Chapter 346

【Shakespeare: "Do you understand this sight?"】

【Jeanne: "Yes, I was prepared to walk toward such an ending."】

【Shakespeare: "Do you have no regrets?"】

【Jeanne: "Of course not, because I became the foundation and was able to save my homeland."】

【Shakespeare: "I see! You say you have no regrets. Even if there is no girl more tragic than you, either in this era or in the future, is it still the same?"】

【Jeanne: "Seeing it from the outside and experiencing it in reality are not the same. I don't think my life can be called bad at all."】

【Flames surrounded her. The saint who had vanished because of the flames in the past, and the man who had given such orders, faced each other in a square that had unknowingly become empty.】

【Shakespeare: "Was your death a matter of fate?"】

【Jeanne: "Yes, a fate I could not escape, and one I did not intend to escape."】

【"Do you need to explain yourself to those implicated by your arrogance?"】

【Shakespeare sneered through Pierre's face, his black eyes staring straight at Jeanne. They were eyes filled with hatred and mockery, just like the heresy trial of the past.】

【However, even so, Jeanne still answered with composure.】

【She didn't hate Pierre. He also lived in his own way, and in the end, he didn't even have a good death.】

【In a sense, the two belonged to the same kind.】

【"No, although it's a bit sad, it's not needed."】

【"That's exactly the sentence I wanted to hear."】

【Shakespeare snapped his fingers, the surrounding flames disappeared, turning into a pure white space with nothing in it.】

Rin Tohsaka: "Miss Jeanne really hasn't wavered at all."

First Emperor: "Once you make a decision, never regret it."

Feng Xi: "One cannot always have things go as one wishes, but one should seek to have no shame in one's heart."

【"Then, let's turn to the next page."】

【"What did you say?"】

【Jeanne was stunned; her life had already ended, how could there be a next act.】

【Shakespeare: "Please be careful, the next act is a bit shocking!"】

【The scene shifted again; this time, what appeared was hell.】

【The dimly lit room was filled with a foul stench; a luxurious large bed was placed in the center, and on the table beside it were arranged the severed heads of children, while countless bodies of theirs were placed on the floor. Half were still fresh, the other half had already begun to rot, but all were bleeding, dying with expressions of despair.】

【Jeanne clenched her fists; she already knew where this was.】

【Regarding what happened after her death, she had relevant knowledge after she descended.】

【"This is Tiffauges Castle, right?"】

【"Exactly, it is the castle of that Baron of Hell, Gilles de Rais."】

Rin Tohsaka: "Ugh..."

Astolfo: "Ah!!!"

Shirou: "This!"

Irisviel: "Illya, don't look."

Kirei Kotomine: "God..."

The children in the group were all frightened; this scene was truly too 18+ restricted.

Gilles de Rais: "Ah, my beloved home, it's a pity I can't go back."

Atalanta: "Damn it! Gilles de Rais, you deserve to die!"

Waver: "You bastard! Look at what you've done!"

Gilles de Rais: "These are all art, masterpieces I carefully selected; you don't understand."

Gilles de Rais: "If Ryuunosuke-kun were still here, he would definitely understand me."

Jeanne: "Gilles..."

Mordred: "To think you'd bring this thing out. Caster, you really are a pervert too!"

Shakespeare: "You've misunderstood me there. As a writer, I must view every story with an objective eye."

Mordred: "You really are a psychopath."

【Jeanne looked stiffly at the dense pile of young corpses; this horrifying scene made her feel a bit dizzy.】

【Even so, it only slightly shook Jeanne's heart.】

【The past is the past, it cannot be overturned.】

【"Hmm, I thought so too. You see the corpses of unknown youths and at most feel sympathy; your heart isn't so weak that you'd be defeated by this."】

【The door was opened, and a gaunt face full of hatred appeared.】

【Although he wore the silver armor Jeanne was familiar with, that face, those protruding large eyeballs, belonged to Gilles de Rais.】

【"Oh my, isn't this Jeanne? Why have you come here?"】

【Gilles de Rais spoke to Jeanne without panic, and as if it were a treasure, he tightly hugged an object wrapped in a blood-stained cloth.】

【"... nough, end this act. I am very sorry that he went down the wrong path because of my death, however I—"】

【Jeanne said loudly, telling herself in her heart to be calm; this was a hallucination.】

【"Let me tell you a good thing; this Gilles is not like those actors who only say the lines I specify. He is a hero who thinks with his own will and intervenes in this world with his own will; he is a Servant I summoned."】

Waver: "What! Shakespeare can actually summon Servants?"

Feng Xi: "It's just an empty shell, and it's easy to play off-track."

Feng Xi: "The great battle last night was the consequence of him playing off-track."

Shakespeare: "Oh, you shouldn't ask yourself this question; I just created the character based on your inner fears."

Feng Xi: "It was me who let you summon the Demon God King, it's not your reason; I don't believe the only thing I fear is him."

"Of course there's more than one," Shakespeare cursed in his heart.

But the problem is, what kind of monsters are the others.

The star of fluorescent fire that tore through the sky, the giant spider that rushed out of the earth, the giant eyeball that tore through the universe...

What kind of things are these!

【Jeanne: "What! A Servant! How is that possible?"】

【Shakespeare: "If the master of this garden assists, it's not a problem at all."】

【"That said, he doesn't possess a Class. Caster, you should know, right? He just reproduced the soul of Gilles de Rais; the shell is just a fragile old man."】

【Jeanne: "Caster, what is your purpose in doing this?"】

【Shakespeare: "You should ask him that yourself. Baron, do you have something you want to say?"】

【Gilles de Rais revealed a crazy smile and said: "Jeanne, I have something I want you to see. I have severed the heads of countless children to this day, and every time I do, I reach a climax..."】

【Jeanne: "Don't, Gilles, stop!"】

【Gilles de Rais slowly opened the cloth bundle; inside was a head Jeanne was most familiar with.】

【Shirou.】

【"Jeanne, look! This head is the best material I have ever cherished!"】

【Gilles de Rais held it up and said excitedly: "Isn't it beautiful? This face, upright yet youthful, eyes as beautiful as rubies, and more importantly, the hair is so beautiful, it's like hair obtained from melting silver ore—"】

【"No... that's not allowed..."】

【This scene finally broke through Jeanne's heart and mind; she knelt on the ground, not daring to look again.】

【"Please, don't... let me see that kind of thing..."】

Shirou: "???"

Jeanne: '!!!'

Gilles de Rais: "Oh, this is exactly the scene I've been dreaming of!"

Astolfo: "Continue living in your daydream!"

Astolfo: "Shakespeare, you nasty guy, ugh—anyway, you're a bastard!"

Shakespeare: "You can't blame me for this; this is a story I determined after analyzing the Saint's heart many times."

Rin Tohsaka: "Miss Jeanne collapsed immediately, so it really is toward Shirou—"

Jeanne: "No! That's not it! Please don't talk nonsense!"

Rin Tohsaka: "..."

【Gilles de Rais: "That's strange, aren't you forced to abandon all existence?"】