Wish

[ Dio pov ]

Arriving at the part of the mansion where Medea and Giorno were, the excitement in my chest grew. I was so close to getting my wish... now all that remained was dealing with the final annoyance.

Once we got there, I was greeted by the sight of Medea and Giorno staring at a golden chalice that was floating in the centre of the room.

"So that is the grail..." muttered Artoria from behind me. She had already recovered from her blush and was back to her cute serious persona.

"It is less impressive than I expected." said Diarmuid while shaking his head.

I chuckled slightly while getting closer. "Yeah, the cup itself is pretty lame when you think that it is actually a wish granting artefact. It should have some gems embedded in it or perhaps glow more."

I turned to Medea, who was sighing after she heard my comment. "Everything ready?" I asked.

"Yes." she replied while nodding.

The circles were already set and everything was prepared for the ceremony to begin.

"Have you already decided what your wish will be?" I asked Medea.

Now that I know that neither Diarmuid nor Artoria will be wishing the grail for anything that I myself won't be able to grant, Medea will have more magical energy to use for her own wish.

"Yes." she replied, getting closer to me. "I want to stay here, at least a while longer."

I smiled slightly at her words. "I see... but I warn you, if you stay here I might not let you leave afterwards." I said with a smile. "I am quite controlling that way, and I am not planning on changing."

She chuckled at my words before bowing slightly. "I am Medea, former princess of Colchis and magus from the Age of Gods. I offer myself to you as anything you desire in exchange for a place at your side. I wish to see what this world has to offer now and perhaps understand what it means to be alive."

I stared at her pretty face before placing my hand on her chin and raising her head. "Well then, I am Dio Salvatore, heir of house Salvatore and soon-to-be sorcerer of the Age of Men. I accept your offer and swear that you will always have a place at my side. I will grant you your wish and show you everything this world offers, as well as make you understand what being alive means."

Silence momentarily fell on the room as he simply stared at each other, her purple hair moving slightly with the breeze as her pointy ears moved cutely.

Our moment was interrupted by Diarmuid's groaning as he looked at Giorno annoyed. Giorno on the other hand was staring at him amused.

"Excuse me..." I said, bringing their attention to me. "You interrupted a really cute moment you know?"

"Well..." muttered Giorno while rubbing the back of his head.

"Ehmmm, sorry to interrupt master, but may I receive a golden coin?" asked Diarmuid with an awkward expression.

"A golden coin?" I asked back, confused by the request.

"Well, I may or may not ave made a bet with Giorno to see if you two would end up together. I thought I won when you married Artoria but apparently I lost..."

"Sigh, I will give you a coin when we get back." I said, shaking my head. "I don have any here so your bet will have to wait."

"So not only were you betting on my life, you also are shameless enough to admit it in front of me..." muttered Medea with a vein popped on her forehead.

Diarmuid and Giorno looked at each other for a moment before pointing their fingers at each other at the same time.

""It was his idea."" they replied simultaneously.

I chuckled slightly. I am not angry that they made a bet over this, in fact it is quite amusing. Besides, it is nice seeing Giorno having fun once in a while. I have never given him a vacation, nor am I planning to since I am basically useless without him, but it is indeed nice seeing him entertain himself with small things like this.

"Sigh, we will address this later." I said, shaking my head before turning to see Artoria. "You don't have any problems with this, do you my dear?" I asked.

"Of course not." she replied, shaking her head. "You are, besides my husband, my king. It is my duty to seek your happiness above all else."

I stared at her with a smile.

"With that being said." she muttered, looking at Medea with a slightly smug face. "I am the first wife."

Medea's eyebrow twitched slightly. "Since when was this a competition..." she muttered, staring at Artoria defiantly.

"Sigh, how about we do all this after we finish the ceremony." I said.

The grail had stayed in its place calmly, waiting to receive enough magical energy to properly manifest itself.

Medea turned around and headed to where the circles were drawn with me.

Looking at the five circles with the five philosopher's stones and the sixth circle with the lesser grail, I couldn't help but feel amazed by my own genius. Well my genius and the genius of Medea, since we devised this ritual together.

Medea and I stood side by side and began chanting. The lines drawn with blood and chalk started glowing and red sparks came out of the five philosopher's stones.

Magical energy was directed at the lesser grail, from which it transferred to the cup. The lesser grail finally disappeared and the cup began overflowing with a red, couscous liquid.

The liquid continued expanding until it hit the lines, unfortunately for it, ti couldn't move past them.

"Are you ready?" I said, looking at Medea.

She nodded in reply and continued manipulating the magical energy, breaking the stones apart and pushing the souls into the cup.

This was the method we devised. Not a perfect one, but it would suffice for this time.

Overflowing the grail with mana and souls in order to make Angra Mainyu manifest in the physical world.

We were basically pulling him out of the grail in a very, very poorly designed way. Normally it wouldn't even have made sense, however the 'world' inside the circles was created by Medea, and she had absolute control over it. Because of this, allowing Angra Mainyu to manifest itself momentarily was possible, especially because of the absurd amount of magical energy being pushed into the grail.

The entire ritual was mostly Medea's idea honestly. Apparently it is theoretically possible with her knowledge of Magecraft, and who am I to question the Magecraft of someone leagues above me?

The red liquid began condensing within the circle and taking shape.

First an arm came out of the strange mud, proceeded by another arm and then a head. As if pulling itself out of water, a being with a bizarre appearance appeared. It looked like a combination of an Einzbern and the actual Angra Mainyu, having blood-coloured liquid on its skin and strange burns and tattoos.

"Now!" I said.

The being itself was slightly confused by the situation as it looked at itself and the surroundings with almost lethargic and crude movements.

Medea moved into the circles and stabbed the being in the back before moving her noble phantasm in a slicing manner.

"Rule Breaker." she muttered before jumping back.

The being turned around as soon as the knife left his back, however it was met by the barrier that prevented it from leaving.

I felt it stare at me as it slowly turned back into mud.

The red substance then proceeded to disappear, slowly evaporating.

The grail itself glowed brightly with the excess of mana in it.

Suddenly, I felt myself being pulled by it as my consciousness left my body.

The surroundings changed and I found myself staring at a white haired woman with red eyes. She was wearing beautiful dress that was extremely familiar.

"You are the final master." said a white haired woman in front of me, her red eyes piercing my very soul. "There is enough magical energy, so what is your wish?"

"I want the third true magic." I said.

There is absolutely no need to make small talk with Justaeze von Einzbern, if that is even what she is.

Without skipping a beat, she moved her palm in my direction and nodded.

Light engulfed me and I found myself in a different place, one I could only describe as the centre of the universe. For some reason, everything here simply made sense while at the same time being extremely confusing. Stars, planets, monsters and people, all moved through a stream in this void and converged in a single place, creating a swirl all around me.

My eyes widened at the view in front of me, everything was simply... amazing.

I took a step forward when my eyes widened once again, this time gaining a confused expression as a beautiful woman appeared in front of me.

"Artoria?" I asked confused.