My youth story, a crossover anime, turns out, is FGO!

Isn’t there a saying?

The fact that this scoundrel wasn't beaten to death only proves that he's an exceptionally awesome scoundrel.

Merlin definitely falls into this category.

The erudite and elegant court magician, the prophet who guides the king, the teacher who educates the most famous king... In short, you can throw all these preconceived notions to the back of your mind after meeting Merlin.

Just like Taigong Wang's assessment: You can't be some kind of extremely evil person, can you?

Therefore, Merlin must die!

This is how Takanashi Touka feels after spending some time with Merlin.

"Merlin—" Ever since Merlin arrived, Takanashi Touka has been chasing after him with a spoon, which has become a regular occurrence.

"Haha, Shihua is so full of energy!"

Merlin laughed as he dodged Toka's spoon-tapping, but at least he had some shame and didn't use illusion magic to deceive Toka.

"Truly, what a warrior, Mr. Merlin." Yuta Togashi's lips twitched. His inner thoughts were: Merlin is such a scumbag, he did it on purpose, didn't he?

If Merlin knew what Yuta Togashi really thought, he would cry foul, saying that Yuta was just an ordinary flower magician who helped others realize their dreams.

"Damn it! Holy Healer, you won't allow me to harm my personal magician!"

What really upset Toka was that Rikka was going to cause trouble.

This silly little sister has absolutely no idea why her older sister is angry!

“Master is right!” Sanae Dekomori chimed in, “Let’s defeat the Great Demon King together, Death!”

"Blast it! Reality!"

"Explode, spirit!"

"Exile this world!"

Then came the fight scene with amazing special effects, while the strange man Merlin, who had started the fight, sat leisurely on the sidelines clapping and saying things like, "Wow, that move is amazing!" and "Master is awesome!"—a series of things that made Tokachi's spirits flare up.

As a servant who considers himself considerate and friendly, Merlin would occasionally use a little magic to help Rikka, who was excitedly jumping into the air and about to fall, land smoothly, and to help Sanae Dekomori, who was about to crash into the wall due to excessive force, to steady herself.

No matter who looks at me, I'm a qualified servant.

This is Merlin's own account.

"He really is a scumbag." Nissouya Morinaka squinted at the grinning Merlin. "He had a lot of fun."

"Mr. Merlin, well, that's really not very kind." Even an honest man like Yuta Togashi couldn't stand it anymore.

After only a short time together, the group of non-juvenile individuals had already reached a consensus on Merlin: he was a complete scumbag!

"But Rikka seems quite happy." Seeing Rikka Takanashi's radiant smile and her eyes practically sparkling, Yuuta Togashi chuckled softly. "So, it seems the result was pretty good?"

However, Shihua was very unhappy.

"This is a pretty good result!"

Takanashi Touka slammed her teacup down on the table, causing the tea inside to slosh around and almost spill.

"At this rate, when will Rikka ever mature?" Toka squeezed hard, making the teacup crack.

She lowered her head, her black hair falling down, revealing a rare vulnerability in her expression.

"It's been three years."

The voice of Tokachi Kotori is deep and resonant, like a thick fog pressing down from the sky.

"When my father passed away, Rikka was still very young, so I specifically told him not to tell Rikka."

"So for Rikka, her father's death was very sudden, and she may have been unable to accept reality because of it."

Takanashi Touka suddenly pressed down on the table, burying her head against the surface.

"Toka-nee?" Yuta Togashi panicked and tried to stop Toka. "What are you doing?"

"please."

Toka was going all out for her sister.

"Just talk to her and make her normal again. If you're the one saying it, she'll definitely listen!"

Yuta Togashi took a deep breath and looked at Toka seriously: "Rikka is perfectly normal."

"That outfit was like armor to her, something that could protect her. I don't know what it was, but it must have been something very important to her."

"Neither the Boundary Line nor the Evil King's True Eye exists!" Toka clenched her fists. "No matter how hard we search, we won't find Dad!"

“This…” Togashi Yuta was speechless.

"What good will it do to confirm what she says? Everything she wants is impossible for her to achieve."

"Your insistence on affirming her is... incredibly irresponsible."

Yuta Togashi left, his heart heavy with unfinished business.

"In the end, it still turned out like this."

Takanashi Touka leaned back on the sofa, pressing her arm against her forehead: "But if no one takes the blame, are we just going to leave Rikka like this?"

“Immersing oneself in dreams is not a bad thing.” The white figure, carrying the fragrance of flowers, sat down opposite Shihua. “After all, it is because of dreams that humans are human.”

Without dreams, poor nightmares would starve to death! That's absolutely unacceptable.

"Stop talking nonsense!" Shihua coldly looked at the white-haired magician in front of her. He was so handsome that he was beyond human limits, with a dreamlike quality like that of a fairy tale, and even flowers were always blooming at his feet.

"I was talking about you too. You've been blindly going along with Rikka's ideas, letting her sink deeper and deeper into this mess. That's incredibly irresponsible of you."

Takanashi Touka scratched at the table with her fingernails: "I thought that as a famous sage, you could guide her correctly... I was wrong."

Merlin lowered his eyes slightly, perhaps thinking of a certain troublesome student, but the faint smile on his lips remained unchanged.

“You’re such a responsible older sister, Toka.” Morgan hated Artoria to the core.

"As humans, such feelings are quite precious, aren't they?" Merlin would occasionally reveal his unusual nature, after all, he was only imitating emotions and couldn't truly experience them.

"If you want her to return to normal, it's actually very simple."

Merlin spoke with his usual light and airy tone, all smiles.

"Let her illusions shatter like bubbles, forcing her to wake up from her dream."

"That kind of pain and sorrow will bring her back to reality."

Merlin slowly made his suggestion, not at all feeling that he had done anything wrong.

"So?" Toka heard herself grinding her teeth.

"She got better!" Merlin tilted his head in confusion, then made a happy expression.

Isn't this what Shika wanted to see? He made a calm judgment.

"Snapped--"

Shihua slapped Merlin.

"Ouch! Tohka, you're in the top three for hitting me with the most force!" Merlin complained, seemingly having plenty of experience being hit.

"Heh heh, go to hell, Merlin." Toka laughed in fury.

"Although I often receive these curses, Merlin is clearly the best and most understanding older brother." Merlin rubbed his face, a little annoyed.

"You brought this curse on yourself!" Tohka really wanted to shake the water out of the brain of this hybrid nightmare in front of her. "Have you ever thought about what would happen to Rikka if you did this?!"

Toka wants Rokka to become normal, but not in this way... even if she has to become this way in the end.

Merlin hesitated for a moment, trying to imagine: "...would he cry terribly?"

Then she was brutally beaten by her Master's older sister.

In the end, even Shihua was discouraged.

"I've discovered something: you're just a piece of trash."

This is how she described Merlin.

However, Merlin felt innocent. He tilted his head slightly, his woolly white curly hair falling down, making him appear naturally harmless.

"Actually, you understand, right, Toka?"

"In the end, it will inevitably turn into the way that hurts Rikka, no matter what. It's unavoidable."

"There is no such thing as having it all in this world."

The white-haired sage spoke slowly, saying that he had witnessed a thousand years of vicissitudes and too many tragedies.

"I know."

Toka looked up, her scarlet eyes meeting Merlin's directly: "But as her older sister, I will protect her."

That's it...

Merlin suddenly broke into a bright smile: "Alright, I'll leave it to the handsome and reliable famous magician, big brother Merlin!"

"It sounds completely unreliable."

Shihua made a comment, then took a deep breath.

"Anyway, please."