Simulation Ends, on the Eve of the Holy Grail War

You watched that figure stagger toward you. She did not notice your arrival until you had drawn close.

Though Arthur's appearance had not changed, you could sense that she was no longer the king she had once been.

She raised her head, and you saw tears streaming down her face.

She noticed you and seemed unable to believe you had appeared, yet you could also feel her joy.

At that moment, she seemed more human than ever before—a normal person.

The Excalibur in her arms had long since become incomparably dim, having lost its former radiance.

You looked at her for a long while before saying, "Arthur, as expected... you still weren't suited to be a king."

After saying that, you turned into specks of starlight and scattered into heaven and earth, leaving only a Sword of the Holy Knight where you had stood.

As she watched you disappear, the joy that had appeared on her face faded away. She reached out again and again, trying to keep you, but in the end, she could only clutch the Sword of the Holy Knight you had left behind and weep soundlessly.

"Could it be... that I was truly wrong?"

This Heroic Spirit life simulation has ended!

This simulation has been successfully engraved upon the Throne of Heroes!

You have obtained the Innate Skills "Unyielding White Dragon" and "Holder of the Sword"!

You have obtained Mordred's Noble Phantasm, "Hidden Unchaste Helmet"!

Simulation complete. The Simulator has entered cooldown. Next simulation: three days later!

Within the Throne of Heroes, beyond human reason, a figure abruptly appeared. He looked at his own body and remained silent for a long time, until...

Yu Feng looked at the concluded simulation, somewhat puzzled.

Why had Morgan come looking for him shortly after Vortigern died?

She had thought you had come to kill her, but instead she beat you severely and left. What kind of move was that?

Yu Feng truly could not make sense of it.

But this was not something Yu Feng could figure out. It had happened so long ago, with such a vast gap in time between then and now. How could he possibly understand it now?

As for this simulation, you felt somewhat... unable to put it into words.

Sometimes, Yu Feng felt as if he had been drawn into it, but he could not explain it any more clearly than that.

Yu Feng checked the time, and his expression suddenly changed.

It was already past midnight!

"Crap, crap. I still have to go to school tomorrow, and time passed so fast."

Yu Feng hurriedly washed up before slowly drifting off to sleep.

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

In the secluded paradise of Avalon.

It was a dreamlike landscape, with an observation tower standing within it.

There, a nightmare wore an inscrutable smile.

"Interesting. Yu Feng... was it?"

Early the next morning, Yu Feng woke up early. After washing up, he prepared breakfast for a certain young lady who loved to sleep in.

Yu Feng did not rush to wake the sleeping-in young lady. Instead, he sat at the dining table, lost in thought.

Yu Feng had obtained Unyielding White Dragon through the simulation. Did that mean there was now a trace of dragon blood in his lineage?

Did that still make him human?

And from childhood to now, it seemed he had never known whether he possessed Magic Circuits or Magecraft Talent.

Even while living with the Tohsaka family, Yu Feng had never considered whether he had a talent for magecraft. Before this, he had never imagined that he would one day awaken a system. He had thought he would simply live an ordinary life, because the world of magecraft was far too dangerous.

Do not think all magi were good people. There were even more people like Zouken Matou, those who would stop at nothing to achieve their goals—every one of them ruthless and vicious.

Harboring naive fantasies about the world of magecraft?

Sorry, but you should go play somewhere else.

After thinking it over, Yu Feng decided he would find a chance to mention it to Rin Tohsaka. Even if he had no talent, did he not still have the Simulator? What the hell was there to fear?

Just then, Rin Tohsaka came downstairs in pajamas, looking half-asleep.

Yu Feng gave Rin Tohsaka a strange look. Rin Tohsaka glanced at him and listlessly said, "Morning."

Yu Feng looked at Rin Tohsaka oddly and replied, "Morning."

Then, Rin Tohsaka seemed to realize something. She looked at Yu Feng sitting at the dining table, and her face turned red at a visible speed. She quickly ran upstairs and returned to her room, accompanied by a loud slam of the door.

Yu Feng found it rather amusing. Rin Tohsaka must have still been groggy from sleep; otherwise, she would never normally appear before him in such a state.

After a while, Rin Tohsaka slowly came back downstairs and sat across from you, her cheeks still slightly flushed.

Yu Feng glanced at her and slowly asked, "Do you have any way to test someone's Magic Circuits and Magecraft Talent?"

Rin Tohsaka took a bite of bread and looked at Yu Feng in surprise, seemingly not expecting him to ask that question. Still, she honestly answered, "Of course I do. Although my Tohsaka family has declined somewhat, we can still handle something as minor as that."

Then, seemingly recalling something because of Yu Feng's question, Rin Tohsaka emphasized, "Oh, right. Try not to go out at night lately. If anything happens, it will not be my responsibility."

Yu Feng's gaze sharpened. Was Rin Tohsaka saying that the Holy Grail War was about to begin?

The timing did line up. It had been too long ago, so he could not remember clearly, but it seemed to have been around this period.

Yu Feng nodded. "Got it."

After breakfast, Rin Tohsaka left first, while you dawdled for a while before leisurely leaving the residence.

Yu Feng arrived at school just as the class bell rang.

At noon, the dismissal bell rang, and many students immediately rushed out of the classroom. The previously packed room instantly lost half its students.

Just as Yu Feng took out his lunchbox and prepared to eat on the school rooftop, someone came looking for him.

"You're... Shinji, right?" Yu Feng looked uncertainly at the blue-haired boy before him, who had two dark circles under his eyes and a somewhat swollen face.

Shinji Matou looked at Yu Feng resentfully. "You bastard, you cannot even recognize me?"

Yu Feng looked at Shinji Matou and held back a laugh. "That cannot be helped. Your face really is..."

At that, Shinji Matou instantly became displeased, his tone full of irritation.

"You have the nerve to say that? Why do you not keep that tigress of yours in check? Yesterday, when she saw Sakura and me together, she assumed I was bullying her again. She came up and punched me without saying a word. It was like she already had a grudge against me, and then she threw a few more punches at my face for good measure."

Was there not a little personal grudge mixed into that? And after getting beaten up like this, he still dared come to school today. Truly worthy of being Second Master, was he not?