A Not So Evil God In Fate/Grand Order

'This is...!' Taking into account what he had found so far, Seth was on the side of "Justice," but if he recalled the way Caster told him about it, there seemed to be something more to him, something that was not exactly good.

At first, Fujimaru didn't understand where Cu Chulainn's sort of pessimist behavior was coming from at all. Leaving aside his Authorities, which kind of screamed "Not a good guy," there was nothing that could portray him as someone terrible.

That was, of course, until he saw his most famous story. In essence, his fall from grace where he went from someone who would protect his people against evil, to someone who became evil himself.

Seth, jealous of his brother Osiris because he got to keep all the power while he got nothing, murdered him in cold blood. Once Osiris' wife, Isis, managed to recover his corpse that Seth threw in the Nile river, he dismembered it after getting its location from his wife Nephthys and scattered the rests across the land. Because Egyptian Gods needed their corpse intact to revive after death, Isis embarked on a journey to get them all back. To her misfortune, she couldn't recover all the parts, resulting in the impossibility of her husband's revival.

Reading this, Fujimaru thought he was observing the story of a stranger, and not the one from Kuro—The one from Seth. It was true that at first, he acted cold toward them, but the youth also noticed how his attitude had become warmer, or at least not as indifferent as before.

He wanted to know more about this to form a conclusive answer, so he continued reading. There was some strange thing about this that drew his attention. Maybe it was the fact that, aside from the fantastical elements, it looked like a human story, something more relatable.

Isis, through her magic, transformed herself into a bird and, through some weird and undetailed process, was able to extract Osiris' seed and become pregnant. Her pregnancy was soon discovered by Seth, who had become the new King —Pharaoh in this case—. Fearing for her child's life, she asked help from other Gods. They told her to hide in the marshes and raise her child there.

Believing that was not enough, she used her magic to disguise herself as a common woman you could find anywhere. There were many instances where this caused her a lot of problems, but she still held on.

Practically alone and with only the help of some Goddesses, she made sure her child, which she named Horus, grew to be someone worthy of being a Pharaoh and capable of avenging his deceased father.

As all of this was happening, Seth ruled with terror and made the lives of his citizens a living hell, demanding sacrifices; otherwise, he would send all sorts of mystical demons to devour them. He never stopped searching for Isis, though. When he was not busy torturing people, he was searching for the two in the hope of ending with their existence.

Seth's feud with his sister was not that big, so maybe she would be spared, but her child was a different case.

There was another thing Fujimaru found weird. It turns out that Osiris, Seth, Isis, and Nephthys were all siblings. Meaning they were married to their sister or brother, respectively. He was aware that in Japan, his birthplace, there is some sector of the population who thinks this is okay and even promotes it, but to him, it was just plain...weird, for lack of a better word.

That topic aside, again, something appeared that didn't correlate with what he knew of Seth. This record painted him as someone who wouldn't tolerate the slightest opposition. However, the one he knew was, for the most part, a patient man. And even when he lost his cool with one of their team members, he never harmed them.

'Could this be what Caster was talking about, that there are some things which are not entirely correct?' Maybe Fujimaru didn't realize it, but on the inside, he was "forcing" himself to believe this. It was something similar to fanatism. The person you are a fan of having a shady side to them is unthinkable.

Although Fujimaru was not exactly Seth's fan, it was a situation along those lines. He might not know him for more than two months, but he just simply didn't strike him as someone evil. With Lev, he felt a bit uncomfortable on their first meeting, and he had a bad feeling about him. However, with Seth, it was the opposite. There was that feeling of "If you leave it to that guy, somehow all will work out in the end."

Continuing with the story, Isis, through many hardsh.i.p.s, finally managed to make her child into a fine young man capable of putting an end to Seth's tyranny.

Horus presented himself as Osiris' son and challenged Seth. Every God was on his side except Ra, who believed him to be still young and unworthy of the throne. This clash of opinions caused many competitions to occur, to determine who was the rightful owner of Egypt.

The competitions were diverse, but overall they tested the strength of both contestants. Some involved the use of weapons, others a fight after shapeshifting themselves into animals.

Horus quickly showed himself superior, besting Seth in every competition they did. However, the Tyrannical Ruler didn't want to accept defeat, so he demanded a rematch every time with the excuse of there being a secret external help. In other words, this portrayed him as a sore loser. There were accounts of Isis helping Horus and him cheating, though, so it wasn't like Seth was always in the wrong.

Thanks to this constant rematches, their duel extended for many years. It wasn't until about eighty-something years later since the conflict started that it finally came to an end. It had gotten to the point where even the other Gods were tired about it. Without any other choice, they decided to hold a meeting to find a solution once and for all.

It came to no surprise that even then, they were still not reaching a consensus. That's why, as a last resort, the Gods called Neith, one of, if not the most Ancient Goddesses in Egypt. Everyone regarded her words highly and would have to abide by them. Many people in one of the first periods believed her to be Seth's wife, but that was later re-interpreted to be just a friendly relationship.

That also explains her decision and the final one that put an end to the dispute. She gave the complete rule of Egypt to Horus and commanded them to compensate Seth by giving him two foreign Goddesses as wives, Anat, and Astarte.

Whatever way you look at it, that was a ripoff. Although considering that "good" triumphed, Fujimaru supposed it was all right in the end. There was not much mention of what happened afterward, though.

Without a doubt, this story only worked to make Seth look bad. However, he didn't want to leave with just that, so he started looking in other areas and sources, trying to broaden his knowledge.

The youth soon found that to be even more pointless in a sense. There was some complexity involving Seth's character, sometimes he had a good side, and sometimes he had a bad one.

Fujimaru couldn't help but hold his head in frustration. It was as if his whole existence didn't revolve around a mere definition. 'Wait—That's it!'

After many minutes of thinking that seemed it wouldn't lead him anywhere, he came with a theory that could explain some things. More than a theory, it was an answer.

It was something simple at the same time that it was complicated. Seth was neither good nor evil. He didn't belong, couldn't, and mustn't be put on any one of those two categories.

Looking a bit further into it, Fujimaru proved his theory was correct or at least accepted by a variety of people. Egyptians believed in the concept of balance, where no side could be more significant than the other. Seth was, in other words, the darkness to Horus' light, and it must remain that way.

This realization didn't make it easier for the Japanese young man, though. After all, it was easier to "judge" someone when he or she was good or evil. If they didn't belong to any of those categories, you just went in blind when you had to treat someone by their character.

He wouldn't get anywhere just by standing there pondering, so he made sure to close everything and go to his room. He had spent a lot of time searching for information, so someone was bound to show up eventually.

Luckily no one made any questions when he met them in the hallway, just saying to him they hoped he found what he was looking for, that's all.

The first thing Fujimaru did when he entered his room was to lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling. He was so mentally tired that, in no time, he fell asleep.

His head was full of questions, and this sleep seemed to have helped him somehow. The moment he opened his eyes again, Fujimaru gained some clarity that wasn't there before.

'Same as when I got that answer, maybe I am looking at it from the wrong angle.' What if instead of judging him by something he didn't even know if it was real, he did it by what he witnessed?

There wasn't much to say about him in Fuyuki, as they only met half-way through. Still, it was true he defeated Saber and avoided their inevitable destruction when the situation had turned against their favor.

In France, he defeated thousands of Wyverns, helped Jeanne when she wanted to stay back and face Alter, something that would only have resulted in her death. He helped minimize the losses of the French Army, and also put an end to that monstrosity near the end.

'Looking back at it, he summoned an enormous serpent to defeat it, but I have never seen him do that again, I wonder why? Also, could that be Apophis, the one mentioned in that record? But why can he invoke it? Weren't they enemies?' These questions were something to ponder another day, as now he was in the middle of something important.

Following from where he left off, in Rome, it was true he killed many soldiers from the United Empire, and that would make him a murderer. However, looking at it from another perspective, he was not the only one to do it. His Servants —Particularly Lancelot— also partook in the killing of their forces. As much as Fujimaru didn't want that to happen, reality has hit him in the face many times. He couldn't hide behind a fairytale forever.

The only comfort he had was what Romani said to him. "Humanity will correct itself, and everyone who perished due to History going wrong will come back to life." Of course, even while knowing that it didn't mean he will just let people die with the excuse that everything is going to be back to normal.

In Fuyuki and France, they only had to worry about being against monsters and Servants, but in the recent Singularity, they also had to face humans. He watched many people die there. He looked on as hope and light vanished from their eyes. Those images still haunt him to this day. Thankfully his Servants plus the medical staff and Romani and Da Vinci had helped him go through it with a little more ease.

'Who says we won't face more humans in the future? The question is, do I have the right to call someone out on killing them when it is for the good of Humanity...?' The answer was a solid no. He preferred to avoid that, of course, and he didn't want to use "for the good of X" as an excuse, but when he just was in the back, being protected and not doing anything more than giving orders and using his Mystic Code to help, what right did he have? None.

So, Fujimaru got his answer. And that was "nothing." He wouldn't act different, nor in any unique way with him. He would treat him the same as always, with the only difference that now he knew who he was and that the word simple wouldn't work to describe him.

This answer never failed him, and even in Okeanos, it didn't prove him wrong. If he hadn't known Seth was a God, he might, in some part of his head, think that Seth only warned EMIYA of the attack because his life was also at risk, but knowing who he was, that possibility became nonexistent.

At that point, there was no reason to keep trying to validate it.

The God name Seth...

...Was on Humanity's side.