Chapter 583

[He had thought everything was under his control, but in the end, he was the one who became the clown.]

[Brynhildr, who should have been a pawn, had defected (gone berserk). She had broken free from the control of the Master-Servant contract and Command Spells.]

[A calculation error?]

[No, from the moment Lancer left until now, he had re-simulated it seven times, yet every time he confirmed his theory and equations were flawless.]

[In the end, from the perspective of magecraft, there was no problem at all.]

[If so, why did this happen?]

[Is this coincidence, or is it destiny...]

[Brynhildr. Is this miserable state, driven to madness by conspiracy and trickery, what you truly desired?]

[Unfortunately, the object of his speculation was no longer there, and questioning was meaningless.]

Sigurd: "..."

So, this was Brynhildr's punishment for herself.

Everything was because of him; it was all his fault.

Brynhildr: "My love, there is no need to blame yourself; this was my own choice."

Sigurd: "...This is also the fruit caused by me, yet I could not bear it with you."

Brynhildr: "It's okay; at least now, we will never be separated again."

Jinako: "—Ugh (hiccup)!"

Jinako: "I'm so full..."

Siegfried: "...(Kriemhild, I wonder when I will be able to reunite with you.)"

["...With only my magical energy supply, it shouldn't have such great power."]

[Lighting a cigarette, Nigel muttered.]

[This was the conclusion reached a few minutes ago; it was undoubtedly a correct deduction.]

[Brynhildr, using her full power, was indeed burning with the fire of love, but it was a deathly flame that would only stop when it consumed itself.]

[The source of the magical energy for using the Primordial Rune came, nine times out of ten, from her own soul and Spirit Core.]

[To put it bluntly, she was overdrawing her life.]

[There were only a few hours left.]

[Nigel recognized the fact. If it burns fiercely, it will be consumed in an instant.]

["Is this your love..."]

Fiore: "Overdrawing her life? She's really going all out."

Caules: "For Brynhildr, this might be the best result, after all, she broke free from the shackles of the Command Spells."

[At this moment, a figure appeared on the roof of the apartment building.]

[It was a lovely, gorgeous beauty.]

["Manaka Sajyou..."]

[Nigel couldn't help but call out the name.]

[He hadn't expected her to come.]

[He knew about the Sajyou family, but he hadn't expected that they would really let a little girl become a Master in the Holy Grail War.]

Rin Tohsaka: "Wait a minute, isn't she fighting Brynhildr! How could she appear here?"

Waver: "Two possibilities: either the timeline in the video is misaligned, or she used magecraft like projection or a clone."

Manaka Sajyou: "Good evening, Lancer's Master."

Nigel: "...Good evening, Miss. What business do you have with someone who has lost his Servant?"

Manaka Sajyou: "Just a little, I wanted to confirm something."

Nigel: "What is it?"

Manaka Sajyou: "You know, right? What is needed to activate the Holy Grail as a wish-granting machine."

["..."]

[Nigel's cold face did not waver; it should be said that he would not have other emotions.]

[The Greater Grail itself cannot be used alone as a wish-granting machine; it requires the souls of the seven Heroic Spirits summoned by the Grail—that is, the embodiment of the miracle of a massive block of magical energy.]

[Only by using them as fuel can the Greater Grail function correctly to achieve wishes.]

[In other words, the Holy Grail War is operated on a massive lie.]

Rin Tohsaka: "What!"

The Holy Grail in their world at least only needs the magical energy of five Servants, but that world actually requires sacrificing all the Servants!

Isn't this treating Heroic Spirits like fools!

Demon God King: "Tch. Truly ugly to the extreme."

Arash: "Although I don't have any wishes that must be fulfilled, seeing this still makes me feel very uncomfortable."

Cu Chulainn: "Feeling uncomfortable is normal; the creator of the Holy Grail War in that world is truly a bastard."

Arash: "Hey, hey, Sun King, and Caster, you wouldn't have known about this long ago, would you?"

Caster: "I only had some vague guesses."

Ozymandias: "Hmph, no one can lie in front of this King."

Arash: "How come it feels like I'm the only one who didn't know anything..."

[Sajo Ayaka: "Hmm, that's right. It's really cruel to force all seven to be used as fuel. Using a Command Spell to make your own Servant commit suicide at the final moment, 'Alright, the ritual is complete,' and so on."]

[Nigel: "Heroic Spirits don't exist in the present world anyway. Compared to reaching the Root, it's just a small sacrifice."]

["I don't like that kind of thinking."]

[Sajo Ayaka said in a 'sorrowful' tone: "How should I put it, replacing Saber requires collecting the soul of one rider... although that's what I say, it might need two. Because your Lancer is currently looking like she's going to burn everything up."]

[Nigel: "...What?"]

[Although it was only for an instant, he hesitated.]

[Astonishment. Speechlessness. Stupefaction. He was supposed to be devoid of any emotion.]

Taiga Fujimura: "Strange? Not wanting one's own Servant to sacrifice themselves should be a good thing, but why do I always feel like something is a bit off?"

Waver: "Because of the goal."

Taiga Fujimura: "???"

Waver: "Sajo Ayaka doesn't want to sacrifice King Arthur, but she still wants to activate the Holy Grail to make a wish. How is she going to make up for the missing Saber part?"

Taiga Fujimura: "Hey, hey, you don't mean—"

Waver: "...I hope I'm overthinking it."

[Nigel: "Bastard, you don't want to use the soul of the contracted Heroic Spirit?"]

[Sajo Ayaka: "Hmm, that's right."]

[Nigel: "Even if you have no desire to reach the Root, you still have a wish, don't you? Matsuwanko Matsuwanko Take that..."]

[Sajo Ayaka: "My wish is to realize Saber's wish."]

[Nigel: "What?"]

["So, you see..."]

[Sajo Ayaka spread her arms wide like a bird flapping its wings at night. She looked up at the starry sky.]

["—Leaving time, leaving space, leaving everything behind."]

["—Finding that lost ancient kingdom (Britain) again, complete and intact."]

["That is the wish in his heart."]

Fiore: "Although the genders are different, the wishes of the two King Arthurs are the same. Are they both hoping to find their kingdom again?"

Artoria: "..."

Kayneth: "...Crazy, it's truly crazy!"

Waver: "..."

Taiga Fujimura: "What's wrong?"

["...You're crazy!"]

[Occupied by astonishment and trembling, Nigel roared shortly.]

[He, who claimed to have no other emotions, finally broke.]

[To let the ancient kingdom be reborn?]