Chapter 465

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【"Why, exactly……"】

【Blocking the sword pressure from Saber's Mana Burst, Lancelot felt no pride, but rather a deeper sorrow; his face was etched with a desire for death.】

【Why, exactly.】

【Why did he suddenly cross blades with the King?】

【Looking at that familiar face, that dignified posture—it was what he had longed for so much.】

【But the more he looked, the more painful it became, as if his heart were being gnawed by venomous snakes.】

【He had finally, with such difficulty, been reincarnated to see the King again.】

【He only needed to offer his neck to find release and peace; with two such wonderful things within reach, why had it turned out like this?】

【Whose fault was it, really……..】

【Sprinting across the clouds high in the sky, Lancelot watched the King below, who was furiously unleashing heaven-piercing sword Qi in pursuit. As he dodged, Lancelot's eyes were hollow, his face twisted.】

【Want to die….. so much want to die……..】

【Immense guilt and pain surged from his heart, and the Berserker instinct of his class began to erode him.】

【It was his fault.】

【If he hadn't cuckolded his own superior, he wouldn't have spent every night meeting with the Queen, nor would he have been caught by that hypocritical, blue-skinned Agravain and his men.】

【He wouldn't have accidentally killed that bitch, triggering the civil war among the Knights of the Round Table, which led to the destruction of Camelot—the place into which they and the King had poured their very souls.】

【The immortal King would not have died, nor would she have appeared in this Holy Grail War.】

【And he would not be spiraling in the Throne of Heroes, day and night, in agony and regret, hoping for release……….】

【Hahahaha……..】

【Pitch-black aura of hatred spilled out; Lancelot laughed in a breakdown, narrowly missing a roaring golden beam of light, and landed on the roof of a building.】

【"Arthur…… Arthur….... Arthur！！！"】

【Completely ignoring whether Yaino lived or died, he threw her toward the distance.】

【Lancelot held his palm like a blade and thrust it into the floor; scarlet patterns spread, instantly turning the building into a Noble Phantasm to block the golden torrent of light.】

【"Yaino————！"】

【The golden-haired King let out a cry of shock and rage.】

【A tyrannical, maddened, pitch-black demonic shadow glided down from the sky, swinging a staff at her.】

【"Arthur……"】

【Boom, boom, boom, boom————】

【Mushroom clouds formed a line, and one high-rise after another slowly collapsed.】

………

【"Has he already lost the ability to speak?"】

【"What's going on? It's completely different."】

【Kaito Kuroba was stunned.】

【"Hmph, my foolish disciple, do you not understand even this?"】

【Amidst the mocking tone, Yusaku Kudo slowly landed on the steel beam of the bridge.】

【Above his head.】

【"Forgive my intrusion, my lord."】

【Diarmuid let go of the collar he was holding and stood respectfully to one side.】

【Kaito Kuroba looked at Rider's chariot, just about to laugh triumphantly, but seeing Yusaku Kudo's eyes narrow with a dangerous glint, his voice stopped abruptly like a duck being strangled.】

【"Hmph, I don't know how you passed your Spiritism class."】

【With a mocking remark, Yusaku Kudo looked at the pitch-black knight leaping high in the distance: "How could human will possibly compare to that of a Heroic Spirit?"】

【"Even if one takes a shortcut to become a vessel for a Servant, the erosion of consciousness is inevitable."】

【"That is a Servant manifested in the Berserker class; under the Mad Enhancement skill, how could he possibly control himself to avoid erosion?"】

【Kaito Kuroba was stunned: "In other words…….."】

【Yusaku Kudo crossed his arms and said with narrowed eyes: "It won't be long before the consciousness of that Master, Kariya Matou, completely dissipates. Hmph, to hold on for so long… it seems he might be a decent mage."】

【In fact, there was one thing he didn't say.】

【In his investigation, that Berserker was likely the legendary champion knight Lancelot, who indirectly caused the fall of ancient Britain.】

【Judging by the fact that he only lost control when he encountered his former master, Saber, his willpower was simply incredibly strong.】

【Kariya Matou, huh……】

【Who on earth are you!!!】

………

【Across the ocean.】

【In an Asian community.】

【"Kariya, the customer at table seven wants a chicken katsu curry."】

【The woman with her hair in a bun turned and shouted toward the kitchen.】

【"Hi-hi, coming right up."】

【The man in the kitchen, sweating profusely, wiped his brow, but suddenly couldn't help sneezing; fortunately, he turned his head in time.】

【"Emmm… could that old monster be thinking of me?"】

【"Heh heh heh, keep dreaming, you old hag. I have a wife, a kid, and a house now; the hell if I'm going back to feed bugs."】

【Well, even if the daughter was a bonus that came with the wife…….】

【Muttering a few words, the man who had run away at six and grown up safely continued his bustling life.】

……….

"Hahahaha, +1 for the King of Overthinking!"

"He's been 'Dihua-ed' (misinterpreted), he's been 'Dihua-ed', everyone's been 'Dihua-ed'."

"One wrong step, every step wrong. If Kariya Matou keeps this up, I'm afraid he'll become a Heroic Spirit after he dies. I can already imagine the confused look on his face when he's summoned in some future Holy Grail War."

The whole world was laughing like crazy.

Who the hell is he, some kind of sacred being? He's just a guy selling lunch boxes, okay?

And imagining it as two different consciousnesses? Do you think he's schizophrenic?

"No… hahaha…. I mean….. who the hell could have guessed? Looking at it….. they really look like two different people. Plus with Luo Shu's secret manipulation, it'd be a miracle if people didn't get the wrong idea."

Many people were laughing until they were out of breath, but putting themselves in their shoes, it was indeed hard to blame them.

………..

【"Arthur————！！！"】

【Pitch-black demonic flames surged, rising several stories high.】

【Amidst the ruins, the pitch-black knight, like a demon god, leaped into the clouds carrying the load-bearing pillar he had turned into a Noble Phantasm, roaring as he fell like a meteorite, swinging it down.】

【The golden King felt a sense of familiarity.】

【The person before her was clearly no longer the Master named Kariya Matou; she was familiar with the person of the Spirit Origin itself.】

【"Who on earth are you!"】

【Saber glared, gripping her holy sword of radiance and slashing upward!】

【"Clang————！"】

【The earth for thousands of meters shook in unison, and even space wrinkled layer by layer under such a terrifying collision.】

【"¨「¨「Arthur……"】

【A crazed roar came from within the pitch-black armor as he gripped the ten-plus-meter load-bearing pillar and pressed down hard.】

【The storm swirling around the invisible sword was forcibly shaken away, revealing the brilliant golden blade, which pressed hard against Saber's armor, shooting out blinding sparks.】

【Sizzle————】

【A whirlwind rose around the two, the earth for a thousand meters suddenly sank, collapsing layer by layer, with soil and rocks floating up.】

【Vast power poured out; the earth finally let out a wail and shattered completely, with plates of ground rising amidst the grand force.】

【Only the golden and pitch-black lights remained, colliding.】

【"No good, Saber's state seems wrong."】

【On the bridge, Yusaku Kudo keenly sensed the problem with that King Arthur.】

【Could it be…】 ===== CHAPTER 466 =====