Shirou's Grand Heroic Saga Chapter 6

"All of it."

This sent a shiver down Shirou's spine. If things were to follow the script he was familiar with, the Three Founding Families saying this meant they were practically wiped out!

First, the Matou family. Zouken Matou was dead, and Shinji had long since died and been turned into a puppet. Next, the Tohsaka family was annihilated, and it was uncertain if anyone had been made into a puppet. Finally, there was the Einzbern family.

Shirou didn't know the Einzbern family well, or at least, far less than he knew the Einzbern family. He'd temporarily treated the Einzbern as a parallel world replacement for the Einzbern.

But in reality, even if the Einzbern were the main villains, their family was almost extinct.

Julian was a good friend of Shirou's in the past. His sister, Angelica, was a puppet, which meant Angelica had also died before. Similarly, his father, Zacary, had also been turned into a puppet and obtained a Saber card in this Holy Grail War.

Remembering such a terrifying thought, Sakura lowered her head. "There's something I want to tell you, Senpai."

"Hm?" Shirou was still immersed in shock and hadn't reacted yet when Sakura threw herself into his chest.

"If you can, if it's possible, please, run away! Forget everything! Forget Miyu, forget magecraft. Forget it all and leave this town. Senpai… if you can abandon it all, I'll abandon everything with you!"

Is that so?

Shirou gave a wry smile, but in this broken world, where could he run to if he could run?

A world like the Steel Land, where Gaia seemed intent on exterminating humanity, causing the rules in some regions of the planet to change. Where could he run to?

This wasn't home.

Nowhere was home.

On this planet, there was no longer any place where people could live happily.

Despair was everywhere.

Everywhere, there was the scent of destruction.

Precisely because of this, after the Grand Hero made his wish, the Holy Grail couldn't change the world into one where Miyu could live happily, so it simply sent Miyu to Illya's world.

"I'm sorry, Sakura," Shirou shook his head and chuckled softly. "Do you think if I ran away today, abandoned the sister who needed her brother, I would still be Shirou Emiya?"

"Even if I ran away, wouldn't I run away in the future when you were in trouble?" Shirou asked again.

"Senpai?" Sakura looked up with some disappointment, tears welling in her eyes, but she still smiled. "I understand."

"I will save everyone. Not just Miyu, not just Sakura, but myself, everyone," Shirou vowed.

Seeing Sakura's confused deep gaze, Shirou joked, "After all, I'm an Ally of Justice."

Hearing Shirou's words, Sakura let out a soft laugh. "As expected, you're still the Senpai I know."

"Stay here tonight," Shirou said, glancing out the window. "It's getting late."

Upon hearing this, Sakura's face suddenly flushed. "Senpai, you're really wicked."

"??????" A large question mark appeared above Shirou's head, followed by several smaller ones. How was he wicked? He was kindly letting Sakura stay over for safety, and it was considered wicked.

This is exhausting.

Wait… there's a hidden meaning in that statement!

Shirou, after all, was a seasoned driver, at least the soul he possessed before transmigrating was.