The final chapter、The wish that has not changed

A "Ah............hhhh Why...... Is it going to be like this?"

Tsukahara Mingshi, who was wet, showed a drooping expression that matched the water dog, as if the temperature of his body temperature and expression had been eroded by the current, leaving only bitter emotions.

Tsukahara Mingshi muttered with a bitter face.

However, when he looked at the child with a happy expression in front of him, he was finally relieved.

Nothing is more important than a child's smile.

Thinking of this, he breathed a sigh of relief instead, and sat down in the water, completely ignoring the strange eyes of the people around him.

So, why is this happening?

It was one day in June, and Tsukahara accepted an invitation from Shirou Tosaka to go to the amusement park with Roshia, Mina Tosaka, and the young people.

For a child who works hard wholeheartedly and tries to polish himself into a good weapon, the path of learning as a magician is too difficult.

Because Tosaka Shirou himself came over like this, comparing his heart to his heart, naturally, he was very considerate of Tsukahara Mingshi's feelings.

But ah, human beings are human beings after all, they are not some other terrible species, since they are human beings, they have limits, and if they are too demanding of their nerves, then one day, they will push themselves to a dead end.

Shirou must admit that if it weren't for the sad existence that Shirou of the Heroic Palace showed him, and Rin Tosaka supported him, I'm afraid he would have embarked on the path of doom.

Therefore, he wanted to help Tsukahara get on the right path as much as possible.

If you want to help others, you must first keep yourself alive.

Otherwise, if you perish, you won't be able to help others.

Moreover, Tsukahara Mingshi may not have noticed it himself, the two girls next to him, Mina Tosaka and Luo Xiya, are both young and beautiful girls, and he has to make a decision as soon as possible.

Otherwise......

Tosaka just smiled wryly.

And just like that, the young magicians, or, a young combination of men and women, went to the amusement park.

It was an amusement park that had just been built recently, and a series of amusement facilities for children were built with the theme of the recently selected mascot of Fuyuki City, the Golden Lion, as an image endorsement.

As soon as you enter the gate, you can see a portrait standing on the left and right grids, all of which are Q version lions with large mouths, which seem to be predators, but they only make people feel cute.

If you think about it, this is probably also a means of publicity, right? In order to make the mascot of Fuyuki City more influential and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the theme amusement park was built.

Tsukahara Mingshi secretly looked at the girls on both sides, one was concentrating on the demon path, and he had never seen a similar scene, and he was frightened for a while. The other poked his chin with one hand with an incomprehensible expression.

"Which, what's wrong?

Tsukahara asked, as if he was afraid that she would be unhappy.

"Nothing, but, Tsukahara, the lion is not like this. It needs to be a little more violent. ”

"Ahaha, that's going to be a horror theme, right?"

Tsukahara Mingshi laughed and complained.

I'm afraid Lohia still thinks that the lion was the one she met in the forest...... Wait a minute?!There are no lions in the forest, is there?!Isn't that a creature that inhabits the plains?!

Seeing that Lohia's originally high interest suddenly dropped, he noticed that Lohiya was carrying her usual kyudo equipment behind her back......

"Is it possible...... Miss Lohia, do you think this is a hunting ground or something?"

"Isn't it? I also mean "a hunting park for fun through guerrilla". Because [common sense] just says that it is an artificially created place for people to play...... What, can't you shoot a lion?"

The bitterness on Rohia's face didn't look fake, Tsukahara Mingshi secretly swallowed his saliva, it seems that the Holy Grail is not so reliable. It's true that it's okay to interpret an amusement park as an artificially created place for people to have fun, but it can't be understood as a "hunting park for fun through guerrilla"!

But if you think about the context in which Lohia was created, you can understand it. After all, he was an ancient man who lived centuries ago. In her era, I'm afraid she really used hunting as entertainment.

Seeing that she was obviously lost, Tsukahara Mingshi didn't know how to comfort her for a while. Mina Tosaka was also surprised by herself, ignoring the situation here.

"Now, where are we going first?"

At the end of the Holy Grail War, the trio often acted together, and now that they were together, the tacit understanding of acting together resurfaced, and Mina Tosaka seemed to have returned to a time when she had no opinions—although she didn't have any opinions now.

I asked for a map from the door, and sure enough, it was to promote the mascot, and all the facilities were named after the Golden Lion, such as the Golden Lion Bumper Car, the Golden Lion Ferris Wheel, and even the Golden Lion Roller Coaster! Hey! What the hell are the officials thinking! Children like the Golden Lion, but children are not allowed to ride the roller coaster, okay?! Are you serious?

Tsukahara Mingshi frantically complained about this official in his heart. It seems that it is a typical kind of planning that is reasonable and unreasonable for the sake of publicity.

"Then, let's go find some ordinary facilities to play with first......"

"Tsukahara...... Roller coaster, what's it?"

Lohia asked with a serious face.

"My common sense says it's heart-pounding entertainment. ”

"Ah...... So-and-so, in a sense, ...... right"

Tsukahara Mingshi's back was cold, and he suddenly felt that the broken thing of the Holy Grail was not reliable at all!

Now that I think about it, how could Long Xi know the current knowledge? I'm afraid that it wasn't an immortal surnamed Li who popularized the past as common sense through his own understanding!

It's true that roller coasters make their hearts beat faster, but ......

Tsukahara looked at the huge entertainment facility with a height of more than three hundred feet from a distance, and thought that if this sat once, it would definitely not be as simple as [heart beating], and it would probably spit out, right? Under the action of high speed and huge centrifugal force, it would definitely scare people to death.

Wow, that's scary......

"Which ...... Lohia, you, are you interested?"

"Ah, a little. I'm curious to see what will make my heart beat faster......"

Lohia had a look of eagerness.

However, next to her, Mina Tosaka acted as if she had eaten something unclean, and she was openly unpleasant. She looked at the two of them in shock and said, "You guys are going to go by yourself!

Although the roller coaster is widely praised among enthusiasts, it is a pity that not everyone can accept this thing, the roller coaster is really, a little too exciting, for ordinary people, this entertainment facility is a screaming manufacturing machine.

"Ah————————h

As if to confirm this sentence, in the distance, a woman's shrill scream came from the newly activated roller coaster, which was so huge that even the three people at the door could hear some of it.

Mina Tosaka shuddered, and quickly distanced herself from the two, with an expression of "I definitely won't go". Tsukahara Mingshi smiled and said, "Then, let's just go separately, let's meet in the rest area at noon." Call me if you have something?"

He raised his phone, and Mina Tosaka nodded, this is indeed the best advice. I don't want to get involved in the sweet world of those two people!

So the three of them officially went their separate ways.

Lohia showed special attention to the roller coaster, and as a last resort, Tsukahara could only take it with a wry smile.

I don't know what the reason is, but the line of roller coasters is unexpectedly long, is it because everyone likes roller coasters? Is it because everyone likes this kind of thrilling and exciting activity facilities? Or is it really for the Golden Lion? Tsukahara Mingshi estimated that he would have to wait in line for about thirty minutes, and he could only show a bitter smile.

Waiting, looking at his side, Lohija's eager look, as if he was also excited. Look up, the steel and iron bones, as if it is a huge orbit circling like a dragon, I don't feel anything from afar, but when I really get closer, I find that it is different, it is really a very huge existence.

To use an analogy, it's a dragon of steel.

It's a pity that gliding on it is a cute Q version of a lion with a golden red tone, which really has nothing to do with the roller coaster facility. It's really cute.

It's a pity that the cuteness and screaming are completely out of tune. It just feels weird.

It's like if you walk into a haunted house, accompanied by eerie sound effects, and suddenly a Doraemon pops up, anyone will feel cheating, right?

It was clear that Lohia was looking forward to the facility. Her breathing was short, and her eyes were brighter and brighter. As they approached the entrance, Lohija's excellent eyesight comparable to that of the Servant's time suddenly locked on to the true meaning of the roller coaster: it seemed to be a facility that used the centrifugal force generated at high speed to make people feel the thrill of the thrill!

After all, Lohia was once a Heroic Spirit. Probably used to it, that kind of fighting style of flying eaves and walls, and the body like flying, and now suddenly becoming such a weak human being, there is probably a small gap, right?

Forget it, it's just for the sake of relaxation anyway, Lohia can have fun, so it's good!

Thinking so, he didn't bother anymore, and queued up along the crowd for a long time, and finally it was their turn. After paying for the ticket, the two sat in the front row of the roller coaster under the guidance of the staff.

"Looking forward to it?"

"Hmmm!

There was excitement in Lohia's voice.

Seeing her so happy, Tsukahara Mingshi felt that it was worth it.

She used to be a heroic spirit, and the more excellent and indifferent she was as a heroic spirit, the more difficult it was to experience the joy of human beings when she became a human being.

Because what is difficult for human beings, there is nothing remarkable for Heroic Spirits.

However, seeing her so excited today, I feel that I haven't come in vain.

Tsukahara swallowed his saliva, to be honest, he was very interested in this kind of screaming facility...... In fact...... And it didn't ...... So good at it......

In the Q version of the little lion body, the two of them tied up the safety device, and then the train started slowly, the blue sky, the clear white clouds, this is a refreshing scenery.

Everything was so peaceful.

Until......

The first downhill starts.

The speed that was originally calm starts from the dive, and rises rapidly! It is a real galloping wind! The sharp wind hits the face like a sharp knife! The strong wind blows the eyes of those who can't open their eyes!

"Ahh

Just by letting out such a senseless scream, his mouth will be pierced by a strong wind, agitated! Tsukahara felt like his heart was jumping out of his mouth.

In his own ears, while the strong wind was howling, there were also the screams of other guests.

"Ahh

And in this, the shrill laughter mixed with "Ahahahahahaha!", and the voice is very familiar, Tsukahara Mingshi knows very well that this person is Lohia.

She seemed to be very happy!

Tsukahara was almost frightened to death by this feeling of weightlessness, and his heart was about to jump out! Where was there room to pay attention to her appearance, he couldn't remember how he got off the roller coaster, only remembered that the sky was spinning and his body was weak. It's a shame that I'm a big man, but I was dragged out by a girl from Lohia.

Well...... This is really a bit embarrassing, it's too embarrassing, is this kind of person also a man?! The crowd was filled with this kind of piercing gaze.

"I'm sorry, Tsukahara, but it looks like you don't like this kind of facility, do you?"

Luo Xiya said embarrassedly, she just paid attention to her own affairs, and forgot to think about Tsukahara Mingshi, this is really, too disqualified as a servant!

But Tsukahara doesn't say much about him—he just opens his mouth now and feels like he's going to vomit out breakfast. What the hell! In a theme amusement park for children, this kind of facility that is not good for children's hearts? Are you serious? What the hell are Japanese people thinking?

Tsukahara Mingshi frantically complained about the nation of the builders.

"I'm sorry, I ...... Ah, I'll go buy you some cold drinks, you wait for me here. ”

Loshia put Tsukahara on the bench where she was resting, and walked quickly to the small shop selling things in the distance. Even with his feet on the ground and his butt sitting on the bench, Tsukahara still felt his body shaking unconsciously, as if he was still on a roller coaster......

Oops, this is really horrible.

Why put such an exciting thing in such a place!

Thinking so, Tsukahara has already vowed to write a letter of complaint to the amusement park operator after he returns!

Suddenly, a strange figure came into view.

It was a child of about seven or eight years old, male, with an anxious expression on his face, looking left and right.

He didn't go very quickly, and because of his small size, he wasn't noticed by too many people, right?

As if looking for something, he frequently swept his gaze left and right to the ground.

Perhaps because of this, everyone didn't notice the depressed face under the curtain of the young man's lowered head.

At that moment, Tsukahara suddenly thought of himself.

Which of them was bewitched by Assassin X.

It's also like this, I don't know what to do, no one reaches out to me, I want to save myself, but I don't know how to save myself.

However, he still has assassin X to some extent, but this kid has nothing.

"Now, boy, are you looking for something?"

When he reacted, his mouth had already moved before his body, and he was forced to endure the strong nausea in his stomach, Tsukahara Mingshi barely held his breath, and tried to make a calm expression, himself, but if he wants to help this young man, if he even panics, won't this young man be even more unable to believe himself?

“……”

The boy didn't respond, and took two steps back timidly, his big eyes full of disbelief.

Probably, I was instilled by my parents with the idea that many strangers are big bad wolves. Tsukahara Mingshi smiled and said, "Actually, big brother, I'm a magician." I know everything - you're looking for something missing, aren't you?"

“!”

A look of astonishment quickly appeared in the young man's eyes, thanks to being a child, he didn't have any scheming, and everything he thought would be reflected on his face.

"Besides, let's get separated from my family. I came with my mother. ”

Tsukahara tried to make a kind smile and continued to say this.

"You, how do you know?"

The teenager couldn't help but ask rhetorically.

Okay, the first step is done.

This is the first step for a magician to do magic: to make the other person interested in him first, or at least willing to look at him.

Actually, it's just a simple reasoning.

He kept his head down and looked around, clearly looking for something.

This kind of amusement park does not allow such children to enter alone. Therefore, he must have been accompanied by his family.

Looking over his shoulder, Tsukahara found a long hair from the orange shirt. This is usually only for girls.

It is important to note that there is no family planning in Japan, so it could also be my sister's hair.

But, but, ah, my sister with such long hair has basically grown up to have her own careful thoughts, and she is more willing to hang out with female or male classmates in the same class than her younger brother.

Although it is common for Japanese families to have many children, it is common for each child to be about 3 years old.

First, the age of three is the time for children to go to kindergarten, which can give parents the energy to raise the next generation.

Second, three years is almost the cycle of junior high school and high school, and it can also avoid the huge tuition and miscellaneous expenses of two children at the same time in the same time period.

Based on these two considerations, Tsukahara Mingshi can roughly guess that if there is a sister, I am afraid it will not be too old, and a girl who is in adolescence will generally feel that her younger brother is a drag oil bottle. The kind of happy scene in the animation is all a lie. Isn't it precisely because you can't find it in life that you have to pin your trust on the second dimension?

Simple reasoning and analysis made the child believe his magician's nonsense to some extent, after all, children of this age are still at the age of half-belief in this supernatural phenomenon!

Tsukahara decided to push it a step further.

He stretched out his empty hands and decided to do his trick again.

However, since he hadn't changed magic for a long time, he wasn't sure if he could do it. All I can say is...... Isn't that how it is played in animation? As long as it's a particularly important occasion, it's going to be successful, right? Probably.

In the child's unexplained sight, Tsukahara Mingshi skillfully fiddled with his fingers, suddenly joined hands, and then unfolded, and there were already two more playing cards between his hands.

I saw his fingers turn, the playing cards flew in his hand, and suddenly, it changed from paper poker to crystal poker! shiny and shiny, so that the child's attention was all concentrated! Taking the opportunity, Tsukahara Mingshi folded the two poker cards in the palm of his hand, let them go back down his sleeve, flicked his hand away, and transported the [magic power], and two trickles of water sprayed out from his index finger.

"Wow wow!"

Where had the child ever seen such a thing?! Hurry over to look, grab his big hand with his little hands, pull it in front of him, and be swept away by the water.

"How about it, do you want the big brother to help you find it? What's missing?"

"Yes, it's the Golden Lion. Big, majestic, I don't know when I ......"

The young man who had just had a happy color on his face, but because he thought of something sad, his face began to show a gloomy expression again, and he was about to cry.

"Well, then, let's go look for it together. ”

"Uh-huh! I must have found it all at once with Big Brother's magic, right?"

"That's not going to work. That's your important companion, right? of course, by your own power, not by the power of magic!"

"O'...... It's also ......."

Tsukahara hurriedly said this, prevaricating, and did not let the young man continue to ask about his magic. Where do you know that kind of wide-area search magic!

Then there is the long process of searching.

With the child in hand, the two began to search from the direction of the entrance. Follow the sights that the child has walked through in his memory, and look for them one by one.

Of course, you can't find it.

If it could have been found so easily, it would have been found a long time ago.

Moreover, the child described it as "big", so if it falls on the ground, it will definitely be found quickly, right?

"This is the last place I passed. On the arched bridge, my mother took a picture of me, and then I found that the golden lion was missing, so I hurried to look for it. ”

Arch bridge?

Tsukahara Mingshi turned his gaze in the direction of the boy's finger, which is an artificially dug ornamental river, through the underground water exchange system, to let people experience the artistic conception of this small bridge flowing water.

By the way, the bridge pillars are all in the shape of a golden lion. The sinister intentions of the makers are clear.

Don't......

Tsukahara Mingshi keenly noticed the boy's words.

It was only after taking a photo that he found out that the golden lion was missing.

Think about it carefully, a child who likes the golden lion so much, shouldn't he take it with him at all times when taking pictures? If he lost it before, it should be ......

Yes, I should have found out that the Golden Lion was lost before taking pictures. Thinking about it this way, he should have taken a picture...... Ah, yes, after the photo is taken, the first reaction must be to look at the photo, right? That time should be the only time that this child can take his attention away from the golden lion. What if at that time, he didn't pay attention and threw the Golden Lion King into the water?

Sure enough, this idea is much clearer. Tsukahara looked into the distance, at the end of the river, and sure enough, there were several people in staff costumes salvaging something at the end.

Probably, this is the process.

The child is now taking pictures here, and after taking pictures, he went to look at the photos, and when he looked at the photos, he found that the golden lion was gone. So the mother asked the child not to run around, and when she took pictures, she saw that the child still had the golden lion in his hand, which should have fallen into the river, so he went to find the staff, but the child didn't know, and saw that the mother was gone, and began to look for his partner......

Oops, oops......

Now my mother, my heart is unexpectedly wide.

Thinking so, he took the child to the end of the river, and sure enough, a woman was anxiously looking at the river, while hurriedly directing the staff.

"Can't you just think of a way?!"

She shouted anxiously.

The staff can only be embarrassed: "We will work hard, but as you can see, bamboo poles are not so easy to ......"

He didn't finish his sentence, but everyone knew what he meant.

Salvage this kind of overboard toy is not uncommon, but, because it was found relatively late, the plush toy sank after absorbing water, stuck in the water change hole, and ordinary bamboo pole nets could not be fished at all.

"Unless someone goes down to fish, our staff has already gone to get rubber boots, please wait a little longer......"

Hearing this, Tsukahara did not hesitate, a sprint, arrow step, and rushed into the water.

Because it is an artificial ornamental river, considering that all children are used to prevent drowning, the water here is not deep, but presumably the people who visit the park and the people who work don't want to wander around the amusement park with a wet body, right?

However, none of them considered how sad the child was after separating from his partner.

"Hey?!you, what are you doing?"

Tsukahara Mingshi ignored them, because it was close to the water exchange hole, he could clearly feel that the water flow had a special attraction, towards the center, so he easily came to the middle of the water exchange hole, bent down, regardless of the cold soaked sleeves of the river, he pulled out the wet golden lion king doll stuffed in the water exchange hole with all his might!

Throwing the doll to the children on the shore, Tsukahara Mingshi sat down in the water as if he had lost his strength.

You know, he had just experienced the baptism of a roller coaster, and his body was not completely well, so he jumped into the river again, and was stimulated by the river, and he lost his strength.

However, it is much easier to save people than to catch things, Tsukahara Mingshi took a break, grabbed the pole and was pulled up by the staff.

The child and the mother thanked him for his kindness, and the staff praised him for his kindness – and then a symbolic fine of 5,000 yen for throwing garbage into the lake. At first, Tsukahara thought that [garbage] was talking about this toy, but later I learned that it was him...... I can only smile bitterly in this way.

The staff was very helpful, lent him a change of clothes, and packed him with plastic bags for wet clothes.

And then......

"Tsukahara...... Did I say you wanted to wait for me here?"

Ahaha...... It was Lohia's unhappy expression, and in his hand was the roll of paper used to hold the cone. The contents have been eaten.

Oops, completely forgot about it.

"Sorry...... I saw a child who lost something on the road, and it turned out to be ......"

"Okay, I know...... It's the kind of guy who goes over to help when his brain is hot, right?"

Rohia sighed unhappily, her beautiful eyes locked on Tsukahara Mingshi.

"Really, you can't sit idly by and ignore the helpless - I don't hate that about you. ”

"Huh?"

"Don't you hear me? I say, I like your [can't sit idly by and ignore people who are alone]. ”

Lohia repeated it again and sat down beside him.

Smelling the smell of shampoo coming from the girl's hair, Tsukahara Mingshi suddenly felt a little emotional.

yes, it's definitely not a bad thing to want to help others.

Shirou Tosaka's predecessors are role models for themselves to learn.

And the assassin X is a counterexample that he takes as a warning.

Want to be, a kind person. While remaining kind, we continue to have a strong power to protect together.

That's what it is...... My wish now.

Although the ability is still out, but ......

I'll try.

"Lohia. ”

"Huh?"

"I want to be, good people. Until that day, please continue to support me. Wake me up mercilessly when I'm on the wrong path. ”

"Hmm. ”

This is the wish that Tsukahara will not change.

A little kindness that belongs to the poor and weak participants of the Holy Grail War.

[Final Volume-The End of the End-END]