Chapter 867

Saying you'll never leave me alone again? Don't be ridiculous!

I told you not to act like a boyfriend!!

I'm furious.

I'm so angry, I'm absolutely furious.

But--

Tristan noticed that his cheeks had become wet and warm.

"This is..."

The red-haired girl touched her face, which was already soaked with sweat.

Tears of both sadness and happiness streamed down her face.

"What a spineless coward..."

Camelot Palace, Tristan's room.

This is a privilege reserved only for Queen Majesty the Queen's most beloved daughter—the Princess Camelot's private room.

Tristan lay sprawled on the luxurious bed, swinging his legs, which were encased in black stockings.

That human actually shed tears for me.

He had that decent-looking face, but he turned out to be a sissy.

I am the one who feels scared and confused.

So Tristan couldn't help but cry too.

How strange...

It felt like a dream.

Tristan has been acting strangely ever since he heard about that man.

Her confused memories made it impossible for her to distinguish between reality and dreams.

Not wanting anyone to see her swollen face from crying, she temporarily stayed in the library with the humans after that.

Shirou didn't say anything more to Tristan, but silently read books and documents.

Tristan thought the air was quite nice, so he stayed to the side and didn't deliberately pick a fight with him.

About an hour and a half had passed.

After experiencing this unprecedentedly peaceful time, one of them spoke up.

Tristan: "Hey."

Shirou: "Hmm?"

Tristan: "You're from out of town, aren't you?"

Shirou: "You've probably heard of it, it's called Pan-Human History."

Tristan: "Hmph~ Tell me about what happened there."

Shirou: "I'm not in the mood today."

Tristan: "Huh?"

Shirou: "Right now, all I can think about is Tristan, so I'm not in the mood to talk about that."

Tristan: "What is this?! Are you trying to shift the blame onto me?!"

The girl noticed it too.

Before his arrival, Shirou had been reading books about the history of the Fae Kingdom, but now he was reading research on the reincarnation of fairy souls.

"Utterly boring... Go spend your whole life with those books! You pervert!"

The fairy princess rose gracefully from her chair.

Ugh, what a buzzkill.

And we suffered huge losses.

It's all that bastard's fault for putting his hand inside a young girl's private parts, making me waste my tears!

"A young girl would never say such a thing..."

"Stop arguing!"

That's settled then.

Tristan glanced at Shirou's serious retreating figure and announced angrily, "I'm going back."

"Okay, be careful on the road."

I said, "I'm telling you."

Tristan stopped at the library door, as if remembering something.

"What?"

Shirou looked up, Tristan asked, "Will you come here again tomorrow?"

"Well, that depends on me tomorrow."

Oh, I see. Maybe they'll come tomorrow too.

Tristan muttered this under his breath, then quickly walked away in his high heels.

In the dead of night, the windowpane of the princess's boudoir suddenly rattled three times.

Tristan, dressed in silk pajamas, got out of bed and was immediately terrified.

Hey! Long time no see!

The white-haired youth was right outside the window, smiling and waving at him.

"W-wh-wh-wh-wh-how did you get here?!"

Shirou used his "lock-picking" Magecraft to open the window, which was locked from the inside, with a whoosh.

Then he brazenly climbed into the room.

Tristan, who had jumped out of bed, asked, his mind still a mess, "..."

"What!? It's so late... What are you doing here!?"

Have you ever seen the stars?

"Huh? Stars?"

Tristan blinked.

If you look at the sky at night, isn't it always there?

That's right, you can see that from here too.

Shirou shook his head.

"No, no. I meant, have you ever seen the brilliance of the stars?"

"I don't understand what you're saying," Tristan rolled his eyes in annoyance.

A star is just a star, right?

Isn't it always visible?

"Oh, I see. Then I'll take you to see it."

Where to go--

Shirou took Tristan's hand and then forcibly pulled her to the window.

"Huh... what is this?"

A streamlined, pure silver spaceship hovered in the air outside the princess's boudoir.

Shirou said smugly, "This is the High Mobility Hall Ehangwen (Space Type) that I modified... How about it, pretty cool, right?"

Ehangwen.

This is Noble Phantasm that Shirou used when he was Servant, King Arthur.

Even now, while still in human form, he can freely Projection his image.

The things that Shirou can Projection now are no longer limited to the concept of "sword".

Moreover, Shirou further modified its original performance, transforming it from a "dual-purpose" (water and air) vessel into a "water, air, and space all-terrain" vessel.

The spaceship's propulsion system utilizes the corresponding Principle of the Fifth Magic, thanks to the technical support from Aoko Aozaki. Aoko- sama.

"..."

Tristan stared at the futuristic-looking spaceship before him, his mouth agape in astonishment.

Shirou jumped onto the ship, then bent down and extended his hand to her.

"..."

After a slight hesitation, the girl made up her mind and tightly grasped his hand in return.

"Hold on tight."

"Wait... wait a minute, I'm not ready yet—Wa..."

The spaceship's speed was unparalleled.

The acceleration and inertia nearly threw Tristan off balance, forcing her to hold onto Shirou tightly.

In the blink of an eye, the two reached the clouds and then flew over them to continue climbing.

"..."

Tristan looked down and found that his world (Island of Britain) looked like a small stone.

Are you scared?

There's a slight hint, but Tristan wouldn't say it even if he were killed.

"As long as you hold me tight, everything will be alright."

Even if you really fall, I'll go and get you right away.

Shirou said to her.

The girl turned her face away somewhat shyly.

"... Um."

So they reached a place higher than the clouds.

It's a little higher than the stratosphere.

Far from the Earth's surface, somewhere between the universe and the sky.

Even the most skilled high-ranking fairies, adept at flight, could not reach this true end of the world.

"Above."

Urged on by Shirou, Tristan looked up at the universe.

"Wow...!"

The girl's mouth gaped open, her gray pupils brimming with light.

The stars seem so close.

So dazzling, so beautiful.

The flow and trajectory of the Milky Way are clearly visible, as if you could reach out and touch it at any moment.

The red-haired girl was mesmerized and couldn't help but reach out her hand.