Did the Heroic Spirit I conquered become a reality?

When he looked up, he saw that everyone present was staring intently at him.

Aozaki Aoko looked surprised and suspicious, Ilya's red eyes were full of innocence and curiosity, Quetzalcoatl's eyes were subtle, and as her master, Luvia had been silent from the beginning, only staring at Tohsaka Yu with complicated eyes.

Why does it feel like she knows me...? Tohsaka Yu's eyes flickered slightly, clearly sensing the 'story' in Luvia's eyes.

Because ten years have passed on this timeline, and in ten years, who knows how much has happened.

But now is not the time to think about these things...

Yu Tohsaka took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

He looked up at the crowd and slowly said, "Do you all still intend to continue this Holy Grail War?"

Volume 1: Chapter 106 The Holy Grail Ends, the Fourth Beast Appears?

Yu Tohsaka's voice was incredibly calm, yet it was like a boulder thrown into a lake, stirring up a storm in everyone's hearts.

After witnessing that mythical war that could have wiped out the world itself, the so-called "Holy Grail" and the so-called "omnipotent wish-granting machine" seem to have become a laughable and insignificant joke.

The first to break the silence was Quetzalcoatl.

"Hahaha... Hahahaha!" She let out a hearty laugh, full of exhilaration, her face, which always wore a bright smile, filled with the utmost respect for the strong.

"No, no! After enjoying such a wonderful 'main stage,' it would be too boring to go back and play those boring 'exhibition matches'! I thoroughly enjoyed this Holy Grail War!"

Beside her, the always haughty and elegant young lady, Luvia Celinta Edelfelt, slowly lowered her arms that were crossed over her chest.

She looked at Tohsaka Yu, her sapphire-like eyes gleaming with an incredibly complex light.

"Hmph, originally, the goal of my Edfeldt family was just to teach that worthless Tohsaka family a lesson."

She spoke in her usual arrogant tone, but her words lacked the pure competitive spirit of the past: "Now that it seems your Tohsaka family has produced such a 'monster' as you... then continuing this war is indeed meaningless."

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Immediately afterwards, Ilya timidly peeked her little head out from behind the mountain-like Berserker.

Her ruby-like eyes, filled with innocence and curiosity, stared unblinkingly at the colossal, radiant Mother Goddess of Creation.

"That big sister... is she really your familiar?" She looked at Tohsaka Yu and asked in a childlike tone, "So amazing..."

For her, the ownership of the Holy Grail no longer seemed to matter so much.

The enigmatic "brother" before her, and his even more enigmatic "familiar," clearly piqued her interest more.

Just then, Aozaki Aoko, who had been silent all along, finally took a slow step forward.

She ignored the eerie space around her that was constantly breaking down and rebuilding, and she also ignored the terrifying Mother Goddess whose mere existence was enough to make the world itself weep.

Her usually nonchalant eyes were now unusually bright and sharp, fixed intently on Tohsaka Yu.

"The Holy Grail War is over." Her voice was calm and clear.

“But, Yu Tohsaka,” she gazed into the boy’s eyes, “the ‘problem’ you’ve caused has only just begun.”

“You brought the oldest ‘Beast’ into this world, completely unsealed. You used her power to eliminate the other two ‘Beasts’. What you have done has far exceeded the scope of the ‘Holy Grail War’, and is even… enough to be judged by the ‘Counterforce’ as the highest level of threat capable of shaking ‘human reason’ itself.”

"So, tell me," she looked at him and asked, enunciating each word clearly, "what exactly do you intend to do with her?"

Faced with Aozaki Aoko's oppressive and pointed question that went straight to the heart of the matter, everyone's eyes once again focused on Tohsaka Yu.

Yes, the Holy Grail War may have become insignificant because of this absurd "battle of the gods".

But what's next?

How should we deal with this real "monster" before us, whose mere existence is enough to distort the world itself?

Despite the complex emotions swirling in everyone's eyes, Tohsaka Yu's expression remained calm.

He first turned around and glanced at the "mother" who was most familiar and most powerful to him, who was suspended in mid-air. His eyes revealed a tenderness and apology that no one could understand.

Then, he turned back to Aozaki Aoko and everyone present, and slowly said in an extremely solemn tone:

“You’re right, Ms. Aozaki. All of this is indeed because of me. Therefore, I will take responsibility and bring this all to a complete end.”

He paused, his voice becoming increasingly clear and firm.

“I will put her back into ‘slumber.’ Tiamat only broke the seal on San(?零似疚气（】??三?） to protect me, her ‘child’. Now that the threat has been eliminated, she will listen to me if I ask her.”

Upon hearing these words, both Aozaki Aoko and Luvia wore expressions of disbelief and absurdity.

How can we send this creator goddess, who possesses world-destroying power, back to slumber?

Are you kidding me? This is like telling a supervolcano that's about to erupt, "Please hold back a little longer, I'll erupt later." It's utterly absurd!

However, Yu Tohsaka ignored their shock.

“But before that,” his gaze sharpened, “I must first completely eradicate the ‘root’ that caused all this from this land.”

“I will personally destroy the Greater Grail in Fuyuki City, so that this “ritual”, which was full of errors and evil from the very beginning, will never exist again.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire imaginary world fell into a deathly silence.

After a long while, Aozaki Aoko slowly exhaled.

“…That’s quite a bold declaration.” She looked at Tohsaka Yu, whose eyes, which always seemed somewhat nonchalant, were now filled with an unprecedented and incredibly complex light. “But, for now, I’ll trust you this once.”

"After all, you, as a man, always seem to be able to create some...unexpected 'miracles'."

After saying that, she stopped talking and silently took a step back, as if she intended to hand over the "stage" to him completely.

Yu Tohsaka nodded gratefully at her.

Then, he looked up again, gazing at the enormous Mother Goddess of Creation who spanned heaven and earth and was filled with endless maternal radiance.

Tiamat.

He called out softly.

"Please, take us back 'there'."

Those enormous, calamity-like red stars flickered slowly after hearing the request of their "child."

The chilling coldness and murderous intent that could have frozen the world had long since vanished.

Instead, there is an unconditional "love" filled with "pampering" and "gentleness".

Immediately afterwards, the silent, pitch-black sea of ​​chaos surged once more.

But this time, it is no longer a chaotic mess filled with "return" and "negation".

Instead, under Tiamat's will, the endless "Sea of ​​Life" took the initiative to open up a stable "path" to the "real world" for her "child," radiating a faint blue light.

At the end of that "road" lies the "root" of all the anomalies in this Holy Grail War—a massive void located beneath Mount Enzo.

The Holy Grail is right there.

Yu Tohsaka looked at the absolutely safe road that "Tiamat" had paved for her, then turned back to look at everyone present.

“Well then,” he said calmly, “it’s time for this farce to end. Will you stay here and wait to be completely swallowed by this sea of ​​imaginary numbers, or… come with me to witness the end of this centuries-old, flawed ‘ritual’? Make your choice.”

After saying that, he didn't linger any longer. Holding the unconscious Sakura Tohsaka, he glanced at Rin Tohsaka and gestured for her to come over.

Then, he was the first to embark on the road leading to the "end".

"Hmph, as if we have any other choice." Luvia snorted, but still followed without hesitation, taking her Rider with her.

Ilya, pulling her silent Berserker along, jogged close behind.

Finally, Aozaki Aoko watched the figures disappear into the dark blue light, then looked up at the colossal, unimaginably vast Mother Goddess of Creation still standing in the Sea of ​​Imaginary Numbers. A smile, filled with helplessness and...excitement, appeared on her face once more.

"This is getting more and more interesting."

She muttered to herself, and with a flash, she too disappeared at the end of that "road".

As they walked along the "path" constructed of Tiamat's power and filled with a deep blue light, a sense of grounding and returning to "reality" returned to them.

When the light faded, they found themselves in an enormous, man-made underground cavern.

This is the location of the Greater Grail, situated beneath Mount Enzo in Fuyuki City.

Huge ritual arrays, imbued with the aura of ancient magic, are deeply engraved on the floor and ceiling of the entire cave.

The cave walls were inlaid with countless enormous, heart-like crystals of magical energy, pulsating slowly and rhythmically. The air was thick with an incredibly dense, almost liquid, and pure aura of magical energy.

At the very center of that enormous void, a magical device, resembling some kind of celestial globe, composed of countless intricate, intersecting golden rings, was suspended silently. It was enormous and filled with a sense of holiness and unease.

It is the root cause of all the tragedies and evils that have plagued Fuyuki City for centuries.

——The Greater Holy Grail.

"Here is..."

Rin Tohsaka looked at the legendary "omnipotent wish-granting machine" that was only recorded in the family's documents, her sapphire-like eyes filled with indescribable complex emotions.

This is the "Roots" path that her ancestors, and her father Tokiomi Tohsaka, spent their entire lives trying to reach.

However, it was precisely because of this "wish" that the Tohsaka family, and all the other families involved in this war, were destined for a tragic and unfortunate fate.

"Hmph, for such a flashy but impractical thing, countless magicians paid the price with their lives? How...foolish."

Luvia crossed her arms, her face bearing an undisguised contempt for the losers that belonged to the Edfeld family.

Ilya, meanwhile, stared blankly at the enormous Holy Grail.

As an artificial human of the Einzbern family, and as an existence "created" as a vessel for the "Lesser Grail," she felt more than anyone else the sorrowful, blood-related connection between herself and the enormous "mother" before her, a connection that came from the depths of her soul.

"This thing is indeed an ominous object."

Aozaki Aoko gazed at the Great Grail, which was still slowly absorbing the Fuyuki Spirit Vein. Her usually nonchalant eyes were now unusually cold.

"It's like a giant 'tumor' parasitizing this land, constantly draining the life force of the 'world' to satisfy the selfish desires of those magicians. This thing should have been eliminated long ago."

Just then, the "path" filled with a ghostly blue light flickered once more.

Immediately afterwards, the blue-haired figure, possessing an exquisitely beautiful face and mature figure that could captivate all beings, and radiating a sacred and maternal glow, slowly emerged from within.

This time, she was no longer the enormous "original body" that spanned heaven and earth, but had reverted to the perfect "clone" form that appeared in the port before, indistinguishable from an ordinary human.

However, no one present dared to look at her as an "ordinary familiar" anymore.

Tiamat ignored the awe and apprehension in the eyes of those around her.

She simply walked quietly to her "child's" side and gazed at him intently with her ruby-like eyes, filled with love and tenderness.

Yu Tohsaka gave her a smile full of gratitude and reassurance.

Then he turned around and faced the Great Grail, which was still slowly turning and filled with an ominous aura.

He looked at Tiamat and, in an extremely solemn and firm tone, made his final and only "request".

"Excuse me."

"—Please end all of this."

Hearing her "child's" solemn and firm request, Tiamat's loving and gentle ruby ​​eyes curved slightly into a beautiful crescent moon.

She didn't speak, but nodded with immense affection.

Then, she slowly raised her fair, slender, and seemingly otherworldly arm, aiming it at the Great Grail in the center of the hollow, which was still slowly turning and filled with an ominous aura.

It possessed neither a terrifying, world-destroying power nor immense magical energy that made space tremble.

Yes, there was only a wisp of pure, refined, and gentle blue light, seemingly from the beginning of creation, which emanated leisurely from her fingertips.

That radiance was neither "destruction" nor "attack".

It is a kind of... more ancient, more primordial, creation-level power full of the principles of "return" and "birth".

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the soft, ethereal blue light silently merged into the enormous Holy Grail, which was composed of countless intricate golden rings.

Then, an unbelievable scene unfolded.

The "omnipotent wish-granting machine," which had gathered the spiritual energy of Fuyuki City for a century and stored the immense magical power of several Holy Grail Wars, began to slowly decompose and melt away from its core, just like ice and snow melting in the warm spring sun.

The magic circuit that makes it up was completely and mercilessly reduced to the most primitive ether particles, devoid of any properties, under the illumination of the light.

The immense magical power that had been bound and corrupted by it was also completely "purified," returning to its purest form of life force, slowly dissipating into this vast underground void, nourishing this land that had long since become barren and depleted due to the presence of the Holy Grail.

The whole process was quiet and peaceful.

It was not so much a "destruction" as a gentle "funeral" that was hundreds of years overdue.

During this gentle "funeral," Rin Tohsaka stared blankly at the "Holy Grail" that was slowly dissipating, a vessel that carried the sorrowful wishes of generations of the Tohsaka family. Her sapphire-like eyes were filled with complex emotions that were difficult to describe.

There was relief, there was sadness, but more than anything, there was an unprecedented ease... a complete liberation from fate.