Dragon Clan: Fujimaru-san is saving the world

The snowflakes are falling all over the sky, flying like goose feathers, like willow catkins, like reed flowers, like light smoke, flowing and chasing, spotless when they come, and not disturbed when they fall.

The night in Tokyo is hot, and the brightly lit electrical appliances bring heat. The snow that falls on them to rest on melts in an instant, but also brings the last trace of coolness to this overheated machine.

The nights in Tokyo are noisy, but the drunken retching of social animals, the mechanical greetings of waiters, or the Christmas songs echoing in the streets all seem to be covered with cotton wool covered by heavy snow, casting a layer of silence and tranquility.

Tokyoites love snow scenes, which can calm down this frighteningly fast city, even for a moment.

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Ryoka were sitting on the balcony of the love hotel. In this weather, there were no mosquitoes, only the melodious and soothing Christmas music coming from the distance, and the lingering fragrance of the love hotel.

Sitting on a folding stool specially designed for camping, the interesting retro kerosene lamp bloomed with warm light, and the two of them looked into the distance in tacit understanding.

What should you say when old friends meet again?

After Fujimaru Ritsuka came to this world, she has summoned many servants including Minamoto Yorimitsu, Shuten Doji, Achilles, Finn, etc.

Although there was no one with whom he could communicate this matter, Fujimaru Ritsuka did not deliberately tell anyone that he could talk to heroic spirits.

In fact, the girl had asked many questions before summoning Minamoto Yorimitsu.

【Why did I come to this world? 】

【Where are you? 】

[How is Chaldea doing now? 】

Waiting questions.

However, the answer was not so satisfactory.

According to Minamoto Yorimitsu, at the last moment of her memory, the interior of Chaldea collapsed again for some reason. The energy was cut off and it was unable to provide a living environment for all the heroic spirits, forcing the repatriation of all heroic spirits.

Moreover, after that, the heroic spirits cannot even summon themselves.

Just like in the Temple of the Final Crown, the operation of coming to the world solely through the independent consciousness of heroic spirits is completely prohibited, and all heroic spirits can only be isolated from the world in confusion.

Naturally, no heroic spirit knows the specific situation in Chaldea.

Although Fujimaru Ritsuka did not show disappointment at the time, she was still affected.

At this time, it was too troublesome to have two rituals that emphasized differences again and again, so we simply called them the Root Style.

The root type is an alien in the world. If it were her, she might know something.

With this thought in mind, Fujimaru Ritsuka asked the other party.

However--

"Master, you have grown into such a smart child, why do you ask this question specifically?"

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Gensashi smiled and answered the question with a rather naughty question.

But indeed, Ritsuka knew the answer.

Just like how White King was unwilling to tell Fujimaru the memory to avoid abandoning the hole and causing her to self-destruct, it must be kept by the little devil at this time, and the memory involving the current situation of Chaldea also has the possibility of self-destruction of the girl.

Therefore, King Bai is unwilling to give the answer, so the root form will naturally not be revealed.

".Then let's change the topic."

Fujimaru, who knew that he couldn't tell anything from Genshiki's poker face, didn't hesitate. Instead, he decided to just follow Genshiki's hair and say what he thought.

"Then, in the name of the Command Seal, I order——" The girl raised her hand in a casual tone. "Shiki, the whole topic."

"Yes, then I'm sorry to offend you - but to be honest, I'm basically only interested in you, Master, so I also want you to tell me the story of this world in your own words."

"Can't you all see it?"

"Being able to see it is different from being able to tell it in person, and it's precisely because I can see it that I find it interesting." Genshi spoke affectionately but soothingly.

"After all, you have changed a lot, Master."

"I?"

This topic was a bit sudden, causing Ritsuka to react and look at Genshiki in confusion.

"Well, in the past, you would have tightened your heart strings even more, and you would not open your heart to anyone, including me, at all. If I have to evaluate you at that time -"

The root style seems to be deliberately general, and the tone is paused.

"It's as if we were bound by the heroic spirits (us) and that long journey."

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The girl's fingers twitched, and her face subconsciously frowned.

Fujimaru Ritsuka can maintain a poker face most of the time, which can be said to be mature or excellent.

Even in his previous life, in the simple game of negotiation, he had the confidence to be as confident as any heroic spirit. He even dared to take the initiative to play blackjack and Texas Hold'em with Professor Moriarty, and to play with Sherlock Holmes and three other landlords. .

The reason for the superb skills, few people in Chaldea know

——That’s because almost no one can shake what she really cares about in her heart.

Fujimaru Ritsuka is unexpectedly a person who is hot on the outside and cold on the inside.

It’s not that I’m cold-tempered;

She doesn't seem to understand her own existence very well, so she talks about living, but her words and deeds are full of strong self-destructive tendencies and obsessions.

Only a few people in Chaldea pay attention to these things.

Unfortunately, Shiki is one of them.

Did she say that on purpose? Why exactly?

After all, why does this tense suddenly appear?

The mind is still thinking, but the body has already reacted.

"Shiki, even if it's a joke, it's not funny." Almost subconsciously, Ritsuka looked at Shiki without hesitation.

"This kind of rhetoric doesn't make people happy at all. Don't throw all my previous gaffes on the heroic spirits. It's me who can't do it well, not them."

"Yeah?"

However, Shiki didn't seem to be trying to dodge.

Seeing that the girl was still defending her former partner, Shiki's face was still calm and elegant, not paranoid or biased, just as calm as the still snow.

"But doesn't it seem to me that this is the source of your troubles?"

"Even if we exclude all additional factors, we only pursue the most fundamental question - does Fujimaru Ritsuka need a Servant, or does a Servant need Fujimaru Ritsuka?"

"Isn't that obvious?" Ritsuka spoke faster, but her eyes couldn't help but twinkle. "I'm the one who wants help."

Seeing this, Shiki just chuckled a few times.

"Really, if you think so, then I agree."

Shiki did not continue speaking, but smiled more elusively as if he "knows something".

"However, even you think that you can live more casually in this world, right?"

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"What I can see is the smile you put on your face after you first communicated with Minamoto in that izakaya, letting go of everything."

".That is"

Along with Shiki's words, Fujimaru Ritsuka's memory goes back to the first moment.

At the beginning of entering the mysterious side, the first thoughts I revealed.

[No longer the only remaining Master in the world, no longer the only savior. Even if he falls, thousands of "common people" will stand up behind him and defeat the so-called Nidhogg, the evil one. Dragon King. 】

[Would it be better to say that there must be guys with more perseverance and ambition than myself, right? 】

The emotions of that moment returned to my heart.

It was unprecedentedly enjoyable. 】

At that time, no acquaintances of Fujimaru Ritsuka were around her, so no one noticed what this reaction meant.

"The moment you know you no longer need to take responsibility, that is the most sincere heart."

Shi suddenly reached out his hand and touched the Master's face.

The fingertips traced the delicate skin on the side of the face. The girl's body trembled slightly and then stopped shaking. She stayed in place and let the distance between the two people close until their breathing gradually overlapped.

"Obviously I have gained happiness after coming back to this world and have changed a lot, but recently I have returned to the way I used to be."

At an extremely close distance, Shiki's empty blue eyes were beautiful and intoxicating, but his words were so cold that the girl almost forgot to stop breathing.

"You're tired, aren't you?"

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"You also want to do the work at the bottom of the underworld, you want to watch others take away the position of the savior, you want to relax, and you want to return to your daily life."

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"You are the most dazzling existence in this world. Even I only look forward to it, but I have never really been 100% convinced that you can cross the 'abandoned hole' and face the evil in your heart and the evil in the world - but even if Just because you did it, it doesn’t mean that the path to pursuing good is blocked.”

"Just because you are eager to escape like ordinary people, you are so dazzling and shining."

"Carrying the new [Principle of Salvation], is it because you really want to save everyone, or is it because - this is the only way you can go?"

"That"

The orchid-like heat flutters in the winter snowflakes and falls to the ground leisurely.

"Who forced you this time?"

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The snow is still dancing in the air, as if it has frozen and hidden human voices.

In front of Shi, the Master who had never shown weakness finally showed his truest look after being exposed.

It was a completely different feeling from the previous warmth.

That was an emotion Fujimaru Ritsuka would never show to anyone.

The orange gloss is like a layer of frost, and the snow flakes are gradually falling off.

Cold and indifferent.

Although it was only for a moment, Shiki seemed to finally see the truth that was suppressed deep in the girl's heart and that even she herself might not have noticed.

This kind of reality stings the heart, but at the same time it flows into the heart like honey.

Fujimaru Ritsuka is no saint.

The abandoned hole manages her sinful, negative emotions.

Even so, she was once on the verge of collapse.

But now, she has chosen to face the abandoned hole and bear her sins again.

How could that immature [Principle of Salvation] help her to that extent?

Genshiki doesn't know the answer because she doesn't want to see it, and regardless of the collapse and fall of Fujimaru Ritsuka's achievement of [reason], or the sublimation of enlightenment, it will become a concept that rivals or even equals her own.

I can’t even see it myself.

so.

"childish."

"Oh?"

He answered simply, and the sudden voice made Shi Wei startled.

However, Fujimaru Ritsuka chose to pursue the victory at this time.

"Shiki is right, but—"

Fujimaru Ritsuka closed her eyes, as if remembering something.

Scenes flashed by.

There was a laugh.

Walked by one by one.

Missed one by one.

She began to grow from a tender bud, nourished and watered by time. Countless bright souls passed by, but they could not get the answer for her.

Save the world, destroy the world.

A forced rescue.

Innocent people kidnapped by the world.

Life is as bitter as a song, but life is as bright as a song.

"——There is only one kind of heroism in the world, and that is to recognize the essence of life but still love life."

When she opened her eyes again, Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly stretched out her hands, touching her shoulders to push her a little further away from her, and brought the two back to a safe distance.

"Maybe I really don't like work and just want to live an ordinary life lazily, but -"

The girl looked at Shi Shi seriously and said her answer.

"People cannot be sad for the happiness they have not obtained, but can only embrace everything they have."

"It is human nature to pursue pleasure that you don't have, but since you have gained everything now, you cannot belittle the past because of it. So I don't feel that the heroic spirit is my bondage, and I don't feel that it is really wronged for me to save the world. "

The girl thought for a while.

"There used to be, but I'm happier now."

"People will grow."

"Just a few hours ago, I have grown into a bad woman who can carelessly go to an amusement park even on the eve of the end of the world~"

"So again, I have no regrets."

His expression suddenly softened, and Ritsuka looked tired but relaxed.

The relaxed micro-expression is a signal and a hint, not to Ritsuka himself, but to the princess who is connected to the root.

The moment Shiki's heart melted into that look, the girl captured that moment of relaxation like the most astute and ruthless hunter.

She stood up slowly and opened her hands.

Hug the person you just pushed away, and hug the servant in front of you who takes pity on you.

So she said.

"I'm fine now."

"Thank you, Shiki."

Linking to the root means knowing everything, but actually knowing everything is a false proposition.

Even Shiki can't know everything in the world, or he can't see it.

So this was the first time she "heard" the conversation at this moment.

It can't be said that she was moved. She rarely had such disturbances.

It's just the itching feeling of your heart being gently brushed and caressed by the person in front of you.

Want to hug her.

But in the end, she still failed to turn her idea into reality. After all, she was as illusory as a bubble.

There is no point in leaving memories or emotions, only melancholy and sadness will remain.

but.

At this point, the flow reverses for the second time.

"And~~~"

Fujimaru Ritsuka chuckled, curled up the corners of his mouth, suddenly brushed his hand across his cheek, brushed his eyeballs with his fingers in a very subtle movement, took off his transparent contact lenses, and then deliberately made a free and handsome face.

Slender fingers gently lifted Shi's chin.

"If I hadn't suffered those hardships, how could I have met a beauty like Shiki?"

She smiled sarcastically.

Orange soft and bright hair is scattered in front of the forehead, slanting handsome eyebrows, slender and sharp eyes, thin and lightly pursed lips, and sharp outlines, like stars within stars in the dark night.

At that moment, the colors of the world dimmed, leaving only the white sky.

Perhaps with "revenge" in mind, Fujimaru Ritsuka planned to be willful for the only time in his life.

Release your almost cheating charm completely without any seal!

Fujimaru's aura is fully activated, and no living thing can resist it. It is a genuine exceptional weapon.

Even in the root form, his eyes widened slightly at that moment.

Then--

"Oh~ Is it because the body of this little girl named Eriyi is used? It actually has a strong heartbeat and physiological reaction."

His face was red, but his expression still seemed to be at ease.

Also, the Shikimoto that links the roots symbolizes absolute beauty. Seeing Fujimaru Ritsuka is probably like looking in the mirror - not even a completely perfect mirror. After all, from the "absolute" level, the Shikiwa that links the roots It's just that Ritsuka Fujimaru, who has outstanding personal characteristics, is different.

She could see that what Fujimaru Ritsuka was doing was to hide her inner embarrassment, but she also gave an answer at the same time.

She has no regrets.

Not only do I not regret it, but I also intend to continue on this "wrong path".

Even if this changes the child’s original vision——

The desire to "become an ordinary person" was completely shattered.

She can't go back to her past dreams, but she doesn't intend to complain. Instead, she accepts her imperfect life and herself and continues to move forward.

At the end of the struggle, at the end of the ordinary, I looked back and saw that I had left footprints on the vast snow. Looking up again, I saw the spring with flowers in full bloom.

After getting the answer, Root Pose seemed to close his eyes with contentment.

"Sure enough, the conversation with you is still so pleasant, but let's end it here for today." Her tone was still so gentle, but suddenly weakened, as if she was exhausted.

"The story you want to know will probably be told to you in the near future."

"It's a pity that even I can't guarantee your future."

The existence named Nidhogg, the existence named White King.

If it is true that the White King was killed by the Black King as described in the myth, it means that Nidhogg at least also has the ability to connect to the root.

Only the existence of the same person can stop the White King and Shiki's absolute future vision.

Just like she said.

Bai Wang just did his best and hoped that Fujimaru Ritsuka would respond to her expectations.

She did it.

Regardless of style expectations.

Or the White King's expectations.

But now, only the last volume is left to save the world.

"By the way, Master, although this is just my selfishness, please treat the owner of this body well."

At the end of Shiki's consciousness completely disappearing, she suddenly remembered something and spoke.

"Her relationship with King Bai is probably like my relationship with Shiki, so I feel a little pity for her, so the compatibility is surprisingly good - she was able to appear just now with the help of a class card, so this child doesn't need to be with her If the other heroic spirits have made a contract, I will be the one to guide them."

"Shi" waved his hand gently at the end of the separation.

"I will train her to the point where she can help you."

ps: When I was creating the character of Fujimaru Ritsuka, I said that I wanted to write a character that grows and changes. The current changes may not be the path that the original fgo will take, but it is indeed changing.

Fujimaru Ritsuka’s dream of being an ordinary person will probably never come back—?

Ha, who knows.

But it is true that I think Fujimaru will be pushed to take on more responsibilities that she should not have, whether it is the original work or this work.

I think it is important to face the issue of how to balance the gap between self-expectations and reality.

And the spiritual growth only ends here, and the strength is already too strong (but I think this is the strength and character that is in line with the savior who has the greatest achievement in human history)

Up to now, the character of Fujimaru Ritsuka has experienced more than one transformation. As a continuation, what she lacks is only "redemption" and the "inheritance" proposed before.

Within two volumes, I'm going to get it done.

This chapter is very messy, it’s the same sentence, I don’t have much time to polish it (damn, I want a god-like brain like CG)

And there won’t be any plots like this chapter or Tokyo Tower in the future (because it’s easy to get scolded).

Next, there is only the plot of Fujimaru Ritsuka doing practical things and doing big things.

The recommended video from station b is also bgm of this chapter: BV1c3411K7Mt

You should be able to see it if you directly search for Fulian, the one played by Two Million.