Walking in the Question and Answer System of Heroic Spirits

[Afu, with tears in her eyes, said, "No, no, no! I won't allow it, absolutely not!"]

[Zig: "..."]

[Afu: "No, no! Because if you do that you will—"]

Although his rationality occasionally evaporates, it doesn't mean Afu is truly an idiot. He understands everything Sieg wants to do.

[It is precisely because he understands this that he resolutely opposes it.]

[By transporting the Greater Grail, he will cease to be human.]

[Afu cried out, "I! We! We just wanted you to be happy! We just wanted you to live a normal, everyday life..."]

[Zig: "...Yeah, that's why Ruler wants me to stay away from combat."]

Perhaps Joan of Arc foresaw all of this, and out of defiance of revelation, she repeatedly confirmed Sieg's intentions before the war began.

[Afu: "You want to say this is fate? How could it have such a cruel ending!"]

Seeing Afu like this, Zig was overjoyed, almost to the point of tears.

How many such followers and friends are there in this world?

Sieg didn't have many friends, but he had one friend he was proud of, to the point that he wanted to hold his head high and shout, "This is my Servant!"

"This isn't cruel, and I won't die."

[A-Fu: "This is worse than death! I know that!"]

That's tantamount to carrying the sins of humanity on a journey of atonement.

[If Siegfried didn't rely on power obtained through plunder, when would he finally reach his destination?]

What is certain at least is that it will be a period of time so long it can almost be described as eternity.

Afu: "Waaaaaah ┭┮﹏┭┮..."

Zig: "Thank you, Alfred, for caring about me until the very end."

Afu: "Idiot! What's the point of all our efforts if you just leave like this!"

Zieg: "It's not meaningless, is it? I'm still alive, aren't I?"

Afu: "Aha—"

Siegfried: "(With a loving smile) You've worked hard, Siegfried."

[Coles: "Hey, Rider, give up. Your master has made up his mind."]

[A-Fu: "Nonsense!"]

[Zig: "Rider, I believe in you."]

[Afu: "Huh?"]

[Sieg: "I believe in the humanity that Rider believes in, and I want to believe in the humanity that Ruler, Jeanne d'Arc, wants to believe in. That's the answer, that's everything."]

[As Afu once said: "If I get involved, maybe something will change."]

Yes, Zieg wants to get involved.

[Intervening in the human race, in whatever form, is acceptable. If true immortality represents stagnation, then it should be eliminated.]

Even slowly, even hesitantly, humanity as a whole continues to move forward.

Humanity will one day reach the other side of its dreams, ascending to the infinite heavens. Despite repeated, seemingly incurable failures and setbacks, humanity will continue to move forward, climbing the ladder.

"Humph."

Goetia scoffed at Zieg's expectations in the video.

Humans will only repeat the mistakes they have made in the past, and will never correct them.

"I'll get to the finish line first and wait for you."

【"Um."】

[Afu, his face streaked with tears, nodded vigorously.]

[Then, just before the collapse, Afu summoned his eagle and escaped with Leticia and Corles.]

"Master! Good luck!"

Sieg looked at the Greater Grail and began his final operation.

"I will pay the price for the five Command Seals that have now vanished."

There was no pain, but I felt something destroying from within, and it was spreading outwards.

Looking back on this Holy Grail War, it truly was a journey both long and short.

So, let's prepare to fly over there.

Weber: "Wow, this is really dramatic."

Ilya: "Sacrificing oneself, what a cliché story trope."

Lion Jie Li: "Hey, hey, I'm not dead yet, little girl, don't curse me like that."

Shakespeare: "Alas, what a boring ending, as bland as plain water."

Rin Tohsaka: "Huh? I forgot about you! Where did you go in the video?"

Shakespeare: "Oh, now that you mention it, it's not over yet. I'd like to see what my fate will be."

"It feels like a victory, but also like a defeat."

On the red side, the remaining Shakespeare seemed oblivious to the surrounding collapse, still humming a song and focusing intently on writing.

"While it's not a good ending, it's hard to call it a bad one either. How could it end up like this, neither good nor bad? Oh well, there's nothing we can do about it. As the saying goes, 'Life is a cloth woven from mixed yarns, with good and evil intertwined.'"

"Heroic spirits, humans, magicians, even homunculus are all the same; the materials are identical. 'Our essence is, after all, like a dream'... Amakusa Shiro Tokisada's dream, Semiramis's dream, Joan of Arc's dream, the homunculus's dream. What kind of writer would I be if I didn't record these many exciting yet ethereal dreams!"

"Oh, what's that?"

[The wall beside him collapsed, and Shakespeare, as if witnessing something astonishing, finally put down his pen.]

"Letitia! Look, look!"

[Laetitia, who had already awakened, was still deep in thought when she was suddenly interrupted by Astolfo.]

They looked back and saw a colossal black dragon rising from the collapsed Sky Garden, the Great Grail firmly held in its mouth.

[Letitia, unaware of the reason, shed tears, for the black dragon's identity was self-evident.]

[Zig, no, he should be called Fafnir now.]

[Or rather, Siegfried with Fafnir's appearance.]

Bathed in the pale purple light of dawn, it prepared to depart from this world and embark on an endless journey.

[He journeyed to an unknown world, carrying the hopes of humanity, to preserve the world as it was.]

There was not a trace of shadow or evil in its eyes. It spread its large wings and proudly soared into the sky.

The destination is the other side of the world, heading towards a distant place—

Zig: "That's...me?"

Rin Tohsaka: "Sieg, he really has turned into a dragon!"

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "A miracle, this is a miracle too."

Siegfried: "Fafner... no, he just inherited the dragon form."

Siegfried: "Sieg, always Sieg."

Kenneth: "Zig, this kid's life is truly—indescribable."

The Holy Grail War lasted only a few days, but Sieg's experiences were more exciting than most people's entire lives.

She transformed into a Servant to fight, defeated the great hero Karna, and has now become an immortal dragon.

Shakespeare: "Ha ha ha, fantastic! This is the perfect ending!"

Ilya: "Huh? Why did you suddenly change your mind?"

Shakespeare: "If it were just a clichéd sacrifice, it would be meaningless, but now it's different."

Shakespeare: "The dragon, once a symbol of evil, has now become a savior, taking away mankind's hope for eternal life. Ha ha ha, what a dramatic ending!"

Ilya: "This ending—it does sound quite interesting."

[Laetitia: "What will happen to Mr. Sieg?"]

[Afu: "Don't worry, he just went to a very far place. He's still alive."]

Leticia: "...Will those two ever meet again?"

[Afu: "Yes, because that's exactly what I hope for."]

Although it's a very, very long distance, we will definitely meet again.

After all, one of them was hopelessly stubborn, while the other could leisurely wait for a thousand years.

[Shakespeare, meanwhile, gripped the manuscript tightly, writing furiously despite the strong wind pressure.]

[The original manuscripts, which even those who barely knew of Shakespeare's name would have been willing to spend their entire fortune to acquire, were thus sent to distant lands one after another.]