<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;">Servant Assassin</span></span><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;">Where:</span>McFarlane Estate<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;">With:</span>Caster McFarlane<br/><hr/>Well well, straight down to business, it would appear.  The basic information the Grail supplied Assassin on the workings of modern magecraft was interesting, if somewhat appalling.  Wielding magic in this day and age required using that particular channel?  It wasn't wasteful of prana, at least, but in her day, it would have been considered a disturbingly drastic thing to do, just to wield the forces of magic.  Alas, it seemed the Earth's mana had dwindled significantly since her time, and so people were no longer anywhere near as capable as they had once been...<br/><br/>"I see.  You certainly seem quite competent in your use of magic, Master.  As for myself..."  Trailing off for a few seconds, the servant shrugged.  "I must admit, the Assassin class suits me ill.  I have the qualifications to have entered this war as a Caster, and even as an Assassin, I still possess some of the talents of that other class.  Still, I am stealthy enough to spy upon our enemies, at the very least, and if allowed to fight in the manner to which I am accustomed, I daresay I could win this war without even drawing a blade."<br/><br/>The updates given to her by the Grail on other facets of modern society, however, were quite interesting.  It appeared as though women had achieved many hard-won political, social, and economic rights in the centuries that had passed since her death, to the point that a married woman could even run a country without fear of her husband taking political power from her.  Compared to the things she had been forced to do to maintain her power base back during her lifetime...  Well, it was worth doing proper research on, at the very least.