Chapter 358

【Astolfo: "Y-y-y-you, don't say stupid things, you idiot!"】

【Sieg: "Well, hmm, I'm probably an idiot."】

【At this moment, he is not only fulfilling Jeanne's will, but also out of his own considerations.】

【Immortality is indeed happy, but then what?】

【He couldn't think of what future there would be after all humans left their bodies and achieved immortality.】

【Everyone hopes to stop disputes, and everyone hopes for peace and to move forward.】

【The Greater Grail would judge these as worthless. Because humans are incompetent and hopelessly stupid, leave the rest to the Grail.】

【That is what it declared.】

【He would pick up the child who would one day learn to stand and Matsuwanko Matsuwanko Take it away, so it doesn't matter. Effort will become completely meaningless.】

【Although it is happy, isn't it also sad?】

【And now, Sieg, the only one who understands what the world will become, has been granted the right to stop this from happening.】

Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou: "..."】

I didn't expect that whether it was before or now, I failed.】

This Sieg is just like someone sent by heaven to stop him.】

【Astolfo said with teary eyes: "No, no, no! I don't allow it, absolutely not!"】

【Sieg: "..."】

【Astolfo: "No, no way. Because if you do this, you—"】

【Although his rationality evaporates occasionally, it doesn't mean Astolfo is really an idiot. He understood everything Sieg wanted to do.】

【Precisely because he understood, he would firmly oppose it.】

【Transporting the Greater Grail means he will no longer be human.】

【Astolfo cried bitterly: "I! We! Want you to obtain happiness! As long as you can live an ordinary daily life, that's enough..."】

【Sieg: "... es, that's why Ruler wanted me to stay away from battle."】

【Perhaps Jeanne had foreseen all of this long ago. Out of resistance to the revelation, she confirmed Sieg's intentions several times before the war started.】

【Astolfo: "Are you going to say this is fate? How can there be such a cruel ending!"】

【Looking at Astolfo like this, Sieg was very happy, so happy he was almost crying.】

【In this world, how many such Servants, such friends are there?】

【Sieg hasn't come into contact with many people, but he has a friend worth being proud of, to the point where he wants to hold his head high and shout, 'This is my Servant!'】

【"This is not cruel, and I won't die."】

【Astolfo: "This is harder than dying! I know it all!"】

【That is equivalent to bearing the sins of humanity and embarking on a journey of atonement.】

【If Sieg doesn't rely on the power he snatched, when will he be able to reach the end?】

【At least what is certain is that it will be a long time that can almost be called eternal.】

Astolfo: "Woooo ┭┮﹏┭┮..."】

Sieg: "Thank you, Astolfo, for caring about me until the end."】

Astolfo: "Idiot! If you leave like this, what is the meaning of our efforts!"】

Sieg: "It's not meaningless. I'm still alive, aren't I?"】

Astolfo: "Aha—"】

Siegfried: "(Motherly smile) You've worked hard, Sieg."】

【Caules: "Hey, Rider, give up. Your Master has already made up his mind."】

【Astolfo: "Shut up!"】

【Sieg: "Rider, I believe in you."】

【Astolfo: "Eh?"】

【Sieg: "I believe in the humans that Rider believes in, and I also want to believe in the humans that Ruler Jeanne wants to believe in. This is the answer, this is everything."】

【Astolfo once said: As long as I intervene, maybe something will change.】

【That's right, Sieg wants to intervene.】

【Intervene in the human race, no matter in what form. If true immortality means stagnation, it should be removed.】

【Even if slow, even if wandering and hesitating, humanity as a whole is still continuing to move forward.】

【Humans will one day reach the other Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side of the dream, toward the infinite sky. Despite repeating hopeless failures and setbacks, people are still moving forward, climbing the stairs.】

"Hmph."】

Regarding Sieg's expectations in the video, Goetia was very dismissive.】

Humans will only repeat the mistakes they made in the past forever and will never correct them.】

【"I will wait for you at the finish line."】

【"Hmm."】

【Astolfo, with a tear-stained face, nodded hard.】

【Immediately, before the collapse, Astolfo summoned the Hippogriff and escaped with Laeticia and Caules.】

【"Master! Good luck!"】

【Sieg looked at the Greater Grail and began his final action.】

【"Under the five Command Spells that have now disappeared, I will pay the price."】

【No pain, but he felt something being destroyed from the inside and spreading out one by one.】

【Recalling this Holy Grail War, it really was a long yet short journey.】

【Then, prepare to fly to the other Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side.】

Waver: "Sigh, it really is dramatic."】

Illya: "Sacrificing oneself, what a cliché story trope."】

Kairi Sisigou: "Hey, hey, he didn't die, little girl, don't curse him."】

Shakespeare: "Sigh, what a boring ending, as plain as plain water."】

Rin Tohsaka: "Eh? I forgot about you! Where did you run off to in the video?"】

Shakespeare: "Oh, now that you mention it, it shouldn't be over yet. I also want to see what my ending will be like."】

【"It's like winning, and it's like losing."】

【On the Red Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side, the only remaining Shakespeare seemed unable to see the collapse around him, still humming and focusing on writing his manuscript.】

【"Although it's not a good ending, it's hard to say it's a bad ending. How could it be such an inconclusive ending? Sigh, there's no help for it. As the saying goes, 'Life is a cloth woven of variegated yarn, with good and evil intertwined'."】

【"Heroic Spirits, humans, mages, and even homunculi are all the same; the materials are the same. 'Our essence is also like a dream'... Amakusa Emiya Emiya Shirou Tokisada's dream, Semiramis's dream, Jeanne's dream, the homunculus's dream. If I don't record these many exciting yet illusory dreams, what kind of writer am I!"】

【"Oh, what is that?"】

【The wall beside him collapsed. Shakespeare seemed to see something surprising and finally stopped the pen in his hand.】

【"Laeticia! Look, look!"】

【Laeticia, who had already woken up, was still deep in thought, but was suddenly interrupted by Astolfo.】

【They looked back and saw a pitch-black giant dragon rising from the collapsed Hanging Garden, firmly holding the Greater Grail in its mouth.】

【Laeticia shed tears without knowing why, because the identity of that black dragon was self-evident.】

【Sieg—no, now he should be called Fafnir.】

【Or rather, it was Sieg wearing the appearance of Fafnir.】

【It was bathed in the pale purple light of dawn, intending to fly away from this world and embark on an endless journey.】

【Heading toward an unknown world, in order to keep the world as it was, the dragon held the hope of the human world and flew into the distance.】

【There was not a trace of shadow in its eyes, nor any evil thoughts. It spread its large wings and proudly flew into the sky.】

【The destination is the other Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side of the world, toward the far shore—】

Sieg: "Is that—me?"】

Rin Tohsaka: "Sieg, you really turned into a dragon!"】

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "A miracle, this is also a kind of miracle."】

Siegfried: "Fafnir... no, it just inherited the dragon form of the other party."】

Siegfried: "Sieg, you will always be Sieg."】

Kayneth: "Sieg, this kid's encounters are really—indescribable."】

The Holy Grail War was only a few days long, but Sieg's encounters were more exciting than anyone else's life.】

Transforming into a Servant to fight, defeating the great hero Karna, and now even turning into a long-lived Dragon Kind.】

Shakespeare: "Hahaha, great! This ending is flavorful enough!"】

Illya: "Hmm? Why did you suddenly change your mind?"】

Shakespeare: "If it were just a cliché sacrifice, of course it wouldn't be interesting, but now it's different."】

Shakespeare: "The giant dragon that once symbolized evil has now become a savior, taking away humanity's hope for eternal life. Hahaha, what a dramatic ending!"】

Illya: "This ending—it does sound quite interesting."】

【Laeticia: "What will happen to Mr. Sieg?"】

【Astolfo: "Don't worry, he just went to a very far place. He is still alive."】

【Laeticia: "... ill those two meet again?"】

【Astolfo: "They will, because that is what they hope for."】

【Although it is a very, very long distance, they will definitely meet again.】

【After all, of the two of them, one is hopelessly stubborn, and the other can wait leisurely for a thousand years.】

【On Shakespeare's Reverse Reverse Reverse Reverse Side, he was holding the manuscript tightly, writing furiously while enduring the strong wind pressure.】

【The manuscript that anyone who knew the name of Shakespeare would want to obtain even if they invested all their property, flew into the distance sheet by sheet.】