Proposed by the most beautiful you in the world [Comprehensive]

That was a "bug".

He was already aware of this when he was still ignorant at the beginning, when he didn't have a clear understanding of the so-called future or the consequences.

——shouldn't be here.

——You shouldn't take part in other people's lives as a matter of course, let alone make promises that are destined to be impossible to keep.

shouldn't...

shouldn't...

These short words always echoed in his mind, and at first he was confused and depressed.

The "consequence" has already been obtained, and he bears it willingly, without any resistance, and there is no resentment in his heart.

But, for some unknown reason, in the countless years that followed, once I recalled that incident... it was like, there was still a small thorn stuck in my heart, and there was a faint and indelible tingle responding there.

It seems that he has figured it out, knowing that this is wrong, but it seems that he still hasn't figured it out.

——Is my appearance really wrong?

After becoming a heroic spirit, it is the first time to respond to the call of a living person, and it is inevitable that you will do something reckless and confused about the situation.

But regardless of the subsequent impact, he never forgot his original intention.

I want to hear people's wishes.

I want to fulfill people's wishes if possible.

This is, as a Heroic Spirit, what he first thought of, what he can do.

Is it really wrong?Not to mention anything else, just as his own thoughts.

Since then, he has never uttered this "question" that may not be considered a question at all, and asked others. Over time, he even thought that he had forgotten this question.

But, the truth is—he didn't actually forget.

And...assuming he says it, throw it at anyone, and find out.The answers that may be obtained, it is certain, should all mean the same thing.

No one can deny the correctness of the fact that "hope can satisfy those who place their hopes in themselves", nor can it be said that this idea is wrong.

At least at first.

"This flower is for you."

Sitting there among the steps of the temple, he saw the boy climb over the high wall of the temple.

The young man was in high spirits, and when he saw him at the same time, his eyes seemed to light up even brighter.

He brought the flowers that seemed to take a lot of work to him, smiling happily and showing off.

"After accepting it, you belong to me."

On the moonlit night when he and that boy met for the first time, after responding to the call, the Heroic Spirit who didn't know what he should do for a long time—that is, he, truly felt the "hope" entrusted to him.

At that time, I really didn't think about anything, let alone the future.

He just simply—

I just want to fulfill his "wish" for this boy.

*****

"...My, Noble Phantasm? Hey, Master, why are you suddenly interested in that?"

Airlie happened to be in the library when asked.

The figure is hidden between the layers of dark bookshelves that seem to overlap, and is completely covered by the books that are tightly placed together.He just stood on tiptoe, trying to stretch his arms to reach a certain book on the top shelf——

However, before the fingertips touched the book cover, they were forced to temporarily stop the action due to the vibration of the mobile phone in their pocket.

It is not allowed to make too much noise in the library, and the ringtone of the mobile phone is naturally also prohibited. Airlie put the mobile phone on silent mode before entering the door.

Unexpectedly, someone would call him at this time, Ellie was taken aback for a moment, looked at the caller ID, went to the stairs of the fire escape without hesitation, and answered the phone in a low voice.

Here's a small detail.

Even though he tried very hard to keep his feet light as he hurried away, there was still some movement that couldn't be avoided.The person who was sitting in the self-study area reading a book frowned. When he looked up, he happened to see Ellie passing by in a hurry.

The voice that probably wanted to say something suddenly swallowed back, the man waited until his back disappeared behind the door, then seemed to come back to his senses, picked up the mobile phone at hand, and entered two line characters.

[I saw it. 】

[Now, still on the fifth floor of the library. 】

Or turn the perspective to the other side.

Ellie answered the phone, and the person communicating with him was just like the previous caller ID, it was his former master who was still in Chaldea at this time, a boy named Tachika Fujimaru.

He was a little surprised. If he remembered correctly, Fujimaru Tachika should be recovering another Holy Grail of a singularity now, so why would he have time to call him?Moreover, the purpose of the call was to ask such a strange question.

Ellie was silent for a while before answering.

Tachika Fujimaru, who was far away in Chaldea, said somewhat vaguely: "The singularity we encountered this time is a little special... I thought I might be able to get some information from Airlie, so I came to ask you."

"Ah, is that so?" Walking a few steps involuntarily on the edge of the stairs, Ellie's eyes flashed a trance, as if his consciousness had sunk into memories in an instant.

"About my Noble Phantasm... It should be said that the Noble Phantasm I owned as a Heroic Spirit has only one effect."

Today's world where human reason survives and continues is actually the "survival" of his Noble Phantasm after it is used.The current Fujimaru Tachika doesn't remember the function of Ellie's Noble Phantasm, it doesn't matter, he will say it again.

Ellie picked out some key content from the memory and told it to Fujimaru Tatsuka, mainly mentioning the role of the treasure and the conditions for its use.

For example, it can only be used on people who have had physical contact. It can present the other person's entire life in the form of a book, and can modify the person's past experience by deleting and adding methods, so as to have a better understanding of the "now" future. have a corresponding impact.

"Does that mean, only the 'past' can be modified?"

"Yes. Generally speaking, the trajectory of the future is not allowed to change, and the changes caused by modifying the past cannot be too obvious..."

"Because...you have to pay a corresponding price, right? Just like before, when we didn't know..."

Indeed it is.

In the past, Airlie had rarely used the Noble Phantasm officially.

Ah, the "formal" here does not include simply looking at the life of the Master with whom he signed a contract, but refers to using a Noble Phantasm to modify someone's life... such a very serious matter.

Counting from the beginning, he used it five times in total.

The first time, for a king who almost destroyed himself and his country.

The second time, it was for a girl whose life experience was so miserable that he couldn't help but be moved.

The third time was still for a young girl, but her level should be considered the lightest, and basically it ended without paying any serious price.

The fourth time, and the fifth time, can actually be attributed to the same time, that is... the last time.

Thinking about it this way, Ellie seems to have never felt the so-called "fear" because of the price he needs to pay for using the treasure, and naturally, he has never regretted it.

Including the erasure of existence, through these sacrifices that can definitely be described as painful in the eyes of ordinary people, the things exchanged for equivalent value are all beautiful, and they are all the results he expects to see.

If you have to say, is there any time in this that made him feel other than relief...

……

Probably, there are.

But here, Airlie didn't want to mention too much, so he followed Fujimaru Tateka's topic and asked, "Are there any questions, master?"

Fujimaru Rika: "..."

Fujimaru Tachika: "...um."

Airlie: "It's okay, just ask."

He began to faintly feel that there was something wrong with Fujimaru Tatsuka's hesitation, but before the other party's intention of coming was revealed, he still couldn't guess it for the time being.

After a while of dawdling, Fujimaru Tachika finally seemed to have made up her mind, and her tone became serious.

He said: "Airlie, you used the treasured phantasm on Mash before, which saved her from the fate of a limited lifespan. However, you used it again later, which is equivalent to modifying the past of the whole world... Ma Xiu still has an impression of you, is it because of the treasure he used on her before?"

The answer to this question is also very simple. It is estimated that even if Fujimaru Tachika asked, she should have an almost certain guess in her heart.

Airlie's answer was naturally not unexpected.

Although, this time, before he spoke, his fingers holding the phone moved indistinctly, and his eyes fell on the gray window in the passageway, which was stuck in the middle of the wall, and he couldn't look back for a long time.

"Indeed... there is a part of it."

"This is myself. I didn't even think about the sequelae that would appear at the time. The effect of the treasure was partially offset, and that very small part happened to be about me... a trace like a shadow."

This is another mistake.

At that time, Airlie really did not think that after he disappeared, he would leave a "shadow" in the hearts of those people.

It can only be described as a shadow.

Without a complete image, the voice will naturally be forcibly erased. After all, in the re-determined world line, he is an impossible character, and naturally he will not have a specific form.

At most, it can appear in dreams, in the form of fragmentary and patchy trance pictures.

It is almost impossible to be lucky and expect those few people to forget the vague impression as a "dream".

Because, together with the broken picture, there are still emotions that cannot be erased by the powerful power that can correct the world for some reason.That emotion will make them wander between dreams and reality, and this result completely violates what Ellie originally thought.

He wanted them to forget him.

Only forgetting is the happiest ending.The feeling of having forgotten almost everything, but being tormented by tiny imprints that are too small to see clearly, is probably the scariest feeling.

If such an outcome could have been known in advance, Airlie might have hesitated at that time... let's take a moment.

There is no doubt that the Noble Phantasm will be used in the end.The only difference is whether he will leave safely, or will be restless and hard to let go.

but--

"Master, do you have anything important to say?"

Ellie paused for a moment, then asked directly.

At this point, it can be confirmed that Fujimaru Tachika has indeed revealed a weirdness.The teenager on the other side of the phone seemed to have quite troublesome thoughts, which were related to these questions that he went around but couldn't speak out.

However, Ellie, who was on the phone with him, actually had something in his heart and didn't tell anyone.

The sky seen through the gray window glass - not only covered with dust, but also the same color - is naturally thick with gray fog, which is the same as the mood of many people under this sky. It's like a layer of shadow that can't be washed off.

Fujimaru Tachika was silent for a long time this time.

It's been so long that Ellie thought that the mobile phone he just bought was broken so quickly, and he couldn't make any sound at all.Just when he was about to ask again in doubt, the long-awaited voice finally came from the receiver.

"That is, the singularity thing discovered this time."

The boy's voice sounded the same, but in fact, he was the one trying to calm down, trying to tell the result of what happened in a more relaxed tone.But no matter how hard you try to relax, the seriousness of the incident itself cannot be easily concealed.

"Well... didn't you just say that this singularity is special? Moreover, it is completely different from the singularity in the other world we went to before."

"Before responding to my call, came to Chaldea before the death of a heroic spirit—that is, when that heroic spirit was still alive, he suddenly got a lost Holy Grail."

"The Heroic Spirit who is still alive... Well, let's just say that person used the power of the Holy Grail, and history changed because of it. There are some similarities with the principle of your Noble Phantasm. Although the 'future' we are in has not yet It's starting to be affected, but it probably won't last long..."

"At first, I thought that you had left Chaldea and found what you wanted to do in modern society. Everyone and I didn't want to bother you and involve you. However, we have tried our best to hold on until now, and we can't drag it any longer. "

Hearing this, Ellie's heart trembled inexplicably.

A bad premonition spread in his chest, and he didn't know if it was an illusion. He felt his throat was a little constricted, and the moment he opened his mouth, it seemed to stagnate for a moment, and then he could utter a normal voice smoothly.

"Sorry, I couldn't help but want to interrupt." His voice was actually a little strange, as if there was a trace of panic that he hadn't noticed. "As far as I know, isn't it the same for the singularities that you went to before, master? Recover the Holy Grail from humans or heroic spirits who accidentally obtained the Holy Grail and may affect the future. At least it sounds like there is no—"

And there isn't any distinction that could be called "special".

"Yes, you are quite right."

Fujimaru Tachika said reluctantly: "But, what is special is not the form. It is... the person I mentioned, who got the Holy Grail by accident."

"Airlie, you should have noticed too."

"That heroic spirit... Pharaoh, Ozymandias, hasn't appeared again for a long time."

"Varied--"

That ominous premonition came true.

Airlie felt a chill, and it wrapped around his heart, tying a knot.

On the other side, the boy's voice finally dropped completely.

"The Pharaoh disappeared. I mean, the one from the Heroic Spirits."

"He obtained the Holy Grail while he was still alive, and borrowed the power of the Holy Grail to forcibly prevent the correct history from developing backward."

"He seems unable to let go of a certain person, and he doesn't want to die before that person comes. The Holy Grail uses ten years as a reincarnation, so that time will circulate between these ten years forever. However, even the power of the Holy Grail cannot Let this cycle continue for a long time."

"If no one stops him. The collapse, and the collapse of human history, will come in a few days."

*****

The communication was interrupted, and the only thing that came out of the microphone was a harsh busy tone.

He pinched the phone whose call interface had disappeared, his eyes were blank for a short time.

Fortunately, it is a library, and the surrounding area is very quiet.Fortunately, no one chose to climb the stairs on the fifth floor to pass by during the phone call.

The gray sky that I saw not long ago has really darkened at this time.

It was about five or six o'clock, and he didn't look at it. Naturally, he didn't have the heart to look carefully at this time.

Airlie's current location is, to be precise, a university library.

Yes, after returning to this world, Xu Shi had a whim, he suddenly wanted to experience the feeling of being a student.

20 years old, for today's human beings, is the most common age of college students.According to this standard, he could even be said to be very young when he became human again.

"I've never had such an easy life in the past. Like an ordinary person, live it again in this way... Maybe it's good? All in all, I really want to try it."

He is not unprepared, just find a school to experience life.Just right, the girl Matou Sakura who used to be his master has been promoted to university after a few years, and is currently studying in this school.After Ellie came over, he became Matou Sakura's classmate by fate.

In order to integrate into the modern society, he bought a mobile phone and studied the dressing and habits of modern people. Just like a real ordinary person, he worked hard to reverse the thinking of Yingling.

The major I choose to study is history, which is more suitable than other majors that will make me faint just by hearing the name. Anyway, I have experienced a lot of history when I was a heroic spirit.

I came to the library specially to find some historical materials.In the end, before the book could be borrowed, a call came from Chaldea.

then……

Matou Sakura's call also came.

"Mr. Caster, are you still in the library?"

"correct."

"It's like this. I borrowed the book you asked me to find earlier from a senior. If you haven't returned, can you wait for me at the library door? I'll take the book..."

"Mr. Caster—Mr. Caster?"

"...Ah! I'm sorry."

Airlie's thoughts finally returned.

Not so long ago, if he had enough strength, he might have made a deep impression on the phone unconsciously.

He is in a trance.

Unable to restrain myself, I was thinking about certain things.

Fujimaru Tachika's words are still resounding in his head until now, like a dull bell that keeps beating on his chest, making it difficult for him to calm down.

——In the usual way, defeat the holder of the Holy Grail and restore the singularity...of course it is possible.Even, because the holder is only a human being, and has not yet become a pharaoh who has become a heroic spirit, the difficulty of repairing the singularity has been greatly reduced.

--but……

——The singularity must be repaired, the Holy Grail can be recovered, Ozymandias and obsession can be destroyed, and the correctness of that man's feelings can be denied... I can't do this, how can we, who are just outsiders, do this!Needless to say, the haughty Pharaoh would be furious when he saw me making trouble.

Fujimaru Tatsuka made a request at the end of the call.

"Can you go, Airlie?"

"If it were you, you would definitely be able to bring back the Holy Grail. And..."

"You are the 'persistence' of the Pharaoh."

……

……

"... So, is that why you don't appear in front of me? I thought you didn't want to see me anymore. It turned out that I thought too much and misunderstood you."

"—Hey, Mister Caster, what did you say?"

Matou Sakura's surprised voice sounded.

This time, it should be Airlie's last pause.

"cherry."

He abruptly called Matou Sakura's name.

Matou Sakura: "Yes!"

"I have to go back. I guess I will skip classes for a few days... No, maybe I will never go back to school."

"Huh, huh?!"

"I'm sorry, but the book I borrowed is temporarily put away at your place. I'm going back to Chaldea now!"

The ending sound rose unknowingly, and suddenly, even through the door, it seemed particularly abrupt in the almost completely quiet library.

Airlie, however, had given up on apologizing.

He took a straight step and ran down the stairs to the fifth floor, like the wind——

"What are you thinking, really."

"Didn't you not care about the Holy Grail before? When did you do such an immature thing...Forget it."

"Obviously let me do what I want to do with peace of mind, no matter what... the person is..."

——It's you.

The author has something to say: La Er once again, because Ellie almost killed herself.

Let me explain in advance here, the ten years of retrospect are from his 15 to 25 years old. At the beginning, he met Airlie when he was 15 years old, and Airlie disappeared when he was 25 years old, so it is this decade

The 15-year-old Ozymandias will appear first in the next chapter