I don't like the gods, I want to be a hero

During her eight years of happiness, only her parents who had been caring for her would call her Illya in a doting tone.And in the ten years of suffering when her parents died, she heard the most emotionless 'Elias Phil' and 'Missy'.

And 'Master', which doesn't specifically refer to it, is probably classified as 'Miss' by sensitive girls.Or, the girl in her arms hopes to declare her affection for Berserker by address...

Serius shook his head lightly. Since Illya likes it, he can call him that. What's the point of thinking so much?

"Nah... Berserker."

Just when Serius was about to drag Illya back to the room to get dressed, the girl in his arms looked up into his eyes again.

"Where did you go just now? Why can't I find you everywhere?"

"There has always been a twisted, evil and filthy thing hidden in the castle of Einzbern. Naturally, I have to ask Ahad to see if he has any clues about that thing..."

Before Seleus could finish speaking, Illya became emotional again.

"Illya hates that old guy! Hate that bastard who keeps reforming Illya and throws her into the forest all the time! Berserker, go teach him a lesson, I'll break his limbs and throw him too Go into the forest."

Seleus sighed helplessly. It seems that the experience of the past ten years has really changed Illya a lot, that is, in front of her trusted self, the emotion that belongs to the girl herself will be displayed without any concealment. .

"No way! As a lady, Illya can't shout and kill every day, and it's pointless to punish that emotionless artificial human now. I still need to wait for another possibility."

Although he understood Illya's feelings, Seleus still refused her request.Of course, it wasn't that Serius didn't want to kill Ahad, but that for that man-made man, it was more in his mind that he, the strongest follower, could obey Illya's orders to torture him.

Because this means that the strongest master of Einzbern and the strongest servant in the Holy Grail War can cooperate with all their heart, and the Holy Grail is almost in Einzbern's pocket.

If he knew that his death could increase the winning rate of this combination a little bit, he would definitely be very excited to meet his death.

So Seleus still needs a possibility, a possibility that can make all the artificial humans of Einzbern have hearts.

He has already made a decision, if Ahad, who got his heart, didn't feel remorse for his cruel behavior and committed suicide to apologize, he would follow Ilya's wishes and greet this old thing well.

"All right."

Illya pursed her lips, and very reluctantly, she kept beating Sirius' chest with her soft fists, but finally agreed with Serius' statement with a long voice.

"Ahad himself was also very surprised that this kind of thing appeared in the castle, so he didn't know the origin of this thing. If there is no answer, I will go back to the room to find you. When I find that you are gone, I will follow the relationship between us. contact found you."

Serius looked at the irritable Illya amusedly, and she looked even cuter with her pouty lips, which made people want to tease her.

"By the way, I was running around in the castle early in the morning. Is my lovely Ilya looking for something? It seems that she is about to cry because she couldn't find it."

"I...I want to..."

I felt a little embarrassed when I mentioned this Illya, she couldn't say in front of Serius that she was about to cry because she couldn't find him.

Ilya, who didn't know what to say, raised her head, just caught the smile on Serius' face, and instantly understood that Serius knew the reason, Ilya puffed up her face, and then used it even more fiercely. The small fist beat Serius' chest.

"Don't laugh! Berserker."

"Okay! I don't laugh!"

Seleus wanted to put away his smile obediently, but seeing Illya's cute expression, he couldn't help laughing out.

"Uuuuuu-"

Ilya was accumulating anger, but there was nothing she could do about this big guy.

"Berserker——!!!"

"I'm sorry, my Illya, I really don't laugh this time..."

Chapter 9 Predecessors' legacy and killer trick

Outside Einzbern Castle, white snow has been drifting, coating the surrounding barren forest with layers of seemingly endless silver.The cold wind blows through the forest, and the whistling sound of the wind is mixed with the "rustling" sound of the trees being blown, like a symphony with the theme of horror.

Sitting cross-legged on the edge of Ilya's bed, Seleus gently watched the little girl who was sleeping peacefully.

Based on the overloaded physique of the girl with high-level magic circuits distributed in every part of her body, Illya must sleep for at least twelve hours a day to reduce the burden on the body from the excessive magic circuits.

Serius, who is a Berserker and doesn't know the specific structure of an android, can't understand the principle, but the memory in his mind makes him roughly understand that Illya's sleep mechanism is similar to taking off a battery that has been used for a long time and overheated to cool it down. Case.

'If I am summoned as a Caster, even if I don't use the Holy Grail, I can rely on my own magic power (power) to give Illya a healthy body, and even retain these magic circuits on her body... .well...keep her magic circuits with the help of 'Metis'. '

Serius sighed and looked at the dim flame of life on Illya.

After all, the power of magic is not a taboo that can be touched by mere magicians.Even with successful samples, the most brilliant creations they can produce are deeply flawed.

'No matter what era, no matter what region, unknowingly ambitious guys will always cause all kinds of tragedies. '

Thinking of the unimaginable torment the girl in front of him suffered because of the arrogance of those overconfident magicians who wanted to peek at the power of magic, Seleus felt an uncontrollable anger welling up in his heart.

'Really, even if I have prepared in advance and used the general skills from the main body, will the madness brought about by the four command spells still affect me? '

Quickly suppressing this anger calmly, Seleus covered his forehead with one hand, complaining very unhappily.

Ever since he speculated that there was a elusive being hiding in the castle that was hostile to him, Serius was ready to use Illya to deal with him, but that thing instigated Illya to use it directly Seleus never expected that the command spell would make him mad.

To be honest, even if it is a Servant form like a weakened avatar, and is innately restrained by the Command Seal, Seleus's own will can make him completely immune to the madness brought about by the Command Seal.After all, without this strong will, Seleus would have been transformed into a beast of despair as soon as he finished his trip to Sumer.

But Seleus' purpose was to find out the guy who was hiding and had great hostility towards him.

This caused Seleus to follow the means of that thing and make it think that he had lost the threat to it, that is to say, Seleus had to let the berserk effect brought by the command spell work on him, at least it seemed It worked for me.

And just this is not enough, considering that the thing possesses the cautious and hidden ability that has been hidden under Ahad's eyes for at least eight years without letting the old man find a trace, Serius thinks that he must really make his body go berserk in order to be able to use it. Trick that thing into daring to show itself in front of itself.

Therefore, Seleus used the technique he understood after signing a contract with the restraining force—separating his spirit from his body, and his body began to go berserk directly because of the command spell, while his spirit silently waited for that thing to appear in his body. body time.

As expected by Seleus, it seems that because he pretended to lose his mind from the beginning, the cautious thing was reluctant to show up until the instigated Illya discovered the problem, and the essentially bad guy got carried away Exposed in front of Serius, and then directly taken away by the long-awaited hero with a destruction ray.

'Now I have time, do you want to analyze what happened these days? '

Now that he mentioned the guy who instigated Illya to use the Command Seal on him, Seleus planned to take this time to analyze the situation.Because the matter seemed to have been resolved, but the remaining doubts still could not make Seleus feel at ease.

First of all, he can be sure that he has never encountered a similar twisted existence before signing the contract with the suppression force.

And if we only talk about evil, the ones closest to that guy are Ned Hogg and Serius himself.

Let's not talk about why the main body will send down a pathetic and weak malice to deal with its clone.Even as an avatar with only a part of the main body's characteristics and greatly reduced power, there is no reason why Seleus could not recognize his own main body, and the main body would never do such a despicable thing.

Nid Hogg is the same, Serius can't imagine that arrogant guy would embarrass a little girl, and use such indecent means to deal with his former opponent.

And as a Servant, it took less than two weeks for Seleus to come to Einzbern. It was obviously impossible to have any communication with a guy who had been hiding for at least eight years in such a short time.

But that guy's malice towards Serius was real, which made Serius unable to understand.

Because he couldn't figure it out, Seleus, who had been waiting for Illya all night, went to Ahadeon's magic workshop early in the morning. He wanted to ask this old man who knew the most about the Holy Grail War if he knew anything about that guy.

Ahad, who was wounded by the berserk Serius and smashed into the wall with a swing, shut down his simulated personality the moment he saw Serius, and there was no wave on his already indifferent face.

Ahad's approach was exactly what Serius wanted. He didn't want to waste time with the old man, and he bluntly stated the existence of that twisted thing.

Obviously, Ahad was not aware of the existence of that twisted thing. If this old man who cared about his family's "thousand-year long-cherished wish" knew that there was something malicious hiding beside Illya, he would have dug three feet long ago. After pulling that guy out, how could he be as calm as before?

However, after hearing Serius describe the specific image of that thing in detail, Ahad told him a mistake Einzbern made in the third Holy Grail War:

Einzbern, who was neither good at fighting nor human enough to formulate normal tactics, was the first to be eliminated in all previous Holy Grail Wars.

And just like bad players who want to crush their opponents in the game but don't want to spend time and hard work on their skills, in order to change the disadvantages as soon as possible and win the war, Einzbern, who is the Yusanjia and is in charge of the core part of the Holy Grail system, naturally The thought of using privileges to cheat.

Using foreign classics as a catalyst, they summoned the eighth class that did not exist—Avenger, but the anti-hero named Angola Mainu was unexpectedly weak. On the fourth day of the Holy Grail War just lost...

However, despite being very weak, Avenger's twisted, evil, and cursed characteristics are extremely prominent. Ahad, who was deeply impressed by this, immediately thought of Avenger when Serius mentioned the twisted thing.

'Although I did get a little information, it didn't seem to be of any use at all. After recalling the conversation with Ahad, Seleus sighed helplessly.

'Leaving aside how the Avenger, who was defeated early, survived, even if he wanted revenge because he hated Einzbern, why did he skip the last Holy Grail War? '

Ahad said that Einzbern had almost obtained the Holy Grail in the last Holy Grail War, but for some reason, the sudden betrayal of Illya's father led to the failure of success. '

'If you really want revenge, why didn't you give Einzbern... no! '

Seleus suddenly discovered the weirdness of the matter - Illya's father betrayed Einzbern without warning when he was about to get the Holy Grail.

Obviously victory is within easy reach, but why did that man choose to betray his wife and daughter at the last moment?

'It looks like that Avenger still doesn't let go of his hatred after taking revenge on Einzbern once. '

Serius frowned. He roughly guessed something, but the deduced information caused new doubts.

'Judging from Ilya's previous indifferent and awkward personality, my little Master probably has been bewitched by Avenger all these years.But I still don't understand why he wants to eliminate my sanity. If he wants to take revenge on Einzbern, wouldn't it be more relieving to use the command spell to deactivate me, the top servant? '

Serius is a very self-aware person. He will never swell his face to make him fat when he is not good at something, but he has considerable confidence in what he is good at.

"Since I leave the optimal solution and don't do it, it means that his hostility towards me does not seem to be due to the simple reason that I am the strongest servant summoned by Einzbern..."

The question of analysis goes back to the original point—why does that guy who seems to be Avenger have such special hostility towards Serius?

'And if my guess is correct, the Avenger that I wiped out with my destructive power should not be so easy to completely perish. Before I figure out why that guy has survived until now and completely wipe him out, I must protect him carefully. Good Illya...'

The question that could not be clarified was put aside for the time being, and Seleus drew his next course of action from the existing information, and then his eyes turned to the sleeping Illya.

'Although there were a lot of mistakes in the middle, it was a blessing in disguise. Illya trusted me very much because of this experience, and the influence of the command spell on the body will disappear after a while. '

Thinking of how this girl who suffered so much pain and torture could show her childlike innocence and smile again, Seleus thanked from the bottom of his heart the body who signed the contract with the restraining force at that time.

Seleus drew the curtains to firmly block the light outside, then stretched out his hand and carefully stroked the girl's soft long silver hair.

"Sleep in peace, my lovely Illya..."

......

"Berserker, are you alright? I'm too hungry."

Under the strict supervision of Seleus, Ilya, who put on her boots and coat obediently, and put a hat on her head by Serra, rubbed her stomach with her small hands, and then blinked her big eyes. Blinkingly looked at the barbecue in Serius' hands.

"Then who can I blame? Who told my Ilya not to eat the breakfast made by Sera, and insisted that I use nearby wood to restore the previous barbecue experience. It is naturally very slow to use untreated wood to light a fire. "

Serius looked at the poor Illya with some amusement, but kept smearing sauces and spices on the barbecue with his hands.

Although Ilya strongly opposed the use of various seasonings prepared by Sera because she wanted to try the past life of Seleus, but Seleus understood how unpalatable barbecue without seasoning was, especially when the ingredients were wolf meat.

The eternal permafrost of Einzbern rarely ushered in a sunny day. Under the sunshine, even this oppressive castle seemed to be a little more lively.

The rare sunny day made Ilya, who got up early, very excited. She took Seleus to the woods outside the castle early in the morning, saying that she wanted to experience Berserker’s past adventure life, and kept muttering that Berserker would avenge her. avenge.

As for revenge, just look at the wolf leg in Seleus's hand.

Although Illya asked Seleus to kill all the wolves in the forest, Seleus spared the lives of most of the wolves on the grounds that there would be no place to relieve his anger if he thought about it after killing all of them today, and only killed four unlucky ones. Eggs for his and Illya's breakfast.

He performed bloodletting and skinning very skillfully, and then buried the head, neck, internal organs and the surrounding meat in the soil. Serius also broke off some walnut branches at Illya's request and started a fire to roast the meat.

Children who have never experienced adventures probably think that it is very romantic and exciting, but Seleus knows how boring real adventures are.

No, even if Seleus omitted most of the content and only took Illya to experience the barbecue part that best meets people's expectations for adventure, the choking black smoke and long wait directly shattered Illya's love for her. All the good fantasies of an adventurous life.

"The grilled meat tastes good, but it's just ordinary and delicious with seasonings like ordinary barbecue." Taking a bite of the grilled front leg specially prepared by Seleus, the unexpected ordinary made Ilya Looks very disappointed.

"If you don't have these seasonings, you will find out how wonderful it is to enjoy three meals a day at home."

Although I had already guessed that Illya would have such a reaction as the young lady, but this cute elf who was looking at the food in her hand with a pouting mouth made Serius couldn't help but reach out and rub her. small head.

"Stinky Berserker! Don't treat me like a child!"

Illya puffed up her face in dissatisfaction after she slapped off Serius' big hand that was making trouble on her head.

"Sorry, sorry! Because Illya is so cute."

Although Seleus apologized to Illya very decisively, the more Illya thought about it, the more angry Illya did not intend to let go of this bad Berserker who always messed with her hair.

She raised her hand hard, trying to mess with Serius' hair in the same way, but Serleus, who understood Illya's plan, stood up directly, the absolute difference in height made it impossible for the girl to reach him anyway. top of the head.

"Crap! Crap! Crap! Berserker has been crap!"

Illya, who was even more dissatisfied, waved her small fist and beat Serleus' body non-stop, but she didn't know that this act of coquettishness rather than anger made her even cuter.

"Ugh?!"

Knowing that what he did was really a little too much, Serius used his trump card. He directly picked up Illya's petite body with his big hands, and then carefully placed it on his shoulders.

"So tall! So tall! Is this the world in Berserker's eyes? It's so small!"

Obviously she was still angry just now, but the unique perspective made the childlike Ilya forget the previous unhappiness.

"Can you forgive me now? My lovely little princess?"

Shielding Illya with one hand to prevent her from accidentally falling, Seleus, seeing that his trump card was still very effective, took this opportunity to please his little Master.

"As long as you can promise to let me sit when I want, I will forgive you."

Ilya, who suddenly realized that she should still be angry, put her hands on her chest and raised her head in a very imposing manner.

"Of course, I promise!"

"Okay! Now carry me for a walk in the forest!"

"Follow your orders, my princess..."