Vomiting Blood

After Leon was the first to charge into the vast underground cavern, the Machine God, Merlin, and the others followed close behind.

The moment they entered, before anyone could check for traps, they saw the back of the king ahead, Holy Sword in hand—and farther ahead, Morgan standing proudly with a staff like a spear-halberd clenched in her grasp.

Both held weapons as though facing each other on a battlefield, yet there was none of the battlefield's grim, murderous tension.

Artoria followed behind her teacher and Queen Scathach. The first thing she saw upon entering was her elder sister's figure ahead. Before she could study it closely, her breathing caught. She pressed a hand to her modest chest as a faint tightness seized it...