The perverted knight also wants to protect the world

Rather, it is remarkable that after experiencing such a long period of battle and the devastation of several people, the Fuyuki Bridge under their feet can still hold on until this time.

"Let's talk about it later. We need to speed up!" Izumi Kan'aya laughed, stomped his feet, leaving a shadow on the spot, and appeared beside Ritsuka, hooking the girl in his arms with both hands.

Then the next second, the whole person rushed to the other side of the Weiyuan River with the air trembling.

"Eh!!! Wait, why all of a sudden...at least let Illya and the others take me!"

"Haha, what are you talking about? Illya and the others are very tired now. Don't add to the burden of the two young ladies."

"It's not a burden. I'm not heavy at all!"

Amid the relaxed chatter of Mikiya and Ritsuka, the Fuyuki Bridge, which had connected the two ends of Fuyuki City for so long, finally came to the end of its life today.

Well, congratulations. Congratulations.

Chapter 123: The protagonist's halo is really terrifying

"Today, we mourn with great sorrow that the only road connecting the east and west sides of Fuyuki City, the Fuyuki Bridge, passed away on the xth day after we arrived at this singularity due to excessive damage in the battle with the irritable senior. He died at the age of x.

The life of Fuyuki Bridge has been full of ups and downs, and it has brought great convenience to the transportation of Fuyuki citizens... It hurts!"

Izumi Kan'aya covered his head and looked at Ritsuka who was hitting his head with a newspaper he had taken from somewhere and folded into a paper fan.

"Saber, what nonsense are you talking about? Keep your voice down. Illya and the others are all asleep, okay?" Ritsuka pointed unhappily at Illya and Miyu, who were leaning against each other with a comforting expression on their faces while sleeping.

In today's battle with Aku Hinako, the two magical girls really contributed a lot. Not only did they continuously release powerful magic attacks, they even performed dream summons.

Now, the two tired people relaxed and fell asleep like ordinary children.

"Emmmm, isn't this boring...By the way, are you still angry? I've already apologized, I'm sorry." Looking at Ritsuka whose attitude towards him had changed, Izumi Kan'aya still thought that she was still angry at him for suddenly picking her up and sprinting towards him.

"That's not the case, it's just... I don't know how to put it, I just feel like this way of getting along is more accustomed to me." Ritsuka tilted his head and showed a somewhat silly smile.

"Habit? Where does the habit come from? We have only known each other for a short time." Gan Ye said with a smile.

"I'm not sure, but that's how it feels. Saber, don't you like it this way?" Ritsuka asked, blinking as she put her little face close to Kan'ya.

"Not really. It's more comfortable this way than the polite way we were before." Before, perhaps because the two had only known each other for a short time, although they still trusted each other, there was still a gap between them from two different worlds.

Gan doesn't particularly like this feeling of mutual politeness, but he won't take the initiative to get too close to the other person.

after all……

He glanced at the screen of the dimensional linker secretly. It was almost full. At most two more would be needed. If the energy was strong, one would be enough.

Once the energy is collected, he can return to his own world.

The strange nightmare from before still lingers in his mind, making him hesitant about whether to go all the way with Ritsuka and the others.

"Really? That's how it is..." Seeing the complicated look in Mikiya's eyes, Ritsuka stretched and sat next to Mikiya.

She hugged her curled up knees with her arms, rested her cheek on them, looked at Qianye with her face turned sideways, and a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"Saber, you... are worried about something, right?" Without needing to say it explicitly, Ritsuka believed that Kan'aya knew what she was referring to.

"Tsk, master, sometimes silly girls are more likable~" Ganye laughed.

"Really? Isn't it because your acting is so bad, Saber? If you want to hide it, don't be so impatient." Ritsuka said.

As early as the battle before leaving Einzbern Castle, Ritsuka had already noticed that something was wrong with Mikiya.

Be it the way they fight or the anxiety that occasionally shows in their eyes, it is very different from when the two first started working together.

That kind of poor acting can only fool the very naive Illya, and probably can't even fool Miyu.

"So, what happened? Can you tell me?" Li Xiang asked with concern.

"It's nothing, I just had a nightmare, so I'm a little... a little scared? That should be the feeling, right?" Gan Ye turned his head and looked at the endless darkness outside the window, with a bitter smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Fear?"

"Yes, scared, are you surprised?" Kanye turned his head to look at Ritsuka who was staring at him, "After all, my performance in the battle before should be pretty good... Master, no, Ritsuka, what kind of role do you think I am in my world?"

"Eh? Um, the hero who saves the world?" Izumi Kan'ya's sudden question made Ritsuka stunned for a moment, and then he answered tentatively.

After all, she is someone who has watched Kamen Rider and knows what this identity symbolizes most of the time.

"Bingo! If you get it right, you're the hero who saves the world." Kanye said in a funny tone, imitating the sound of winning a prize in a video game console. Then he immediately returned to his normal low voice, "You're just a half-baked hero."

After all, he now cares more about the people around him than the world.

When it comes to relatives and friends, Gan will put their safety first, followed by his current responsibilities. This is the case now, and I'm afraid it will be the same in the future.

He doesn't want to have too much interaction with Ritsuka and the others because if he treats them as his friends, he would be hesitant between risking his life for his friends and saving his own life because he is worried about Sagiri.

"After all, I was just an ordinary person not long ago. I hesitate like ordinary people and I am afraid of death like ordinary people. I am not cut out to be a hero." Gan smiled at himself with some self-deprecating manner. He looked a bit free and easy, as if he did not take his dereliction of duty as a hero seriously.

"How about it? Are you a little disappointed? Although it's a temporary cooperation, your servant is not reliable?" Turning his head, wanting to see Ritsuka's expression, Gan said frivolously.

Then, he froze.

"How could that be? It's better to say that we feel closer." Ritsuka still kept a smile on her face, and the expression between her eyebrows became softer. "After all, everyone has shortcomings, right? Everyone gets scared sometimes. Saber, you are actually very amazing, so there is no need to belittle yourself."

Everyone would be afraid, Kane would be, Illya would be, Miyu would be, and Ritsuka would be the same.

At least for Ritsuka, he can completely understand what Kanye fears. He often hesitates because of various things, and feels uneasy about the current confusing situation of this singularity, but...

Having fear in their hearts is the proof that they are alive as human beings and one of the driving forces that keeps them moving forward, isn't it?

Although in Ritsuka's memory, he had many dealings with those fearless real heroes, and got along very well with many of them, but it was indeed easier to get along with "human beings" like himself.

"No matter what, Saber is a hero in my eyes. After all, Saber, you saved me from the hands of a complete stranger and with very little energy left in your body~" Ritsuka and Mikiya looked at each other, and Mikiya's somewhat dazed expression was reflected in his clear eyes. "And he even bandaged me afterwards. It was obviously a temporary cooperation, but he still stood in front of me and Illya and the others regardless of the danger. This is already considered a very powerful hero."

Ritsuka praised Kanye without a trace of falsehood, affirming Kanye's identity as a "hero".

From Kan'ye's perspective, although it was an extremely dark environment, there seemed to be a warm glow surrounding Ritsuka.

What kind of heroine special effect is this? Is this child an angel?

The little man in Ganye's mind waved his arms, shattering the heroine's filter and complaining with a weird look on his face.

He now has some doubts as to whether he has connected with the protagonist in some anime or novel world. Warmth, strength... basically all the characteristics of the protagonist in various mainstream anime can be found in Ritsuka.

Thinking of this, Gan Ye couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Hahaha... Really, I'm not as great as you say. Are you in love with me, Master?"

"Speak, what are you talking about? I'm discussing with you seriously... um!" Ritsuka was interrupted halfway through his words. His orange eyes widened and he looked obviously shocked.

Ganye withdrew his fingers from the girl's soft lips and stood up with a refreshed look on his face.

"Don't worry, I'm not as fragile as you think. When the time comes to make a decision, I won't hesitate... So, if I really decide to stop here, don't blame me then."

"Saber, you... are really a pervert!" Ritsuka said with a red face and a look of shame and anger, the scene of Mikiya touching her lips with his fingers just now still lingering in her mind.

"Emmmm, perverted knight? It sounds even worse than otaku knight. So forget it." Kan'ya dodged the blow from Ritsuka's paper fan and escaped from the girl's sight.

"However, you can call me whatever you like. Just consider it as a thank you for comforting me, Master~"

Chapter 124: Ancestral Politics

Of the four spiritual vein gathering places in Fuyuki City, the two located in Miyama Town have been investigated, and the only one left is the one in Shinto.

Fuyuki Citizens Hall and Fuyuki Church, these are the places they need to investigate next.

And the first one is the Fuyuki Civic Hall which is relatively close to them.

"Emmmm, it went surprisingly smoothly. It felt like I got here without much effort." Izumi Kan'ya looked at the building in front of him and said with a somewhat suspicious tone, "It's so quiet around here that I'm starting to wonder if this is a trap."

"Hmm... It feels a bit weird. Are we going to just go in like this?" Illya gripped her wand tightly and looked around the lifeless street. There were clearly no monsters around, but she just felt inexplicably nervous.

It feels like the teacher suddenly tells the students that there will be a parent-teacher meeting.

After all, the journey here has been too peaceful.

It was completely different from being in Miyama Town. After walking such a long distance, we basically did not encounter any attacks from the Black Mist People, and there were not even many monsters.

It was as if the moment they stepped into the new capital, they had already stepped into a huge boss room.

"Sapphire, are there any exploration results?" Miyu looked quietly at the building in front of her, which was one of their destinations, the Fuyuki Civic Hall.

You can clearly feel that it is very powerful, but not too uneasy, and not even has much malice.

One cannot help but wonder whether there is some conspiracy waiting for them.

"No, Lady Miyu, there is no aura of magic. There is nothing except the magical aura located in the center of the hall." This was the answer given by Sapphire.

However, even without any other magical aura, it is enough to make people nervous.

Izumi Kan'aya glanced at the map with which he was communicating. The bright red magic mark was in the very center of the hall, and the energy radiation covered the entire Fuyuki Civic Hall and even the surrounding large blocks.

An even more powerful aura than that of Aku Hinako on the Fuyuki Bridge was located in the building in front of them.

This vague sense of oppression makes it hard not to believe that the final boss is just ahead.

"Let's go in..." Ritsuka was surrounded by Kanye and the others. He looked up at the building in front of him and thought, "No matter what, we're already here. We can't just go around and ignore it. We might as well go straight in."

"Huh? Just go in like that?" Illya asked in surprise.

"Don't worry, Illya, I will protect you." Meiyou said.

"Well, it's better to charge head-on. Should we give the other side a greeting gift first?" Gan Ye stretched his muscles and pointed at the building in front of him.

What he meant was whether or not they should use a large-scale skill to clean up the entire Fuyuki Civic Hall in advance.

"No, that's not necessary. Just go in." Ritsuka shook his head. "Saber, please clear the way."

"okay."

Just like that, under the judgment of the master Fujimaru Ritsuka, Izumi Kan'aya walked in the front, followed by Ritsuka, and on both sides were Illya and Miyu who were ready to support at any time. After they were ready, they pushed open the door of the hall.

……

Although the huge auditorium has no lights, it looks extremely solemn and is very suitable for a grand speech.

Izumi Kan'aya looked around. It seemed that a very fierce battle had taken place here. Everywhere was in ruins. Bullet marks from hot weapons and traces of huge sharp weapons were densely covered on the surrounding walls.

Pushing aside the wreckage of the seat that was blocking his way, Izumi Kan'ya tightly grasped the red Explosive Holy Sword and slowly moved forward step by step.

There was no need to look for the owner of the magic mark, because the other party had no intention of hiding.

Qianye looked forward and saw the tall man standing in the center of the podium. As if he had been waiting for them for a long time, he slowly turned around and faced them.

The face was blurry as usual, but Gan Ye and others could feel that the other party was looking over here.

His entire body was covered in black mist, making him appear pitch black, even darker than the lecture hall that was shrouded in darkness, but for some reason, he didn't feel the same discomfort he had felt before.

The tall man stood there, his wide clothes fluttering in the wind, giving him a kind of immortal air, just like an immortal from the Yan Kingdom.

However, the man's temperament was not what surprised them the most. What really surprised Gan Ye and the others was that after seeing them coming, the other party opened his arms and looked extremely welcoming.

"Thank you for keeping me waiting. Welcome to this temporary palace of mine, the guardians of human nature."

There was not a trace of madness, but he was full of rationality and majesty, just like the king of an empire, welcoming the envoys who came to pay him an audience.

"As expected, even a fairy who has lived for a long time cannot stop you. This is great. Your efforts to come all the way here are worthy of my praise."

The man said this with full righteousness, not hiding his admiration for seeing everyone here.

From his words, it seemed that he already knew that they had defeated Aku Hinako and came all the way here from Miyama Town.

"Um, may I ask who you are..." Perhaps because the other party seemed too rational and he did not feel any hostility, Ritsuka was a little wary but still maintained a gentle tone when asking about the other party's identity.

Izumi Kan'aya was a little more confident with the sword in his hand, but he always kept a posture ready to fight at any time.

The eyes under the mask looked at the man on the stage, and at the same time, he couldn't help but marvel at the other person's upright aura. Apart from the uncomfortable black fog on the surface, there was not a trace of filth.

"Hmm~ As expected, your memory is still blocked. Well, I am... you can just call me Zu Zheng. This fake body is not worthy of my name. You must remember this time, my retainer."

The man who called himself Zu Zheng said this with a smile.

This tone of voice, as expected, is someone Ritsuka knows.

Gan Ye thought secretly in his heart.

"Hey, Ruby, I always feel like... you seem like a very kind person."

"Don't be careless, Illya-chan. The magical aura of the opponent is still very powerful. He may attack at any time."

This was the voice of Illya who was whispering in a low voice.

Just as Ruby said, the other party's aura was extremely oppressive. Although he did not show any malice at the moment, it still prevented everyone from completely letting down their guard.