The Central Temple of Uruk.
The water mirror Magecraft reflected every corner of the northern battlefield.
Gilgamesh sat on his throne, watching the scene in the video where Tomoe Gozen embraced the red-haired girl from behind.
Kingu, dragging Gorgon's mangled upper body, disappeared below the horizon.
Looking at those large magical beasts that stood frozen in place, too afraid to move.
The corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
" Merlin, well done."
If Kotori had fired that second shot, Gorgon would have been truly dead.
Gorgon is dead. Through the power of the Womb of All Beasts, the sleeping Tiamat will experience the feeling of death and then awaken prematurely.
Uruk will then face the real monster completely unprepared.
That was the real dead end.
Merlin used illusion magic at the crucial moment to stop it all.
"That red-haired Berserker..."
Gilgamesh looked at Kotori in the water mirror, who had transformed back into a middle school student uniform.
Her power far exceeds that of ordinary Servant.
The power of that giant cannon is so great that even my EA might not be able to gain an advantage in a head-on confrontation.
" The Goddess of Demonic Beasts is seriously injured and will need at least some time to recover."
"In other words, Uruk no longer needs to worry about the threat of magical beasts for the time being."
Gilgamesh rose from his throne.
His gaze swept over the large magical beasts still standing there dumbfounded in the water mirror.
These things.
Since the goddess has run away, there's no point in keeping them.
"In that case, I shall finish this up."
He raised his hand.
Golden light spread from his fingertips, through the temple walls, and across the entire city walls of Uruk.
All the crossbow-like devices that had been installed on the city walls since the city's founding but had never been used were awakened at this moment.
Three hundred and sixty Melammu Dingir.
Start simultaneously.
"Obey my command!"
Gilgamesh's voice echoed throughout the entire city of Uruk.
"All gun ports unlocked!"
"Let the supreme wealth demonstrate the defense of Uruk!"
"Our resolve permeates the earth!"
" King's Cannon!!"
On the city wall.
All the ballistae were aimed at the terrified monsters on the northern wasteland.
"Loading complete!"
"Emission!!"
The treasures from Gilgamesh's treasury were loaded one by one into the ballistae.
Then, three hundred and sixty streams of light rose simultaneously from the walls of Uruk.
Golden, silver, and red.
Like a sky full of shooting stars, they streaked across the sky and crashed down on the horde of monsters in the wasteland.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom--!!
The first wave of explosions engulfed more than a dozen large magical beasts.
Then came the second wave.
The third wave.
The fourth wave.
The continuous barrage of Noble Phantasm lasted for more than ten minutes.
Explosions came one after another, shaking the entire wasteland.
The firelight turned the sky gold.
Shockwaves surged through the city walls, forcing the soldiers to cling to the edges to maintain their footing.
When the explosions finally stopped.
All that remains on the original site are countless huge craters.
And fragments of monster corpses scattered among the pits.
Hundreds of large magical beasts.
They didn't even have time to escape.
They were all annihilated.
"What a loud noise!"
Kotori stood in a small alley in the city and glanced back in the direction from which the explosion had come.
Tomoe Gozen walked beside her.
" Kotori, let's go back."
"Um?"
"Cook."
Tomoe Gozen extended his hand to her.
" Kotori just fought the Goddess of Demonic Beasts, she must be hungry now, right?"
Kotori looked down at her stomach.
My stomach obligingly growled.
"..."
Let's go.
Tomoe Gozen grasped Kotori's hand.
She didn't greet the other Servant, nor did she participate in any post-war debriefing.
He led Kotori directly through the city gate and back to the house that belonged to the two of them.
Push open the door.
A familiar room.
As soon as she got home, Kotori plopped down on a stone bench.
Tomoe Gozen tied on an apron and went into the kitchen.
What would Kotori like to eat?
"Anything is fine with me, I'll eat anything you make."
"Then let's cook a big meal today."
Tomoe Gozen's voice came from the kitchen.
The sounds of pots and pans clattering, chopping vegetables, and oil hitting the pan.
Kotori leaned back in her chair, listening to the sounds coming from the kitchen.
The same voice as usual.
" Tomoe Gozen."
"Um?"
Am I... really that amazing?
Kotori's tone carried a hint of smugness.
Tomoe Gozen poked her head out of the kitchen with a smile on her face.
"Wow, Kotori was amazing today!"
"They actually managed to defeat such a powerful Goddess of Demonic Beasts."
"No one in all of Uruk could do what Kotori did."
Kotori's lips unconsciously curled up into a smile.
"Hmph, of course."
She stood with her hands on her hips, looking completely at ease.
"But I'm not protecting Uruk."
Kotori quickly added.
"It was that Gorgon who provoked me by attacking first, and she even dared to call me by my name, so I had to eliminate her."
"It has absolutely nothing to do with Uruk."
"Okay, okay."
Tomoe Gozen retreated back into the kitchen.
" Kotori wanted to vent her anger, that's why she fought that Goddess of Demonic Beasts."
"Um."
"No, wait a minute."
Tomoe Gozen's voice suddenly stopped.
The sound of the knife chopping vegetables also stopped.
Kotori blinked.
"What's wrong?"
Tomoe Gozen poked her head out of the kitchen again.
But this time, her expression wasn't the relaxed one she had while cooking.
" Kotori, you seemed to have mentioned a very important name just now, didn't you?"
What's your name?
" Gorgon."
Tomoe Gozen walked out of the kitchen, still wearing her apron.
"Isn't it Tiamat you're fighting?"
Kotori looked at Tomoe Gozen's expression.
"How could that guy possibly be Tiamat?"
Her question came as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
" Tomoe Gozen, were you also fooled by her self-proclaimed identity?"
"Look at her, her upper body is like a woman's, her lower body is a snake's tail, and she has a head full of snake hair. She doesn't look like Tiamat at all, does she?"
Tiamat is the Primordial Mother Goddess.
"Who does that guy think he is?"
Tomoe Gozen thought for a moment.
That's true.
"Judging by appearance alone, that Goddess of Demonic Beasts looks more like the Gorgon from Greece mythology."
"But if she really is Gorgon..."
"Then why do those magical beasts on the Mesopotamia plain obey her commands?"
Kotori leaned back in her chair and crossed her legs.
"This is a complicated explanation."
"Anyway, she is Gorgon, just an imposter Tiamat."
Tomoe Gozen looked at Kotori's expression.
That expression was saying, "I know more, but I'm too lazy to explain."
Okay, I understand.
Tomoe Gozen did not press the matter further.
She turned and walked back to the kitchen.
"By the way, Kotori, what do you want to eat today?"
"Meat."
"Good."
"Lots of meat."
"Good."
"It would be best if there were desserts too."
Okay, do them all.
The next few days.
The residents of Uruk enjoyed a period of peace again.
The monster army was annihilated, Goddess of Demonic Beasts escaped with serious injuries. No more monsters will attack for a while.
The streets are bustling again.
The shouts of vendors, the laughter of children, and the sounds of residents talking about the heroic figure of the "red-haired man" filled the air.
Kotori remained at home and did not go out.
Because every time I go out, I get surrounded by residents.
Some people even gave her flowers.
That's terrifying.
But one morning...
Merlin brought back three guests from who-knows-where.
Kotori heard about this from Tomoe Gozen.
"Three new faces arrived in town today."
Tomoe Gozen placed the breakfast on the table.
"One was a girl with purple hair, dressed in armor that looked somewhat like a knight's."
"There was also a red-haired girl wearing clothes I'd never seen before, something like... a uniform?"
"The last one is rather strange; he wears a black cloak, always has a hood, and doesn't talk much."
Kotori's chopsticks, which were picking up food, stopped in mid-air.
Red hair.
Purple hair.
"... What are their names?"
"I found out that the red-haired one is called Ritsuka Fujimaru, and the purple-haired one is called Mash."
Kotori put down her chopsticks.
Ritsuka Fujimaru.
Mash Kyrielight.
She knows him.
Of course I know him.
Those are the Master and Servant of Chaldea.
They are the main characters who restore Human Order and save the Singularity.
Kotori did not tell Tomoe Gozen that she knew them.
She simply picked up her chopsticks and continued eating.
"And what about the one with the hood?"
"That one seems to be Servant, someone Merlin brought back directly. I think her name is... Ana?"