As a painter, how should I face the original heroine

"Saber, I'll treat you."

Bazzett hurried forward to heal the wound of the King of Knights. Although she was also a fighting magician, she could only do logistics when facing Servants.

"Thank you again, your reminder just helped a lot."

Saber nodded sincerely towards the red-haired maid. "Intuition" also requires reaction time, and the King of Knights, who knew the effect of the enemy's Noble Phantasm in advance, skipped the link of observation, thinking, and understanding the foreseeable scene. The correct way to avoid it.

"It's just a little effort... wait a minute, that's it!?"

Being solemnly thanked by the famous King Arthur, Bazzett felt a little flattered at once. Just when she was about to say something, she suddenly saw a light blue beam of light made of spirit particles rising in the sky of Liudong Temple in the distance.

"It seems that the female fox is already dead, well...Although I knew that such a day would come."

Sasaki Kojiro looked sideways at the direction of the mountain top and sighed softly.However, he immediately shook his head to clear the distracting thoughts from his mind, and pointed the tip of the sword at the Knight King at the bottom of the stone steps again, and let him end the duel perfectly no matter what.

"What's going on? Why haven't you disappeared after losing Master?"

Facing the long-haired swordsman who was still standing in front of the mountain gate, Bazet asked in surprise, did the information Leviathan gave her go wrong?

"I'm a little bit special. I'm a fake Servant summoned by using the land. Therefore, I'm a gatekeeper who only appears at this mountain gate."

Sasaki Kojiro didn't shy away from his true identity, and there was actually no need to hide it at this point.

"Is it similar to the ground binding spirit...?"

Bazzett had heard of this existence, and his soul was bound to the land, unable to leave this area.But where there is restraint, there is protection, and the other party can survive.

"What's the situation now? Miss Magician."

Saber confronted the long-haired swordsman with her sword in both hands, and asked the red-haired maid beside her in a deep voice.

"The other party is a Servant summoned by Caster using a loophole in the Holy Grail rules, but now he has not disappeared after losing his Master, but has remained on the mountain gate because of his possession. However, he has lost his magic power supply, even if he is ignored, he will soon die. disappeared."

Bazzett simply explained that even though Liudong Temple is built on the great spiritual vein of Yuanzang Mountain, the magic power naturally emanating from it is not enough to keep the Servant in shape, so it is the best choice to ignore the Servant.

"I see, since Caster is dead, there is no point in guarding the gate, Sasaki Kojiro."

Saber regretfully withdrew her stance of preparing to attack. Since Caster was killed, there was no need for her to break into the mountain gate, and the two sides had no reason to continue fighting.

"What's the meaning... I don't have the meaning of fighting in the first place. Of course, I don't have the glory of being a heroic spirit and the desire I should pursue. If I want to say why, it's just because the body is not the real body of Sasaki Kojiro."

The long-haired swordsman looked at the fallen leaves in the forest, as if recalling his previous experiences.

"Not... the real body?"

Bazzett remembered that Leviathan once explained to himself that the "Angra Mainyu" who now resides in the Holy Grail is not the legendary dark god, but just a country youth with the same name.

Could it be the same with the swordsman in front of him?But what's with his unreasonable swordsmanship?

"Don't be so surprised, it is true that Kojiro Sasaki did exist, and a warrior with a long sword called "monogangan" should have existed.However, that person was not the same person. The swordsman named Sasaki Kojiro who was passed down to complement a certain swordsman was a fictional character that never existed. "

The long-haired swordsman was not well-known during his lifetime, but he was regarded as the so-called "Kojiro Sasaki" because he had too many similarities with the rumored swordsman. In fact, the swordsman was just a fabricated character.

"Heroic spirits in the air..."

Bazzett had heard of this concept when he was in the open class of Spirit Science in the Clock Tower. It refers to the heroic spirits without prototypes that appeared in myths, legends, or epics. They are usually edited and edited by later generations as supporting roles. exist.

"That's right, I'm just a swordsman who is most suitable to be named 'Sasaki Kojiro'. I'm originally unknown, but I'm just an undead summoned because I can use 'Swallow Return'."

The long-haired swordsman is not summoned from the Seat of Heroes like other Servants. In other words...if he dies right away, he will return to the state of unconscious wandering spirit until one day he completely dissipates or falls into reincarnation.

"..."

Even if they are mutual enemies, Saber feels inexplicably sad at this moment. The existence of such a pinnacle of swordsmanship has not been included in the record of the realm. It is indeed a huge loss for mankind.

"Look, there is no meaning in the first place. For me, everything is nothingness. If there is a wish for me who died in obscurity, it is now."

Sasaki Kojiro just wanted to usher in a hearty duel in this moment of the world, and show off the swordsmanship he had learned all his life, so that he could die without regret.

"……I understand."

Saber took a deep breath, clenched the holy sword in her hand again, and assumed an attacking stance again.

"So... let's decide the outcome, or do you still plan to hide your weapons?"

Sasaki Kojiro's eyes fell on the invisible sword in the hand of the King of Knights. He was lucky enough to see the true face of the holy sword when he used "Swallow Return" before. He hoped that he could appreciate it again in this last time. .

"Excuse me, I will release the real name of the Noble Phantasm next."

Saber suddenly shook off the Wind King's enchantment lingering on the holy sword, revealing the dazzling blade.With full of magic power, she doesn't mind treating the respectable swordsman in front of her with the highest standard.

As the free magic power condenses in the air, dots of starlight under the moonlight continue to fall and condense, and finally form a passionate and shining golden light beam. The stone steps that were originally shrouded in tree shadows fade away from all the darkness, leaving only this exciting of supreme glory.

Sasaki Kojiro looked at the beam of light symbolizing victory in the blond girl's hand, his pupils constricted involuntarily, and then a relieved smile appeared on his face.

"call--"

The swordsman took a step back with his right foot, raised the slender Taidao with both hands and put it in a stance, exhaled lightly, condensed all his will into one point, and read through ghosts and gods, nothing more.

"The oath—the sword of victory (Excalibur)!!!"

A brilliant torrent of light spewed out from the hands of the King of Knights, and the gathered stars turned into a Milky Way, unstoppably sweeping towards the long-haired swordsman who was waiting in battle.The space began to shatter under the magic power that was huge enough to distort reality, and the extreme high temperature even caused the fallen leaves around to ignite spontaneously without fire.

"Secret Sword—Swallow Returns (つばめがえし)!"

The cold light suddenly appeared, the blades swung by Sasaki Kojiro in different time and space overlapped at this moment, and the three sword intents that reached the realm of no space faced the shining galaxy at the same time, Shihuo Chunlei, use this knife to prove it!

"how can that be!?"

Bazett stared at the scene in disbelief with his eyes wide open. The long-haired swordsman actually cut off the "light" with the magic sword in his hand, and successfully held the sword of vowed victory that followed.

boom--

The howling hurricane swept out from where the swords intersected, almost blowing Bazet, who was watching the battle nervously, down the stone steps. She resisted the wind and the strong light and opened her eyes to look at the battlefield where the victory and defeat had already been decided...

"Cough cough cough... I thought it was a beautiful bird, but it was actually a beast like a lion?"

Sasaki Kojiro spewed uncontrollably blood from the corner of his mouth, and couldn't help but teased with a wry smile.

"This time I relied on the strength of my weapon, and I am far inferior to you in swordsmanship."

Saber looked at the dagger in the swordsman's hand that was completely broken until only the handle remained, and sighed with shame on her face.

After the opponent smashed the light beam head-on by relying on sword skills, the weapon was overwhelmed and unable to resist the subsequent holy sword. He was directly cut from the left shoulder to the heart by his own sword, smashing the spiritual core.

"..."

Sasaki Kojiro smiled sassyly, his body turned into floating spirit particles and disappeared into the night sky