"Although I don't know what happened, this guy finally looks a little bit so-so."
This is Rin Tohsaka's sigh after seeing Emiya Shirou ask Saber to train his swordsmanship. Before that, Emiya Shirou never had the consciousness of being a master, and even the appearance of no fighting motivation really gave this young lady a headache. To die, no matter what the reason is now, at least Emiya has shown a willingness to gain power and defeat someone, which is enough to make her overjoyed.
Who is the current Wei Gong, who wants to defeat in his heart
Maybe he doesn't know it himself.
Always longing to be justice, hoping to find a way to save everything without hurting anyone or sacrificing anyone, this kind of thinking sounds very naive, but the starting point is not wrong at all, but when you find a person who can It's so abominable to such an extent that even breathing the air around you is considered a waste of human resources, what will you do
But the contradiction in Emiya Shirou's heart is his own business. Although he is an unprecedented good person, but fortunately, he is not weak. Palace, there is no need to pay too much attention.
What I should be concerned about now is the girl waiting in the hut behind the dojo.
Practicing swords in the yard, or in other words, Emiya being practiced by Saber and Rin Tosaka who was watching did not have the energy to pay attention to the situation here for the time being. She came to the only remaining building in the devastated Emiya Mansion, behind the Daiba.
There is a small room here for people to rest temporarily, which is directly connected to the dojo. When we opened the door and came in, the purple-haired weak girl was in a daze, looking out of the window with her eyes unfocused, wondering what she was thinking. Didn't even notice until we walked in.
The original plan was to start the teleportation immediately in the morning, but because Avalon needed time to adjust some of the ancillary buildings in the Death Garden, the time was postponed to the evening. Fortunately, in Matou's house, there are still free cherry blossoms who occasionally return late. Yes, and because Rider "disappeared", Matou Shinji is a useless person with no talent, and the only one who can use the power of the contract to find clues is Sakura himself as the summoner. In this name, Sakura has been staying at Emiya's house until now .
"Ahem..."
After being ignored by others for nearly three minutes, I finally gave up on relying on my own presence to wake up the girl in front of me. I coughed heavily, and finally brought Sakura back to life.
"Ah, it's Senior Chen Jun, I'm very sorry."
The girl who was awakened immediately stood up, and then apologized in a panic for her ecstasy just now.
From the flash of her eyes just now, I saw deep confusion and tension, and I can probably guess a little about the reason for such emotions.
When she was in contact with Emiya during the day, the sensitive girl must have noticed a little bit of abnormality in the other party, and when she was about to go home in the evening, she was asked to stay abruptly. This has already caused Sakura to have a lot of messy associations. But after staying, Emiya did not come to see him, but was busy practicing swordsmanship with Saber in the yard, and even Tohsaka Rin came here uninvited until now, while he was left hanging in this room for so long, Such an abnormal thing naturally made her very concerned. If it wasn't for the absolute trust in Emiya, she might not be able to sit still for a long time, right
Seeing that the person who appeared in front of her was not the familiar Emiya, not even Saber or Tohsaka Rin, but a "friend of Emiya's adoptive father and relative of his friend" who was almost a stranger, Matou Sakura was naturally even more surprised up.
"It's okay," I waved my hand casually, "Matou Sakura, right?"
Facing such a question knowingly asked, the girl froze for a moment, then nodded without knowing why.
"Well, it's Rider's summoner at the same time, right?"
In an instant, the girl's pupils were opened to the maximum, and thick vigilance and shock were unabashedly presented on the opponent's face.
"Are you magicians?"
Matou Sakura immediately put on a defensive posture. As the real master of Rider, and she has been in contact with the world of magicians since she was a child, Matou Sakura's knowledge in certain aspects is definitely infinitely richer than Emiya Shirou. Instantly thought of Rider who disappeared the day before yesterday, "So that's the case, no wonder you arranged your 'sister' into the school to eliminate those there..."
"Don't be nervous, we are not enemies, and you should know that Rider is fine, after all, the contract between you has not been broken, has it?"
Such a sentence immediately calmed the girl down, but the vigilance of the other party did not weaken at all, but this was already expected, I just smiled indifferently, while Sandora glanced at the other party casually, immediately , Sakura, who was originally in a defensive posture, dropped her hands involuntarily.
"It's just to prevent you from accidentally hurting yourself," Sandora said to Sakura who showed a panicked look, "Come with us."
Under the night, the Emiya House Dojo is empty, only the dim moonlight shines inside, it looks quiet and ordinary, Matou Sakura, who was brought here by us, was at a loss for no reason, until I lightly hit her in the air. snap your fingers.
The space fluctuated slightly, and the phase conversion device installed in the parallel space of the dojo was activated immediately. Everything in this area, including the few of us, was converted to another phase, and everything that was originally hidden is now exposed.
In the empty dojo, there is a crystal platform shrouded in soft light. The wide platform is covered with an energy shield that looks like confinement. The tall woman with purple and long hair is facing us. Until the sound of approaching footsteps caught her attention.
Rider, who may have been waiting impatiently, turned her head immediately, with half a piece of potato chips in her mouth, the first thing she saw was me walking in front, so she immediately raised the game console in her hand: "Chen this How to jump on the platform of the third level?"
us:"… "
I'm going to complain about her being able to play games with a blindfold on, is that okay
"Rider" experienced a short period of confusion at the beginning, Matou Sakura finally reacted, and then rushed over with a loud cry, and the latter also saw the girl who was unable to perceive the other party because of the psionic energy barrier and was ignored by herself just now. Immediately stood up happily, facing Matou Sakura.
Then the two idiots collided with the shield of the crystal platform.
I know it's impolite to laugh at this time, but the problem is that I can't help it
Dizzy from hitting the rigid energy shield, Matou Sakura rubbed her head and stood up, then looked at the crystal platform where Rider was in amazement, it was very obvious that the latter was temporarily imprisoned by this platform, even because of With the existence of that energy shield, the contract connection between himself and Rider was almost broken, no wonder he couldn't perceive Rider's position in the past two days no matter what, was he imprisoned here
"Rider, wait a minute, I'll find a way to let you out..." Matou Sakura hurriedly said, and then began to look for possible runes on the crystal platform, but this thing is not a magical creation at all, her attempt Of course it is impossible to succeed.
"Sakura, don't worry, I'm fine."
Seeing how anxious his summoner was, Rider quickly leaned down and comforted him, "This platform is harmless to me."
"How is this going?"
Sakura finally remembered our existence at this moment, she immediately turned her head, and asked eagerly. On the surface, it seemed that her servant was imprisoned by us, but the attitude of the other party did not seem to be the case. The girl was very confused.
"How should I put it, it's similar to what you guessed at the beginning. We were the ones who fought Rider in the school, and after that, she was captured by us, but now she is receiving treatment from this crystal platform. During the battle, She has been severely corrupted by our special energy, and without this crystal platform, she would have turned into a crystal statue in just a few minutes."
"Sakura, he didn't lie to you, and besides, he is our friend."
Even if the tall purple-haired woman was kneeling on the crystal platform, she was half a head taller than Sakura, so when she comforted the girl in front of her, it was like a mother imprisoned in a crystal cage comforting her daughter , although this metaphor is a bit strange...
Facing the two unidentified people who attacked her servants not long ago, Matou Sakura obviously lacked enough trust in us, but Rider's words carried a lot of weight in her ears. With the introduction and explanation of the former, Sakura went from being wary of us in every possible way at the beginning to becoming kind at the end, and then full of curiosity and amazement, and finally let go of that guarded attitude.
"The situation is like this," I concluded after coordinating with Rider to finish the whole story, "maybe we can help you, and you can rest assured that we have no hostility at all."
Matou Sakura lowered her head with a complex expression, and leaned slightly on the crystal platform behind her, perhaps because her "dirty" past was so well known by outsiders that she didn't even dare to raise her head to look here. But whether it is me or Sandora, when looking at this girl, there is only kindness or calmness in the eyes, without the slightest contempt, let alone a little ridicule. Under such eyes, Sakura finally mustered up the courage, but with He asked in a puzzled tone: "But... why? Why do you help people like me? Because you are not human... so you will do such inexplicable good deeds?"
Um, isn't this girl already desperate for the human race
Although it is impossible for her to prove anything, I don't want to deceive the other party. After a little consideration, I shook my head: "I can tell you the truth, this help is not completely free. We are conducting some kind of experiment. And once this experiment is successful, we will gain huge benefits from this world, and some kind of mission we are doing can also make great progress, but all of this is based on the basis that it is harmless to the world itself and has no malice to human beings It was a deal, and strictly speaking, an unfair deal in our best interest."
The purple-haired girl looked at me in surprise, she obviously didn't expect that I could reveal my motives so unabashedly, but after a while, she showed a reassuring smile: "I believe in Rider, so I also believe in Rider." You, as long as you don't hurt Senior Emiya, even if you want to conquer the world, it has nothing to do with me."
Hey, it’s okay to talk about it, if you let the two little guys who are busy with barbecue outside hear it, it’s really an exclamation point to catch up with human civilization
But what I said just now, from this girl who always gives people a sense of tenderness and weakness, is really a bit unexpected.
Has hatred for this world been hidden under that gentle exterior? It shouldn't be so, but at least, she has become indifferent to all human beings except Emiya.
If she hadn't faced a special "heterogeneous" like us, I'm afraid she would never say such a thing. In this way, it would be justifiable for her to be the bearer of the Black Holy Grail in the end.
But that day will never come.
"Rider, your body should be fine now, I will close the crystal table right away, you don't need to use magic power."
The purple-haired woman nodded, then took a step back, curiously "watching" me operate on the crystal platform, while Sandora gently pressed her fingers to her ear, and immediately, golden lines flowed from her side. Extended, and formed a mirror-like rectangular light gate beside it.
"Avalon is connected, ready to enter with regular life forms, and all personnel are ready to receive and guide."
"What's this?"
Rider, who has been freed, looked at the light door curiously, and I smiled at her: "The door of Avalon, the road leading to another world, come with us."
After finishing speaking, I have already walked into the door that shone with mysterious light first. Rider and Matou Sakura looked at each other, then nodded firmly, and walked in together.
After the brief glare is over, the first thing that catches the eye is the sparkling fairy lake in the forest of the East Avalon elves. As an extension of the branches of the World Tree, East Avalon has the most majestic vitality field. For Matou Sakura whose body has been scarred by the transformation, these energies are quite beneficial.
"Here... is this your planet?"
Matou Sakura fell into deep shock after getting rid of the dizziness of teleportation. The beauty that can only be described in fairy tales made her almost speechless. She was intoxicated by this beautiful fairy lake for two full minutes. She just came up with the only possibility.
"This place reminds me of the age of mythology," Rider squatted down with a strange tone, scooping up a handful of clear water from the Fairy Lake, "Such thick and pure energy, only those that have dissipated in history Only the source of mystery can be possessed, is this the heaven?"
"It's just a special space. You should be thankful. In many worlds, even an existence like a hero emperor is not qualified to enter Avalon."
Hearing me mention the word "Avalon" again, Matou Sakura, who didn't pay much attention at first, finally realized it. A shocked and dazed expression appeared on her face, but the words she was about to speak were interrupted by a burst of brisk The sound of hooves interrupted.
Lilina in elf form and Artemis in green hunting suit came out from the path in the forest riding a unicorn. crow.
"Sorry, there is something wrong with the coordinate positioning, we are late."
Artemis turned over and landed. This time, she was successful and did not lie on the ground. Lilina next to her was more tragic. Because of her height, the little girl did not dare to jump off after several attempts, and finally rushed to this side Open arms: "Hug"
Sandora went up and slipped this malicious and cute guy down.
"This is Artemis, the administrator of the residents of Avalon."
"Luna?" Matou Sakura immediately recognized the corresponding meaning from the name. It seems that in the world of Fate, myths and legends are also connected with our earth.
"I was tossing around on the moon once before." I squinted at Artemis, who immediately turned his head away in embarrassment, "but recently I was transferred to work as the director of the neighborhood committee in Avalon."
Sakura and Rider's bodies froze instantly.
"This is just Lilina, the priestess of the goddess, the agent of Avalon's divine power, the female pope of the God of Life," pointing to the little elf next to her who was beaten by Sandora because of her malicious cuteness, "Of course, the above is the official It is said that she is actually just a fool. Recently, she changed her name to Ding
"Don't mention this, Boss." Lilina blushed immediately, and then muttered embarrassingly.
"Now you can make up your mind."
After finishing the brief introduction, I nodded to Sakura Matou and Rider, and said so.
Rider was just silent in thought, but Matou Sakura took a deep breath, and then shouted in an unprecedentedly excited tone: "Then the aliens are all deceiving people, right? You are actually the ones who disappeared The ancient gods, right? Avalon or something, are actually those heavenly realms that disappeared in front of mortals thousands of years ago, right?"
I quietly looked at the girl who was a little runaway because of a series of exciting incidents, and then grinned after the other party calmed down: "Guess?"
After the voice fell, even Rider collapsed suddenly.
After handing over Sakura and Rider to Artemis and letting the latter take them to the death garden, I let out a sigh of relief and said to Lilina, "How is the result of Bubble's deduction?"
"There is a success rate of more than 90 percent," Lilina rarely showed a serious expression, "Once successful, Matou Sakura will become the most powerful hero killer in the entire Fate world, but as the key of Avalon, she She will also lose her human identity, but according to my brilliant achievements in psychology, that girl will 100% agree to participate in the experiment knowing the consequences. It's just a test product, the success rate is 100%, after all, she has been transformed by psionic energy before, and the repelling effect will be very small."
"Well, very good, but I am very surprised about one thing. According to the plot, there should be Matou Zouken's soul container in Sakura's heart, but after two scans, apart from the engraving worm, there is no foreign body in Sakura's body. None, you have a lot of knowledge in mysticism, did you find anything?"
"No," Lilina shook her head, but she didn't pay too much attention to this question, "Maybe it's a deviation in the plot, that old bastard Matou Zouken hid his soul in another place, but because of this, he escaped today." It's a catastrophe, but it might be a good choice to let her take revenge after Sakura completes the transformation."
I nodded, not paying too much attention to this. I originally thought that if Matou Zouken’s soul container was really in Sakura’s body, I would let the psychics in the Undercity transform the old guy into a ghost slave today. It's kind of like that, but it seems that there is a slight deviation in the plot, and the old guy is lucky to have escaped.
"Where's Xue Lin? What did the girl say?"
"Everything is worth it, whether it's for us or Matou Sakura."
The corners of Lilina's mouth curled slightly, revealing a sly smile. V