Shape Moon, The Road to the Magician

"It's really amazing……"

"what you mean?"

"The development of things is really unexpected. After all, even a man like that can finally find his own wish, but……"The earl smiled and pointed at Kotomine Kirei.

"As you can guess, Emiya Kiritsugu's will may have been shaken.

In the current situation, not only Assassin, but also Saber's precious combat power has been lost."

The count clearly analyzed Amakusa Shiro's current situation.

"What to do next? Face the attacks of Lancer and Rider at the same time? That would just be self-destruction."

Hearing this, Amakusa on the side did not answer immediately. He just looked up at the cross above his head and was still praying silently.

"Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven"

"——Amen."

The cold moonlight in the night sky shone on Amakusa Shiro through the skylight.

The silver light illuminated the entire area under his feet, as holy and bright as heaven, and he was standing on this heavenly step.

"……"

Seeing that he didn't answer, the count didn't ask further questions. He just raised his finger and let out a ball of flame to light a cigarette for himself.

It doesn't matter...

A guy like him must have other back-ups, but those have nothing to do with him.

There is no need to get involved, just watch silently

"It's ready to start……"

Amakusa Shiro said silently, and then he slowly stood up and looked at the earl standing behind him.

"Sorry A·venger, maybe I have to leave first."

"leave?"

The count was stunned for a moment, but he quickly guessed his plan.

"Are you going to commit suicide?"

"Well, you can understand it that way, but I prefer to call it martyrdom."Amakusa Shiro smiled helplessly.

"Martyr?"

"Krypton Hahahahaha - this really fits your name."The earl grinned, his golden eyes showing a little surprise.

"But can you really do it? You should know very well what kind of hell is there. Do you really want to use your will to fight against that kind of malice? Did you win?"

"I will win, I must win, as long as I can complete the rescue, it doesn’t matter even if I fall into hell……"

"But you are right, if just an ordinary soul enters it, even the Servant will eventually be swallowed up by that malice."

"Even so, are you still involved?

This is not something that can be made up for by relying on human consciousness. You should know this better than me, right... The things in it can even eliminate the self."

It is precisely because we understand the malice of human beings that we have to save the world.

For Shiro Amakusa, no one knows the accumulated malice better than him.

But it is precisely because of this that he has to go——

"Yes, of course I know how far the malice accumulated for so long can reach. I can probably guess the scene inside the Holy Grail. I'm afraid it has already reached the level that it can corrode the Servant's will. But there are exceptions to everything, and there is one thing that can never be eroded"

"you mean?"

Amakusa Shiro took out the yellowed Bible from his arms, with a smile on his face:"That is the soul of the saint. The soul of the saint is a pure existence that cannot be corroded by any malice. It can even purify everything in this world. evil, inscribing his will in it"

"And what I have to do now is to become a saint!"

While narrating with a smile, Amakusa Shiro took out his tachi Miike Noita and stabbed it into the chest without hesitation.

Puff - this was the sound of the sword piercing the flesh.

A bright red color ran down the body, dyeing it red. carpet underfoot

"Um...this really hurts."

Amakusa Shiro smiled, and then started to release the Noble Phantasm with his last breath.

His arms flashed with different lights.

Dark magic surged in his right arm; bright magic surged in his left arm;

"Right Hand·Evil Predation (Right Hand - Evil Eater); Left Wrist Tianhui Jipan (Left Hand -"Xanadu Matrix"

Amakusa Shiro released his Noble Phantasm in a low voice. Two energy balls of different colors, light and dark, began to compress continuously, and finally merged into his body.

These two groups of light are for the believers who are walking on the difficult road. They have the hope that the Skeleton Key, which was transformed from the hands that have repeatedly evoked miracles, can be connected to any magic base, and now he connects it with the Great Holy Grail and the leyline of Fuyuki City. Finally, connect with your own soul.

The next thing to do is to eliminate the excess will in your soul, retain only the purest salvation obsession, and make your soul as pure as expected. Only the absolute kindness that far outweighs the evil can save the world.

"So, let’s start correcting!!"

With an angry roar, the magic circuits on his body began to operate crazily, and light blue lines instantly covered his body.

The blazing magic power and terrifying correction power gradually converged on his brain.

"Merciful Lord, my life is in your hands; my faith is with you……"

"Our Heavenly Father, may your holy name be glorified; may your kingdom come on earth——"

He is a saint not recognized by the world, a sad saint who only exists in Amakusa style.

Even if the believers know his true name, very few recognize his achievements.

He also believed that he could not compare with those truly noble saints.

During the Shimabara Rebellion, he got involved in hell, failed to save everything, and could not reverse the tragedy. He is not worthy of being called a saint.

But, even so, even though he is like this, not understood or recognized by the world, he still has a long-cherished wish to save the world.

For him, it doesn't matter even if he is not understood, it doesn't matter even if he is not known, because now he will be with the Lord

"A——Men!!"

As the last prayer fell, the energy balls of light and darkness continued to compress, and finally began to flow into his brain along his magic circuit, and the command spells on his arms began to shine in unison.

【In the name of all the Command Seals he gave, Amakusa Shiro persisted - and became a saint! 】

Obviously he was experiencing pain like his soul being torn apart, but Amakusa Shiro only felt peaceful, his mind began to empty out, and the obsessions he had had seemed to disappear at this moment.

He seemed to see the original version of himself again, the purest version of himself.

"Hey, why is Amakusa still standing here? Everyone has been waiting for you for a long time."In a daze, he felt someone poking at the corner of his clothes. When he came back to his senses, it was still those familiar faces. Have you all come to pick me up?……

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

He slowly closed his eyes, then stopped breathing, and fell into a deep sleep in the church.

He would not wake up again.

Along with it, the noble soul rose and returned to the Holy Grail.

If you want to realize your long-cherished wish, you must If someone needs to bleed, then he will sacrifice for such a guy without hesitation...

Looking at the gradually dissipating spirit, the cave king blew out a smoke ring. The cigarette held between his index finger and middle finger was already gone. burn out

"From the moment you decide to sacrifice, you have become a true saint, a saint that belongs only to you.……"

……

……

Station in Fuyuki City.

Tokiomi Tosaka, who has already taken care of the follow-up matters, led his wife and daughter to wait for the last train to Tokyo.

Now he had changed out of the red suit that he had always stuck to, and replaced it with a set of ordinary casual clothes. His face was no longer serious and tense, and he looked at his wife and daughter in front of him with a soft expression.

His eldest daughter Tohsaka Rin suddenly grabbed his sleeve and asked with some confusion:"Dad, why do you suddenly take us on a trip? The school is not on vacation yet."

Tokiomi Tokiomi rubbed Tohsaka's hand. Rin's little head leaned over and comforted softly:"Don't worry Rin, I have already arranged a vacation for you. This time our family will go to Tokyo for a while. What's wrong, Rin? Go with Sakura and her parents. Not happy traveling?"

"happy!"Tohsaka Rin answered immediately, then took Sakura's hand and ran around happily.

Seeing such energetic eldest daughter Tohsaka Tokiomi couldn't help but smile.

"Tokiomi……"Tohsaka Aoi looked at her husband with some worry.

Although she didn't know what was happening, she could tell something was wrong.

First, Tokiomi arranged for the mother and daughter to live somewhere else, and then Kariya wrote her a farewell letter, saying that they were going to travel somewhere far away.

But she always felt a little uneasy.

But when she called Matou Kariya again, she found that no one answered the call.

Now her husband seemed to be a different person, no longer as reserved as before, and actually chose to take her and their daughters on a trip like an ordinary family.

These anomalies made her feel uneasy. It can be said that she was really scared.

"It's okay, Aoi. Hurry up and spend some time with Sakura and Rin. I'll be back later."

Tosaka Tokiomi patted his wife's hand, comforting her to relax, and then slowly stood up and walked around the corner of the station under her worried eyes. The blond young man who was leaning against the wall glanced at him lightly.

Gil. Gamesh asked coldly:"Tosaka Tokiomi, do you know what you have done?"

"Of course, my king."

Tokiomi Tosaka sighed, his smile filled with a little helplessness and relief:"I lost the Command Seal, chose to give up the Holy Grail, and gave up the long-cherished wish of the Tosaka family.……"

"Sorry, Archer, no, the great hero king, King Gilgamesh. I'm very sorry for what happened before"

"what you mean?"Gilgamesh stared at the completely different Tosaka Tokiomi before him.

"Wang, I believe you have discovered it a long time ago. My respect for you does not come from the bottom of my heart. I am only looking at you for your strength. In other words, from beginning to end, I just regard you as a tool."

"My original plan was to use you to obtain the Holy Grail, and then immediately use the three-stroke command spell to force you to leave."

Tosaka Tokiomi admitted very frankly, even Gilgamesh was a little surprised.

"Unexpectedly, you actually dare to say it, Shi Chen, aren't you afraid that I will kill you? Now you don't even have a Command Seal."

Yes, he has seen Tokiomi Tokiomi's hypocrisy from the beginning. He is just impressed by his own strength and uses himself to help him achieve his goals. In his eyes, I am afraid that he is just an unreasonable person. It's just a tool for control.

But what happened to this guy now? He has changed so much in a short period of time... He is unhappy, very unhappy, and this feeling of being abandoned makes him very unhappy, especially at this time. he

"It doesn't matter anymore, I have completely lost now."Tosaka Tokiomi shook his head slightly and smiled bitterly.

"Ever since I lost to a guy I could no longer defeat, I no longer had the dignity or qualifications to continue participating in the Holy Grail War. Maybe as he said, I am not a qualified magician, let alone a qualified father."

"As for long-cherished wishes and so on, I believe that future generations will do far better than me. After all, doesn’t an existence like a magician rely on continuous inheritance?……"

Can you afford it, but can you put it down?

So that’s it, so that’s it. It’s really a profound realization after experiencing loss.

This feeling vaguely resonated with him.

If he were an old man and saw Tokiomi Tokiomi's change, he would definitely feel the same way.

In a daze, he seemed to see the figure on the throne who was still trying his best.

"Hahahahahaha - So this is your choice, Tokiomi Tohsaka, yes, yes, although it is stupid, the result is still satisfactory to me."

Reminiscent of himself, Gilgamesh suddenly laughed.

"Human beings will only truly cherish everything they have after experiencing loss, but they will feel extra relaxed after letting go. It’s not too late for you to understand this truth now."

"Be lucky, you met the king of this period. If you were the king of the past, you would have been executed."

"Face your current choice seriously. The contract between me and you ends here.……"

It was precisely because he had seen too much ugliness that he became disappointed with the world... But at this moment, he saw a faint light again.

Even humans don't seem to be so hopeless. He has gradually understood why he will become like that in the future.

Loneliness leads to aging, arrogance leads to destruction.

The so-called enlightenment and growth, in fact, this is what we are talking about, right?

"King... I am grateful for your generosity. Although you no longer have a Master, with the magic power of the Three-stroke Command Seal and your Archer rank, I believe you can reach the end of this Holy Grail War."

"snort! Of course, who do you think I am? If I hadn't seen your initial cowardice, I would have ended this boring game on the first night."

"However, if it ends now, it's still not too late. Do what you want, Tokiomi."

Gilgamesh snorted coldly, and then his body turned into a spirit and disappeared, leaving only Tosaka Tokiomi behind and breathed a sigh of relief.

"He is really an awkward king.……"