Shirou Emiya doesn't want to work overtime

Esdeath saw that Shirou Emiya had calmed down and did not refute anything, so she took advantage of the situation and approached Shirou Emiya to ask her.

If it was understandable that she had such a personality because of the corrupt environment in the empire, then Shirou Emiya's actions made Esdeath puzzled.

She had no idea what was in Emiya's mind.

Even in the night raid, she sacrificed her life for others because those people were more important than her own life.

Or maybe she was willing to sacrifice her life for him.

Esdeath could understand these people. She had experienced so many battles, and there were many such people.

There were even people who really survived Esdeath's inhumane abuse and kept it a secret until their death, just because there was someone he loved most in the capital of the northern alien race.

But Emiya was completely different from them. He could sacrifice his life for a stranger he had just seen.

At first, Esdeath thought that Emiya just stopped her because he couldn't bear to see her killing.

As they fought more and more times, Esdeath's doubts became more serious.

If he really just couldn't accept killing, why did he fight so hard? He didn't have any intention to kill himself, but he fought so hard with him.

And Esdeath never judged what Shirou Emiya's purpose was. Was it to avenge those dead soldiers? Was it to stop this war? Or was it to change the rule of the empire like those revolutionary soldiers?

Esdeath didn't feel it from Emiya's sword.

Swordsmen usually condense their beliefs on their swords, so that the swords they wield will move forward bravely.

On the battlefield, he killed those soldiers so easily in order to survive, but he sacrificed his life to save those soldiers who wanted to kill him.

Those people were obviously strangers to Emiya, and even had the idea of ​​killing Emiya before.

Even though Esdeath had seen countless people, he had never seen such a twisted person.

Moreover, Esdeath couldn't feel the breath of strangers approaching or doubts about unknown things from Emiya.

Generally, people who come out of isolated villages are very simple, like a blank sheet of paper, knowing nothing and writing nothing, not like Emiya, who is contradictory and distorted.

He is painted with colors that Esdeath cannot understand at all.

Therefore, Esdeath also wants to know Emiya Shirou's past, what kind of past would lead to such a distorted person.

"Past?"

Emiya Shirou was hesitating whether to tell Esdeath, after all, he is not from this world, and he lived in the town in the past.

The values ​​of the two are completely different, and Esdeath will not have any emotional fluctuations even after listening to his story.

Originally, Emiya was going to change her mind with his story, but when he heard her rebuttal, Emiya knew that there was no way at all.

So he was very hesitant, but now he is in a difficult stage.

"It was a big fire"

Emiya Shirou's thoughts returned to the beginning of his life.

Chapter 104 Final Battle

"It was a fire, a fire that destroyed everything."

Emiya Shirou whispered about his past. His story was completely different from what Esdeath thought, magnificent, bitter and vengeful.

His story was extremely plain, so plain that Esdeath could not believe that this was the most important thing that the boy who defeated her had experienced, and it was something that changed his life trajectory.

There was no war, no slaughter, no hatred, only an ordinary life, an ordinary story.

Just like this, could a person be born who could risk his life to save those who had nothing to do with him?

Esdeath did not interrupt Emiya Shirou's narration. She knew that even if she didn't believe it, these were the most important things that the boy in front of her had experienced.

No matter how much she didn't believe it, she knew how profound redemption was to a person, just like she rescued Riva from prison.

The moment Emiya Shirou was rescued by Emiya Kiritsugu, he had changed.

Those are the things that are most profound in Emiya's memory. No matter when, he will never forget that night.

Emiya stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to grab something, aimed at the starry sky, and grabbed it fiercely.

"I want to be a partner of justice!"

What a naive speech, what a ridiculous behavior, a dream that many people can hardly reach.

Justice?

This is a word that is so familiar and yet so strange to Esdeath.

Seleu's battle to defend the empire is justice, and his own crushing slaughter is also justice. Justice has long lost its original nature.

Justice is written by the victor, which is also what her father taught her. Only by becoming a victor can you be qualified to explain the justice in your heart to those people.

But justice has never been something that can be written.

No matter how it is understood, no matter how it is distorted, justice is something that is eternal and unchanging in everyone's heart.

No one will criticize a matter of helping others as a sin.

Emiya smiled. This is his affirmation of his dream from the bottom of his heart, and his remembrance of the man with a happy smile.

This smile is not pure, it contains too much, determination, sacrifice, pursuit.

So much that Esdeath is deeply attracted by it.

Just like seeing Shirou Emiya's high jump, she is simply attracted by his noble qualities and stares at him.

The noble light from Shirou Emiya makes people reach out to touch it.

Perhaps this is the person who only exists in the stories her father told her when she was a child-a hero.

She did not have any other feelings for Shirou Emiya. This kind of person is destined to be her enemy and someone she will never become.

"So, there is no reconciliation between us, and we will definitely become enemies."

Esdeath completely gave up the idea of ​​taking Shirou Emiya as her subordinate. Such a person could not be changed by her, nor could he become her subordinate.

She will always stand on the opposite side of Shirou Emiya.

"Dang——!"

The silver reverse blade and the blue ice sword intersected above the flames on the beach and under the deep night sky, making a very crisp sound.

"I will definitely kill you even if I try my best!"

"You won't have the next chance to grow up!"

Shirou Emiya and Esdeath looked at each other and laughed unconsciously.

Then they put away their weapons.

The fragrance of the air blew slowly towards the faces of Shirou Emiya and Esdeath in the sea breeze.

The dangerous species on the flames had been roasted, making a mouth-watering sound of water dripping.

While they were talking, Shirou Emiya's special food [roasted some strange dangerous species] was completed.

Although he was still in a weak state, he was able to do some basic things.

At least, after Emiya was able to move freely these days, the production of food was basically solved by Shirou Emiya.

The source of food was basically solved by Esdeath.

Every time Emiya stayed in the tent, he could hear the sound of a magnitude 10 earthquake in the forest.

Then he saw her appear in front of Shirou Emiya with one huge creature after another.

And simply roasting can't make these creatures more delicious.

So Shirou Emiya dragged his broken body and found some strange but flavorful food under the protection of Esdeath.

Emiya didn't know how he did it, anyway, their life here was quite satisfactory.

Anyway, the food was solved by Esdeath, and Shirou Emiya didn't expect that she was also a big eater.

So Esdeath responded to Shirou Emiya's strange look. Powerful imperial tools are often accompanied by extremely terrifying risks, in addition to the killing consciousness that can make people crazy.

In addition, using imperial tools also consumes a lot of her ability, which forces her to eat a lot, so many times she prefers to fight the enemy head-on instead of being a mage and putting ice cubes behind.

This side effect is just like when Akame is maintaining her imperial tool [Murasame], it is easy to cut her fingers and then die suddenly. The impact is not very big.

Esdeath doesn't mind how she eats, but since there is a chef by her side, why not choose to eat better?

So Esdeath ate the [Roasted Strange Dangerous Species] before she stood up in a very unpresentable manner.

Replenishing physical strength is the most important thing. Who cares about the posture when eating? Anyway, she used to eat like this when she was still in the tribe.

Anyway, she and Shirou Emiya will always be enemies, and Esdeath doesn't mind showing this side of herself.

Of course, Emiya was speechless for a while. He really didn't mind. Anyway, it's not like he hasn't seen people eating like this before.

Now in Emiya's mind, if it's a strong woman, it's probably linked to strong eating.

This is the case with Asakusa. After becoming a demon, the pure basic blood demon art alone gave Emiya a headache.

This is the case with Akame. Although they haven't fought, he can feel her strength like a thorn.

Not to mention Esdeath, they have fought four times. If Emiya hadn't specifically targeted her, Esdeath would have been able to maintain the strength to crush Shirou Emiya.

——————Time dividing line——————

"It's time to end it all!"

The next day came quickly, and Esdeath and Shirou Emiya stood on the beach facing each other.

Shirou Emiya held the reverse blade in his hand and pointed at Esdeath in the distance.

Esdeath thought that if she could return to the empire, she would kill Shirou Emiya with her sword. If she stayed on this deserted island, she would make a truce with him and live like this for the time being.

Although it was only a few days, Esdeath was even accustomed to the days when she went out hunting and then came back to wait for Shirou Emiya to make food.

Obviously, what she longed for in her heart was killing and fighting, but she was filled with peace during this period.

But Shirou Emiya didn't think so. Just last night, he felt that the [Gate] was about to come. Although he didn't know the specific time, it would come in the next few days.

If he left, if Esdeath was not imprisoned on the deserted island, but returned to the empire, who could stop her?

If they could be teleported here, they could naturally be teleported out.

Emiya couldn't bet on whether that person would keep them locked here forever, or whether Esdeath had the power to leave this place.

He wanted to kill her, even if he had to drag his broken body.

"Really?"

Esdeath didn't think much about it. A terrifying aura burst out from her body. She originally wanted to wait until Shirou Emiya recovered before deciding life or death.

She was not a person who would take advantage of others' misfortunes.

But since Shirou Emiya had declared war, Esdeath would naturally not back down. Her killing intent gradually solidified in front of her.

The same markings as Shirou Emiya's appeared on her forehead, but unlike Shirou Emiya, the markings on Esdeath's forehead were blue.

Whenever a person with a marking appeared, the people around him would have markings as if they were resonating.

This was the characteristic of the markings. Even though she didn't seek a method from Shirou Emiya, she quickly mastered the way to use the markings.

It's just that normal markings are obtained by heating up, while her markings are obtained by cooling down. Through her own understanding, she comprehended the markings in an absolutely opposite way.

"Ahem!"

Without the healing of the items in his body, Shirou Emiya had not recovered much in the past few days. The moment he raised his own momentum, he felt that all the bones in his body were wailing.

"Bang!"

The ice-blue sword and the reverse blade collided violently in the air, and the powerful impact caused waves of sound circles to burst out around.

"This is the final battle!!"

Emiya clenched his teeth tightly, and he could feel the muscles in his arms exploding like bombs.