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

Without any warning, an inexplicable sense of connection surged into Minako's heart. She could not help but marvel once again at the miraculous power of inhibition - if it were possible to intervene directly, perhaps there would be no need for their agents to do anything at all.

The magic notebook flipped automatically without wind, and with a rustling sound, it finally stopped at the title page. On the withered yellow paper was a translucent red spell.

Shadow-cutting magic——I had used it once before when I forced Bedivere to return the holy sword, and now was the perfect time to make use of the remaining scraps.

Countless wriggling shadow claws emerged from the shadow beneath Minanako. As Minanako's mind moved, these huge black hands that appeared out of thin air all rushed to the sky. At some point, a black hole large enough for one person to pass through suddenly appeared there. Under Minanako's control, the shadow hands all drilled into this dark cabin.

The voice in her head quieted down after a long time. Minako quickly stretched out a hand and reached into the black hole, but the moment her fingertips touched the black hole, she pulled it back as if she had been electrocuted.

——It seems impossible to take advantage of the opportunity to escape.

Ignoring the voice that sounded in her head again, Minanako quietly stood outside the cave, the emotions in her eyes gradually calming down.

But she didn't think of taking the opportunity to slip away.

"Master of Chaldea." She said softly, "Come with me and fulfill your last dream of saving humanity."

……

The picture suddenly stopped at this moment, but unlike the previous chaotic dreams, this time Fujimaru Ritsuka was extremely clearly aware that he was dreaming.

My vision is still blurry, but my mind is clearer than ever before.

No wonder——

No wonder the time when Chaldea found out the anomaly was several decades away from her own time, no wonder she was "out of touch" for much longer than when she woke up, no wonder she occasionally felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity on the way to the parade. She originally thought it was a precognitive dream warning from Merlin or the Mirror Fairy, but it was not a predicted [future], but a [past] that had already happened.

Before that, Minanako had already experienced the parade to release the Noble Phantasm once before, before she transferred her soul here.

Fujimaru Ritsuka remembered the ritual that Minako had been writing on his forehead before Merlin took him away.

That experience was sealed by magic, and it was not until she met Merlin again that it was revived.

Now, Caster is following her, and Minanako is touring with her—

Ritsuka Fujimaru felt the air around her stagnate. She opened her eyes and found that the moonlight was blocked by a figure.

Silver hair, elf ears, and a pair of heterochromatic eyes reflecting a startling luster.

Caster, Menechel.

The other person's face was as cold as that of an exquisite doll, but his vision felt a little strange. Fujimaru Ritsuka blinked and finally came to his senses.

At this moment, she was being strangled by Caster.

Happy Labor day

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 243: Scene I am the most hateful demon

2023-07-29

"Guh."

Ritsuka Fujimaru opened her mouth but the feeling of suffocation prevented her from making any sound.

Caster really wanted to kill her.

Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Caster with a sad look. She didn't understand why he chose to take action at this time. He had just defeated the powerful enemy Gawain and was only one step away from victory.

Obviously, she thought this time could come later.

Caster looked down at Fujimaru Ritsuka, whose face was flushed due to breathing difficulties. She did not see even a trace of cold green in Fujimaru Ritsuka's warm orange. Fujimaru Ritsuka was not surprised, and there was only sadness in her emotions.

——Why are you sad? I am the one who wants to kill you! Your companions want to kill you! Why aren't you angry?

Caster's blue eye widened slightly because of her uneasiness. She tried hard to see the expression on Fujimaru Ritsuka's face, but there was nothing in her vision except the mottled colors.

She took a deep breath to calm herself down and increased the strength of her hands. Caster smiled again: "As expected, you have remembered it? That's right, after all, I personally transmitted the last memory to you."

Sure enough, that was not her memory, but at this time Fujimaru Ritsuka had no time to pay attention to this matter.

The feeling of suffocation made her vision begin to shake. Fujimaru Ritsuka pursed her lips but still kept moaning in pain. She looked at Caster's tightly stretched face and suddenly felt unreal.

As if to appreciate Fujimaru Ritsuka's struggling expression more clearly, Fujimaru Ritsuka felt the force acting on her neck weaken a little. She took this opportunity to speak with difficulty, spitting out words almost one by one:

"Why……"

It was obvious that with the ability the other party had demonstrated before, he could kill her silently, but he chose to rely on his hands.

"Do I need a reason to kill you?" Apparently Caster misunderstood Fujimaru Ritsuka's question. She leaned closer and said with a smile, "Well, I'll tell you, we failed, and now it's impossible to defeat the other me. So I think, at least let you go with me."

The voice was gentle, the face was distorted, and there was a disturbing madness in the eyes.

She lowered her eyes, trying to find a trace of disgust in Fujimaru Ritsuka's emotions: "I am a fairy. If you come close to me, whether it annoys me or pleases me, it will only bring you death."

But she failed, and the strength in her hands weakened a little.

Once again, Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly stretched out a hand and touched the other person's face, his palm passing through the hair and across the other person's ear.

"…You hate betrayal, don't you?"

The spell of never abandoning was concluded. If one of the two parties violated the content of the contract, the betrayer would be sacrificed with blood. That's why Caster didn't kill him. That's why she kept provoking Fujimaru Ritsuka with words. As long as Fujimaru Ritsuka showed a little hatred, she would identify him as a "betrayer".

"Why, why not at all!"

She roared like crazy, but Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't say anything. All she responded with was a dull collision sound.

boom--!

The big shield hit Caster's cheek. The huge force transmitted from the shield directly knocked Caster off Fujimaru Ritsuka, and her body was thrown out like a broken sack.

"Master, are you okay?"

Mashu was breathing heavily, and there were many wounds on her body left by magic. The obvious marks on her arms were even more shocking. It was obvious that Mashu had been knocked down and tied up before she attacked Fujimaru Ritsuka.

"Sorry, Master, I'm late." Mashu helped Fujimaru Ritsuka up, and her eyes fell on Caster who had just stood up not far away, and she didn't dare to relax for a moment. She knew from Fujimaru Ritsuka that Caster still had the last twelfth magic.

"You guys finally took action."

Blood flowed down Caster's cheek. She used a magic trick and a notebook twisted and appeared out of thin air. This time, the magic notebook fell into Caster's hand. The twelfth page of paper exploded into pieces and turned into stars of magic power that melted into Caster's body.

The twelfth magic is the strengthening magic.

Caster moved her body, and the magic notebook in her hand was suddenly covered with a layer of blue-green flames. The flames stretched and extended, and when they went out, the notebook disappeared, replaced by a red heavy sword as tall as Caster.

Caster effortlessly lifted the exaggerated sword with one hand and raised his chin towards Mashu: "Get out of the way, or you won't be the only one to die."

"I reject!"

"Wait!" Fujimaru Ritsuka called a halt to the fight. She took a long breath but the pain in her neck was still there. She said, "Minachel, if, if we win in the end, do you still want to kill me?"

"of course."

"why?"

Caster couldn't help but sneer at the girl's question. She raised her sword again: "You don't really think I treat you as a companion? Don't be so naive. I'm a fairy!"

While speaking, Caster seized the moment when Mashu's body relaxed, and she jumped out like a sharp sword, and the blade hit Mashu's shield directly without any fancy moves.

Mashu did not dare to delay. Just as she was about to raise her shield to block Caster's blow, she heard an urgent shout from behind: "Mashu, get out of the way!"

Mashu exerted force on her feet and jumped back. Only then did she hear Fujimaru Ritsuka continue, "Be careful, her sword may be as invulnerable as Saber Menachere's sword."

Looking at the great sword sinking into the ground, Mashu nodded to show that she understood. She became alert as if she was facing a great enemy.

The weight of the weapon did not bother Caster at all. With the help of magic, her physical fitness was no less than that of Mashu, who had taken over Galahad's spiritual base. After only three or two moves, she had suppressed the seriously injured Mashu.

Witnessing the entire battle, Fujimaru Ritsuka bit his fingernails with a serious expression. The duration of the strengthening magic was limited, and Caster's original physical fitness was no match for Mash. He only needed to prolong the battle time to secure victory.

But Mashu couldn't hold on any longer.

Fujimaru Ritsuka saw it clearly. In three minutes at most, Mashu would be defeated. Even if she used the Command Seal...

Command Seal?

His brain seemed to be pierced by an electric current, and Fujimaru Ritsuka's eyes were instantly attracted by the three-stroke Command Seal engraved intact on the back of his hand.

She remembered that Caster also—

"In the name of the Command Seal, Caster, stop!"

The first Command Seal emitted a dazzling red light, which crossed the barrier of space and immediately merged into Caster's body. Caster, who was about to chop, became stiff for a moment, and Mashu seized the opportunity to roll over and distance himself.

Caster looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka, the same anger bursting out from her heterochromatic eyes.

"Fujimaru Ritsuka! Are you crazy? If you do this, I don't need to do anything, you will explode because of the contract!"

But Fujimaru Ritsuka seemed to be comforted. She knew that with Caster's magic resistance, one Command Seal was not enough to restrain him, so the second Command Seal lit up one after another.

Fujimaru Ritsuka raised her hands and clasped them into fists. She looked directly at Caster and continued speaking word by word: "In the name of the Command Seal, Caster——"

Caster did not hesitate, she turned around and rushed towards where Fujimaru Ritsuka was.

"Stop betraying!"

The red halo lit up again, and a layer of mist burst out from Fujimaru Ritsuka's body at the same moment the voice fell. A pair of hands stretched out from the mist and grabbed the knight's sword that was chopped down on his head.

"Damn Mirror Fairy!"

"Matthew!"

Caster's scream and Fujimaru Ritsuka's shout rang out almost simultaneously.

"Drink!"

Mashu rushed forward desperately, using all her strength to swing her shield at Caster who had his back to her.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 244: Scene : Finding the Stars at Dawn

2023-07-29

The scattered dust drifted into the surrounding mist, and a huge pit as deep as a person suddenly appeared on the flat hill.

Caster lay on her back on the pit, staring blankly at the sky. She sat up, but a sharp pain came over her. An inexplicable feeling surged into her heart, telling Caster that this was her end.

“I failed…”

She secretly laughed at herself in her heart. The sign of her impending exit prompted her to sit up even more stubbornly. Even if she died, she would not allow herself to die lying on her back.

Having lost the strength to stand, she gave up trying to stand up and could only support herself with her hands to remain sitting, as her hands were already losing strength.

But she soon regretted it. As soon as she looked up, she saw Fujimaru Ritsuka peeking down from above.

The girl was looking at Caster at this moment, without any fear or resentment of being almost killed on her face. The warmth from her body could be clearly sensed without using those fairy eyes, and it was as scorching as the sun, so that a reptile hiding in the shadows like her would get burned if she wanted to touch it.

Why not be angry! Why not resent! Why! Why! Why!

Countless complicated and irritable thoughts stirred her mind, but in the end, with a sigh, thousands of words only came down to one point:

"I should have just laid down and waited to die."

This thought popped up in my mind, but now, it would be too stupid to pretend that I didn't see anything and lie down again.

"You win." Her body was shrouded in a circle of white mist - this mist was probably the true form of the Mirror Fairy. For some unknown reason, it slowed down the speed of her body's collapse. Caster raised his head, maintaining the fairy's last dignity: "If you have anything to ask, just ask it. I won't lie now."

——But at this point, her words probably no longer have any persuasive power.

She is neither a servant of Fujimaru Ritsuka, nor a heroic spirit who came to save this era. She deceived Fujimaru Ritsuka twice with just an insignificant identity.

"Problem?" After about two or three seconds, Fujimaru Ritsuka's voice sounded again: "Ah, there really is one."

Anyway, it was just some stupid questions about the follow-up matters. With their strength, if they rushed forward like this, they would only be led by the other her.

"Caster, why?"

Familiar question, Caster pursed her lips, a nameless anger surged in her heart:

"Why? It's very simple... Because I'm a fairy. Anyone I look at or touch will be smashed to pieces by my violent emotions. They're all going to die anyway, so I'll satisfy my last sadistic desire and then die! It's that simple! Because I'm the legendary knight who does all kinds of evil. I'm a fairy that everyone hates. Isn't it natural for me to do evil?"

Caster raised her face, her golden and blue eyes coupled with her suddenly exaggerated smile showed an unimaginable madness: "Want to influence me? Want to convince me? With your shallow experience and your ordinary gentleness, don't joke!"

"I am the enemy, I am a betrayer. I am the most abominable goblin!"

"But you condoned my betrayal, right?" Fujimaru Ritsuka whispered softly, and Caster immediately lost her voice and could no longer make any sound. She opened her mouth and smiled, and it froze on her face before she could stop.

Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at Caster like this, and the tenderness in his eyes became even stronger:

"It's obvious that betrayal will result in blood sacrifice, but you see, the two Command Seals I have been using in succession did not explode."

"Because you don't think my behavior towards you is a betrayal from the bottom of your heart."