Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

Be our witness, O God, that you, the founder of the Church, and Novia, the one who leads all people in the world to spread the Gospel—

My life is dedicated to saving the world and humanity.

That dream world, where everyone admires goodness and is worthy of love, will surely be born!

Therefore, I, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, will surely enable humanity to completely grasp the Heaven's Cup and reach the sky of endless stars!

At this time, what Amakusa Shiro didn't know was that in the Black Faction, which was his enemy, there was a dragon-slaying hero who was famous throughout the world for his encounter with the Hun king Avia, a cavalryman who had trained with his own king and heard the Hun king's words in the ruins of the giant god, and a berserker known as the Frankenstein monster.

......

"Does it concern me? Of course it does."

Novia nodded slightly.

He was sitting on a floating wooden chair.

However, the man's location was somewhat unusual; it was in the center of a vast, perfectly spherical room dyed the color of the night sky, while opposite Novia was Kishua, the controller of the Second Law, known as the Marshal of the Magic Path.

Not long after meeting Hibino Hibiki and Marie Muller, Novia returned to Romania with Draco and Kichijoin, intending to wait for Goetia's Human Reason Burning, but also to find an opportunity to work as a staff member at Chaldea in Antarctica...

Unexpectedly, just a few days after returning to Romania, he was visited by the Gemstone Elder and taken to the space he had created for himself.

Upon hearing Novia's reply, the Grand Marshal of the Demonic Path leaned back in his chair and let out a sigh.

"You're still the same as always."

"Hmm? Do you think I'm strange to you, Kishua?"

"No, I mean you are like an elder, just like me or as humans imagine."

In the eyes of the Grand Marshal of the Demonic Path, he was among the most diligent of the world's "strongest" people, but he was still far inferior to Novia. Moreover, he found it easy to strike up a conversation with Novia, probably because of Novia's approachable nature that she could be friendly to everyone.

"Your words make me feel rather embarrassed."

Novia said this with a hint of helplessness, then got up from his chair and walked towards the only door in the room constructed by the Second Law. He had heard the Magic Marshal say that once he stepped out, he would be in a world 'related to him'.

"I wish you have a nice trip."

The moment Novia stepped through the door, she heard the Jewel Elder's words, and then a flash of light appeared—

The silver-haired man appeared instantly in the bustling city streets. Looking at the somewhat familiar scenery before her, Novia quickly realized that this was Shinjuku, Tokyo, which she had just left not long ago.

After all, Novia brought Draco and Kichijoin to Tokyo not only to see Hibiki and Mary, but also to spend a few days there, so she quickly recognized the scene in front of her that was exactly the same as Shinjuku.

However, Novia didn't think that the Jewel King would try to fool her, but Shinjuku?

The Humanistic Burning didn't happen, so it couldn't have been caused by the escaped Demon Pillars in Shinjuku...

Could it be a fragment of Azure Silver?

Just as Novia was pondering this, he saw a woman with green hair, dressed rather flamboyantly.

"She...was given a hint?"

........

After Novia left, a celestial sphere appeared around the Jewel Elder, and at the same time, the celestial sphere flipped rapidly, like the pages of a book the old man was reading, at an unprecedented speed.

A human face is reflected on the page, along with information about that person.

Sometimes he is male, sometimes he is female.

Sometimes he is an old man, sometimes a child.

Sometimes he's a magician, sometimes a priest.

As various factors such as race, gender, age, physique, clothing, personality, and occupation constantly change, the book turns its pages with astonishing speed.

Finally, we arrived at the page where the red gem wand and the blue gem wand appeared.

"Ah, rubies and sapphires? Have they gone to find new owners?"

Shortly afterward, the sound of the pages turning gradually subsided, and a young girl was reflected in the image.

"Hmm... Greek? Hmm, let me see, because of Pandora's... Box?"

The Demonic Marshal stroked his chin and laughed, a laugh that twisted his lips into a smile.

"Let's talk about this next time."

261: The End of the Hell Without Dignity (6k)

Shinjuku Ward in Tokyo is packed with people, perhaps because it's Shinjuku, or perhaps because it's midday. Even on a perfectly normal weekday, the area is full of people.

To Novia, who had just arrived in this world, the crowds in Shinjuku were not much different from those she had seen before. Most of them were men and women in their early twenties. In fact, there were quite a few people here, or men of similar age to her.

Novia blended calmly into the crowd, appearing completely at ease amidst the vast throng.

After all, he was following the woman who had been given a 'hint,' and thus he used magic to conceal his presence.

Nevertheless, that was aimed at magicians, not ordinary people. As a result, passersby noticed Novia and their eyes were unconsciously drawn to him. If he hadn't acted somewhat 'urgently' and the passersby hadn't thought not to disturb him, many men and women would probably have surrounded him.

Then, in a corner of the bustling city, Novia watched as the green-haired woman entered a house and the blond man opened the door for her.

And the walls of that seemingly ordinary house emitted an extremely strong smell of blood.

At that moment, Novia understood her identity as a man and a woman.

Hyoma Sagara, the former Master of Jack the Ripper, the Black Assassin in Fate/Apocrypha, and a member of the Yggdrasil family.

Hyoma Sagara is a magician who uses a combination of Japanese and Western magic to ensure the safety of buildings or protect humans at the cost of human lives, thereby making a fortune. He borrowed the techniques of the Kyogre family to fuse the two completely different family techniques into a unique style.

The reason he went to Tokyo instead of Romania to summon Servants was because, after numerous subspecies Holy Grail Wars, he had, to some extent, learned how to deal with the nineteen Hassans. Hyoma Sagara believed this situation was disadvantageous, so he deliberately gambled his fate on the modern-day Heroic Spirits.

Jack the Ripper.

In order to successfully summon this world-renowned assassin, Hyoma Sagara went to Shinjuku, Tokyo and 'hinted' at Reika Rokudou, a prostitute living in Shinjuku, Tokyo, to be the sacrifice for the summoning.

Having understood, Novia didn't hesitate much and walked towards the room. In his opinion, Sagara Hyoma, who had used so many lives to protect his residence, was already dead.

Under Novia's advance, even the magic circle that Sagara Hyoma had prepared for so long on the wall was completely useless. Although it did work, it was more like surrendering.

Perhaps neither normal people nor magicians can see it, but the essence of this magic trick is the 'light', which is different from the light of electric lights and flames, and is like the blue light of the sun.

Then, Novia appeared in the room, looking at the 'hint' that had been dispelled by the Six Directions Lingxia and the already summoned Jack the Ripper.

As for Sagara Hyoma, unsurprisingly, he was killed by Jack.

Jack, who was about to eat Sagara Hyoma's heart to replenish his magic power, looked at Novia and shouted with a smile;

"mom!"

......

Earlier, at the moment when Liu Daolingxia returned here.

"It's almost time, let's begin."

Sagara Hyoma looked at the bewildered Rokudou Reika and said indifferently.

Although he channeled magic into the magical circuits that covered his entire body, he actually had no murderous intent; he was simply trying to kill Rokudo Reika as if it were an assembly line operation.

Hyoma Sagara didn't care about this woman at all. He only used her as a catalyst for 'Jack the Ripper' because she happened to be a prostitute. After all, Jack the Ripper killed prostitutes, so there was a saying that he was born to be a prostitute's child.

"With silver and iron as the elements, stone and the covenant as the foundation, the color of dedication is 'black'."

The descending winds are blocked by walls, the four gates are tightly shut, and the three-way path leading to the kingdom, originating from the crown, continues in a perpetual loop.

The magician went straight to the altar set up inside the house, and his words echoed loudly.

"I declare that you have given yourself to me, and I will give my destiny to your sword."

If you wish to rely on the Holy Grail, if you wish to follow this will and reason, you should respond to my declaration.

The chanting and the magical energy flowing within the magic circuits combine to summon the heroic spirits existing in the 'seat' and speak to the supreme beings depicted in myths and legends.

"—I hereby swear that I am the one who brings about all goodness throughout the ages, and I am the one who spreads all evil throughout the ages."

For Sagara Hyoma, the incantation was nothing more than a meaningless jumble of words, and at the same time, a countdown to his death.

The woman, caught in the 'hint,' should not react in the slightest; she should simply offer her meaningless life to the magician in silence.

Meaningless, yes, meaningless, Liu Daolingxia ruminated on her memories in a daze.

My life is shrouded in mist, and I can't recall it clearly.

She thought to herself: This must be a life that isn't very important.

No, when I think about her, I have a strong feeling that I don't seem to have any experiences that I can call 'life'.

I couldn't realize this right away after I was born, and I just lived my life in a daze... After my parents passed away, even though I became extremely decadent, I still couldn't realize it. Later, in order to make a living, I became a prostitute and even abandoned my good piano skills.

If your heart is beating and you are conscious, does that mean you are 'alive'?

A woman is not truly alive; she may have a beating heart, move her legs, and speak politely, but that doesn't really mean she's alive.

To truly live is to embrace passion.

Whether it's studying diligently, working hard, loving someone, hurting others, or raising life, all of these are behaviors that fit the definition of being alive.

In other words, he was already 'dead', and the only thing still alive was this body called 'Rokudo Reika'.

I am just a woman who has long since died, a tragic figure.

The woman made a self-deprecating joke.

So, it's okay to die now, right?

Feeling the energy constantly draining from her body, Liu Daolingxia thought to herself.

Next, only death awaits me.

But──

I still can't give up.

I don't want to die.

I don't want to die yet.

Yes, even so, I still don't want to die like this—

"I...I really don't want to die..."

After living in a daze for a long time, Liu Daolingxia finally hoped to 'live' when she was about to die.

A powerful desire overcame the 'hint', and tears welled in Rokudou Reika's eyes as she murmured in an extremely weak voice. This voice could not possibly reach the ears of a magician, but it did reach the ears of the Servant who was about to appear.

"—You who are adorned with the seven heavens of the three great incantations, manifest yourself from the Wheel of Restraint, guardian of the scales!"

"I really don't want to die..."

In that instant, light appeared in mid-air above the three-square-meter room, outlining a simulated magic circle. It surged upwards rapidly, as if boiling, and clusters of blue light points coalesced and solidified.

However, what Rokudou Reika, who should have died as a sacrifice the moment the Servant appeared, saw was not darkness, but the man using magic having his jaw broken off by a silver-haired little girl.

Seemingly noticing Reika Rokudou's surprised gaze, Jack, who had already severed the magician's hand imbued with a Command Seal, held the severed hand and came to her, shouting joyfully—

"mom!"

As Jack shouted those words, the Command Seal in his hand was transferred to Reika Rokudou's hand. After confirming that the Command Seal had been transferred, the silver-haired girl threw a throwing knife that went straight into Sagara Hyoma's heart.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you for saving me..."

"Yes, saving Mom is what I should do, Jack."

Only then did Liu Daolingxia, who had finally recovered from her shock, hear clearly what Jack had called out: "Mom."

Mom... she's calling me Mom, she's my child... my child?

"Am I Jack's...mother...?"

"Mmm, Mom."

Although being rescued by a stranger and called "Mom" seems strange, it felt like a miracle to Liu Daolingxia.

Perhaps it was the abuse she suffered from her adoptive parents and her life as a prostitute that made her feel that this strange child was somewhat similar to herself, and therefore she wanted to protect her and was willing to be her mother.

"Um, Mom, Jack, I'm hungry."

"Oh... I understand. Wait a minute, I'll go reheat the hamburger patties."

Upon hearing this, Liu Daolingxia quickly cut the reheated hamburger patties into small pieces with a fork and fed them to Jack one by one.