Chapter 189

Be our witness, O God, that you, the founder of the Church, and Novia, who has led all people in the world to spread the Gospel—

My life is dedicated to saving the world and humanity.

That dream world, where everyone admires goodness and is worthy of love, will surely be born!

Therefore, I, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada, will surely enable humanity to completely grasp the Heaven's Feel and reach the sky of endless stars!

At this time, Amakusa Shirou didn't know was that within his enemy Black Faction were a dragon-slaying hero renowned worldwide for his encounter with the King of the Huns Avia, Rider who had trained alongside his own king at the Giant God Ruins and heard the King of the Huns's words, and a berserker known as Frankenstein Berserker.

"Does it concern me? Of course it does."

Novia nodded slightly.

He was sitting on a floating wooden chair.

However, the man's location was somewhat unusual; it was in the center of a vast, perfectly spherical room dyed the color of the night sky, and opposite Novia was Kishua, the controller of the Second Magic, known as the Grand Sorcerer Path.

Not long after meeting Hibino Hibiki and Marie Antoinette Muller, Novia returned to Romania with Draco and Kisshouin, intending to wait for Goetia's Human Order Incineration to find an opportunity to work as a staff member at Chaldea in Antarctica...

Unexpectedly, just a few days after returning to Romania, he was visited by the Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg and taken to the space he had created for himself.

Upon hearing Novia's reply, the Grand Sorcerer Path leaned back in his chair and let out a sigh.

You're still the same as always.

"Hmm? Do you think I'm strange to you, Kishua?"

"No, I mean, like an elder in my mind, or rather, in the human imagination, you."

The Grand Sorcerer considers himself one of the most diligent among the world's "strongest," but he is still far inferior to Novia. Moreover, he finds it easy to strike up a conversation with Novia, probably because of Novia's approachable nature that she can be friendly to everyone.

"What you're saying makes me feel kind of embarrassed."

Novia said this with a hint of helplessness, then got up from his chair and walked towards the only Great Gate in the room constructed by the Second Magic. He had heard the Grand Sorcerer say that once he stepped out, he would be in a world 'related to him'.

Have a safe journey.

The moment Novia stepped through the Door, she heard the Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg's words, and then a flash of light appeared—

The silver-haired man instantly appeared on the streets of the bustling City. Looking at the somewhat familiar scenery before her, Novia quickly realized that this was Shinjuku Ward in Tokyo, which she had just left not long ago.

After all, Novia had brought Draco and Kisshouin to Tokyo not only to see Xiao Xiang and Marie Antoinette, but also to spend a few days there, so she quickly recognized the scene in front of her that was exactly the same as Shinjuku Ward.

However, Novia didn't believe that the Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg would try to fool her, but Shinjuku, huh?

The Human Order Incineration didn't happen, so it couldn't have been caused by the escaped Demon God Pillar in Shinjuku...

Could it be Fragments of Blue and Silver?

Just as Novia was pondering this, he saw a woman with green hair, dressed rather flamboyantly.

"She... was given a hint?"

After Novia left, a celestial sphere appeared around the Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg, and at the same time, the celestial sphere flipped rapidly, like the pages of a book the old man was reading, at an unprecedented speed.

A human face is reflected on the page, along with information about that person.

Sometimes he is male, sometimes female.

Sometimes he is an old man, sometimes a child.

Sometimes he's Magecraft, sometimes Priest.

As factors such as race, gender, age, physique, clothing, personality, and occupation constantly change, the book simultaneously turns its pages with astonishing force.

Finally, we arrived at the page where the red gem wand and the blue gem wand appeared.

"Ah, Ruby and Sapphire? Have they gone to find new owners?"

Shortly afterward, the sound of the pages turning gradually subsided, and a young girl was reflected in the image.

"Hmm... Greece? Hmm, let me see, because of Pandora's... Box?"

The Grand Sorcerer stroked his chin and laughed, a laugh that twisted his lips into a smile.

"Let's talk about that next time."

261: The End of the Hell Without Dignity (6k)

Shinjuku Ward in Tokyo, perhaps because it's Shinjuku, or perhaps because it was midday, was packed with people even on a perfectly ordinary weekday.

To Novia, who had just arrived in this world, the crowds in Shinjuku were not much different from Shinjuku she had seen before. The majority of the people here were men and women in their early twenties. In fact, there were quite a few people here, or men of similar age to her.

Novia blended calmly into the crowd, appearing completely at ease amidst the vast throng.

After all, he was following the woman who had been given a 'hint,' and thus he used Magecraft to conceal his presence.

Nevertheless, that was aimed at Magecraft, not ordinary people. As a result, passersby noticed Novia and their eyes were unconsciously drawn to him. If he hadn't acted somewhat 'urgently' and the passersby hadn't thought not to disturb him, many men and women would probably have surrounded him.

Then, in a corner of the bustling City, Novia watched as the green-haired woman entered a house and the blond man opened the door for her.

And the walls of that seemingly ordinary house emitted an extremely strong smell of blood.

At that moment, Novia understood her identity as a man and a woman.

Sagara Houma, the former Master of Jack the Ripper Yggdmillennia Family, the Black Assassin, in Fate/Apocrypha.

Sagara Houma is Magecraft who uses a combination of Japanese Cursecraft and Western Cursecraft to ensure the safety of buildings or protect humans at the cost of human lives, thereby making a Magecraft. He borrowed the techniques of the Yggdmillennia Family to fuse the two completely different family Cursecraft into a unique Magecraft Formula.

The reason he went to Tokyo instead of Romania to summon Servant was because, after numerous Sub-species Holy Grail War, he had, to some extent, learned how to deal with the nineteen Hassan. Sagara Houma believed this situation was disadvantageous, so he deliberately gambled the outcome on the modern-day Heroic Spirit.

Jack the Ripper.

In order to successfully summon this world-renowned assassin, Sagara Houma travels to Tokyo Shinjuku, Shinjuku 'hints' at Reika Rikudou, a prostitute living in Tokyo, as a sacrifice for the summoning.

Having understood, Novia didn't hesitate much and walked towards the room. In his view Sagara Houma, who had used so many lives to protect his residence, was already dead.

Under Novia's advance, even the True Magic circle that Sagara Houma had prepared for so long on the wall was completely useless. Although the Magecraft did work, it was more like surrendering.

Perhaps neither normal people nor Magecraft can see it, but the essence of this Magecraft Foundation is the 'light', which is different from the light of electric lights and flames, but is a blue light like the Sun.

Then, Novia appeared inside the house, looking at the 'hint' Reika Rikudou had been dispelled, and at the already summoned Jack the Ripper.

As for Sagara Houma, unsurprisingly, he was killed by Jack.

Jack, who was about to eat Sagara Houma's heart to replenish his Od, looked at Novia and shouted with a joyful laugh;

"Mother!"

Earlier, at the moment when Reika Rikudou returned here.

"It's almost time, let's begin."

Sagara Houma looked at the bewildered Reika Rikudou and said indifferently.

Although he channeled Od into the Magic Circuits that covered his entire body, he actually had no murderous intent; he was simply trying to kill Reika Rikudou as if it were an assembly line operation.

Sagara Houma didn't care about this woman at all; he only used her as a catalyst for 'Jack the Ripper' because she happened to be a prostitute. After Jack the Ripper killed prostitutes, so there was also a saying that he was born to be a prostitute's child.

"Based on the elements of silver and iron, and on the foundation of stone and the Grand Duchess covenant, the color of dedication is 'black'."

The descending winds are blocked by walls, the four gates are tightly shut, and the three paths leading to the Kingdom, originating from the Crown, are perpetually looping.

The Magecraft went directly to the Sacrificial Altar set up inside the house, and his words echoed loudly.

"I declare that you have given yourself to me, and I will entrust my Fate to your sword."

If you wish to rely on the Holy Grail, if you wish to follow this will and reason, you should respond to my declaration.

The chanting and the Od flowing within the Magic Circuits combine to summon the Heroic Spirit existing in the 'seat' and speak to the Supreme Being beings depicted in myths and legends.

"—I hereby swear that I am the one who brings about all goodness throughout the ages, and I am the one who spreads all evil throughout the ages."

For Sagara Houma Reika Rikudou, the incantation was nothing more than a meaningless jumble of words, and at the same time, a countdown to his death.

The woman, caught in the 'hint,' should not react in the slightest; she should simply quietly offer her meaningless life to the Magecraft.

Meaningless, yes, meaningless, Reika Rikudou ruminated on her memories in a daze.

My life has been shrouded in mist, and I can't recall it clearly.

She thought to herself: It must be a life that isn't very important.

No, speaking of her, I have a strong feeling that I don't seem to have any experiences that I can call 'life'.

I couldn't realize this immediately after I was born; I just drifted through life in a daze. After my parents passed away, even though I became incredibly depraved, I still couldn't understand it. Later, in order to make a living, I became a prostitute and even abandoned my talent for the piano.

Does having a beating heart and being conscious mean you're 'alive'?

A woman is not truly alive; she may have a beating heart, move her legs, and speak politely, but that doesn't really make her alive.

To truly live is to embrace passion.

Whether it's studying diligently, working hard, loving someone, hurting others, or nurturing life, all of these are behaviors that fit the definition of being alive.

In other words, he was already 'dead', and the only thing still alive was this body called 'Reika Rikudou'.

I am just a woman who has long since died, a tragic figure.

The woman made a self-deprecating joke.

So, it's okay to die now, right?

Feeling the energy constantly draining from her body, Reika Rikudou thought to herself.

Next, only death awaits me.

But—

I still can't give up.

I don't want to die.

I don't want to die yet.

Yes, even so, I still don't want to die like this.

"I... I really don't want to die..."

After living in a daze for a long time, Reika Rikudou finally hoped to 'live' when she was about to die.

A powerful Desire overcame the 'hint', and tears welled in Reika Rikudou's eyes as she murmured in an extremely weak voice. This voice could not possibly reach the ears of Magecraft, but it did reach the ears of the Servant was about to appear.

"—You who bear the seven heavens of the three great incantations, manifest yourself from the Wheel of Restraint, Protection of the scales!"

"I really don't want to die..."

In that instant, light appeared in mid-air above the three-square-meter room, outlining a simulated True Magic circle. It surged upwards rapidly, as if boiling, and clusters of blue light points coalesced and solidified.

However, what Reika Rikudou should have died as a sacrifice the moment the Servant appeared, saw was not darkness, but the man using Magecraft having his jaw broken by a silver-haired little girl.

Seemingly noticing Reika Rikudou's surprised gaze, Jack, who had already severed the Magecraft's hand imbued with Command Spell, held the severed hand and approached her, shouting joyfully—

"Mother!"

As Jack shouted those words, the Command Spell in his hand was transferred to Reika Rikudou's hand. After confirming that the Command Spell had been transferred, the silver-haired girl threw a throwing knife that pierced straight into Sagara Houma's heart.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you for saving me..."

"Yes, saving Mom is what I should do, Jack."

Only then, having finally recovered from her shock, did Reika Rikudou clearly hear Jack call out "Mom."

Mom... she's calling me Mom, she's my child... my child?

"Am I Jack's... mother...?"

"Mmm, Mom."

Although being rescued by a stranger and called "Mom" seems strange, it felt like a 'miracle' to Reika Rikudou.

Perhaps it was the abuse she suffered from her adoptive parents and her life as a prostitute that made her feel that this strange child was somewhat similar to herself, and therefore she wanted to protect her and was willing to be her mother.

"Um, Mom, Jack, I'm hungry."

"Oh... I understand. Wait a minute, I'll go reheat the hamburger patties."

Upon hearing this, Reika Rikudou quickly cut the reheated hamburger patties into small pieces with a fork and fed them to Jack one by one.