White brought the topic back.
"Of course. To maintain your 'human' identities, you'll need my authority as well," Caren said. "When the time comes, you can be my thugs... subordinates."
—You wanted to say thugs, didn't you?! You definitely wanted to say thugs!
But White did not really mind.
This counted as being guaranteed admission to university.
Artoria was not going to "university," but high school.
Still, it was about the same.
White continued, "Thank you very much, Miss Caren. But why are you helping us so much?"
"Aren't you doing the same?" Caren tilted her head. "Besides, helping King Arthur isn't a problem, is it? King Arthur herself is a king of Christianity. She is connected to the Church to begin with. There's no denying that Arthurian stories are somewhat connected to Celtic culture, but the Arthurian 'epics' themselves were Christianized. There's nothing wrong with that, right?"
"Helping King Arthur...?" White looked at Artoria.
That was indeed part of the reason.
But there was actually more to it.
To be honest, without Yego's help, some things really would have been difficult to handle.
After leaving the Church, the two of them made their way down the mountain road.
The weather was wonderful today. Fuyuki felt exceptionally peaceful, refreshing the heart and mind.
White and Artoria looked out over the city from the mountainside.
[Fate/stay_night, Fairy Record of Variations, main story completed] [Client's commission completed] [The client has received an overwhelming amount of positive feedback and wishes to continue filming an epilogue] [Actor's Salary Settlement in progress, please wait]
The payment for the epilogue would be settled separately.
At this point, the main story had come to an end.
"But the epilogue takes place during university, right?"
Next came the tense and exciting final year of high school.