all her prey, they lost against her stomach and now those that were still conscious were begging for their lives.  Were she alone, she'd probably torture a couple by regurgitating them and letting her digestive acids continue to burn them until they perished or she got bored and swallowed them again, but she didn't want her Master to see her do something so unseemly.

"No, no that's not it."  He replied, looking her straight in the eye and smiling.  He wasn't lying, nor did to look in his eye seem any different than he had always given her.  "I'm disappointed with myself... While everything was going on, all I could think of was how soft and warm your breasts were.  It was really comfortable... and..."  He was blushing intensely and had his hands together over his crotch.

Surprised and amused, Gorgon brought her face down to her Master, all the snake heads also surrounding him, and inhaled deeply.  Grinning lustrously, she rose back up and cupped a hand under one of her breasts.  "You became aroused Master?  While I was enjoying my meal, allowing all those morsels to fulfill the role of sating my hunger, you were having perverted thoughts, Master?"  She asked, licking her lips as a new hunger grew in her body.  "I've long since felt your gaze linger on my breasts and rear.  What a wonderfully depraved lust you have, but what of this stomach of mine now?  Even if they were actually humans my acts wouldn't have changed."

"It still looks super sexy!"  Ritsuka replied loudly and clearly but embarrassed greatly.  "You've always looked beautiful to me, and I know I shouldn't stare but I can't help it!  No matter what form you're in, you look so stunning it feels like I've been hit by your Cybele.  Even though I know I shouldn't be, I'm fascinated by your full stomach.  Even if inside there are people, rather than feel ashamed for letting you eat them I can only wonder what's happening to them... what it's like?"

Gorgon was slightly, mentally, taken aback by her Master's admission.  It wasn't uncommon or unreasonable for humans to find her human traits appealing.  Flawed though she may be, she was still a manifestation of 'the ideal young girl' like she sisters.  Even if she didn't get to remain young and grew older, her human features were still an extension of 'ideal' and unlike a certain Alter Ego, she didn't develop ridiculous proportions.  She's had to 'warn' a few of Chaldea's staff with temporary paralysis that if she caught them ogling her again she'd show them how hard she could make them, but it was always her human appearance that attracted attention.  Ritsuka had just admitted to having a predisposition to not only her human and inhuman appearance, but also her inhuman behaviors.  It caused her to blush a bit and made her want to tease him even more!

"Pandemonium Cetus."  She said in a low, not quite hushed, tone.  For an instant, her eyes lit up in a flash of crimson  as she summoned a dome of blood red magical energy around them.  Within the boundary field the light of the sun was greatly diminished though she had excluded her Master form the lifeforce siphoning aspect of the technique, but more importantly for her devices, all communication to the outside world was cut off.  "You wish to know, Master, of the fate of my prey?"  She asked, stroking her bloated stomach sensually.  "As a reward for granting me such an unexpected but entertaining... what's the term you humans use for situations like this?  'Date'?  Yes, for your wonderful, but still highly reckless, idea and this 'date', I shall enlighten you to the functions of this monstrous body of mine.  You and only you, my Master."  Leaning forward, she brought her bulging stomach gently down on Ritsuka, softly pressing him between it and the ground.  "I've heard that my other in Babylonia used her Blood Fort to create the massive number of Demonic Beasts, but I can only assume that was only to produce them fast enough.  This body alone is capable of birthing any sort of Demonic Beast I wish, so long as I have the materials."  As if on cue, a louder than normal gurgle escaped from her stomach as it melted its contents into a soup of raw resources.  "How boring yet convenient it must have been to have access to Tiamat's 'Sea of Life' skill, but it always feels best gathering and processing materials yourself."

Pushing up against the mass of squishy flesh pressing down on him, he was surprised at how deeply his fingers sank in.  "Even their armor?"  He asked, content to start massaging her.

"Yes, my stomach is capable of producing all sorts of acids to break down all manner of substances.  Making Demonic Beasts takes a variety of materials."  She confirmed, enjoying his small but diligent efforts.  "However, digestion in this form ends in my small intestines."  She continued, raising back up off her Master to make a show of her tightly compressing her core muscles.  As she did, her stomach slowly returned to its normal size which she gave a couple pats when she was done.  "This form will utilize every last cell and molecule in the creation of Demonic Beasts, and store what it doesn't for later used."

"Wait, all of it?"  Ritsuka asked, getting up and brushing himself off.  "So that means you don't-"

"Correct Master, you get the idea."  She cut him off.  "None other that you know this now, so if I hear anybody else so much as mention it..."

"My lips are sealed."  He replied, smiling up to Gorgon.  She was trusting him with such a big secret.  How could he violate that trust?  "So... when you eventually eat me...?"

"I'll waste not a fiber of your delicious flesh, Master."  She confirmed in a gentle, yet dark tone, licking her lips.  "Does the thought delight you?  To be given the honor of becoming one with a monster?"

"... But we wouldn't always be together, would we?"  He asked, not sounding fearful or nervous of the very serious likelihood of her consuming him one day.  "When our contract ends and you return to the Throne, if you get summoned again it would be with a new body, right?"

"That will never happen, Master."  She replied, genuinely softly this time, crossing her arms under her well developed bosom.  "It shouldn't have been possible for you to summon me to begin with, so when our contract expires, I'll never be called back like this."

"Then I suppose I'll have to live a long life then."  He replied cheerfully.  "As inexperienced and powerless as I may be, I hope you'll continue to put up with me, Gorgon."

"Hmph.  I've known since responding to your call that you were powerless Master.  You are human after all."  The giant woman replied, preparing to dismiss her Noble Phantasm.  "Just be sure to keep me entertained, for as long as you'll allow yourself the company of monsters."

As the blood-red dome began to dissipate, Ritsuka could only smile up to his imposing but beautiful Servant.  "I don't see a problem with 'monsters' though."  He said under his breath as communications with Chaldea connected again.

"Senpai?  Senpai?"  Mash frantically called over and over.  "Senpai, can you hear me?"

"Yes, I can hear you Mash."  He replied.

"See Miss Kyrielight, I told you there was nothing to worry about."  The voice the history's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, commented.  "I suspect Miss Gorgon erected her Noble Phantasm to tell Master something she didn't want anyone else to know about.  Given their conversation prior and Miss Gorgon's current physiology, I'd wager she wanted to explain that currently she-"

"Another word, Detective, and I'll petrify that mouth that only knows how to utter nonsense."  Gorgon threatened before he finished his deduction.

"I suppose some secrets should remain just that then."  Holmes said promptly.  "Though a word of advice for you two."

"Speak."  She hissed.

"Dodge."  He replied as an arrow embedded itself in the ground next to Ritsuka's foot.

Reacting immediately to the danger, Gorgon and her hair wrapped themselves around the frail Master as a hail of arrows rained down on them the moment her Pandemonium Cetus faded.  The United Empire forces had replenished their numbers and had surrounded her boundary field while they were distracted.

"Senp-!"  Mashes voice cried, getting cut off as combat began.

"The monster reveals itself!  Aim carefully and bring it down!"  The commander of the forces ordered, as the archers loosed volley after volley on Gorgon's huddled over form.

"Annoying insects!  Master are you unhar-?!"  She began to ask, looking to Ritsuka only to see that she had been a fraction of a second too late in reacting to the assault. Several arrows had managed to slip past her, two embedded in his right shoulder, one in the right side of his back, another in his hip and one sticking through his right calf.  Worse of all, the arrow in his back looked like it had pierced his lung, causing him to fall to one knee.

"I'm fine Gorgon."  He replied through grit teeth, holding his shoulder tightly.  "It would have been far worse if you hadn't protected me.  Thanks."  He added, his breathing becoming more ragged.

But the infamous woman of Greek myth couldn't process his reply.  The only thing on her mind was how he had been injured despite her being so close.  She couldn't find any pleasure in his suffering, like she could for any other human, nor did the enticing aroma of his delicious blood make her have to resist the urge to salivate.  There were only two things on her mind at the moment.  First and most important, she needed to tend to his injuries.

"This will hurt a bit Master."  She said as calmly as she could, reaching to the shafts sticking out of his body and pulling them out.  Still, Ritsuka bore the pain well, only crying out when she pulled out the one in his back.

"Thanks Gorgon.  Sorry I got careless."  He apologized, coughing up a bit of blood and collapsing to the ground.  His strength was fading and his bleeding wasn't stopping.  "I cause you nothing... but trouble..."

Gently picking the wounded Master up, Gorgon brought him to her mouth and used her long tongue to cover him in saliva.  "It's been a year.  I am use to it."  She commented, lowering his body down her torso as the ribbon-like strips of her skirt parted to reveal a moist, fleshy opening underneath.  "Come.  With you so injured, there little else for me to do."  She said, using her free hand to part the folds of flesh to expose the entrance to a dark yet inviting tunnel leading deeper into her body.

Carefully, she lowered Ritsuka feet first into her massive quim, it swallowing him up with ease but holding firmly.  This was one thing she had never experienced in this body before, so Gorgon was quite sensitive to the warm sensation entering her sex.  Still, she had to control the contraction of her muscles to ensure she didn't cause him anymore injuries.

"Hey Gorgon... can I say something?"  Ritsuka asked, sticking out of her from the waist up.

"I'll accept no complaints.  Even if you Rayshifted back, that insane nurse would attempt to remove your limb as 'treatment'."  Gorgon replied, not stopping this pleasurable form of consumption.

"Complain?  I wouldn't dare."  He chuckled a bit at the notion.  "There's something squeezing my legs pretty tightly and I can't see all too well right now.  Are you going to eat me now?"

"If that were the case, what would you do?"  The Avenger asked.  Apparently the fact that if she were swallowing him meant she wouldn't be able to talk wasn't something he could process currently.

"I've thought about it for a while now... you eating me that is, so if this is it, I only have one thing to tell you."  He said softly, his voice getting weaker and weaker.  Only his head remained outside of her body, just a few more moments and he'd vanish from sight.  "Since I summoned you last year, I've always-"

Gorgon didn't wait from him to finish and quickly pulled her Master inside of her sex with a satisfying 'slurp'.  Covering herself back up, she stroked herself through her skirt and took a moment to enjoy Ritsuka sliding deeper towards her womb.  She was able to create Demonic Beasts within her body, surely mending a few wounds couldn't be much harder.

A fresh volley of arrows bouncing harmlessly off her scales and skin brought her back to the second issue she had to focus on.  Rising from her huddled over posture, Gorgon loomed over the army surrounding her, her hair snakes hissing and howling as Mana concentrated in each of their mouths.  "Insolent pests!  To raise your arms against my Master, becoming my feast is too good for you!"  She yelled, glancing to the noticeable, to her, bulge in her tail.  "No matter, if all I do is gorge on prey, this body will only get even bigger yet."  Readying her claws and coiling her tail, Gorgon prepared to strike.  "Now, all of you, suffer!"  Lunging forward to carve into the forces in front of her, Gorgon's hair released magical beam attacks into the surrounding army.

Gorgon engaged in an enjoyable cycle of carnage and respite from then on, slaughtering the army when it respawned and collecting the Proof of Heroes that they occasionally dropped, then deploying her Pandemonium Cetus to gather their 'lifeforce' before they faded entirely.  While she waited in between intervals, she focused her attention of tending to the injured youth in her womb.  "If I so wanted, I could transform you into one of my children right now Master."  She thought, rubbing her belly with a smile on her face.  "Would you enjoy becoming a Uridimmu I wonder?  Or perhaps an Ugallu?  A Musussu might be nice, they're so adorable when they torment their  prey with their poison.  Usumgallus are cute in their own way, the screams their prey makes and the lovely aroma that comes from their burning wounds is an absolute delight... No, if anything I think Basmu's form would suit you best, my Master."  Musing over the idea a bit more, Gorgon shook her head.  "But there is merit to your current, feeble form that I will not deny.  You look simple scrumptious, and if nothing else you humans are entertaining to tease."

The injuries to his shoulder and leg were far easier for her to mend than she had anticipated, so all that was left was to finish repairing the lung that had gotten punctured by the arrow to his back.  As she was replacing and mending the damaged tissue, she accidentally brushed against a few of Ritsuka's frail magic circuits.  There was a weak response from her Master's Mana, stimulated by her own flowing into where she healed him.  "Oh?  Once more I am impressed you've been able to accomplish so much not only with such a weak body, but magic circuits I never realized were this impotent."  She thought, the very fact he was accepted as a potential Master at all with such wanting qualifications showed how desperate Chaldea was.  "Well, I may restrain myself from tampering with your physical form, but there should be nothing wrong with 'fattening up' a future meal as it were."

Connecting Ritsuka's magic circuits to her own, Gorgon poured a small portion of her own Mana into his body, but for the inept Magus it was an overwhelming tide.  If judged purely on Magic aptitude alone, Gorgon was actually more proficient than that storyteller Ritsuka summoned from Agrath and on par with the likes of Gilgamesh, Illya and that little girl Abigail.  For a normal human who could only hope to rank an E- in Mana capacity, even a small fraction of a B rank Servant threatened to tear his body apart!  However, Gorgon wasn't about to kill the Master she had been endeavoring to save, at least not like this.  While she flooded Ritsuka's unconscious body with her superior Mana, she wrapped his circuits in a protective layer of magic, reinforcing the strained pathways.  She could only imagine how he might have cried out from the searing pain had he been awake for the process, even she felt the heat through his skin.  "You're blood should contain more Mana from now on, Master.  Be sure to prepare an appropriate offering for me."

Once she was done, Gorgon left herself connected to her Master for a while longer as she finished up mending his final injury.  After she stopped her own flow of Mana, Ritsuka's intoxicatingly pure and innocent Mana leaked a bit back into her and she wasn't about to pass up such a delightful treat.  After a few more waves of the feeble spiritual army flailing uselessly against her, and a few more stomach fulls of their Mana rich forms than she was willing to admit, the massive Servant felt her patient begin to stir within her.

"Awake at last Master?  While it isn't uncommon for you to sleep in strange places and at strange times, how much longer were you planning to continue your slumber?"  She asked through the telepathic link between Master and Servant.

"Gorgon?  Wh-what happened to me?  I remember getting shot and you eating me... then nothing."  Ritsuka replied, thoroughly confused.  "Where am I?  Why is it so soft and warm?  And why does it feel like I had fire flowing through my veins?"

She could feel her Master begin to feel around inside of her, gripping the delicate folds of flesh and brush against some of her more sensitive areas.  Her cheeks began to flush crimson, and with her urges for bloodshed and sustenance wholly satisfied, her wanting lust began to creep into her mind.  Clearing her throat in an attempt to compose herself, Gorgon laid her hands over the area in the body she could feel Ritsuka.  "If you could sit still for a moment Master, I will explain.  If you continue as you are I'll become too distracted."

"What do you mean?  If you ate me, how am I still alive?"  The young Master asked, still looking and feeling around.

Even in life, Gorgon's reproductive organ remained unused, and in Babylonia it was the Blood Fort that version of her created that birthed all the Demonic Beasts, so the gigantic woman was more conscious of all the movements he was making.  It wasn't so bad when he was still, but now his actions were quickly arousing her body, and it react in kind.  Blood rushed to her sex, engorging the flesh and heating the space, and copious amounts of natural lubricants seeped from her.  Biting her lips, Gorgon tensed up the muscles surrounding her Master in an attempt to restrict his movements, and while it achieved the desired effect, she also became acutely more aware of his presence.  "Master... I must... insist you stop struggling.  Where you are is...  more sensitive than I thought it would be... Any more and... and I won't... be able to..."

"G-Gorgon... I, I can't breathe..."  Ritsuka replied, trying to escape his wet, slimy, rapidly heating restraints.

As unintentional as his actions were, Gorgon's lust peaked and the purple-haired Avenger couldn't hold back anymore.  "Mmm, Master... you'll have to... be patient with me."  She stated in a lustrous tone, grasping her breasts and freeing them from her clothing, falling down to the ground on her back.  Her tail whipped around her as she teased her nipple with one hand and exposed her saturated pussy with the other.  "Ahh!  You have only... only yourself to blame for this... Master.  Teasing my body like that!  I'll have to attend to this first."

Her attention now elsewhere, Gorgon forgot to maintain her Pandemonium Cetus.  As the boundary field dropped, the standing army outside it readied their assault only to see the giant woman writhing around on the ground moaning in pleasure.  The unexpected sight stunned the soldiers into inaction for a moment, and before they could get their wits about them again Gorgon's massive scaled tail came crashing down on a section of their troops.  There was nothing but bloody remains, and a couple Proofs, when she rolled over crushing more of the soldiers under her giant body.

As she rolled around pleasuring herself she wasn't consciously paying attention to the scent of fresh blood and screams of terror coming from all around her, but it did heighten her enjoyment of the act.  Her hair wrapped around her, assisting in drawing out her fun by massaging her unique erogenous zones.  A couple would whip out and grab a hapless soldier and drop them in her mouth every so often.  When a morsel made its way into her mouth, Gorgon loved to pressing against the hard palate of her mouth, showcasing her monstrous strength by crushing them flat using only her tongue.

Meanwhile, Ritsuka still didn't know where he was exactly or why but Gorgon was now rolling around and shaking so much, but it was dizzying.  "But this scent... it smells familiar."  He thought to himself as the walls continued to produce the liquid he was soaked in.  "I've caught whiffs of it every now and then from Gorgon, but never anything this strong."  It was difficult for him to collect his thoughts as the Servant he was in was thrashing about, but one thing Ritsuka did notice was that the familiar smelling liquid had aroused him greatly.  His biggest saving grace was that through his pants the pulsing wall of flesh weren't nearly as stimulating.  "What is wrong with me!?  Gorgon saved my life and here I am getting turned on by her smell?  That's no way to show my appreciation... I'm not Mama or Kiyohi-!!!"  Suddenly, like classical conditioning dictates, Ritsuka recalled why the fluids smelled so familiar as memories of the smotheringly devoted Mama Raikou, the deludedly obsessive Kiyohime and even the timidly aggressive Serenity, getting far more intimate than he was comfortable with.

Kiyohime was the most up front about her desires, isolating him whenever she could and talking about how she was ready for him to plant his 'heir' in her.  Whether he'd return that level of affection or not, she was always ready to receive his love.  Rakiou's Madness Enhancement manifested in uninhibited maternal instincts, and her view of a good lover being that of also being a good mother.  This often meant pure and innocuous motherly acts could arouse her lust as easily as satisfy her care giving instincts.  And, because of her poisonous body, Serenity is more sensitive to forms of physical contact than most.  A simple pat on the head is enough for her to get turned on, so long as Ritsuka is the one performing the act.

While Ritsuka had gotten better at dealing with each of these more aggressive Servants, and the plethora of his other Servants who were not always as direct with their affections, the common sensation that his brain had learned was a sign of impending trouble with the scent of a woman's arousal.  And right now, not only was Gorgon aroused, but he realized how he was the one to cause it!

"Gorgon, a-a-am I in y-your-"  He asked, bashfully.

"Not... not now Master.  I'm so close..."  Gorgon replied, feeling her impending climax mounting as she felt a couple of soldiers get squished under her breasts when she rolled over.  Seeing a survivor try to run out from under her chin, she rolled out her long tongue and wrapped around his chest, pulling him into her mouth before he could even scream.  "I'll let you out... when... when I'm finished.  Just keep still... or don't.  You... you feel so good squirming inside of me!"  She added, swallowing the treat in her mouth whole, live prey is always more arousing than mush.  Just as she reached the cusp of release, her Master from deep in her messy sex began to tenderly rub and caress his surroundings, sending her over the edge.  "Yes, yes!  Master, it feels so good!"  She cried out, arching her back and straightening her tail as her snake heads fired and omnidirectional petrification blast.

When the dust settled, Gorgon laid flat on her back sweaty and dirty from rolling on the ground, but a pleased grin on her face as she caught her breath.  Her hair uncoiled themselves from her body and once more, she looked down her body to a bloated stomach and past it she could feel the tiny life in her womb still gently stroking her from the inside.  Sitting up, she saw her snake heads hovering around her womanhood, waiting for Ritsuka to emerge.

"Such an impatient lot you all are."  She said, petting each of the eight heads.  "You could just let me enjoy this a bit longer."

"I can stay longer if you want."  Ritsuka commented, though it was hard to tell if he was joking or not.

"You do realize what an honor it is for you, right Master?  I may be a monster but the truth remains that I was once a Goddess, like my sisters.  To enter the sacred vessel of a Goddess, most would die for the chance."  She replied, using her masterful muscle control to bring him out of her.

"Does that mean I'll never get to again?"  Ritsuka asked as he was dropped into Gorgon's waiting palm and brought up to her face, her skirt fixing itself and cover her as he was withdrawn.

"Such an insolent question."  Gorgon said, regarding her cum-soaked Master wiping her excess satisfaction off his face.  "Perhaps you'd rather revisit my stomach instead?  There's still a bit of room."

"Sorry to interrupt..."  Da Vinci's voice cut in, giggling naughtily.

Apparently, SHEBA had difficulty observing Ritsuka's position because Gorgon's fury and magical energy created a localized field of interference similar to that during the Age of the Gods.  MNEMOSYNE was still able to prove his existence in the time period, and they were able to monitor his recovery, but they were unaware of how he was being healed.  Unable to forcefully terminate Ritsuka's Rayshift with him in such severe condition, and in light of something treating his injuries, Da Vinci decided that they'd wait until contact was re-established before they acted.  What they didn't expect was to see the tail end of the massive Avenger, with an equally massive stomach, pleasuring herself and then pulling the young Master from her sex.

Gorgon then explained how she healed Ritsuka, and while it was terse and stern like her usual mannerisms, there was an element of chagrin to her tone that nobody dared comment on.  When asked she even elaborated on what she did to his magic circuits, stating her reason as having a chance to enhance the flavor of future meals and taking it.  Again, since the result was positive nobody questioned her action.

There were still a few more hours until the FATE system refilled one of Ritsuka's Command Seals, so after cleaning her Master up, by tossing him in her mouth and sucking all the cum off, she hid him inside Gwen's mouth and feasted and slaughtered to her heart's content.

Finally it was time, and one of the faded marks on Ritsuka's right hand bloomed back to a solid red, so Gorgon flew them back over towards where they arrived so their departure wouldn't be interrupted.

"So, did you enjoy yourself Gorgon, or was it a poor substitute?"  Ritsuka asked as she set him down.

"Nothing can compare to real human blood and flesh, Master.  Those magical recreations lacked the subtle differences in flavors and viscosity that a real army would have."  She replied, remembering the admittedly rich in Mana but bland taste of the day's prey, the only truly noteworthy morsel passing her lips being her Master himself.  However, seeing his slightly dejected face, she sighed and lifted his gaze with a massive scaled finger.  "However, their screams, terror and deaths were quite nostalgic.  It was an enjoyable day, all things considered."

That little bit of praise perked Ritsuka up immensely and he smiled his adorably innocent smile up at her.  "Great, glad you enjoyed it."

"Yes.  I shall take it into account when deciding your punishment."  She added with a flirtatious, predatory grin.

"Punishment?!"  He asked nervously, swallowing audibly.

"For being so reckless, appropriate punishment must be administered to ensure such behavior is not repeated, correct?"  She asked, giggling.  "You will come to my room tonight before going to bed, understood?"

"Y-Yes Ma'am..."  The youth replied, defeated.

"You can have what's left with him after I'm done with him."  Da Vinci stated over the communicator sternly.

"And we'll be talking as well, Senpai."  Mash added, equally upset.

"Yes..."  He said, accepting his fate.  "Now, what's the best way to do this Gorgon?  Order you to re-seal your form, or just give you the Mana and let you do it yourself?"

"While both in practice are the same action, if you transfer the Mana to me I can increase the success rate of my previous seal if I attempt it while Rayshifting back."  She explained.

"Oh, because your body here is still in its sealed state.  That might just work."  Da Vinci added, vouching from the idea.

"Okay then. I, Fujimaru Ritsuka, offer my only Command Seal and its Mana to my Servant Gorgon."  He chanted, causing the renewed mark to fade once again.

The former Goddess Avenger felt a swell of magical energy fill her body, completely subsuming the paltry amount she had collected during the day.

"Instigating unsummon protocols."  Da Vinci said and the Master/Servant pair could feel their consciousnesses begin to drift away from the quiet, grassy plains.

As his senses began to readjust to his physical body once again, there was a loud crash and the sounding of sirens that caught Ritsuka's attention.  Exiting from his Coffin quickly, Ritsuka was greeted with the sight of Gorgon back in her sealed Avenger form, but curled up to not hit her head through the ceiling as she was now roughly 10 times taller than usual.

"Master..."  The now gigantic woman said with a heavy, unamused sigh.

The young Magus could only stand in stupefied awe of Gorgon's presence and beauty, opening his mouth to utter the only reply he could.  "Ah."

There was quite a bit of chaos that followed the fiasco that was recalling Ritsuka from what should have been a routine deployment to gather enhancement materials.  Several Servants rushed into the Command Room ready for combat only to see the greatly enlarged Avenger.  Many more came over time, each finding various degrees of amusement once they learned of the circumstances leading to such a comical result and all of them having something to say about their Master's initial idea.

Once things started to calm down, the issue of Gorgon's living quarters had to be addressed, since at nearly 60ft tall she obviously couldn't fit in any of the rooms Chaldea had available.  Ritsuka almost immediately asked if he could lend her one of the spare Holy Grails they had in storage to allow her to form a sort of mini-singularity or something until they figured out how to scale her back down to her original height.  Da Vinci was the first to voice her astonishment at how he could continue to think up such foolhardy ideas so earnestly, but short of creating and maintaining a Reality Marble, that was the only viable idea that she could also think of without putting a heavy burden on Chaldea's funds and resources.  Since nobody else voiced the other major concern, Gorgon asked Ritsuka what he'd do if she abused the power and created a true singularity instead.  Without a moment of hesitation, he said he never even considered she'd try something like that, but if she did he'd come in and bring her back to her senses.

After that, Gorgon was given a Holy Grail and Ritsuka was dragged off to Da Vinci's workshop for a lecture on proper uses of Command Seals.  Given the circumstances, the purple haired Servant could only think of one place to make her temporary home, making a wish on the magical implement.

It was deep into the evening by the time both Da Vinci and Mash had said their pieces to Ritsuka for his behavior, but the young man still had one more thing to do before he was allowed to go to sleep.  Without even thinking about it, he made his way to Gorgon's room and knocked on her door.  "Gorgon?  Are you still awake?"

"How often must you be reminded that Servant's do not need sleep, Master?"  She replied telepathically.  "No matter.  Enter, I've connected that portal to my domain."

"What do you mea-!?"  The young man began to ask, opening the door to find a field of shimmering light instead of the sparsely furnished room he had been expecting.  "Oh, right."  He chuckled, stepping through the portal to find himself in the arch of an open temple of Greek design surrounded by nothing but blue skies and a calm ocean.  The stone structures were cracked and damaged, but enough remained for Ritsuka to recognize landmarks of the Shapeless Isle, the home of Medusa and her sisters where she slowly turned into Gorgon.

A shadow fell over Ritsuka as he was looking around, and before he could turn around to greet it's caster, a head of hair in the shape of a snake wrapped around him and picked him up off the ground.  He was brought before Gorgon's face, an amused smirk on her face.  "Welcome, Master, to my Shapeless Isle.  What do you think?"

"It's as nice as I've heard."  He replied, looking around, seeing an assortment of statues he wasn't able to see before.  "Guests of yours?"

"Pests.  Filthy bugs that came looking for tempting fruit only to find their guardian."  She replied dismissively.  "Though some do make for good decoration.  You, however, have my permission to be here, so you need not worry, Master."

"... and him?"  Ritsuka asked, pointing to the muscular man wrapped up at the end of her tail with his trademark, undaunted smile.

"Haha!  Master, have you come to bed this lovely lady as well?"  The Celtic hero asked.  "Chaldea never ceases to amaze me with all the beauties you're able to summon!  Flidais and Medb were both the only women able to satisfy me by themselves, but never before have I questioned if I have enough stamina to satisfy a woman by myself!"  He let out a loud, boisterous laugh as he flexed his muscles and escaped her grip.  "But I've also never been one to run from a challenge!"

"Tress, can you put me down for a moment?"  Ritsuka asked the head wrapped around him, to which it complied.  Imposing himself between the two Servants, Ritsuka blocked the man's path with outstretched arms and stared him down.

"Oh, what's this Master?"  The lustful man asked, grinning.

"Get you own woman, Fergus!"  The young Master declared boldly.

"Oh?  Now, if I were to interpret that at face value Master, did you just dare to call me something equivalent to your lover?"  Gorgon asked.  She had planned on simply crushing the Celtic hero when he first arrived, but decided to pass the time until Ritsuka showed up tormenting him.  Instead, she had to listen to Fergus proclaim all the acts he wanted to perform on, with and in her as he put up a decent fight against her.  "Though I suppose today we did get quite intimate."  She added seductively licking her lips.

"Wh-What!?  N-No, no, no!  I... I, um... only meant that you don't exist for Fergus' lust!"  Ritsuka quickly replied, blushing intensely.

"Hmm... good answer Master."  She replied, focusing her gaze on the mass of lust know as Fergus mac Roich and activating her Cybele.  "Begone, wielder of the Rainbow Sword.  I must... pass sentence on Master."

Fergus was a second too late in trying to avert his eyes and was paralyzed in place as his body slowly petrify.  Still, his confident grin didn't fade from his face.  "Hey, hey, I'm already rock hard.  No need to go that far."  He joked, his arms and legs already stone.

"Couldn't you just... let him go?"  Ritsuka asked, glancing back at Gorgon and unwittingly looking into her Mystic Eyes!  Faster than Fergus, Ritsuka felt his whole body immediately turn to stone, sealing his senses in the cold, dark embrace of rock.

"Master!"  She exclaimed, deactivating her eyes and catching Ritsuka before he could fall and break.  Without even directing them to, Julia, Gwen, Leila, Tress and Keira each hovered over the petrified form and dripped venom from their fangs onto him.  As the toxic liquid made contact with the petrified Master's stone surface, it evaporated almost immediately, returning stone to flesh.  She ensured his back was treated too and his eyes began to blink once again she let out an almost unnoticeable sigh of relief.

"Heh, so that's how it is, is it?"  Fergus questioned, bearing witness to the entire scene as he slowly continued to turn to stone, only his head from the neck up still organic.  "While I'm not one to give up on a woman just because she's spoken for, I'll give up here for today.  Make sure... you admire... my... musc-"  Without being able to finish, Fergus finished petrifying with a confident, charming grin on his face, having struck a pose when he could still move.

"Go back to Chaldea and don't come back."  Gorgon replied, whipping her tail out and shattering Fergus with ease, the rubble fading into golden particles of light moments after it came to a rest.

"That was a little harsh, don't you think?"  Ritsuka asked once his senses returned to him enough to register his surroundings.

"You seem to forget, Master, that I harbor hatred for all of mankind, resent the lust-filled swine that tried to sink their filthy claws into my pure and weak sisters and am the nemesis of countless heroes.  I tolerate your other Servants to an extent because we all serve a common Contractor, but that man in particular I cannot suffer."  Gorgon replied, looking over Ritsuka's body to make sure he was back to normal.  "Not in my 'room' at least."

"Fair enough, but speaking of, this is really the Shapeless Isle?  And isn't this a singularity?  How did I get here without Rayshifting?"  The young Master asked, patiently waiting for her to put him down.

"This isn't the true Shapeless Isle my sisters and I spent most of our lives on, only a recreation since like my less cursed self this place is deeply connected to my Spirit Origin.  Our true home has long since migrated to the Reverse Side of the World."  She explained, holding him in her palm as she strode across the island.  "I've used the Grail you've given me to connect that arch and the door to my room in Chaldea, and technically speaking this is a singularity. It's just occurring in the present, akin to how the Salem singularity was, and obscured from modern society."

"Oh, I just physically wandered in, like all the men that ended up in Agarth?"  He theorized.

"Yes, very much like that.  Chaldea is already 'monitoring' these coordinates, but there is nothing worth Rayshifting here for."  She said, making her way to an area ringed with dozens of male statues.  "Though I lack the Territory Creation skill to make alterations.  This is the Shapeless Isle as I remember it."

"Well, I'm happy you don't have to worry about head-space here."  Ristuka joked, chuckling.

"Indeed..."  She replied, not nearly as amused but smiled slightly all the same.  "Instead I've taken the time to consider you punishment, my foolish Master."  Tilting her hand and curling her fingers into a loose fist, Gorgon easily trapped the youth in her grip.

"Maybe... we could enjoy each other's company and listen to the waves instead?"  He offered with a nervous chuckle as she settled into her reclined position balanced on her tail in the middle of all the statues.

"Yes, I do so love listening to the waves softly wash against the shore."  She agreed, looking out towards the ocean with a sublime yet lonely gaze.  "It pairs well with a delightful snack, I find."  She added, turning back to Ritsuka licking her lips.

"Or we could discuss my punishment!  I was completely in the wrong today."  He quickly said, laughing weakly.

"Wise choice."  Gorgon agreed, nodding her head and opening her hand for him to sit on her palm again.  "I require 7 Command Seals within the next 10 days.  You shall supply them to me, understood?"

"Well... yeah, I can do that, but why?"  The young Master asked.

"In part, to overwhelm my Saint Graph and forcefully seal my height back down to a manageable size."  She admits, blushing a bit when talking about her height.

"Okay, that shouldn't be a problem... but that doesn't seem like much of a punishment."  He said, since using Command Seals doesn't burden his body and despite the fact that the FATE system can recharge a single Command Seal per day, in the past year he's used maybe 30.  As they should be, Ritsuka typically only uses Command Seals when left with no choice.

"That isn't your punishment, Master."  She corrected him, smiling again.  "It's the least you can do to help fix you reckless actions.  Serving me until I've received the 7th Seal is."

"And how is that a punishment?"  Ritsuka asked himself but merely smiled at his gigantic Servant.

"So long as you are not deployed on some mission or off farming for materials, you shall side by my side and assist me should my new, unwanted size cause me any difficulties."  She explained further, hearing no argument.  "You will do as I instruct, when I instruct and without hesitation or complaint.  Understood?"

"Oh well, if I have to."  He replied with a huge smile on his face, his sarcasm readily apparent.  "Though, I suppose since it's so late, I should get back to My Room.  I'll come back first thing in the morning, okay?"

"Not so fast, my Mas- no, I suppose currently you are my servant."  The purple haired Avenger stated.  "In any case, there is still a task I'll have to insist you do before leaving."

"O-Okay...  Wha-?"  Just as Ritsuka was about to question Gorgon, the sound of knuckles rapping against metal echoed from the sky.

"Gorgon-sama, are you there?"  A female voice asked, which Ritsuka recognized as one of his newest Assassin Servants, Mochizuki Chiyome.

"Ah, perfect time, little Orochi girl.  Don't mind the portal and enter."  Gorgon replied, straightening up and slithering towards the arch where all her guests arrive.  However, when she got in view of the entry point of her Isle, she saw not only the black haired, petite Miko, but also but also the silver haired serial killer Wraith.

"My apologies, Gorgon-sama.  I ran into Jack-chan on my way here and she insisted on joining us today."  Chiyome explained, bowing to Gorgon in apology.  "My, I heard that you had grown, but I never imagined by this much!"

"Hey Extra Big Snake Lady!  We came over to play!"  Jack greeted, smiling brightly.

"I suppose I shall allow it."  Gorgon sighed, how a Chaotic Evil creature could be so innocent, bright and energetic was beyond her.  "Yes... Master is reflecting on his actions."

"Oh, Oyakata-sama, you were here as well?"  Chiyome asked, seeing Ritsuka sitting on Gorgon's palm.  "I assume you will be going to sleep soon?  I wish you pleasant dreams."

"Oh, Mommy's here!  Mommy, you should join us!"  Jack exclaimed, waving excitedly.

"And join us he shall, little one."  Gorgon confirmed with a devilish smile before Ristuka could say anything.  "Though, 'Mommy' here is being punished for being irresponsible, so he'll be waiting on us while we bathe."  She clarified, not taking her eyes off the young Magus.

"What!?"  Freaking out a bit and blushing so intensely his face threatened to combust, Ritsuka hadn't expected this kind of 'punishment'.

"Yay!  Yay!  Mommy's finally going to take a bath with us!"  Jack cheered happily, jumping up and down.

"Being served by Oykata-sama!?  N-no, no, I couldn't possibly..."  The faithful kunoichi said, blushing at the thought.  "As Oyakata-sama's Servant, it is too inappropriate!"

"Oh?  But this is for his own good."  Gorgon countered with a playful smile.  "Should you not also see to it that your Master's misbehavior is corrected?"

"I... I suppose."  The black haired girl replied, not entirely convinced but unable to think of a good rebuttal.

"And you'll accept your punishment with grace, right Master?"  The giant Avenger asked.

"Ye... Yes."  He replied, hanging his head in defeat.  She literally had him in the palm of her hand.

"Good, then let us be off."  Gorgon announced, bringing her tail down next to the two Assassin girls.

After they climb on, Gorgon took them all over to the natural hot springs that, in life, she and her sisters used.  It seemed that the nudity part of bathing with Ritsuka wasn't what bothered Chiyome at all, as she stripped as quickly as Jack and Gorgon once they arrived, but putting the young Master in a subservient role.  She constantly tried to attend to Ritsuka, offering to wash his back or massage his shoulders, but Gorgon ensured that he was the one serving them.  As such, he washed the two smaller Servants' hair and bodies, which Jack loved but both Ritsuka and Chiyome were more than embarrassed by, and washed their hair before attending to Gorgon's gigantic body.

The Avenger showed no mercy for the clearly abashed youth, enjoying his struggle with his arousal as she had him clean even her most delicate areas.  His rubbing of her nipples was pleasing, his scrubbing of her clitoris was teasing and when he got to the underside of the base of her tail she couldn't help lowering it and wedging him down into her plump buttocks.  Meanwhile, Jack swam around in the surprisingly large natural bath and had fun playing with Gorgon's hair snakes while Chiyome and Gorgon made small talk.

After a pleasant bath, and having Ritsuka also dry them off, Gorgon escorted everyone back to the archway so they could go back to their respective rooms.

"Gorgon-sama, as always I enjoyed our time together."  The petite kunoichi stated, bowing politely to the giant hostess.  "Your home, while slightly desolate, is beautiful all the same.  Thank you very much for the invitation."

"Yeah!  Thanks Mega Snake Lady!"  Jack agreed energetically.  "Let's bathe together again Mommy."

"Y-Yes...  I do so appreciate being in your care as well, Oyakata-sama."  Chiyome added, smiling innocently.

"N-No problem, you two..."  Ritsuka replied, blushing just remembering their naked bodies, though for obvious reasons Gorgon's was the one that made the most profound impact.  "I suppose we should head back to Chaldea now.  I'll see you in the morning, alright Gorgon?"

The purple haired Avenger, still holding her Master in her palm, looked at him with a questioning gaze.  "While you are correct, why do you assume you are returning?  Do you not understand what 'serving me until I've received the 7th Seal' means?  You will be sleeping here with me until your punishment ends."  She said matter-of-factually.

"Wait, what?!"  Ritsuka asked.  "How was that obvious?"

"No fair!"  Jack cried out, puffing out her cheeks.  "Mommy doesn't let us sleep with him anymore!  Why does Snake Lady get to and not us?  Can we sleep over too?  Please?"

Sighing deeply, Gorgon turned away from her guests, but brought her tail back to the child-like serial killer.  "Only for tonight."  She said, waiting for Jack to climb on.  "Have a pleasant evening, little Orochi girl.  Until I am able to fit in the facilities of Chaldea again we'll conduct our meetups here."

"Understood.  Well then, Gorgon-sama, Oyakata-sama, Jack-chan.  If you'll excuse me, I shall take my leave first."  Chiyome said, bidding the three farewell as she vanished.

Because it had gotten so late, when Gorgon brought Ritsuka and Jack to her sleeping area there was little left to be said as the two of them almost immediately fell asleep, encircled by her hair as blankets.  Jack, for all her joyful mannerisms and happy-go-lucky attitude, clutched tightly to Ritsuka in her sleep, muttering in her sleep with a worried expression that only fade when he unconsciously embraced her himself.  Gorgon knew Ritsuka viewed Jack like a daughter, so while she did in practice have to compete with the little avatar of over 10,000 Wraiths for her Master's attention, it wasn't the same and thus tolerable.

Being born a natural Goddess of the Earth, but corrupted into a monster by her curse, Gorgon even in life wasn't used to sleeping.  She stayed up, staring out over the horizon as she listened to the surrounding water splash against her shores.  When enough time had passed, she looked back to Ritsuka and hovered her hand over his body.

"You're so trusting and accepting, Master... If only all humans were like you, perhaps..."  She thought, laying her hand upon his body gently and slowly running a finger down the length of his body.  As she did, a portion of Ritsuka life essence, the energy that could potentially coalesce into a Saint Graph, was drawn from him and she placed it into the Grail she was lent.  "No matter.  Humans need only be my prey, as they have little use otherwise.  But you Master, I shall slowly draw out a bit more of your soul and together with your Command Seals I should be able to forcefully link your soul to my Saint Graph when I reapply my seal.  After that, when you inevitably do reach the end of your mortal life, our bond should be sufficient that, like that air-headed Goddess of the Hunt, we can manifest as paired Servants... should such a miracle even come to pass again."  Without any prying eyes about, Gorgon allowed herself to smile gently down to her precious Master.  So innocent and vulnerable, not to mention such a wonderful flavor!  Her mouth watered just remembering the tongue massage he gave her, and her nethers still tingled.  "Though, even if we never do get summoned again, with you by my side I could still accept it.  So long as I have you, the first and only human to find beauty in not only my human-like features, but also my monstrous ones as well, eternity doesn't seem so bad anymore.  Not even my hatred for all of men could possible despise someone who has accepted me for who and what I am, my dear, naive, precious Master."