Chapter 655

【She stood up to face Gilles again, but the wavering in her eyes was gone, becoming incomparably firm.】

【"I finally understand; I really cannot agree with this kind of salvation."】

【Gilles: "Why—"】

【Jeanne: "Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, your behavior shows a lack of trust in humanity, which will make everything accumulated in the past go down the drain. Because humanity has been fighting against evil for thousands of years, even if defeated several times, it still didn't give up, overcame the sacrifices of the kind-hearted, and arrived here!"】

【"Gilles, we are dead people; not only do we lead the living, but we also delusionally want to save humanity; there should be a limit to daydreaming."】

【"Gilles, stop it; people use us as a foundation, and although slowly, they are still moving forward little by little; we should affirm this."】

【"Gilles, don't pursue saving humanity just because you want to atone! Your sins belong only to you; even if you can't atone, those despairs still belong only to you. Do you want to push the responsibility of compensating for these sins onto others?"】

【"You and I are both sinners; there is no way to compensate for those who have already sacrificed! You can only continue to hold these worries, these despairs; there is no way to start over, but although only a little bit, you can help the frustrated living; this is what is called a Heroic Spirit, and it is the limit of what we can do."】

Rin Tohsaka: "Finally figured it out?"

Extra Feng Xi: "Actually, as long as she calms down, she could have figured it out originally. It's just that before, she was disturbed by Shakespeare, so she was led by the nose by the other side."

【Gilles shed tears; this time it was his turn to kneel on the ground, holding Jeanne's hand tightly, begging: "Can I not be forgiven?"】

【Jeanne: "God will forgive everything, but the children you killed won't all forgive you. Your punishment is to forever shoulder this sin, these feelings of guilt... don't worry, I will help you."】

Waver: "This is what's called being outputted instead of using mouth-jutsu."

Extra Feng Xi: "This guy was originally the one being mouth-jutsu'd. But before it was Shakespeare, now it's Jeanne."

Gilles de Rais: "Ugh! This kind of person with an unsteady will is definitely not me! I don't admit it!"

Rin Tohsaka: "Who cares about you."

Gilles de Rais: "Ahhhh!!!"

【"Sigh..."】

【Amakusa Shirou sighed helplessly at this.】

【He didn't hate Jeanne, because she was also one of the victims of this world; if they could work together, of course there would be nothing better than that—but she refused salvation.】

【Shakespeare: "Master, what should we do?"】

【"Use the activated Greater Grail to crush everything."】

【Amakusa Shirou looked at Jeanne and said: "Is it impossible to coexist no matter what? From my standpoint, I thought you would respond to his persuasion and rise together."】

【Jeanne: "... Well, if it were me right after I appeared in the world, maybe I would have responded to his persuasion. I also have no objection to saving humanity."】

【Amakusa Shirou looked sad and said: "Then why—no, that's true, you want to save individuals, while I want to save the whole."】

【"Although you say you are not a Saint, I believe more than anyone that you are a Saint. I also had a period of holding thoughts like yours, but I couldn't bear it."】

【"Why are you different? What is the difference between when you first manifested and now?"】

【Jeanne looked at Sieg with a smile and said: "Because a special situation occurred, and an ordinary Master appeared. Although he is a homunculus with a very faint practical feeling of being alive, he still longs to live, and indeed obtained it. That is the result of humanity condensed, a goodness worth loving and cherishing. He knows why humanity is, knows goodness and evil, and is troubled by it. I think, if you take everything away—where will his troubles and his questions disappear to? Where should they go?"】

【"Him..."】

【Her words made Amakusa Shirou's eyes sharp, staring at Sieg with hostility.】

【"I see, it is indeed the type of human you prefer—exactly the type I hate. The moment he was born into the world, he should have been perfect, with extremely faint private desires, treating everything including himself fairly; he should have been an ideal creature who could live until death."】

【That's right. If humans are imperfect creatures, then homunculi can be considered perfect creatures.】

【Private desires are faint, loyal to the role one should play, and die when one should die.】

Irisviel: "No, homunculi are not as perfect as you think."

Irisviel: "As long as they are living creatures, as long as they have their own thoughts, they will have their own private desires; I am the same."

Waver: "That's right, and Sieg's wish is only one, and that is to live; do you think this is also wrong?"

Amakusa Shirou: "..."

【Jeanne: "Are you saying that the wish to live is evil?"】

【Amakusa Shirou: "Humans do evil because they want to live; I think it will be like this in the future too."】

【Jeanne became exceptionally sad; she didn't know how much bitterness Amakusa Shirou had experienced to have such thoughts.】

【Although it is said that one should not persuade others to be kind without experiencing their suffering, she still thinks this is wrong.】

【Survival instinct is a desire all creatures have; if it is abandoned, humanity is no longer human.】

【Amakusa Shirou: "Homunculus, how about you? Don't you think the past you was better? There was no worry, pain, despair, and you didn't have to struggle to survive while actually feeling death."】

【"Homunculi are far from perfect; they are not as you think."】

【Without any hesitation, Sieg shook his head and denied: "We were not suppressing private desires, but didn't discover them from the beginning. That is because we have a practical feeling of being alive, so we have troubles... I actually envy you humans more."】

【"... Then, now you are also my enemy."】

【Amakusa Shirou put away his sadness and said coldly: "Sure enough, it's better to kill you all."】

【Jeanne: "—Sure enough, I still have to crush your dream directly."】

【"I won't fight you one-on-one, because there's no need."】

【Amakusa Shirou looked at Sieg and said: "Right now, I only want to defeat you, who are the Master."】

【After saying this, the Greater Grail responded to Amakusa Shirou's call, forming a blue-white light behind him, like the arm of a giant.】