In this crossover anime, Yoshikage Kira longs for a peaceful life.

The girl murmured softly.

They would do this once a month, on the day Kiritsugu Emiya returned.

Because within the entire Einzbern Castle, only Kiritsugu Emiya can reliably enter and exit the barrier on the same timeline, and each of his appearances stabilizes the time inside and outside the barrier, fixing the time on both sides within ten years.

That's why Yoshikage Kira let him leave the barrier and asked him to return once a month.

Yukino Yukinoshita retreated into the barrier, and Yoshikage Kira was no longer in his previous position.

The girl was not surprised by this. She looked to her right, where there were no road signs either.

What time is it?

Yukino Yukinoshita frowned slightly, although the time she spent away could be stabilized at around ten years.

But the timeline inside was still disordered, and even she didn't know which year it was.

Without hesitation, Yukino Yukinoshita headed straight for Einzbern Castle.

While Bites the Dust can rewind time, each rewind requires the loss of a life.

Therefore, it is essential to ensure that someone is present during each regression, meaning that someone must be found within one hour.

The city of Einzbern was built in the wilderness, and it was difficult to find anyone within an hour's journey.

If you leave the barrier again, you might be transported back to when it was first established a thousand years ago, when there were hardly any people around and it was very difficult to find anyone in the outside world.

If she cannot find the person after three hours, she will never be able to return.

Fortunately.

Einzbern is full of people.

"Who goes there?!"

The maid guarding the castle, wielding a giant axe, discovered the intruding girl and tried to stop her while scolding her. Yukino Yukinoshita did not resist, but let the giant axe fall on her, only to be stopped by the pink cat with one hand.

"You can see me, right?"

BOOM!

Everything from the past was swallowed up by the explosion, and time rapidly reversed.

at last.

The scene freezes on Irisviel's room.

Boom!

The maid knocked on the door and entered the room, saying respectfully:

"Madam, Master Yoshikage, Mr. Emiya has returned."

"Yukino."

Yoshikage Kira turned around and whispered the girl's name.

Snow beneath the snow shook her head almost imperceptibly.

Chapter 214 Gaia: You're going a bit too far!

Pure white.

Only pure white.

Flawless white.

This is the outer edge of the world, the starting point of all things, zero, the origin, the cause of everything, the Akasha record, and the "root" that magicians strive to reach throughout their lives.

But for Altair, she can reach the outside of the world at any time.

Because she was born from the source, returning here is like coming home.

However, she prefers to stay in reality rather than stay in the root of the problem.

Because her parents are there.

Even when she occasionally returns to the outside world, she will not attempt to read the "records" stored in the Root.

For those who yearn to enter the "Roots," this is undoubtedly a shameful waste. But Altair is far more clear-headed than they are. While she certainly has the right to read the "Records," she also knows that she cannot live up to that right.

For her, omniscience and omnipotence were neither authority nor a blessing, but a curse.

So she simply walks through it, searching for the "dimensions" she needs to anchor and explore.

Searching for her father.

If all goes well, their paths will cross again, but it never does.

Although she has anchored herself in the "dimensional" of her father, she has been unable to connect it with reality.

She had realized that someone was secretly sabotaging her, and the only person capable of doing all this was...

"Alaya".

Gaia!

A planet-like azure sphere of light appears in a pure white world, surrounded by two constantly moving halos.

And beside Him—

Gaia?

Altair looked at the little girl with long, straight black hair and red lips with some surprise.

"it's me."

The little girl gave a slight smile to show her friendliness, "For humans, this form is more conducive to our communication. Hooray, Alaya, you're the same as me, aren't you?"

"reject."

A crisp, yet emotionless, cold voice emanated from the blue orb.

Altair watched their interaction quietly, his heart unmoved.

They are the restraining force, the safety mechanism of a world formed by the collective unconscious.

The "primate restraint" comes from the unconscious mind and seeks to avoid the destruction of humanity through the "Alaya" (storehouse consciousness).

"Planetary restraint" comes from the unconscious part of the planet's will, the "Gaia" that seeks the planet's survival.

Neither Alaya nor Gaia has a physical form; they only take on a corresponding form when they are materialized.

In other words, the form they manifest depends on what form others want to see—

You believe they are orbs of light, and the form they take is a cold, ruthless, icy orb of light.

If you think they are lolis, then the form they take is that of a petite, cute, light, and soft loli.

and so.

It is meaningless what kind of personality or appearance they display; their actions are based solely on the fundamental purpose of perpetuating their existence.

Gaia is responsible for protecting the Earth, while Alaya is responsible for protecting humanity.

Gaia would rather destroy humanity than not protect the Earth, and Alaya would rather sacrifice the Earth than not not protect humanity.

But in general, both aim to prolong the present world, and the cause of the world's destruction appears the moment it occurs, erasing that cause.

Therefore, without exception, they all forbid humanity from reaching the "Source," because this would lead to the destruction of humanity and the planet.

But while they are forces of restraint, and perhaps all-knowing, they are far from omnipotent; otherwise, they would not need to exert themselves to stop them.

Just like Altair.

She walks freely on the outside of the world, but neither of them can stop her, because they cannot stop things born from the source from returning to the source.

When they appear together, it means that what they are doing now is preventing the destruction of the world (humanity)!

Clang!

Altair conjured a military knife in his hand, resting it against PPSh's shoulder, his expression icy:

"So, you've come to kill me?"

She is no match for the two major restraining forces now, but that doesn't mean she can only be slaughtered at will.

She simply didn't want to use the power of the Root, not that she was unable to. If it really came down to a fight, she would absolutely not lose to anyone!

Whoever it is, she is confident that she can perish together with Him.

While the world's restraining forces cannot be completely eliminated, the root cause does not dictate that these forces must be them!

"calm,"

The surface of the sphere of light that Alaya had transformed into rippled noticeably, and Gaia quickly tried to stop it:

"We do not want to be your enemy."

"Then why are you stopping me?"

"It's not about stopping them."

Gaia tried to de-escalate the situation and soothe her emotions:

"We won't keep stopping you, it's just not the right time yet."

Alaya's tone remained cold and ruthless:

"His existence is the greatest obstacle to the future of humanity and must be removed!"

"Please, just say less!"

Gaia was so angry that she jumped up and down, wishing she could jump up and hit Alaya on the knees, even though this ball of light didn't have knees.

Altair remained unmoved by the farce, his saber already at PPSh.

Alaya also refused to yield an inch, and the halo surrounding the sphere of light became increasingly active, constantly expanding outward.

"Calm down! Everyone, calm down!"

Gaia waved her small hand, trying to calm things down. "There is no irreconcilable conflict between us. Alaya's talk of removal is just a way of hoping that he will no longer hinder future development!"

"so?"

Altair countered, "A saber can be used to pluck a musical note at any time."