Chapter 234

【This situation leaves the Empress stunned.】

Empress: "Hmm? He actually blocked it all!"】

Astolfo: "Ahem, have you seen the power of my 'Manual of Universal Magic' now?"】

Gordes: "Idiot! Why did you say the name of your Noble Phantasm yourself!"】

Astolfo: "Uh..."

Black Faction members: "... igh."】

Celenike: "Astolfo, you are not allowed to speak in the group anymore!!!"】

(Shakespeare)

【Astolfo continues to slaughter his way toward the Empress. The opponent summons a large number of magic circles, releasing dense lightning, but all are blocked by Astolfo's barrier.】

【Astolfo: "I'll Matsuwanko Matsuwanko Take your head!"】

【Empress: "Ha, it seems my Hanging Gardens have been underestimated!"】

【The Empress summons magic circles again, but this time she gathers the energy of the lightning through connections, releasing an even more powerful attack.】

【The careless Astolfo has his barrier broken, and the Hippogriff beneath him is also scattered. He falls from the sky just like that.】

【Because he is a Heroic Spirit, although it hurts to fall to the ground, Astolfo is not seriously injured.】

Rin Tohsaka: "To fall from such a high place, it looks so painful."】

Waver: "It seems the defense of that book is not invincible."】

【Astolfo wants to use his Noble Phantasm, but thinking of the homunculi supplying the mana dying, he is extremely repulsed.】

【Just then, Mordred comes driving over, almost hitting Astolfo.】

【After Mordred gets out of the car, Kairi turns the car around and runs away without a word.】

【This car has been ruined beyond recognition; it's a miracle it can still run.】

【Mordred: "Really, but forget it. Protagonists always appear late. The King's leisurely arrival on the battlefield is the way of the world."】

【Astolfo: "Eh? Are you a King?"】

【Mordred: "That's right. If you surrender, I can let your head fall without pain."】

【Astolfo: "That probably won't work, after all, I am a Servant too."】

【Astolfo, who just went through a battle, is now about to start a second one.】

Lancelot: "Mordred, how dare you claim to be a King!"

Knight of Rebellion: "Do you have any complaints? I should have been the King!"】

Lancelot: "You are not the heir designated by the King, and you are a rebel. You have no qualifications to be called King!"】

Knight of Rebellion: "Speaking of rebellion, what qualifications do you have to criticize me!"】

Illya: "At a time like this, shouldn't we ask King Arthur for an opinion?"】

Artoria: "..."

Feng Xi: "You girl, always fearing the world won't be in chaos. Their mother-daughter relationship just eased up a bit, and you want to destroy it?"】

Knight of Rebellion: "Can you speak properly! What mother-daughter, the King and I are father and son!"】

Rin Tohsaka: "Is that what you're focusing on!"】

【On the other Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side of the battlefield, Jeanne d'Arc is about to rush to Emiya Emiya Shirou Kotomine's location but is blocked by an attack from the Empress on the Hanging Gardens.】

【Emiya Emiya Shirou Kotomine, having received this news, does not intend to tangle with Frankenstein anymore and directly retreats with Shakespeare.】

【However, he wants to retreat, but Frankenstein is not willing.】

【Fight when you want, run when you want—do you have no regard for me?】

【So Emiya Emiya Shirou Kotomine, who hadn't run far, is fiercely pursued by Frankenstein.】

【Shakespeare sees this and uses magecraft to cover the retreat.】

【"Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more."】

【Countless pages wrap around Frankenstein, and the scene in front of her changes instantly.】

【Painful memories surface before her eyes again.】

【Dr. 'Victor Frankenstein' wanted to create a perfect girl, but after spending two years, what he created was a doll that couldn't even cry.】

【Victor dismantled her in anger, but didn't expect her to piece herself back together.】

【Despite being treated badly, the girl still admired the creator as a father, but was rejected and not even given a name.】

【Because she didn't understand anything, she offered the internal organs of a dog that attacked her to her father as a treasure, but was scolded as a monster, and the relationship between the two was decisively broken.】

【"Stop it."】

【Victor's figure appears in front of Frankenstein, his expression so gentle and kind.】

【"Bang!"】

【Seeing this familiar yet strange figure, Frankenstein's heart shakes violently, and the 'Maiden's Chastity' in her hand drops to the ground.】

Frankenstein: "Waaah!!!"

Caules: "What's wrong, Fran? Calm down!"】

Irisviel: "What a poor child. Because she couldn't meet the creator's expectations, she was treated so badly."】

Chiron: "Because she couldn't get good guidance, she didn't even form normal values."】

Sieg: "Frankenstein, a homunculus who couldn't get recognition..."

Rin Tohsaka: "Shakespeare's Noble Phantasm is quite vicious, picking at people's wounds."】

Feng Xi: "Shakespeare was originally a writer who liked to write tragedies."】

Shakespeare: "Oh, life is a tragedy, and aren't we the ones who cause this tragedy ourselves?"】

Rin Tohsaka: "What kind of twisted logic is that."】

Kairi Sisigou: "Making people face their most painful memories is indeed a vicious and practical method."】

【Victor: "Yes, that's good. Don't fight anymore, because I didn't create you for that purpose."】

【"Ugh, ah..."】

【Looking at the hand reaching toward her head, Frankenstein's hair stands on end.】

【A parent's touch—this is something she has craved all her life, but she is not a fool.】

【She knows that the person in front of her is not her father at all.】

【Her father would never be so gentle to her.】

【"Woooooaaaaah!!!"】

【Frankenstein, entering a Mad Enhancement state, hits the 'Victor' in front of her flying with one blow, then rushes forward and starts frantically outputting on the opponent's head.】

【"Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up..."】

【I don't know how long it took, but the person in front of her had turned into a mosaic, and Frankenstein finally stopped.】

【Frankenstein, having recovered some sanity, understands that this is probably the effect of Shakespeare's magecraft.】

【After all, the corpse in front of her had turned into a doll.】

【But immediately, Frankenstein kneels on the ground, her face becoming dejected yet manic.】

【Although it was fake, she had hurt the person she missed once again.】

Frankenstein: "Woooo..."

Caules: "Frankenstein..."

Illya: "So brutal, fortunately it's fake."】

Rin Tohsaka: "Shakespeare, you guy is really too vicious!"】

Shakespeare: "No way, this is the effect of my magecraft. I don't know what the person hit will see specifically."】

【"Woooo..."】

【Just as Frankenstein is about to fall into a rampage again, Caules's voice rings in her ears.】

【"I order you with a Command Spell, Berserker, calm down!"】

【In an instant, the negative emotions in Frankenstein's mind disappear.】

【Frankenstein: "Ah, ah?"】

【"Great, have you calmed down?"】

【Caules, observing in the castle, also breathes a sigh of relief and transmits: "Berserker, they have already escaped. Don't worry, you've done very well."】

【"Your pursuit ends here for now. There are many other places where you need to fight. Do you understand?"】

【Frankenstein: "Ah, ah!"】