Earth Princess? No, it's Fujimaru Ritsuka!

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“Incredible. Although I’ve never met Irisviel, I have a strange feeling. The magician, I always feel that if I ever meet her, it will end with one of us dying.”

There was an inexplicable sense of unease about Emiya Kiritsugu.

"This is probably fate. No matter what happens, you will eventually reach the ending you deserve."

"Well... I should say, for the first time, I had the thought that I should protect something, but I feel like I'm missing someone very important."

It was not Irisviel.

Rather, it was a very important girl who was never born.

The Second Emperor knew her name.

"That's just how it is, isn't it? You noble yet stubborn and foolish man, keep going on your way to the future."

"You don't need to tell me, this is my end."

Kiritsugu Emiya took a deep drag on his cigarette and then said calmly.

Da da da--

Meanwhile, Fujimaru Ritsuka was just about to bring Irisviel and Artoria home.

The sound of hurried footsteps echoed from the dense forest.

It's Mashu.

With everything settled, Mashu finally rushed over!

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry, senior, I'm late."

Mashu said, wiping the sweat from her forehead.

"You're too late, Mashu."

After all, it was Mashu's fault for falling for it so easily.

"Too late...wait, does this mean it's already over?"

Mashu covered her mouth.

They did not participate in the final battle.

"I'm so sorry! Senior, I overslept—"

Mashu bowed.

Of course I'll oversleep.

After all, Mashu, who was so clingy, wouldn't let Ritsuka come at all back then, insisting on doing some really naughty things.

So of course I'll oversleep, that's only to be expected.

However, such things are irrelevant now.

Irisviel and Kiritsugu Emiya stared at each other.

"..."

"Goodbye."

Irisviel nodded.

"See you."

Kiritsugu Emiya fixed his gaze on the homunculus, then responded.

The two were separated briefly.

The Chaldea team successfully resolved the singularity and returned to Chaldea.

The time issue is almost resolved. There are no powerful enemies, and even the heavyweight Kama, who was the only one who wanted to cause trouble, has become a fool.

The departed heroic spirits can also be summoned based on fate.

Well, you could say it's a perfect solution, right?

Kirei Kotomine didn't cause any trouble, and Tokiomi Tohsaka's fate might have been changed.

Kenneth may die in subsequent events.

There was no fire in Fuyuki City, nor did any tragic young boy fall unconscious in the flames.

Perhaps, in this non-existent dream world, everything will have a better future.

The Fate/Zero collaboration arc has ended.

—In short, keep up the good work and keep working overtime, Mr. Niseko.

Chapter 254 Artoria's Value Increase

Humans are meaningless beings.

On the grand scale of the universe, we are as insignificant as ants.

Countless stars shine, and even the smallest of people still do their own thing, striving to live their lives until the day they die.

I've always been trying my best to live a good life.

Even when life and civilization come to an end, successors will continue to run, driving the human world to develop continuously.

The world of the gods was very different from that of the modern world.

The entire world exists in a transcendent realm that humanity cannot currently access. To put it another way, the environment of this era is highly toxic to modern humans, with the air permeated with the fifth element of reality, true ether.

4000 years ago, the Mesopotamian plain, the wild world that gave birth to the Mesopotamian civilization, was in such an extreme environment.

Just getting to this singularity is more difficult than all the preparations for all the singularities so far combined!

Dragons and monsters, fantastical species rarely seen in modern times, were almost ubiquitous on the land of the gods. Therefore, the environment in which people lived was obviously exceptionally harsh.

Uruk is the city that rose to prominence during this era.

At this moment, Gilgamesh is not the aloof and arrogant king in armor during the Fourth Holy Grail War, but a wise king who has returned from the underworld, realized his mistakes, and begun to govern diligently.

"Hahaha... Haha ...

Loud laughter echoed throughout the brightly lit sand city as a blond man in a white vest and a white cloth wrapped around his head stood atop the Uruk Tower Temple.

"That's it!"

"Are we finally here, Chaldea?"

"The only ray of dawn that illuminates the heavens and stars, upon this land where humans and gods coexist! So descend, final dream of this planet, last master of mankind!"

The dream of a planet has stages.

As the intelligent being on this planet, the one who rules the earth and is born from the fabric of stars, it is currently in the transition between sleep and dreams.

Gilgamesh looked up at the starry sky.

Countless stars were captured in the king's eyes; his gaze seemed to see through to the future, fixed on the end of human reason.

Has the time finally come?

—The ultimate being that will eventually rule over the fabric of the planets, the ultimate life form created by the last humankind…

An existence that could never be born in any timeline...

Fujimaru Ritsuka, who became the True Ancestor!

So the question is, what is Gilgamesh doing?

He was in his second year of middle school.

That's right. Even though people get old and become more stable and reliable, even if their personalities are different, certain emotions in their bones will never change.

Even in the ancient times.

Standing alone atop a tower on a dark, starry night is also a man's romance.

But so what?

For the king, taking a break from his heavy official duties and standing alone on the top of the tower, shouting loudly, was a way to relieve stress.

only…

Amidst these cries, Gilgamesh couldn't help but feel a little lonely and bored. The reason for this feeling was that in the past, behind King Gilgamesh, there would be a person with long green hair looking at him with gentle eyes.

That guy says some inappropriate and jarring things.

They're even a bit cunning.

If he were standing at the back—

Then... it would definitely have a more comical atmosphere than it does now.

“Enkidu…”

A hint of melancholy flashed in Gilgamesh's eyes.

"Your Majesty, it's time to attend to state affairs. The Tigris River basin is flooded again, and countless monsters are taking advantage of this time to launch a frenzied attack. The front lines are in dire need of attention."

"We don't have enough timber and stone to build fortifications. We need to send special forces to protect the supply lines, otherwise it will be difficult to maintain the monster front."

A veiled female priestess, carrying a stone slab, appeared at the top of the tower temple.

In all of Uruk, besides Gilgamesh and Enkidu, the only person who can stand at this level is Siduri, the goddess of wisdom who currently serves as Gilgamesh's high priest and is known as the Lady of Ale in later legends.

"Wow..."

Gilgamesh drawled out the last syllable:

"Has it reached this point already? It seems to be happening sooner than I expected. If only that foolish court magician could find the Tablet of Destiny."

"Lord Merlin? But wasn't the Tablet of Destiny yours the one you lost?"

Siduri asked, puzzled.

It's a bit unreasonable that the king got lost in his sleep, yet Merlin can't find him.

"..."

Gilgamesh remained silent for a moment.

How come he didn't notice before that Siduri had a hidden scheming side, or did he really go too far?

However, since returning from the underworld, he should have reformed himself and worked hard to improve his conduct, but Siduri seems to be even stricter.

The king's dignity is about to be swept away.

I really want to find a chance to escape Siduri's sight and take a proper vacation. Working day and night is just too torturous.

Even heroes with demigod-like bodies can't withstand this.

"I wrote that when I was half asleep. Never mind, even if I wanted to recall it now, I wouldn't know exactly where it was. Let's not talk about it for now."

"And...it's coming soon."

Gilgamesh looked at the priestess with his scarlet snake eyes.

"Your Majesty, does 'coming soon' mean...?"

"The real decisive battle, and the fate of Uruk. The stars in the sky have already revealed the final outcome; we now only need to go with the flow."

"The final battle... but we in Uruk are not ready..."

"Siduri!"

"Yes!"

Gilgamesh's gaze was earnest, his starry eyes sparkling:

"We of Uruk are doomed; this is an unchangeable future. But this final battle is not our final battle, but humanity's final battle!"

"Even if we all fail in the end, the future of humanity will continue, and that will be our victory."

For the future, Uruk is a distant past, but for King Gilgamesh living in this era, it is now a crisis of life and death.

The enemy he saw in his eyes was an ultimate being that even the Star Master could not truly defeat; achieving victory was virtually impossible.

"I understand, King."

Siduly nodded seriously, then changed shifts: "So, you should still review these documents."

"Didn't I tell you, now is not the time to dwell on trivial matters! Siduri!"

Gilgamesh emphasized it again.