The world of Type-Moon starts with saving Altria!

Scathach immediately denied Irisviel's words.

Her tone was so serious, it was almost like she was making a promise.

"I swear to you as the Queen of Shadow Kingdom—"

"No matter what, after I complete what I want to do, I will definitely send you back here so that you can reunite with Illya."

"..."

Irisviel was stunned for a moment, then she laughed.

"Scathach, you seem to be surprisingly serious about certain things."

"Such a personality is really rare."

"Really?" Scathach smiled calmly, "I wish I didn't have that kind of personality."

"In that case—"

"It will definitely be more comfortable."

After saying this, the Queen of Shadow Kingdom said nothing more, but touched the Gate of Skye, a demonic realm overflowing with death, in front of her.

The huge iron gate moved little by little under Scathach's push.

The dull sound echoed on Yuanzang Mountain at this moment, like a lament from the past.

The starry sky was dim at this moment, as if it was about to fall from the sky and fall to the earth.

The door opened.

A blood-red light overflowed from the other end of the door, like an evil ghost that was grabbing people's souls.

Standing in front of the Gate of Skye, a place overflowing with death, Scathach turned back, looked towards, and issued a final invitation.

"bring it on."

"Come into my kingdom."

【This is an invitation from Scathach. 】

Only by holding such an invitation can one avoid having their life force instantly absorbed after crossing the Gate of Skye, a demonic realm overflowing with death.

【From this moment on——】

[You and Irisviel officially embark on your journey to the Land of Shadows.]

After passing through the door filled with blood-red light, Irisviel arrived in a brand new world.

It was a piece of land without any sense of life.

Erosion and destruction are rampant in the air of this land of the dead, unscrupulously dyeing everything they touch with the colors of the dead.

The living must never focus too much on the location of a certain point here.

Because it is very likely that the next moment you will be targeted by the ghosts entangled here and become one of them.

"Can you feel it?"

Irisviel couldn't help but ask Ian, who was "reclaimed" by her.

"We... have arrived in the Land of Shadows."

This is her only friend on this trip.

Irisviel always felt a little uncomfortable if she didn't say something to him.

By the way——

This is the last Servant soul in Irisviel's "hands" that could not be returned to the Greater Holy Grail.

His will seems to be much stronger than that of a normal person.

"Yeah, I can feel it." Ian quickly answered Irisviel's question.

"Mrs. Irisviel, it seems like everything you see can be shared with me."

This may be because she is not an ordinary person, but the Holy Grail responsible for "recovering" the souls of servants in the Holy Grail War.

"Just call me Ellie."

Irisviel responded to Ian with a smile.

"I always feel like being called Madam makes me look much older all of a sudden—even though I'm still very young."

"ok, I get it."

"But something does seem wrong here."

With the perception shared by Irisviel, Ian was able to get a glimpse of what this country looked like.

"Scathach, did you come out from a place like this?"

"No wonder she's so powerful."

“Yeah…” Irisviel nodded thoughtfully. “If it were me, there’s probably no way I could survive in a place like this, right?”

"Not necessarily."

Scathach, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped at this moment.

It was obvious that she had heard what Irisviel said.

"Even without martial arts skills, there are ways to survive in the Shadow Kingdom."

"anyway--"

Scathach looked at Irisviel in front of her.

She didn't know much about the Holy Grail War, and she came here simply because she wanted to pursue death.

But it seemed as if fate was deliberately playing a joke on the Queen of the Shadow Kingdom.

In the end, the person who died in the Holy Grail War was not Scathach, but her "Master" Kayneth.

Not only did she not die, but in the process she gained enough magical power to support her body to continue appearing in the world.

"Is Ian with you now?"

"Yeah." Irisviel nodded, then shook her head.

"It's probably not appropriate to say that he's beside me—Isn't it better to say that he's completely overlapping with me?"

"After all, these are souls 'recovered' from the Holy Grail War."

"It should be inside my body."

"Then..." Scathach hesitated to speak.

And Irisviel soon realized that she seemed to have some other ideas, so she quickly asked about it.

"Scathach, didn't you just say that?"

"In our situation, there's no point in hiding things from each other anymore, is there?"

"..."

Scathach's eyes flickered at first, and then she understood.

"I want to know—"

"Ian, does he still remember me?"

"Remember."

Almost at the same time as Scathach asked the question, Irisviel answered directly.

"Just when you asked me that question, he asked me a similar question about you."

"..."

Just such a simple sentence made Scathach blush.

"Is what you said true?"

"He...really asked me a question?"

"..."

Irisviel did not answer Scathach directly, but spoke with a smile on her face.

"You're blushing—it seems Ian is very important to you, too?"

"..."

"Yes." Scathach turned her head. "Otherwise, I wouldn't have died and brought you back with the overflowing Gate of Skye, would I?"

"That's right~"

Irisviel nodded.

"If that's the case—"

"Scathach, what's going on with Ian now?"

"It's complicated to explain—" Scathach's gaze fell on Irisviel, who was carrying Ian.

"But you can understand that he's in a very unstable state right now."

"We need to find a way to keep him here temporarily."

"Considering his current condition, I brought you back to the Shadow Kingdom."

"I see."

Irisviel finally understood everything.

"If that's the case, why don't you start?"

"Is there anything else we need to worry about?"

"..."

Scathach was silent for a long time before answering Irisviel's question.

"I'm afraid I can't do it."

"But whether you can do it or not, you have to try it, right?" Irisviel took a few steps forward and stepped on the grass of the Shadow Kingdom.

"Just like me—although I was also afraid of this so-called 'Land of Shadows', I still came here with you in the end."

"If you don't take the first step, there will be no results, okay?"

"Regrets or something? Let's talk about it after it's done!"

Hearing this, Scathach seemed to suddenly understand something.

"really."

“If you try, you may fail, but if you don’t try, you will definitely fail.”

Snapped--

Snapped--

Irisviel clapped her hands.

"It would be best if you could think that way."

"so--"

“Take the first step bravely!”

Encouraged by Irisviel, Scathach chanted the spell again.

This magic is completely different from the previous ones and can only be used within the Shadow Kingdom.

only--

The next words that reached Irisviel's ears were something she had never expected.

Scathach spoke very seriously:

"Ian—"

"Take a marriage vow with me!"