《TNB: End》 The dream There was nothing. An empty space of absolute zero. But yet it gave the feeling of absolute infinity, as if there was something filling the entire space. It keeps contradicting itself by having zero space and yet still has space. It was every color imaginable and not. This thing, this place. Is the beginning. The beginning, the place of absolute beginning. This place was the true beginning. There was nothing before it. This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it Then something came to be. Before it was theorized that the thing was a black hole or a star. But no, it was an entity. A being of unidentified identity or form, as it didn¡¯t have such. This entity didn¡¯t exist but it did. There was no concept of it but still existed before the concept or law of identity was formed. With it, it created a single star. Suddenly multiple of the same star had formed. It was different timelines and realities. It could be seen that multiple things were happening. But one star seemed special somehow, as despite how similar it looked with the others it still gave off a different feeling. But then multiple other things started to form. Concepts, laws, different realities, different universes, tier of universes, different dimensions and higher level dimensions. Everything was going so fast. It was noticeable as some universes and multiverses seem to be being destroyed left and right but somehow. Somehow! The same star was still there. ¡ª¡ª Listening to the teacher it was hard to fully grasp what he was saying. The bell rang, signaling the end of class and school. ¡°Alright then, please remember to study for your exams.¡± ¡®What was that dream¡¯ A wasteland A wasteland, a place of war, one that should be yet is not as it is filled with swords. Thousands upon thousands of swords, each having some sort of story behind it but yet all look as if they were gravestones to show that the story has ended. In the middle of this land there stood a hill that could be seen even when this place was covered in dust and smog. There stood a man I couldn¡¯t fully see but could notice the color of red being prominent and the chance of the hair being white, but before I could anything it disappeared. -- ¡®RIIIIiinngg..¡± The sound of the school bell that has woken me up ends before the sound of the student¡¯s covers it up. The shuffling of objects was prominent in my surroundings before I left this place. The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. Walking out of school the sound of students talking is quickly erased as I go into my thoughts, the thought of my dreams covering them instead. The star, alive while the others died, I first saw still glowing and the white-haired man, alone in a land filled with swords, they stayed with a vividness one wouldn¡¯t expect from a dream. What was the purpose of them and why did my mind show them as being important. -- Home, a place that felt empty yet was not. ¡°I¡¯m home!¡± I yelled to my parents. ¡°It¡¯s good to see you.¡± my mother appeared from the kitchen. ¡°Food will be ready in a moment.¡± she said with a smile. A smile that was filled with love but yet for me it didn¡¯t give me a sense of joy. An empty feeling in but I still smiled back. ¡°That would be great.¡± in which she returned with a nod before going back to cooking. I walked to my room while putting things away to be ready to use again. Reaching my room, I lay on my bed doing nothing but felt like doing something yet I couldn¡¯t. The joy of things eventually left, games or books don¡¯t amuse me as much anymore. I felt empty, lost being the better choice of words. The dream is still present in my mind, something that hadn¡¯t been there before entered me, curiosity. ¡®What was that dream?¡¯ the question ¡°Do you believe in your beliefs?¡± the man had said. His white-hair shines as the light from above shines on to it. Looking at him, I could only barely make out his skin color, it being tan, but still couldn¡¯t make out his face. I was looking at him from afar but yet the sound of his voice could be heard perfectly. asked made me think for a while. ¡°Yes.¡± saying that gave me a feeling as if i¡¯m lying to myself or at least something similar but I was unable to tell. ¡°Do yo-¡± the voice was cut off and my vision went into darkness. This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings. ¨C Seeing the person that had appeared again disappear once more made it really hard to believe if it was one of her ¡®pranks¡¯ but it was highly unlikely. Their presence was strange but it didn¡¯t feel as if they weren''t meant to be here. something was telling me that they are meant to be here. I don¡¯t know what compelled me to ask that question to them but it felt correct. The emptiness made it easy for me to get lost. I was again alone in this world of swords. ¨C The man alone on the hill was someone that felt as if I should be talking with them. The question they The quietness of the walk to school would make multiple people feel as if they shouldn¡¯t be here but I couldn''t help but feel at some sort of ease in it. The question, I don¡¯t understand, why did it make me feel that way, I believe in it but why did I feel wrong. I felt an uneasy emptiness for the rest of my walk. ¡®What was that dream?¡¯ Who are you ¡°bye¡± I said to my friend while walking away, smiling, before that faded to blankness. Walking to home would always show me the loneliness I surround myself with. Not being close with others makes me feel safe. Reaching home again, doing the same as usual, before going to bed and falling asleep. ¡ª--- The wasteland surrounds me again, I could see the figure in the distance more clearly. ¡°Who are you?¡± I said to him, not expecting an answer. The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. ¡°no one.¡± but surprisingly I got an answer from the figure. ¡°But why.¡± ¡°I lost who I am.¡± ¡°How?¡± I asked in curiosity. ¡°No one was ther-¡± but he got cut off before he could answer me. ¡ª------ Waking up wasn¡¯t easy for me, the fact that I have to be near others disturbed me to no end, but there was nothing I could really do, I just had to deal with it. I get up and get ready. Finishing, I walked out and went to school. There was no one to talk to on the way but I enjoyed it. It was empty and lonely but it was something I was used to at this point. Reaching school, I went to my class and sat down. No one came towards me, but looked at me in disgust, it was a normal thing for me to deal with. Sitting there, waiting for class to start, no one came to me to talk, but seemed to stare at me instead like I was some form of animal in a zoo. I ignored it and went into my thoughts. I almost got an answer but it was cut off again, in honesty I was surprised he even answered at all, but the end made me wonder what he was going to say. ¡®What was that dream?¡¯ An answer? If I start to think about it, don¡¯t dreams mean to have some form of significance to the person who dreamed it, does that mean i have something that i need to do. I don¡¯t know but it is something to think about. Walking to the next class I could see people talking to each other and a few people who seemed to be talking about me, I could tell due to them throwing glances at me. Just ignore it, I always tell myself that but it doesn¡¯t change the fact that those stares affect me, it feels as if there were giant pairs of eyes staring at me but I don¡¯t think about it. Walking into my next class, sitting down I lay my head onto the desk and fall asleep. ------ If I could change one thing, what would it be? ¡°Wouldn¡¯t most people want to change the past¡± he said, the figure was closer but yet far. The thing he said was probably true as well. This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience. ¡°That is probably true.¡± I said in return. ¡°Would you?¡± I asked. Even if I couldn''t see him, it felt as if he was in deep thought. ¡°Yes I would.¡± ¡°But why.¡± I asked in my curiosity. ¡°Because of something that changed everything¡± he paused before resuming, ¡°it would be better if the thing was changed.¡± I looked at him and felt as if I got closer to knowing this figure so I asked another question. ¡°Wouldn¡¯t that change who you are as well?¡± ¡°It would but that would be for the better.¡± he answered calmly. There was a moment of silence before I asked another question. ¡°Who are you?¡± ¡°A guardian with no name.¡± He said before everything faded to black. ------ The kid disappeared again and the loneliness on this field of swords came back once more. I had started to understand the kid but didn¡¯t know why he was like that but if I could understand one thing then it was that it would be better if he changed. ¡°Hehe, it looks like I still want to help others.¡± I laughed in self-hate. ------ Waking up as the bell rang. I look around to see if the teacher has come yet, noticing that she has, I get my things ready. She started to teach but I was only halfheartedly listening to her, I was more focused on the dream i just had. I felt like I had learned more about the figure which was important to me for some reason that I did not understand. I felt as if I had stopped being slightly lonely but I don''t know why. ¡®What was that dream?¡¯ Life ¡°Your loneliness, your downfall.¡± ¡°Wha-¡± ---- Waking up, I looked around in a cold sweat. The voice I heard was frightening to me for some reason, the thing that it said had given me the most amount of fear that I have felt in a long while. Getting off the bed, I started to get my things ready for school but I stopped as I remembered that it was the weekend. ¡°Hehe, I still do things by nature it seems.¡± I laughed at my own deprecation. Putting the things back in its place, I leave my room to see if anyone is awake yet. Reaching the room of my mother, I could hear her sleeping peacefully so I let her be. My mother was someone that could never find love, but she always wanted to have a child, that is how she became my mother, she adopted me from an orphanage that was never kind to the children they had. Because of this she became the only person i cared for, she was a caring mother that struggled with her job because of management but she enjoyed what she did. ¡®She should rest for a while.¡¯ Going to the kitchen next, i take out somethings to make myself and mother breakfast --- It took a while but I eventually finished, I ate my portion and left the rest for her in a container. In the living room, I put on my shoes to get ready for my job. After doing that I left for work. If you encounter this story on Amazon, note that it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it. Walking outside I looked around for a while, I could see that people were still inside but it should be expected as the moon is still slightly up. Reaching my destination, I open it up and go inside to get ready. The first room was the painting room but I had to go change first so going into the hallway on the right of the door, I went into the changing room and changed into the clothes that I used for painting. After getting ready, I go back to the room and get the things I needed to start. Putting the things into position, I started to draw. ----- It was sunny outside as the sun beamed down softly onto me. I was adding the finishing touches onto the thing I was drawing and as soon as I finished it, I could hear the door being opened. Looking over to the door I could see an older male coming inside. He looked at me and seemed to be visibly angry at me. ¡°Why the hell did you come this early? What time did you get here.¡± he asked me. He was angered for some reason but I had gotten used to it, he was always angry at me. ¡°Around 3 to 5 AM.¡± ¡°What the hell is wrong with you, look you don¡¯t need to be here that early alright.¡± I just nodded in response. He looked at me before going to the changing room. I just continued what I was going to do in the first place, getting the things out to paint. I started to paint what I had drawn. --- The painting was done. It was a drawing of a boy in school clothes walking in a hallway but was surrounded by a darkness that covered everything except for the eyes that were floating behind him looking at him, as if they were disgusted, angry, glad and gleeful for the desperation that was showing on the boy''s face. I looked around to see if the man had started to paint and he indeed was. He had started to paint his drawing. After looking at him I got up and started to put things away to leave but the sound seemed to attract the man. ¡°You''re leaving already?¡± I nodded to his question. ¡°Alright.¡± he said before going back to work. He was painting a forest, something that looked beautiful instead of dark compared to my own. Going to the changing room and putting back my clothes on and leaving the place, I walk back home. It was still rather early in the day and most people were starting to get up and such. I could see people walking around with their friends or family. I walked slightly faster before reaching my home. Going inside I could see my mother in the living room watching television. ¡°Oh you¡¯re back. How has work been?¡± ¡°Good.¡± I answered, and she nodded in return. ¡°That is good and also thank you for cooking for me but you should eat more, i can tell you only eat a third of the food at most.¡± She said in worry and also slightly anger but with the love of a mother. ¡°I know mom. I just didn¡¯t feel that hungry.¡± ¡°Alright but don¡¯t forget to eat more, also you can sleep for longer, you technically don¡¯t start work till 6.¡± ¡°I know.¡± ¡°Alright, now do the things you want to do.¡± she said before going back to watching the T.V., i just nodded to myself before going to my room to sleep for a bit longer before going to see what i need to buy from the story. Reaching my room, I lay on the bed and fell asleep quickly. Name The same dream again, the wasteland filled as always and just as lifeless, as the figure could be seen there standing alone on the empty hill but he was just slightly less far away from me. ¡°Do you know what it means to stand here alone?¡± he asked me. I just nodded no, and he looked at me with nothing to say. ¡°What does it mean?¡± I asked. ¡°I will always be here standing on this empty hill.¡± he answered me, surprisingly. We looked at each other with no other thing to ask. We just looked at each other saying nothing. This silence was loud, the sound of the dust could be heard with sounds of a never ending clonk of a machine echoing through this land. The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. ¡°Is this the path you want to go through?¡± he asked me calmly, asking as if the silence was meant to answer the reason for this question. I looked at him, wondering if this is true and he just looked back with a never ending steel gaze that I couldn''t see but feel. ¡°No.¡± I answered firmly to him, and the answer caused me to see his face as if I just teleported in front of him. He was of a darker color but didn¡¯t seem as if he was someone of such places that would cause or originate this. He had white hair, like I thought, and a steel gaze that I had felt. He had an empty gaze that wasn¡¯t visible on his face but I somehow felt this gaze on him. ¡°So this is the reason you are here.¡± he said as if answering himself. I only looked at him wondering what he was talking about. ¡°You remind me of someone i used to know, at least if i remember correctly¡± I just wondered who he was talking about. ¡°Do you remember when you asked who I was.¡± I nodded. ¡°Well, remember this. I am the guardian EMIYA¡± I was silent. ¡°I am the human-¡± I stopped feeling as if that wasn¡¯t the correct thing to say, as if that was incorrect. Thinking for a while, he was looking at me waiting for me to continue, but I then continued. ¡°I am an empty void.¡± this felt correct.¡± named Andrew Erebus.¡± ¡°Hehe,¡± he laughed. ¡°Ain¡¯t that something.¡± He looked at me. ¡°Remember, loneliness will bring you to despair.¡± he said, confusing me but before i could ask him what he meant. Everything turned to darkness. A face I was walking to school again, not looking around or anything that i usually do but was thinking about the name i was given. EMIYA Was this his real name or a type of title? I wondered but couldn¡¯t find an answer. Reaching school I could feel the stares at me from the students, but for some reason, I could feel a stare from something that I couldn''t understand, it was as if I was being watched from every angle. I tried to find where it was coming from but I couldn''t find it, so I gave up and just continued walking to my class. In the classroom, I sat down as usual and fell asleep. This story originates from Royal Road. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. I didn¡¯t dream of anything. -------- I was on the roof of the school building doing nothing but sitting and watching the view. Kreak Hearing the sound of the door opening, I looked over to see a kid with red hair and ashburn eyes walking through the door. He finds me looking at him before walking over to me. I was just staring at him wondering why he wasn¡¯t staring at me with disgust or hate or anything remotely similar to that but I didn''t know. He was now in front of me, waving his hand slightly before giving it a handshake. ¡°My name is Shirou Emiya. What¡¯s yours?¡± he asked. I was frozen with what he said. ¡°Your name is Shirou Emiya?¡± I asked and he nodded. I continued looking at him for a while before giving my hand for the handshake. ¡°My name is Andrew Erebus. It is nice to meet you.¡± he nodded in return. I was surprised to hear the name Emiya but I didn''t know what else to do or say, it just felt right to talk and be with him. ----- We talked for a while before he left to do things, supposedly to help with fixing things, and I just stayed here before getting up as well and leaving for my next class. In the end I still wonder what that dream was. Master? Waking up again, I looked around the place to see where I was but I was just inside my room. Getting off and starting to get my things out I think about the thing that hasn''t been happening. The dreams had stopped, I didn''t go into any wasteland or anything like that, I just stood in empty loneliness. After getting ready, I leave for school and on the way I meet Emiya. Waving to him, he waves back as I get closer to him. It has been about a month since we first met and we just hit it off, I guess as people call it, and we happened to walk in the same direction. "Hello Emiya" "Hi Andrew!" He seemed excited about something. "Did something happen, you seem more excited than usual?" I asked him in curiosity. "So you know how I was trying to fix something during my free time, well I just happened to get it done." He seemed to be genuinely happy so I just smiled lightly. "Good job." he nodded in response. We continue the walk in silence even though we are friends(?) We don''t really talk too much, we just enjoy each other''s company. We reached school and separated as we had some different classes. Walking away I could feel the eyes looking at me again, the stare as if everything about me was out in the open, visible to all, it was a terrifying feeling but I just tried my hardest to ignore it. Getting to class, i looked around and could see some other students being by themselves, they didn''t seem lonely though as they just ignored everything around them as they- never mind they were just asleep. "Hhh" I sighed at my own incompetence, sitting at my desk. I tried to fall asleep but I couldn''t do it. I felt tired but I wasn''t able to sleep. This has been affecting me for a while now. I haven''t had a good nights rest in a while. Deciding to wait, I just grab my phone to check the news. "Huh another gas leak." another gas leak had happened, at this point it is just strange even if they were old they shouldn''t have just leaked. "Hhhh" I sighed again, I just let it go and put my phone away. I could see the teacher coming in, standing up with the other students. I was just wondering what was happening. ------ On the roof again, I was looking down on some of the students that were walking around with their friends. Feeling the stare of someone behind me, I turned around to see that it was Emiya. He had brought lunch as usual. "Hey, what are you doing?" he asked me. "Nothing much, other than the usual, looking at the other students and watching the scenery." he nodded in response. He handed me a bento that he had made for me, and I nodded in thanks. After learning about the situation my family was in he had decided to make me food whenever he could, he said it was because i needed it or something like that, i wasn''t really listening to him i was just extremely grateful to him for doing that for me. "What do you do after school?" he asked. He was beside me eating peacefully before asking this question. "I.... I just stay at my house and not really do anything." i said, i didn''t really know what to say. He just nodded in return. "What do you do after school?" I asked. If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. "I help around my neighborhood." I just nodded, it wasn''t too surprising of him to do such a thing. We continue to eat peacefully ------ It was dark out, I was here helping out Emiya with cleaning the archery room. I didn''t like shinji, he always does something rude to Emylia when he does something that isn''t even rude but is just something he doesn''t like, Emiya of course still listens to him but i don''t understand why, it would be better if he just beat shinji up. "Hey Andrew, we''re finished." I heard Emiya yell at me, and I nodded in return. Putting things away, I followed after until I heard a noise coming from the left side of the building, the area we were going to. "Emiya stop." I quickly told him. He turns around to me in confusion. "Why?" "Listen." the sounds of the ground breaking could be heard. I didn''t know if I was hearing that correctly but it was probably dangerous there. Emiya then looked at me with a face as if asking if he was hearing that noise correctly, I nodded in return. "Let''s go there." he said, i looked at him as if he was crazy. I shaked my head. "Lets not, it is probably dangerous. It''s probably just them making a new building." He looked at me for a while before rushing away to the noise, I quickly followed after him. -- We quickly reached the place from where the noise came from, it was a lot quieter since we reached here. I was behind , he was looking at something, I followed his gaze before seeing Tohsaka and 2 other people. The 2 people were tall, and I mean tall. One wore what seemed like a blue spandex with gray lines going across his clothes and held a red long spear. He had red eyes and blue hair. The other wore a red cloak along his shoulders reaching his back but stopping on top of his waist but basically continues with another cloak continuing from his waist to his legs, it didn''t seem to touch his legs somehow, his clothing was black and seemed to be tight on him, he also wore black combat pants and boots with a lot of belts on his waist and legs. He was of a darker skin color and gray hair with silver eyes. I was surprised, confused by what I was seeing. He was from a dream after all, but how was he here? "EMIYA." "That''s sooo cool." We both spoke at the same time and it seemed to be loud enough to be heard by them. They quickly turned around to look at us. "Sorry!" Emiya yelled before quickly running away, I quickly followed him. We ran as fast as we could, we ran for awhile, i was looking behind us to see if we were being followed. Emiya had stopped. "I think we got away ... .hg hg" he was breathing heavily. "Not far enough, sadly." I heard a voice coming from beside Emiya before the blue guy suddenly appeared behind Emiya and stabbed him in the heart. "Ghuh." we were in shock from what just transpired, i quickly caught myself before rushing to the man and punched him in the face. "Ugh, he, you have a pretty strong punch, sadly not enough." he was slightly stunned before he quickly caught himself and tried to stab me in my heart as well but before he could a blast came from behind me and hit him in the face. "Agh" he was stunned for longer than when I punched him and that seemed to be long enough for him to be hit away from an invisible force. Appearing in front of me was EMIYA, he was the one that kicked the other person away. The other person was caught off guard but quickly caught himself. "So you caught up, ain''t that fun. Well sorry but i don''t have enough time to be here my master ain''t exactly happy right now so sorry but i can''t fight right now." he says before quickly disappearing. "Tch he got away, anyway let''s see who it- oh my god its you and him." Toshaka said, i just looked at her before sighing. "Can you help or not?" "Of course I can just let myself do my thing." I let her pass and she took out what seemed to be a red pendant, she pressed it on to him before it started to glow and once it had stopped glowing i could see the stab wound was healed. "That''s where I should do it, I am going to go." she looks at me "are you going to stay here or not." "I''ll stay here." i told her, she just looked at me before just walking away. EMIYA stared at me for a while before following her. I sat down beside watching over him, i checked if he had been hurt somehow else, he wasn''t. I just stayed there watching over him. ------ It has been awhile since that fight but was still on the floor, i had tried to wake him up but he didn''t. Suddenly I could tell that he was starting to stir awake. "Emiya are you awake, are you okay, do you feel well, is there anything that hurts." i quickly asked him, he didn''t answer my question but asked his own. "Uhmmm, what happened." he put his hand on his head. "You got stabbed. Do you remember what happen." "Not really but I got some memories." I nodded. "Let''s get going then we should get you home." He nodded in return, helping him up, we started to walk back to his house together ---- After walking for a while we reached his house. Walking to the door I helped him open it, walking inside it was dark, turning the light on, I could see the resemblance to more older types of Japanese homes. "Looks like I would get a bit rusty if I wasn''t able to kill a kid." hearing the noise, me quickly got away and i saw him grab a rolled up poster before it started to glow with lines going through it. Rushing forward, the man stabbed toward but he was able to slap it away with the poster. Quickly thinking I grabbed a chair before throwing it to the man, he slashed it but that was enough time for me to quickly grab the arm of Emiya and pull him away. "Hey, what are you doing?" "I am taking us to you , there is a lot of things that we could use." he looked at me for a while but nodded, we were away from the person before suddenly appearing beside us and slashed at us, was able to put up his poster but he got sent away and as I was holding him tightly I was also pulled away with him. "agh!" I yelled as my back crashed into the door of the shead, quickly getting up, I looked around looking for Emiya before seeing him being in front of me. "Are you okay!" I quickly said to him, he looked at me quickly and nodded, looking forward, I could see the blue person coming to us. I looked back to Emiya as I wondered on what to do, but as I was thinking that I quickly see a bright light to surround Emiya, I quickly get up to pull him away but as I was getting close, the light collected into a single humanoid looking point before it suddenly started to shine brightly. "Dammit!" I could hear from the blue person, but I was more preoccupied with blocking my sight. The light started to dime down until I could see a woman looking down at Emiya. "I ask you, are you my master." A battle ¡°Are you my master?¡± she asked , he stood in place, in shock, for a while before quickly asking. ¡°Master?¡± ¡°I, the saber class servant, have come in response to your call.¡± ¡°ah¡­¡± in response Emiya seemed to grab his hand in slight pain, I couldn¡¯t see why but from what I could tell it was something that answered the woman''s question. ¡°From now on my sword is in your hands and your fate in mine thus the contract is made.¡± she said. ¡°Contract? what are you talking about?¡± she didn''t answer. She then turned around and noticed the blue man. She then summoned something into her hand before tightening her grip on it, which I couldn¡¯t see, and rushed to the blue man Emiya on the other hand seems to rush after the girl seemingly worried for her, even in these types of moments he is still trying to help people. I quickly get up to follow him. We soon see the blue man in response to her rushing to him, responding by bringing up his spear to block the attack. they dance with power and skill as I saw them battle in just that moment, I could tell that these 2 people were someone I don¡¯t want to mess with. During their clash I could hear the blue man speaking something but I wasn¡¯t able to hear it over the loud noise of the clashes, the sounds they produced were immensely loud for me, I had to cover my ears to not go deaf. Even though I covered my ears I could still hear something coming from Emiya''s mouth. ¡°What is she¡­.¡± he was in shock by what we were watching, this battle between these 2. Compared to these 2, the battle we had with him is more like a parent playing with a child, no, it was more like an ant to a mountain. In the noise I could hear the man yelling something, it was ¡°dammit¡± I think at least. He had a good reason to ask well as he was being pushed back by the woman, the woman paired or blocked his attacks while attacking back as well, her strikes were powerful. She then attacked his ribs and he blocked the attack before having to block another coming towards him. His spear shined with power as the attacks caused what seemed to be basically explosions. I could hear him shouting again but it was overpowered by the noise that they were creating, I was starting to worry that they might wake up the neighbor¡¯s from all the noise but to my surprise he suddenly disappeared, noticing that the women was looking up, I followed suit and noticed that he had jump which had made him seem as if he disappeared. ¡°tch don¡¯t underestimate me.¡± he said. the woman had struck the air causing dust to blow away. As soon as he landed he jumped back into the fight, he charged with strength and at the point where he was about to hit her, she quickly spun around and deflected it away. There was distance between them again, they were silent. ¡°What¡¯s wrong lancer? it would not give you credit to your name if you just stand there. If you shall not come to me then I¡¯ll come to you.¡± ¡°Hah, you''re going to come and die, I wouldn¡¯t mind that but first what is your noble phantasm? Is it that sword you¡¯re wielding?¡± he glared at her in response. ¡°Who knows, it could be a battle ax, a spear or even a bow.¡± ¡°heh, keep talking.¡± he seemed to be actually laughing before he put down his lance slightly. looking at I could tell that he thought that he was giving up but looking into the eyes of the so called lancer I could tell that he wasn¡¯t to give up yet, it was also the stance that was supposed to end the fight during the scuffle at the school. ¡°I''ll just ask this in case since this is our first meeting, but do you want to end this and call it even?¡± he asked before continuing. ¡°It¡¯s not a bad deal right? See that senile master over there is useless. It also happens that my master is a coward. I think it would be better to call off this match and get better prepared for the next one.¡± ¡°I refuse.¡± she answered to his question, ¡°you shall fall here, lancer.¡± ¡°geez, alright I just wanted to check things out, I wasn¡¯t going to stay here for long once a servant came out.¡± Lancer made his stance lower as the air around him seemed to distort slightly, the sound it was producing was loud, it felt as if my ears were going to burst. If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. ¡°Noble Phantasm!¡± I could hear her say slightly, she gets ready for something. ¡°See ya, I''ll take that heart of yours.¡± he said before he disappeared. He appeared in front of the woman as if he teleported and thrusted to her feet. It was a bad move and the woman could tell as she jumped over it. ¡°gae¡­.¡± ¡°.....bolg!¡± And just as quickly the spear thrusted from her legs to her heart in an instant. I could see her being thrown up into the air before crashing into the ground with force. ¡°agh uh¡­¡± I could hear her groaning from the pain, I could see the blood coming from her chest. ¡°a curse¡­. no. a reverse on causality¡­¡± I was confused by what she just said, how was that even possible but I didn¡¯t dwell on it for too long, I looked back at the wound. Even though it was supposed to be fatal, if it was a reversal of causality, she was able to dodge it slightly and not get hit in the heart. the man, even with the woman not being able to do anything currently, didn¡¯t move. ¡°You evaded the ..¡± his voice didn¡¯t sound exactly happy but I was more focused on what he said. The Gae was from the story of the Ireland man of light, Cu Chulainn. ¡°You''re Ireland''s man of light!¡± he clicked his tongue, his hostility disappeared and changed with annoyance. ¡°I screwed up, if I am going to use this move it should be fatal. guess being famous can be too bad¡­.¡± ¡°while it is the rule for servants to fight to the death once their identity is discovered, sadly my master is a coward and is ordering for me to leave.¡± ¡°you¡¯re going to leave?¡± ¡°yeah, you can come after me if you want but be prepared to die.¡± ¡°Wait!¡± He leaped away from this place, not answering the yell from the women. I looked around quickly for any danger, seeing none, I grabbed Emiya and dragged him inside. ¡°hey what are you doing!?¡± ¡°taking you inside in case of anything else that might happen.¡± he just seemed to be confused. ¡°Another servant is coming!¡± the woman said before rushing forward. Me and Emiya quickly go after her. Running after her we could hear the sound of a battle happening, quickly ran forward and i could see that it was Tohsaka and EMIYA. Emiya quickly rushed forward and yelled. ¡°Stop!¡± as he said this his hand glowed red before a red aura appeared around the woman and she stopped in her tracks. I could see that if she continued forward she might have killed EMIYA. ¡°Why did you stop me master!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t hurt them, they are friends.¡± Tohsaka seemed to not like being called that but came forward to talk with Emiya. ¡°How are you a master! You know what, not important, what is important is that you tell me what is happening.¡± ¡°Sure I don''t mind, do you want to come in?¡± Tohsaka just nodded in response. ----- We were resting in the main room sitting down and drinking some tea that Emiya had made for everyone. EMIYA was outside while Tohsaka sat in front of him while Saber sat beside Emiya. I was sitting beside him on the other side. It was silent for a while as Emiya finished making tea for everyone, Tohsaka started the conversation. ¡°So why is he here, he isn¡¯t even a master. I could just get rid of his memories.¡± i just looked at her with bewilderment for how she was able to just say without caring that i was here. Emiya didn¡¯t seem to be so happy at the fact of what she had said. ¡°You can¡¯t just do that!¡± he yelled at her, she looked at him as if she was challenging him to do something about it. ¡°Of course I can, and plus he isn¡¯t a mage or anything. It would be better if he just stayed out of this.¡± ¡°Well we could just¡­..teach him or something!¡± He was passionate about not having my memories erased. ¡°If i can say something, it would be better for me to be here due to the fact that lancer might go after me.¡± ¡°You¡­ have a point¡­¡± ¡°But we can¡¯t just teach you, we are currently dealing with a war, I don''t have the time to teach you and from the looks of things, emiya-san doesn¡¯t look like he would be a good teacher.¡± She had a point, during the time that was making us tea, she was explaining the holy grail war. ¡°You have a point. But then what can we do, just leaving him could be dangerous and I am not willing to just let my friend die.¡± ¡°You sure are protective to say the least, how about this? We can leave him at the church for protection.¡± the church, it was a place that i didn¡¯t like to go to because of the priest there. He always had this aura around him that felt dangerous. ¡°I got a better idea!¡± a voice was heard coming from outside of the house. It was EMIYA, or archer to them, who spoke. ¡°What do you mean archer!¡± she didn¡¯t seem happy, ¡°You barely do anything for me but this nobody just appears and decides to help. HEH, that¡¯s so stupid!¡± yeah she wasn¡¯t happy. ¡°Master, would it not be better to have a competent teammate, he could be used as a spy or something similar, if not that then at least we could get him to summon the last servant and have another ally.¡± I didn''t know how to feel about that. ¡°I mean that would be a good idea but either way, what could you teach him!¡± ¡°The basics.¡± ¡°-_-¡± she was not impressed, ¡°Fine go ahead!¡± ¡°Wait before we continue. Why is this war even a thing?¡± ¡°Huh!? Do you not even know such a thing, tch.¡± ¡°Sorry but I''m not that much of a mage!¡± ¡°It¡¯s fine, but I have a better question. Do you even want to be in this war, it is dangerous and could end your life.¡± ¡°Hey don¡¯t do such things to my master!¡± the woman finally spoke. It seemed that Tohsaka was trying to get rid of the competition, and if possible try to get a saber probably. ¡°What do you mean, I''m not doing anything other than trying to protect someone.¡± Saber started to slightly glare at her. ¡°Hey let¡¯s not fight now, and to you Tohsaka i¡¯ll go see.¡± ¡°Alright then let''s go to the church.¡± The air wasn¡¯t the most friendly, it was tense. I was starting to worry for Emiya, but I got up and was ready to follow them. ----- We had reached the church, going in, I could see EMIYA and Saber deciding to not go inside. Inside, the place was dark and had a dark, eerie atmosphere. At the pedestal I could see the back of the priest of this place, Kotomine Kirei. Turning around he looked at us with his blank stare. ¡°Well~ it is nice to meet you.¡± New person Kotomine Kirei, the priest of this church, was a dangerous person. The air that surrounded him give off the aura of someone who wouldn¡¯t mind using others for his goals. The way he was looking at us just didn¡¯t feel right. ¡°So~ rin, what is the reason for bringing these people?¡± ¡°You should know Kirei. I brought him-¡± shrugs towards Emiya and me, ¡±here to get watched over. ¡± ¡°Oh well that¡¯s nice of you. So tell me who these people are.¡± ¡°Shirou Emiya and Andrew Erebus.¡± ¡°Emiya~, now that is a name I haven''t heard in a while.¡± ¡°Wait, you know my father!¡± ¡°Yes, we were close relations. But tell me why you are not going to participate in this war. Do you not want the wish?¡± ¡°Wish? What wish?¡± ¡°Did rin not tell you, if you win the war you get to wish for any desire.¡± Emiya''s eyes widened. ¡°Any wish.¡± ¡°Yes, any wish.¡± ¡°Would it be able to save people?¡± ¡°Yes and it would stop the thing that happened in the last war.¡± ¡°Do you mean-¡± Kotomine nodded. ¡°Dammit kirei!¡± ¡°Rin you know that is a rather rude thing to do and to not tell him the reward of the war.¡± Rin walked out with steps filled with rage. Me and Emiya looked at each other before I pulled him out of the church. Just before walking out of the door I slightly looked at Kotomine, the stare he gave was filled with interest. After seeing that I quickly left the place. Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation. -- Outside I could see saber resting against the fences. EMIYA was resting on top of the church. ¡°So what happened?¡± EMIYA asked. ¡°He told Emiya-san about the wish!¡± rin said ¡°Oh.¡± ¡°Really just ¡°oh¡±, heh just shut it. Let''s go.¡± Tohsaka starts to leave with EMIYA following her. ¡°Are you going to follow or not, Erebus?¡± she said walking away. I was stunned for a while but quickly followed. ¨C When we were far away from the church, I could hear the sound of someone, or something coming quickly approaching. ¡°Guy¡¯s somethings coming quickly!!¡± They turn to me before hearing the sound of the trees breaking and the appearance of a humounges and muscular person covered by a dark fog, he carried with him a giant stone sword. On the shoulder of the beast was a kid with white hair and red eye¡¯s. she quickly jumped off before bowing to us. ¡°Hello it is nice to meet you. I am Illyasviel von Einzbern, the master of this berserker.¡± ¡°huh well, isn''t this something, one of the homunculus of the Einzberns is in this war.¡± ¡°You are rin Tohsaka, correct? aren¡¯t you the only remaining of the tohsakas. you must be lonely but don¡¯t worry my berserker will reunite you with them soon.¡± she looked over to Emiya and me. ¡°don¡¯t worry you¡¯ll be joined by them as well.¡± Noticing the tension, Saber gets in front of Emiya and me, while I could see EMIYA disappearing. After a bit of a stand still berserker rushes at Saber with his giant sword, Saber dodging out of the way, the sword hits the ground causing dust to pick up and cause a giant dust cloud. Berserker continues to go after her, Saber is rushing around dodging attacks and trying to attack back but the behemoth of a man is able to block these or the attacks barely do anything. Arrows could be seen hitting the behemoth but didn¡¯t little to no damage to him. While this fight is happening, I could see that Einzbern was starting a fight with Tohsaka, Einzbern was pulling out hair and creating puppets with them while Tohsaka was using gems blocking and attacking back. Their scuffle causes them to go into the forest. Emiya, who was beside me, decided to go after them, probably trying to help her. I decided to go with him Incase of any possible problems. ¡ª- In the forest, I was following after Emiya. When I caught up to him I could see Tohsaka and him talking with each other, I couldn¡¯t hear them but they soon saw me and stopped talking. ¡°So, why are you still here? you don¡¯t have any servant so, I don¡¯t see any reason for you to still be here and not running away." Tohsaka asked. ¡°Emiya is here.¡± I answer. she looked at me before just sighing and walking away, Emiya looked at me before following after her, I quickly followed. ¡ª- When we reached a graveyard, we could see from a distance that the battle between Saber and Berserker was still happening and was more fierce than before. Berserker striked the ground and Saber, using the opportunity, went for the attack but Berserker suddenly went onto his hand and spun around hitting her away, grabbed his sword and went after her again. Their fight continued for a while before suddenly Saber stabbed into his gut and launched a powerful blow that was extremely loud. The upper body of the berserker was destroyed but as we watched in happiness, he started to heal. It didn¡¯t take long for him to heal back up but I heard the sound of an extremely loud thing being launched and it didn¡¯t take long to figure out what it was, a bright light could be seen before a flash happened. After a few seconds I looked around and saw the area to be decimated but the berserker was still fine from such an attack. ¡°huh, that was rather impressive, since you impressed me I guess I will let you live for longer. It was nice to meet you. Let¡¯s go Berserker.¡± After she left the place I quickly went to Emiya, as I could hear him being hurt, but when I was about to speak up, he suddenly spat out blood.