[Comprehensive] Fate holy fool

It only takes a glance to tell.

——That is, the sea of ​​death that does not allow any life to exist.

What was poured into it was not salt water, but a black jelly-like object that looked like mud at first glance, but was more viscous and chaotic than mud.Wherever it passes, all colors and outlines are smeared by pure "black".

The sky has fallen, and the earth has turned into a wasteland.There are only a few sporadic highlands that are still alive, just like a little bit of starlight reflected on the dark sea.

"...These are all scenes caused by Sakura..."

Unbelievable.

incredible.

But—other than that, there is no other possibility.

After looking back at this hellish scene for the last time, Satsuki gritted her teeth, turned her back and began to run at full speed.

"Oh. I didn't expect the erosion to be so fast. This is really a trick... In short, Miss Fumachi, although the situation is a bit severe, please find the most suitable 'spiritual vein' to break through the barrier as soon as possible. Jumping in other arenas. As long as Lancer is willing to lend a helping hand, it can at least temporarily ensure everyone's safety."

"...In other words, my life and death are hanging between his thoughts. It's really an unpleasant remark. However, I really don't intend to stop here..."

Akutagawa furrowed his brows deeply, looking around in the dark and deep forest.

"Young master chaebol over there. Tell me about the characteristics of 'Lingmai'."

"Nice, I've always admired Mr. Akutagawa's forward-looking attitude. By the way, no matter how dirty our family's resume is, we can clear it up...but you haven't thought about changing jobs, have you? Ah, look at it Is there any place nearby that is similar to a spiritual place, such as a church, a temple or something like that."

"It is an honor to be recruited by the leading chaebol in the West."

Akutagawa twitched the corner of his mouth with a half-smile, "However, my answer is just as you expected - I have no intention of whitewashing my resume, and I haven't considered turning back until now. 'Spiritual Land'..."

"Ah. Maybe it's the shrine that Saber and I passed by today?"

A flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in Satsuki's mind, and she immediately turned to Saber to confirm: "Miss Saber, look..."

"I think that's probably it!! By the way, Master, can you stop talking a few words and run if you want to, don't let me keep carrying a TV for you to talk to each other in the air, I feel like an idiot!!!"

(The one who has been carrying the TV on her shoulders since just now) Saber roared angrily.

……

Just as Satsuki remembered, the stone steps in the forest were the approach to the shrine, winding upwards, with an unknown number of steps.In normal times, this journey would be easy for them, but now it is far more difficult than crossing the Pacific Ocean.

——Because the black mud caught up.

"Fukamachi, don't touch!!"

Seeing the boiling mud attacking like a snake, Satsuki was about to attack, when Akutagawa stretched out his hand and grabbed his shoulder.Then I saw "Rashomon" tumbling violently, transforming into several huge black sickles in one breath, while tearing up the space to block the spread of mud, while chopping off the black shadows who stood up not far away one by one.

"...idiot. Have you forgotten where this is?"

Akutagawa turned around and snapped.

"Now you and I are computer bodies composed only of information, and that mud is equivalent to a virus. Just a little touch, not only the magic power, but also the memory and personality will be swallowed up. Do you want to die?"

"That's right, the black mud is also poisonous to our Servants. Master, please be careful."

Diarmuid fought and retreated, as if he wanted to break the queen for Satsuki, who was the most vulnerable in the world at the moment, and jumped up the stone steps a few steps behind her.Judging from his worried expression, it seems that even with the treasure he is proud of in his hand - "The Demon-Breaking Red Rose", it seems that he can't resist the menacing invasion of the black mud.

On the other side, Karna, who had just turned on the jet mode(?) and was the first to climb to the top, also turned back at this time, and landed in front of them with a solemn expression:

"Fukamachi, I have good news and bad news... let me tell you both."

"...Thank you, it was a great help."

Now she didn't have the heart to choose which one to listen to first.

"The good news is that the shrine on the top of the mountain is indeed a hub for gathering spiritual power. As long as I release the magic power, most of the passages connecting the adjacent arenas can be opened. The bad news is that time..."

"...'Not enough time,' huh?"

Suddenly, Akutagawa interrupted him with a bone-chilling voice.

"Even for you, it is not easy to open a path in the raging torrent of spiritual particles. If you are not careful, there will be no bones left. And before you complete such a delicate work——the mud under our feet will be destroyed The entire mountain was swallowed up, along with the shrine. Am I wrong?"

"……exactly."

Karna nodded silently, a bit of pain permeated under his usually calm and indifferent face.

"If I stay here to stop it, maybe I can temporarily delay the erosion of the virus. But..."

"Only you can't stay."

Still in that ice-cold and resolute voice, Akutagawa asserted so.

Then--

He turned around.

With her back to Satsuki and the only way of life behind her, facing the desolate Dead Sea, she stepped down the steps with unwavering firm steps.

"Take Fukamachi and go. I'll stay."

——He said so.

"Varied……"

For a moment, Satsuki seriously suspected that her eardrums were not connected to her brain.

"...Well, wait a minute, Akutagawa-senpai. What do you mean when you say you want to stay..."

"Are you so stupid that you don't even understand this?"

Akutagawa scolded without looking back.If you only listen to that sharp and harsh tone, it is the same as when he usually glared at Gaoyue...

(...But, I don't know why.)

At this moment, the thin and thin but always straight back suddenly had the illusion that it was so far away that it could no longer be touched.

"Akutagawa-senpai... you know 'what will happen if you stay', but you still say this? You forgot you just asked me if I wanted to die? Do you need me to return this sentence to you? ?”

A nameless fire rushed into my heart ahead of sadness, and Satsuki couldn't help but accentuate her tone.

"Fukamachi, as long as you have any brains, you should know that this is the only best choice."

In contrast to her, Akutagawa's calm tone was like a piece of flat and clean white paper, neither the slightest emotional change nor the slightest ups and downs could be heard.

"Only that follower can open the passage. Among the rest, only my ability can create space cracks and slightly hinder the advance of 'erosion'."

"Fortunately, this place is the main entrance of the shrine, which is the main entrance of the shrine. The barrier of the guardian spirit land is weaker than other places, and it must become the key point for the opponent to concentrate their efforts to break through. In this way, even if I am alone, I can buy time."

"Any questions?"

"Theoretically, there is nothing to ask... No, that's not the problem! I mean, Akutagawa-senpai--"

Satsuki couldn't finish speaking.

Because that figure was silently expressing a determination that was too logical and calm, yet irreversible like a stone.

So, she understood immediately.

This man—really has no fear of death at all.

Just like going downstairs to eat every morning, the young man walked steadily, stared straight ahead, and did not put on any solemn and majestic posture.Step by step, his hands were folded into his pockets as if afraid of the cold, and he lowered his head and coughed softly from time to time, that's all - he walked down the stairs calmly and carelessly.

Only when passing by Saber, Akutagawa stopped.In the gap that seemed to be eternity but was actually a moment, Satsuki heard a barely audible sigh:

"...Sorry."

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, I don't have any wishes, I just want to have a good time and make a scene. Master, you are not bad in this regard?"

Saber waved her hand refreshingly and nonchalantly, her face full of chic and open-mindedness without a trace of shadow.But on the other hand, she winked at Gaoyue again and again like a cramp:

"On the contrary, it's you, Master. I said, well, don't you have any... wishes or nostalgia?"

"I……"

For the first time, there was hesitation in Akutagawa's voice.However, it soon melted like fine snow falling on the palm of your hand.

"I... don't have any nostalgia, and I don't have any wishes. Those who live as neighbors with evil should not have hope in their own lives. If there is any concern..."

Abruptly, the young man turned around.

The dark and deep pupils looked up at Satsuki.Against the dark background behind him, it was as if looking up at the moon that would shatter at the slightest touch from the bottom of the deep water.

"Although, it's a pity that I didn't get the fruits of the battle... But as long as Fukamachi returns alive, Dazai-san will recognize everything I have done. That's enough."

"What did you say 'this is enough'... How is this possible, hey. Master, you are so obsessed, but unexpectedly you are a type with thin desires?"

Saber scratched her hair with an unhappy face, but her tone was still kind, "Oh, although I'm not qualified to say that you are."

Accompanied by the silent and sharp whistling, the black mud rose again.

But Akutagawa cut it off without saying a word.

"Erosion" has reached the position visible to the naked eye, flowing up the steps like a tide.Even if Akutagawa's black blade is used to block the space, a break can only last for a few seconds, and it is no different from a lonely boat in front of the mighty dark sea.

Impossible to resist.

Maybe it will be submerged in black mud in the next second.

However, the youth did not take a step back.

Between the pitch-black tsunami and the bright red torii, the figure that completely separates the two with a line looks like a city gate standing majestically at the southern end of Suzaku Avenue.

——"Rashomon".

Not to attack but to defend.

Not destruction, but support and protection.

Dazai once said that Akutagawa is truly endowed with complete power that "maybe he can save the world someday".

"Akutagawa-senpai..."

Overwhelmed by the indisputable sense of rejection in him, Satsuki was speechless for a moment, and could only call out subconsciously.

"Hurry up! Go do what you should do!!"

Akutagawa roared.

Covering petty sorrows with its usual grimness, the cry undoubtedly symbolized farewell.

however--

It was also this familiar roar that instantly illuminated Gao Yue's ignorant memory like thunder.

(...Ah, I see. So, that's what happened...)

—You are not going fast yet.

Four years ago, when Satsuki broke into the mafia camp alone in order to meet Akutagawa, the boy had said exactly the same cruel words to her.

For a 16-year-old boy who is a mafia rookie, the world he witnessed back then must be the same as it is now, full of bottomless darkness and corrupt sludge.

And he scolded Gaoyue to leave, which means——

"Senior, you...in the end..."

I do not understand.

I am so stupid.

Over the years, I have never understood this person's feelings.

Just like this, I don’t understand anything, and then I come to the end, and I can live comfortably and happily by myself... Is this really good?

The figure gradually recedes.

Suddenly, he recalled the afterimage of the illusory and lonely dream in Saber's mouth.

——The boy who always only stood at the bottom and looked up, and never climbed the steps.

——The boy who ran for the death of his comrades, and wailed towards the sky in order to mourn the lives of his comrades.

——No matter Tanabata, Christmas or New Year, no matter to God or the Holy Grail, he never made a wish, never prayed to anything other than himself, always kept his head down, and was stricter with himself than anyone else.

That is Akutagawa in Satsuki's eyes.

Even if he is a hopeless villain, with a particularly bad temper and a particularly difficult person, either silent or chattering, always looking impatient or simply frigid... And, he never once treated her Spoken words of tender concern.

(Even so—this man has always, protected me from all the darkness in front of his eyes.)

Let's end it like this?

No, it shouldn't be over yet.

Obviously he has worked so hard, and obviously only holds hope that is so small that it is almost humble, but he has not yet grasped even one of the things he is looking for.His life has yet to pay off.

How can, how can, let him end here——! ! ! !

The moment I realized this—

While shouting loudly, the girl rushed down the farewell steps without hesitation.

"Akutagawa-senpai!!"

running.

Stretching out his hand, he touched the fluttering black corner of his clothes.

"Akutagawa-senpai, Akutagawa-senpai, Akutagawa-senpai, please wait for Akutagawa-kun——Akutagawa-kun!!!"

As if trying to burn out all the emotions and strength of a lifetime, a high-pitched cry erupted from the depths of his chest—a cry that was four years late.

"What... what did you call me?"

Perhaps shocked by the long-forgotten title, Akutagawa was shaken for the first time.

And Gaoyue didn't let go of this gap, and immediately stretched out her hands to pass through his ribs, grabbed the young man's arms from behind, and dragged him towards the steps like this.

"That kind of thing doesn't matter! Compared with this, please hurry up to the shrine with us... Karna, Karna! Please prepare for the space jump immediately, the sooner the better! Even if it is only one ten thousandth I have not given up yet!! I don’t want to give up yet!!”

"……yes."

Not surprised by her reckless behavior that almost gave up on herself, Karna nodded gently.

"It's okay. Although I seldom try futile challenges, 'don't give up' sounds good. In order to respond to your determination, I will accompany you to struggle until the last moment."

"What stupid thing to say?!"

Akutagawa struggled (in another sense), "Don't you guys understand what's going on? If no one breaks the back, the shrine won't last much—"

"Yeah, I don't understand! I don't understand anything!! Because Akutagawa-kun calls me stupid all the time and doesn't teach me anything, isn't it something I can't help?! But you are obviously smarter than me , why do you always do such stupid things!!!”

For the first time in her life, Satsuki refuted loudly without showing any weakness.

My throat hurts from the unaccustomed roar, but at the same time I feel the joy and fullness of life.

"It doesn't matter if you don't miss it! It doesn't matter if you don't make a wish! I will make a wish and pray together for your sake. I hope that all good things will happen to you in the future. I hope that one day you will also feel 'It's good to be alive'. I hope Dazai-sensei will never make fun of you again!! So don’t leave! For my wish, Akutagawa-kun can’t go any further!!”

"What, your wish is not to save Matou—"

"Who said that a person can only make one wish? I suddenly found that I still have a thousand and one wishes! Whether it is a boat of two hundred or three hundred people, I will not let go of a single person!! Even this insatiable and shameless selfish desire None, what kind of Master, what the hell is the Holy Grail War!!! Ah, Ms. Saber came just in time, please help lift your foot."

"So fast?! The Master calmed down so quickly, should I say that he is indeed my Master!!" ← Diarmuid

"What are you carrying? Master, I can carry ten in one hand. I think his weight is not as good as a TV." ← Mordred

"Why even you..."

Akutagawa tried to break free, but was powerless in front of the two muscular girls, "Let go, let me go! Are you crazy, Fukamachi, someone asked you about the future, show me clearly—"

"—About this point, I don't think you need to worry about it? Young, brave Master."

suddenly.

That clear and soft voice was like a ray of starlight coming through the night.

"you……"

Whether it was Satsuki and Saber who came forward to kidnap someone like the big sisters of the underworld, or Akutagawa who was about to be kidnapped as a gangster, they all lost their voices in shock for a split second.

——The first thing that catches the eye is the flag.

"Your judgment is very accurate. If no one guards the main entrance, this shrine will not last until Lancer opens the passage. Similarly, in order to buy enough time, this place must also be guarded by someone who is best at defense."

The sand-gold-like long hair fluttered against the wind.

Amethyst-like bright and clear eyes shone with brilliance.

In front of the raging and roaring sea of ​​despair, Joan of Arc holds the holy banner and stands awe-inspiring, just like the stars that never fall in the night.

"—So, please leave this place to me to protect. Although it is too late when I realize it, it is still my duty to maintain the Holy Grail War and protect the Masters."

"But in that case, Miss Joan, you..."

Satsuki finds it hard to agree.

"It's okay, I still have a part of the power to manage the arena, plus my Noble Phantasm, it's not difficult to protect myself. So, please take this opportunity to take refuge in the shrine. Although the religion is different...but please allow me I pray for everyone's success."

Joan turned around and smiled at them.

It was as if thousands of stars were shining into her eyes, such a bright and beautiful smile.

"By the way, that... Akutagawa-kun? From my point of view, you are not as hated as you imagined. If so, why don't you like yourself more? You can like yourself from the bottom of your heart, too' A form of 'powerful'."

"..."

"Sorry for meddling in my own business. But like the girls over there, I hope that those who work hard will be rewarded, okay?"

The saint turned her slender back.That figure seems weak but indestructible, not pinning on the gods, but full of dignity and nobility unique to human beings.

Then--

She held up the holy flag fluttering in the wind, and sang loudly the true name of the legend of the salvation of France engraved in the annals of history and eulogized to this day.

"My flag, protect my compatriots."

"【My Lord is here (Luminosite Eternelle)】."

In response to her gentle voice, the light spread endlessly.

That was—what a holy, what a beautiful miracle.

Although it is as small as a spark, it has maintained the crumbling world at the critical moment.Even the boundless darkness pales in comparison. In the world that is about to collapse, only that flag is like a lighthouse, eternally emitting a warm light that illuminates the way forward.

……

"..."

Faced with this scene, Akutagawa never said a word, but leaned forward slightly at the moment of retreating, and made a blunt and imperceptible salute to the saint, which was extremely out of proportion to the background.

At the same time, Gao Yue's calm voice came from behind him:

"Great, thank you Miss Joan of Arc. In this way, I don't have to worry about the senior's resistance, and I can put him up with confidence. Sex."

"Wh-what is good, let me go! Let go! I will go by myself!! Do you want to die?!"

The author has something to say:

Speaking of updating!I also wrote the transfer + combination together, so I changed it back to the front, middle and back! (sick you

When I start writing mustard words, my thoughts are springing up, and the final half of the week should be sent in advance hahahaha.In fact, this article is not long, as long as KY understands people's hearts and gives her three seconds, he will be HE (fart)

Xiaoyue: I suddenly understood people's hearts, and I suddenly wanted to scold my mother

We got our first teammate Joan of Arc!Of course, she is my girlfriend!

Akutagawa is not self-sacrifice, but the type of "live or die, and die well enough to make money" is not right, so someone needs to stand up...Although he is indifferent, he values ​​his feelings very much, although he doesn't cherish them There are few rewards for himself and hard work, but he will definitely take what others do for him to heart, maybe it’s an advantage that he didn’t realize himself (Miss Higuchi, I’m a dick x