the living [comprehensive]

Over there in the bushes, the Guardians waited in agony for their wounds to heal, but the way they talked about the battle and the future had nothing to do with the pain.

On the side of the bushes, the boy who was trapped in the kiss was completely dumbfounded, but the heroic spirit in front of him didn't seem to care about the boy's embarrassment and the danger of being seen, and just continued to absorb magic power wholeheartedly.

This is... what a weird sight.

The tight hug and the increasingly violent deep kiss made the young man feel suffocated, and even the originally very clear thought that "this is just a magic replenishment ritual and has nothing to do with personal emotions" began to blur with the lack of oxygen in the brain.

However, even though his heart was filled with confusion, Shirou couldn't think about whether the Heroic Spirit's feelings towards him had changed, or whether he was still disgusted.His mind, which was confused due to lack of oxygen, could no longer think about anything else, so he could only use his remaining strength to grab onto the shoulders of the heroic spirit.

"Oh, I really overreacted." Heroic Spirit finally let go of the nearly fainting boy.As the instigator, Heroic Spirit's expression remained the same as before, and he mocked the boy limp in his arms as always: "Don't you know how to breathe? Or, you have no experience of kissing at all? That's really pathetic."

——Of course I have experience, and it is with you standing in front of me, who irritates me.

——But you were only there for the magic, and you have forgotten all about it now.

—and it is impossible for me to tell you this.

Shirou turned his head away, but the Heroic Spirit who didn't know the truth thought that the other party was just being shy.The eyes he stared at the young man gradually melted into a smile, and then turned indifferent when he heard the voice from the other side of the bush: "In the future, I will probably be by your side in a spirit form."

Shirou pursed his lips, "Yeah."

"If you want, you can follow them temporarily. The person you help, at least for now, can be trusted."

"Huh?" Shirou raised his head in surprise.

The Heroic Spirit in front of him still looked very calm, but the hand that was originally intertwined with his fingers to support him loosened and clenched into a fist, as if he didn't want to let the emotions in his heart overflow.

"Are you okay?" Shirou asked worriedly, and at the same time, a guess emerged.

That young guardian who is also wearing a fiery red shirt, full of fighting spirit and hope like a blazing sun, could it be Archer's former companion! ?

"I'm fine," Heroic Spirit replied quickly, "I just don't want to face you, an annoying brat anymore. You're so unfamiliar with simple replenishment, you're so stupid."

"Don't...don't change the subject for me! I have never experienced that kind of thing!" Shirou blushed a little, but still tried to bring the conversation back on track, "You know those people clearly, right? When you mention them, you Pause for a while, and, even the mood is wrong!"

Anxiety and anger rushed into Heroic Spirit's heart.Certain past events that he didn't want to mention again and the young man's questioning of the truth made him annoyed.However, in the face of the teenager's undisguised concern, he couldn't get angry.

It's... damn it.Ying Ling clicked his tongue angrily.

"Sure enough," Shirou blinked slyly without noticing any signs of danger, "Is it right?"

Although Archer seemed a little angry, only by asking this question could he get closer to the truth.Shirou thought happily.

However, Shirou didn't guess what happened next.

The heroic spirit exuding real anger suddenly lowered his head and bit the young man's lips hard.

——Archer!?

His lips ached sharply from the opponent's angry bite, Shirou's mind was in a state of confusion, and he could only try to push back the opponent, but he couldn't compete with the power of the heroic spirit at all.As if dissatisfied with Shirou's attempt to escape, Heroic Spirit suddenly tightened the arms around his waist, as if trying to melt him into his chest.

Fortunately, the Heroic Spirit lost control only for a moment.When the taste of blood seeped into each other's mouths, he let go of the boy's scarred lips: "Thank you for the blood, brat."

"..." Shirou, who was frightened to some extent by the Heroic Spirit, panted in shock, unable to respond to the other party's words that seemed to be explanations.

"Haven't you experienced it... It's really embarrassing." Throwing down the words that made the young man feel ashamed and angry, Ying Ling turned his body into a spirit body and disappeared.

The boy's words that he wanted to ask were stuck in his throat, and finally he spit them out slowly in a sullen breath.

Caressing the wound on his lip, Shirou blushed and whispered to himself: "This... bastard."

This guy is always like this, forcibly pretending that nothing happened, and disappearing after messing up his mood.Really, it's so irritating.

When thinking like this, Shirou was not angry, but just shrugged helplessly as he was used to.

——Speaking of which, although the magic power in blood is more effective than saliva, what did the opponent who bit his lip directly think?

On the other hand, the heroic spirit who disturbed Shirou's mood was not as calm as Shirou imagined.

The sweetness of the blood still remained in his mouth, reminding Ying Ling how he bit the young man's soft lips viciously just now.

Hey, out of control?Sure enough, that kid was a problem.

Having said that, the war is about to start again, and the boy's journey will only become more difficult.In order to prevent the young man from constantly getting into trouble in the future, he had to explore the road ahead.Thinking about it this way, it's not a big deal if I get a little bit of magic power from the other party.

The spiritualized Heroic Spirit leaped far ahead.The moment he stood up, he took a deep look at the young man from the Middle East who abducted Shirou here.

The young man has been scrubbed clean, revealing a face with wheat-colored skin and deep facial features.The handsome young man was just like in his memory, his eyes were calm and confident, and when he was fighting, his eyes would be ignited with raging fire.He is a smart and agile warrior, but he is unexpectedly simple, and he easily expresses kindness to strangers of unknown origin.

The face that had been blurred in memory became clear again, and Heroic Spirit recalled the day he died.

After the war, the companions launched a raid on themselves.At that time, I was bruised and bruised all over my body and kept moving forward, just to touch a ray of sunlight that had not been polluted by blood before I died.

The morning light gradually replaced the dark mist, and he walked across the sand covered with corpses, and was about to reach the top of the hill.However, even breathing is extremely difficult for me, and I am no longer able to move my heavy body.

When he fell forward, a strong hand grabbed his shoulder, causing his body to spin backwards.The other party's a little rough behavior did not make the dying self feel pain, and the self who realized who it was, felt relieved in an instant.

This person must understand himself.The act of killing is to uphold justice and save more people. Even though it is an extremely bitter ideal, the other party who holds the same ideal must understand it.

What came into my sight was the tearful face of the other party.

"I'm sorry, Emiya." Along with this sentence, there was the sound of a sharp knife piercing the human body.

The hand of the young man who had always trusted him unconditionally and fought side by side with him trembled in pain, but he pierced the long sword into his heart accurately.

Everything in the field of vision turned gray, and it became a complete extravagant hope to recognize the morning light I longed for in that bleak world.

As the guardian himself, time stopped at that moment forever.

***

The next morning, Shirou was surprised to hear that the team of Guardians was leaving a companion behind.

"A group of bandits with heavy weapons often haunt this place. We are here to eliminate them. Unfortunately, there is a large-scale exchange of fire nearby, so we have to rush over." The red-robed youth explained to Shirou, "As for him... I can no longer move forward, so I might as well stay and do my last bit.”

The man who offered to leave the team, although he had the exuberant life unique to a guardian, his body was rotten to the point of horror.He covered his festering body tightly, but he couldn't hide the corpse-like rot that wafted from under the cloth robe.

"In the past, we have always dealt with it in this way. As a guardian, of course you have to die in battle. You can't rot and die. Moreover, in terms of the vitality of a guardian, dying yourself is a long, painful and difficult process."

Relieved in this way, Shirou made an unexpected decision: "Then, I will stay with him in the final battle. After... everything is over, I will catch up with you."

For the stubborn Shirou, the guardians who were eager to leave had to compromise.Before leaving, the red-robed youth threw a fiery red robe to Shirou: "Put it on. In this way, even in the evening, we can use this color to find you."

Staring blankly at the fiery red shirt, Shirou had the illusion that he was walking on the path that Archer had walked.

After the others left, Shirou had a brief conversation with the dying Guardian.

"It was a complete accident that I became a guardian. Two years ago, my sister and I were affected by an explosion near here. I almost died, and she was also swept away by the blast. In order to keep my sister alive, I fought with the 'restraining force' that appeared. 'A deal was made." The man's handsome face was shattered by pus and scars, but he still smiled in relief, "Although I don't know what the guardian will look like after she dies, as long as she is still alive, it will be fine."

"That's right, it's really a simple wish."

"Do you have a problem, brat?"

"No! No matter what, that is a good wish, and as a guardian, you are also a great warrior."

So much for their conversation.The horse team running in the desert raised gray and yellow dust, and the thieves who intended to attack the nearby cities were about to meet them.Noticing a petite figure covered by a black robe, Shirou frowned slightly: "Among them...is there a woman?"

"It's probably someone's family member. She is always protected by a man." The man was careless, and his magic power condensed into a bow in his hand. "But this woman just kills people without blinking an eye. Try to kill them all."

Although the man's body was seized by pain, the fighting instinct was still there, and the movements of drawing the bow and arrow were not slow.He was obviously used to fighting and killing, and he didn't hesitate when he shot the arrow between the woman's eyebrows.

However, the two who were besieged were outnumbered after all.When the enemy rode away, the clothes of the young man who was not very proficient in magic were already soaked in blood, while the slow-footed man was hit in the chest by a heavy hammer; he fell to the ground, his chest cavity completely collapsed.

However, the other party, who was the guardian, was still breathing vigorously even though he was seriously injured.In a sense, how painful is this?

Just as Shirou was healing himself and thinking about how to help the other party relieve the pain, he heard the man tremblingly say: "Tear... take off that woman's veil."

"Eh?" Shirou felt that this request was inexplicable, but he still complied.When he came to the corpse of the woman whose eyes were wide open and the center of her eyebrows was pierced by arrows, he tore off the black veil that almost covered her entire head.

With just this one movement, the young man could no longer contain the shock and trembling of his fingers.

The vicious and vicious man in front of him had a youthful face that was extremely beautiful and yet heroic.

If the man's face is not rotten, it is probably eight or nine percent like a young woman.

"She is..." The man's lips squirmed, but he lost the strength to speak, "My sister."

What does that mean?Shirou thought, and involuntarily covered his lips.

——Two years ago, amidst the flames of war, the man cared about his beloved sister, but without any greed, he only hoped that the other party would live.

——The man's wish came true, and her sister was rescued by thieves; because of kindness or love, she joined the team of burning, killing and looting.

——Two years later, the man who became the guardian killed his own sister for justice.

"At that time... I just wanted her to live." The powerless man suddenly yelled, "As long as my sister can live... what's wrong with that! As long as she lives, I'm satisfied! "

The man's hysteria quickly turned into sobs of despair.

"It would be great if I could say 'I hope she lives happily'..." The man's sobs gradually subsided, but an ominous death was mixed into his voice, "I who killed her with my own hands , What’s the point of everything I’ve done in the past? I… I’m such an idiot…”

—How can it be meaningless?Is it meaningless that you saved countless lives and made the hopeless smile again?

Shirou thought so, but couldn't get the words out of his mouth.

In order to protect the simplest happiness, a man is covered with bruises for his ideals; he works so hard, and finally kills the most cherished person with his own hands when he is dying.Nothing can take away the other's despair, no one can soothe the other's sorrow.

Seeing that the man's eyes were gradually filled with lifeless gray and white, Shirou closed his eyes sadly.The man's rapid breathing was still stubbornly drilled into his ears.

Rest in peace like this, and don't let this brave and unyielding man who was finally crushed by despair become a heroic spirit.It would be too cruel to chew on this pain for a long time.

Shirou sincerely made a wish, and then opened his eyes.And the huge change that happened in the blink of an eye just now made him jump up in shock.

The man's chest, which had been slumped due to the smashed ribs, stood up again, but it was not the rounded curvature that a normal human body should have.Unreasonable sharp bones grew out, propping up the corners of the man's skin, forming a strange shape like a monster.The extended hand bones poked out from the fingertips, and re-condensed with the broken skin to become sharp claws.

The man's face also changed.Originally, on the rotten and broken face, the original porcelain-white skin could still be distinguished.Right now, both the dark red rotten flesh and fair skin were cracked, and beneath that was smooth and intact pure black skin.

Shirou already had a conclusion in his mind, but he was unwilling to believe this cruel fact no matter what.

——The man in front of him is transforming into the shadow he had encountered before, and the desperate but still alive guardian will become a monster.

how is this possible.

——That beautiful, slender and tenacious young girl, that young man who is strong against body festering, if they are crushed by despair, they may all fall into the same fate.They will also rot a little bit, sink into despair a little bit, and eventually become the kind of dark creatures they hate.

how is this possible.

——The one I killed without hesitation, like a dark monster crawling out of hell, used to be a guardian who upheld justice and saved others.

How can it be!

The author has something to say: Well, I said earlier that this unit is Madoka paro ╮(╯▽╰)╭

This chapter is really powerful in every sense 233