Chapter 66

Mery suddenly lifted her head from the bed; although she felt quite ~heartbroken~ (delighted) about the matter of that child, Sakuya Tsubaki.

But by comparison, if one could summon *that* person, the entertainment to be had would be far too great!

Do you understand the gold content of a Grand Spirit Origin from Proper Human History?!

Not a Grand, yet possessing a Grand Spirit Origin.

Who in the entirety of Proper Human History has ever had that?

The immortal body of a True Man, the strongest Servant in a certain sense, and that Earth 'twintail' she yearns for!!!

Mery is raving, fan-girling over Brother Zheng? Because he is worth it!

Great Qin Lostbelt

Wind passes over small bridges and flowing water, a touch of the mortal world, ancient charm lingering.

A towering figure stands at the head of the bridge, watching the two figures on the screen with a cold expression, yet without the slightest ripple of emotion.

"According to the Great Qin laws, dismemberment is sufficient, but..."

The Qin Shi Huang gazes at the holy relic in the screen that can be called a Noble Phantasm.

"That thing cannot summon Us, though a dragon could."

Toaru World

The safest city — Academy City

"That's not right," Saten Ruiko tilts her head, her face full of confusion.

"What's not right? Tell us, Ruiko," the other three members of the Railgun quartet ask curiously.

They discovered that Ruiko seems to have extremely accurate guesses about what is about to happen in the screen!

It's as if... as if she's predicting the future? No, that Tree Diagram could also do it based on countless simulations; if one really had to describe it, it's like 'holding the script' in her hand.

"I feel like the one summoned in the end won't be the Qin Shi Huang."

"Hahaha, I'm just guessing blindly, everyone don't mind it," Ruiko's face turns red, being watched by two such strong seniors, an Lv5 and an Lv4...

"Tell us, Ruiko~," Kuroko acts spoiled, "Even if it means letting me share Onee-sama's cute Gekota..."

bilibili—— "Kuroko, you wretch who was broken from the womb!", Misaka Mikoto's face turns bright red, stopping the loss in time, Gekota underwear or whatever... she doesn't like them at all! Ugh—

"Fine, I'll tell you, okay?"

"It's like this: regarding the Holy Grail War, I understand it this way. The Holy Grail War is a mysterious summoning ritual. To summon a Heroic Spirit, one should need a corresponding holy relic, just like that middle-aged mage who summoned Gilgamesh earlier."

"Right, so isn't it wrong to summon the Qin Shi Huang here?"

"That's the problem. From our god's-eye view, we know Tsubaki has already obtained a Command Spell, meaning she is a Master, so the wishes of Tsubaki's scumbag parents should have fallen through."

"Then how can Tsubaki, who has no holy relic, summon a Servant?"

The Railgun trio looks full of curiosity.

Ruiko takes a deep breath and says, "The answer I guess is compatibility; the Master themselves might be considered the medium for summoning a Heroic Spirit."

"The one who interrupted the battle between King Gilgamesh and Enkidu earlier might be the Heroic Spirit Tsubaki summoned based on compatibility!"

Meanwhile, Fate World

Fifth Holy Grail War Era

"Achoo—!", a certain twintailed girl known as the Holy Widow sneezes heavily.

"Archer, are you badmouthing me?!", Tohsaka Rin says angrily.

Red A: "....?"

Across the Myriad Worlds

Everyone watches that pair of scumbag parents with cold eyes, guessing if they summon that legendary Qin Shi Huang, will he also 'kill his Master' at the start like King Gilgamesh?

As Heroic Spirits, they all have their own pride. Every Servant is a living Heroic Spirit existing in the long river of history. Except for certain evil existences and certain loyal dog characters, they shouldn't tolerate such beastly behavior, right?

Dog Brother: ".....?"

What's wrong with being a loyal dog?

【

Neither the father nor the mother cares in the slightest about their daughter who has lost consciousness.

Perhaps, they never did from the very beginning.

They are only rejoicing that Tsubaki's reproductive system has not been damaged, and as a breeding tool, it can still be used.

They are only looking forward to the Command Spell of the Holy Grail War appearing on their hands soon, so they can summon that powerful Heroic Spirit and win the Holy Grail War in one fell swoop.

But...

The Command Spell did not lodge itself in them; what appeared on them was something else—

Rotting, collapsing, ominous, disaster—

"What... is this!", the man screams in horror.

Boom—

When he turns his head back, his wife has already been swallowed by dense, festering sores, falling heavily to the ground, and the man is also swallowed up—

That is the disaster known as 'Plague'.

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【Jeanne: "Wait! What is this! Could it be that someone started a sneak attack before the Holy Grail War?"】

【Prelati: "Tsk, where did this French village girl come from? To have no insight at all, better go back and read for a few years first."】

【Genghis Khan: "This is the plague, I am too familiar with it."】

【Itadori Yuji: "But why would it suddenly catch the plague? In a modern city, how could one contract this disease for no reason?"】

【Jogo: "Is your brain filled with shit, human brat? We're already here, and you still haven't seen it?"】

【Itadori Yuji: "It's filled with you."】

【Jogo: "... Wait, if I don't beat the shit out of you today, consider it a clean dump!!!"】

【Gabriel: "Doesn't matter, I'm already satisfied; these scumbags should go to hell!"】

【Chaotic Evil Gudako: "This is satisfying? Shouldn't they be hung up and tortured severely?!"】

【

In the center of the pitch-black city, the girl named Sakuya Tsubaki is still crying and screaming.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, don't abandon me, I beg you, I will work hard, don't abandon me!

But what the girl never understood from beginning to end is that her parents would not respond; what they loved was never the girl from the start.

Crying and wailing, in a world of despair, no one will respond to the girl; that is the truth...

But...!

In that instant, some existence noticed the girl.

In a flash, the girl stopped crying; in the darkness of the abyss, a glimmer of light pierced the darkness, appearing in the girl's sad eyes!

The whole world is shrouded in darkness, born from the booming sound of a silent world, the girl's own Servant responded to her!!!

This Servant is too peculiar, so much so that the other party doesn't even have a physical form, as if born from a despair deeper than the darkness.

But the girl is not afraid, because in this world that no one visits, for the first time, there appeared... someone who could fill her loneliness.

'Question, are you the Master who summoned me?', a blurred consciousness transforms into text and appears.

Master? The girl, not understanding the meaning at all, responds happily, "Hello, I am Sakuya Tsubaki."

The girl is still sleeping, but this time it is in a world accompanied by her parents; the girl feels her parents' 'love' again.

"Happy birthday, Tsubaki," her parents, swallowed and controlled by the plague, smile and prepare for her birthday.

"Mm!", but in the girl's eyes, her parents haven't changed, they still love her just as much, it's just that Mom and Dad seem to never mention magic again.

The happy girl trots all the way to her room, feeling extremely grateful to the pitch-black shadow on the wall.

"Thank you, it was you who called Dad and the others over, right?"

The black shadow slowly reveals three white lines, seemingly smiling in response.

The girl is even happier—

In that deep darkness, there seems to be a figure riding a warhorse, stepping on skulls, permanently spreading disaster and ominousness.

Rider—— Pale Rider!