My Destiny Illustrated Book of the Moon

Chapter 635: Julius's Story, Rin's Invitation

From then on, Tsukiumihara Academy fell into complete chaos.

Fighting, fighting, fighting... The false peace was completely torn apart. Even inside the academy, the sound of swords clashing was endless. Only by hiding in one's room could one find some peace.

On the first day of the updated competition system, three Masters were killed by the special Master Shuoyue, leaving 13 people left.

On the second day, Archer Atalanta's group was betrayed; Berserker Hercules' group was surrounded and killed two people; Assassin Fuma Kotaro's group was eliminated by Gawain, leaving 9 people.

On the third day, the Berserker Hercules team ran out of life, and the Saber Roland team encountered the special master Draco and died. There were 7 people left.

On the fourth day, Caster and the unknown group launched a full-scale attack. The Master was killed by Julius (me) personally, and there were 6 people left.

Important monitoring subjects and special masters: Shuoyue and Draco’s daily routines remain unchanged, see report 2.5.1 for details.

Important monitoring target: Hakuno Kishinami: does not actively participate in the fight, and his trajectory is fixed between the arena and his room. See report 2.5.2 for details.

Important surveillance target: Rin Toosaka: No detailed information was captured. This person has a strong anti-reconnaissance awareness.

End of report.

"Mmmm, that's a very detailed report. Thank you for your hard work."

The cafeteria, an open area that no Master dares to go to anymore - because this is the spawning point for the top Boss of the Holy Grail War.

As a person who never smokes or drinks, and who goes back to his room before 8 o'clock every day at the latest and goes to bed at o'clock at night to ensure that he gets hours of sleep, Leo naturally will not treat his stomach badly, and will never make do with three meals a day in his room.

Ever since the last unlucky guy who wanted to have breakfast ran into Leo in the cafeteria and was killed by Gawain for disturbing his master's meal, no one dared to come here to cause trouble.

After all, even if there was no hostility, Leo wouldn't mind taking some points.

"Thank you for the compliment." The dark-robed man beside Leo nodded, and then said, "There are fewer and fewer chess pieces we can use. Leo, if we want to defeat Shuoyue, we must do it as soon as possible..."

“Are you trying to say that the power of my lord and I is not as strong as that man?” Gawain glared at him unkindly, but Julius remained calm and finished his interrupted words.

"We must win over the remaining Masters as soon as possible. In order to win, we must work without fail."

Under the more brutal elimination system, in just a few days, the number of Masters was less than half. Apart from Sakutsuki, Hakuno, Rin, Leo, and Julius, there was only one Master left alive.

And the final winner will be born among them.

In Julius' opinion, the best strategy is to gather superior forces and eliminate the most powerful Sakutsuki Group. However, in the face of his suggestion, Leo just calmly put down the report.

"I understand. Let's go, Gawain."

"Yes."

"Leo?!"

Julius frowned and was about to persuade him again, but Leo turned around and said, "Brother, how do you think I can win?"

"Shuoyue and Draco, they are already on another level of strength... Can we overwhelm them with numbers alone?"

Shaking his head, the blond boy smiled and gave his answer:

"What we need is a force comparable to it."

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After Leo left, Julius quietly packed up the report with a gloomy look on his face.

"Ka, this kid has good eyesight. He actually made the same judgment as me." The servant's strange laughter echoed in my mind. "What do you think, Master? Not only me, but no one is optimistic about your plan now."

The man in the dark robe was silent. If there was one thing in common between him and the two brothers, Leo, it was their identical determination, or stubbornness.

"I have transferred all the QP and props to Leo's account. The plan Leo chose does not require the help of a 'person' like me."

After transferring the report to the space, Julius spoke calmly: “In that case, instead of staying in my room and waiting for Leo to win and take my points, I might as well increase the possibility of his victory... even if it’s just a little bit.”

"Why do you have to go to such lengths?" Li Shuwen asked. "Even if you are a wandering soul, you should have the most basic will to survive. However, your lifestyle is like firewood that is ready to burn out at any time."

Enduring the pain of body transformation to board the Moon Crystal, hacking into the Holy Grail War system regardless of the risks, and tirelessly carrying out assassinations - just to sacrifice himself in the end and become a stepping stone to push Leo to the throne?
"Don't you have a wish to make the Holy Grail come true?"

Facing the servant's question, Julius once again responded with silence, but this time, a few ripples appeared in his calm heart.

The reason for doing this is too simple. As long as he touches his soul, he can recall his broken past.

[Leo, I'll leave it to you. 】

Julius Belchisco Harvey was originally a highly anticipated test-tube baby who was the heir of the Harvey family, but he was found to be of low ability and defective when he was still in the fetus. The adults thought that he could not bring any benefit and abandoned him.

"This is a failure..."

"The most perfect material actually gave rise to this kind of garbage."

"Let's strip this individual of all his rights and redirect resources to the next plan."

"As for this failed work, just let it die on its own."

Stumbling through countless cold stares and scorn, the young Julius encountered the brightest ray of light at the darkest moment.

She was the most beautiful woman. She looked back in the warm afternoon sun, smiled and opened her arms, warming Julius's lonely heart.

In the vast, cold Western European chaebol, she was the only one who saw Julius in her eyes and regarded him as her own child.

Without her, the individual named 'Julius' would have died in a dark corner long ago.

For Julius' childhood, the time he spent with her made him feel like a "human". However, this time soon came to an end.

Why, kill him.

I want to die, kill him.

Kill, kill, kill...

Click.

boom.

It's really ironic that the price a man named 'Julius' paid to gain 'value' was to lose his only 'humanity' that could cheer him up.

Leo's mother was killed at the order of his father, whom he had never even met. The woman who treated him as her child just smiled and accepted her fate until the very end.

"Leo, I'm leaving it to you."

The price of keeping his oath is to kill the person who made him make the oath. Such a ridiculous life makes people want to shed dry tears.

From that moment on, Julius completely lost his soul, but he still had life, a life that would never betray his oath until it burned out.

The motivation for Leo to do his best to become the winner does not come from loyalty to the Harvey family. He is fighting to protect the last words of Alicia, Leo's mother, who he regarded as his mother when he was young.

"So, for her, I am willing to pay any price."

After saying this without thinking, Julius strode out of the house and dialed a number that he had never used and could only be used for the last time.

"What's wrong with this strange number? What can I do for the kind and lovely Miss Lin?"

"……it's me."

“Hey, Julius? How did you get my phone number…?”

"Don't hang up yet, Toosaka Rin." The man in dark robes leaned against the corner of the corridor, letting the surging darkness swallow him up.

"You also want to win the Holy Grail War, right? If so, come and help me."

"Come with us and eliminate the biggest threat."

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New Moon's Room

"What are you waiting for?"

The little girl in the red dress hugged a pillow and looked at Shuoyue who was leisurely leaning on the recliner, reading a magic book: "If you and I join forces, a few masters will not be able to defeat us even if they attack together."

"Oh?" Shuoyue's smiling voice sounded, "If the enemy was Nero, would you be able to kill him?"

"of course."

"Wow... You are indeed a cute and charming villain." Shuoyue applauded, "But it's different for me. If I can get a perfect ending, what's the harm in waiting a little longer?"

"The perfect ending you mentioned, is it waiting to be conquered by Hakuno or Leo?" The little red dragon squinted, "You tried so hard to help me regain my power, but if you did it just to help another woman, I will bite you, okay?"

"Have you recovered your energy? Then come on, face me head-on!"

"You...! You know that's not what I'm talking about!"

The little red dragon flew to Shuoyue, gritting her teeth and blushing, and Shuoyue readily apologized, then skillfully stroked her golden hair, like petting a cat, and sighed softly:
"I must get the Moon Spirit Crystal in my hands, but the real enemy is not them, but someone lurking in the shadows of the Holy Grail War."

"Then again, after I control the Moon Spirit Crystal, do I have to stay here and do infrastructure construction? I'm not the type to farm."

"Oh..." Draco also knew how bad-tempered Shuoyue was, "In other words, you are now selecting a suitable manager."

"That's right, my little red dragon is really smart."

"Hmph." Draco closed his eyes and shrank into Shuoyue's arms, "Even if you say so, I won't be happy..."

The little dragon's tail quietly wrapped around his waist. Shuoyue raised the corner of his mouth, and a smile flashed in his fox-like eyes.

Although Draco explained that he wanted to choose a suitable manager from Leo and Hakuno, in fact, the candidate had already been chosen by him during the first battle.

As for Leo, Shuoyue just expected that as the most outstanding work of the Western European chaebol, the ideal Wang Sheng, could bring him surprises.

With his strength growing to this point, ordinary Servants are no longer enough to satisfy Shuuyue. Only beings comparable to gods, the highest-level fantasy species, or the legendary disaster incarnation (Beast) can make him feel the passion of risking his life again.

Rather than being cautious and excluding others, Shuoyue would rather believe that Leo can accomplish this great feat for him.

As for the others except Leo and Bai Ye, they were not considered by Shuoyue before the real decisive battle.

No matter where you are, when a road is about to come to an end, there will always be very few people around you.

And just at this moment, someone who was gorgeously forgotten by Shuoyue started to communicate with him.

"Rin? What are you doing here when you suddenly come to see me~~"

"Sakutsuki." Lin's tone was a little dry, but soon returned to normal, "I have something to tell you."

"Can you come to the rooftop?"

(End of this chapter)