Calamity

Kishua: "As the Second Magician, I can observe all parallel worlds and, when necessary, even alter the course of certain events."

"Across countless parallel worldlines, I witnessed innumerable tragedies. When I had first gained my power, I too naively believed I could change something."

"Until, on another worldline, I saw a tragedy about to repeat itself. To prevent those events from happening again, I chose to intervene."

"At the time, I was very pleased. I believed I had handled the tragedy well, saved people who would otherwise have died, and done a good deed."

"But was that really the case? It was nothing more than satisfying myself."

Yuan Shikai: "So what happened in the end?"

Kishua: "Perhaps only one or a few more people needed to die for that worldline to still reach a good outcome. But because of my intervention, that parallel worldline ultimately headed toward destruction. Do you understand what I'm trying to say?"

Hearing Kishua's words, Yuan Shikai recalled an old story.

There had once been a pastor who had spent his entire life doing good deeds. One day, he saved a drowning child. It should have been a good thing, yet after he died, he went to Hell.

It turned out that the drowning child had been Hitler. The pastor saved one person, but in the end caused the deaths of countless others, which was why he went to Hell.

Yuan Shikai: "Changing too many things, changing things too drastically, causes a butterfly effect. Then it creates irreversible consequences and indirectly brings about the world's destruction."

Kishua: "That's roughly what I mean. Do you understand why I'm telling you this?"

Yuan Shikai: "Could something have happened to the Snowfield City Holy Grail War I participated in before?"

Kishua had deliberately told him that changing too much