Crossover Anime: Starting with a Simulated Online Game with the King

"Why do I suddenly have a bad feeling?" Kiritsugu Emiya felt that something was wrong with the current situation.

[Day 3: Your father suddenly comes to your room and asks if you went to his lab last night. You shake your head and deny it. Your father frowns, then turns and leaves, simply reminding you not to go out today.]

You disobeyed your father and went to find Xia Lei as usual. However, you found empty bottles of the potion your father was researching in Xia Lei's room! A sense of foreboding washed over you! Immediately, you ran outside and found Xia Lei in the yard, her face pale, tearing at her own body. Her eyes were glazed over. She told you that she had stolen your father's medicine to complete her research and injected it into her own body, turning her into a ghoul. She threw a knife in front of you, demanding you kill her!

"Do not!!!"

Instantly, Kiritsugu Emiya opened his eyes. He pulled Xia Lei close and looked at her anxiously, saying...

"Xia Lei, promise me! Don't steal Father's medicine! And don't use yourself for experiments! Understand?"

"Huh?" Hearing Kiritsugu Emiya's words, Xia Lei was stunned for a moment. Her eyes darted away, and after a long while, she weakly said, "Kelly, what are you talking about? How could I steal the teacher's medicine..."

Seeing Xia Lei's evasive gaze, Kiritsugu Emiya knew exactly what she was thinking! So he spoke with utmost seriousness.

"Father's research only works on plants; if people take it, they'll turn into ghouls! So promise me! Don't do anything stupid!! If you really don't believe me... we'll steal some in a bit and inject it into the rabbits so you can see, okay?"

Hearing Kiritsugu Emiya's earnest words, Xia Lei nodded silently.

"Okay... I understand. Don't worry, I won't do anything stupid."

Hearing Xia Lei say this, Emiya Kiritsugu nodded in relief. He continued reading.

[You see the knife in your hand and realize you can't bring yourself to kill Xia Lei. Just as you're about to throw it down and run away, a figure appears in your yard. He snaps his fingers, and the ghoul Xia Lei in front of you turns into a flower and disappears into the sky. Then, an unconscious Xia Lei appears in front of you.]

Only then did you learn that the man's name was Lin Ye, and that he had saved Xia Lei beforehand. As a result, you and the awakened Xia Lei were extremely grateful to him.

On the third night: You and Xia Lei returned home and told Emiya Norihito about the medicine creating ghouls. You asked Emiya Norihito to destroy the medicine, but he refused, and his eyes were filled with disappointment as he looked at Xia Lei.

Upon seeing this, Kiritsugu Emiya breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's wonderful! Lin Ye is truly my benefactor. I must repay him properly in the future. But why is Father so disappointed in Xia Lei? Could it be..."

Kiritsugu Emiya suddenly had a bad feeling.

Could it be that his father deliberately let Xia Lei steal those medicines?

Chapter 41 Shirou Emiya and Kiritsugu Emiya

Chapter 41 A Strange Mother-Daughter Relationship

This made Kiritsugu Emiya suspicious. Who was his father? A renowned elite magician. And Shaley was just a novice magician. How could she possibly steal such an important potion from her father?

Why wouldn't Father place a magical restriction on such an important potion?

With this question in mind, Kiritsugu Emiya watched nervously.

[Day 4: At night, you get up to go and persuade your father again, but as soon as you open the door, you see a group of people dressed as priests and another group dressed as magicians blocking your front door. Your father, Emiya Norikazu, has been captured by them. Looking at your face, Emiya Norikazu smiles at you and then commits suicide on the spot!]

You kneel on the ground, crying in despair. Seeing your grief, a woman in a tight-fitting outfit decides to adopt you. With nowhere else to go, you agree to her request. You also learn her name is Natalia.

Day 5: You've packed your things and go looking for Xia Lei, but you don't find her. She only left you a letter saying she didn't want to disturb your journey to becoming an excellent magician and that you should come back to her after you've become one.

Day 10: After Natalia's intervention, you inherited your father's magic crest. However, because the content of his forbidden research was confiscated by the Mage's Association, you only inherited half of it.

Year 1: You learn magic while also learning about firearms from Natalia.

Year Two: You developed "Inherent Time Control" and became proficient in firearms.

Year Three: You developed the Origin Missile. You and Natalia continued to carry out missions. Because most of the people you killed were magicians, you earned the title of Magician Killer.

Year Four: You and Natalia are on a mission to hunt down "The Demon Bee Messenger," Ode Polzak! Your foster mother, Natalia, boarded this plane and killed Ode Polzak, but his zombie drug infected all the passengers on the plane except Natalia. You are below the plane, and you currently have an RPG rocket in your hand. What do you choose?

[Option 1: Cannot fire, Natalia is your foster mother!]

Option 2: It must be launched. A single plane crashing will trigger a zombie virus outbreak and a biohazard crisis!

"This this……"

Kiritsugu Emiya stared blankly at the scene. Why? Why was he being asked to choose such a difficult question?

On one side is Natalia, who is both my teacher and my mother, and on the other side are the innocent masses. Why should I have to choose between these two situations?

Emiya Kiritsugu was still Emiya Kiritsugu. He recalled the simulation where he couldn't bring himself to kill Shaley and almost triggered a biohazard. This was the second time the same thing had happened to him. He couldn't make the same mistake twice!

"I choose... one... no! I choose two!"

[Selection complete.]

[You pressed the launch button! Boom! The missile was launched towards the aircraft.]

Fuyuki City during the Fate/Zero era

Seeing Kiritsugu Emiya's choice, Lin Ye felt helpless. He originally thought that by changing Xia Lei's fate, Kiritsugu Emiya would not ultimately walk this path, but he never expected that Kiritsugu Emiya would still make such a choice in the end.

Moreover, Lin Ye cannot be said to be wrong, since his choice did save many people in a practical sense.

Of course, some people will definitely use the "choose one of two" argument with Kurohime to refute Kiritsugu Emiya's point of view, but anyone who has studied sophistry knows that Kurohime used a typical sophistry argument at that time, using uncertain things to refute the other party's point of view across levels, a typical sophistry of information asymmetry.

The trolley problem would actually be a more appropriate term here, though not quite, since the solutions to the trolley problem are mostly legal in nature, and magicians in the Type-Moon world are law enforcers, albeit those who enforce their own laws.

The missile destroyed the plane, and all the ghouls were also destroyed. Watching the plane disappear into the sea, the light in your eyes went out.

Your teacher, your mother, your only family member—you killed them all with your own hands.

"Ah!! Bastard! I'm such a bastard! How could I do this! How could I do this!"

Tears welled up in Kiritsugu Emiya's eyes. Was this the partner of justice?

He raised the missile, and the sky was filled with circling seagulls. The sky was as bright as if it had been washed clean. How could he not be in pain when he was greeted by the death of his loved ones amidst such a beautiful scene?

"If being a champion of justice causes you this much pain, why not live for yourself for once?"

Just as Kiritsugu Emiya continued to suffer, Lin Ye appeared behind him, and in his arms was none other than Natalia!

"what!"

You excitedly went to greet Natalia, but as she saw you rushing towards her, Natalia first slapped you hard, and then hugged you tightly.

End of the fourth year: Natalia tells you she has nothing more to teach you, so she lets you graduate.

Emiya Kiritsugu: "It's revenge! It's definitely revenge! This shows they don't trust me anymore!"

Kiritsugu Emiya couldn't help but complain, but thinking about it, it made sense. After all, who would want to keep someone who could kill them at any moment by their side?

"Fine, I'll just leave then. I'll be 19 by then, it's time for me to leave."

[In the early part of the fifth year: You rescued a woman named Hisa Mima on a battlefield. Seeing that she had nowhere to go, you decided to take her in as your assistant.]

End of Year 5: You are 20 years old. At this moment, you receive a letter from the Einzbern family, informing you that they have decided to recruit you as their son-in-law, and that you will represent the Einzbern family in the Holy Grail War. Meanwhile, Shaley sends you a letter saying she has been waiting for you. You choose:

[Option 1: Agree to the Einzbern family's request, and the Holy Grail can save the world!]

Option 2: Go back to Xia Lei. Why not live for yourself for once?

"Huh? What's there to be conflicted about?"

Emiya Kiritsugu glanced at Xia Lei, who was still driving beside him, and then decisively chose option two!

Who would like a woman they've never even met?

[Year Six: You return to Alimungo and meet Xia Lei, who has indeed been waiting for you.]

Year 7: You and Xia Lei got married, and you had a son. You named him:

Emiya Shirou! ]

Lin Ye...

what!

Shirou Emiya has become a biological son! Oh well, it doesn't really matter anyway, since Shirou Emiya and Kiritsugu Emiya's relationship was already closer than that of biological brothers.

Fun fact: During the Fourth Holy Grail War, Illya was eight years old, Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka were seven years old, and Sakura was only six years old.

and many more?

If you calculate it that way, Irisviel is only one year older than Ilya!

What a strange mother-daughter relationship!

Chapter 42 Emiya Kiritsugu Simulation Ends

[Year 8: Going on a mission, returning home, raising children.]

Year 9: Going on a mission, returning home, raising children.

.........

Fifteenth year: On your way home from a mission, you hear about a gas leak in Fuyuki City that caused a major fire. You smile and choose to leave.

……

Year 24: Now middle-aged, you see Shirou Emiya becoming increasingly outstanding and decide to pass on your Magic Crest to him before retiring.

Year 25: Your son went to participate in a Holy Grail War. Although you wanted to stop him, you could only sigh as you watched Shirou Emiya, who was determined to become a champion of justice.

Year 26: Emiya Shirou returns and tells you the truth about the Holy Grail War. You sigh with relief that you didn't participate back then.

In the thirty-first year: You receive news that your son died in a fire while saving people, and his body was never found. You are devastated.

……

In the fifty-seventh year: Your wife passed away, and you sweep her and your son's graves every day.