Anime: Blue-Eyes Baby Dragon, picked up by the Knight King

This is how Fujimaru Ritsuka defines Shirataki.

This girl named Fujimaru Ritsuka has experienced two journeys of salvation, during which she met countless heroic spirits and maintained good friendships with most of them.

——In order to help Fujimaru Ritsuka, those heroic spirits were even able to ignore the interference of the restraining force and forcibly cross the timeline to reach the Time Temple at the end of time to fight against Goetia and its seventy-two demons.

Such friendship, if not moving, at least transcends life and death.

However, even among the many friendships that "transcend life and death", her friendship with some heroic spirits is special among the special ones.

Leonardo da Vinci is definitely one.

I don't know if there's still a chance for Dr. Roman to become a Heroic Spirit, but he's definitely one of them.

The Count, who has been attached to her soul for many years, can probably be counted as one of them.

Sherlock Holmes, who accompanied her through most of the Lostbelt but finally discovered that he was actually a spy sent by the enemy, could probably be considered one of them.

And then... there was the White Dragon God who would occasionally appear in her journey, but in essence he wasn't really a "friend", let alone a "friendship".

True.

The relationship between her and Shirataki is not as "close" as that between other Heroic Spirits.

However, perhaps because of the five-yen coin from before, there was indeed a vague connection between her and this former god.

"fate."

This kind of thing cannot be seen or described.

But he will appear by the girl's side in time when she needs him and give her great comfort.

"Sir God."

"I, I, I..."

"I'm so happy, I'm so happy..."

The girl was so excited that she was almost incoherent.

——But, it’s really not her fault.

Before, she was like a traveler lost in a primeval forest, unable to find the exit no matter what.

She has even begun trying to cut down trees, preparing to settle down in this primeval forest.

But now, Shirataki's appearance was undoubtedly like a beacon that suddenly appeared in her vision, pointing out the way for her to leave this primeval forest and return to the civilized world.

She can go home!

——Although Shirataki didn't say it, when his figure appeared here, the girl named Fujimaru Ritsuka was extremely certain of this fact.

This god can definitely take her away from this world and return to her true "homeland".

And it was at this moment that the girl named Fujimaru Ritsuka suddenly didn't want to go home anymore.

"Wait a moment."

“It seems like a whole new world here.”

"If I just go back like this... wouldn't that be a bit of a loss?"

As the saying goes, when you are well fed and warm, you will think about sex.

Although this sentence may not seem appropriate here, the principle is the same.

In essence, after meeting the most basic survival needs, people begin to pursue higher levels of "enjoyment".

"curious."

The loneliness and panic of being a stranger in a foreign land gradually disappear.

This girl who has saved the world many times finally showed her true arrogant and aggressive side.

【Ambition】

"Let me see what is going on in this world..."

Shirataki's existence is like a key that unlocks the seal within the girl's body.

She became reckless.

——No one really thinks that this girl who can snatch back "human reason" from the hands of the most vicious human evil, alien gods, and various other monsters is some kind of "good girl", right?

Chapter 251: The Fourth Beast Has No Cowards

Night falls.

Tokyo's Minato-ku is bustling with activity as the lights come on.

In order to celebrate this true "reunion after a long separation", Shirataki and Fujimaru Ritsuka decided to hold a "banquet".

The venue for the banquet was chosen to be a famous barbecue restaurant next to the bakery where Mashu worked.

Even a small plate of Japanese food here costs less than 10,000 yen.

Note that this was 10,000 yen in 2007.

Fujimaru Ritsuka was very generous and gave thirty plates with a wave of his hand.

Is it luxurious?

This is certainly a luxury.

You know, Mashu's hourly wage working in the bakery is only less than 500 yen - and because she can't produce an ID, her working hours are strictly limited to no more than four hours a day.

In other words, the piece of meat on that small plate might be Mashu's daily wage.

"senior--"

Sitting in the barbecue restaurant, Mashu seemed a little restless.

She counted on her fingers, trying to calculate this simple account - but the more she calculated, the more confused she became. She was not willing to figure out how many years of her salary this table of barbecue would cost.

But Fujimaru Ritsuka waved his hand.

Settle the score? She would too.

But her way of calculating the accounts was not the same as Mashu's.

"Is it delicious, God?"

Ritsuka Fujimaru is very considerate and proactive.

She didn't even ask the waiter to serve her, but did it herself, turning and cutting the grilled meat for Shirataki.

——What a joke. How could ordinary waiters be lucky enough to have such a rare opportunity as serving God?

As a loyal believer of God, of course she has to take this opportunity to show her "loyalty"!

If she doesn't behave well, how can the gods see her loyalty and sincerity?

Shirataki ignored Fujimaru Ritsuka's courtesy.

Throughout the whole process, his attention was on the barbecue in front of him - or rather, the food.

Honestly, this wasn't a rare treat. Even the 5A Wagyu beef advertised by the restaurant was just so-so in his eyes.

However, Shirataki is not a picky eater.

That was a good habit learned from Artoria - even the meat of poisonous monsters could fill the stomach as long as it was cooked properly.

Not to mention, these are real "food" in front of us.

"It's rare that you still remember that I like this."

"People in this world, ah——"

This was the only sentence Shirataki said to Fujiwara Ritsuka during the "banquet".

This is also the sentence that Fujimaru Ritsuka wants to hear the most.

——Maybe others have forgotten, but she will never forget.

The Dragon Witch in the first singularity, and the Hero King Gilgamesh in the seventh singularity.

They all obtained the help of the White Dragon God by "providing large amounts of food".

"You feed me, and I work for you."

Very fair trading terms.

This is also the type of god that Fujimaru Ritsuka likes the most.

——If you pay for something, neither party owes the other anything.

……

"Banquet" is a very wonderful event.

It seems to possess a special magic.

The process of holding the banquet is also a process of making everyone who has become estranged due to not seeing each other for too long become warm again.

——Speaking of which, a lot has happened since our last separation.

The Temple of Time tears Goetia apart, the kings of the seven Lostbelts and the alien god who is so powerful that he seems invincible, and the "Final Judgment" that requires one to identify and protect one's own beliefs in the face of rejection by human reason - in the real world, only one year has passed, but for this girl named Fujimaru Ritsuka, it feels like a lifetime.

But Fujimaru Ritsuka did not discuss these things with Shirataki.

What she discussed with Shirataki was a little thing that was very familiar to the three of them, but was not here now.

"Fufu."

—— Its real name is [Kathy Palug], and it looks like a white, long-haired fox. In essence, it is the fourth beast that governs the principle of [comparison].

She will never come back.

"That's right."

Bai Long nodded, his expression somewhat melancholy...

However, he was not surprised by this result.

He had long known that the little girl would sacrifice herself for the sake of human principles - or in other words, her eventual growth to the level of "human evil" was essentially a manifestation of "God's benevolence" and "there are fifty great ways, and forty-nine heavenly derivatives."

Human evil is born out of human love.

Because they have witnessed the irredeemable future of mankind, they each use their own methods to "protect" what they believe to be the correct human civilization.

And the way Fu Fu protects human civilization—Even if Fujimaru Ritsuka doesn't say it, Shirataki knows it.

【Compare】.

This is Fu Fu's power.

She draws power from the constant competition of humankind by feeding on their vanity.

Logically speaking, she should eventually become a monster like Lucifer.

——However, due to the destruction of human nature and the destruction of the Earth, her growth was somewhat distorted.

The way she grew up changed from "competition between humans" to "competition between human principles and human principles."

"Our world...is actually a Lostbelt."

It is a planet that does not exist in the official history records of mankind, and will be reduced to a blank slate in 2017 AD due to the arrival of an alien god.

However, Fu Fu's existence brought a glimmer of hope to the planet that originally had no hope at all.

[Counter-ruling].

After repeatedly comparing the civilizations of the seven singularities and the seven Lostbelts, the fourth beast finally completed the "ultimate comparison" and grew into its final form.

It possesses a power that is enough to fight against human nature and the will of the stars.

"Perhaps your human logic is indeed correct."

"But our civilization will never admit defeat!"

In fact, it is a forced change of the rules of the game.

It resists the pressure of the inhibitory force and changes the judgment of human reason from more right/wrong to more powerful/weak.

And if it is better than this.