Why did Ziggy appear on the battlefield and reunite with Astolfo?

This is going to start from the night the two separated a few days ago.

After seeing Astolfo disappear, Zieg staggered forward by choosing one of the three forks in the road.

One-step, two-step, three-step, four-step......

Despite the exhaustion he had gained, despite the pain of strenuous exercise and overuse of his magic, and the fact that even the most basic act of human beings needed to concentrate on maintaining walking, he kept moving forward.

It's quite far from the castle, and it's long out of the boundary. Although there was still silence around them, the scent of living things was already clearly felt. The Tullyface region is sparsely populated, and outside the towns there are large tracts of untouched wilderness and forests where wildlife can be found everywhere. Squirrels and hares are small animals, but if you encounter some large carnivorous animals, you may die in your current condition, so you must reach the human settlement as soon as possible.

If he falls here, he will be sorry for the Black Rider who reached out to help him in despair, sorry for the Black Archer who healed his injuries and taught him to walk down-to-earth and teach him the purpose of life, and sorry for the Black Assassin who gave him a place to stay, a place to recuperate, and although he did not give him a good face on the surface, he did not actually have the slightest malice.

The idea of the android, who had no contact with the outside world and was as pure as a blank sheet of paper, was very simple, he wanted to live, for himself, for the sake of those who had good intentions and helped him, and even more so for the sake of his companions who remained in the city of Mirenya.

Driven by this force, Zigger, who had just learned to walk and was not much different from a toddler, relied on his own strength to complete this mountain road, which was definitely not easy to walk.

Although the pace is still sluggish and cumbersome, the road becomes wider and wider as you keep going.

After crossing the mountain, Ziggy confirmed from a distance that there was a small village in the distance. It's not like Tolifath, it's probably a place where no magicians have set foot yet.

It probably doesn't take a day to manipulate the consciousness of the villagers through suggestion, which means that you can get the smooth daily life you crave in that village. Or you can use that place as a springboard to travel to other countries.

So as long as you take a step forward, you can get that kind of day. You can survive, you can get something, or you can find hope in it.

It's all about this step.

But why, why – are my own feet refusing to take this step?

Sigh. It seems that he really can't shake away the fog that haunts his mind. Does surviving as a human being mean that you have to continue in this state for the rest of your life?

Even so, he managed to lift his feet and walked into this unknown village, turning a new chapter in his life, as it should be, and he did so, and without any obstacles, the whole process went so smoothly that even the simplest hint magic was used, and the simple villagers accepted him as an outsider.

He lived in the house of an old man, and his life was stable and peaceful.

There are no orders, no oppression, no use as tools, everyone he meets is very kind to him, and he is very happy here.

I don't know if it's because the android is a completed individual, and his learning ability is very strong. In just a few days, he has become accustomed to walking, and can do some simple farm work with the villagers, and his body is much stronger than in the cultivation tank, and even the use of magic has become much easier.

Yes, he spends hours every day practicing the magic that is etched into his body and memory.

Neither out of interest nor boredom, just because of the fog that has been hanging over my mind.

I can't tell, I can't tell.

Instead of dissipating over time, it is getting thicker and thicker.

Inexplicably, he felt that there were things that had to be done, but he didn't know what they were?

Me, what's wrong?

It's so peaceful and stable here, and it's clear that you've got the life you want, why do you still feel uneasy?

Because of the wings of the traverser's butterfly, he was not accompanied by a certain saint, and there was no one to solve his doubts, so he could only be confused and wandering alone.

It wasn't until that day, when an air fortress protected by magic and difficult for ordinary people to detect flew overhead, that he finally realized the source of his uneasiness, the location of the fog.

The knowledge given to him told him that it was the Servant's Noble Phantasm, and that the direction in which the fortress was traveling was where the city of Mirenia was located.

There is no doubt that a war of unprecedented magnitude is about to begin, and his companions will suffer great losses.

He knew he had to do something, and though he hadn't figured out how to do it yet, he couldn't do anything here.

He said goodbye to the villagers who had always taken care of him, gave up the stable life he had so hard-won, and rushed to the place where he thought he would never go back and never want to go back.

Hitchhiking, walking, hinting at the beast's travel, after several tosses and turns, he finally came to the battlefield.

When he saw the tragic scenery unique to the battlefield, when he saw the tragic situation of his comrades intertwined with the fragments of the dragon's tooth soldiers and the remains of the puppets, when he smelled the smell of blood that could not be dissolved, when he heard the endless sounds of killing and mourning.

He appeared with emotions called anger, sadness, nausea, and so on that had never appeared before, and in these emotions that were still incomprehensible for the time being, he cleared the fog that had been hanging in his heart for many days, and knew what was calling to him, and he also knew what he wanted to do.

He closed his eyes – and looked back on his career. Escaped in order to survive, sought help, fled in order to survive, encountered crises several times, but succeeded in turning danger into a disaster.

Although it is a very short career, it has been favored by the god of luck many times. It's obviously no different from other artificial people...... Yes, the other androids are now different from themselves. They will invariably die, and they will continue to live.

There is no way - to sum it up in such a sentence, of course, is simple. Just such a sentence can easily separate yourself from them. However, the phrase "there is no way" should never be said. In the past, the androids who were companions were ordered to search, but they eventually let themselves go.

What was the joy I felt when I heard about it from Rider?

That being the case—

My wish couldn't be clearer.

I've been freed. So, I also want everyone to be free. Just like Rider, Archer, and Assassin gave themselves freedom.

This is the dream of an artificial man, which has nothing to do with greatness, but it is by no means small, it is just a simple wish to live as a human being.

PS: The learning and growth ability of the android refers to Mordred, and it took a few years to catch up with Dad.

PS2: So Ziggy's brain is pretty good, and he immediately came up with hint magic, even though it didn't work at all.

PS3: In the original book, Ziggy's early life mentor was Joan of Arc. And in the animation made by A1, the owner of Zigge's house, a certain old man has a heavier role, not only cleared up Zigger's confusion in a few words, but also gave Ziggy a belt to hang a sword - although Dongde did not give a clear time, but it was also between 94-04 years, it is modern, and the old man used such a belt when he was young, which is enough to show that he is extraordinary. Maybe he's the one of the subordinates of the Restraining Force. Here the traitorous young man opened his brain, and his subordinates who suppressed the power concealed Joan of Arc's perception and used a sword - could it be you, the crown assassin, King Hassan!