That was a story from a distant world.
In that world, several powerful races fought one another for the throne of the One True God. Magic, technology, and all manner of powers intertwined, all for the sake of attaining supreme strength and the highest honor.
No one knew how long the war had lasted. They only knew that the land had become scorched earth beneath the conflict, while the sky had been obscured by endless ash.
Even so, in order to claim the throne of ruler of the world, they had never stopped. Everything was for war. Everything was for victory.
Yet no one knew that beneath the flames of war, there was another race barely clinging to life upon the ruined earth.
It was humanity.
They possessed no great power, no long lifespan, and had not even been granted the right to compete for godhood. Even so, humanity still gritted its teeth and struggled to survive amid the artillery fire. No one knew what kind of lives humans had led before. They only knew that the current world was a world of war, where races beyond their understanding and imagination fought each other over things they could neither comprehend nor grasp.
Why were humans still alive?
What exactly were they living for?
This scene was witnessed by a mechanical girl.
It was incomprehensible. This ruined world no longer possessed the means to sustain life, so how could humans survive within it?
It was unimaginable. Why had humanity not chosen to give up even under such circumstances, but instead continued to persevere and live on?
They clearly could not obtain the Star Grail, nor did they have anything to do with this war.
The mechanical girl's doubts gave rise to curiosity and contradiction. Her thought processes entered into logical conflict,