My mother's love song

That is a story that happened in a world far, far away from here.

A cheesy story of Boy Meets Girl in the midst of a ubiquitous subspecies Holy Grail War.

The boy's name was Rod.

The girl is a Berserker's heroic spirit.

They fought side by side to defeat the other six pairs of masters and servants, and built bonds and grew together on their journey to the Holy Grail.

"Did Rod and Berserker finally obtain the Holy Grail?" Qingji couldn't help but ask.

Rhode shook his head: "It is indeed a fake Holy Grail that cannot be used. This is a common occurrence in the Holy Grail War.

The boy had not had high hopes for this Holy Grail War from the beginning. No... the moment he summoned a Heroic Spirit whose foundation was not Western magic, he must have known that this was a Holy Grail War with no outcome.

They failed to fulfill each other's wishes and said goodbye with a smile in the fading starlight. "

Really? What a pity.

Qingji's voice was a little sad.

"Berserker fell in love with his Master, but was unable to stay by his side."

"Because she knows that the Master will have to participate in many Holy Grail Wars in the future. It would be better for the Master to be a companion of those great heroes rather than a weak Heroic Spirit like herself."

Rhode said with emotion: "Berserker gradually regained his rationality while getting along with him, and learned to give up instead of blindly pursuing to the end...

She might be able to manifest as the most rational class [Caster] now."

“That’s really amazing.”

"Really? I think so too. Berserker is indeed an amazing girl."

Qing Ji shook her head: "I'm talking about the Master."

Rhode said, "He was just using Berserker. He lied to gain her trust. He just used her as a tool to achieve his goal."

Kiyohime said, "There is no such thing. The Master did not deceive Berserker, and Berserker did not feel that he was being treated as a tool by him, so there was no lie. Isn't that good enough?"

Qingji had put on a set of clothes a long time ago, and she sat upright in the middle of the room.

Rod came and sat down in front of her.

"Ms. Kiyohime."

"Lord Anzhen?"

"You shouldn't be dragged into the Holy Grail War. Leave everything else to me. I will persuade Caster to change his mind."

Rhode extended his hand to her: "So, give me your Command Seal."

Chapter 748 Little Rod: Let's have some flame kiss

"...Lord Anzhen, you want my Qian Command Spell?"

"Yes."

Rhode nodded and said, “As long as the Command Spell remains on you, you will not be able to escape from ‘her’ clutches.

She is serious, seriously intending to kill you and negate your existence causally."

"Caster... does she hate me to this extent..."

Rhode continued, "Excuse me, in the field of 'tracking', your Heroic Spirit is probably hard to beat even in the entire Heroic Spirits."

She is the embodiment of obsession and a fantasy of action.

Once she sets her sights on a target, she will never give up even if she tracks him to the ends of the earth.

Rhodes said: "I'm sorry, Miss Qingji, I can't intervene in the dispute between you and "her".

That person is also important and special to me. I am the one who made her what she is today.

But I can't just watch you get killed by her."

"........."

Qingji's heart started beating wildly.

What the boy said was "I can't let you be killed by her" instead of "I can't let her become a murderer" or "I can't let her kill herself".

Although it sounds like a trivial difference in words, this tiny bit of care already made Qingji ecstatic.

"If you want to survive, you have no choice but to give up your identity as a Tianlan warrior.

As long as you are willing to give up making a wish to the Holy Grail, I think that person will at least give you a chance to live."

"………………Um."

Qingji lowered her long eyelashes, stared at the tatami, still without saying a word.

Seeing the girl's hesitation, Rhodes took the initiative to hold her hand.

"Ms. Qingji, what are you hesitating about?"

"I……"

Qingji bit her lip and said quietly.

"Does my existence seem so intolerable to her?"

"do not know."

Rod answered honestly, “But I only know that she hated her past self [Kiyohime].

The reason why that person responded to the call of the Holy Grail was probably to destroy you [Kiyohime].

Rhodes did not tell the whole truth he knew.

The moment he saw Qingji in her previous life, he immediately understood everything.

He realized that the Servant Kiyohime [Berserker], with whom he had signed a contract, did not lie to him, and the man she met in her lifetime was Rod himself.

If there had been no Tianlan Holy Grail War, Rhodes might have met Qingji in another way in the future.

During one of his trips, Rod met Qingji when he stayed at someone's house at night.

Just like this encounter, Rhodes reported the name that Qing Ji [Berserker] called him [An Zhen].

During the stay, Anzhen naturally fell hopelessly and madly in love with Qingji.

Perhaps he felt that this was unfair to the heroic spirit Qingji.

Qingji visited Anzhen's room late at night to confess her love, but was ruthlessly rejected by him.

Although An Zhen promised to meet her again in the future,

In the end, he still did not keep the agreement to meet and left.

Qingji was deeply desperate when she found out that she had been betrayed. She lamented, she was angry, she turned into a dragon and chased after Anzhen.

Of course, Rhodes would never hurt Qingji in return, so he hid in the big bell of the temple as in "The Legend of Qingji" and pretended to be burned to death by her red lotus fire.

This was the life of Berserker, whom Rhodes obtained through affinity summoning during a certain subspecies Holy Grail War.

In other words, Rhodes did not decide to convene the Tianlan Holy Grail War in the future.

If you think about it, the Heroic Spirit Qing Ji insisted that Rhodes was "Lord Anzhen" after seeing him.

Rhodes was still very puzzled at that time.

After all, in FGO, Qingjime only thinks that the master is the reincarnation of Anjin, not the real person in the full sense.

Berserker Qing Ji once told Rhodes this story, but Rhodes didn't take it seriously at the time and just regarded it as a girl's vanity.

Now he finally understood that Kiyohime [Berserker] had not deceived him. After all, she was a Heroic Spirit who would never lie.

The Anjin that Kiyohime [Berserker] met during her lifetime was Rod himself who came to the Heian period.

Later, the heroic spirit Qingji grew up fighting side by side with Rhodes.

She also realized her mistakes and reflected deeply on them.

Then, in order to avoid the life she hated, Kiyohime [Berserker] reversed her own spiritual base and became Kiyohime [Caster] and came to the Heian period when she lived.

The girl vowed to deny her past self.

She doesn't want to be disliked by Anzhen and doesn't want to cause trouble for Anzhen. In order to achieve this goal, Qingji is willing to do anything.

Even if it means erasing my own existence from the perspective of cause and effect, and causing Qingji to be eliminated from the Throne of Heroes... I will have no regrets.

Even after graduating from Anti-Heroic Spirit, his stubborn personality has not changed.

Rhodes sighed softly.

"..."

On the other side, the human girl Qingji frowned slightly and remained silent.

Rhodes said seriously, "If you are worried about your personal safety after losing the Command Spell, you can rest assured that I will take responsibility to protect you.

I promise you that I will never let anyone hurt you."

"Lord An Zhen..."

Hearing what the boy said, Qingji's fair cheeks flushed.

It was as if a hot spring was flowing into my chest, and my whole body felt so comfortable that I couldn't help but collapse.

This is also a new experience that love brings her.

Then, what Anzhen-sama said must be true.

That is no lie.

As long as I hand over the Command Seal to him, Lord Anzhen will keep his promise and always protect me.

Perhaps even my most wilful requests will be gently met.

For example, let me become his concubine and stay by Lord Anzhen's side for the rest of my life.

Just thinking about it, Qingji felt so happy that she almost fainted.

Uuuuuu…Oh, God of Love [Murasaki Shikibu-sensei], what should I do! ?

Seeing Qingji's relaxed expression, Rhode held her hand even tighter and said, "Okay, make up your mind. Qingji, give up your mission as a Tianlan warrior now..."

"No."

Qingji blurted out.

A light but firm voice interrupted the boy's persuasion.

"what?"

Rhodes was shocked.

Qingji put her hand on Rhodes's hand, stared at the boy's face and said:

"Lord Anzhen, I don't want to give up the Command Seal."

"why?"

"Because of this Command Spell, I was able to meet you... It was my identity as a Tianlan warrior that changed my fate, and I cannot give it up."

Rhodes smiled and said, "I won't disappear just because you lose the Command Seal."

Qing Ji shook her head and said resolutely: "I feel that if I escape here, I will regret it for the rest of my life.

More importantly, if I run away from myself, I will not be qualified to stay by your side."

Until now, Qingji has lived a carefree life.

Obeying parents' orders, enjoying a pampered life, and looking forward to wonderful love and encounters.

She is like this, blossoming and bearing fruit at this moment.

Now, the face of the young girl, who is only fourteen years old, shows the determination and awakening that comes from understanding and accepting her own fate.

"I won't run away."

Qingji said.

“I want to prove to that person [Kiyohime] that I am a girl who will not cause trouble to Anchin-sama.

I am your Qingji. Although my love is ten times heavier than others, my dedication is also a hundred times that of others.