The Undying Death Knight failed to achieve the ending of the Heroic Spirit

If they happened to go back during the day, they would be greeted with a fatal blow.

Thinking of this, the discussion of several people suddenly stopped, and they all looked at the only knight present who had experience in returning.

Lancelot, who had been quietly gathering intelligence, suddenly became the center of discussion. The young knight was a little embarrassed for a moment: "It was Miss Avalon who took me out at that time."

"That old woman's only remaining role." Caster sneered. As a half-nightmare, Merlin did have a natural advantage over the rain fairy she had merged with in this regard.

Just as Caster was hesitating whether to catch a nightmare to make up for the shortcoming, Lancelot spoke again.

"But... I think the Mirror Fairy should be able to solve this kind of problem."

The conditions for using Shumi's first Noble Phantasm are harsh, and his control over the development of the world is not strong. When facing servants, he can only rely on the Noble Phantasm to strengthen himself to fight, and he cannot change the rules of the world. In short, he is a singularity manufacturing machine.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 225: Act , Part and the Fairy

2023-07-29

The sky of the fairyland is filled with mixed and bright colors, as if it were a child's graffiti with colored pens.

In the sky where red and blue collide with each other, it remains the same even in the dark night.

The low-level goblins encountered along the way were almost wiped out by Lanmarok, who could attack with all his strength, so there was no danger at all during the journey.

Ritsuka Fujimaru stared blankly at the bright sky.

She didn't feel tired, but Caster said she hadn't rested for two days.

——Is it because you have fainted too many times recently?

Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly had this wonderful idea: being knocked unconscious by Ms. Merlin once, and then falling into a coma due to entering the fairyland...

Before she had finished counting, Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly heard a rustling sound coming from the low bushes next to her.

"Sure enough, I guessed you weren't asleep yet."

Before I saw the figure, I heard the voice first. Caster walked slowly towards me with his silver hair shaking.

"I just looked around the area, but didn't find any monsters that could serve as a midnight snack." Caster said, with a hint of regret in his tone.

"Where are Lanmaroc and Lancelot?"

Ritsuka Fujimaru asked about the situation of the two heroes of the Lan family.

"They are both on guard at the other end. I just want to take some time to talk to you."

After saying this, the conversation between the two came to an end.

But seeing that Fujimaru Ritsuka had half of his face buried in the quilt and didn't speak, Caster tilted his head and said, "Don't worry, we will reach the forest where the mirror fairy lives tomorrow."

"You seem to be very familiar with the fairyland." Fujimaru Ritsuka asked tentatively.

Caster was silent for a while, then she nodded and admitted: "In my lifetime, I lived here for a while before going to Camelot. And that fairy... the rain fairy that Lancelot mentioned was also captured by me at that time."

Caster raised her hand and touched her pointed ears. When she opened her eyes again, she had a hint of self-mockery in her eyes. "That fairy helped me to successfully transcend the limit of human magic storage, but my body was also assimilated by the fairy."

The familiar bitter smile and the speech that seemed to have been heard somewhere, at this moment Fujimaru Ritsuka was in a trance, and a feeling of déjà vu surged in her heart.

The memories that Merlin had forced into her mind before and the dreams she had not long ago were intertwined in her mind. At this moment, a ridiculous idea suddenly arose in her mind.

——"I need her to cruise again. I need her to cruise with me."

The words of Minanako in the dream now lingered in Fujimaru Ritsuka's ears like a ghost.

The parade had already been experienced once, but it had failed as Caster had "seen" and what she was experiencing now was the second parade.

Indeed, two different scenes of her "first meeting" with Caster appeared in her mind...

No, this is a bit too unbelievable.

But if he didn't ask, Fujimaru Ritsuka would never be able to convince himself.

"Caster." Fujimaru Ritsuka called softly, but the courage flowed out of her chest like water before she opened her mouth. So Fujimaru Ritsuka changed her words with a flicker in her eyes: "Can you magicians of the Age of Gods travel through time and space?"

"Time travel?" Caster looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka with an unspeakable look. Just when Fujimaru Ritsuka was becoming more and more certain of her guess, she heard Caster's hesitant voice: "Although I know you are a complete novice in magic, I didn't expect you to ask such a question - you haven't been here for so long that you really think you are a local?"

"Forehead……"

Fujimaru Ritsuka's voice paused, and she suddenly remembered Chaldea's soul particle transfer. To be honest, isn't that a kind of time travel?

"Time jump, it's not difficult to perform such magic, but if you really want to perform it, it's like a forbidden spell... I would never dare to try it when I was alive. Even after becoming a Heroic Spirit, I still need the Suppression Force to provide me with accurate coordinates for the jump... If I get lost in another timeline, I might even disappear if I'm not careful - so, give up your unrealistic fantasy. Although my Noble Phantasm cannot distort the laws of the world, it can still suppress the Suppression Force. Don't think about using time travel to jump to [another time point where I can't perform the Noble Phantasm]."

——No wonder Dr. Roman only teleported her when something strange happened.

After figuring out the cause and effect, Fujimaru Ritsuka, whose thoughts were mostly seen through, showed an embarrassed and shy smile on his face - those dream fragments were originally difficult to distinguish between true and false, but he actually believed them to be true.

Seeing this, Caster couldn't help but hum a few times, his tone taking on a cute nasal sound: "Instead of thinking about these useless things, why not think about how to convince the Mirror Fairy to help."

"She won't help?"

"Don't take it for granted. Fairies' thinking doesn't follow human ideas. Saving humanity? Protecting the era they lived in? What does that have to do with them? In order to [see interesting scenery they've never seen before], fairies will even help to make this place collapse faster." At this point, Caster sighed tiredly: "The only thing that can constrain their interests is the fate they bear - that's not accurate, these things sometimes can't constrain their interests."

Caster rarely complained, but Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't know how to respond. Only the crackling sound of the bonfire burning quietly filled the night.

Knowing that her words had some effect, Caster did not continue to pursue. She stood up leisurely and said in a relaxed tone: "Then, you go to sleep first. I will go for another round of inspection."

When she was about to fall asleep in a good mood after playing a prank on Fujimaru Ritsuka, she was suddenly stopped by a voice from behind.

"Caster, why don't we just not go looking for the Mirror Fairy."

Caster paused, but did not look back.

"what happened?"

"I think the Mirror Fairy may not be interested in me, Lancelot, or even Lanmarok, but you killed the Rain Fairy. What if it wants you..."

"So you don't want anyone to care about you anymore?" Caster turned around, her face calm, "Without her help, you might have to wander around the fairyland for the rest of your life."

"For the sake of humanity and the world I live in, everything can be sacrificed."

Ritsuka Fujimaru pursed her lips. After calming down, even she herself felt that the words she had just blurted out in the heat of the moment were unrealistic.

But such foolish words had to be said, and she also couldn't stand by and watch her friend die without saying a word.

After feeling Caster's will, Fujimaru Ritsuka also stopped talking.

Be it hypocrisy or self-consolation, she cannot take other people's sacrifices for granted.

Caster, who hadn't received a response for a long time, simply turned her head away. After about half a minute, her voice rang out again:

"Don't think too much. The Mirror Fairy is not interested in me either. She... is one of the more peculiar fairies."

Following in the footsteps of "Sasha", Caster did not stop this time, she did not dare to turn around, fearing that there would be a mistake in her expression management.

……

——"I lied to her, again."

——"I know the Mirror Fairy won't do anything to me, but I still use this excuse to dispel her suspicion and speculation about me."

——"But I was actually shaken. Because of her words [elope]."

——"Fortunately, she didn't continue talking, but I didn't dare to stay, for I was afraid that I would not be able to help but tell the truth."

——"Fairy, it's so simple and disgusting."

Listen to the liar

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 226: The Old Days: 2

2023-07-29

The tour was not long. It started from Lihe City, passed through Torun Square City and arrived at the Outer City, and finally headed towards the Holy City of Cretaceous. However, this monotonous trek made Fujimaru Ritsuka feel relaxed like traveling because of the scenery along the way.

Although in order to save time, most of their tour time was wasted on the wilderness road, those cities that served as transit points often only stayed for one night.

This also caused Fujimaru Ritsuka to miss a lot of fun, but her regret did not last long before it was read out by Minanako.

——"The only thing that can be considered a scenic spot in those cities is the clock tower in Lihe City...I'll take you there to see it after the tour is over, okay?"

After receiving the promise, Fujimaru Ritsuka regained his determination to move forward.

Determination—that’s definitely the word to use.

The closer you get to the holy city, the more desolate the area becomes. Often, several villages you pass through are deserted ghost villages, and there are countless bones along the way.

Finally, on the sixth day of the tour, they entered the devastated Cretaceous Holy City.

If this was caused by the mastermind hiding behind the chalk wall, Fujimaru Tachika would not retreat because of this, but the facts gave Fujimaru Tachika a blow:

"The ground is full of starving people and ruins. This is the true portrayal of Camelot in this era." At night, Minako gave Fujimaru Ritsuka an ambiguous smile - just like a doll that was designed to smile, and there was no trace of reality in it.

"If I'm not mistaken, the core of this dream is King Arthur, who was supposed to die in Camlann... His dream should be [Hope Britain can continue to be peaceful forever]. The peace and tranquility you saw before was only due to the effect of the Noble Phantasm."

“Those ordinary people who were pulled into the dream to serve as fillers probably haven’t realized they’re dead yet.” Minako’s smile showed a hint of sincerity. “But this also shows that the guy’s Noble Phantasm hasn’t fully functioned yet. This is our only chance.”

Fujimaru Ritsuka did not respond immediately. She knew Minako's plan - she was preempted and could not counter the Noble Phantasm even if she completed the tour. All she could do was to use the Noble Phantasm to create a momentary shock in the dream. The real main force was Fujimaru Ritsuka.

She needed to remove the Holy Grail from Arthur, the subject of the dream, during that brief shock. Without the Holy Grail, Arthur, who had returned the Holy Sword, would surely die, and once Arthur died, the dream would naturally collapse.

So Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't understand why Minako would reveal the truth about the world to her at such a critical moment.

Unlike previous saviors, this time, Fujimaru Ritsuka is the one who is destroying.

"Aren't you afraid that I won't want to do it anymore?"

“Now that I’ve deceived you, it will be even more troublesome to deal with it later.” Minanako paused before adding in a low voice: “And under my treasure, although these people will not die, they will lose their minds in eternal life and become puppets to decorate the prosperous world.”

Day 7, daytime.

The blood-stained gate of the holy city that I had glimpsed last night now shone brightly in the sunlight. The spotless royal road and the resurrected and solemn knights guarding on both sides demonstrated the momentum of the Cretaceous City.

The shadow extended from under the two knights, and finally turned into a shadow thorn that pierced through the armor of the Knight of Justice.

The knight who was brought back to life again by the Shadow Cutting Magic was dragged into the shadows. With the help of his familiarity with the Holy City, the shadow thorns spread rapidly, allowing the hidden sentry to cover up the sound before it could make a sound.

Day 7, noon.

Minanako, who was hanging around in the Cretaceous City, took Fujimaru Ritsuka and hid in a tavern. The number of knights patrolling the city increased significantly.

Apparently the two knocked down Knights of Justice were discovered.

Fujimaru Ritsuka heard Minako muttering in a low voice: "I should have known not to save magic."

The fourth silver star on Minanako's chest just began to shine.

On the afternoon of the seventh day, a group of upright knights broke into the tavern. Although they used the illusions they had stored in advance to deceive them, the abnormality of their long stay in the tavern had already attracted attention, and the tavern was no longer safe.

Noon of the seventh day.

The silver stars emitted fluorescence, and the four silver stars intertwined with each other. The faint light escaping from under the silver stars entangled into lines, and the silk lines made of fluorescence wandered across the surface of Minanako's body.

The magic power flow suddenly became unstable and quickly attracted the knights patrolling nearby.

But the patrol knights who gathered together did not act rashly. They surrounded Minanako and Fujimaru Ritsuka inside and out.

At some point, the crowd dispersed, revealing the legendary male King Arthur. Fujimaru Ritsuka keenly noticed that this King Arthur's eyes were hazy, his movements were stiff, and he was even weaker than the ordinary upright knights around him.

Sitting on Arthur's shoulder was a petite figure wrapped in a dark robe. From the faint gap in the hood, Fujimaru Ritsuka confirmed the identity of this person - it was another Minako.

On the seventh day of the parade, before the sun sets, the parade ends and the treasure is released.

The second "Kingdom of Heaven" was born without any distractions or dreams, overlapping with the first "Kingdom of the Old Ones".

The world began to shake, and the scenery in front of me became dim and unclear.

There were overlaps between people. Women, knights, and even knight kings were no longer stable under the strong shock. The glorious holy city and the dead ruins complemented each other, flashing and disappearing alternately in front of Fujimaru Ritsuka.

There were countless noisy shouts in his ears, male and female voices screaming, wailing, laughter and conversation. All the sounds overlapped and mixed together, making Fujimaru Ritsuka feel like his head was about to burst.

"Come to your senses!"

All the sounds disappeared at this moment, leaving only the original cry.

"Come to your senses!"

That was Minako's voice, reaching her brain directly through the causal line between the two of them.

"Master! Now!"

Everything in front of her was a blur, and the interweaving and flickering scenery made it impossible for her to see the figure in front of her clearly.