Yuno Gasai's Memories

This became the catalyst for the girl's perception of the world the boy inhabited.

After gaining the Magic Eye to see through parallel worlds, the girl gradually noticed something amiss. In every parallel world Shirou had vanished without a trace, as if he had evaporated into thin air. Others' memories of the boy also gradually became blurred, eventually leading to their complete forgetting of him.

The only certainty is that something must have happened to the boy to cause such an ominous encounter. Through the influence of True Magic, he developed Magic Eye that allows him to see scenes from parallel worlds.

Originally, there was no way to interfere with the closed world Shirou inhabited, so even Rin Tohsaka, who possessed the power to travel between parallel worlds, couldn't detect Shirou's existence at first. However, a few months ago, something seemed to have changed in this world, making observation possible.

If Shirou could find the greatest happiness in this world, then she intended to leave him alone. But Shirou, ironically, decided to embark on another adventure.

What she wanted to confront and fight against was the god who had reincarnated her, Shirou, and that child into different worlds. As an aggregate of Shirou, she felt utterly disgusted.

Even Shinji, fused with the Black Mud Holy Grail and transformed into a sticky, hideous form, didn't disgust her as much. It was as if she herself was about to become a monster she couldn't accept psychologically, making her feel utterly out of place.

If happiness in these worlds requires Shirou's sacrifice, then frankly, it would be better for such worlds to return to their original state of freedom and ultimately be destroyed.

This time, I will protect Shirou's happiness. If you can't find happiness on your own, then I will guide you. Even if I have to beat you to a pulp, I will make sure you find happiness.

The girl looked at Shirou to the side and made a vow in her heart.

"So! Shirou, I'll let you off this time! Do whatever you want in this little world, I won't keep you company! But don't think you can just walk past me and go see that god on your own! Well then! Goodbye!" The huffing girl put her hands on her hips, deliberately dropping to a high place, and stared down at the boy.

As she spoke, her smooth, dark pigtails swayed from side to side, and her seemingly indifferent eyes swept over the boy with great seriousness.

"Wait, Tohsaka... if you have the ability to leave this world, then please help us get out." Shirou said, looking at the girl he hadn't seen in a long time.

"Who cares about you! You got yourself into trouble with this girl, so deal with her yourself! Anyway, it's already confirmed that we'll be meeting soon." Rin Tohsaka said, raising her hand and summoning the goddess Ishtar's chariot, which transformed into a golden shooting star and burst into the world, disappearing from sight.

"Ah... she's gone." Before Shirou could even explain, the girl had already vanished.

"Hey, Shirou, what a decisive woman! Is it the influence of the gods, or is it just her nature? But I can assure you she's a good woman." Merlin, who had been quietly observing from inside, spoke up with a sly smile.

"Ah, I know," Shirou agreed, standing up. "But let's hurry and check on the other girls."

His encounter with Tohsaka reminded him that he should perhaps do something more, but everything remained the same, and everything still had to continue. His will and Tohsaka's thoughts would probably clash again in the near future.

But before that, he wanted everyone to be happy.

In a part of the dense forest, Demonic Beast twice the size of a human lay on the ground with its ferocious claws. It had three hooked claws like a bird, four toes with barbs, and woolly feet like a sheep. It was a lizard covered in fish scales, and it looked very scary and intimidating.

As promised, Shirou waited there for the pink-haired girl. He already knew her name was Yuno, and she kept her promise to the boy.

He's stayed there all this time, facing the nearby Demonic Beast, seemingly never leaving. Only the place remains with piles of monster corpses and traces of battles with other Servant.

"I'm sorry for leaving you here alone for so long," Shirou said to the girl with deep regret.

"No, since it's a promise to Shirou, I'll definitely keep it. And whatever your wish is, Shirou, I'll make it come true. Anyone who wants to hurt Shirou, I'll kill them. Whether it's the Holy Grail or anything else, I'll get it for you." The pink-haired girl said to Shirou with wide eyes, as if making a vow.

Yes, she wasn't lying, but the obsession she displayed in her words and actions reached an unbelievable level.

Chapter 311 Yuno Gasai's Memories

The pink-haired girl, setting aside the fox ears and tail she possesses, is already a dignified beauty. Now, with her hair tied in pigtails, she looks quite adorable. If she had black hair, she might even have the look of a Yamato Nadeshiko of Japanese aesthetics. However, beneath this calm and gentle exterior lies a heart as fiery as magma.

"Great! Shirou, you've finally come back to pick me up!" Yuno Gasai said happily, jumping up and stepping over the Demonic Beast corpses on the ground to stand in front of the boy.

"Thank you for believing me, and for dealing with the Demonic Beast here, preventing them from coming over to our side," Shirou said, thanking the girl.

"No! This is something I did voluntarily. It's only natural for us to support each other, just like what you did for me back then," the girl said with a smile.

"Eh? If it's because of something I said online, then you don't need to worry about it." Shirou said, looking at the pink-haired girl.

"I knew it, you didn't recognize me... But it was several years ago, and I've changed a lot since then. Shirou, do you remember four years ago when you saved a girl who was locked in an iron cage?" The pink-haired girl murmured to herself, then looked at the boy and asked.

"Yes, we've met before." Shirou seemed to remember something, looking at the girl's face. From her features, he recognized her as someone he had met once before. The girl back then was much thinner, withered and emaciated, her eyes lifeless...

"Yes! It was because of Shirou that you saved me!" Yuno said, her eyes glistening with tears, her voice filled with emotion.

She was an adopted child. Perhaps because she was unable to have children, her adoptive mother had psychological issues and an unusually distorted attitude towards the child's upbringing. This twisted life led to a distorted mindset, which in turn affected the next generation.

Shirou didn't know any of this; he just felt something was off and thought it might be domestic violence, so he came in.

At that time, he had just entered junior high school. Because of his long-term training, even though he could not use Magecraft, he was much stronger than the average adult.

So they easily subdued their opponent.

Then Shirou entered this outwardly glamorous house. Upon entering through the foyer, he could see the walls covered with forms. After reading the words on them, he felt a sense of suffocation.

Yuno-chan's performance rating system records her daily calorie intake, number of times she was late, and her grades. If she does well, she gets a little red flower as a reward; if she doesn't do well, she has to accept punishment.

As you walk further in, a faint sound can be heard coming from the innermost, sealed tatami room.

Pushing open the paper door, one could see a large dog in an iron cage in the dimly lit room. Inside the black iron bars, a delicate pink figure could be vaguely seen lying on the ground.

This is exactly what happened when Yuno Gasai first met the boy. Although she was locked in a cage and starved for a day because she failed to complete her adoptive mother's task, and her consciousness was somewhat blurred, everything she saw and heard at that time was still very clear in her memory.

"Hey, are you alright?"

The boy's voice, tinged with suppressed anger, reached my ears.

"I'll open it for you right away!" the boy said eagerly, gripping the iron bars with both hands as if trying to pry them open.

Then, the thick iron bars in the cage were actually twisted open, creating a large hole. Warm hands lifted her out of the cage. At that moment, the boy seemed like a prince from a fairy tale, bringing a miracle.

"It's all alright now."

She was too weak to lift her head at the time, but she heard the boy's gentle voice. For some reason, she felt a warmth in her heart, and everything that had happened seemed to disappear.

When she regained consciousness, she was lying down. Although she didn't know what had happened, the boy and the family, as well as the iron cage, had disappeared from the house. After that, it was as if she had been abandoned by her family. Her adoptive mother avoided her and no longer made any demands on her.

"Yuno, I hope you won't tell anyone about this. I promise I won't let it happen, and I won't force you to do anything else. If you have any requests, just say so. As long as it's within my ability, I'll fulfill them," the middle-aged man said in a negotiating tone.

"No need, Father. I'm very grateful to Mother for doing this for me," the pink-haired girl said with a smile.

"Huh?" The middle-aged man looked at his adopted daughter with surprise. He couldn't see any pretense in her eyes.

The pink-haired girl smiled sweetly, cupped her face, and said with a blush, "Because... it was because I was locked up that I met the person destined for me."

"Is... is that so..." The middle-aged man felt as if something was stuck in his throat, and he answered blankly.

Children are always influenced by their parents' every move; words are never as powerful as personal example. This applies to both positive and negative aspects.

If a child is constantly ordered to do things by their parents using violence, they will likely come to accept the idea of using violence to command others when they grow up. They may treat others in the same way, or they may be treated the same way by others.

Distorted parents can influence their children to become distorted as well. This is more about experience than blood relation.

The child is damaged; they can no longer live together.

On the condition that she would not reveal what happened here, her adoptive parents moved away, but they did not take her with them. They simply arranged a place for her to live in, a small apartment, and gave her some living expenses each month, nothing more.

However, for Yuno herself, this was actually a good thing. From then on, her goal was no longer to meet her mother's demands, but to pursue the true love that brought her warmth.

Having lost her family, she received love from a boy for the first time, a love that her adoptive parents had failed to give her.

So she quickly found out where the boy who saved her was. Although he didn't say his name, she could find out his location soon by investigating all the junior high schools in the vicinity.

However, she chose not to disturb the boy's life. After all, he didn't want to reveal his name, and he possessed mysterious powers that he probably didn't want anyone to know. "Then I'll protect him," she said, "I'll keep it a secret. It's a secret between the two of us."

Without disturbing the person she loves, she protects him from behind until their marriage—that's Yuno Gasai's aesthetic of love. She investigates him in real life. Then, online, she finds Shirou's account, but because the low-key young man is only accessible to friends, she fails to add him as a friend.

However, the girl still tried her best to keep track of everything about the boy online. She saved all the photos of Shirou that were circulating online to her computer's hard drive and her phone's memory card.

Instead of applying to International High School, she went to the school that was closest to International High School, had the most convenient transportation, and the most lenient school rules. As long as she maintained top grades, the teachers wouldn't care even if she didn't attend classes.

Therefore, she had plenty of time to track down the boy, participating in school activities, Kyudo Club competitions, and so on. She would seize any opportunity to get close to Shirou.

The girl's room was covered with photos of the boy, from his first year of junior high to his second year of high school, including photos of Shirou when he was possessed and summoned.

Demonic Beast and other magical beasts are none of her concern, but if Shirou is in danger, she has to protect him.

In order to be like Shirou, Yuno Gasai also started playing the game FGO. Then one day she met the kind high school girl Tamamo, who called herself a love guru and gave her all sorts of advice.

Because she was taught by an experienced female demon who had been hunted and driven away, she was also quite adept at concealing herself, and thus never revealed her whereabouts.

One day, the account suddenly became active and started recruiting female friends everywhere. Although she didn't know who was using the account, Yuno took the opportunity to join in. The girl was very happy because she could keep getting closer to Shirou.

"I don't need anything in return, but I have one request. If you're willing to leave this world after fulfilling your wish, that would be a huge help," Shirou said earnestly to the girl.

"Huh? What's going on? How can you let me decide the itinerary? Don't send me away! I just want to do something for you Shirou!" Yuno Gasai said, waving her hands repeatedly.

"No, no. I want to make you happy, not for you to leave. Even if we go out into the world, we can still be friends! I promise! Instead, let's do something fun together now. Um... Yuno, what do you want to do? I promise I'll go with you." Shirou raised his hands and promised the girl.

"Really?" the pink-haired girl asked uncertainly.

"Yes, I will never abandon you." Shirou nodded and promised again and again.

"Then I want to walk side by side with you now," the pink-haired girl said, a blush creeping onto her face.

"Huh? Is that all?" Shirou asked the girl.

"Yes, this is fine now." The girl nodded.

Always secretly following behind, always gazing at the boy's back, Yuno, hiding in the shadows, harbored a longing: to be recognized.

Being constantly misunderstood and unappreciated, even when wholeheartedly trying to bless the person you love, only leads to bad results. The fox spirit she possessed had a similar experience; she longed for love and was always wholeheartedly devoted when she fell in love with a human.

The boy and girl strolled through the woods. Merlin cast an illusion spell, transforming the path into a beautiful cherry blossom avenue. The cherry blossoms drifted in the wind, and one could even smell the fragrance of spring.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the live broadcast...

"As expected of Shirou, I told you from the beginning that these are his responsibilities." Merlin, who was leaning back in his recliner and spreading his hands in a small shot in the lower right corner of the screen, said.

"No, you're just shirking responsibility! If it weren't for Merlin, we wouldn't be here now. And Shirou! There's no need for that either." Yuihama frowned, looking at Merlin on the screen with an incredulous expression.

"I think fate is a mysterious thing. Maybe I'm just a bridge that was built for him. After all, I'm just a phantom from another world, without even a physical form. The one who can establish a deeper relationship with them should be Shirou, who was summoned here." Merlin sat up from the rocking chair and said with a smile.

"In the end, he's not the kind of person who would do what we suggest," Yukino Yukinoshita said.

"Ah! The child stopped, it seems he's saying something to Shirou, is he saying goodbye?"

At that moment, on the screen, Yuno Gasai bowed to the boy, a satisfied smile on her face.

"Wait, she just left like that?"

"But this was also a choice made by her own will."

"Well, given Shirou's personality, this isn't surprising. There are probably many more examples like this," Asuna said, stroking her face with one hand.

'But... what's with this whole "the guy is gentle, and the woman is virtuous and considerate" dynamic? It's a bit infuriating!'

The three girls didn't say it aloud, but they couldn't help but think the same thing to themselves.

At this moment, the girl's fox ears twitched back and forth, and the Servant within her spoke:

"Oh? The possession summoning has become unstable. As expected, Yuno-chan, you've started to become a good woman. It's time for me, the bad woman, to leave the stage."

"No! Miss Fox! I know perfectly well that you are the best woman in any era! Those who think you are wrong are only wrong because the men there are incompetent, or because the era is bad!" Yuno said to the heroic Servant within her.

It was precisely because they both had a strong desire to protect the ones they loved that they met.

Shirou understood the identity of the Servant within the girl. She had a deep connection with the familiar Tamamo Cat, as they were different individuals split from the same being. Although their relationship was not good, they were destined to be rivals who devoured each other to strengthen themselves.

Its true form transcends Servant, possessing many names: the white-faced, golden-haired nine-tailed fox, the Amaterasu Omikami, an incarnation of Amaterasu, the White Fox King, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, Su Daji, Tamamo-no-Mae. Because it originates from over a thousand years ago, it wanders the world, holding numerous identities: god, bodhisattva, demon...

Sometimes it brings blessings to a region, and sometimes it brings calamity that destroys everything, just like the unpredictable nature of the ocean.

There was an era when these creatures were considered auspicious omens and were worshipped as Divine Beast. However, in the late ancient period, they were more often regarded as calamities, causing the downfall of dynasty after dynasty and their expulsion from the country.

Daji, Baosi, Xi Shi, Diao Chan, Yang Guifei —there are always incompetent rulers who want to blame everything on women, as if the world could be prosperous and peaceful forever without them.

King Zhou of Shang was attacked by King Wu of Zhou because he sent a large army to conquer invading barbarian tribes, leaving the capital defenses undefended. In order to stabilize the feudal lords and solidify the position of the Zhou emperor, the weak Zhou Dynasty King dynasty established elaborate rituals.

Emperor Xuanzong Tang won the power struggle that Wu Zetian had established, and reaped the fruits of a century of hard work since Emperor Taizong of Tang's reign. However, in his later years, he indulged in pleasure, neglected state affairs, and allowed local powers to flourish, leading to the An Lushan Rebellion. Even after killing Yang Guifei at Mawei Slope, the Tang Dynasty was still in decline and never rose again.

"I don't think Tamamo- san is the kind of bad woman who needs to be expelled at all. Rather, it's just that those in power are shirking their responsibilities." Shirou frankly expressed his thoughts.

"Mr. Shirou ..." JK Tamamo opened her golden eyes wide, her fox ears suddenly stood up, and her tail swayed back and forth, as if she was very happy.

A dynasty that falls because of a woman or a monster is clearly incompetent and should be put to rest. Truly capable nations either establish rules to manage supernatural beings like monsters, bat-men, spider-men, iron men, or the Hulk, or they simply prohibit animals from becoming spirits.

Okay, although this happened in another universe so far away that it has nothing to do with us.

Shirou spoke up, "So I think Miss Tamamo doesn't need to care too much about these comments. The root cause is never just about one person."

"Ahhh, even if you're an upright and handsome soul, you shouldn't praise other women when they're around. Even if we're in a state of perfect harmony right now, it's the same." JK Tamamo wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, covered her mouth, and smiled as she glanced at the boy.

"No, that's not what I meant." Shirou waved his hand hastily, embarrassed.

"Oh my, what an adorable reaction! I like it more and more. I guess I should join in too." JK Tamamo's eyes flashed with a sly light as she giggled sweetly, raising her fluffy tail and preparing to jump up and hug her.

"Wait..." Shirou quickly took a few steps back.

"Hehe, just kidding, just kidding. If possible, I still hope to find the first person I meet." JK Tamamo stopped in her tracks and said with a mischievous smile.

Then, looking at the girl who had summoned her and with whom she shared a similar spirit, she said, "Thank you, Yuno-chan! So, the next time we meet will be when I, a good woman, am summoned by Yuno-chan, a good woman!"

After saying this, the Servant shattered like a mirror, transformed into specks of fluorescent light through summoning, rose into the air, and finally disappeared.