I don't want to be a heroic spirit

"Is this... unconsciousness?" Artoria tilted her head in confusion. "Was the collision just now so severe? He even got a concussion."

"But...do concussions make cheeks red and hot?"

…………

It's time for dinner.

It would be a waste of time to go to town for dinner, but fortunately, the Yugdomirenya family is willing to provide meals.

Mordred and Lion Jie Jieli were also allowed to dine, but were refused.

After all, the decisive battle is about to begin, and Lion Jiejie and the Black Party are not on the same side after all.

Lion Jie Li and Modred had eaten in a nearby town during the day and brought some food with them for dinner.

Then, Lion Jiejieli was surprised to find...

"You haven't eaten the snacks that Altria gave you before?"

When he discovered this situation, Lion Jiejieli had an expression that said, "If you are not Mordred, who are you?"

“What…what are you doing!”

"Nothing, I'm just... uh... a little curious? After all, I've never seen food last more than three seconds in your hands without being eaten."

"But...but..."

Mordred said with tears in his eyes, "This... This is a gift from my father! How could I possibly eat something so commemorative? Damn it!"

"Altria gave this to you just to eat, right?"

“But I can’t bear to eat it!”

"But the problem is, this stuff has an expiration date. If you don't eat it soon, it will go bad!"

Mordred was silenced by Lion Jie Li's words.

Yes, food has a shelf life.

So... do you want to eat it?

Taking a look at the small purple bag in his hand, Mordred bit his lips, and kept replaying in his mind the scene of Artoria giving him this bag of snacks.

"Master!"

"what?"

"The responsibility of saving the world is now on you! Cast a magic spell on this snack so it will never expire or spoil!"

"There's no such thing as magic! And besides, this kind of thing doesn't sound like it has anything to do with saving the world, right?"

"Yes! Of course! If the gift my father gave me were to disappear like this, then this world would have no reason to exist. I will destroy it right now!"

"The whole world is not as important as that bag of snacks in your hand, right?"

Even when observing the restraint of the Holy Grail War, he had never imagined that a Servant would decide to destroy him just because of a bag of snacks.

And this bag of snacks was given to Mordred by Altria.

Therefore, Gaia and Alaya's evaluation of Artoria's danger increased by two percentage points.

Altria: ???

…………

On the way, Altria met Jeanne.

"Joan of Arc."

"Ah, it's Altria."

After seeing Altria, Jeanne smiled faintly.

If it was Gildred instead of Artoria standing here, he would probably be moved to tears.

"The Black team has prepared dinner. Do you want to join us? You're not a Servant now, so you need to eat, right?"

"Well... that's it, but..."

Jeanne hesitated for a moment and asked, "Isn't this a bad idea? We're neutral rulers, right? Accepting favors from one side at random..."

"It's just a meal. They can't possibly demand your help over a meal." Altria said nonchalantly. "Besides, the Holy Grail War will probably end tonight. This might even be our last supper in this world. After it's over, everything will have nothing to do with us anymore."

"What do you mean by the Last Supper?... It's so unlucky."

During the meal, Altria and Jeanne sat together.

Dinner was prepared by the androids. It's easy to imagine how those proud magicians would cook for themselves.

"Hey... Artoria, do you still have other memories of the Holy Grail War?"

While eating, the two of them were chatting, and then they talked about other Holy Grail Wars.

When Jeanne heard what Altria remembered about her experiences in other Holy Grail Wars, curiosity flashed in her eyes.

"As for me, my existence is somewhat different from that of ordinary Servants... Anyway, due to some very complicated reasons, I still remember other Holy Grail Wars."

After finishing a piece of seafood pizza, Altria continued, "Come to think of it, I think I met Gildred during a Holy Grail War... He manifested as a Caster at the time, and the Master who summoned him was a murderer. They killed many innocent people during that Holy Grail War, and were eventually wiped out by other Servants who couldn't stand it anymore."

"Really?... Jill... he's become like that."

There was a hint of sadness in Joan of Arc's eyes... After all, the Gilderley in her memory was still the brave and warlike marshal, not the Bluebeard who was feared by later generations.

"I'm partly to blame for him becoming like that... I won't deny that. The past is doomed and cannot be overturned. Now I can only pray that his soul can be redeemed..."

Seeing the determination in Jeanne's eyes, Altria nodded silently.

Isn’t this very professional?

"When I saw him, he was clearly mentally unstable, probably because he had been exposed to those unspeakable and unbearable things for too long... He even mistook me for you." After a pause, Artoria glanced at Jeanne d'Arc. "I've already told you that I'm King Arthur, not Jeanne d'Arc, but he kept calling me 'Jeanne d'Arc' and couldn't get rid of it... Don't we look a lot alike?"

"Ah ha ha……"

Joan of Arc gave two bitter laughs, which were very dry and awkward.

But, come to think of it...Altria couldn't remember where she saw it or who she heard it from.

It seems that in a Holy Grail War... the Berserker Lancelot met Joan of Arc, and mistook her for Artoria, calling her "Arthur" all the time.

So, their experiences are actually similar?

To put it bluntly, it's actually Takeuchi's face's fault.

Chapter 234 I am proud of you, Mordred (26/31)

The location of the final battle is no different from the original, still in the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis.

Because the Holy Grail is in the garden, even if the situation is unfavorable, the black side still has to go in and take the Holy Grail back.

The black servants are Vlad III, Siegfried, Chiron, and Frankenstein.

The servants on Amakusa Shiro Tokisada's side include Semiramis, Karna, Shakespeare, and Atalanta.

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada himself is probably unable to appear as a combat force, and he probably can't spare a fight now.

Artoria knows about the Noble Phantasm of Amakusa Shirou Tokisada.

[Right Wrist·Evil Predation]

[Left wrist·Tianhui base plate]

According to legend, the sage Amakusa Shiro Tokisada performed miracles with his hands, so after becoming a Servant, his Noble Phantasm became his hands.

Through these hands, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada can connect to any magic base and use it to use magic that does not belong to him. It can be said to be a master key to the magic base.

In battle, he will use these two Noble Phantasms to simultaneously obtain the two skills [Mind's Eye (True)] and [Mind's Eye (False)] for assistance. This is why he can fight against powerful servants despite his unremarkable combat ability.

And now, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada is most likely using his own Noble Phantasm to connect to the magical base of the Holy Grail.

In other words, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada and his men did not need to win the Holy Grail War at all. As long as they held on until Amakusa Shiro Tokisada completely controlled the Greater Grail, then even if the Black side took the Greater Grail back, it would be of no avail.

During the day, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada should have been trying to do this, after all, Artoria only banned fighting between servants.

It can be said that this action of Artoria gave Amakusa Shiro Tokisada an opportunity. Because of Artoria's warning, the black people did not dare to invade Semiramis's garden during the day, giving Amakusa Shiro Tokisada a full half day.

Although the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis were shot down by Artoria's Holy Spear Longomeniad and shattered into a third, the remaining two-thirds still retained some functions, such as the exoticization of Vlad III.

Vlad III was originally just a first-rate servant, but on Romanian soil, with the boost in popularity and the [Guardian Ghost General EX] skill, Vlad III's combat power was close to the top level, and he could even hold his own in the battle against Karna.

However, within the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis, these reinforcements were ineffective, and Vlad III was severely weakened, his combat power not even comparable to Siegfried's.

The result was that Vlad III and Siegfried, two black servants, were suppressed by Karna alone.

In contrast to the weakening of Vlad III, Karna was strengthened.

Before, Karna was unable to use his full strength because his various skills consumed too much magic power. But now it is different. Although Amakusa Shiro Tokisada cannot completely control the Holy Grail, he can directly use part of the magic power from the Holy Grail. This huge amount of magic power is enough to support Karna's full-strength battle.

After the black team members entered the Hanging Garden, Semiramis used space magic to separate them.

Now it is Atalanta who stands against Frankenstein.

As for Chiron, Semiramis sent him to the door of the main hall where she was, and she wanted to deal with him personally.

Moreover, Semiramis also has a killer weapon that can absolutely restrain Chiron.

Perhaps it was because Semiramis had absolute confidence that not only Chiron, but also Mordred was pulled over by her.

Oh, there's another one, Jack the Ripper who killed the Black Rider's Master, even she is here.

Assassin's unique skill of hiding his breath was indeed tricky, but Semiramis was also Assassin, and the master of this hanging garden. She had discovered Jack the Ripper the moment he entered.

Vlad III's master, Danic, could not accept the result of defeat, so he used three Command Spells to turn Vlad III into the vampire Dracula, and engraved his obsession with the Holy Grail into Vlad III's spiritual base.

"This place hasn't changed much..."

Taking her eyes off several battlefields, Artoria caught up with the vampire Vlad III.

Then she saw the vampire Dracula being killed by Amakusa Shiro Tokisada.

After killing the vampire, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada turned around and looked solemnly at Altria in mid-air.

"This outfit of yours... I see." Altria looked down at Amakusa Shiro Tokisada and said calmly, "This is the outfit you wore during the Shimabara Rebellion. It seems you have fulfilled your wish for the Holy Grail."

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada, who was now standing in front of Altria, was not wearing a black suit, but a Japanese robe.

"Ruler...ah, you're not going to stop me."

"I said that's not within my area of ​​responsibility."

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada was extremely wary of Artoria, but Artoria ignored this vigilance as if it were a breeze blowing on her face.

"Using the third method to materialize all human souls and achieve immortality for all mankind...even in the eyes of the gods, this is a crazy idea."

"As expected, Ruler, you already knew this," Amakusa Shirou Tokisada said, "So, your approach is to neither approve nor stop it?"

Altria nodded.

"...That's enough, thank you."

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada lowered his eyes and relaxed his body.

Although, he also knew that if Artoria took action, he would definitely not be able to resist.

However, the Holy Grail was right behind him, and the future of mankind was before his eyes. He had no choice but to hold the long sword tightly.

Amakusa Shiro Tokisada's plan is to use the third method to achieve immortality for all mankind.

In this way, humans will lose the reason to fight, will not be tortured by death and pain, but will still retain affection and love.

"If this isn't salvation, then what is?"

However, the completion of the Third Law requires enormous magical power. If it is only for an individual, the magical power stored in the Holy Grail for sixty years is more than enough, but it is impossible to complete the materialization of the souls of all mankind.

Therefore, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada planned to travel around the world with the Holy Grail and drain the magic power of the earth's veins to complete this great cause.

Unfortunately, the hanging garden used to achieve this goal was shot down by Artoria, forcing Amakusa Shiro and Tokisada to find another solution.

But it doesn’t matter, even the most difficult problems have been solved, and even the sixty years of suffering have been experienced.

Now that hope is right in front of him, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada doesn't mind taking a little more time.

but……

Because he was so close to his dream, Amakusa Shiro Tokisada became anxious and worried.

So... he asked the gods sincerely.