Fujimaru Ritsuka, but the main god space

Chapter 328: Run with me
[Who can guarantee whether the myths they know now are original? ]

No, or rather——

One hundred percent not original.

Greek, Nordic, Celtic, Mayan, basically no matter where the mythology is, there are "contradictions". From the human perspective, this is because of the deviations and errors in cultural inheritance, but from the perspective of the "possibility set" of the sandbox, it is the result of "defeat".

It is because the [Original Gods] were defeated by the current mythology system that they were changed into their current form.

This final war is the continuation of the "World View War" in modern times.

for example.

If Ritsuka and the others' Type-Moon wins, the name 'Type-Moon' will spread all over the world. Maybe it will first enter the world through animation, movies, and novels, allowing people to observe it. Then it will become an urban legend, then a myth, then the real thing will be unearthed from ancient materials, and then——

It will become [real].

Type-Moon will gradually devour other worldviews.

Rather, how could Type-Moon, which has so many bizarre parallel worlds, not have swallowed up other worldviews?

Those strange little worlds are, in essence, the "feces" that are difficult to deal with after being assimilated into the world. They are just the "feces" that the Type-Moon world has not digested well and needs to be excreted from the body.

In fact, many worlds in the small garden have heard of the world of "Type-Moon". In their world, it is just an ACG IP. When a certain holy relic in a museum disappears secretly or an explosion occurs in a Japanese city, people will still laugh and joke that "it was the explosion in Fuyuki".
Little did they know that it was already a prelude to fusion.

However, as the brothers and sisters of the Blank Family are bound together with Type-Moon and form a community, small worlds like the Jujutsu World will be spared.

This is a case of 'Type-Moon' winning.

What if [Greek mythology] wins?
Then perhaps from that moment on, in all parallel worlds, the status of Greek mythology will begin to rise, and it may even become a modern state religion. In the end, [false] and [true] will be reversed, and they will return to the Age of Gods.

What if dystopia wins?
——Then the 'final test of humanity' will no longer be the 'cause of humanity's destruction', but will turn into the 'direction in which humanity should develop'. In other words, from that moment on, everyone in the universe will believe that the existence of human nature is ugly, and a closed world is the 'truth' that should be pursued.

According to Bao Shi Weng.

All of this stems from the fact that before Ritsuka and the others came to the Little Garden, about a hundred years ago, a man named Canary made a wish to a group of gods after completing the trial of the gods.

[I hope that the theme of the next Holy Grail War will be "The Final Trial of Humanity."]

No one knows her purpose.

No one even knows how the gods and that woman accomplished this "Holy Grail War"

But the reality is the [Holy Grail] that realizes everything - that is, the Star Grail that dominates the heavens and all worlds.

This is a war that determines the form of existence of the universe.

The largest Holy Grail War in history.

".Are we involved in this kind of thing?"

Scratching his head and unceremoniously placing his feet on the table, Gojo Satoru sounded melancholy.

Xia Yujie and Gao Xianzi gently pulled his left and right feet down.

Summer Oil: "It's indeed quite complicated."

Glass: "But to sum it up, it's impossible for humans to win the final trial, right?"

".Ah, just think of it that way for now."

It seemed that they noticed something strange about their blank expressions, and noticing this, Ritsuka planned to ask them about it separately later.

"Now the key is what to do next - just like what Glass said, if we want to prioritize the final trial of humanity, we have to face the evil god Balor and Typhon, the ancestor of all monsters."

"Both gods have already escaped the encirclement, and no one has succeeded in conquering them. So we can basically assume that the other party has completed the Servant Summoning."

At this point, Emiya raised his hand.

"Um, I've actually been wanting to ask this for a long time. When summoning servants, what exactly will be summoned for these beings?"

Yes, this is even more of a problem.

In a normal Holy Grail War, the Master summons the Servants who are the "shadows of human history" on the Throne of Heroes to play a chicken-eating game.

But now it’s a chicken game on a cosmic scale.

And the Master himself is at the planetary level.

Such a servant would naturally not be chosen from Valhalla.

"——I don't know, but just like Azidakaha summoned a closed world dystopia, at least it is an existence that can be strongly related through 'certain elements of itself'."

Kong Bai looked up and thought.

"If it's me and Shiro, we might summon Tetto, and if it's Hercules, we might summon our father [Zeus]?"

"But no matter what it is, it needs to be summoned, and speaking of summoning——Is it okay with you, please?"

In the second half of the sentence, Sora deliberately raised his voice to call out to Solomon, who had not spoken since a while ago.
Romani Achiman.

"Hey! Ahem, of course."

The Magic King, who had been staring blankly at Ritsuka's back, trembled all over when his name was called, and his orange hair began to shake wildly. He immediately agreed without hesitation.

"."

The strange atmosphere between Ritsuka and Roman was also noticed by others, but no one said much, except Gojo Satoru who muttered, "Why can't it be a female character? It would be nice if it was a female character."

"Well, let's stop here for the first day of operations."

He covered his mouth with his broad hands and laughed, then Bao Shi Weng stood up and spoke loudly.

"Let's eat first."
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"In this trial, the situation with our ally Queen Halloween is not optimistic."

"Yes, they have clearly exchanged intelligence, but they have encountered a one in seven chance of fighting Typhon. Even if it is the evil god Balor, the Son of Light has a chance to win with the [Power of Destiny]."

"Bad luck."

In the kitchen, several people who were cooking with knives started chatting.

Emiya, Hakuno, Shiki.

Why these three people——In fact, the cooking skills of the latter two are not good enough to work in the same kitchen with Emiya.

However, Ritsuka, who was good at cooking, had disappeared. Aika could also cook, but she was too small to cooperate with the two of them, so she went back to the restaurant with a smile on her face and waited for the meal to start.

Only Emiya was left sighing in his heart.

[Cuchulainn has really bad luck.]

"Oh, come to think of it, Ireland's salmon is very famous."

Then, Emiya looked at the salmon, carrots, and button mushrooms placed in front of him, and rolled up his sleeves—

"Well, how about I try to make it and send it over."
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While "Today's Meal at the Emiya Family" was playing in the kitchen, the protagonist of "FGO" chose to walk towards the top-floor balcony of the clock tower.

The evening breeze is cool, gently caressing the hair of those gazing at the night sky.

Ritsuka held a large bottle of transparent glass drink between the two fingers of his right hand, with the bottle swaying in the air, as he walked on the luxurious carpet of the clock tower without making any sound.

Even so, when he walked to the balcony, the man who had been waiting there was still frightened.

"doctor."

"Ah, you're here."

Lixiang walked into the balcony. It was a small balcony with European and American style, ivory-white railings with embossed patterns, and dim night lights, just like a bowl of hot ginger tea to warm the cool night.

And when the boy completed this action, Romani subconsciously wanted to move half a grid to the side - in the game, he couldn't help but press the down button and then release it.

But got caught.

Ritsuka grabbed Romani's shoulder, and the terrifying force gave the man the illusion that "if you use more force, my expensive magic king robe will definitely be torn to pieces", so he froze in place.

In fact, he knew this day would come.

Just like students on summer vacation, no matter how scared they are, they know that one day they will pack their suitcases and walk to the school gate, braving the 40-degree air and scorching sun, enduring the sticky sweat and itchy pores, and return to campus.

But before that day comes, everyone wants to escape to the end, right?
Romani has the same mentality.

Although he did a lot of "wrong things" and even though he saved the world in the end, Romani really didn't think of himself as a "great hero".

He owes many people and many things, but the ones he feels most sorry for are probably Mashu and Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Mashu is his "daughter", and it is his fault that he failed to witness her growth.

As for Ritsuka, Romani did not treat him as his own son, because to be honest - he was not as mature and capable as him.

At first, it was the guilt of involving ordinary people in such a crisis, and then it became the love and admiration of the elders for the younger generation. After all, he completed it really well.

Much stronger than myself.

Romani really wanted to say something very emotional. He felt that this was the OVA after the thirteenth episode of the anime. As the character who won the resurrection match and had a happy ending with the protagonist, he should either show up on the carriage transporting straw and chuckle, or simply not appear at all. If he appeared, he would really make the audience cry, right?

I always feel that it wouldn't be so awkward if both of us started crying.

Well, I will hug Ritsuka and cry and apologize in a moment, and that will be ok! All ok! A world line where everyone is happy is born!

"Fujimaru! I—"

"doctor."

Before he could put his words into practice, the boy spoke first, forcing Romani to shut his mouth.

Roman: “What?”

“How old do I look now?”

?

It was a strange question, but Romani answered it subconsciously.

"Eh? You're a bit stronger than I was back then, but you're eighteen?"

"I'm already twenty-one."

“You must be kidding!?!!”

I don’t know why, but people over 20 feel like old people. But in Romani’s eyes, Ritsuka is just a 17-year-old high school boy.

Although he could actually see Ritsuka's journeys, he really didn't care about his age.

Is that so, Fujimaru? You are twenty-one years old now.
Only now do I realize that it is real.

"Yeah, so, I'm old enough to drink. But I didn't drink much in Chaldea—"

Of course, Japanese law states that people are allowed to drink alcohol at the age of 20, and Ritsuka has already retired at the age of 20 (main world time).

So, he really didn't drink much.

so.
The night is very quiet, with lights facing the sky.

Master, stretch out your arm and hand over the glass bottle.

"Have a drink with me."

The huge Milky Way flows across the deep and vast night sky, turning into a majestic waterfall pouring down, dotted with stars. At the edge of the horizon, the light and the night collide and burn, like the splashing water of a waterfall.

Although he had a thousand words to say, Romani couldn't help but slow down his voice as he looked at the boy's outstretched hand and answered.

".Ah good."
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The celestial body passed to the other side of the field of vision, leaving behind a long tail that illuminated the sky.

Ritsuka and the doctor were clinking drinks on the balcony of the [Clock Tower] and chatting casually.

It was mainly the doctor who was talking and Ritsuka who was listening.

The topics of conversation were all about what happened after the doctor left Type-Moon.

Giving up everything including his life, his body and soul no longer existed, [Romani Achiman] and [Solomon] left the Type-Moon universe together, and finally returned to the "Little Garden" with his consciousness through the "retroactive principle".

In a sense, the sandbox is indeed the concept of the 'afterlife'.

The doctor began to slowly tell about his experiences in various copies of the sandbox.

In "Black Bullet", he fights and works hard for the personal dignity of a group of little girls.

In "Akame ga Kill", in order to overthrow the brutal empire, a relatively honest successor is chosen.

In Berserk, some androgynous bastard was beaten up.

In short, he tried very hard.

Perhaps the man who carries Solomon on his back will be busy wherever he goes.

But honestly, Romani didn't feel bad.

Just like when he was in Chaldea, he didn't feel it was painful to live a new life only to work overtime - Romani believed that working hard for a goal and trying to survive is also a kind of "mortal romance".

I have no dreams.

So, let me help other people's dreams.

With this thought in mind and rejecting his hypocritical self, Romani has been walking on the path of "I won't be embarrassed even if I meet Mashu Ritsuka, Chaldea, and Goetia again."

Perhaps because of his special luck, Romani was always assigned to a strange and cruel world. The more he spoke, the more excited he became, completely immersed in the memories of the past. Li Xiang drank the 96-degree water of life as if it were Nongfu Spring, while listening quietly and only asking questions occasionally.

However, this scene is really familiar.

only.
“It used to be the other way around.”

".Hmm? Ah, it seems so." The doctor was surprised at first, but then he quickly understood what Ritsuka meant.

indeed.

Ritsuka, who used to come back from missions, complained to Romani while feeling exhausted.

In fact, whether it was the singularity period, the short window period, or the subsequent Lostbelt, Ritsuka never confided his inner thoughts to anyone again.

This kind of thing is usually done with elders.

But Da Vinci was really unreasonable, and she left.

Guys like Merlin are not even within the scope of discussion.

Although Ritsuka has his own parents, after all, they are not mysterious, so it is impossible for them to understand Ritsuka's entanglement and pain, and they cannot empathize with him.

Ritsuka went through a long period of self-torture, and was even nearly swallowed by darkness on a certain Avengers stage.

But he got through it.

Although he was left with indelible wounds, he survived after all.

So he didn't make a scene when he saw Romani.

There is no confrontation.

No cynicism.

Unlike the various situations that Romani feared, the boy simply greeted him.

He has matured.

However, for Romani, looking at Ritsuka's 'obvious' wounds, eyes, way of thinking, and soul, and seeing those changes, Romani really couldn't help but feel bitter.

Obviously, he is the elder of Ritsuka and Mashu.

This wine for the coming-of-age ceremony should be accepted by myself.

This heart-to-heart talk at night should have been proposed by me earlier.

"I'm sorry, Fujimaru."

"Well, it's okay."

The two clinked glasses.

The boundless sea of ​​stars receded to the rear, like the curtain falling on a stage, the actors gradually left the stage, accompanied by flowing applause, the night and the moon were both covered with veils, against this background, what Romani saw was not the boy's beauty that was enough to be written into his 'inherent skills', but his calm and mature eyes.

Yes.

Ritsuka is now a mature Master.

I know it better than anyone else.

Let's put the past behind us.

Towards a future filled with love and hope————

"It's okay, we'll just have a fight later."

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(End of this chapter)