"Mm. At the very least, I needed to do what I could." Bai nodded. "And that was something only I could do."
"Only you? Don't make me laugh."
Archer finally couldn't hold back anymore.
"Who did you think you were, some envoy of justice?" Archer said.
"I wouldn't call myself an envoy, but I really did want to become a Hero of Justice," Bai said.
He had confirmed it.
This person was himself!
Though the gender had changed, that same awkwardness at the core was still there!
Damn it!
"That twisted ideal—you weren't joking?" Red A restrained his emotions.
This seemingly fragile female version of himself was still just as infuriating.
"When people lived, they always needed to do something," Bai said. "I knew my ideal sounded like empty platitudes. But I believed that such an ideal couldn't be wrong."
Artoria listened in silence.
Bai's ideal moved her somewhat as well.
"—But that future held nothing but hell ahead," Archer said.
"A long time ago—" Bai said, closing her eyes, "a voice deep within my heart once questioned me like this."
She paused.
Only then did she slowly open her eyes.
"Though it seemed to have been in a dream, I felt as if I had truly seen something—a noble person's journey as they gradually approached their end."
"..." Artoria lowered her head.
[Savior!]
[Savior Morgan really does look exactly like Saber.]
[Fuck, that's really hopeless.]
[Don't jump to conclusions so quickly. It could also really be Saber's experience; the original Morgan might have caused trouble too.]
[Fuck, a depressing Shirou. He sank both Red A and Saber in one go.]
Archer fell silent.
He really wanted to tear into her.
But women were different from men. What was more, her constitution was changing as well.
If the person before