Chapter 605

Ishtar: "In the end, all tragedies are caused by humans themselves."

【Jeanne: "That's right, you were absorbed by 'Jack the Ripper,' or perhaps absorbed... even if I can defeat you, I can no longer save you."】

【"How could this be?" "No!" "We, we are..."】

【"You should understand, I will start eliminating you from now on."】

【Without any hesitation, Jeanne began the Baptismal Sacrament.】

【It was not sending to the afterlife, but elimination.】

Atalanta: "Jeanne! Are you planning to!"

Jeanne: "... This is the best method."

Amakusa Shirou: "For these children, this might be the best ending."

Atalanta: "What nonsense! How can you be so heartless! They are already so pitiful!"

Achilles: "Big Sis..."

【"Stop! Ruler, stop!"】

【Just then, Atalanta suddenly took action to block Jeanne, shielding all the children behind her.】

【Her right hand was dyed black, clearly possessed by an evil spirit.】

【"What do you want to do? They are just children! They are harmless spirits, and don't even belong to evil! They are victims, pitiful souls crushed by the world! Why do you have the heart to eliminate them?"】

【Jeanne: "... Archer, you should understand that those children cannot be saved; letting the souls of these children return to a place of peace is mercy."】

【Atalanta: "What kind of mercy is this! Saving is the duty of a Saint! Saint of Orleans, why do you not draw your sword on the battlefield and only wave your flag? Isn't it because you don't want to kill people! To keep your hands from being stained with blood..."】

【"Is that what you think?"】

【Atalanta's words clearly angered Jeanne, and her voice turned cold: "Because I didn't use a sword, my hands are clean? How is that possible! From the moment I threw myself into the war, my hands were stained with blood. Don't look down on me too much; I have no hesitation in eliminating them!"】

【Atalanta: "Then, then, you are not a Saint at all..."】

【Jeanne: "You're right, everyone calls me a Saint, but I have never thought so myself."】

Bluebeard: "That's not true! You are the greatest leader who can lead the country and the people to victory!"

Bluebeard: "You woman, how dare you insult the Saint like this!"

Atalanta: "Did I say something wrong! Look at you, and look at her in the video, you are simply birds of a feather!"

Achilles: "Big Sis! Calm down!"

Atalanta: "How can you tell me to calm down! Those children, those children, they were clearly the most pitiful ones; if I abandon these children, who else will love them..."

Achilles: "..."

【Atalanta: "You say you want to let their souls return, it's just simple murder! I won't let you do this!"】

【But just then, a child walked out, looking at Jeanne in a daze.】

【Jeanne squatted down to look at her at eye level and said: "What's the matter?"】

【"You... even if you kill us, do you feel it doesn't matter?"】

【The child's words were like a sharp sword, piercing Jeanne's chest.】

【Did she really not want to save them? No, she really couldn't save them.】

【As long as the legend of Jack the Ripper existed, these children would never be sent to the afterlife.】

【The child seemed to understand Jeanne's meaning and said: "Even so, even so, we still have to continue moving forward."】

【At this moment, all the children's hesitation and fear disappeared, and they walked forward one by one, preparing to welcome the final judgment.】

【"Don't, don't, don't go, don't go!"】

【Atalanta wanted to stop these children, but they all avoided her one by one.】

Atalanta: "No, you can't go over..."

Achilles: "Big Sis, they have already realized it and made their own choices."

Atalanta: "Woo..."

King of Demon Gods: "Hmph, the sins of adults, yet letting a group of children bear them, it's disgusting."

Kirei Kotomine: "May your souls find redemption..."

Sieg: "Children..."

Kaairi Sisigou: "Jack, my Jack..."

Jack: "Mom, don't cry, am I not fine now?"

Kaairi Sisigou: "Mm."

【"... There's no other way."】

【"Mm, there's no other way. May you find peace."】

【The chanting continued, and the children naturally held each other's hands, disappearing one by one, calmly accepting their own death.】

【This was not repeated death, but elimination as the literal meaning suggests.】