Those time travelers that year

This was a pure white space, devoid of time and space, merely a void—this was the scene that Xia Er saw upon opening his eyes.

What happened? Charles wondered, somewhat confused, before realizing what was going on.

The Holy Grail War reached its final stage. Although this outsider altered the plot, the revision of history still forcefully pulled the predetermined course back. Then, after Gilgamesh used Ea to defeat the massive group of friends, Ivan the Great was eliminated, and the story reached its final moment.

In the place where the dog's father and the priest Kirei Kodama were exchanging flirtatious banter, Saber and Gilgamesh arrived. Of course, Gilgamesh couldn't resist teasing Saber a bit. At this moment, Ciel also appeared with Medea, and using the ritual of the Boundary Corridor prepared by Medea, he twisted the final battleground into a mirrored space. Just as Ciel had expected, Gilgamesh, whose personality was starting to lean towards chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur), didn't care at all about the Boundary World Ciel had created; on the contrary, he was quite interested. In the Boundary World, it's like a mirror of reality, meaning that no matter how much chaos erupts there, reality remains unaffected.

Then, the dog's dad continued his bromance-filled banter with his buddy. Meanwhile, Sharl, Medea, and Saber formed a three-person team to raid Gilgamesh's dungeon. While they didn't have a full five-person team, they had the classic tank-mage-priest trio: Saber as the tank, Medea as the mage, and Sharl as the healer and secondary DPS. With the Dragon Tooth soldiers they'd created earlier serving as cannon fodder NPCs, and Gilgamesh's arrogance preventing him from immediately clearing the field with Ea, the battle was quite evenly matched. Of course, in Sharl's opinion, Gilgamesh was mainly just verbally teasing Saber.

Finally, just like in the original story, at the critical moment, the dog's father made a desperate counterattack and killed Father Mapo. Then, Gilgamesh sensed something was wrong, so he wanted to take out EA to wipe out the entire field.

While EA is indeed powerful, and at least Xia Er wasn't confident he could block it, who said he absolutely had to? Even if EA could one-shot someone, there's still a casting animation! Did you play LOL for nothing all those years in your past life? Although Xia Er and the author (wait…) are both perpetual Silver noobs, only slightly better than Bronze elementary school kids, the fact that they've spent every season in Silver and never been in Bronze is proof enough (…proof my ass). And honestly, Xia Er feels he's at least Gold level, after all, he once solo-killed a Diamond player in the top lane while playing with friends…

Ahem, enough of the preamble. In short, when Gilgamesh took out the EA, Ciel, possessing the Dragon Soul Stone inscribed with the Dragon Roar, used the [Dragon Roar - Slow Time] engraved within to stretch time. In the game, this Dragon Roar only slows everything down, but in reality, this Dragon Roar, which Ciel considered to be directly related to the Time Dragon God, could truly stop time. It's far superior to his father's fixed time system; at least in this still world, Gilgamesh's arrogant expression as he held the EA was frozen in time.

Then, using the [Apparition] spell, Ciel appeared beside Gilgamesh and plunged his one-time-use, anti-magic Red Rose Spear directly into Gilgamesh's heart, the location of the Heroic Spirit's core. Even with his Archer class's ability to act independently, Gilgamesh, with his heart pierced, was utterly defeated. His soul then returned to the Holy Grail, thus completing the Holy Grail's descent ritual. The Greater Grail descended, along with the Black Mud, the source of all evil in this world.

Then, just like in the original story, Kiritsugu Emiya, having seen the black mud, used his Command Spell to force Saber to fire an Italian cannon at the Greater Grail, intending to destroy it along with his wife. Thus, the Greater Grail was destroyed, and the Holy Grail War came to an end…

"So, that explains why I suddenly found myself here!" Having sorted out his thoughts, Ciel turned his gaze to the two little girls who had been standing in front of him since he woke up. "If I'm not mistaken, the Greater Grail should have been destroyed, and the black mud containing all the evil of this world should have been released, so..."

"Why did that girl with black clothes and black hair, who's all black inside, pull me over here?!"

"What?! What do you mean?!" Alaya, who had maintained an air of arrogance (tsundere), jumped up. "You outsider, do you want to die? Believe me, I'll call a bunch of Heroic Spirits to wipe you out right now!"

"Alright, alright, calm down!" Charles laughed. "I wonder what business these two great counterforces have with a transmigrator like me?"

"Hmph!" Alaya, dressed in black, snorted coldly, raising her head high and putting on an air of superiority. She was about to speak when Gaia, still looking completely bewildered, spoke first.

"We want you to take that non-combustible waste away!"

"Wait... Gaia!"

"Non-combustible waste!?" Charles was taken aback. "You mean all the evil in this world?"

"Hmm!" Gaia, still in a daze, nodded.

"Well, what's in it for me? You guys are practically treating this like a mobile garbage truck!" Charles said. "If there's nothing in it for me, then I'm leaving!"

"There's no benefit to it! It's Alaya that says what to do!"

"Wait a minute, Gaia, shut up!" Alaya in black shouted. "Don't sabotage us at a time like this!"

"Oh, no benefit! Well then, that's settled!" Charles took out his pocket watch from his clothes and waved at the two restraining forces. "Bye-bye!"

Gaia, still in a daze: "Bye-bye!"

A frustrated Alaya: "Wait, and also, Gaia, you idiot teammate!"

Startled, Gaia snapped out of her daze in an instant.

"No, I'm not the stupid Alaya!"

"Shut up!" Alaya shouted. "If you don't shut up, you can forget about getting any snacks!"

"Ahhh, no, no..." Gaia suddenly collapsed to the ground with a thud, then began rolling around in agony, completely disregarding her image. "Alaya is bullying me, ahhh..."

Watching Gaia roll around on the ground, throwing a tantrum and trying to look cute, Alaya covered her face and turned her head away. Then, she looked at Ciel with a gloomy expression. "You didn't see anything, did you!"

He glanced at Gaia, who was acting cute, and then at Alaya, whose black aura was practically overflowing. Charles decisively gave a thumbs-up and said, "Of course, I'm currently having a serious discussion with the administrators of this world, exchanging opinions on how to deal with all the evil in this world, and deeply understanding the suggestions of local leaders and the masses. In order to pursue a sustainable development strategy and to maintain the peaceful development of the Type-Moon world, we've exchanged our views and are making a significant contribution to maintaining peace in the multiverse!"

Nodding in satisfaction, Alaya ignored Gaia, who was still rolling around on the ground trying to be cute, and walked up to Sharl, extending her hand...

Alaya, who is 1.2 meters tall: (*￣︿￣)

1.75-meter-tall Shire: Σ(° △ °|||)︴

Then Charles half-squatted down, and Alaya gave him a knowing look and patted Charles on the shoulder.

"Alright, let's ignore that silly goose that only knows how to act cute for now, let's talk about the price!" Alaya said. "My request is simple, throw that non-combustible trash out..."

"What benefit do I get?" Ciel asked. "The wish in the Holy Grail War is useless to me, and besides, that wish isn't a omnipotent wish, is it? So what can I gain?"

“I will give you the Third Law directly. Even if the Third Law is not as powerful in other worlds as it is in this world, it can still grant you, a little guy who is still a mortal, eternal life.”

“That’s pointless!” Charles shook his head and said, “If I really wanted immortality, I could completely corrupt myself with the power of fel energy and transform my body into a demonic bloodline. This kind of immortality is far stronger than the Third Law…”

“But if you do that, you will completely attract the attention of that world!” Alaya showed a disdainful expression. “Do you think I don’t know? You don’t want to go to that world at all, do you? If you attract the attention of that world’s distorted void, the world you are in now will also suffer.”

“But a mere Third Law isn’t really worth me bearing all the evil of this world,” Charles said. “Besides, whether I can even bear it is another matter!”

“You may not be able to do it, but we can help you!” Alaya said. “Aren’t you working on a Reality Marble? I can help you by using that black mud as the foundation for your Reality Marble!”

“It’s still pointless. I don’t want to turn my own inherent barrier into a new Twisted Void or an endless abyss, or the Nine Hells or something…” Charles shook his head. “The evil of this world is too dangerous for me personally.”

"You talk as if your power isn't dangerous!"

“I can choose to use it or not. At least I can still play with curse spells! If I really choose the Evil of This World as my Reality Barrier, who knows what might happen in the future…” Charles rejected the idea, “…Also, do you think I don’t know that the Evil of This World already has its own weak consciousness? In terms of the Lun level, it can be said to be on the same level as you. Although it’s a bit weak, why would I bring a troublesome thing that will backfire on me with me?”

"Then what else do you want?" Alaya gritted her teeth. "Don't go too far! You must understand that the evil of this world only exists in this world. In other worlds, it's like a rootless duckweed, completely useless!"

"But if we take this thing to a world similar to the Toril universe, we could create an Abyss Lord?" Sharl rolled his eyes. "So, I want more."

"Then what other brat do you want?" Alaya pouted, looking at Charles with dissatisfaction.

"Don't look at me like that. It's too obvious you're trying to get something for nothing," Charles said. "Besides, you're much older than me. Do you need to make that face? You're not that purple [beep beep beep beep...] who always says she's young but is actually an old woman."

……

Why is there a censorship issue??????

"Don't worry about that!"

“Alright!” A sudden chill ran down his spine, and Ciel shuddered, pushing the feeling out of his mind as he continued, “The Third Law is the Heaven’s Cup, one of the spoils of the Holy Grail War, which should rightfully be mine.”

"Tch, do you think you can go to the source without my and Gaia's permission?"

"So! The third law that is most effective in this world has no source to support it in other worlds. So, I can help you take away the evil of this world, but in addition to what you mentioned before, I want more."

"Then tell me!"

"Hmm, let me think about it. I want Medea to come with me!"

“Okay, it’s just an avatar as a Servant anyway,” Alaya agreed.

"Furthermore, I want Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasms, all of them!"

"That's impossible!" Alaya exclaimed. "Don't be so greedy!"

"Noble Phantasms are the fastest way to significantly enhance my strength, and besides, I definitely have enough mana to unleash their full power."

"Don't even think about it. At worst, I'll give you another coordinate that can improve your strength," Alaya said. "Moreover, coincidentally, the Third Law can help you a lot in that world. If you're lucky, you might even be able to master powers like time, instead of using a useless dragon soul to use the power of time."

"...Alright! Deal, but you have to make my Reality Barrier as strong as possible, and preferably prevent the Evil of This World from having a chance to turn the tables and devour me!"

"Hmph!" Alaya proudly raised her head and puffed out her chest (Charles glanced at her flat chest... Sure enough, the whole "virginity x giant" thing is a lie).

"The stuff I make is definitely better than what that stingy Gaia has. You know, the vast majority of the Heroes in Valhalla are my people. That idiot Gaia basically doesn't even pay her salary. Apart from Jeanne d'Arc and that Saber, she doesn't have many people who can fight her. Unlike me! Hmph!"

As she spoke, Alaya clenched her hand in the air, and a small flame appeared in her palm. It was a slightly dim flame, but even Sharl could sense that although it looked weak, its power was actually quite high, even slightly inferior to the fel fire he had summoned.

"What is this?" Charles asked, looking at the ball of flame. "It feels... a bit like soul energy, but not quite? It seems... how should I put it... like a flame that's related to something like holy light and shadow."

"You've got a good eye, kid!" Alaya said. "This thing is a remnant from another world. That world was destroyed by a shameless little guy with an indescribable appearance who called himself the Sun Knight but actually specialized in anal penetration and throwing poisoned daggers. So he extinguished that world, and then that world was finished!"

“And this thing!” Alaya pointed to the flame in her hand and explained, “is the last information left behind after that world went out. Well, that’s what they call it over there.”

"Why is it being muted again?" This time, Ciel felt as if something that seemed important, but wasn't really important, had disappeared from him (his integrity).

"Never mind those things. You can think of this thing as the laws left behind by a destroyed world. And, coincidentally, one of these laws can suppress the evil of this world, and even turn the evil of this world into fuel to burn!"

"How can that be good? Then why don't you use it?"

"Are you stupid!" Alaya rolled her eyes and looked at Sharl with a 'Are you an idiot?' look. "We are the Counter Force. How could the rules of other worlds possibly be integrated into us? Just like that lost spider, if the rules are different, it can only stay in one place and be a shut-in... But you are different! You can travel to different worlds. If you are lucky, perhaps one day you can use this foundation to develop your inherent barrier into something like a god's kingdom."

"Moreover, didn't I tell you I'd give you a dimensional coordinate that could improve your strength? Perfect timing! Once you get there, you can use the energy or items there that contain the laws to fill your Reality Marble. That has much more potential than Zhu Yue's Reality Marble."

After some consideration, Charles finally nodded, feeling that it wasn't a bad deal. Besides, if it really was as the restraining force in front of him said, a world coordinate where he could easily obtain power with his strength, then he would still have some gains.

"That's settled then! I hope you won't screw me over!"

"Tch, what are you worried about? I don't want you to stay here, lest one day that president from that world who runs a demolition office launches a burning expedition, and all of humanity on Earth will be wiped out, and I'll be dead too."

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After getting rid of the troublesome Charles, Alaya clapped his hands in satisfaction.

"I saved the world today!" she proudly tossed her head. "Much more useful than that idiot Gaia." Then, as if remembering something, she turned back. Gaia was still rolling around in her adorable, silly antics...

"It's incredible that Earth, with its consciousness flowing like this, hasn't been blown up after all these years!" After thinking about it, Alaya decided to ignore the Earth consciousness that was still acting cute.

"Huh? Come out!" Suddenly, Alaya looked towards a blank void. "What are you still trying to hide in front of us? Great demon from another dimension!"

"Oh dear! We've been discovered?" A soft laugh rang out, and then, under Alaya's gaze, a pitch-black rift opened in the void, revealing many blood-red eyes that sent chills down one's spine. "I just sensed something about myself; I didn't intentionally come to this world." As she spoke, a girl with golden hair, holding a parasol, stepped out of the rift, and then she saw Gaia rolling around and acting cute.

……

"that?"

"Never mind her..." Alaya said seriously, "She took the wrong medicine today, so she keeps feeling cute!"

72. A chuunibyou-like ambition lol

The early bird catches the worm, whether it's morning exercise or... [beep—] Okay, more censored stuff. This is the third morning since returning to the main world from the Type-Moon universe. Compared to controlling the entire city government in Fuyuki City, indulging in lavish spending of public funds and staying in luxury hotels, things aren't so great in the main world. Although, as a nobleman, no matter how unwelcome he is, he is still a nobleman. At this time, nobility isn't just an honorary title like it would be in later England; it's the real ruler of a wealthy nation with overseas colonies and powerful military.

Although capitalist practices by merchants have gradually risen, the world we live in is not yet a world of capital competition like that of Earth. Capital in the main world is still merely a hyena kept by the aristocratic class.

So, Xia Er still lived and slept well. However, since industrialization hadn't yet reached the level of modern Earth society, things like air conditioning didn't exist in this world. Thinking about this, Xia Er couldn't help but feel a little downcast. Several worlds he'd visited before were places without computers, let alone computer games. While the HP world was already in the 90s, computers were just emerging then, not yet the kind of ubiquitous household computers they would have a decade or two later. Computer games hadn't fully taken off either; even the first Warcraft didn't come until 1994, Diablo didn't appear until 96, and StarCraft didn't arrive until 98.

The rise of online games, and the emergence of various graphics-intensive single-player games, didn't occur until after 2000. So, that's how it is...

"How about I go to a sci-fi world sometime? At least a modern sci-fi one, so I can catch up on anime and go to internet cafes." He thought about it. High-tech worlds do exist, but many are either overly technologically advanced or too overpowered. With his current abilities… He might not be capable of dissecting someone for research, but he could easily be chased all over the world. Cameras are everywhere, and there are satellites in the sky. The ability to find people in modern society depends on whether a country wants to. Otherwise, do you think the saying "the net of heaven is vast, its meshes are wide, yet nothing escapes it" is just a joke?

"Alright! I'll think about going to another world when I have the ability to withstand a nuclear bomb!"

Shaking his head, Ciel put aside his thoughts of staying home and turned his attention elsewhere. Although he'd had a go at the Holy Grail War, the fact that he'd gained so much without much effort pleased him greatly; it was much smoother than going to the world of Skyrim. His biggest gains were the Third Magic granted by the Counter Force—well, it currently has quite a few limitations—and the Reality Marble. Thanks to Alaya, a basic version of the Reality Marble was complete; all that remained was for him to add to it.

The rest consisted of magical knowledge gleaned from the souls of Director Ken and the old bug. Ciel completely erased all that disgusting stuff—bug magic, for example. What remained in Zouken Matou's soul fragments was only the Holy Grail War ritual system; however, this Holy Grail system was meaningless outside the Type-Moon world. The only somewhat useful part was the section on how to utilize ley lines…

On Director Ken's side, the Moon Spirit Essence Liquid's abilities are comprehensive, but it's meaningless if the materials aren't good. At least in the main world, Xia Er doesn't think he can obtain unscientific things like Breath Soil or Primal Heavy Water. What he can obtain are either advanced worlds teeming with gods and demons, or sci-fi worlds brimming with all sorts of black technology.

Therefore, in Ciel's opinion, the most valuable Mystic Code—the method for creating Moon Essence Fluid—is something he won't need for the time being. As for the rest, Reality Marble and Counter Force have been taken care of, and there's also various other magical knowledge, such as how to create domains, set up barriers, alchemy, and how to create Magical Crests.

Oh, right, there's one more!

"Master, I'm back!"