READ NOVEL ONLINE Chapter 25: Ch. 25: Past atop a past
The two women continued staring at each other…
Sparks flew in the air.
Then the purplish red haired woman said…
"Because, what you are about to do is utterly foolish."
Shiki squinted her eyes. Though, she did not feel any anger at those words. Instead, she treated it as a rede from an elder.
Finally, the suffocating aura radiating from her vanished.
It is clear that she has gained clarity.
Although she is an assassin… No. It is because she is an assassin that she is quite rational.
'I have to admit… I got a little carried away. When it comes to him… I am really having a hard time to control my emotions. I really need to learn how to surpress my emotions when it comes to him.'
"Huuuu…"
Having finally regained a clear mind… she slowly sat on the chair near the bed and then looked at Scathach again.
As for Scathach…
'Sigh… Such a shame. I didn't manage to fight her. I mean… I don't really have something to do now…'
She shaked her head and looked at the boy who is sleeping… getting hugged by BB and being poke by the little squirrel like creature, Fou.
"Shh! Fou-chan… Stop poking him…"
"Fouu…"
"Hai! Hai. I know that you miss him but… stop poking him, he is sleeping, okay?"
Fou looked at Mash with teary eyes.
She felt wrong. She didn't do anything! This is injustice!!
Then…
Fou leaped forward…
Tears even dropped from her eyes.
And…
Plop…
Fou landed right into Artoria's face.
The three Saberface are playing cards just a bit far away from Rokuro.
The bed is very wide that it can easily be a King sized bed.
The other Saberfaced… Nero and Jeanne looked Artoria.
The latter just looked at her with a smile… as for the former? Well…
"Pfft… Haha… Hahahaha!!!"
Nero laughed so hard that she even clutched her stomach and even rolled.
Under the small body of Fou… Artoria constantly twitched her right eye and her lips.
It is clear that she is quite irritated right now.
Really, this two can't be in the same room without having a small fight.
Their blood feud is just too much… it's no wonder that Shiki, despite being already very overpowered that many would not dare to try and provoke her… she is constantly getting a headache.
Strength is meaningless to the feud of these girls…
Artoria grabbed Fou and put her at the side…
She looked at Nero with an expressionless face, while Nero just looked at her fiercely…
So what if you have Rhongomyniad, Excalibur and Chastifol… do you think I have none? Foolish! I also have my own arsenal that wouldn't lose to you no matter what!!
That's what Nero that…
The two looked at each other with a fierce glint in their eyes…
But before they could pounce on each other…
"Ahem! That's enough you two."
Jeanne intervened.
She began to lecture the two and the girls… they surprisingly cooperated with Jeanne.
While chaos filled where Rokuro is sleeping…
His consciousness is now doing something…
...…
In 2004…
In Fuyuki, Japan…
A bright red haired boy is in tatters…
Sitting on the gravels…
He stared at the blonde haired girl wearing a knight's armor…
The girl spoke…
"Are you… My Master?"
Thus, marking the Fated journey of a young Hero…
...
[Err… Master? Are you okay?]
'Hmm? Of course I'm fine! Why did you ask?'
[Well… Why are you speaking nonsense?]
'Hoooo? I felt a bit bored. So I thought… Why not be a narrator? I mean… I now have omniscient point of view!! In fact… why didn't I think of this sooner?!'
[Ahh… Err… Okay?]
'Well it doesn't matter. Let us continue the story!'
...
In a secluded place…
It was dark…
A person is doing some kind of ritual…
"Um… Nii-san… Is this… Is this really okay? I mean. Shiki-nee-san said that you shouldn't overwhelmed your body…"
The girl who said that is… a beautiful purple haired girl. She is accompanied by lilac haired little girl.
They are…
Sakura and Mash.
As for how did Mash appear in here well…
Let us delve into the past…
Unlike the original series, Mash was born on the month of December, year 1998.
Well before that…
The fourth Holy Grail War happened…
In fact, Shisui at that time was like…
"What the fuck!! Shouldn't this thing happened in the 1994!? Like how!?"
In the end, using his Mystic Eyes that he hated so much… he noticed that there are only six participants, it is in need of a Berserker. So he hurriedly prepared several weapons as he knew his luck is pure shit.
For example, he have a prototype of Rhongomyniad, do you think he will have a 100% in succeeding in summoning Artoria? The answer is… No.
He also knew that there is no way that he will be able to summon a servant with just one try!!
He had a headache thinking about how to properly do it, in the end… he throws all the weapons and let it become the catalyst.
Then she appeared…
The one who appeared is a striking similar in appearance to Artoria but… with red dress that is open on the front of the skirt…
"Umu! You should be revering yourself! For I, the Emperor of Rome, Emperor of Roses, have appeared! Thus, I ask this, are you! Frail looking man! That is quite beautiful if I must say… My Summoner!?"
Looking at the smug face of the small but well endowed woman… his lips twitch several times.
'How come this girl is the one I have summoned? I mean… I have never heard of a Nero Berserker.'
In the end, he decided to just take a look at her stats… and… it leave him quite baffled…
[Name: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus | Class: Berserker | Gender: Female | Alignment: Chaotic-Evil]
[Strength: A+ | Endurance:EX | Agility: A | Mana: B | Luck: A | Noble Phantasm: EX]
[Class Skills: Mad Enhancement (EX)]
[Personal Skills: Migraine (B), Thrice-Setting Sun {Invictus Spiritus} (A), Imperial Privilege (EX)]
[Noble Phantasm: Aestus Domus Aurea (A) {Type: Anti-Unit | Range: 0-30 meters | Max. Target: 1}, Incedium Magnum Romaē (EX) {Type: Anti-Country, Anti-Holy/Anti-Divinity | Range: 1-999 meters | Max. Target: 1000} ]
Shisui's eyes almost popped out of his eye socket because of the insane parameters of his summoned Servant.
Also… what Great Fire of Rome? I don't remember such a phantasm of Nero!!
And… looking at this beautiful girl… she seems… rational?
"Err… Ahem! I am Minamoto Shisui, nice to meet you… Berserker."
"Umu! I'll let you call me by my majestic name! Nero!"
"Okay, nice to meet you, Emper- Empress Nero."
"Ehe… I'm starting to like this guy…"
Nero looked down and mumbled incomprehensible words.
As for Shisui…
'Is she okay? I feel like she is getting… a little weird… Ohh! Maybe her Mad Enhancement is acting up… This is not good! Not good at all!'
He thought.
Little did he know that it is not the cause of it, well… almost as the Mad Enhancement EX intensifies the users feelings but, what really caused her to act like that is far from his views.
While all of this is happening, the Tohsaka family is in chaos…
"I, I, I beg your pardon, King Gilgamesh, but… I need to find my daughter fast! So… my King, can you perha-."
"Hah!? You dare try to order this King for such work? Mongrel! Are you perhaps overestimating yourself? Hah! You should rejoice as I have not killed you for such an impudent actions! Humph! I am leaving, I still have something to do."
The golden armored guy, the King of Heroes, King of Uruk, Gilgamesh, left haughtily.
As for his summoner… Tohsaka Tokiomi, bit his lips.
He has just gotten a call from the Matou family that…
Sakura has been kidnapped!!
'My daughter! Argh!! Just you wait kidnapper! I'll kill you by myself!'
Yes, according to Matou Zouken, Sakura has been kidnapped by a black suited guy, also this guy is an Onmyōdō practitioner!
He doesn't have a define answer…
Still, if Shisui were to hear it, he would probably say…
"Haah!! Kidnapped!? I didn't kidnap Sakura! In fact, before handing an adoption certificate to the authorities… I asked Sakura if she wants to go back to the Tohsaka household!! But she said… "I don't want to… I want to go with Nii-san…". See! She agrees!!"
[Ahem! I beg your pardon for intruding and interrupting your story telling Master but… that is still kidnapping. I mean, you didn't even asked the legal parents consent for adoption so… it is kidnapping.]
'Ahh? I know, but hear the full story first so that we can proceed to the current 5th holy grail war.'
[Okay.]
...
After all of that…
The 4th holy grail officially started.
But…
"Shin… Where are you going~?"
Shisui's body stiffen.
He slowly turned around and saw…
A woman wearing casual clothes, her hair is shoulder length, and her eyes… they are glowing blueish hue as she tilted her head. She is also wielding knives on each hands.
'Why is she in here? If I remember correctly, Shiki should be with Mikiya right now… so why is she here! And…'
He slowly looked at the knives in Shiki's hands, then thought to himself…
'Why is she wielding knives!? There is no way she will kill me, right? I literally did nothing wrong to her!! I didn't even hurt nor did I even met Mikiya!! So why is she looking at me as if… she will slice me up!!'
He is playing the dense protagonist…
Then…
Shiki appeared in front of him and asked again, but now… her eyes softened up a little.
"Where are you going?"
"I, well… I am joining the grail war… how about you? Why are you here?"
"Well I-"
Shiki's voice was cut off because…
"Master! I have found the enemy Servants!"
Nero came crushing into Shisui's embrace.
"Master~ I have found Saber and Lancer… they are fighting…"
"Hmm… Thanks for your hard work, Nero."
"Umu! This Servant shall do anything for the Master!!"
"Ahem! Don't easily say that Nero…"
"Mmm… That so?"
"Yes."
"Umu!"
Looking at the embracing duo…
Shiki's heart felt like getting torn apart.
Now… She lamented not saying anything when Shisui said that he and his family are going overseas…
To her…
In this world, only he, is the one allowed in her heart.
From the moment they were young, he helped her several times, even sometimes getting hurt in the process.
He always stood by her side whenever things go wrong.
He always accompanied her whenever she got sick and tired because of the training conducted by her father…
There was never a single time… he did not accompany her in her unpleasant times…
But what impacted on her feelings was…
"Shin… am I… a Monster? Am I really that… Weird? Am I-"
"You were never anything like that."
"Huh?"
Shisui smiled.
"You are never a monster nor weird. You should take pride for your being. They are just jealous of you. And… Even if they think like that, I would never, ever thought of you like that."
She remembered it all…
Those words brought more courage to herself.
So seeing the boy, who she comes to love, pushing him to another, just because of a certain timeline, and… embracing another woman, not even giving an eye to her…
She felt…
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I'm back!! Also… My writings got affected by my mood because… no one is celebrating my birthday with me today 😔.
Also… that noble phantasm… I just copied the first one and decided to bring a self created, no actually, I just copied the Great Fire of Rome and turned it into Latin😔.