[Fate] Box and Servant

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The body on the long couch has not yet recovered. Although there is magic power to support him, the body is still aching from the impact.Matou Kariya slowly propped up his body, his limp legs made him fall into the black pool again.

What he felt on his sensitive cheeks was not a wet and sticky touch, and no water flooded into his nasal cavity and ears, making him think he had fallen on the flat ground, but when he moved his right eye, he found that he couldn't see a trace of light.

Could it be that this eye also lost its vision?What a useless me... But now is not the time to be depressed.

Kariya murmured about himself in his heart, and stood up again with all his strength.He could hear the sound of water flowing slowly around him, and he was also worried about whether there would be a deep pool in front of him, and he was even more frightened when he was completely plunged into darkness.The surrounding air was full of thick magic power, and the cold silence combined with the eerie sound of water reminded him of the days in the worm warehouse.

But now is not the time to be afraid.

He took a step without hesitation, and the clogs clicked, which slightly dispelled some fears, and he didn't know where he should go, and what would appear in front of him.Just stubbornly walking forward without fear of life and death, the sound of heartbeat is in my ears, and the sound of thumping and wooden clogs urges the blood to flow faster.

How long have you been walking?The body began to be exhausted, and the spirit was also fragile. He had lost any self-protection skills and walked alone in the most dangerous place.In fact, Kariya was also a little lucky, because when he said that he wanted to find Sakura at the top of the Holy Grail, Lancelot had explained to him without any concealment what the black mud was and how the Holy Grail existed.

As a result, none of the expected spiritual pollution occurred, and no scary monsters appeared.

He seemed to be walking on a path in the middle of the night, his body was swaying as if he would fall down at any moment, and his speed was extremely slow.Time was frozen into ice here, and the long walk gave him the illusion that he was almost home.

In a trance, the eyes that thought they had lost their vision suddenly saw a cluster of lights flickering.I don't know where the strength came from, my pace quickened, and I hurried forward.

In this endless darkness, a young girl stood quietly. For some reason, in this coldness and silence, she was the only one who radiated light, and that halo was like a candle, but it was faint but could make him feel warm.

A look of pale long hair, dark red eyes like a pool of death.The unfamiliar color, the familiar face, and the somewhat faded hair knots are the existences that Matou Kariya will always remember in his heart.

"Sakura." Without a mirror, Kariya didn't know whether his smile at this moment looked gentle or not, would it look hideous because of the scar?Will he show a wry smile that looks like he's about to cry?

The girl's thin shoulders trembled, and her eyes slowly focused, like a trembling flower bud in the drizzle.His lips parted slightly, but he didn't utter a single word, and his slightly quickened breath replaced thousands of words.

"Sakura." Kariya stepped forward again, and then he realized that there was indeed a pool of water around him, but the strange thing was that as long as he stepped on it, the water would disappear without touching the corners of his clothes, like a divided Red Sea.

Is that so.

Kariya's nose was sore, his voice was choked in his throat, he swallowed, and called again softly, "Sakura."

"Don't come here!!" Seeing Kariya's footsteps coming forward again, Matou Sakura screamed like mad.The sound echoed in the dark space, and it was so clear that she was shocked. She bent her head and covered her head with her arms, as if she wanted to curl up, but the lower body fused with the Holy Grail prevented her from doing so. .The feeling of nowhere to escape made Matou Ying even more flustered, her voice sounded very sharp, and she said, "Please, don't come here! Don't look at me!"

Word after word, one sound more loud than one sound.The arm covered by the unknown is extremely slender, and the red lines are like knife marks, and the blood seems to drip blood at any time.Her own screams filled her ears, Matou Sakura couldn't hear the sound of clogs getting closer, and couldn't smell the familiar smell of medicine from Matou Kariya's body.

Then, a hand was gently attached to her arm. The hand might be skinny, but the palm was so warm that it made her back feel numb.The girl's trembling body gradually stabilized, and her scream became weaker and weaker.She knew whose hand it was, but she didn't dare to put down her arm to show her face, even though she knew clearly that it couldn't cover up anything.

Uncle Kariya had already seen his degenerate appearance, and his crazy and sharp voice disturbed Kariya's heart.She began to blame herself, the self who had fallen at this time, the self who was useless and accomplished nothing, and the appearance that made Kariya terrified.

Such a self... such a self.

The body that can no longer be washed, the self that is filthy deep into the bone marrow.The stench is like a summer muddy ditch, and the light and warmth will only accelerate her decay.

However, such a self was hugged tenderly.

Kariya's arms were not too wide, and his strength was even weaker than that of a woman.He put his arms around Matou Sakura, it doesn't matter if he can't see his face, his hand can still caress the girl's soft long hair.Combing it up and down, trying to calm the turmoil in her heart.Kariya was very worried about whether his body would be too cold, because the environment here was so bad that his toes were so cold that he couldn't feel it.

That's right, Matou Kariya who was icy all over made the equally icy Matou Sakura feel endless warmth.

"Kariya... Uncle..." Matou Ying lowered her arms, she blinked, and gradually a gentle lake light emerged, shimmering and pitiful.

"Sakura, uncle is here."

What a gentle voice, it reminded her of ten years ago in that dark, humid and cold worm warehouse, the day-to-day torment made her give up crying and resisting when she was young.

Even if she shouted until her throat was full of blood, she used her hands to resist the bugs that attacked her.In the end, no one will save her, ah, I think so, the young girl understood one thing, that is, no one will rescue her from this disgusting place.

Isn't it her parents who sent her here?

She didn't want to understand this, but she had to.The wrinkled smile of the little old man made her sick as much as the creatures in the worm bin. When the old man reached out to stroke the top of her hair, she felt nothing but disgust.

But ah, what can this change?It's better to give up, give up struggling and beautiful thoughts, or close your eyes and pretend to fall asleep or open your eyes and look at the gray and black ceiling.

Until one day, a stupid person stood in front of her.Speaking of words that she no longer believed in, the swear words made her feel ridiculous.

When she was young, she did not expect that this man would go deep into the sea of ​​insects regardless of the pain and shame of being invaded, and hug her tightly when she was submerged.

At that time, she remembered that there used to be a man with all kinds of gifts on bright sunny days, that ordinary-looking and thin figure Uncle Kariya who really loved her and her sister.

"Uncle Kariya." At that time, she also whispered Kariya Matou softly, her immature voice trembling in pain, like crying, like glass falling to the ground.

Then she got a tight embrace in exchange.

From being thin at first to bony, the warm pillow has become a skinny skeleton.The warmth she can absorb from the embrace gradually decreases, but why, she feels that the embrace has never changed.

Matou Kariya's embrace is the cradle of the undercurrent of pain surging in this darkness.

Jiantong Yanye set foot on the road of no return for her, every drop of blood was shed to save her.

why?

When the seriously injured Matou Kariya fell into the worm bin, and when the engraved worms surged up, the screaming Matou Sakura used her petite body to drag Kariya out little by little, and several engraved worms would crawl out every step of the way. on her body.Bite her thighs and neck, bleeding from the wound.

None of these pains can compare to what Kariya Matou has done for her, opening her locked heart again for the girl who is no longer sad.Sitting on the high steps, she tightly hugged Uncle Kariya who was breathing weakly in her arms, could she warm Kariya, could she soothe Kariya's pain.

She couldn't do anything because she was too young.

Kariya didn't get the Holy Grail and saved her because he was too weak.

Tears poured out of dry eyes, ticking continuously, she said, uncle, why did you do this?

Matou Kariya, who was awakened by tears, said sorry.

No, Matou Kariya didn't need to say any sorry words to her, he had already left the cruel world of magicians.

At that moment, the girl understood again that what she needs is not to block her emotions, but to become stronger.

Stronger and stronger—overwhelmingly powerful!

Only in this way can she change Matou Kariya's sad fate, hold the bright Holy Grail in both hands, and correct his twisted path.

"I didn't do anything." Matou Ying tightened her fingers into a fist, and her nails dug deep into her palm. She said mockingly, "Even if I put in all my effort and gave up my self-esteem, I still failed."

"Sakura." Kariya's voice was weak, but it clearly reached Matou Sakura's ears, he said, "I don't need Sakura to do anything for me."

"No, no!" Jian Tongying shook her head, she choked up and said, "My fault."

[I pushed you into the abyss. ]

"My fault."

[I took away the life that should belong to you. ]

"I became the Holy Grail, but I couldn't completely heal your body. My wish became a joke, and in the end I still couldn't save Uncle." The more Matou Ying spoke, the more anxious she became, and at the end it was completely crying.The red lines on the side of the face slowly spread, and the water pool was full of waves.

"I told you, that dream was too long. I was very happy and happy, everything was perfect, so it was a dream. I didn't miss it after waking up, and I knew that the real Sakura was always with me By my side, I grew up and became an outstanding magician." Kariya Matou didn't care about the increasingly weird changes around him, and said softly: "The body will recover slowly, and one day it will get better, but losing Sakura will make you feel better. Become a wound in Uncle's heart that will never heal."

"but……"

"Dreams are dreams, what makes me most happy is to see Sakura again after waking up."

"Uncle Kariya..." Matou Sakura tightly grasped Kariya's collar with both hands, and said delicately, "Me too, I am very happy that Uncle can wake up and hear you tell me that you have me in your dream. But ...This is not enough. The miracle I desire will never come, how can I, as the Holy Grail, fulfill my wish. That being the case... why should I become the Holy Grail, and make myself more and more out of the scope of human beings? I……"

"Sakura is not the Holy Grail!" Matou Kariya suddenly raised his voice, interrupting Matou Sakura's words, he pushed away Matou Sakura's pale hands, and he trembled so hard that he said: "Sakura is Sakura, the Matou Sakura I know. The Holy Grail may be you, but you are definitely not the Holy Grail. Don't forget yourself!"

It was Matou Sakura's gentle smile that could not be described in words, soft and gentle, with fine wrinkles spreading out from the corners of her eyes, the smile seemed to drive away all the gloom.

"Go home with Uncle, Sakura."

The tears that flowed down from the girl seemed to have washed away the red lines on her face. She lowered her head and began to cry loudly, the sound of crying echoed in the space that made her despair.The light that shrouded her body broke away from her body, together with the mottled red marks on her body, and the white legs connected to the ground reappeared under the hem of the skirt, as if a layer of useless shell had been removed.

The light source emerging from the girl's back is a small silver metal ball, which hangs higher and higher, and is suddenly engulfed by a smear of darkness.

The Holy Grail began to crumble.

……

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The road taken by Matou Kariya is totally different, Hako stepped on the magnificent and dazzling corridor of the temple.Every footstep can echo, as clearly as warning the 'goddess' standing in the depths, the arrival of the Destroyer.

This corridor is too long, and the decoration is too cumbersome and rich.She gradually lost some patience, but she didn't speed up her pace, she still walked forward at a calm speed.

How long has passed, she doesn't know, this corridor seems to have taken away the flow of time, and the air is filled with a sweet and greasy aroma.Until she stepped into the church and saw the woman standing in front of the colorful stained glass.

The woman was wearing a long black dress, her bright red hair was thick and long, and her blue eyes were like glass under the beam of light, crystal clear, and seemed to contain tears.The corners of his eyes drooped slightly, and he didn't deliberately change his whole body, exuding a fascinating temperament.When she saw the box, she slowly opened her arms, smiled very gently, and said, "My beloved daughter, you have finally returned to my arms after so many years. Have my thoughts reached your heart yet?" ? Ah, really... let me give you a good hug."

Box stopped, looked at the beautiful and illusory Pandora in the veil, sighed and said: "Mother."

"Hey, what an indifferent reunion." Pandora's delicate and slender hands rested on her chest, the corners of Pandora's eyes were moist, her tone trembled slightly, and she blamed: "You have never come to see me for so many years. Now you are indifferent again." Look, you really don't love me anymore, my daughter."

"No." Box shook his head and said with a wry smile: "It's ridiculous to say that I still love you deeply. However, this love has been clearly told that I don't need to fall into your arms again."

"A mother is always a peaceful place for a child to stay. Don't forget that I am the one who gave you life." Pandora frowned, tears fell, and said, "Don't forget this."

"Then what?" Box snorted, the flame in the palm of her hand summoned a broad-bladed knife, her fingers tightened a little, she stared at Pandora, the face of a female snake was reflected in her golden eyes, and said: "Be You were born and used by you, and finally became a puppet or that filthy corpse? Pandora, why are you still able to show such a pitiful expression?"

"Why not? My children were killed by the eldest daughter, ah, my poor young children have not yet established their foothold in the world, Xingyin committed suicide, let alone Nia, that stupid daughter." Black thorns emerged from Pandora's feet, and they attacked the box like a whip. The box did not dodge, and a deep wound was drawn on the arm. After seeing the blood and the command spell on the box's chest, Pandora said: "I am the last Love's eldest daughter is addicted to illusory love, look at your chest, even if the wound has healed, mother, I can see the scene when the long sword penetrates. O box, why do you want to weaken yourself?"

"If you say that I have human emotions, then it's because of you and me that I can get them, right?" Box lowered his head and said quietly, "Xingyin didn't want me to kill him, so he chose to commit suicide. Nia couldn't control it." The emotions of running away, so she chose to die at my hands. Those brothers and sisters who were born by you at will are even more pitiful. They are too young to understand anything, and only follow your instructions. Pandora Ah, you should have a clear look at yourself!"

The wide-bladed knife pointed at the holy Pandora, and the vertical pupils and devil horns appeared slowly.

"Respect yourself as a god, practice hypocrisy, weave lies. Indulge in the pursuit of human beings, and give birth to children just to let them preach for you. What you have done in this world is already evil. Yes For me, it’s hypocrisy. Snake demon, don’t think that putting on human skin and building a temple for yourself in gorgeous costumes can cover up the filth boiling in your blood.” The machete in his hand disappeared, replaced by What is burning is the fire.Burning like a tornado, the flame hit the marble pillars and the floor, and instantly turned to ashes.The Flame Demon was displeased, all that flashed before her eyes were the tragic deaths of her younger brothers and sisters, everything that should belong to her left, but the biological mother standing in front of her tried to control her.The Balrog laughed loudly and said, "Don't forget, you are under me!"

The thorns withstood some of the flames, which made Pandora extremely hard.She was happy that her daughter had regained her strength, but she also hated the Balrog who had escaped from her control. After thinking about it, she showed a malicious smile and said, "Baby, look at you now, You are the real self, aren’t you? What’s wrong with what I did? Why don’t you think carefully about where the shield came from, and why the death of Xingyin and Niya is the switch for you to regain your power?”

"Shh, mother, you talk too much."

"Is it poking your wound?! My daughter!" Pandora laughed wildly, not listening to the Balrog's stop. She spun around, and the long skirt bloomed like a blooming flower. She said: " The shield handed over to you is actually yourself, the shield is the box, and it comes from your soul! You used your magic power to protect Xingyinia, but in the end you had to kill them. You said I Hypocrisy, ha ha ha ha... my lovely daughter, the great Balrog! Why is it that what you are sad and longing for now is not an illusory existence?"

"I'm different from you." The Balrog opened his eyes, and suddenly appeared in front of Pandora.The hand with the sharp long armor easily fell into the soft body, and the heart was beating in the palm. She said: "I know what kind of creature I am, and I know where I belong. But you forgot, because That insatiable greed. Pandora, it doesn't matter what we do in hell, it belongs to our world. But here... never belonged to us."

"Hiss..." Blood overflowed from the corner of Pandora's mouth. She knew that she was no match for the eldest daughter, so when she saw the box, she said a lot of words that she had already thought about. Who knew that all of them were useless, and she cursed: "Damn humans, the damn shield... turned you into this... If you were in hell... Ugh...!" Her heart tightened, and she spat out a mouthful of blood.

"I won't be stupid anymore." The Balrog tightened his hand holding the heart little by little, his nails pierced through the flesh, and Pandora screamed in pain.The flames in the sanctuary burned higher and higher, touching the gorgeous stained glass, leaving gray and black footprints, "You miscalculated, and you lost."

"Do you want to meet again in hell?"

"No, Pandora, my mother." The Balrog said coldly, "You are not qualified."

The heart shattered, and pieces of flesh fell into the body, causing the internal organs to ache, and then turned into clusters of fire, so hot that Pandora couldn't help tearing her body apart with both hands.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Take a few steps back.Sharp scales grew out of the fair skin that the long skirt could not cover, gray-blue, and shone disgustingly under the firelight.The soft and beautiful face gradually crumbled, the pink tongue turned into scarlet, and she screamed: "I am your mother, I will give birth to you! Without me, how would you be as strong as you are now!"

"From the beginning, you wanted to abandon us." The point of the armor pointed between the eyebrows of the female snake demon, and the Balrog said, "What about mother? Female snake, you are under me."

"No no no no—! I love you all!"

"Fantasy words." He withdrew his hand, a little red between his brows, and within a few seconds it turned into a hot wave that devoured the female snake demon. The flame demon took a few steps back, unwilling to let the female snake demon approach him again, and he did not want the ashes to touch him. Dye your own long hair, "Farewell, mother."

In the end, the greedy sorceress burned up in the flames of the Balrog, and even her soul turned into dust in the air.The emptied Balrog stood quietly inside the sanctuary, her flames spreading, breaking the stained glass and engulfing the tall spire.The Balrog thought, if he hadn't regained his strength, it would have been a hard fight when he met Pandora, right?

Pandora looks forward to the real her, but is also afraid.

Because it is powerful.

Burn it fiercely and destroy this temple of nothingness.This hateful existence built on her favorite oasis.

and then?

After being razed to the ground, the oasis will never appear again.Xingyin and Niya, Dun and her.In the long memory, although she is pretending, she is really a gentle mother.

The Balrog knows that her end is not here, because this is not where she started.

The flames dissipated, leaving ashes all around.The Balrog bent slightly, a flash of fire appeared on the butterfly bone, and suddenly broke out to form huge flame wings.

The Balrog stretched his whole body comfortably, and the Flame Wings flapped a few times.This is who she really is, this is who she is.

Ahhh, after going around and around, I finally found myself.

The Balrog sighed in his heart, but was also sad.She found that in her mind, in her heart... why are some things slowly disappearing.It was like a water bag with a small hole poked, and the water inside overflowed.

shield.Weber.

saber.

Arthur Pendragon.

——My servant, my lover.

Touching the command spell on his chest with his fingertips, his golden eyes revealed lingering nostalgia.