Abnormal Moon

"Okay, let's get back to the topic."

Aozaki Touko paused, as if considering her words.

"So-called magic, to put it bluntly, is nothing more than taking what humans can do and achieving it in a way that is unknown to ordinary people. It is about paying the price for completing the work in another form. This price is magic power. For example, if a magician wants to build a building, he can do so by paying magic power. It may be completed in just a few minutes or even a few seconds. However, it would take humans several days or even years to complete the same task using technology. Magic is a completely different thing, so it is another matter."

"The essence of magic is the study of history. By researching, analyzing and utilizing the concepts that have been developed over thousands of years of human history, various techniques can be created."

"But at its core, magic is nothing more than a karmic obstacle created by humankind, one of the karmic obstacles that has been endlessly repeating itself on this planet for 46 billion years, no matter how thoroughly investigated—"

"Is magic a form of karma?"

Roy suddenly looked up, interrupting her explanation, and asked her an inquiring question.

Are you interested in this part?

Aozaki Touko smiled noncommittally and took out a pack of cigarettes from her pocket.

"That's right, magic is indeed a kind of karma, but it's just one of the karmas that have been created in the countless cycles of Earth over the years. From the perspective of the entire history of Earth, it's just an insignificant corner."

It turned out to be the case.

Roy lowered his head, looking thoughtful.

"What are you thinking?"

Aozaki Touko lit a cigarette, puffing out smoke as she asked him with great interest.

"Orange, do you remember the question I asked you before?"

"Which one?"

"What kind of creatures are humans?"

"Ah, that."

Aozaki Touko looked him up and down for a while, her expression gradually becoming serious.

"So, have you come to your answer yet?"

"I've thought about it for a long time, and although it's not fully developed yet, I do have an answer."

Roy nodded, his expression neither happy nor sad.

"I believe that humans are incomplete beings. Whether out of good or bad intentions, they will ultimately leave indelible sins in history. Even if we possess unreasonable powers like magic, the result is only to exacerbate the cycle of good and evil. Karmic obstacles can never be erased. Even if this cycle continues, we will never reach the ideal other shore."

"...an interesting conclusion."

Aozaki Touko's expression was somewhat complicated.

This conclusion reminded her of an old acquaintance.

A monk I hadn't seen in a long time.

It took that monk hundreds of years to reach such a painful conclusion, while this android boy reached the same end in just a few years under the heavy blows of reality.

"What are you trying to achieve by drawing this conclusion?"

Aozaki Touko tentatively asked Roy, a little worried that the child might go to extremes.

"Destroy humanity, this incomplete species, and then reset? Or research the sixth magic, experiment with methods to enter the source, and erase all evil from the world?"

"No, evil is an inherent flaw in human nature that can never be erased. Resetting humanity would be meaningless. Besides, I don't have an effective method. Those who talk about these things are just indulging in wishful thinking; they're not even armchair strategists."

Roy smirked, letting out a sarcastic remark.

"However, I do have an idea, a possibility that could work."

"Humans are indeed incomplete; there is no possibility of perfection in their very nature. Since that is the case, we can only use external forces to make up for it. However, the external force used to make up for it cannot be something like magic."

Roy looked up as he spoke.

A bright, golden moon hung in the sky. Most of the world is filled with clouds, but occasionally such a bright moon can appear.

Roy raised his hand and stretched it towards the distant moon in the sky, clenching his fist tightly as if he wanted to grasp the moon.

“Orange, I’ve thought of a name for these demonic eyes.”

"Huh? Didn't you say I was supposed to come and pick it up?"

Aozaki Touko looked a little annoyed.

Roy ignored her complaints and gave his own answer.

"Reverse moon."

"These demonic eyes are called—the Demonic Eyes of the Reverse Moon!"

Aozaki Touko thought for a long time.

I still don't understand the deeper meaning behind this name.

Roy stood in the front yard of the mansion, looking up at the unchanging moon in the sky, his eyes gradually sparkling with light, and that light grew brighter and brighter.

Yes.

The evil eye of the reverse moon.

The "moon" in "reverse moon" is not the same as the "moon" in "moon".

It is the Type-Moon moon.

Ultimately, all humans are the same.

No matter how many cycles pass, good and evil are deeply rooted in the human soul; these are things that have never changed.

Life itself is constant; they are both the creators of sin and the victims of karmic obstacles.

What truly annoyed him was the rules governing the operation of this boundless world!

What he wants to do is very clear.

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Chapter 110 Come out, Rider!

Yuanzang Mountain.

All the magicians and guards have evacuated from here, leaving only Roy and Rin Tohsaka behind.

At that moment, the dark clouds in the sky had somehow dispersed, revealing a bright, unchanging moon.

Incredibly, tonight's moon is remarkably similar to the moon I saw that night.

The air was thick with the smell of a curse, and my skin felt like it was being electrocuted, with a constant, intense stinging sensation emanating from it.

Roy remained calm, not taking this level of curse seriously.

Rin Tohsaka stubbornly held on, how could a magician admit defeat in the face of a curse of this magnitude!

The two climbed the dark steps and came to a flat, empty area.

This place appears to be the original site of Ryudong Temple, which was burned down by fire ten years ago and has remained in its current barren state ever since.

"They've finally arrived! I've been waiting impatiently!"

Gilgamesh stood before the two with his arms crossed, displaying his usual arrogance.

He seemed to have been waiting in this open space for a long time.

"Hero King."

Roy stepped forward and stood in front of Rin Tohsaka.

"Hmph, are you planning to take on me alone?"

Seeing this, Gilgamesh's smile grew even more delightful.

"I thought you were going to find a few other Servants to join forces, but no matter how many Servants you find, none of them will be a match for me. It doesn't matter to me. After the previous scan, you should have understood this meaning to the core."

"That's right. With an opponent as extraordinary as you, it's impossible to expect someone with equally extraordinary combat power."

Roy nodded sincerely and solemnly.

I couldn't agree more with what Gilgamesh said.

If it were the original Manxin King, a fully unharmed Archer might have a chance of winning against him, but this Gilgamesh is clearly not the original Manxin King from that timeline.

Although his words and actions remained arrogant as always, he was not undisciplined.

Deep down, he still possesses a strong sense of seriousness.

As evidence, opening thousands of Babylonian gates at once, as before, would be utterly unimaginable in a normal Holy Grail War.

Where is Kirei Kotomine?

Roy asked in a deep voice.

"Is he being used as the detonator for the Greater Grail this time as well?"

"Oh, it seems you know quite a lot!"

Gilgamesh narrowed his eyes, revealing a half-smile.

"Just like you, I know much more than you can imagine!"