The Holy Grail is a wine cup used by Jesus and his 11 disciples after sending away Judas Iscariot on the 14th day of Nisan in the Jewish calendar in 33 AD, which was the Passover dinner before Jesus¡¯ crucifixion. Jesus once picked up this cup and told his disciples to drink the red wine that symbolized his blood, thus creating the memorial ceremony of the crucifixion. Later some people believed that the cup had some magical powers because of this special occasion. According to legend, the magical furnace of peace in the other world is the predecessor of the Holy Grail.
Many legends believe that if you can find this Holy Grail and drink the water it contains, you will be rejuvenated, resurrected from the dead and gain eternal life - "But those legends must not have warned people that the so-called Holy Grail actually contains It's such a filthy thing." Zhao Mian sneered, then raised his head and carefully looked at the black mud that was still spreading in front of him - the war hammer in his hand was filled with little rays of brilliance, and those faint rays of light were floating like dust. In the air, the huge mud ball was gradually wrapped in it.
"This - what is this" As the light extended, the rancid smell and the depressing power gradually subsided, and Tohsaka Rin was finally able to direct his eyes towards the huge mud ball. Although due to Zhao Mian's obstruction, she could no longer feel the pollution that seemed to come from the depths of her soul, nor could she directly touch the terrifying power, but even if she just looked at it with her own eyes, Tohsaka Rin was fully aware of it. I felt the horror of the mud ball. So she murmured - just like talking to herself or broken sentences flowing out of the corner of her mouth unconsciously - and gently voiced her questions.
"Although he is arrogant, the King of Heroes will not lie - that is the Holy Grail." Zhao Mian, who held the war hammer in front of him, replied in a deep voice. He did not look back, but carefully observed the black mud, "You so-called The thing that the magician has spent his life longing for is right here. If we look at the pure strength, it can indeed be called the 'Holy Grail that can realize all power.'"
"This" For a moment, Tohsaka Rin felt as if she was hit by some unknown force. She staggered and almost fell to the ground, but she knew very well that she was truly shaken. The feeling was not from his body, but from somewhere in the deepest part of his heart. The tall object built by his own conjecture and knowledge quietly collapsed under such a powerful blow.
If it were the normal Zhao Mian, I¡¯m afraid he would have come over to help him no matter what. But at this moment, he just focused his eyes on the thing in front of him, not to mention reaching out to help, it could even be said that he didn't move at all.
The silence lasted for a long time. In this short night, too many things were forced into Tohsaka Rin's mind. She needed time to think about it slowly - but time is often not enough, no matter for Now Tohsaka Rin is still Zhao Mian, and even for Saber and Emiya Shirou who are fighting, time is extremely precious, because there are many things that, once missed, cannot be recovered.
Maybe dozens of minutes have passed, maybe less than ten minutes have passed - this is not a critical issue for Rin Tosaka, who is confused and confused. But the breeze no longer carries the sound of fighting, and the battle on both sides has already been decided. Although Tohsaka Rin, who is trapped in his own thoughts and cannot extricate himself, does not know what this means, but he has been paying attention. Zhao Mian understood very well, so he finally broke the silence.
"Tohsaka." Zhao Mian called, and his voice passed through the night, attracting Tohsaka Rin's attention, "The battle is over."
Tohsaka Rin seemed a little unhappy that her thoughts were disturbed, but she did not expand her mood further. Instead, she just frowned and began to judge the current situation through her voice. "Well, the battle on Saber's side should have ended. Lancer managed to survive for so long after Master was killed. He is indeed a famous hero in history."
"Yes." Zhao Mian nodded. After a slight pause - as if he was making final considerations - Zhao Mian continued, "Tohsaka Rin." An unusually formal title, both in terms of tone and tone. In other respects, everything was a mess. This made Tohsaka Rin feel uncomfortable and at the same time she felt Zhao Mian's seriousness. "You are a very reliable lady, even though you sometimes make some minor mistakes." You have made mistakes, but you have never been so sloppy in important matters, so I think you are trustworthy. Maybe you are confused by what I say, but I ask you to continue listening." Zhao Mian After a pause, Tohsaka Rin didn't speak, so he continued, "I don't understand your babbling spells, and I don't quite understand what you magicians say.?The root cause, but at least there is one thing I know better than you - although the thing in front of us is a powerful force, if such an uncontrolled force is not dealt with, it may cause even greater disasters. But after all, I am not from this world, so I give you the right to choose - I put this power in your hands, Ms. Rin Tosaka. Do you choose to carry it, or let me destroy it? "Zhao Mian turned around, the war hammer was still on the ground. Without the control from his hands, the power contained in it burned with flames. He looked at Tohsaka Rin, his eyes were serious and serious, and what he learned from it was The feeling revealed is not that of an eldest brother or a loving father who is usually approachable. In Tosaka Rin's opinion, those eyes are not what a human should have. They are cold and solemn, as if nothing can block these eyes. The master's decision was average. Under the gaze of such eyes, Tohsaka Rin could not help but feel a little flustered and at a loss. However, she did not escape, but stubbornly looked at Zhao Mian. Zhao Mian's eyes There was a trace of approval in it, "If I carry it, I will erase all its tentacles extending to this world, and then plug the gap that was forcibly opened by the power, and it will continue to dormant in the place where it originally stayed. , waiting for the next Holy Grail War to open a gap again, and then reappear in the world - you can do a lot of things during this time, prepare everything you can, and then fight against it in the next Holy Grail War. As for destroying it" Zhao Mian gently glanced at the black mud behind him, "I will tear it apart from this world, and there will never be another Holy Grail War from now on. "After the words fell, Zhao Mian stopped talking and just stared at Tohsaka Rin in front of him.
Perhaps for many people, this can be said to be a difficult problem. People who are extremely confident and arrogant may choose the former and put all the fruits of victory into their own arms, while timid people may be more inclined to the latter. , because since someone had a reason to help him get rid of such trouble, then he would naturally burst into tears. But for Tohsaka Rin, this problem was not difficult. It didn't even take her long to reach her conclusion - the conclusion was so clear that she didn't even hesitate. "Destroy it, uncle." Tohsaka Rin said. In those words, what flowed was not only the calm judgment, but also the trust in the monster in human skin in front of him.
Zhao Mian¡¯s eyebrows raised, then relaxed, his eyes filled with approval. He said slightly calmly, "Good choice."
"This is a natural result." Tohsaka Rin smiled contentedly.
"Then run." Zhao Mian said, "Run, the faster the better, the further away from here the better. It's best to go out from the front door of the temple and take Saber and Wei Gong with you. Soon there will be no human beings here." A place to stay.¡±
"" Tohsaka Rin was stunned for a moment.
"Don't worry, it won't take long. It will all be over before dawn." Zhao Mian comforted him.
" I wish you good luck in martial arts." After a moment of hesitation, Tohsaka Rin finally made her decision. She started running, then turned around the corner of the backyard and bowed to Zhao Mian, Then he continued running and disappeared into the night.
"The final finishing touches, come on." Zhao Mian twisted his neck, then picked up his war hammer and put it on his shoulders, walking towards the huge black mud that was struggling to escape under the constraints of the light. .
A quiet night - even though this quietness was established after a battle, this night was destined to be remembered by countless people, but the cause was not the fight between several servants.
What is the root cause? Countless magicians are pursuing such a thing, but no one can tell what the source is - Aozaki Aoko can't tell, Zelrich has never mentioned it, let alone the remaining unknown person. They never explained or mentioned where the magician was. But during this night, the secrets of the world were revealed one by one in the eyes of a girl.
Holding the command spell that caused a dazzling light due to the huge power backflow, Sakura hurried to the foot of Mount Genzo and saw something that he could never forget in his life. Was it what the other party wanted him to see or was it just a person? The accident is unknown, but it is undeniable that it indeed affected the rest of her life.
Standing at the foot of the mountain, Sakura first saw Rin Tosaka and Shirou Emiya flying down the mountain. Saber followed closely behind them. She was about to go up to meet them, but she stopped in her tracks. The three people who were running also turned their heads and looked at the shocking scene - a huge light pillar penetrated the sky and the earth, the clouds dispersed under its power, and the bright night sky was like day at this moment. , within the scope of the light, all other powers disappeared into the void.In the face of this power, whether it is the magic power in the body or the source of the world, it is easily expelled as if it were a joke. If Saber hadn't been regarded as an enemy, perhaps just the aftermath of her power would have driven Saber back to the Hall of Valor - such a thought flashed through Sakura's mind.
Tohsaka Rin and the other three quickened their pace, and they soon arrived at Sakura's side - Tohsaka Rin yelled something at Sakura, and then forcibly pulled her to try to get her to leave, but nothing happened. Suddenly, without the assistance of magic power, she found that she was unable to pull this usually weak girl. The other girl was like a nail nailed to the floor, standing firmly in place. Unexpectedly, she He waved to Shirou Emiya, then held Sakura in his arms and stood with her.
What did Sakura see? It shocked her so much.
"That may be the truth of the world." This is how she answered her sister in the future when she was given the surname Tohsaka again.
At that moment, the boundaries of dimensions were blurred in her eyes, and countless things called magic and miracles became extremely weak at this moment. The knight who was summoned by her unintentionally used his own power to open it to her. A window to the inside of the world.
Through that window, she saw that she had summoned a completely different rider. The purple figure with the blindfold was so beautiful, but she was immersed in the filthy black mud, letting hatred fill her heart. ; She also saw that she was still a child of the Tosaka family, with long black hair and a healthy body. There, the Tosaka family was just an ordinary family, and magic had nothing to do with them. Like a kaleidoscope, countless lives of her own came into her eyes. She seemed to see her beginning and her end - but this was only the beginning.
Raising her head from among countless selves, she saw the world falling apart in front of her. All common sense was no longer applicable at this moment, because all things carrying common sense no longer existed. She saw a cheetah flying past her, and then it turned into dissociated bones and flesh in mid-air, and then turned into cells flying in the sky, and then molecules and atoms, ions and electrons flying around her, This is how she saw quarks and smaller things. But this is still not the end.
Everything was broken down into its most basic parts, and then among the complicated things, she seemed to see the last thing - rules. Time is irreversible, space is constant, the interaction of forces, the poles of the magnetic field - these are the things she has learned in textbooks that were first perceived by her. At that moment, she seemed to feel the return of common sense, but then some things she Things that were simply incomprehensible rushed toward her mind like a flood. She struggled to accept it, resisting the feeling of her brain boiling, but she couldn't close her eyes to refuse all this coming - if it weren't for the power still conveyed on the back of her hand to protect her, I'm afraid she would have been This huge knowledge should die here.
"You shouldn't have come here." After an unknown amount of time, the information that had been pouring into Sakura's mind suddenly stopped. The chaotic things suddenly seemed to be in order. Under the shining light, the cheetah Reformed, gravity refilled her body, time began to continue to flow, and the feeling of space was restored. She felt the beating of her heart, as if everything was restored to its original state - and then, the light woven into the appearance of a person , Zhao Mian, wearing casual clothes, stood in front of her. "Mortals can't understand too much information. This is a restriction from the body and a self-protection measure of the world, so leave quickly before attracting the attention of the world's self-defense system." Zhao Mian's hand Holding a small cup, he took Sakura's hand and put the cup into her hand, "I cleaned the contents of the cup, but the cup itself is harmless, although there are no other The purpose is, but at least it is a good choice as a decoration. Take this, go back, forget the things you cannot understand, and find your own gains from the things you can understand."
Sakura's eyes suddenly fell into darkness.
"Sakura! Sakura! Wake up!"
That isTohsaka's voice, mysister's voice? As if she had been trudging in the darkness for a long time, as if she had experienced a long journey, she heard the sound again. The sound was like a signal. She suddenly felt her heartbeat, her breathing, the soft and warm feeling of the pillow, and the hands shaking her.
"Sister" She opened her mouth, but she couldn't open her eyes, as if there was some force oppressing those eyes. She struggled to see what was going on, but the surrounding situation was absorbed by her faster than she could open her eyes.Dawn. She seemed to see Tohsaka Rin who breathed a sigh of relief after hearing her voice, saw Mount Genzo who had been cut off in half, and saw the man who was being led by Saber not far away and was rushing here quickly. The arrival of Shirou Emiya, even the dewdrops on the neatly arranged trees not far away, and the gaps in the feathers of the pigeons flying in the sky - all of this was clearly "visible". Then, she opened her eyes - a vague human figure was looking down at her. That was Tohsaka Rin, her sister. She knew this clearly, but her eyes could not see clearly who it was. Because in her eyes, it was not an image that a human being should have, but a vague collection of human outlines, filled with magic circuits and other complex things. She didn't say anything, but smiled weakly at the other party.