Illya and Rin, and Saber in a cape. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info was walking in the town at night, it was late at night, and there was no one outside, so Archer turned into a spirit and followed behind them.

Saber appears to be an upright Heroic Spirit, and after hearing about Illya's summoning, he acquiesces to Rin becoming his Master's temporary comrade-in-arms.

- Illya's mind is almost mashed, and Rin keeps explaining things to her as she goes. To be honest, Rin's explanation is very concise, the only problem is that it is too far from reality.

Rin, who was chosen to be the master, was also the master's Rin, and the demon named Servant...... Also, the Holy Grail War, which kills each other with other magicians.

"It's so far away......"

"Of course. The destination is the Church of Ngami in the neighboring town, the home of the false priest who oversaw the Holy Grail War. And tomorrow is a day off, so it's okay to stay up late, right? So what are the doubts? ”

“…… Not. ”

Illya sighed, she had been with Rin for two years, and Rin's impression of being an honor student had collapsed in the time just now.

Rin spread out her hand and looked back at Saber, who had covered her armor with her cloak and didn't say a word. Then he continued, "Well, you're lucky enough to summon Saber. ”

Although the man didn't admit it, Rin was sure it was Saber and there was nothing wrong. With Lancer as his opponent, he also protects Illya, as his name suggests, as he is the most suitable being, such as the "hero" of the fake - or the noble knight who appears in the medieval knighthood story.

What's even stranger, though, is Illya. Rin had been at a school with her for two years, but she never felt like she had a magic circuit. But today's Illya does possess very strong magic power and excellent magic circuits...... It's even on top of Rin, who inherited the magic circuit of the Tosaka family.

…… Both Illya and Rin are skeptical about the status quo, but they don't know that the person who is most shocked by Illya and Saber's appearance here is Archer.

If he had become a physical entity now, he would have seen the deep worry and confusion on his face.

Because his real name is Emiya Shirou.

That's right, he was Shirou, Archer remembered it well. This is Fuyuki City, he is the person who was rescued and adopted by Emiya Kiritsugu in the 1990 Fuyuki fire, Rin Tosaka is his classmate, he is sixteen years old, the day of the Fifth Holy Grail War, his servant is Saber, his real name is Altoria Pendragon, female......

But now everything has changed! No, to be precise, it's just "him" that has changed.

The date is correct, and it is also Fuyuki's Fifth Holy Grail War, but the current Saber is a man, and the current Emiya family does not have Emiya Shirou but the girl in front of him - Emiya Illyasfil.

Elijah—Archer's heart began to tremble at the thought of her name.

In his memory, she was none other than the biological daughter of his adoptive father, Kiritsugu Emiya, and the Master of Basaker in the Holy Grail War. Although she survived the Holy Grail War in the end, she ...... But there is only one year left to live.

Archer still remembers that because of her special physical reasons, her body can only grow up and stay in the pre-secondary sexual characteristics stage at most. So although she is a year older than herself, she is a little girl in appearance and heart, and she affectionately calls herself "brother......

The situation of his adoptive father Kiritsugu is different from what he remembers, according to his memory, "Grandpa" Kiritsugu should have died a few years ago. And just now Rin asked Illya about her father's condition......

Everything seemed to be getting abnormal, and Archer followed them silently in a spirit state, and after not speaking for a long time, a chill ran through his heart.

Archer is the "future" who came from here for many years, and he desperately ended the war in order to save all the life that existed in the world. But he was feared by the world, accused of being the mastermind of the war, and was executed on the gallows.

Although he believed that becoming a heroic spirit after death would save more people, in the reality of infinite reincarnation, he had to kill a few people in order to save the majority, which actually violated his original intention of "saving all lives". After discovering that it was the immature ideal of justice that had put him in trouble, Emiya Shirou became angry with his past self.

He regretted it, he didn't want to be the "self" he is now, he didn't want to be the "guardian" of the Heroic Spirit.

This feeling of remorse drove him to heed the call of Rin, who had been longing for him, and returned to the present - he had come to kill "Emiya Shirou".

…… If things go the way he wants, just find out the "past self" to kill during this time. But the plan never changed as quickly as it came—and he was even overwhelmed.

There's Rin, there's Illya, and even Kiritsugu Emiya, who is supposed to be dead. However, there is no "Emiya Shirou", and there is no "Artoria Pendragon".

Could it be that "Emiya Shirou" had already died in the Togi fire ten years ago?

Archer was silent, and he felt as if he had been caught in a large, complex labyrinth.

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――Fuyuki Cathedral――

The Winterwood Church is not very large, and the most magnificent and shady place in it is the chapel.

It was supposed to be a place of prayer to praise God's grace and calm the heart, but the darkness of the night made it feel like it was surrounded by darkness.

In the middle of the night, the chapel was only Shirou and Karen.

Karen was sitting on an organ in the back, her fingers lightly on the keys, and she began to play, the beautiful timbre beginning to echo in the silent chapel, while Shirou sat on one of the benches, watching her quietly.

She played a hymn, and Karen began to sing in a low voice to the tune.

"The Lord is gently calling - come to me."

"Why avoid the light of love and wander alone."

"The Lord is calling—come back...... Come back to my house......"

Her playing and singing made Shirou unconsciously intoxicated, watching her back.

"O weary traveler, take off your burdens and rest in the love of our Lord."

"The Lord is waiting for the return of the lost Lamb."

"Bow down with your guilt."

……

When it was over, she knelt in front of the altar and prayed silently to the statue of the saint. There was an undisguised silence all over her, and it was this silence that moved the hearts of the people the most.

Shirou didn't do that like Kalian. For him, praying sincerely to the saint could no longer move him in the slightest, and it was Karen, who prayed to the gods, that really attracted him. The moonlight shining through the skylight shone on her, and this appearance of praying in loneliness was really like a saint.

After finishing the prayer, Karen stood up, sat down beside Shirou, and whispered, "You have changed a lot since you came here. ”

“…… Is it? ”

"Is it because you've returned home, or because you're starting to look forward to the Holy Grail War?"

Shirou was silent for a moment, then began to change the subject: "...... Where did Caster go? Didn't she know that there was a Servant fighting at the docks? ”

Caster has a crystal ball that allows him to display images from the magic perspective, and he can know everything about Fuyuki City at any time. But since she wasn't there, Shirou couldn't tell what had happened in the battle at the docks, he just sensed that the last Heroic Spirit, Saber, had been summoned.

"Knock Knock ......"

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.