As a nominally gifted student, a privileged person in the school, the request to skip classes did not come as a surprise to others. Instead, people thought that this was what a genius should be like.
After sitting in the principal's office for a while and chatting with the principal, Shinji left the school and went to the altar on Mount Enzo. It was reasonable to go home and spend the first day with his family, but it was really unreasonable not to go see his girlfriend on the second day.
Shinji was already very familiar with the road to the altar, so he hailed a taxi and arrived at the foot of the mountain. He walked along the approach road to about one-third of the way, and then went into the forest on the hillside without taking the approach road. After passing through two barriers, he could see a naturally formed cave. This was the altar where the Holy Grail had been sleeping for more than two hundred years, and it was also where Justisa and Orange were.
The moment they entered the cave, Danzou, wearing the "Hades Cloak", appeared and bowed to Shinji.
Shinji smiled and waved his hand, signaling her to remain on guard. With her around, there was no need to worry about the safety of Orange and Yustisa.
Danzo stood up and did not enter stealth mode like before, but called out hesitantly: "Master Shinji."
"?" Shinji stopped.
"Um, Miss Justissa and the Master..."
"What happened to them?"
"You'll see when you go in."
Upon hearing this, Shinji quickly quickened his pace and walked into the cave.
The entrance to the cave is extremely narrow, only allowing one person to pass through. If you are not careful, you will hit the rock wall. However, after walking along the dark and narrow corridor for a while, the scenery suddenly changes.
The narrow and cramped road turned into a flat and wide passage, and the vision that was taken away by the darkness gradually recovered in the dim green light.
The glow comes from some kind of luminous moss, which is dotted regularly on the ground and rock walls, exuding extraordinary vitality.
Yes, abnormal.
The energy is so abundant that it overflows, as if praising the air from which life was born.
A large amount of life force turned into a stream of magic that could be seen by the eyes, even making people want to vomit for a moment.
Feeling this surging vitality, Shinji knew that the Holy Grail had indeed been activated. When he came here before, although the vitality was strong, it did not have this feeling of fullness that was similar to the environment of the Age of Gods.
Going upstream along the stream of magic, walking along the dark green path of life, your vision will broaden.
The vast space is no longer a cave, but a desolate land. This is an underground space with a diameter of more than two kilometers. This is the "other world" constructed by Tousaka Nagato, Matou Zouken and the previous generation of Einzbern patriarch.
At the other end, there is a rock wall-like structure, which is both the beginning and the end of the war—a system that has existed for two hundred years and has been operating non-stop.
The light that illuminates the wilderness is the wave of magical power leaking out from there, and from the huge rock that contains the Greater Holy Grail, there is an altar that breeds the "third magic".
In the center, something was moving. It was clearly emitting such a strong vitality, but it gave people an extremely ominous feeling. Although it was still hidden under the altar, it would soon become substantial and appear in the world.
"Angra Mainyu..."
Feeling the fetal movement that he couldn't feel normally, Shinji snorted coldly and unceremoniously used the rich magical power in the air to increase his speed. In less than a minute, he crossed the wide underground space and climbed onto the altar.
In the very center of the altar, where the "fetal movement" is strongest, the orange and white figures confront each other.
Aozaki Touko opened her arms and blocked Yustisa's way: "No, you can't go. This thing is too dangerous."
"It doesn't matter, I came out from here, and this is my former body." Justisa held Orange's arm and shook her head gently.
"Eh?"
Orange is a typical mystic, rarely telling others her secrets, and rarely exploring other people's secrets. After knowing Yustisa for so long, this is the first time she has heard about Yustisa's origins.
However, she was the "crown" at the pinnacle of magicians after all, well-informed and strong-willed. Her surprise lasted only a brief moment, and she quickly regained her resolve.
"It still doesn't work. That power wave filled with death and hatred... Maybe it was once your body, but now it no longer belongs to you. If you go in now, you will be contaminated by this power, or even swallowed up."
"But-"
"No buts." Shinji appeared beside the two of them, "Have you forgotten that you almost had your spiritual foundation collapsed ten years ago?"
"Shinji..." Yustisa's body trembled.
"You've come just in time." Orange showed a happy expression.
"What on earth happened that made you have such an idea?" Shinji asked.
Orange replied, "This morning, the Holy Grail once again showed abnormal fluctuations. We analyzed it for a long time but couldn't figure out what was wrong. Yustisa was a little anxious and wanted to go in and check it out herself."
"Justisa." Shinji's face darkened. "Have you forgotten what you told me before? You told me not to worry, that it doesn't matter if I fail this time, there will be next time, and the next time, but what about you?"
"I... I'm afraid that something irreversible will happen to the Holy Grail, so... Besides, I don't want to fail." The more she spoke, the weaker Justisa's voice became. Finally, she put down her hand on Orange and lowered her head.
Seeing her like this, Shinji slowed down his tone: "I don't want to fail either, but I don't want to lose you because of it. You are far more important to me than the Holy Grail. If the Holy Grail will harm you, I would rather destroy it, even if the old gem man stops me!"
"Shinji..." Yustisa murmured.
"Oh my." Orange laughed strangely, "Why do you have to go to this extent?"
"I don't want to experience the feeling of losing a loved one again. It's really hard to feel that way—ah."
Shinji blurted out the answer without even thinking, and only realized it was wrong after he had said it.
"Hehe, now I've said it out loud. I've long seen that something is wrong with you two." Orange's tone became more playful.
"Orange, stop talking." Yustisa pleaded in a low voice.
How could Orange listen to that? She continued to laugh strangely: "My love, haha, my love."
"What's wrong with love? Can't I have a lover? Is it wrong to want to protect a lover?"
Being exposed by Orange, Shinji simply gave up and hugged Justisa in his arms. After growing up, he no longer felt any sense of disobedience when doing such actions.
"If you can't even protect the one you love, what kind of man are you?"
"Yes, of course." Orange crossed his arms and pushed up his glasses with the other hand. "I just think you should tell this to the girls around you. I wonder how they would feel about it?"
Shinji was silent.
PS: How many people know the origin of the title