The shuttle in the second dimension

　……

　At first glance, all that comes into view is the broken earth and scorched earth. It is hard to imagine what kind of power has destroyed this land into this state.

　The sky, which should have been clear and sunny, was covered by layers of gloomy dark clouds. Even the sun's rays were almost blocked, leaving only the thin light shining through the clouds. In the sky, the layers of superimposed dark clouds seemed to be pressing down from the sky and crushing everything on the ground, making people feel endless depression.

　On the broken ground, a young man holding an ancient golden sword and a middle-aged man with a face like an ox and wings on his back were fighting.

　The thunder in the sky obeyed the young man's command and kept falling. The golden ancient sword in the young man's hand was waved, and the golden sword energy kept flying out from the ancient sword. The middle-aged man with an ox head and wings on his back exuded an endless bloody aura. The aura like a sea of ​​corpses and blood kept filling the surroundings. The extremely violent murderous aura boiled from his body, and the unimaginable fighting spirit ignited from his body and rushed straight into the sky.

　The next moment, the boy and the middle-aged man separated. The middle-aged man had countless scars of being struck by lightning on his body. Hideous wounds covered his body, and blood kept flowing out of his wounds. "Cough cough--" Scarlet blood overflowed from his mouth, making his breath seem even weaker.

　However, the boy's condition was not much better than the middle-aged man. A hideous scar spanned the boy's entire body, leaving him with almost no life left.

　The two men stood opposite each other, seemingly talking about something, but Sakura didn't hear clearly what they were saying. To be honest, the scene of their fight was so horrific that she couldn't even see their faces clearly.

　But the next moment, the boy's action made Sakura cover her mouth and scream——

　Raising the ancient golden sword in his hand, the young man pierced his chest. With a trickle of blood, the ancient golden sword passed through the young man's body, taking away the young man's remaining life force. However, the young man not only did not fall down, but instead stared at the middle-aged man in front of him.

　Only then did Sakura see the boy's face clearly. It was her servant, Lin Xuan.

　……

　Opening her eyes, Sakura thought back to her dream. She wasn't surprised by this dream. Masters who had signed contracts with their servants sometimes glimpsed the memories of Heroic Spirits through dreams. Still recovering from the situation, Sakura stared at the ceiling with a dull expression, silent and still.

　The scene just now was too shocking. The young man who commanded the thunder, the unyielding man bathed in the thunder, no matter how you look at it, they are no longer in the category of human beings. It is not an exaggeration to call them gods.

　"Is this my brother's memory? Why did my brother act like that at that time? And is that scene the scene where my brother finally died in battle?" Recalling the previous scene, Sakura murmured softly, glanced at the sky outside the window which had not yet fully brightened, and slowly got up.

　As soon as she went out, she saw Lin Xuan sitting casually in the corridor not far away.

　"Are you up?" Looking at the girl in front of him, Lin Xuan smiled.

　"Brother, have you been sitting here all night?"

　"Well, I'm not sleepy, so I just sit here." Lin Xuan shrugged and said casually. However, seeing Xiaoying's expression of wanting to ask something but not knowing whether to ask it, Lin Xuan shook his head. With the control of airflow, he flicked Xiaoying's forehead through the air and said, "What's wrong? You want to ask something but don't know whether to ask it or not. Just ask it directly. Don't keep it in your heart."

　"Ouch..." Covering her fair forehead, Sakura cried out in pain, "Brother, please don't hit my forehead every time - it hurts -"

　While rubbing her red forehead, Sakura said, "I just dreamed of some scenes. My brother was fighting with a middle-aged man with a face like an ox and wings on his back. But in the end, I saw my brother piercing his chest with an ancient golden sword——"

　"Did you dream about that—" Lin Xuan narrowed his eyes and reminisced. The scenes from that time flashed through his mind one by one. "That was the end and beginning of everything for me—"

　"The end and beginning of everything--" Sakura repeated this sentence carefully, not knowing what she was thinking.

　Looking at Xiaoying suspiciously, Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow, "What are you thinking about? You are so obsessed with it. Isn't it just a dream?"

　"Nothing - I'll go make breakfast, brother." Shaking her head, Sakura smiled at Lin Xuan and left.

　Looking at Xiaoying's back, Lin Xuan said suspiciously, "Could that girl have misunderstood the meaning of that sentence?"

Chapter 52 The Truth about the Holy Grail

　Not long after Xiaoying left, Lin Xuan, who was sitting in the corridor, heard footsteps coming from behind him.

　"Have you finished talking - you guys..." Lin Xuan stood up with his knees supported, glanced back and said.

　"Well, although it took quite a while, the result of the conversation was satisfactory, right?" Saber (White) replied to Lin Xuan with a smile. Suddenly, Saber (White) took a step forward, staring into Lin Xuan's deep eyes, and asked curiously, "Hey - Archer, can I ask you a question?"

　Looking at the pretty face that suddenly enlarged in front of him, Lin Xuan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Ask, as long as it's not an excessive question -"

　"Archer, every heroic spirit participating in the Holy Grail War has his or her own wish. Correspondingly, that wish almost always makes them desire the Holy Grail, but there doesn't seem to be a trace of desire for the Holy Grail in your eyes—" Staring at Lin Xuan, Saber (White) asked her own question.

　"The reason is very simple—" Looking directly into Saber's (White) emerald eyes, Lin Xuan continued, "Because those 09 so-called universal wishing machines—the Holy Grail—cannot fulfill my wish—"

　"Eh!!!" Obviously, Lin Xuan's words were beyond Saber (Bai)'s expectations.

　"Hey - at the end of the Fourth Holy Grail War, the Holy Grail took shape right before your eyes. And at that time, I think Saber (Blue) you should still remember what kind of orders Kiritsugu Emiya gave you." Lin Xuan narrowed his eyes, grinned, and said playfully, glancing at Saber (Blue) who was standing further back.

　"-Destroy the Holy Grail-" Saber (hx) lowered her head and clenched her teeth tightly, seeming not to want this matter to be mentioned.

　But Saber (blue)'s answer made Saber (white) open her big, watery eyes like emeralds.

　"The Holy Grail is right before your eyes, and your last master actually asked you to destroy it—"

　Leaning gently against the wall, Lin Xuan said, "I won the final victory in the Fourth Holy Grail War, but I did not obtain the Holy Grail. Instead, I made the same decision as Emiya Kiritsugu—"

　After hearing Lin Xuan's words, Saber (Blue) suddenly raised her head and asked, "Why!! Why would you make the same choice as him——"

　The violent emotional fluctuations made her face a little distorted, and a trace of anger began to burn in the depths of her eyes, but the facts that Lin Xuan said next were like cold water that extinguished the anger that had just ignited in her eyes.

　"The Holy Grail was tainted during the Third Holy Grail War. Since then, all wishes granted by the Holy Grail have been imbued with endless malice. Furthermore, once liberated, the Greater Holy Grail will begin to flow with [all the evil in the world (angramaihyu)]. It will continue to spread malice until it has destroyed all the humans it was meant to curse."

　"What—" The cruel reality made Saber (Blue) take a step back, her eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

　Although Saber (White) didn't lose her composure as much as Saber (Blue), she wasn't much better either.

　Looking at the two heroes in shock, Lin Xuan shrugged helplessly as if to say, "I knew it." But at this moment, a familiar voice sounded from the other side of the corridor.

　"Is everything you said true - Lin Xuan?"

　"It's true, Lin--" Even without turning around to look, Lin Xuan knew who was speaking, but as if affected by this fact, the girl's voice had a slight tremor.

　"So this is how Dad wanted to seize the items—" Lin lowered his head, and there was a hint of disgust in his words.

　"Why—are you giving up on this Holy Grail War—"

　"No way - I won't give up. No matter what the Holy Grail becomes, I will not give up this Holy Grail War." Looking up, Lin said firmly.

　Looking at the determined girl in front of him, Lin Xuan murmured softly.

　"Hmm - is that so - it seems the chick is starting to grow -"

　After saying that, Lin Xuan took his own steps. When passing by Rin, he patted her head and said, "Another Heroic Spirit who is exactly the same as your Servant is the Saber I summoned through illegal summoning. You can find out about it through your Servant--" After saying that, Lin Xuan left with a smile, regardless of Rin's crazy look.

　……

　While eating breakfast, Lin didn't ask anything, and Yanye would not ask about Lin Xuan's affairs, so breakfast was eaten in a quiet atmosphere.

　But after breakfast, when Kariya and the other two were gone, Rin could no longer hold back and stared at her closely, questioning her.

　"Lin Xuan—you clearly know the truth about the Holy Grail, so why did you deliberately conduct an illegal summoning?"

　"You can think it was a spur of the moment action, or you can think I had planned it in advance, but none of this matters. What matters is that I want to make this Holy Grail War more interesting—" Lin Xuan said with a smile, squinting his eyes.

　"you--"

　"Is this also the reason why you didn't do it during the last Holy Grail War, even though you clearly had the power to eliminate all the Heroic Spirits in one night—Archer—" Saber (Blue) asked with a complicated look at the playful Lin Xuan. Saber (White) and Rin's pupils involuntarily contracted after hearing Saber (Blue)'s words.

　Lin knew that Lin Xuan was very strong. From Kariya, she also knew that he was the winner of the Fourth Holy Grail War, but she did not expect that Lin Xuan was much stronger than she imagined.

　"Not entirely—" Lin Xuan put away his previous playful look and smiled frankly.

　"So Saber (Blue), what do you want to do? When you know that the Holy Grail can no longer fulfill your wish, what is your choice--" Opening his eyes, Lin Xuan looked at Saber (Blue) seriously and asked.

　Saber's (blue) emerald eyes were filled with determination. She responded to Lin Xuan without the slightest hesitation, "From the moment the contract was signed, the sword in my hand should be swung down for you. As long as it does not violate my own bottom line, I will become the sword in your hand—"

　"Ha ha ha ha--"

　Hearing Saber (Blue)'s words, Lin Xuan burst into laughter. Saber (White) also looked as if she knew what was going on, smiling at herself in this world.

　"As expected, I knew you would say that—" Looking at Saber (Blue) with a smile, Lin Xuan promised, "Don't worry, I won't let you do anything that violates your bottom line."

　As if remembering something, Lin Xuan looked at Lin and Saber (Bai) and said seriously.

　"By the way - Rin, and Saber (Shiro), I want to remind you -"

　"You should be more cautious. I don't know why, but I have a feeling that a formidable heroic spirit has descended upon this city."

Chapter 53: Exploration and Encounter

　In the kitchen, Lin Xuan walked to the sink and picked up the dishes and helped Xiaoying wash the dishes.

　"Have you told your sister?" Xiaoying knew without even looking that the person next to her was Lin Xuan, so she couldn't help but ask.

　"Well - I've told them all and reminded them to be careful - after all, there are a lot of unknowns in this Holy Grail War -" Lin Xuan said solemnly, squinting his eyes and staring at the plate in his hand.

　Originally, with the power he possessed, he didn't care about the heroic spirits who came to the Holy Grail War. After all, there was a gap in strength. But for some reason, he felt something strange this time. He felt that this Holy Grail War was not as simple as before. This was his feeling.

　Ever since he gained the power of "Master of Time", he sometimes suddenly felt a sense of crisis coming from the future. Although he could not clearly feel the exact time, he could still feel that it happened within ten days, although the feeling was not very strong.

　But it also means that in this Holy Grail War, a heroic spirit will descend that can endanger his life.

　This made him feel surprised and cautious. He had the power of resurrection, so even if he fell into death, he could be resurrected immediately. However, the sense of crisis gave him the feeling that it was the kind of death that could not be resurrected.

　"Interesting—too interesting, it seems like this Holy Grail War will be deviated quite a bit—" Lin Xuan's narrowed eyes showed the excitement flowing through them, and the corners of his mouth subconsciously curled up.

　Seeing the corner of Lin Xuan's mouth suddenly curled up beside her, Xiaoying tilted her head slightly, blinked cutely, and asked doubtfully, "Brother, did you think of something? You look so happy——"

　"Nothing, just some anticipation. I think this Holy Grail War will be very interesting—" Lin Xuan smiled and washed the dishes in his hands, his tone full of anticipation.

　After saying that, Lin Xuan took advantage of Xiaoying's inattention and smeared the foam in his hand on Xiaoying's fair and tender face.

　"Wu - stop it - brother -" Sakura complained as she reached out to wipe the foam off her cheeks.

　"Hi hi——" He responded without any sincerity.

　……

　At night, in the sky covered by darkness, a violent gale was gathering.

　The violent wind and waves not only did not try to spread around, but continued to converge, and finally formed a figure. It was a person dressed casually, with a faint smile on his handsome face, and blue eyes as deep as the ocean.

　·

　The one who suddenly appeared in the air was Lin Xuan.

　.

　"So much has changed in ten years—" Lin Xuan couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the much-changed city below.

　"But it's none of my business." He shrugged indifferently.

　"Okay, it's time to get down to business--" As he said that, Lin Xuan began to carefully explore the city below him. The next moment, with him as the center, streams of air spread out around him.

　Before long, the airflow controlled by Lin Xuan passed through every corner of the city.

　"Including me, there are actually eleven Heroic Spirits descending into this Holy Grail War." A look of surprise emerged from deep within his eyes.

　"Hey, hey - what's going on? Could it be that in the last Holy Grail War, the Greater Holy Grail was affected by my final attack of Excalibur?" Lin Xuan jokingly pulled the corner of his mouth.