Opening Up Anime the FGO Way Author: Yun Shang
"Servant Scarlet... Queen of the Night, I have arrived. From this day forth, I am your master. Servant, are you type B?"
"Servant, answering the bonds of our past, I have come. We meet again, Master."
"Archer Mikoto. Huh, do we know each other? Hey, hey, hey! Master, isn't that pickup line a little too outdated?"
"Servant, answering your summons. Well, just call me Kirito."
"Servant, my name is Tokisaki Kurumi. My, Koizumi, we were accomplices who saved the world together. Do you really have to avoid me like this?"
Current confirmed Singularities:
First Singularity: Prosperous Illusory Empire - Imperial Capital
Second Singularity: Land of Enticing Death and Nightmares - Saigyou Ayakashi
Third Singularity: Day of Pure Lightning's Mad Fall - Academy City
Fourth Singularity: Day of Red Demon Awakening - Romania
Fifth Singularity: Time of Sword Art Sonata - SAO
Sixth Singularity: Convergence of Ten Thousand Worlds - Other World
Seventh Singularity: Gleam of Falling Stars - Mid-Childa
Arc: Burning Contaminated City - Fuyuki
The Ever-Crimson Young Moon
"Where... is this? Who... am I?"
A young man in a white jacket walked through a sea of flames, his eyes vacant as he wandered without knowing where he was headed.
The surrounding area was filled with ruins left behind by the blaze. Though it looked like a modern city, it had now been burned to ashes. The young man had no idea why he had appeared here. He remembered nothing—not his name, not his identity, not even why he was here.
"I..." the young man murmured as he wandered forward aimlessly.
The young man did not notice in the slightest that he had been under the watchful eyes of other "people" all along.
Atop a tall building somewhere, a blue-haired young man holding a staff frowned slightly as he watched the suddenly appearing human, seemingly deep in thought. Humans no longer existed here, so why...
The blue-haired young man pondered this while the young man continued wandering forward without purpose.
"If he goes any farther, he'll enter Lancer's territory... Should I intervene..." the blue-haired young man muttered.
After pondering for a long while, the blue-haired young man finally made his decision. "For now, I'll observe. If this kid is just an ordinary human, then he isn't worth saving."
With that, the blue-haired young man slowly transformed into particles of light and vanished from the rooftop.
The young man continued walking without purpose. Suddenly, several chains appeared before him, blocking his path. He froze slightly, a confused expression appearing on his face.
"Tch, I didn't expect there to still be a living human. He doesn't look like a mage either, so—go die!"
The next moment, a scythe-shaped spear entered the young man's view, followed by a burst of pain from his abdomen.
—That scythe-shaped spear had pierced straight through his chest.
Am I... dead? Dying without leaving behind even my memories... That really is... utterly worthless...
The young man mocked himself inwardly. Then blood burst forth, splattering across the owner of that scythe-shaped spear.
She was a mature-looking woman with purple hair, draped in a black cloak.
Looking at the young man's cold corpse, disgust appeared on the purple-haired woman's face, and she prepared to leave.
Then—
The purple-haired woman's expression abruptly changed. The blood splashed on her body seemed to be burning, radiating a crimson glow. Vast energy surged from it, as if it would burn her entire body to ash.
Unable to endure it, the purple-haired woman threw off her black cloak. Most of the blood had splattered onto it because of the cloak's protection, while only a tiny amount had touched her body. That small amount was not much of a problem for her.
"What is going on?" the purple-haired woman asked, focusing her gaze on the young man.
He was clearly dead, yet his blood radiated such immense energy. Could this human be special?
That made sense. The appearance of a human in this place where everyone had already died was strange enough. It was only natural that this human possessed something unusual. In any case, he was already dead. What else could he do?
Thinking this, the purple-haired woman revealed a cold smile and turned to leave.
At once, a feeling of death enveloped her. Instinctively, the purple-haired woman immediately leaped away.
At some point, the bloodstains on the ground had vanished, and the young man's wounds had completely disappeared. Floating above the place where he lay was a petite figure.
She was a young girl of around ten years old, with light blue hair faintly tinged with purple. She wore a pale pink mob cap, with a large red ribbon tied on its left side. Her eyes were blood-red, and she wore a pale pink Gothic Lolita dress adorned with a gemstone. A large ribbon was tied behind her dress as well, and behind her stretched a pair of bat wings taller than she was.
"So this is the Servant state that Gap Youkai mentioned... It really is somewhat strange... But—" The young girl licked the blood from the corner of her mouth, a delighted smile appearing on her face.
"As a servant, your blood tastes fairly good. It seems Sakuya won't need to go shopping for supplies anymore. That way, Sakuya can have it easier, and Flandre will have a source of food too."
"You are— a Servant..." The purple-haired woman's brows furrowed slightly. How could a dead person summon a Servant? Yet her senses could not be wrong. The young girl before her was indeed a Servant.
"That's right. I am indeed that so-called Servant. Servant of the Night Scarlet. I have entered this battle as the master of this servant. My servant was attacked, so naturally, as his master, I must stand up for him. Do you think someone belonging to me, Remilia Scarlet, can be bullied by some mere snake demon like you?"
Remilia placed her hands on her hips, cold killing intent flickering within her scarlet eyes.
"A mere Servant who was just summoned and doesn't even have a Master. Let's see how I butcher you!"
Mockery filled the purple-haired woman's face as she burst toward Remilia. The scythe-shaped spear in her hand slashed directly at Remilia's head. The sound of it tearing through the air was enough to reveal its terrifying force.
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Remilia's lips. In an instant, a long spear covered in pink light appeared in her hand, and she casually blocked the attack.
As if she had noticed something, Remilia carefully examined the scythe-shaped spear in her opponent's hand, a barely perceptible smile on her lips.
"Interesting. That spear of yours should possess the ability to make any injury it inflicts impossible to heal. Even a vampire's immortality likely cannot recover from it. It is somewhat unfavorable to me—but if it cannot hit me, it is completely useless!" With a cold snort, Remilia knocked aside her opponent's weapon with one strike and began pressing forward step by step.
Under Remilia's relentless advance, the purple-haired woman's disadvantage became increasingly obvious.
"How could this be..." The purple-haired woman looked utterly incredulous, anger building on her face.
"How ugly... Don't forget who I am. I am a vampire. The night is my domain! There is no place for you to interfere!" Remilia shouted sharply. A tremendous force immediately sent the purple-haired woman flying.
Then Remilia pointed her spear directly at her opponent as immense magical power surged wildly.
"Now, shoot her down! Divine Spear!"
The moment she said it, Remilia hurled the Divine Spear Gungnir in her hand.
The Divine Spear in Remilia's hand was indeed called Gungnir, the divine spear of Odin, chief god of Norse mythology. Also known as the Declaration of the Great God and so on, it possessed the attribute of never missing.
However, a vampire obviously could not possess the weapon of a chief god. Remilia's spear was merely given the name Gungnir because of the special nature of her abilities.
Her ability to manipulate fate could not be consciously controlled, but it could influence things unconsciously. Because of this, her Divine Spear possessed the attribute of never missing, which was precisely why it had been named Gungnir.
The purple-haired woman's expression changed, and she hurriedly dodged. Yet the instant she evaded it, the Divine Spear curved through the air and shot toward her once more.
"So it never misses... Is this your Noble Phantasm!?"
The purple-haired woman's expression became somewhat grim. At the same time, she pushed off the ground and charged toward Remilia.
Since her opponent no longer had a weapon in hand, she would simply go after the weapon's owner.
But a trace of ridicule immediately flashed across Remilia's face. She spread her arms, and countless small magic circles unfolded around her, from which numerous miniature Gungnirs slowly emerged.
"You can dodge one, but with this many, let's see how you escape!"
At this moment, even the purple-haired woman wanted to curse. You were clearly a Lancer, so why were you using a mage's methods? With so many magic circles, you were obviously a mage!
Remilia met her murderous gaze directly, contempt written all over her face.
"The fate of your defeat was decided the moment you became enemies with me, Remilia Scarlet. Go! Pierce the heart! Gungnir Barrage!"
Casterú Chulainn
"The fate of your defeat was decided the moment you became enemies with me, Remilia Scarlet! Go! Pierce the heart! Gungnir Barrage!"
Countless Gungnirs immediately shot toward the purple-haired woman charging at Remilia!
BOOM!!!!!
A violent explosion erupted. Slowly, the smoke kicked up by the blast dispersed, revealing the disheveled purple-haired woman with a long spear wrapped in pink light embedded in her chest. Her body began transforming into particles of light.
"Too weak. How boring... It seems the incineration of humanity that Gap Youkai mentioned will be easy enough to resolve. But the important thing probably isn't that—it's the other possibilities Gap Youkai mentioned..." Remilia muttered as her gaze fell upon the young man lying on the ground. She slowly walked toward him.
The young man should have fallen asleep at this point, but compared to before, something about him seemed to have started changing.
Who... am I... No, I should remember my name. It seems like it was...
Slowly, the young man opened his eyes. Compared to their previous emptiness, his eyes now held a trace of life.
"That's right... My name is... Koizumi."
The young man—no, Koizumi—murmured to himself, then began examining his body. If he remembered correctly, he had been pierced through by a scythe-shaped spear before. But... why was he now...
Koizumi furrowed his brows slightly, a trace of confusion flashing through his eyes.
"You're awake..." At that moment, a proud voice came from behind Koizumi. He instinctively turned his head, and a petite figure immediately entered his vision, making him pause.
"You are?" Koizumi looked at her with confusion. The Remilia before him gave him a familiar feeling.
He felt as though he knew her, but there was no such person in his current memories.
Moreover, judging by her characteristics, she possessed things a human should not have. Simply put, she was not human.
"My name is Remilia Scarlet. Servant! You only need to remember that I am your master!"
Remilia looked proudly at Koizumi, her scarlet eyes narrowing slightly as she spoke.
"Master...?" Deep confusion filled Koizumi's eyes. Why did he have no memory of having a master? Though he had indeed lost many memories, still...
Koizumi could not simply call someone his master just because she said he was her servant. That was far too strange.
"That's right," Remilia said as if it were only natural.
However—
"Do you have any proof?" Koizumi could not help asking. Remilia's expression immediately froze.
"If I say you are my servant, then you are my servant. No proof is needed! You dare talk back to your master! Do you want to die!?"
Although she said that, Koizumi could not sense even the slightest killing intent from her.
One could even say that she seemed to be stubbornly arguing with him, giving off a willful feeling. That feeling made Koizumi want to comply with her. To put it plainly, he could not treat her as a complete stranger.
To be honest, even Remilia did not know what was happening. She could not summon even the slightest killing intent toward him.
Realizing this, Remilia could not help biting her lip, a trace of gravity appearing in her eyes.
Damn Gap Youkai. It seems she deliberately left something unsaid when she sent me here. Why can't I feel even the slightest killing intent toward this human? I can't even feel hostility toward him. What is going on?
Normally, any human who refused to obey Remilia did not need to remain alive. Since Koizumi had dared to contradict her, she should have at least given him a little punishment. Yet Remilia could not do that.
It was not that she did not want to. Her body would not allow it, and even her will would not permit it.
She could only entertain such thoughts, while both her will and body stopped her.
What exactly... is going on... Remilia frowned slightly and remained silent.
"I understand. Since you insist, I have nothing else to say. Then let's just say I'm your servant."
Koizumi had only asked for proof in passing. He did not care much about being a servant or having a master.
"What do you mean, 'let's just say'? You already are..." Remilia was extremely dissatisfied with Koizumi's perfunctory tone. But since she could not do anything to him right now, it seemed she could only spare him for the time being.
"Sure, sure..." Koizumi nodded. Right now, the most important thing for him was recovering his memories.
Everything else could be set aside for now. This was not the time to worry about such things.
"By the way, Remi, do you know where this place is?"
Koizumi instinctively asked Remilia beside him. He truly had no understanding of the situation here.
However, Koizumi's form of address seemed to displease Remilia.
"Don't call me so intimately. Call me Milady. A servant must act like a servant. Honestly, Sakuya ought to teach you this. If Sakuya were here..."
Remilia's face was filled with dissatisfaction, though she only said it aloud.
Koizumi gave an awkward smile and said nothing more, merely watching her quietly.
After glancing at Koizumi, Remilia swept her gaze around the surroundings and curled her lips.
"I don't know either. I was only just summoned myself, so how could I possibly know where this place is?"
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