Chapter 1 On the way home(1/2)
Amid the sound of the vehicle driving smoothly, I woke up from a peaceful sleep. () (This chapter was uploaded by netizens) I stretched out my legs and found that the space was not enough to stretch out. I turned my body sideways and squeezed the soft pillow upwards, so comfortable that I didn't want to open my eyes.
A hand stretched forward from behind and gently held my shoulder.
Whose hand is it... I raised my head in a daze and saw the girl's familiar face.
Jinsha's hair hangs down her ears, her eyes droop gently, and her holy green eyes are like a pool of autumn water, and the waves are staring at me in full bloom.
I raised my head and looked down at me, only a few dozen centimeters away from the saber.
"Shirou, you're awake. How's your rest?"
"Fortunately, it's saber... Hey, saber, you are so close that I can't breathe anymore-oh!"
I answered in a daze, and suddenly realized that the one who was resting on my head was Saber's thighs, so close that they could hear each other's breathing. I was helpless and wanted to retreat, but I hit the back of the front seat.
"Shirou, does it hurt?"
Saber quickly grabbed me. I lay in the narrow space and had nowhere to escape, blushing and accepting Saber's kindness.
"Ah-ha, it seems that he is quite energetic. He can tease Saber now."
The sound of Tosaka's strange laughter came from the front seat.
"Cai, this is not the case, I didn't do that. Saber I'm fine, let me get up first."
I finally sat up from the back seat and noticed that I was sitting in the back row of a small car. Tosaka was in the front passenger seat, turning his head and smiling and playing as I was entangled with Saber.
"Tonsaka, you're fine, it's so good."
"Who said it's okay? I don't know how many times I was dragged down by someone today. I almost died at the hands of the server. When I ran away, I had to bring a useless man who fainted."
"This is what is called a disaster that has left thousands of years. It's best to stay away from such a man next time."
The white hair that was driving in the driver's seat also spoke, and the usual sarcastic tone I knew it was archer. ()
Archer was sitting in the driver's seat easily, skillfully controlling the steering wheel, and flexibly manipulating modern and highly technological vehicles. He armed heroes who are focused on working on the red concept gave me a subtle sense of incongruity.
The person who can drive the Tosaka Miss should be the kind of loyal butler with gray hair and energetic spirits that meets the settings. Archer, do you also need to move towards the goal of an all-round butler?
"I'm sorry to bother Tonsaka. I must repay Tonsaka."
"I dare not act like this. As long as you don't cause trouble for me in the future. If it weren't for saving Shirou just now, Saber would have killed fighter in one breath."
Tosaka's dissatisfied expression was revealed, and I couldn't help but be surprised.
"Torsaka means fighter is still alive?"
"Maybe, that guy is a completely different thing..."
Tosaka bit Sakura's lips and muttered resentfully.
"How is it possible? Even if the heroic spirit is injured, he will die, right?"
I looked at Saber next to me with proof, and the girl just nodded seriously to agree with Tosaka's statement.
"Because he is not a hero at all! Don't you understand? Who will be the hero in this world who can use 'Saiya' as a treasure?"
Seeing my dazed expression, Tosaka leaned towards me fiercely and wanted to overwhelm me with his momentum. Unfortunately, I still couldn't understand the meaning of Tosaka's words.
"Sorry Tosaka, I really can't remember..."
Seeing that I couldn't continue talking for a long time, Tosaka finally gave up. She sat back on her seat and stroked her head helplessly. ()
"Boys should know more about such things than girls. Such a famous person..."
"Can it be—that person?"
Hesitantly thought of a certain target, I couldn't believe it and spoke out tentatively. ()
"I can't believe that people who are not created from legends and history, but are not created just because of human interests, heroes who do not exist and have no mystery should not be summoned at all."
"Shiro, I heard Rin explain just now that if it is just a character made up by people, then the other party was considered a person who does not exist from the beginning, and there will be no record in the throne of Heroes. Therefore, fighter is definitely not a server summoned by the Holy Grail."
"So, that guy is a fake and shouldn't have appeared here at all. The guy named Kimura is not a master, we were all cheated."
Tosaka's face was full of resentment.
"In other words, Kimura used unknown means to mix into this Holy Grail War, and his goal would be..."
I recalled the conversation with Kimura, and when I said this, I subconsciously looked at Saber, and the girl was just silent.
"If this continues, I don't know how many Servants the other party can summon, so we have no chance of winning."
Tosaka hit his forehead in distress, wishing to come up with an idea from his mind.
"Didn't Tosaka say that no matter how many servants are summoned, the magic of master has its limit. Kimura told me that he has been preparing to participate in this war since ten years. These two servants must have been created by him in these ten years. If he summons more, it will only reduce his servant's ability, right?"
"That's it, but after a violation of the master, something outrageous may happen."
Everyone was silent for a moment.
After a long time, I changed the subject and asked Tosaka another thing, curious about what happened after I was confused.
"When did Archer come back, what about rider? Is she okay?"
"Shirou, when Tosaka and I took you out of the forest, we met Archer and Rider. This car was parked here when we came. Archer was responsible for driving us back. Rider was outside to watch. ()"
Saber explained to me that seeing that my body was not in a state of trouble, the girl finally felt relieved.
I looked around and didn't find rider. Maybe she was hiding on the roof of the car now in a spirit state.
"It's good that everyone is fine, but I didn't expect that we can survive."
Looking back on the desperate situation that I encountered again and again today, I was able to survive. I relaxed with peace of mind and expressed fear of my situation.
"If someone hadn't dragged it down, maybe they could have killed berserker today. It's really not easy for our combination to get to this point."
"archer, don't talk nonsense. You used the treasure today. The magic power consumption almost wiped me out, why haven't you killed the other party yet?"
Tosaka accused Archer of his crazy words indignantly.
"The heroes in the mythological age are not so easy to defeat. Besides, the other party is Hercules, who has the 'Trial of Twelve', and they must use different methods to kill the other party twelve times before they can win."
Archer easily told a terrible fact.
"Ten, twelve times...how could it be possible."
When Tosaka heard this extremely terrible news, his face turned pale.
How could such a terrible monster die twelve times?
"archer, you said Hercules has an immortal body twelve times, so even my treasure..."
Saber said and fell silent. She was calculating how much lethal her treasure was to berserker.
I remembered the torrent of light of Saber on the night before. If he faced berserker, could Saber win? If the most powerful treasure is, he can only kill the other party once. Then maybe as long as he resists the attack of the treasure, he will definitely win in this war.
"Saber, as long as he gets attacked at level A or above, even berserker will die. What we do is find ten more ways to kill him."
Archer makes an indifferent voice, and this extremely strong self-confidence has surpassed Saber's level. ()
As a heroic spirit, Servant generally has the superb skills obtained through hard training or even from war. The powerful ability of their own training gives them the confidence to surpass mortals in their respective fields.
However, this confidence has its limits.
Saber's confidence comes from his sword. The strongest holy sword he holds in his hand gives Saber the confidence to be fearless of any opponent. However, when the enemy is an immortal monster, Saber is also afraid.
Archer's confidence is stronger than Saber. Does his confidence come from something stronger than the Holy Sword?
I held my forehead with a headache, Archer's firm voice penetrated his eardrum and reached his mind. Something seemed to attract me in his voice.
Where does his confidence come from when a hero with nothing in his hand and an archer without even a bow?
A familiar picture appeared in my mind. On the night when Archer attacked me, the red knight took off his hypocritical mask and stood proudly in front of me, with the holy green pupils full of murderous intent.
That was the look that only belonged to a real warrior, full of a higher sense of mission beyond hatred. It seemed that killing me was the greatest meaning of his life.
That was the only time I've seen Archer look serious.
Don't relax because the opponent is weak, don't be afraid because the enemy is strong, and you can defeat any enemy.
It seems that I have seen that stern figure somewhere.
"Any servant will die if he is attacked by level A or above - archer, it is easy to say. Such a powerful attack can only be achieved with treasures, and which heroic spirit has ten such powerful treasures - huh, ten?"
Tosaka lost control again. It seemed that every time he was in front of Archer, Tosaka became particularly uneasy, and he only noticed a suspicious point in the end.
"Well, although I didn't fulfill my promise to Rin, I also killed berserker twice."
Archer's revelation calmly made everyone in the car jump up in shock.
"archer, you have two treasures...? No, plus your guardian shield in Liudong Temple. You have taken out three different treasures. Why have I never heard of such a hero?"
Tosaka pinched his fingers and saber frowned in distress, as if regretful of not being able to fight such a powerful person during his lifetime.
"Three treasures? Archer, do you think of your identity now?"
The girl with two ponytails sitting in the front row turned toward the archer beside her, looking at the red knight who was driving with anticipation.
"Well, that's right, I don't have any impression of it."
Archer paused and gave a negative answer.
"A lie, there are not many heroes with so many treasures. Others will guess who you are. How could you not remember your name?"
To be continued...