Chapter 195: I can't forget the agreement I once exchanged

The sound that echoed in my ears at those moments......

Those figures that can never be forgotten......

It's—

A person's most precious memory.

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"Apricot, this is it?"

"Well, that's right. Master, do you have any special feelings? ”

“…… There's nothing, it's just an ordinary residential building. Tragedy looked at the ordinary residential buildings in front of her in confusion, which were extremely ordinary from both a practical and magical point of view. There are no fluctuations in mana, and there is no over-the-top defense. If there's anything special, it's that it's too quiet......

"Wait, quiet?"

"Master, what do you have in mind?" Apricot swept away the frustration just now and asked expectantly. Gilgamesh is dead, and I'm the only servant the master can rely on, right? In order to win, in order to capture the Holy Grail, I must prove my worth more and more!

I won't be an outcast, absolutely not!

In order to...... My wish!

"Well, you see, this should be a community full of people, but the building in front of me is too quiet. It's daytime and people are going out to work and school, but there should be people who go out for a walk, right? Tragedy showed a look of sudden realization, and pointed to the quiet building with a smile.

Everything is exactly as he said. Pache Temptation's enchantment was a little too powerful, directly enveloping several buildings. The residents of the building have already left subconsciously and have not returned for a long time, which is why it is so quiet.

"Whew, that's fine."

"With the sense of my legendary mage, I didn't find anything abnormal here, and it was 100% that the participants planted the barrier. It seems that this is either the lair of some of the combatants or a place of considerable importance to them. If it weren't for the reminder, I wouldn't have noticed the anomaly here. Thanks to you, Apricot. "If it weren't for the apricot reminder, who would have noticed such a small difference? After all, there are not many people in the community during the day, so this kind of quiet situation is not impossible, right?

"Haha, it's nothing. If you're sure there's an enchantment, it's up to me to break it! Apricot smiled heartily and confidently straightened her chest.

"Okay, it's up to you!"

The red gem on the apricot's chest shone brightly, and the world in front of her rippled like water waves. A faintly circular void appeared in front of the two of them, the edges flickering, as if they were about to collapse at any moment. There is no difference between the two worlds of the Void, because they are one.

As a magical girl, Kyoko Sakura can not only discover hidden enchantments, but also drill a hole in them with her soul gem. This is determined by the nature of the world she is in, after all, if you want to destroy the witch, you must enter the witch's enchantment. Originally, this was a very ordinary thing, but in the Holy Grail War, it seemed less ordinary.

"Let's go inside, Master." Apricot wiped the sweat from her forehead and said tiredly.

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"Oh no, my barrier is broken!" Pache suddenly threw down the pen in her hand and exclaimed.

“servant？ Or are they other people who have nothing to do with it? Galami asked calmly.

"There's no way those weak creatures can break my barrier, unless they use something special. The barrier was destroyed in an instant, and I didn't feel any unusual information from the magic elves before, it should have been from the servant. Patchouli looked out the window and said worriedly.

"Can you still delay?"

"I'm afraid not. I've planted too many magic arrays in this room, and I'll be able to sense it as soon as the barrier is broken. ”

"I'll fix it." Galami struggled to his feet.

After Jing Ke and Jack glanced at each other, Jing Ke said indifferently: "Let's go." ”

Patchouli secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said gratefully, "Then thank you very much." "Galami can't even use the Noble Phantasm when he doesn't trigger the Retention Skill, and now he's seriously injured, so the best thing to do is to let Cao Jin's servant go out to fight. Although they have a pact with their lord, they are not obligated to protect everyone.

"No, it's for our master."

"Alas, it's a pity that it's daytime, I hope the 'Dark Mist' can scare off the other party."

If Jack wants to fully exert his strength, he must meet all three conditions. The first is "night", the second is "dense fog", and the third is "the other party is a female". The second and third conditions are easy to achieve, as she has the mist-making treasure "Dark Mist Capital", and most of the servants who participated in the battle this time are women...... Of the three conditions, only the first one is the most difficult and the most important.

"Don't worry, we'll take care of your master."

"Thank you."

"Thank you for ......"

Downstairs.

"I sensed it! It's such a strong magic array, it's definitely a caster! Tragedy muttered excitedly to herself.

"Caster? Then I'll leave it to you, right? I'm going to deal with the other party's master. ”

"No problem, I'm a mage killer!" The tragedy swiped his hands, and the cadre Mo Ye appeared in his hands.

"Your opponent is me." Jing Ke's indifferent voice suddenly sounded in the tragic ears, and an ordinary dagger suddenly appeared from the void and stabbed the other party's heart fiercely. The angle of the dagger's stab is so tricky that it is as untraceable as the horns of an antelope. No one knows when she appeared or how long she was hidden.

Taken aback, Tragedy barely raised his twin knives to fend off the deadly attack.

“master！” Kyoko Sakura was shocked, and she stepped forward to help.

At some point, a thick fog completely covered the place. The mist, which had been invisible to the fingers, quickly evaporated under the sun's rays, and was rapidly replenished by the power of magic. However, this seamless fog also revealed a flaw because of this.

"Retreat, don't come here again......" Jack's voice carried a hint of pleading in the mist.

I don't want to kill anymore, and she doesn't like me to kill anymore, master, right?

"Who will listen to you!" Apricot looked around anxiously, constantly looking for traces of the other party.

Two strange daggers stabbed out of the mist, pointing straight at Apricot's arms.

"Damn, why can't you find ...... Got you! ”

Kyoko dodged the dagger in surprise, and the chain gun stabbed into the mist.

"Hmm!" Jack let out a muffled grunt and dodged away in embarrassment. On her waist, a hideous wound was dripping with blood.

Without the protection of the night, she could no longer use that perfect surprise attack that could be called invulnerable.

After the blow, Kyoko once again lost track of the other party.

"It's really good to hide."

"I don't want to hurt you, can you get out of here?"

"Tsk, are you stupid! It's the Holy Grail War, fight with your life! If you don't have this determination, it's better to leave the venue early! ”

Because...... This brutal battlefield is really not for naïve people like you.

In the mist, the dagger stabbed the opponent's limbs again.

"You're such a fool...... This part is impossible to be fatal! ”

Apricot leaned away, leaving a huge wound on Jack's back.

"See? This kind of injury can be fatal! ”

Ha, is that I am also a naïve person? No, no, I can't be naïve any longer!

For the sake of wishes, I must abandon that pathetic innocence!

Sayaka, I'll see you again, absolutely!

"Why don't you retreat? Why, why? I don't want to kill, I don't want to......"

Apricot was silent for a moment, and the chain gun suddenly stabbed into the empty mist.

"There are some things that you can't do if you don't want to do them......

I don't want to do that, who wants to kill someone who has nothing to do with it!

But you can't do it!

Because...... It has to be done!

"I'm sorry, I didn't want to...... But you're going to hurt the master, and I'm not going to allow that! ”

"Our Lady of Disintegration!"

Master, I'm willing to get my hands covered in blood for your sake!

I don't want to see that miserable master again...... Never!

The four identical daggers suddenly burst out of the mist along the arcane trajectory, and in an instant, they cut several deep wounds on the apricot's body. Blood flowed uncontrollably, and soon she was stained into a bloody person.

To Jack's surprise, the other party stood there as if nothing happened, his eyes locked on her in the mist.

"I'm not going to die, I'm definitely not going to die here until my wish is fulfilled!"

"I killed her with my own hands, killed my friend! I want to see her again, and I must say what I didn't say at the beginning! ”

"I'd rather abandon my human identity than keep the contract of a magical girl, my determination, how can you possibly understand!"

One by one, my friends left me, and only I remember the promises I had exchanged......

Because I can't forget, because I don't want to forget!

So I'm going to live and live to see her!

The chain gun in Apricot slammed out, and the snake stabbed Jack in the heart.

I want to see you again, by all means!

"Body ......"

"Hmm!"

Jack fell to the ground in pain, his strength flowing out of his body little by little with the blood.

Why is this so, and why, exactly?

I finally found a master who wouldn't hurt me, and I finally found someone I really liked!

How can it, how can it die here!

Master, she doesn't even ...... my existence I don't know......

"Farewell, naïve girl."

The spear was raised high.

You won't be forgiven for doing such a thing, will you?

Ahh

I will be hated, and maybe one day I will be killed like this.

But everything can be discarded, except for the agreement-

No!

Jack struggled to crawl into the distance, the ground covered with long marks of blood.

“master……”

The girl's right hand was clenched forward, as if trying to grasp something.

"Mom's ......"

Blood splattered.

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When everyone thought that the Holy Grail War would last for a long, long time, the prelude to the decisive battle had quietly begun.

No one can predict what will happen in the future, no one can know their fate, so they will ......

Sad.