I don't like the gods, I want to be a hero

Although she doesn't regret saving the boy around her with the most precious gemstone, the girl feels that loss is inevitable.

"On the night I used up all the magic power inside, I was given by Archer...huh?!"

Although Matou Zouken, who is familiar with the rules of the "Heroic Seat", told this possibility last night, when Tohsaka Rin saw the very familiar ruby ​​necklace in the boy's hand, the girl was shocked and subconsciously Turning his gaze to Archer with an extremely gloomy face.

After learning the answer from Tohsaka Rin, Emiya Shirou hesitated somewhat.

Perhaps because of the various dissatisfaction with Archer deep in his heart, or because of the mutual rejection of nature, Emiya Shirou has been rejecting this truth.

But after thinking of the awakening he had just made, and realizing that his fate and Archer's fate would never 'coincidence' again.

The red-haired boy still decided to take out this "fate" that runs through all his fates from his pocket.

"So, fate is really incomprehensible." Tohsaka Rin sighed softly, reaching out to put two essentially identical necklaces together.

She was not confirming the authenticity of the two, after all, the girl knew very well that the only necklace Emiya Shirou could get was the necklace she left behind.

And as a user of gem magic, less than an hour after throwing away the family gem that he had studied for ten years, he accepted the 'fact' that Archer retrieved the gem without any doubt.

This in itself shows the authenticity of the gemstone necklace I am holding now.

The necklace that should be unique in the world suddenly has a "copy" that is essentially the same, and the significance of this is self-evident.

Even "outsiders" like Illya and the others who don't know the specific situation can guess the truth from the performance of the three of them.

"Senior...there are two?!" Sakura Matou exclaimed, her big beautiful eyes kept looking back and forth between Archer and Emiya Shirou with complex expressions.

"Will Shirou become a heroic spirit in the future?" Illya covered her small mouth lightly, staring at the black-skinned and white-haired Archer with eyes full of surprise.

She seemed to wonder why her brother had grown up like this.

Basset, whose injury was perfectly treated by Matou Zouken, looked at Emiya Shirou with complicated eyes.

As the 'designated executor of the seal', she should have reported Emiya Shirou's existence to the Magic Association as a 'treasure'.

But thinking of the boy's worried expression when he met him for the first time, Bazzett made a decision in his heart to violate his duty.

Zouken Matou was silent at the side. He had already guessed the connection between the two when he saw Archer's undisguised hostility towards Shirou and the kind-hearted junior's rejection of Archer from the bottom of his heart.

After all, one of them is a hero who is remembered by the world, and the other is a teenager who was just an ordinary person a few days ago. If the two who should have nothing to do with each other didn't have this kind of adversity, how could they have such a tit-for-tat confrontation? Bad relationship.

Serius was not surprised, because he knew very well that the positions of the Seat of Heroes and his body were independent of the time axis.

Therefore, although it is very rare that he and the Heroic Spirit himself participate in a Holy Grail War at the same time, it is not impossible.

As for Emiya Shirou growing into a Heroic Spirit in the future...

To put it bluntly, compared to the fact that Emiya boy had grown into a Heroic Spirit, he was more surprised that the boy whom Seleus had hoped for did not make it this far.

"Archer, your real name...is Heroic Emiya, right?" Shirou Emiya had a complex look in his eyes, but finally he looked straight into Archer's eyes with a firm face.

It is not the "future me" that ordinary people think of for the first time, but with the idea of ​​accurately distinguishing myself from it, I combine the "Heroic Spirit" representing the identity and the "Emiya" representing the source of the idea.

In this way, he declares the difference between himself and Archer.

"After knowing the truth, I realized my purpose at the first time... You guys have a very keen intuition."

Although Rin Tohsaka roughly guessed the current situation the moment Rin took out the necklace, Archer was greatly shocked by the performance of 'this' Emiya Shirou.

Compared with the previous machine that only entered the goal of "becoming a partner of justice" in the program, now he looks more like a "sage" who is stepping into awakening.

"It's not about being intuitive or anything, it's just that I have a clear understanding of my previous self after I've figured everything out."

Emiya Shirou originally thought that he would involuntarily reject the heroic Emiya in front of him like before, but when he opened his mouth to respond to Archer, he found that his heart was filled with peace.

"Oh?!"

"The night you summoned Saber, you, who were able to suppress Lancer for a time, probably let him go after me on purpose."

"I live to be a partner of justice, and I will never allow someone to be killed in front of me, let alone when I have the ability to organize."

"Considering this, combined with your inexplicable malice towards me and your killing intent towards me from time to time... Isn't the truth of the matter clear at a glance?"

"Cut! Are you overdoing it?" Archer crossed his arms and turned his head in displeasure, but it is worth noting that there was no disgust or disgust on the archer's face.

"Although I don't know what you went through afterwards, the only thing I can be sure of is - you regret it, Archer!"

For what reason would a heroic spirit detached from the mundane kill his former "self" across time?

Regardless of other people for the time being, but if the heroic spirit that crosses time is 'myself', Emiya Shiro will immediately come to a conclusion.

Archer regrets being a hero and responds to the Holy Grail's call with the intention of killing 'himself'.

"..."

Silence, in the face of Emiya Shirou's question, Yingling Emiya remained silent for the first time.

"Don't want to say it? Or simply don't want to admit it?"

"..."

Facing the silence of Heroic Emiya, Emiya Shirou was quite emotional.

"Thinking about it carefully, if you, who are practicing your ideals step by step and thus becoming a heroic spirit, feel regretful, it must be because you have experienced too many losses along the way."

Throwing away all the previous repulsions, Shirou Emiya, who was fully enlightened, showed that warm enough smile to touch people's hearts for the first time when facing Heroic Emiya.

"You and I should both know what kind of mood the former Emiya Shirou had to practice that 'borrowed ideal'; you should also know better than me how much the future Emiya Shiro will go through. After losing it, he resolutely took the step of becoming a 'partner of justice'."

"You never gave up on your dream, and as 'Shirou Emiya', you will never do anything wrong."

"So, why do you regret it?"

'So, why should I regret it? ' Ying Ling Wei Gong asked himself in his heart.

'Being a partner of justice is your only emotion, but in fact you are just a foolish yearning, just because the man who saved you from the disaster, the expression on his face is too happy, so you will I just want to be that kind of person! '

'you!Just embrace the ideal of nothing but drown it! '

If the other party has not changed, it is just the words of Emiya Shirou who is driven by the broken concept of "I exist for others", and stubbornly shouts "Become a partner of justice without regret".

Archer believed that he would slam the above words on Shirou Emiya's face without any scruples, and smash him and his borrowed ideals with one knife after another.

However, after witnessing Emiya Shirou's enlightened concept just now, Archer was shocked to find that——

Compared to the current Emiya Shirou who makes him feel extremely dazzling, with the unrealistic dream of 'hope everyone will be happy', and because he has lost everything, he regrets that he wants to erase the image of 'Emiya Shirou'. an existing self.

——is the one who should be ridiculed the most.

'It's too much. '

He tried his best to maintain the calmness on his face, and at the same time turned his face to the side so that the current Emiya Shirou could not see his expression, but Heroic Emiya looked at the boy from time to time, but his eyes were full of envy.

'Let me, who was confused and regretted because of it, see myself like this. '

The black eagle eyes silently glanced over Matou Zouken who remembered the past, Matou Sakura who was liberated from despair, Emiya Shirou who was enlightened, and finally stopped at Serius who brought all this.

'A flower of hope that quietly blooms?If I also meet him, can I also have such a beautiful change like Emiya Shirou now? '

"Since Weigong boy has made up his mind, then we should also proceed with the next plan."

Seeing that Emiya Shirou has made up his mind and the conflict with the heroic spirit Emiya has been resolved, Seleus speaks out to stop the interaction between the righteous boy and his arrogant future.

"Boss Emiya said just now that he has to personally cleanse the filth from the brilliance of Saber's heroic spirit, right?"

"That's right."

"But you should understand that even the original Saber is not an existence that you can fight against now, and now that she has an infinite supply of magic power, she has power beyond your imagination..."

"I know I'm very weak, not only Saber, but even Sakura can easily defeat me..." Emiya Shirou clenched his fists, his brown eyes were burning with passionate fighting spirit.

"But like I said before, I will never just sit and watch Saber, who saved and protected me, be corroded by those black mud."

After reconfirming the boy's awareness, a smile appeared on the corner of Serius' mouth.

"If you can maintain this awareness, Mr. Matou has a way to help you get the power of a servant..."

Chapter 69

"When the Great Holy Grail has stored enough magic power to summon seven servants, a magician who is suitable to become a master will be selected and given the mark of "Omen."

"When the contract between the servant and the master is established, the Great Holy Grail will inject its magic power into the master's magic circuit, and it will appear on the omen."

"And the magic engraving produced by the combination of the two is the miracle technique closest to magic, and it is also the highest masterpiece of this body—the command spell!"

Looking at Emiya Shirou who had his upper body stripped off and was lying on the ground obediently despite being a little apprehensive, Matou Zouken introduced his method with a little emotion.

"The absolute command power over the servants, strengthening the combat power of the servants, and achieving miracles to a certain extent, the above three are the most common methods of using command spells by masters, and they are also abilities you have experienced."

"However, as the developer of this command spell system, I have left a lot of behind-the-scenes when making the command spell system, so that I can gain a certain advantage in the Holy Grail War..."

There is only one chance for the Great Holy Grail to realize the wish, and if you miss it, you will have to wait for a full 60 years.

Therefore, Maqili, who knew that his normal lifespan was running out, chose to leave a 'back hand' in the command spell system he built in order to ensure that he would be able to win.

"Isn't that cheating?!" The girl's exclamation suddenly sounded in the relatively quiet room.

"Didn't you say that the Holy Grail War is just a struggle between the master and the servants? Why is there an option to cheat outside the field!" Miss Tohsaka hugged her little head in disbelief.

As a girl who knows that the Holy Grail War hides many dangers, but has been going to school on time because of her inexplicable persistence, she is a very reasonable guy to some extent.

Moreover, although Tohsaka Rin has used a lot of crooked brains such as "taking advantage of the chaos to sneak up on the Master" and "reaping the benefits of the fisherman" in the battle, she has never taken any action.

Even when she met Emiya Shirou who knew nothing about the Holy Grail War, not only did she not take the opportunity to take away the boy's Command Seal to obtain the "ownership" of the "Saber" she had been thinking about all along, but also introduced it very seriously. Detailed information on Holy Grail War'.

Tohsaka Rin originally thought that all the contestants had the same persistence as himself.

But she never thought that the Holy Grail War itself was not a 'fair' battle.And, if it wasn't for various coincidences, those 'backhands' who had been preparing for a long time would directly 'slam' on her...

This kind of development, which seemed to be reviewed secretly by everyone except herself, made the girl completely unacceptable for a while.

"What's so strange about this." Sitting on Seleus' shoulders, Ilya crossed her arms and glanced condescendingly at Rin Tohsaka, who was stunned.

"After all, this is a holy grail war in which the winner can realize his or her wish, and the contestants will naturally increase their chances of winning by any means."

"And as the Yusanjia who formed the 'Great Holy Grail' system, it's perfectly normal for them to reserve some backup for themselves."

"Does our Tohsaka family have it too?" Miss Tohsaka pointed at herself in disbelief.

Judging from Illya's tone, it seems that the Yusan Clan has their own methods of cheating in the Holy Grail War, but why, as the Patriarch of the Tohsaka Clan, she doesn't know anything about it?

"Relying on the status of the manager of the earth veins, the Tohsaka family can...not be right! With this kind of doubtful tone, it is possible that Rin is ignorant of his family's inheritance?"

As if suddenly realizing something, Ilya, who stretched out her small hand to cover her mouth lightly, showed a teasing smile, and her tone was a little yin and yang.

"Obviously the head of the Tohsaka family, but I need an outsider to tell the secrets of my own house. Is this kind of Rin really uneasy?"

Illya's malicious words deeply hurt Tohsaka Rin's heart.

"Of course I know about this kind of thing! But because this is a battle where the dignity and glory of a magician are at stake, I never thought of using the spirit veins of the Tohsaka family to... come... .”

In order to maintain the dignity of being the head of the Tohsaka family, even though he was guilty of dying, Tohsaka Rin still bit the bullet and put on an attitude of disdain for cheating.

But she really didn't know what the Tohsaka family left behind, but she hesitated and couldn't say anything.

"Hehe~~" Illya looked at Miss Tohsaka who was blushing and rubbing her hands nervously back and forth with some amusement.

To be honest, Illya has become obsessed with the feeling of bullying Tohsaka Rin. Whether it's making the proud girl bow her head, or watching the proud Rin's expression of maintaining her dignity like now, Illya will let her Produces an inexplicable 'pleasure'.

"Anyway! I do know the 'backhand' of the Tohsaka family! It's just that this kind of hidden thing can't just be like this..."

Tohsaka Rin, who couldn't pretend, was planning to get away with it, but of course Ilya, who was watching the show, would not let her go so easily.

"Oh, Rin doesn't want to be honest with us as allies?" Illya pretended to be very surprised, and looked at Tohsaka Rin with a strong sense of evil in her eyes.

"Or... is Rin trying to trick us behind our backs?"

"How...how is it possible!"

"Okay, okay, time is running out, we are going to move on to the next step."

Matou Zouken on the side naturally wouldn't let Miss Tohsaka fall into embarrassment all the time, so he directly interrupted the 'friendly' interaction between the two girls.

"Essentially, Command Spells are just imprints produced by the large amount of magic power endowed by the Great Holy Grail to the Master. They have no ability other than strengthening and absolute commands. The reason why they can cause miracles to a certain extent is that it is in harmony with the slaves. contact."

"It's similar to the principle that the 'Little Holy Grail' needs to rely on the soul of the servant to realize the wish." Illya nodded her head and asked thoughtfully.

"That's true." Matou Zouken confirmed Illya's guess, and continued.

"As I mentioned before, the command spell is a magic imprint formed by the Great Holy Grail injecting a large amount of magic power into the body of the master."

"But since this magic power itself exists in the master's main body, have you ever thought about using the command spell to strengthen the master itself like strengthening a servant?"

Directly use the huge magical power of the command spell to strengthen the master itself, and use the command spell to connect with the servants to obtain the servants' abilities, experience and their fighting skills.

In this way, an ordinary magician can display a servant-level combat power in a short period of time.