Chapter 586

No matter which world, this man has not changed at all.

Lancelot: "Agravain... he is indeed a strong man willing to shoulder everything."

Kay: "..."

Mordred: "Tch, that cold-faced man—"

[Recalling his past subordinate, the Old Sword defined the existence of the Berserker in his heart.]

[Not a simple beast. Not a magical beast, not a clot of malice, not an incarnation of desire, but a dignified Servant who manifested here with power for a certain meaning.]

[But at the last moment, he reached his claws toward the night sky. What did that mean?]

[Until now, the Old Sword has not been able to understand.]

Jekyll: "...I didn't expect that you could see through it even in that state."

Jinako: "This King Arthur seems to understand the human heart very well."

Artoria: "..."

Sorry, I do not understand the human heart—

Arash: "So, what exactly did that reaching toward the night sky mean?"

Jekyll: "Nothing... just a promise..."

[The second memory.]

[Great lightning and meteors collide; in the decisive battle unfolding over Tokyo Bay, the fierce clash between the Sun King (Rider) and the Great Hero (Archer).]

[As for the former, the Old Sword did not manage to witness him in the temple, having only seen him twice before the decisive battle.]

[The first time was at the Reiroukan mansion where Berserker met his end, and the second time was in a park not far from the Sajyou mansion.]

[The God King, leading the divine beast Sphinx and reigning over the night sky, had once declared:]

["O Goddess who devours the world and the knight who protects her! Tonight, I have finally understood what must be done. It is to slaughter you that I exist in this world!"]

[That was not said to himself.]

[It was also at that time that Ozymandias loudly announced his true name and said:]

[For the sake of upholding justice. Together with the city in the Far East, he will burn away all evil—]

[Why say that?]

[To Saber, who asked this, Manaka Sajyou answered with an ambiguous smile—in the Holy Grail War, it is only natural to be treated with such hostility by other Heroic Spirits.]

[Saber believed her.]

[No. He realized that her words were correct on one level, and at the same time, he had to realize that hidden within them, there was likely some meaning that had not yet been revealed—]

Rin Tohsaka: "So, it wasn't just Brynhildr who received orders from the gods."

Zabiko: "No wonder you, the Sun King, suddenly caused such a big scene."

Ozymandias: "Hahaha, needless to say, did you think this King was the type who likes to mess around?"

Rin Tohsaka: "Because there is an example before us, it's really not certain."

Ozymandias: "???"

Gilgamesh: "Hmph."

He is now too lazy to bicker with these mongrels; that would only lower his own IQ.

[Manaka Sajyou; "full of talent" is not enough to describe a certain quality she possesses.]

[Following Assassin, the current situation where even Caster has joined her ranks makes everything obvious.]

[She possesses a certain charm beyond magical power that the Old Sword cannot understand.]

[Helplessly, he is not good at perception and investigation.]

Waver: "What kind of quality could it be..."

Paracelsus: "That is a quality that would make all magicians drop their jaws."

Caules: "Is it that exaggerated?"

Paracelsus: "Hehe—"

Waver: "To have you describe it like that, it seems it is not simple."

["I have already decided! Let the evil that would devour even the stars be burned away by the glory of myself and the gods!"]

[To turn Tokyo into scorched earth, together with over ten million citizens—the God King declared so.]

[For this, the Old Sword embarked on a battle to stop the other party, and unexpected reinforcements, Archer and Lancer, cooperated.]

[Next, he witnessed—the arrow of salvation!]

[He recognized that arrow.]

[Arash; Palamedes, one of the Knights of the Round Table, had once mentioned his bravery.]

[He is a true hero of salvation.]

Blonde Rin: "What kind of logic is this..."

If you want to kill Manaka Sajyou, be focused; what kind of operation is dragging the whole of Tokyo into the water.

Ozymandias: "Those are just insignificant dust on the road to clearing away evil, and they are not my subjects; naturally, I don't need to care whether they live or die."

Magical Girl Illya: "Sigh! Are the minds of these kings all so overbearing!"

Rin Tohsaka: "That's right, we are already used to it; you should adapt to it too."

[And the third memory is Brynhildr.]

[In the skirmish at Sunshine 60 in Ikebukuro. The way she nimbly manipulated the spear, which was so huge it was practically a shield, was jaw-dropping.]

[No matter when, she seemed to harbor sorrow.]

[When they met last night, she was already a completely different person from before.]

[The intimidating aura wrapped around her body could also be described as heterogeneous, and it was different from the pressure unique to Heroic Spirits.]

[This reminded the Old Sword of the supernatural existences he had glimpsed before.]

[The Lady of the Lake. The Sea of Stars. And, Avalon.]

Kay: "I wonder what Merlin is like in that world..."

Flower Magician: "Oh my, Kay-chan, you care about me so much,"

Kay: "I am just worried about the Round Table of that world, worried about what will happen if you in that world are even more of a jerk."

Feng Xi: "..."

Is this guy Kay a crow's mouth or a prophet?

[The question turned into words and was asked, but he did not get an answer.]

[It is not strange for a Master to disappear alone, but tonight, she rarely contacted him with silent words.]

["Master has already found a way to deal with it, but Lancer is still not okay. Just by myself, I cannot kill that person."]

["Perhaps, conversely, perhaps I will be killed?"]

[She is joking—]

["Although I don't want to make such a request to Saber, who has just had his wounds healed—"]

[Manaka Sajyou will never lie.]

[Perhaps she hides things, but she never speaks falsehoods.]

[At least to him, that girl will not lie.]

[The rest of the Servants have already left the stage, and Assassin and Caster do not have enough strength; to defeat Lancer, he can only rely on himself, holding the holy sword.]

[The logic holds up. However—]

[The feeling that something is wrong is too obvious.]

["You are right, Manaka."]

[The memory ends, and the Old Sword’s eyes become firm instead.]

["The Grail is made of people's thoughts. Perhaps this is sad, but what many humans crave is not goodwill, but malice known as desire."]

[This is the truth.]

[Accumulating the desires of ten thousand people, the Grail has, in a sense, already mutated.]

["The Grail was wrong from the start."]

Flat Escardos: "Have you already noticed something is wrong? But then again."

Flat Escardos: "It has been hinted to this extent; if you still don't notice, then you are truly stupid."

Waver: "Even if you noticed, how are you going to stop this girl, King Arthur..."

[Time, in the blink of an eye, it is night again.]