Otherwise, you can find another savior.

Or, why don’t you find another savior?

Author: Kotomine Satsuki

Summary:

Many years later, Xi Jian Tianxi recalled the moment when he first stepped into the Holy Grail War. Perhaps fate had already been arranged:

He was thrown into the Land of Shadows without knowing anything and became Scathach's apprentice.

Kirei entrusted his daughter Kallen, who was unable to raise her, to adopt the second daughter Sakura from Tokiomi.

Just when Fuyuki's parenting life had just begun, he was chosen by the Holy Grail and stuffed with a Command Seal.

We have planned to summon Berserker to join the battle... You told me that the one coming is the famous magician Fairy Princess Morgan?

"Since I'm always being pushed forward, I might as well be one step ahead."

Unless, even this idea is taken into account.

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fate comprehensive fanfiction

Volume 1: Zero

Volume 2: Incident Log

Volume 3: The Fifth Holy Grail War (FGO version modified)

Volume 4~6: London, North America, Round Table, Uruk Singularity

Volume 7: Temple of Time, CCC

Prologue: The Land of the Dead

The young man dragged his exhausted body and looked around, and all he could see was the rugged stone mountain road.

The sky was covered with thick dark clouds, and the sunlight could not penetrate the darkness at all.

A strong wind mixed with the breath of death blew in my face.

He had no way of counting how many days it had been since he came to this place.

There is no distinction between day and night here. No matter what time it is, there is only darkness and dark clouds.

“…It’s…like the land of the dead…”

He, Xijian Tianxi muttered to himself.

Shiomi clenched the wooden stick in his hand, which he found on the road and could barely serve as a weapon.

The reason why weapons are needed is also very simple——

The wind blew across the mountain road in long waves, as if something like a skeleton, a dead spirit, or a ghost appeared from the black fog.

There were dead people with dry, sunken and rotten faces, skeletons without a trace of muscle, and monsters hiding in the dark shadows under tattered cloaks, with faces completely invisible and only eyes that glowed like will-o'-the-wisp.

In the hands of these "things", they held rusty swords and spears.

Shiomi knew that he was under siege.

They exude an aura of danger that can be understood at a glance.

We can't let them get close. These creatures may seem to be unable to walk steadily, but they are actually very powerful when wielding their weapons.

He chose the right moment and dodged the attack of the first skeleton that rushed over. He hit its cervical vertebra accurately with the wooden stick in his hand. The white bone skull rolled several times on the ground and stopped.

The skeleton also staggered and fell backwards.

All the monsters made eerie sounds and rushed towards Xijian Tianxi one after another.

His physical strength had been exhausted bit by bit after countless rounds of siege. It seemed that he had reached the bottom, but it seemed that he was always just one breath away from death.

But it was also thanks to this desire to survive that Shiomi gradually mastered the methods of dealing with these monsters and the way of fighting through repeated encounters.

He was able to predict the opponent's attack route the moment his sword or spear was raised, then avoid the vital points in advance and counterattack.

Its body moves like a battle machine, attacking monsters with precision.

However, they were outnumbered, and the wooden stick was worn out in the repeated counterattacks, and then shattered to the ground.

Dodging a slash from a corpse, Shiomi rolled backwards, but unexpectedly fell into the attack range of other monsters, and all kinds of weapons fell on him densely.

call out--

A sharp red light flashed, and all the monsters were instantly turned into powder, along with their weapons.

"Oh? I didn't expect that after all this, there are still people who can step into this place alive. I thought it was an illusion and came out to take a look, and I really encountered some good materials."

The extremely sharp red spear was pointed at Xijian Tianxi, and the voice of the owner of the spear was cold and noble.

The wind mixed with the breath of death still whistled past his cheeks, and the long hair of the owner of the red spear fluttered in the wind.

Even though he was exhausted and even though the other person was masked, he couldn't help but hold his breath at the peerless beauty of the woman in front of him.

"Now that you have arrived in the Kingdom of Shadows and have met me, the master of the alien and demonic realms, you warriors, please state your name."

The woman retracted the spear and stabbed it on the ground.

"Xijian...Tianxi..."

[Congratulations, you have successfully survived in the Shadow Kingdom and met the queen here. But don't think that this is the end, your journey full of death has just begun?]

The moment Xi saw his name in the newspaper, he seemed to hear someone telling him this. It was not a voice, but more like the information was engraved directly into his mind.

He could sense that he was embarking on a destiny of which he knew nothing.

Chapter 1: Sakura Tousaka

Xi Jiantianxi narrowed his eyes. The sunlight shining through the glass above the chapel made his eyes turn white.

He gradually came back to his senses from his doze. He had actually dozed off in such a place without realizing it.

Heavy and slow footsteps were heard through the wooden floor of the church. An elderly priest slowly walked forward and appeared on the left side of Shiomi's field of vision.

He is the priest in charge of this church, his name is Kotomine Risei, and he is nearly eighty years old. He looks old and dim-sighted, but his narrowed eyes still convey the fact that he has not become dim due to age.

"Are you tired of waiting?" Father Risei asked Shiomi, who was much younger than him, in a very calm manner.

Xi Jian then withdrew his arms from the wooden bench, changed from leaning on his back to sitting, and his right hand slowly dropped to rest on the silver-haired girl who was taking a nap on his legs.

"No, I came here today just for that matter anyway, so it doesn't matter if I wait a little longer." Xi Jian didn't care. "But Father Risei, your son still hasn't come."

"As you know, it's only been a year since he experienced the pain of widowhood, and he is currently studying magic with Tokiomi-kun to prepare for the Holy Grail War in two years. I'm afraid he doesn't have the time to be distracted and come see his daughter." Father Risei explained solemnly, his eyes fixed on the little girl in Shiomi's arms.

Karen Aldessia.

The son of priest Kotomine Risei, Kotomine Kirei is the child born from his marriage to an Italian woman.

However, Kirei's wife passed away only two years after they were married. Kirei knew that he could not take care of his two-year-old daughter Kallen himself, so he entrusted her to Shiomi Tenkei who happened to be in Italy.

The two had carried out missions together in the past that required the joint efforts of the agents of the Holy Church and the magicians of the Magic Association. Based on this relationship, Kallen was entrusted to Shiomi.

However, Shiomi has not yet decided whether to let Kallen change her last name and be officially adopted by him.

"That's really a pity..." Xijian said, scratching his hair.

Whether it was because he couldn't spare the time to come, or he just didn't want to come at all, and he didn't have any feelings for the daughter he entrusted to him, Shiomi was reserved about this.

There was something wrong with Kotomine Kirei.

This is the deepest impression left on Xijian Tianxi after working together on many missions with the priest.

“But seeing the child’s current condition, entrusting her to you may be the most correct choice for Kirei.” Father Risei said, “Neither Kirei nor I can take good care of Kallen.”

"No, no, I just happen to want to settle down and don't think it's a big deal." Xijian smiled and waved his hands, indicating that it was not a big deal.

But in fact, he had no way of telling Father Risei, or Kotomine Kirei, that this was some strange "will" that had instructed him to do this.

[Mission: Adopt Karen Aldessia, successfully completed.]

If it weren't for this kind of mission, Shiomi would not have been able to appear in Italy at the right time when Kotomine Kirei's wife died.

Shiomi really wanted to complain: why is it necessary to do such a thing?

But that will - or perhaps it should be called a "system" - is sometimes effective and sometimes not.

The first contact was when I survived in the Shadow Kingdom.

The second time was when he left the Shadow Kingdom and returned to the outside world, and was given the so-called [Shadow Kingdom Training Mission Reward].

And the reward... is just a registered magician in the Magic Association without any loopholes.

In the four or five years that followed, Shiomi never received any missions.

Thoroughly felt...

Shiomi has complained about this terrible system more than once.

There are only tasks, only penalties for failure to complete them, and no clear rewards.

Sometimes it does, but more often it doesn't. Slavery is more humane than this...

As for today, Shiomi Tenki brought Kallen to Japan and came to the Kotomine Church in Fuyuki City for this reason.

[New mission: Adopt the second daughter Sakura Toosaka from the Toosaka family. ]

[She is the egg of a genius magician with imaginary attribute, which is rare in a century. Please don't miss the opportunity when the Tousaka family is worried about their children's outstanding talents, okay?]

[If the mission fails, the only thing waiting for the small magician is GAME OVER? Hehe~]

Hey, you ghost!

Just thinking of that tone that sounded like that of a female devil asking for a beating, Xiomi wanted to curse.

It is now 1992 in Japan, and this concept is probably still far from being born.

——Although sometimes, Shiomi was also surprised why she had such knowledge that transcended time.

"Tokiomi-kun has arrived at the church gate and will be coming in shortly."

Kotomine Risei had no idea what Xijian Tianxi was thinking, he just admired the lazy aura of this young man who always made things seem easy.

After all, Shiomi is one of the few outstanding magicians in the Magic Association, and was just awarded the Pride class not long ago.

Compared to Kirei, the son that Father Risei was so proud of, he was not inferior at all.

"Yeah."

Just as Shiomi agreed, the door of the chapel was pushed open.

A man in a dark red suit walked in. Judging from his appearance and age, he was no older than Shiomi who claimed to be just 20 years old, but his steady demeanor and majestic temperament made him look extraordinary.

Toosaka Tokiomi.

This is the person Xijian Tianxi came to the church to meet today.

Tokiomi was accompanied by a little girl with black hair and blue eyes, who must be Tousaka Sakura.

Gently picking up the still dozing Kallen, Shiomi stood up from the bench and turned to face the Tōsaka father and daughter who were walking down the aisle.

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Mr. Shiomi. This is my daughter, Sakura Toosaka." Tokiomi introduced his timid daughter to Shiomi.

It was a day off at church, and except for my father, there were only adults I didn’t know, and it was a solemn environment.

This is an occasion that children of this age would be afraid of.

"You have finally decided to accept my request and entrust your daughter to me for teaching." Shiomi also showed a perfect smile.

Tokiomi made an elegant voice, "Being able to inherit magic from the disciple of the Grand Master Magician Aozaki Touko is a rare opportunity for Sakura."

No one knows where Xi Jian Tianxi came from, and no one knows Xi Jian Tianxi's magician school, but no one cares to ask.

However, he was using magic that included the original rune, so under the prompting of that crappy system, Shiomi pretended to be Aozaki Touko's disciple.

Although apart from these, Tokiomi also has the Matou family in Fuyuki, and his aunt's family, Edelfeld, with whom he has not had any contact for more than 60 years, to choose from.

But when Shiomi Tenkei's request came through Kotomine Rizheng, Tōsaka Tokiomi was still moved.

The original runes and puppet techniques were all secrets that even Tōsaka Tokiomi could not achieve, and were passed down from the Grand Puppeteer.

If Sakura could become the successor of this line of magicians, Tokiomi would no longer have to worry about her future.

"Yeah." Shiomi nodded with satisfaction, and the task was successfully completed.