Chapter 830

"Speaking of which, you're still the same as before... You're not a child anymore, don't you feel ashamed wearing this dress?"

The magic wand in her hand spoke.

"Ah... it spoke! Ruby's clone spoke, and it's just as sarcastic as the original!"

"Stop talking nonsense! Shut up! Don't say another word!"

Rin Tohsaka angrily slammed the replica wand onto the ground.

Luvia placed her hand on her ample bosom and said elegantly, "Hmph, to be worthy of this dress, the wearer needs to have enough taste... Yes, just like me!"

"Ugh... They actually ignored me and started putting on a little show there! This is clearly my privilege...!"

True Magic ☆ Meli, enraged, raised her parasol. "Fine, then I'll show you the insurmountable gap between us, fellow Magical Girl!"

She waved her slender arm, and a dense barrage of comments rained down like shooting stars.

However, Rin and Luvia no longer need to hide like they used to; they now have the ability to fly.

"Here we go, Luvia! Don't hold me back!"

"I'll return your words to you, Rin Tohsaka! If you dare to mess up, you won't get away with it—" Fire!"

Luvia brandished the replica of Sapphire as if she were beating someone, and fired magic bullets.

It's more like Magic Bullet than Magic Cannon.

The incredibly powerful Light Cannon blew away the shotgun attack unleashed by True Magic ☆ Meli, opening a safe passage from which Rin Tohsaka charged towards the enemy.

"Ha!"

Rin Tohsaka swung her wand at Merlin, but Merlin blocked it with her parasol.

"My arm is numb... What kind of Monstrous Strength is that?"

"Not Monstrous Strength! It's Magical Girl Power! Slash!"

Rin Tohsaka used magic to create blades at the tip of Ruby's head, and then continued to beat him.

Merlin (♀) did not possess the same excellent swordsmanship as Merlin (♂); her close combat ability came from the enhancement of her Magical Girl Power.

However, without the advantage of flight, her close-combat abilities were no match for Rin Tohsaka.

"What's wrong, senior! Is this all you've got?"

"Gulp... Don't get too cocky..."

Although the Flower Magus was successfully suppressed, the wand continued to chatter incessantly.

"This kind of ungraceful physical combat doesn't suit my style! Magical Girl should use more dazzling and sparkly special moves to attack!"

"Hehehe, don't force her, Ruby... Rin Tohsaka is just not cut out for elegance, unlike me."

Luvia's voice came from not far away.

Rin retorted while waving her wand, "Huh? Where's the elegance in that? It's just pointless flashy stuff."

"That's just sophistry. Ultimately, Rin Tohsaka, a loser in life, is only suited to a tacky fighting style."

"Shut up! Always spouting nonsense... You should be ready by now, Luvia."

Rin Tohsaka disengaged from the battle, jumping backward as she asked.

"?"

Upon hearing their conversation, True Magic ☆ Meli immediately looked around and noticed several huge Magic Circle in the sky above them.

That was after I had my attention drawn...

The two of them were arguing non-stop, were they deliberately trying to make me not notice this?

The Flower Magical Girl broke out in a cold sweat.

"Magic Circle, fully loaded."

Rin and Luvia gripped their wands tightly and mimed hitting a baseball.

"Whether you're a legendary Magical Girl or Britain sage... blast them all away!!"

"Fire! Fire a volley!!!"

A surge of rampaging energy erupted from the several large, rotating Magic Circle, instantly filling the entire space.

Impact, heat, light, and gale-force winds—the magic cannon swept up everything in its path.

What was once a tranquil and natural Inner Sea of the Planet was instantly turned into scorched earth in the face of this ferocious energy.

A spectacular barrage, befitting the final episode of the Magical Girl anime, completely engulfed True Magic ☆ Meli and the space she was sitting in.

A moment later, the illusion space returned to calm.

Luvia one hand on her hip, looked at the scene of destruction she had caused, and burst into laughter.

"Oh ho ho ho ho ho ho ho, it was so effortless! A resounding victory, a constant victory, a complete victory!"

"Phew... that feels much better now."

Rin casually slung her wand over her shoulder. "Well, it would be even better if I could blast this greedy fake young lady away along with her."

"Huh? Who are you calling greedy? I can't pretend I didn't hear that, Rin Tohsaka!"

Rin: "Who else could it be but you? If you had any shame, you wouldn't have laughed so loudly just now, acting like it was all your doing."

Luvia: "Oh dear, I did most of the work originally, you were just fighting the enemy hand-to-hand like a barbarian, weren't you?"

Rin: "Tsk, I've worked so hard to buy myself some time, can't you at least say thank you frankly!"

Luvia: "Even if you say that, all I see is a monkey causing trouble..."

"Damn it! This time I'll make you admit defeat!"

"If you can do it, then give it a try, Rin Tohsaka!"

The two started pulling each other's hair again.

Seeing the scene unchanged, Ruby smiled helplessly.

"I initially thought their arguing in front of the enemy was part of a plan, but it seems it wasn't... Illya, what's wrong?"

Something's not right.

Illya looked around and said, "Our illusion hasn't been dispelled..."

"!"

Upon hearing this, Chloe immediately shouted at the duo pulling her hair, "Watch out!"

"Bang--------!!!"

Rin Tohsaka and Luvia were sent flying like cannonballs.

"What... what happened?"

Chloe turned around in astonishment to see Rin and Luvia lying on the ground, covered in wounds.

With just one strike, the two were forced back to their original forms from their Magical Girl forms and lost consciousness.

"..."

Illya stared at the Shadow emerging from the thick fog and asked, "Ruby... what's that?"

It was a gigantic monster, larger than several stories high, covered in elegant and noble pure white fur.

She has the head of a beast that resembles both a cat and a dog, and her ears and tail combine biological features of both a rabbit and a squirrel.

When those pink, beastly eyes stared at her, Illya felt as if her soul had frozen.

The magical world of Avalon, fueled by "hope," is now shrouded in "despair."

The Beast of the Planet appears here--

On the other side, Great Cavern.

The goddess's brain went blank because of the boy's sudden remark.

"Shirou... what exactly did you mean by what you just said?"

I was talking to you about something very important, why are you making such a silly joke...?

Shirou: "I'm not kidding. During the time you were away from me, Artoria, I finally understand."

Lion King: "Uh... but you clearly said... how could that be?"

The boy looked at her and said, "I used to think that I admired you as the King of Britain, but that was actually a misunderstanding of my feelings."

Artoria, I've always only ever liked you as a woman... that was true then, and that's true now.

Stop joking!!!!

The Lion King wanted to get angry and shout at his master, but he found that he couldn't get angry no matter what.

Hearing Shirou utter such frivolous and shallow words, she was very angry, but also...

What's with this strange feeling? My heart is pounding so hard.

The Lion King instinctively took a step back, but Shirou didn't give her a chance to escape, and stepped forward to grab her hand.

"Let's go, Artoria."

"Huh? Where are we going?"

"Fuyuki City is very beautiful at night, let's take a stroll together."

"Huh? Now is not the time for this kind of thing..."

"Come with me, you won't regret it."

With that, Shirou took her hand and started to leave.

"Wait... That's too forceful! Let me go, Shirou!"

The Lion King frowned slightly in displeasure, but then heard the boy reply—

"If you don't want to, you can break free from my grasp. With Artoria's strength, you can do it anytime, right?"

"Ugh...!"

Having her pretense exposed, a faint blush appeared on the Lion King's solemn and aloof goddess-like face for the first time.

Volume 10: 493 For my sake, abandon Britain!

It was just past 7 p. m.

Shirou led the Lion King out of the underground Great Cavern and back to the surface.

The forest outside Fuyuki City was shrouded in darkness and Serenity as the two walked hand in hand.

The Lion King remained silent with a tense expression, while Shirou had been talking about pointless topics since the beginning.

"There are so many mosquitoes in the forest in summer! Even with insect Magecraft, I still have to be Duojia careful..."

"Shirou."

The Lion King frowned slightly, finally unable to resist interrupting him. "Where exactly are you planning to take me?"

"If you keep walking forward, you should be able to see Einzbern's castle."

Shirou pointed to the pitch-black expanse ahead and said.

"Artoria, didn't you live there during the Fourth Holy Grail War? Let's go there and take a look."

The Lion King said calmly, "In this world, I did not participate in the battle as Irisviel's Servant."

Moreover, she ended the Holy Grail War in just one night, and that castle was never used.

"Yes, of course I know that... but the fact that we lived there doesn't change."

"That experience has been lost because of the wishes of Divine Child," said the Lion King.

Shirou shook his head and said, "It didn't cease to exist... You, me, and Irisviel still remember."

"..."