Also, because she was used to her parents' 'magic experiments' being performed on her since she was a child, she was not afraid of hostile spirits at all, but natural phenomena such as thunder and earthquakes would become objects of her fear.
"Thunder, so scary..."
"No, there's no need to be afraid."
At this moment, in the ward that was supposed to be home to only one person, there was actually a black-haired girl of similar age.
"It's just a normal situation, don't be scared, Xiaochun, there's no need to apologize for it, I'll make it disappear in a moment."
The black-haired girl showed a gentle smile that was completely inconsistent with her age, and gently patted Tsubaki Yamaguchi's back, looking like a saint.
Perhaps hearing such comfort made Tsubaki Ueki's mental state much better, so she fell into a deep sleep again. Before that, Tsubaki Ueki murmured softly: ".....Thank you...Sister Qihuang..."
This black-haired girl is none other than Sha, no, it’s Kihara Jixiang.
When she was "studying" at the Vatican, she discovered that Francesca was not dead and had fled to the United States, so she planned to personally deal with this "bug" to her.
As for how to find a reason?
Qi Huang wasn't worried at all, because logically speaking, she wasn't as strong as she was two years ago, so it would be easy if she just ran for a whole block.
Having said that, before she left, she still told Xiel, who was in charge of "monitoring" her, that she had something important to do. However, perhaps because she saw the same look in Kiara's eyes as when he was previously destroying the cult in Japan, Xiel agreed directly this time, which was rare.
After arriving in the United States, Kiara followed the scent to Snowfield City. Since there was no church in Snowfield City and the nearest church was in Las Vegas, Kiara, who could not live in a hotel due to her age, could only wander around aimlessly. At that time, when she passed by the Central Hospital, she accidentally noticed that there seemed to be something different inside the hospital from the real world. Driven by curiosity, she saw Tsubaki Ueyama who was in a vegetative state.
And, the 'black fog' next to it——
In this Holy Grail, the false cavalry, the Pale Knight, is the embodiment of the disaster of "plague".
"In that case, I'll trouble you. This is Xiaochun's wish."
As Qihuang finished speaking, another 'darkness' separated from the black fog, slipped out from the gap in the window, and jumped out of the hospital.
The Pale Knight has no emotions, and no expectations for the Holy Grail. He exists only as a system, and constantly and indifferently fulfills the wishes of his master. For example, now, he just keeps silently protecting Tsubaki Uchiha, and constantly takes action to eliminate her misfortune.
As for Kiara, she is currently thinking about how to treat the adverse consequences caused by the mixture of many South American bacteria in Tsubaki Uzumaki's body.
Being able to enter and contact the spiritual world of Chanqiu Chun, she naturally understood that Chanqiu Chun's parents wanted to make Chanqiu Chun into a 'hereditary guardian of the fungus'.
The so-called inherited germ keepers have been passed down from the mythological era to the present. The magic characteristics that are different from magic circuits are not so much inherited by blood as they are engraved in the blood of the family from generation to generation as a means of transmission of pathogens. It is said that the mysteries of the mythological era can be transmitted to the present in the form of viruses.
For example, Bazett is such an existence. He is an inherited bacteria preserver and an executor who can use the "Backlight Sword" inherited from the Age of Gods. Gray is also such an existence.
Cangqiu Chun's parents wanted to create such a creature artificially, which is why the bacteria from South America were mixed in Cangqiu Chun's body.
"...I really want to kill him right away."
Savior, once again couldn't help but sigh.
......
At night, in the Xueyuan City Opera House.
Since Zealot was following Altruci, it was impossible for him to hunt down the participants of the Holy Grail War.
This also resulted in the blonde Ayaka being unable to fight back against a magician participating in the Holy Grail War.
"The seal that looks like a Command Seal... Are you the guy that Fadius mentioned? What is your purpose?"
"...Who knows. I only came here according to the instructions of the strange white woman."
The blonde Ayaka spoke in a cold tone, but her eyes showed a look of giving up on everything in the world and anger at the unreasonable situation.
Because she realized that her fate had been decided by others years ago.
The magician saw her like this, hummed, and fell into deep thought, weaving words in a dull manner:
"I see. Are you a sad lost magician abandoned by the Einzbern's 'Meat Puppet'? Well, it would be a headache for me if you came to interfere with the ritual. Excuse me, let me deal with you first."
Even though the magus let his magic power run through the magic circuits all over his body, he did not even have any killing intent, and was just trying to kill the blonde Ayaka like an assembly line worker, but──
"......Well."
He suddenly stopped and placed his fingers on the earring that looked like a curse tool.
"Okay... take this woman? Why?"
The person communicating with the magician is Francesca, one of the masterminds behind this Holy Grail ceremony.
"I see. I understand. Although it's just a spur-of-the-moment game, I'm really interested in it."
After the call ended, the magician sighed and turned to the blonde Ayaka who was bound by the cursed tool.
"what?"
"Nothing, just checking how much loyalty the summoned heroic spirit can swear to me."
The magician's mouth twisted slightly, and he continued with a grin:
"Will the noble hero who is known as the King of the Round Table follow the instruction to 'kill the defenseless woman'? However, I think it is not necessary to do so. After all -"
The magician went straight to the altar set up on the stage.
"This noble hero is also the King of the Wild Hunt who brings death."
Then, the magician began to chant the spell.
"The roots are silver and iron, the foundation is stone and the Duke of the Contract, the ancestor is my teacher──────"
To the blonde Ayaka, this spell was just a meaningless pile of words, and also a countdown to her death sentence.
"I'm sorry, Little Red Riding Hood."
The blonde Ayaka listened to the magician's spell as if it had nothing to do with her, and whispered softly.
"The wind of advent is separated by a wall, and the doors to all directions are tightly closed──────"
The magician's spell resounded throughout the surroundings, and a torrent of mysterious power rushed through the body of the blonde Ayaka. She felt as if the blood vessels in her body had turned into iron and were being attracted by an external magnet.
"Please emerge from the Wheel of Restraint, Guardian of Libra..."
“Hmm? Are you from the El-Melloi family? Summon me, ahem, summon me to do——”
The man who walked out of the light was not the King of the Wild Hunt that the magician had expected. The man in armor saw the bound blonde Ayaka, then looked at the hideous-looking magician in front of him, and said slowly:
"This is not cool at all... I came here on purpose before Brother Richard."
Then, the sword flashed, and the blonde Ayaka was dazzled by the bright light. When she opened her eyes with fear, what she saw was—
The magician who had lost his life force and the opera house that was suddenly filled with colorful lights.
The man said to the confused and lost girl:
"Are you from the El-Melloi family?"
After hearing these words, the blonde Ayaka's brain, which was unable to keep up with the rapidly changing situation, finally began to function normally. Then, she seemed to realize something from the words "El-Melloi" and burst into tears.
"I, no... I'm not Sajo Ayaka. I remember now... I remember everything..."
It was like a sudden confession, like denying everything in my past.
"That man...I killed him."
Blonde Ayaka is the incarnation of the El-Melloi family's secret treasure, the Supreme Gear, the Tri-Base Magic Reactor. As for why she chose to become Sajo Ayaka, it dates back to ten years ago, because after the end of the Fuyuki Holy Grail War, Sajo Ayaka and Hier was the one who dealt with the Fuyuki Holy Grail together.
At that time, due to Kenneth's tragic death, the family treasure, the Three-Base Magic Furnace, was also buried under the hotel, which caused a fight among magicians and evolved into Fuyuki's murder case. It was eventually snatched by a magician couple. For the convenience of research, they made the Three-Base Magic Furnace turn into a human form, which is the 'Little Red Riding Hood' in Fuyuki's urban legend.
Later, Ayaka Sajo, who was dealing with the Fuyuki Holy Grail, naturally came into contact with Little Red Riding Hood. In order to take care of her, Ayaka used magic to hint a college student who was her neighbor. However, she did not consider that the college student was very withdrawn and was afraid of entering society and even considered suicide, which caused the trouble today.
The college student really couldn't understand why he kept hearing the voice of Sajo Ayaka, whom he had only met once, and thought he fell in love with her at first sight.
On the day when the magician couple had a conflict and both died, Little Red Riding Hood covered in blood knocked on the college student's door.
Because of Ayaka's hint, the college student did not choose to call the police immediately, but let Little Red Riding Hood into his home. After entering the room, Little Red Riding Hood saw the Ayaka drawn by the college student. Because of the characteristics of the simple Holy Grail, Little Red Riding Hood responded to the college student's innermost wishes and began to gradually change towards Ayaka.
Gradually, the conditions of the college student and Little Red Riding Hood became very bad. Because the magician couple had died, no one continued to perform the technique of extracting the Fuyuki Dragon Vein to cultivate Little Red Riding Hood. Little Red Riding Hood, who no longer had the complete functions of a human being, gradually became weak.
On the other hand, the college student who lived with Little Red Riding Hood, an inhuman being, was also weakening little by little, but he gradually understood the essence of Little Red Riding Hood, and was worried that Little Red Riding Hood would not be able to survive in the world after his death. Looking at Little Red Riding Hood who already had the appearance of Sajo Ayaka, the college student came up with the final solution:
In that case, I'll give you everything I have.
Then, Little Red Riding Hood's wishing machine started working, and a light like a silk thread emerged from her body, gradually wrapping up the two of them, and finally turning into a cocoon.
In this way, the college student became Little Red Riding Hood's food, and her memory and common sense were accepted by Little Red Riding Hood, thus transforming her into the blonde Ayaka in the FSF world.
As for this situation, all we can say is that the real Ayaka Sajo meant well but ended up doing something bad.
Because of this, the blonde Ayaka, who recalled everything at this moment, returned to the form of a three-base magic furnace that could theoretically provide infinite magic power, and attached herself to Charlemagne.
"I see." Charlemagne sighed after learning this memory, then smiled, "Don't worry, even though you and I were only master and servant for a few seconds, I will definitely fulfill your wish. My brother-in-law should think so too. After all, he is one of the monarchs of the El-Melloi family, and we have to return it."
When Charlemagne was still alive, he came into contact with the alien keys in the ruins of the Titans under the Alps, so he naturally learned about the deeds of Avia and Attila, so he regarded them as his sister and brother, and for convenience, he would say they were sister and brother-in-law.
"Not allowed to move!"
A man's roar was heard from one of the entrances of the theater, and then men appeared from the entrance. They were wearing uniform police uniforms and were holding stun guns used to suppress rioters and aiming at Charlemagne.
Charlemagne, who had gained knowledge from the audience, raised his hands and sighed:
"This is really not cool at all. Fortunately, I should be fine in this state."
When the police escorted him out of the theater, Charlemagne exclaimed when he saw his current appearance reflected in the mirror where the reporters were.
"This shouldn't be the case... How could I look so young?"
With the arrival of Charlemagne, the last of the false Holy Grail and the first of the true Holy Grail, the war between the true and false Holy Grail in Xueyuan City began.
Therefore, after all the servants have completely descended, the Saint and the King of the Wild Hunt will also come as scheduled.
173: Declare war on the twelve servants except me
"Sister, you're not in Romania at all! You're there now!"
At noon the next day, Sajo Aika received a call from her sister. Sajo Ayaka seemed very dissatisfied with her good-for-nothing sister's deception.
"Don't be so excited, Ayaka, I'm traveling."
"...Are you alone?"
"Of course not, I'm playing with my beloved lover."
"Huh? My love? Is there really anyone who likes you? Sister, I think you should go out more often. Last time you told me that you were bullied and met a minotaur. You should watch less abnormal two-dimensional anime."
"I'll be angry if you say that to my sister... huh?"
While talking on the phone, Aika Sajo suddenly discovered that Melusin and Typhon, who were originally guarding Novia, were gone, and even Novia himself seemed to be asleep with his eyes closed.
"Sister, I have something to do now. I'll hang up first. Ayaka, remember to pay the balance of the apartment I bought."
Although she didn't understand, Ai Ge felt that this seemed to be a great opportunity for her, so she hung up the phone directly.
"Novia?"
Aika Sajo approached the silver-haired young man and called out softly, but there was no response, so she took the young man's hand and placed it next to her face, smiling with joy.
But at this moment, she saw the Command Seal on the young man's hand. It was exactly the same Command Seal that she had on her hand in the past in the labyrinth.
In other words, the summoning that Novia had been waiting for almost a day and a night was finally successful.
"......Why, why am I not Novia's Master this time?!"
The 40-year-old girl was quite disappointed with the result.
Indeed, in this Holy Grail War, after almost all the Servants had manifested, at the last moment, Novia successfully connected to something.
Therefore, the spirit is lifted up, as if it is now an unknown distance away from the earth.
In the darkness, his spirit moved forward with an unknown sense of satisfaction. With every step he took, ripples appeared in the darkness.
The small circles that can be seen everywhere listen unhindered to the countless past scenes that have been lost until now, and then guide them to their destination.
Novia even saw the scene when he was in Rome in the past. He was trusted by many people without reservation. He felt ashamed because he thought he had done nothing for them...
But when they looked at him, they seemed to be looking at their own future, full of anticipation.
This place is so noisy, so empty, and so glorious.
