Gilles de Les carefully picked up the fallen flag, the holy flag that had galloped across the battlefield with Joan of Arc, but it was covered with heartbreaking cracks.

"Joan of Arc, please pick this up. This is the flag you should be holding - it's a pity that my broken body can't fight with you under this banner anymore. ”

"Gil......" Joan of Arc lowered his head and looked at this man who was unrecognizable, but vaguely regained the courage of the French marshal of his youth, with a sad expression.

"So, allow me to watch over you in a different way. ”

Gilles de Les said, his form becoming illusory. He is a servant summoned by Shakespeare, and theoretically will not disappear as long as he has enough magical power. Now, however, he burned his spiritual base by his own will, and poured all the spiritual sons and will into the holy banner in Joan of Arc's hands.

The fleur-de-lis, which had endured many attacks and was on the verge of shattering, miraculously recovered under the watchful eye of the same soldier who also held the flag.

"Joan of Arc, please be sure to win, just as you did when you were alive. ”

Gilles de Les, whose existence was already very thin, handed the holy flag to Joan of Arc as if on a pilgrimage, and Joan of Arc also took it solemnly, at this moment, the two seemed to have traveled back in time and returned to that war-torn era.

"Jill, there's one thing I forgot to tell you when I was alive. ”

"Hey, that's—"

"Thank you, I'm really happy to have met you. ”

Hearing this, Jill looked at Joan of Arc in silence as if in a daze—should he laugh or cry?

But this moment, this moment, I am afraid that I will not forget it even after returning to the Throne of the Immortal.

"Plenus sum!"

The French Marshal Gilles de Les, who had many decorated French troops, closed his eyes and let out a low murmur as he closed his eyes and closed the curtain on a stage that was by no means a comedy.

The closed world opens up, and the script as portrayed by the premier playwright in the history of mankind ends there.

"Smack, smack, smack!"

The audience burst into applause and cheers.

"Oh oh oh, what a beautiful ending, touching. ”

The heroine on the stage wiped the moist corners of her eyes vigorously, raised the brand new fleur-de-lis flag, and pointed to the only audience, who was also the creator of the stage.

"If there's anything else going on, Red Caster!"

"Of course, there are no tricks or anything, in the end, my generation is just a writer, and when the pen and the script no longer work, there is no value. Shakespeare shook his head comically, "Thank you, O saint of France, for the strength and brightness of your faith and the bond you have with your companions, and for showing us the glorious side of humanity." At the same time, please allow me to send an apology for being late, for the inaccuracies I portrayed during my lifetime, and for the behavior I just did - I'm sorry. ”

"It doesn't matter, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to meet Jill again and be able to say whatever I wanted. ”

Joan of Arc shook her head as well, forgiving the great writer who could do anything for fun.

"Won't you stop me?"

"Of course, of course, you can always move on. Continue along this passage to the altar where the Great Holy Grail is located. From my study, you can quickly reach Her Majesty the Empress's kings—although, no matter where you go, it's too late. ”

"Huh?"

"You should be able to feel it, through the adjudicator's special powers!"

The clownish expression on Shakespeare's face finally faded and was replaced by a smile of utter pleasure – that was his true purpose.

From the very beginning, he didn't think that his Noble Phantasm would have much effect on Joan of Arc, and his mission was only to stumble her feet and prevent her from reaching the two most critical battlefields.

At this moment, his mission has been successfully completed. Joan of Arc's list of all Servant status shows that just now, the state of the Knight King Artoria changed from alive to dead.

Almost at the same time, an unimaginable burst of violent magic erupted from the deepest part of the earth, like a volcanic eruption.

In an instant, the ground shook and the entire garden trembled.

At this moment, both the servants and all kinds of magical beasts and phantom beasts were affected by this magic power, staggering, and unable to stand on their feet.

"This, this is ...... It's so interesting, it's so wonderful, and this Holy Grail battle really gave me so many surprises. It's great to be a part of this big fight, and it's great to be able to see a scene like this with your own eyes. ”

Unlike Shakespeare's excitement and dancing, Joan of Arc's beautiful face was so gloomy that it could drip water.

Artoria's death means that the first victim of Armageddae has finally arrived, and it also means that the final piece of the puzzle to activate the Grand Chalice has been gathered.

And the ensuing eruption of anomalous magic from the depths of the underground altar was undoubtedly aimed at preventing the activation of the Great Holy Grail.

Like her, there is only one person who can sense Artoria's death for the first time, and that is Artoria's lord Shinji Kirima. In the previous combat meeting, he also said that he was going to make a break with Amakusa Shiro Tokitada.

Because it had already been crushed once, Joan of Arc and the others naturally vigorously opposed it, believing that they should be fully prepared to besiege with numerical superiority. However, Shinji said that he had a secret weapon for the decisive battle, and because it was too powerful and he did not distinguish between the enemy and me, he had to go alone.

Shinji didn't reveal what the secret weapon was, but repeatedly begged him to take the lead, and if he failed, then carry out the siege plan.

"I'm not a Heroic Spirit, and even if I fail, my Spirit Personality won't be enough to activate the Great Holy Grail. If I succeed, of course it's best, and if I fail, it won't have much effect. ”

The realistic and cruel reasons thrown at the same time as the plan became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and although Joan of Arc, Artoria and others were emotionally unwilling, in the face of the survival of the world, private feelings must give way.

And now, Joan of Arc finally knows the body of Shinji's secret weapon.

This magical nature of destruction and rebellion, this burst of power that you won't forget once you've seen it—

"Secret weapon, is this your secret weapon? I haven't heard of your secret weapon being this!! that's why you didn't promise me that I would survive...... In that case, I should be ready to be enlightened. ”

Joan of Arc's gaze stretched along the dark passage, white teeth biting into pale lips, and an extra sword in her hand.

The name of the sword, Santa Caterina.