307 [307] FSN World Line

The King of Heroes, Gilgamesh.

This was their third encounter.

The first time was when Kazuya summoned him with the Command Spells.

The second time was during the previous Holy Grail War, where he was an adversary.

And now, the third time has come.

"Well, this is unexpected," Kazuya smiled, "I didn't think we would meet again here, King of Heroes, Gilgamesh."

"Oh, do we know each other?" Gilgamesh said with interest.

Nearly ten years had passed since the last Holy Grail War.

Unexpectedly, interesting things were still happening on the verge of this Holy Grail War.

Gilgamesh lifted his head joyfully and looked at Kazuya. "Tell me, mongrel, if it's interesting, I'll spare your life."

Kazuya didn't mind. After all, that was his personality. If one worried too much about such things, it could reduce their lifespan.

"It's nothing significant; I've just encountered similar situations in other worlds."

"Parallel world, huh... I see, that makes sense." Gilgamesh nodded. If he had just been summoned, he might have brought back some memories from Throne of Heros.

However, ten years had already passed.

During these ten years, he had no idea what his "other self" had been doing.

"It doesn't seem like magecraft or anything. What, traversing parallel worlds has become that simple?"

"Well, you could simply understand it as me having acquired some special ability."

"Hmph... I see." Gilgamesh nodded. "Even with humans constantly advancing, reaching this level would still take a few hundred years. But, you seem to know about my existence from the moment you arrived and even about the Holy Grail War, right? Coming here... is it for the Holy Grail in this place? If so, you are my enemy."

"I understand." Although he said that, Gilgamesh showed no intention of attacking. He smirked and said, "I've said before, as long as you amuse me, I'll spare your life. This time, I'll let you go, but it won't be so simple next time."

Watching Gilgamesh leave calmly, Kazuya was slightly surprised. "Not interested in parallel worlds, huh? Right... the Throne of Heroes is, after all, an independent existence. For Gilgamesh, non-stop parallel worlds must be boring by now."

Unexpectedly, upon arriving here, he had already judged the world line.

However...

Fate/stay night still had many world lines.

When it came to Saber and Tohsaka Rin routes, it was fine. But if it was the Heaven's Feel route... even for him, it was a bit dangerous.

By that, it wasn't referring to Servants or Sakura or anything, but the black mud.

If a human accidentally came into contact with that thing, who knows what would happen.

However, these were still within manageable bounds.

What bothered him the most wasn't these, but rather the everyday type of Fate/stay night world lines.

For example, "Carnival Phantasm" or "Emiya Family's Dinner." Such things.

Wanting to achieve a world line where everyone survives...

The simplest way should be like this: Emiya Shirou takes on all seven, rubbing them against the ground. If they resist, he continues to fight, but doesn't kill anyone, just keeps rubbing.

After defeating everyone, they happily disband the Holy Grail and use it as a magical source for all the Servants, everyone stays alive.

Like that...

It was a joke.

Achieving this type of ending was really quite difficult.

"Hmm? In that case... maybe I can play around a bit." For example, turning this world into that kind of world line...

But thinking about it carefully, his power wasn't enough...

Well...

"Maybe I can ask Gilgamesh for help."

Thinking so, he walked briskly towards the direction Gilgamesh had left earlier and soon saw Gilgamesh, who was taking a stroll.

"Hmm? What's this? I, graciously spared your life, is there something else you're dissatisfied with?"

"No, it's not that. I just wanted to ask, how much time is left until the Holy Grail War starts here?" Kazuya spoke while walking over. "You should know about this, right? After all, you've been here for ten years."

"Want to participate in this Holy Grail War?" Gilgamesh smiled. The person in front of him knew his true name and had apparently seen him more than once, so he should know his strength.

However... even so, standing in front of him, he remained quite confident, as if he wasn't concerned at all about him taking action.

Or rather, even if he did take action, he was confident he could escape.

Being able to maintain such an attitude in front of the King of Heroes.

That is...

The Holy Grail was his possession. Anyone daring to snatch something from the king would meet a dire fate, wouldn't they?

"No, I'm not interested in that Holy Grail thing." Kazuya smiled and said, "This kind of world... well, I want to achieve a different ending, so I wanted to know the specific date the Holy Grail War starts. It's not interesting to say it now."

"Hmph, still trying to be mysterious in front of me?" Gilgamesh narrowed his eyes, emitting a dangerous aura from his pupils. However, after some thought, he didn't take action. "Fine, I'll tell you. The Holy Grail War will start in about four months! If you don't amuse me by then, I'll kill you. Hurry up and summon your Servant. In that case, there might still be a chance of survival, you mongrel."

"Four months, huh... No, should I say a year? In that case, time is indeed a bit tight..." Kazuya pondered slightly. In reality, he had just experienced the events of Fate/stay night in the dream world a few nights ago.

These past few days, he had been experiencing it inside.

However, dreams were still dreams, and there were limitations. It wasn't as free as the real world.

In the dream world, the endings one could obtain were limited, unlike in reality...

Coincidentally, he was planning to take Shiki with him to play in the parallel world. It wasn't good to just fight and kill all the time; if there was a peaceful daily world, he could bring her over to enjoy.

"I understand. Well then, see you later."

Kazuya said and looked at the time. It had already been an hour since he came here.

In his original world, three hours had passed.

In a while, it would be time for school.

"Let's call it a day for today. We'll meet again if there's a chance."

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