Chapter 89

“What exactly did she do to forge such a dazzling, such a glorious achievement!”

……

“So, Archer really is Yukino…”

Inside the house, Yukinoshita Haruno sighed, feeling it was both within expectations and yet a surprise.

As the eldest legitimate daughter of the Yukinoshita family, with a mother who was a “Prefectural Assembly Member” holding the power of life and death over countless people and a family fortune exceeding ten trillion, she often had to attend many events, missing many details of the Sky Screen’s plot.

She was not like Yukino, who had noticed at that instant the red gemstone necklace suddenly flashing on Archer’s neck when she was summoned.

However, as a sister-complex, she was the person in the world who understood Yukino best!

The more she looked at Archer, the more familiar she seemed, familiar to the point where she found her own guess hard to believe.

When the truth was revealed, she finally let out a long breath.

My little sister is indeed a rare super genius, bearing a great cause to achieve the body of a Heroic Spirit.

It’s just…

I don’t know how much sorrow she suffered before reaching the end of that path.

A flash of heartache flickered in the depths of Yukinoshita Haruno’s eyes.

Thinking of the PV clip where white-haired Yukino headed into the war-torn Middle East…

Perhaps she too experienced a hundred years of sorrow and endless tragedy before becoming a Heroic Spirit, discovering that a partner of justice could never save everyone, and beginning to regret stepping onto this path, yet becoming a Heroic Spirit meant eternal life.

That path she chose for herself could no longer be changed.

She could only try her best to return to the past and change her once-passionate self.

Both the palm and the back of the hand are flesh…

Whether it was the young Yukino or the Heroic Spirit Yukino, Haruno would be in pain if either died.

She only hoped not to see a situation of mutual slaughter again.

……

In the Sky Screen world, countless people were also surrounding Yukino, discussing in shock.

Honma Meiko exclaimed excitedly, “I understand now.”

“Why Brother Luo Shu didn’t use a catalyst, but instead summoned Archer…!”

“They must become husband and wife in the future, the people with the closest relationship. Brother Luo Shu has already become Sister Yukino’s exclusive catalyst; no matter how she is summoned, it will always be Sister Yukino!”

Hearing this, Natsuki Subaru suddenly realized, but in the blink of an eye, new doubts arose.

“If Heroic Spirit Yukino kills the past Yukino, then the future where Luo-kun and Yukino marry is negated, and history is overturned into nothingness.”

“If that’s the case, it would have been impossible for Luo-kun to summon Heroic Spirit Yukino from the start.”

There was an uproar, and everyone felt that what this shut-in said made a lot of sense.

In the crowd, Futaba Rio, wearing a white lab coat, pushed up her glasses and said indifferently.

“What if it’s not Yukino returning to the past from the future, but traveling from one parallel world to another?”

“If it really is this situation, your hypothesis doesn’t hold.”

“……”

Everyone scratched their heads, feeling that what this young lady said also made sense.

“If Yukino did indeed return to the past from the future, then there is another possibility.”

Yagami Light’s eyes were sharp, and his steady voice exploded in mid-air, “That is, in the 5th Holy Grail War, Heroic Spirit Yukino, due to various accidents, didn’t kill the past Yukino, thereby ensuring history wasn’t overturned.”

“But with Heroic Spirit Yukino’s strength, it would be easy to kill Yukino.”

“If she didn’t kill her, then the waters of the parallel world run very deep…”

“It is very likely that there is a hidden providence; let’s call it the Counter Force for now.”

Everyone looked at each other.

Why did it feel like everyone was making sense?

Forget it.

Damn it, keep watching how the Sky Screen plot develops; it’s just too exciting.

……

At this moment, billions of people on Earth were clutching their chests in tension, watching the Sky Screen with both shock and anticipation.

Even all kinds of demons and monsters were somewhat uneasy, feeling a sense of powerlessness spreading in their hearts.

Some old scientists couldn’t take it anymore, so they gritted their teeth and swallowed several quick-acting heart pills, eyes wide as they continued to watch.

If you can’t die, watch until you do!

A slightly leisurely BGM background music emerged, the atmosphere in the ruins rendered somewhat peaceful and serene. Archer and Lancer suddenly ceased fighting, both sides quietly looking at each other, quite silent.

【“Little girl, you’re quite impressive…”】

【The blue-clad Lancer sighed with a somewhat melancholy expression and put away his magic spear.】

【He hadn’t expected that the joke he made earlier about meeting Yukino again in the Throne of Heroes would actually come true. The young girl became a hero in the future who forged a heroic hegemony, her strength extremely formidable.】

【Even Gáe Bolg could be blocked, only costing her one hand.】

【His Noble Phantasm was the bane of Archers, almost a guaranteed kill against Servants of the Archer class.】

【Yet Heroic Spirit Yukino blocked it; this matter was simply unbelievable, a difficulty no different from a kitten being run over by a multi-ton semi-trailer and not dying, defying the disadvantages of the class itself, going against heaven.】

【To think she could project a divine shield as an Archer class and withstand his trump card Noble Phantasm.】

【Excellent,】

【Too excellent…】

【Cu Chulainn sighed, having no heart for the battle.】

【It wasn’t that he felt it was troublesome; he could still leave Heroic Spirit Yukino behind if he went all out.】

【After all, he was the Child of Light from Irish mythology, a great hero who could rebel against the gods!】

【Even if not fighting on home turf and not enjoying bonuses, he was still invincible in the world.】

【However, seeing the little girl he protected turn into an enemy, how should one describe this complex feeling…】

【Well~】

【Anyway, it’s their own mutual slaughter, so I’ll let her go this time.】

【If there’s a next time, it won’t be too late to deal with her then.】

“Lancer-bro is as confident and disdainful as ever…”

Hearing Cu Chulainn’s confident inner voice, people couldn’t help but sigh.

I’m afraid Lancer was the strongest in this Holy Grail War, besides the demigod Heracles.

……

【“……Ha~ not fighting anymore? Cu Chulainn, I was just preparing to surrender.”】

【The white-haired female Heroic Spirit seemed to smile somewhat mischievously, calmly raising her fair hands.】

【A standard French military salute was thus born.】

【However, this was met with somewhat annoyed words from the blue-clad Lancer.】

【“Hmph, you’ve really become glib-tongued now; the little girl from before was more likable.”】

【Cu Chulainn curled his lips; he still preferred the honest appearance of the young Yukino.】

【Both honest and firm, her eyes filled with a clear soul of justice.】

【How did she grow so crooked in the future, full of lies, like a slippery loach, both sharp-tongued and frivolous, leaving one with no way to start.】

【“This time I’ll…” Cu Chulainn waved his hand indifferently, his expression calm, when suddenly his pupils shrank sharply, staring at the distant location of the Shinomiya residence, muttering, “This aura… is it more than one Servant?!”】

【He frowned tightly, roughly predicting that Yukinoshita Yukino was also there.】

【The blue-clad Lancer hesitated for only a moment before his feet exerted force, and he sped away toward the distance.】

【“……Has it already reached this time?”】

【The white-haired female Heroic Spirit smiled calmly where she stood and walked slowly in the opposite direction.】

……

The perspective shifted rapidly, arriving at the mountains near the Shinomiya residence.

Two peerless Heroic Spirits were fiercely slaughtering each other in the mountains, glaring at each other, displaying their extraordinary and superb martial arts, which were particularly stunning under the moonlight.

However, Saber, as the Knight of the Sword, was visibly falling into a disadvantage.

Although the magical aptitude of Matou Makoto and Yukino didn’t differ much, due to the abnormal summoning, the stats of the Knight of the Sword became quite terrible; she couldn’t even deal with a mere Rider, and even fighting back was difficult.

If strength wasn’t as good as Medusa’s, it could be solved with Mana Burst, but what if agility wasn’t as good?

Wouldn’t she become a living target?