A Dimensional Journey Begins with the Dragon Clan

Chapter 1223 1216. Will die

"…Am I too tired?"

Shaking his head gently, Emiya Shirou tried to wake himself up.

Then, I walked towards the school building where I always felt that the students in the corridor were listless.

School ends early on Saturday.

The class ended in the morning, and by the time I had finished helping out for 10%, the sun was almost setting below the horizon.

"Okay, it's almost time to go back."

Emiya Shirou packed up his things and left the classroom.

At this time-

"Why. You're still in school, Emiya."

Suddenly I met Shinji.

There were a few female students behind Shinji, and they seemed a bit noisy.

"Why are you staying in school with nothing to do? Oh, by the way, you're trying to please the student council again. Emiya is really great. He doesn't have to be in a club but he still has an internal clerk!"

"I'm not helping the student council. As students, it's only natural for me to repair the school's equipment. After all, we're the ones using it."

"Ha, that's a very good point. It's only natural for Emiya to say everything. Haven't I told you before that I'm annoyed by your acting like a good kid?"

"Hmm? Sorry, I don't quite remember. I think that was Shinji's catchphrase, but I seem to have forgotten it after hearing it."

"────! Humph, I see. So you can fix everything in school, right, Emiya?"

"It's impossible to fix everything. At least take care of it."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you. Our archery ground is a mess right now. The strings are left unwound, and the ground hasn't been cleaned. If you have time, can I ask you to help me there? You're a former member of the archery club, right? Don't just follow the student council around, come and help us sometimes?"

"Eh? Wait a minute, Senior. Isn't that what Mr. Fujimura said to you?"

"Yeah, if you don't do it well, she'll be angry tomorrow, right?"

"But if we start cleaning now, the store will be closed. Why don't we just let that guy over there do it?"

"That's not good. And we can't let non-members clean up..."

"That's not the case, is it? Shinji said that the man is a former member of the Kyudo Club, so just leave it to him!"

There seemed to be a commotion behind Shinji.

Although they look like members of the Kyudo Club, none of them are ones I've seen before. They must have been brought in by Shinji recently.

"Then, I'll leave it to you from now on. The key is still in the same place, so just go in. Is that ok with you, Emiya?"

"Ah, it's okay. It's okay anyway. It's nice to do this sometimes."

"Haha, thanks! Then let's go, I'll leave the boring chores to that guy!"

"Ah, wait a minute, senpai! Ah, I'll leave it to you from now on, senpai."

  ······

Since I knew the method, I was able to easily organize the archery field.

Although it took a lot of time to clean up such a large dojo, Shirou Emiya was very happy.

On the way, although I thought it would be okay for once, I picked up a bow, but I gave up because it was very rude to pull someone else's bow.

And if you want to draw a bow, just take your own bow.

"…But there are more and more carbon rod bows. There was only one a year ago."

Carbon rod bows are different from plastic or wooden ones. They are very convenient in many ways.

The biggest drawback is that it is very expensive, and it is not something that can be purchased with social fees.

  The only one using it at the time was Shinji, but the new member seemed to be unexpectedly wealthy?

"...What a shame. Wooden bows can be processed in many ways."

Never mind, it's a personal preference.

Look at the clock, the threshold has been passed.

It was just past seven o'clock. The school gate should be closed by then, so there was no need to force myself to go back early.

……but

Is this dojo that dirty? There is a place to put bows and a club classroom, and the dirt in small places is very conspicuous.

"… Never mind. It probably won't be over in an hour or two."

You can't give up halfway. You have to do it anyway, so just clean it up.

The wind started to blow.

My cheeks were frozen from the cold.

…Even in winter, the nights in Fuyuki are not very cold, but today is particularly cold.

"────────"

He let out a sigh, and the white liquid remained.

Emiya Shirou huddled his body in the frigid air, enduring it until even his fingertips felt like they were freezing.

"…Why? No wonder it felt so dark, it turns out the moon is blocked."

Looking up at the sky, there was no white light.

Is it because of the strong wind? The clouds are moving in the sky.

There is nothing that emits heat in the deserted school beyond the threshold.

This place, which was completely silent, was more air-conditioned than any other place in the town.

"...?"

  Just now, what was that?

It seemed like I heard a sound.

"────I heard it. From the school grounds?"

On this night.

Under the frozen night sky, Emiya Shirou was concerned about the sound that broke the silence.

In order to confirm the authenticity of the sound, he walked towards that place.

"…………people?"

At first, only shadows can be seen from a distance.

Dark night, in the darkness without light.

If you want to see more, you have to get closer to the school grounds.

The sound seems to grow louder and more powerful.

This is the sound of steel colliding with steel.

In that case, there must be people hacking at each other with blades over there.

"...How is that possible? What are you thinking about..."

I gave a wry smile, denying the imagination that came to my mind, and quickened my pace.

───At this time.

Was it instinctive sensing of danger? Emiya Shirou suddenly felt uneasy and considered whether he should approach stealthily.

In any case, first get close to a tree that can hide your body, and then get closer to see where the sound comes from.

"!?"

Then, consciousness completely froze.

“────────What!?”

There is something inexplicable...

The red man and the blue man.

The two men, armed in a way that transcended anachronisms and was so gorgeous that it didn't seem like a joke, were actually slashing at each other, just as he had imagined ominously.

Incomprehensible.

Can't catch up with vision.

Emiya Shirou felt like his mind couldn't function properly at their unrealistic actions.

Only the sound of weapons colliding forced him to realize that the two men were killing each other.

"────────"

But he knew it the moment he saw it.

That's not a human. It's probably something similar to a human.

I don't know this because I'm learning magic.

Anyone who sees something like that would know it's not a human, right?!

Humans aren't meant to be creatures that can move like that!

  So that is something that cannot be related!

"────────!?"

Suddenly, Emiya Shirou's heart tightened.

He felt the murderous intent.

Even from a distance, the murderous aura could be felt.

…will die.

The body realized faster than the mind that I couldn't survive here any longer.

The same is true for faster heartbeats

  They were both living creatures, but he felt that they existed only for killing.

They wield kitchen knives or short knives, weapons that can surely kill humans without even the heels touching them.

Suddenly, yesterday's murder flashed through my mind.

The family that died were said to have been killed with a weapon like a knife.

"────────"

I can't bear to watch this any longer.

But I couldn't move my body or breathe.

Thinking about the mind that must escape.

And the judgment that if you run away you will be discovered.

…What made Emiya Shirou’s limbs numb and unable to move even more than the battle was that even though he was forty meters away from those two men, he felt as if he was being pierced from behind by those spears, and he couldn’t breathe smoothly.

"────────"

The sound stopped.

The two of them stood facing each other at a distance.

The moment I felt relieved thinking that they were going to stop killing each other, I suddenly felt a stronger murderous aura.

".........!"

His heart was shrinking. The numbness in his hands and feet turned into spasms. Emiya Shirou gritted his teeth and suppressed his trembling body.

"You must be kidding. What's wrong with that guy?!"

So much magical power that it made people want to vomit flowed into the blue one.

Kiritsugu once showed me how he absorbs magic energy from the surroundings.

Even as a rookie, I would still be impressed when I saw it, as it was a kind of beautiful magic.

But that is different.

Even something as simple as drinking water can look ugly if you exceed the limit.

What that guy did was something that anyone with magic power would find disgusting, a huge gluttony.

"────────"

will be killed.

The red guy will be killed.

A single attack using so much magic power. There is no possibility of defense.

will die.

Although not human, the one with human form will die.

That is……

That is……

  Is that something that can be left alone?

Because of this confusion, Emiya Shirou's consciousness shifted away from the two people fighting.

The moment he was finally able to move his body and breathe deeply—

“Who is it────!”

The blue man seemed to be aware of Emiya Shirou's presence and stared at him who was hiding.

“…!!”

The cyan man lowered his body.

Just like that, Emiya Shirou realized that this man had changed his target to himself.

“Ah…ah…!”

The feet started running by themselves.

When he finally realized that it was an act of avoiding death, he focused his entire body on the act of escaping.

I didn't know how I ran, but when I came to my senses, Emiya Shirou had already run into the school building.

"What a stupid thing to do!"

He gasped heavily and was shocked by his own behavior.

If you want to escape, you should go into the town.

  What's the point of running away to a place where there's no one like this?

And it was a school. Even if I had to hide, there were better places to hide, right?

And why did he have the illusion that if he didn't run away he would be killed───

“Hahahaha, haha ​​...

Running beyond the limit puts pressure on the heart.

Looking back, there is no feeling of being pursued.

The only sound of footsteps was Shirou Emiya's own.

“Ah—hahaha, hahaha, haha—”

Well, we can finally stop.

He stopped his feet, which were already unable to move, and pumped oxygen into his dying heart. He opened his mouth and let out a loud "Ah!", feeling that he had been saved.

“…Haaa…ah…what was that just now…”

While adjusting his disordered breathing, Emiya Shirou recalled the scene just now.

In short, it is certain that it is something that cannot be watched.

In the schoolyard at night, things resembling humans were fighting.

This is all I can remember.

However, in the other corner of the line of sight was——

"...There is another person. I feel like there is someone else..."

I can't remember what that person looked like.

Honestly speaking, Emiya Shirou didn't have the energy to pay attention to anything other than those two people.

"But, at least this way────"

"Hide and seek is over, right?"

That voice came from right in front of me.

"Wow. I didn't expect you to run so far."

The man who suddenly appeared seemed to be speaking these words very intimately to Emiya Shirou.

"────"

can not breath.

Thinking stopped, and I couldn't think of anything.

────I just vaguely felt that I was doomed.

"You know better than anyone that you can't escape, right? It's the defeated party that always gains. There's nothing to be ashamed of."

With a whoosh.

He raised his gun naturally, just like that.

"Bad luck, kid. But since you've seen it, just go and die."

Without mercy or emotion, the man's spear pierced Emiya Shirou's heart.

There is no time to dodge.

The results of past training are of no use at all.

was killed.

Although he knew he was pierced by a gun, he couldn't even move.

“Ah—ah—”

The world is distorted.

The body becomes cold.

The feeling disappears from the fingertips, from the ends.

"Ahem... Puff..."

Only once did he spit blood from his mouth.

There should have been more blood spitting out, but only once.

The man's spear might be specially made.

The blood slowly settled, and the heart, which should have been spurting out blood, stopped moving with just one stab.

"────────"

can not see clearly.

no feeling.

Like the moon floating on the sea on a dark night.

I can no longer even feel the pain.

The world is white, and I am the only one who is black.

So it’s better to say that I died.

It's more like the feeling that everything around me has disappeared.

Emiya Shirou knew it.

I tried it once ten years ago.

This is how a dying human being feels.

  "The dead cannot speak. It is natural for the weak to speak after they die, but

───"

Consciousness can no longer reach vision.

"───What a nasty job. It's ridiculous to call yourself a hero when you're like this."

Only, hear the sound.

"I know. I have no objection. I have seen the girl's servant. I will go back obediently."

A voice that hints at annoyance.

After that, there was the sound of running in the corridor

"Archer, huh? I was thinking of competing with you, but I can't go against the Master's policy... You are such a nasty Master."

The sound suddenly disappeared.

Did he jump out of the window?

after that.

The running sound stopped.

Wonderful interval.

…There were footsteps again.

Already, I can't hear clearly.

"Go after him, Archer. Lancer should have returned to his master. At least you should have a good grasp of his face."

...Whose voice is that?

Emiya Shirou tried to remember everything with his blurring consciousness, but he couldn't think of anything.

Now there is only the sound of loud breathing.

Are the lungs alive?

The sound of breathing leaked out of his mouth, like a typhoon, very loud.

"But he's not dead yet, that's amazing."

The feeling of someone watching you.

That guy also thought his breathing was noisy, and stretched out his finger as if to close his mouth.