Chapter 349

Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou: "Saint Jeanne, the Great Holy Grail War has ended. I have used the Third Magic to complete the act of saving humanity."

"It is not half-baked immortality, but a thorough immortality that discards the corrupt flesh. And it is not aimed at a single object, but allows all humanity to share it; regardless of good or evil, passion and selfish desires will fade, vanity will become meaningless; it is a perfect peace—well, Jeanne, I will ask again, was my method wrong?"

Jeanne: "..."

Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou: "It is not wrong, not an error; the degree of completion is so high that it leaves you speechless. I think it would have been better if I could have talked to you properly sooner. However, there are some things that one will not have a real feeling for until they are completed. Even if I had explained my purpose early, you would have hindered me all the same, right."

Humanity gains salvation, without distress, and without despair—

No problems, unable to refute—

But for some reason, she always felt that something was wrong with this.

"Jeanne, open your eyes; you cannot fail to understand that what he said is correct."

Gilles suddenly appeared in the real world and said to Jeanne.

Jeanne: "But, that—"

Gilles: "You know my nickname, right? The notorious Bluebeard. I did many bad things to blaspheme the gods who betrayed the saint! Let you hear the wails of the children! The laments of despair!"

Jeanne: "Don't, don't do this... stop..."

Gilles: "That's right, they were killed by me, and they were killed by you! The reason I went mad is because of the regret of you, who were betrayed! As long as you don't die, I will definitely not go mad!"

Gilles's face changed again, turning into the mad Bluebeard.

Waver: "What kind of bullshit is he saying!"

Rin Tohsaka: "Exactly! Bluebeard, you are the one who caused the slaughter; what does it have to do with Miss Jeanne! You can't just shift the blame like that!"

Bluebeard: "No! This is absolutely not me!"

Bluebeard: "Jeanne, this is not me; I would never defile you like this!"

Jeanne: "..."

She was completely numb now and didn't want to speak for the time being.

Jeanne: "I, I—"

Gilles: "Those children cannot be revived! The past cannot be changed; death cannot be treated as if it never happened! But the future indeed exists here! Jeanne, the miracle that allows us to atone for our sins exists right here!"

Atonement, one can atone for sins.

One can escape from the guilt generated by lost lives and lives lost because of oneself; one can share the miracle of humanity—

Gilles: "The one who saves us is not God! Then we must save people with our own hands! Jeanne, answer me, is this not the salvation of humanity!"

Jeanne's chest throbbed with pain, and she tried her best to hold back her tears, but she couldn't think of any words to refute him.

Clearly feeling that something was wrong, yet not knowing where it was wrong.

In my heart, what exactly am I rejecting?

Gilles: "Jeanne, reach out your hand, accept your defeat, and let us fight Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side by Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side. No, this is not a fight, but salvation, embarking on a journey to save humanity—"

Jeanne: "Gilles..."

Gilles: "That nameless homunculus would also hope so, right? His death is necessary; it is a necessary sacrifice for humanity to walk toward the expected future."

Jeanne: "..."

Xiang Junior Feng Xi: "What a tactic of the carrot and the stick; by using Sieg to shake Jeanne's inner heart, breaking her defenses, and then spouting nonsense to swap concepts and brainwash the other party, all so that Jeanne will agree with your approach."

Xiang Junior Feng Xi: "Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou, don't you firmly believe that you are right? Then why do you still use such means to make your opponent submit."

Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou: "I just want to eliminate a hidden danger."

Xiang Junior Feng Xi: "Then why don't you just kill her, instead of doing something unnecessary."

Xiang Junior Feng Xi: "To put it bluntly, you just want to get the approval of others, only then can you be satisfied."

Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou: "Are you trying to say that I need a sense of approval."

Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou: "Ridiculous, I don't need that kind of thing."

Just when she was about to give up completely, a strong sense of dissonance emerged in her heart.

Jeanne vaguely recalled a scene.

"You haven't—"

Someone died because of me; that must be a very important person to me, perhaps someone even more than that.

I should bear such a death. Even if I saved ten thousand people, it could never be compensated. I don't want to let the salvation of humanity become the meaning of Sieg's death. His death was caused by me; the one who killed him was me.

There are countless deaths in this world.

Countless lives produce countless deaths, a chain like hell, but it is by no means necessary for the world. "There is no such thing as a necessary death in the world." Unreasonable deaths must be borne by the life that brought about those unreasonable results—

"Wrong! It's not like that!"

Jeanne shouted: "His death is not necessary for the world! It is my responsibility, and I must bear it!"

【Only a little bit, she was about to blame his death on others, but this approach was too ugly. If the one who killed him was herself, then the crime caused could only belong to herself.】

【At the same time, Gilles must continue to bear the responsibility for killing the children.】

【Not rising with hope, but rising with anger, for rebellion. The tears shed were so hot, even so, she still regained the strength to fight.】

Rin Tohsaka: "It's good that she woke up, I thought she had to wait for Sieg to save her."】

Waver: "Jeanne, worthy of the name of saint."】

Jeanne: "No, I was actually saved by Sieg. I just, no longer escaped."】

【Emiya Emiya Shirou Kotomine's face sank; he didn't expect that it would be counterproductive. Because of the death of that homunculus, Jeanne's heart, which was about to collapse, persisted.】

【There is no room to talk properly anymore.】

【The two sides are at daggers drawn, and the battle is about to break out.】

【Emiya Emiya Shirou Kotomine is sure that with the blessing of the Greater Grail, he can easily solve the current Jeanne. He was sure of this—until that voice appeared.】

【"Great, you are still alive."】

【Jeanne's back stiffened; she suspected whether she had auditory hallucinations, or if it was an 'actor' reproduced by Shakespeare to interfere with her.】

【When she turned her head and saw that familiar figure, she almost couldn't hold on and fell back again.】

【Sieg: "Sorry for being late, but, Black Saber Siegfried, successfully defeated Red Lancer Karna."】

【Jeanne: "Little brother Sieg... why?"】

【"???"】

【Sieg tilted his head; this is his little habit, I'm afraid even he himself doesn't know, but Jeanne is extremely clear.】

【This is indeed the real Sieg, no fake.】

Illya: "They have a good relationship, even the other Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side's habits are clear."】

Sieg: "I don't even know myself."】

Jeanne: "After being together for a few days, naturally I would know after getting familiar."】

【"Sorry, I really can't help much by coming here."】

【Sieg misunderstood Jeanne's meaning and apologized.】

【Now that he has lost Siegfried's power, coming here is indeed useless.】

【But the battle with Karna made him understand his inner thoughts.】

【"I want to see you."】

【Sieg had a shy look, but his eyes did not leave Jeanne.】

Illya: "Confessed, confessed!"】

Sieg: "? ??? ???)? This—"】

Jeanne: "(つд?)"】

Astolfo: "(。ˇ? 。)"】

Brynhildr: "Pure love."】

Bluebeard: "Ah ah ah!!! Unforgivable!!!"】

Bluebeard: "Sieg, how dare you be so rude to the saintess, I must kill you!!!"】

Rin Tohsaka: "What does people's love have to do with you?"】

Feng Xi: "This is the so-called private fan."】

【Hearing this, Jeanne almost cried, and asked while holding back: "Little brother Sieg, can I ask one thing?"】

【Sieg: "Hmm."】

【Jeanne: "Are you still thinking?"】

【Sieg: "Of course, there are too many things I don't know. Maybe this is a difficult problem that I can't think of an answer to even if I spend my whole life, but I still want to think. Because I also gradually understood bit by bit."】

【And Sieg's words instantly made Jeanne understand everything, and understand where the wrongness she couldn't say was.】