Broken Fate.

Chapter 3: Revelations.


"Hey old man, why did you want to become a hero of justice in the first place?" A young boy asked his father as they sat and looked at the moon on the porch of their house. Another member of their family was asleep in her own room, oblivious to their conversation.

The man looked down and pondered about the question, then he sighed. "I guess it all started when I was still a child," The man said in a tired tone, "I have always admired those heroes that were drawn in comic books," The man continued in his tired tone and he looked up once more to gaze at the moon.

"They always manage to save everyone, no matter the situation," The boy was listening closely to his father's words as if they contain the answer he is looking for all this time.

"I wanted to become like them and save everyone in need," He said as he chuckles softly. "But no matter what I did," The tone of the man's voice then took a sorrowful turn. "I continued to make those same countless mistakes in my path for justice," The man looked frail and weak as if he would only live for a few more days.

His hair was unkempt and black, his eyes were empty and vacant. "I always tried to fix what I did wrong, but somehow," The man stopped for a few seconds, "I only made things worse," Then he continued in his tired tone.

"I keep repeating those mistake until I couldn't bear with it anymore," he closed his eyes and sighed again, to which the boy responded by looking to the ground and clenched his teeth.

"I wanted an easy way out, for a miracle to happen," The boy gripped his legs hard and the expression on his face became sour. "But it never-", "Kiritsugu you are talking like an old geezer right now," The boy spoke to his father in an aggravated tone, he clenched his teeth and speak again.

"Chasing after what's right can never be a mistake," The boy finally looked up and cried out to the moon, "I will never let it be a mistake!" The man now known as Kiritsugu can only look at his son in shock before he finally chuckled.

"At the end you…. No, I get it." He closes his eyes once more, now a look of acceptance has graced his face. "With this I'm glad," Kiritsugu said, seemingly happy with what his son had said.s

The boy's red hair was rustled by the cold night's air and his yellow-amber eyes are gleaming with determination. Kiritsugu stared at his son for a while, trying to memorize as much as he can about him. "The moon is beautiful tonight," The man known as Kiritsugu smiled and leaned onto one of the wooden pillars that supports the house and then falls into a slumber, it was an eternal one.

"Indeed it is, Kiritsugu,"The boy now known as Shirou continued to gaze at the moon, oblivious to his father eternal slumber.


I woke up to the sound of people chattering. My back was laid against something soft and it felt like something else is covering the lower half of my body. A massive headache struck me the moment I tried to open my eyes, it felt like my head is splitting apart. After much struggle, I ended up opening my eyes and was immediately greeted by a wooden ceiling.

"Wha..t?" I croaked out with my raspy voice. I tried to sit up but pain erupted in my stomach the moment I tried to. "What happen?" I asked to no one in particular as a burning pain can be felt on my face and my stomach. I then take a look around to see where I am.

The room I'm in was big in size with many beds placed in an orderly formation, sunlight flowed into the room from the many windows located alongside the beds. My bed was placed on the farthest left side of the room, with nobody around I tried to move my body again.

"Argghhh!" I push onward against the pain, my body is screaming at me to stop and rest instead, but I can't, not until I know where I was and what had happened. The pain intensified in my stomach along with my head, my headache is getting worse, but I finally manage to sit up on my bed.

The clothes I was wearing from before was now gone and replacing it was a simple white shirt and brown pants. It feels like something is covering my right shoulder but I took no heed of it.

It was quiet now, the sound of chattering from before has completely vanished. I sat there on my bed for a while, waiting till my headache pass away. I look out the window in front of me, the sun is bright and the leaves on the trees are green, but something caught attention.

The house outside looks like it had come straight out of the medieval era, while there are houses like that in Fuyuki, there is only a few of them. A few people can be seen walking on the streets, they are all wearing tunics just like those men from befor-!

"Argh!" Another headache struck and I clutched my head, those men…. those men are dead. They have been killed by that old man while I was trying to protect-

Angelica.

I had nearly forgotten about her, I could almost remember everything that had happen now. That old man had picked Angelica and I up and took us somewhere, but if I'm here then so must be Angelica.

'Creak' The sound of door opening reaches my ear along with some hushed voice. "Sh... be careful not to alarm him," The voice of a young girl can be heard whispering. "I'm trying so shut up," Another voice whispered back, this time it was that of a young boy.

The door slowly opens, but another voice can be heard from the other side. "Hey, what are you two doing here?" This time the voice was that of a woman. "Eek! Come on let's go!" The girl quietly shrieked and seems to have said something to the boy, to which he responded with. "Hey wait for me sis!"

"Honestly those kids," The woman could be heard sighing and then opens the door to the room. "Ah? Awake I see," The woman said to me with a chuckle and walks towards me, she is plump with brown eyes and long brown hair that was styled into a ponytail.

"You shouldn't be sitting you know, just lay on the bed and rest okay?" I honestly don't know what she is saying and my mouth is feeling thirsty as well, thus I try to remember as much as I can about the English language that I have learned from school and ask for some water.

"I… drink.. wa…ter?" I manage to croak out the words, my English wasn't the best nor is it even decent. Everything the teacher taught in school completely went through my head. Grammar this and past tense that, I don't really remember much so I just said whatever that comes into my mind, even if it sounds stupid or broken.

Where the hell did EMIYA learn 'I'm the bone of my sword?'

"Oh dear, you must have been feeling thirsty after sleeping all that time huh? Wait here," With that, the woman then walked back towards the door and went outside, presumably to get me a glass of water. Not only I don't know where I am, it seems that I couldn't communicate well with them. Great job Shirou, good job at making your life harder for yourself.

The woman returned not a minute later with a glass of water in hand, she urged me to drink it which I did rather greedily. My mouth feels so much better after drinking the water and I tried to remember the English word for thank you to show my gratefulness.

"Thank…you" I mutter out with my still sore mouth, to which she replied with a smile. "Your welcome, dear," I smiled back at her as well, she is nice. "What is your name, dear?" The woman asked me with her smile still present on her face. "Name?" I asked her back, uncertain if she is asking for my name or not.

"Yes dear, your name," She seems to be trying to reassure me and so I tell her my name. "Emiya Shirou," I tell her with another smile on my face. "Emiya…. Shirou?" She says my name as if testing it on her tongue, her face is set onto confusion as she does it.

"Even if it is an odd name, at least I had far more progress with you than that girl," She finished with a sigh, but at the slight mention of the word 'girl' make my body tense up. "Girl?" I asked her, curious if she is talking about Angelica.

"Yeah that girl that came in with you, she was very unresponsive when we try to approach her, poor girl must be traumatized," I couldn't understand what she is saying, but I'm willing to bet that she is talking about Angelica.

"Where is… girl?" I asked the woman again, I need to know where Angelica is and from there I can ask her about our current situation.

"Ah, she is located in the girl's room," The woman tells me as she points out the door, there is another door just outside. So that's where she is, I thought to myself.

"Do you want to see her?" She asked me again with another smile on her face. I don't really understand what she is saying and decided to just get off the bed and walk towards the room she is pointing at.

"Here we go-!" The moment both of my feet touched the ground, I tried to push myself off the bed. But the pain in my stomach never ceased and soon I can feel myself falling onto the floor.

"Hey, be careful! You have only just recovered!" The woman nearly shrieked as she manages to hold onto me before my face met the ground. She then lifts me up and places me on the bed, this time with a disapproving look on her face.

"You really are careless huh," The woman sighed and put both her hands on the hips. "You should really take care of yourself more, instead of worrying about other people" The woman chided at me disapprovingly.

"Well if you need anything just call out my name okay?"The woman said with her cheerful tone back, she looks like she is preparing to leave. "Oh dear, I just realized I never told you my name," She told me as if she just realized something.

"My name is Gertha but just call me Ms. Gertha," She told me with a small wink on her face and then walk towards the open door, "Now be a dear and just rest, okay?" She said to me as she finally walked out room and close the door.

"Gertha?" I try out the word in my mouth, it seems that she had just told me her name. Now alone again, I waited for a while before I decided to check on my magic circuits, they were dormant the last time I try to open them and I'd be best for me to awake them once again.

"Trace-" I mutter out quietly, an image of a gun then appeared in my head. I pulled the imaginary trigger and then-

"Arg!" I almost screamed out, but I manage to close my mouth in time to avoid drawing that woma-, Gertha's attention. The wound on my right shoulder begin to hurt all over again as every nerve in my body feel like they are burning up to the point they become unbearable, I struggled to keep my mouth shut despite the pain.

The pain lasted for a short while as I lay on the bed, clutching my chest until they stop. "So that's how it's gonna be.." I sighed out disappointedly, my magic circuits will be unusable for a while, any attempt at projection or reinforcement will only end up hurting me. I haven't fully recovered yet, my body is still weak from the beatings it had gotten.

It'd best for me to just go back to sleep instead.

A lot of things had happened in the span of a short time. I managed to win the Holy Grail War in a single night and fulfill my wish. Defeating all those deranged Ainsworth Dolls and survive through that King of Heroes card onslaught of weapons.

Finally waking up to avoid capture by those human traffickers from before. Yeah, maybe I should go back to sleep instead. My body is still hurting and I probably won't be able to use magecraft anytime soon, I will figure out what to do after I get some sleep.

I closed my eyes and waited for sleep to take me, slowly my body lose the feeling of control and my consciousness is no more.


He is crouching on that snowy ground again, right in front of him was an individual masked in a grinning skull mask. His hand is clutching a dagger and he is laughing uncontrollably.

"I love you senpai… that's why I will protect you!" Another familiar voice cried into the night before she was finally silenced by the blue-haired devil that roam in it.

"Sakura!" his own voice can be heard screaming into the night as that skull masked individual leave a hole in the girl's chest. "I'm sorry… sen…pai," Those are the girl named Sakura last words before a gigantic hole emerges from the ground and swallowed her whole.


"Sakura!" I cried out the name of the girl that had tried to protect me as I shot up from my bed. Tears are threatening to spill down onto my face. I had unconsciously reached out my right hand during my outburst, they are grasping into nothingness.

"Sakura…" I mutter her name quietly as I gaze forward with empty eyes, the room is dark now, as the day had turned into night. I slowly place my arm back on the bed. Even after not choosing her, she still decides to protect me from her brother at the cost of her own life.

I could still clearly remember the desperation and fear in me when I saw her with that hole in her chest along with the raw anger I had felt upon seeing him laughing at what he had done.

"Thank you….for everything," those words came out of my mouth as I lay on the bed again and covered my eyes with my right arm. It is only with her sacrifice that I finally stood a chance in fighting against the Ainsworth and save my sister, I won't be able to grasp those swords if it wasn't for her.

Even if it means dooming the entire world, I had saved her, I had saved Miyu. "Miyu…" Thinking about her now, I wonder how she is doing. Will she be able to live peacefully and make new friends without her older brother to help her?

I smiled. Knowing she will be fine on her own. After all, my wish was fulfilled wasn't it?

"I guess I wouldn't be here without your help, huh?" I slightly smiled when those words came out of my mouth. EMIYA, my alternate future self that had taken a more different path. He had been a Hero of Justice, sacrificing the minority to save the majority.

He shouldn't have answered my call, a Hero of Justice shouldn't have helped the Villain at all. Yet, he still did on that fateful night, bestowing me with his abilities along with his Origin and Element. With them, I have been able to defeat my enemies one by one and make my wish upon the Holy Grail.

Placing my feet on the ground, I got off my bed and stand with my hands gripping my bed. The pain from before is almost gone, but my body still feels weak. I wobbled as I place my right foot forward and continue with my left foot. Every step feels heavy, almost as if my entire weight has doubled.

When I reached the door of my room, I grabbed the doorknob and twisted it, opening it. The hallway outside the door was poorly lit by the hanging lamp on the wall, like the room I previously on, the wall, ceiling, and floor were completely made out of wood.

I place my hand on the wall, feeling its rough texture and gradually make my way down the hall. I will confront Angelica later after I fill my stomach with something.

I walked steadily with my left hand placed on the wall to my side, the sound of chattering from before can be heard somewhere. I followed the sound of chattering until it leads me to a stairway leading down. I cautiously placed my foot on the wooden stairway. Should I carelessly walk down the stairs then my death will be imminent.

"!" A gasp can be heard from behind me, I turn around to see who it was that had gasped. It was Gerda, she is holding a tray with 2 pieces of bread and two bowls of soup.

"What are you doing on the stairs, you could fall down and crack your head open!" She is furious that much I could tell, she seems to be panicking as well.

"I was just going to check on you right after I try to give that girl her food, but you seem to be much better now," Gerda sighed as she calms down.

"She won't even respond when I try to give her food," The look on her face is now that of concern, she then leans against the wall opposite to me. "Your name is Emiya right?" Gerda asked me, an idea seem to have struck her.

"Could you talk to her? Maybe you can get her to eat something," She said with her finger pointing towards the girl's room where Angelica currently resides.

"I will be waiting for you two out here, after that you two can go and eat together with the other kids," Said Gerda as she gently smiled at me, I could only stare confusedly at her, just what did she want me to do?

"Oh right! You will probably need help walking towards that room," She clapped her hand and then placed them on my shoulder and arm. She slowly guided me towards the girl's room away from the sound of chattering, her hands firmly gripping my shoulders so I wouldn't fall.

"Here we are, now go get her Emiya Shirou!" She gently pushed me towards the door and smiles.

"Now hurry! The event at town square is about to start soon,"

I hesitantly grabbed the doorknob and slowly open the door, the sound of something creaking open fill the otherwise empty hallway. I steadily walked into the dark room and there she was.

Sitting on the bed farthest from the door to the right was Angelica, besides her hanging on the wall is a lantern. She is wearing a different clothing this time, a simple white dress that reaches her feet, her face was stoic with no expression whatsoever, almost like a doll.

"We meet again Angelica," I walked into the room with a small smile and closes the door behind me.

"How are you doing?" I gently asked her, every step I take towards her make a loud thud in the almost empty room.

"You aren't gonna say anything?" I asked as I slowly walk towards her. Briefly, I could recall the memory of our fight, out of every opponent I had faced so far she is by far the most powerful. With a card that possesses every heroic spirit noble phantasm, she mercilessly rain down those weapons of legend at me.

But whenever I compare her from before to the one in front of me now, I couldn't help but wonder whether they are the same person.

She looks like a broken doll, one that no longer has a purpose. The Angelica from before would have insulted me with the name "Faker" the moment I entered the room, yet the Angelica in front of me is staying silent this whole time. Her eyes were dull and vacant, unlike those eyes full of righteous fury from before.

Was the Angelica from before… a fake?

Nevertheless, she holds the answer I need. Pushing the rest of my thought away, I asked her my first question. "What happened after our battle?" I asked her with my gold amber eyes turning cold.

She continues to gaze forward, giving no indication that she has heard my question. But unexpectedly, she opens her mouth and speaks out.

"I don't know," The answer was short and monotone, but she doesn't seem to be lying as well. Looking at her, I couldn't help but notice the similarities between her and Julian.

With that, I asked her my second question. "What is your relation to Julian Ainsworth," She sits there silently as if refusing to answer my question. The more I look at her, the more similarities between her and Julian become apparent, from the color of their eyes to their glare and the shape of their face. Could it b-?

"I'm Master Julian's older sister, Angelica Ainsworth" She answered my question again with her monotone voice. She never moves, never flinch, never smile nor frown, the look on her face can only be described as empty. Yet even with such, her answer completely blew my mind.

"That explains it, you are capable of Spatial Displacement and are rather skilled with it as well," I walked forward with uneasy steps, in front of me was the late older sister of my former best friend, thus everything I need to know about the Ainsworth can be got from her.

"Every single doll I had fought was odd," I stated with my arms crossed.

"Some have amorality from memory disorder," Matou Shinji, the older brother of Matou Sakura was the perfect example.

"Some was able to rampage while ignoring injuries," Like that Berserker class card wielder, even though I'm sure that it's just the effect of their class card.

"And some even had deteriorated speech capability," That previous Rider class card wielder had looked like he had trouble speaking normally.

"You aren't any different at all," If every one of those dolls has a quirk of their own then that means she must too. With that, I concluded that she-

"The state you are in…. is the loss of emotion isn't it?" I asked her even though I already knew the answer. She only nodded at what I had said and continue to gaze forward. "That is correct," She said.

"That means every emotion you have displayed up until now wa-" "Fake," Angelica finishes what was I going to say, confirming what I had thought earlier.

"So I'm not the only faker here huh?" I smirked at her. "How about that time when we fought? The way you shouted and glared at me couldn't have been fake," I recall the memory of our battle again, the one thing that strikes me odd was the fact that she doesn't look like she is faking her emotion when we fought. Every shout, scream, and expression she gave felt real.

"Those emotions you saw when we fought aren't mine, they belong to the Heroic Spirit that resides in this card," She said with her head turned towards me and her left hand holding a card, a familiar looking card.

My eyes widened in shock and I took a few steps back cautiously. "That is…. The King of Heroes card," I said with my eyes narrowed at it, turns out she still has it.

"You don't need to be cautious, I couldn't install it anymore," She told me as she put it under her blanket. I cautiously took a few steps forward now that she has put the card away.

"Only those who have strong personality could install this card and not be overwhelmed," She explained to me in her monotone voice.

"One of the process to create the class card is to take away the personality of the hero the card possesses so it couldn't take over the user's body," She stops explaining and take out the card again, gazing into it.

"But somehow this Heroic Spirit isn't affected whatsoever and still retain some of his personality," She finishes her explanation and looks at me."Was that satisfactory enough?" She asked with her empty blue eyes.

"You seem a lot more talkative now all of the sudden," I sarcastically remarked, indeed she has become a bit more talkative than before.

"Anyway, another thing I want to ask is where are we?" I asked as I walk to the bed in front of her and sit on it, she turns towards me and places her feet down on the ground.

"We are currently in England," She answered my question with her monotone voice.

"England huh? That explains their use of English language," I pondered about her answer with my head turned to the side, while it does answer the question of where we are, it doesn't answer the question of why I haven't seen any sort of electrical equipment nor why they are all wearing tunics like those movie set in medieval er-!

My eyes widened as a sudden realization struck me in the head, but I don't want to believe it. Slowly I turned my head towards her again and asked. "Angelica…. do you know…what year is it?"

She looks at me straight in the eye and answered with that same monotone voice."Yes, the year is 1424,"

That does it, my suspicion is confirmed, we have indeed traveled back in time. I grasp my head with one hand and lie down on the bed. We are in England during the year 1424, the absurdity of it all makes my head spin.

"Do you have any idea how it happened?" I asked her as I push myself to sit on the bed again. Angelica pondered my question for a while before she finally answers with short-. "No,"

"Great, now we are stuck in the past with no idea how we got here," I growled out. Not only are we stuck in the past, our body was also reverted back to when we were younger.

"Emiya," I heard her call out my name. "Now that I have answered all your question, it is time you answer mine," She stated as I sit down on the bed again.

"Hmm? I thought that I'm the only one who could ask questions," I snarked with my eyebrow raised, but she seems to be ignoring what I had said.

"What is Sakatsuki Miyu to you, so that you would readily stand against the Ainsworth's plans of humanity's salvation," She asked me with her cold blue eyes gazing into my own.

That is a question I wasn't expecting at all. "I guess… it's only fair if I answer your question too," I sighed and close my eyes, answers begin to form in my head.

"Sakatsuki Miyu was like a little sister to me," I stated with my eyes closed. "No, she is my little sister," I corrected myself and finally open my eyes, gazing into Angelica's own pair.

"At first I was told to only see her as a tool, but-" A gentle smile begin to shape itself on my face and I look out the window, the dimly lit room we are in added with the dark forest outside makes it easier to see the stars. Indeed Kiritsugu told me to only see her as a tool for humanity salvation, but something in me changes.

"As time goes on I started to see her as a part of my family," I told Angelica. Miyu has wished upon herself so that we can become actual siblings, not just adopted siblings but-

Blood-related siblings.

"After losing so much, I just don't want to lose another thing that is dear to myself," I stated with determination clear in my eyes, the lamp hanging on the wall flickered for a bit.

"That is why, even if it's evil, even if it's selfish I will continue to keep her safe," My gold amber eyes gaze back towards her own, our shadow seems to be dancing on the ground.

"If I had to shoulder all the evil of the world, then fine so be it," I said with a tone of finality in my voice. "Was that satisfactory enough for you?" I asked with a smirk on my face.

"That is… satisfactory enough," She said to me with a hint of acceptance in her voice. We continue to sit there in silence until out of nowhere Angelica's stomach growled.

I raised my eyebrow and stared at her incredibly to which she only stared back until another realization comes over me.

"I thought dolls aren't supposed to need any sort substance to keep themselves materialized?" I asked her with curiosity evident in my voice.

"Yes, but the body I'm possessing right now isn't that of a doll, but instead a real body," She stated, seemingly unfazed. My eyes widened again, how could she-

"I don't know how I came to possess this body, but I notice it the moment when I felt hunger for the first time," She stated again, unknowingly answered the question in my head. "If that is how it is then fine," I sighed and stood up from the bed.

"Come on let's go get something to eat, I think Gerda has already prepared something for us," I reach out my hand in an inviting manner. She stares at my hand for a moment before she finally took it and I pulled her up.

"Let's go," With that, I turned around and began walking towards the door, followed by Angelica. I twisted the doorknob and open the door, I could see Gerda standing impatiently outside.

"Took you two long enough, now follow me," She said with a small smile and led us to the stairs, there she gently took our hands and walk us down the stairway. The sound of chattering from before can be heard from down below until they stop and turn into whispers.

"Hey, hey they are coming!" "I heard that the girl was pretty cute!" "Ewww, Joey don't do that!" Those sound of whispers grew louder the closer we got to the bottom until we finally became visible to them. "Look there they are!" "Oh! That boy has red hair!" "That girl's eyes are so beautiful along with her hair!"

"Now, now kids! Be quiet," Said Gerda as we finally reached the bottom. "Why don't you two introduce yourselves," Gerda turned towards us and ushered Angelica and I forward. All eyes are on us now and I don't know what Gerda is trying to make me do.

Unexpectedly, Angelica steps forward and begin to speak in English.

"Good evening to you all, my name is Angelica Ainsworth, pleased to meet you all," She said with a little bow at the end of her speech. "She is so pretty!" "She looked like a princess!" Gasp and whisper can be heard in the room.

Realizing that she had just introduced herself in English language, I decided to do the same.

"Good evening! My name was Emiya Shirou and is it nice to meet you," I did my introduction exactly like how I did it in my English class and finish it with a smile on my face, waiting for my response.

Silence filled the room until one kid decided to break it.

"Nice introduction stupid!" The kid shouted among the other kids and in an instant everybody laughed at what he had said. My eyebrow twitched at their reaction, this wasn't quite the welcome I had expected.

"Joey, that's rude!" Gerda shouted at that boy, but he only laughs along with the other kids. I took a quick glance at Angelica, she is silently watching all of this happen besides me.

"Hey, tomato! Why is your face so weird!" More laughter erupted from the crowd when another kid shouted, this time they are pointing at me. Now I know they are laughing at me, I sighed and only to stare at them.

"Everyone be quiet!" Gerda loudly shouted and in an instant, the room fell into silence.

"Honestly I expected more from you all, but it seems that those expectations are misplaced," She continue in a somewhat lecturing tone, both her hands still holding onto the tray.

"The event is going to start soon, so we don't have the time to joke around." She walked and stopped in front of a table, placing the tray of food on top of the table.

"You two! Emiya and Angelica right? Come over here and eat, I have prepared a bowl of soup along with a piece of bread for each of you." Gerda said as she pulled out two chairs from underneath the table and gestured for us to come sit there. Angelica and I walked towards her and sit on the chair.

"Here you go, the soup might have turned a bit cold, but it is better than nothing right?" Gerda smiled gently at the both of us and then walked into another room just next to the stairs.

All eyes are on us now, every single one of the kids are staring at Angelica and I.

"Hah… so much for a warm welcome," I sighed and picked up the spoon from the bowl. Years of eating Miyu's and my own finely made cooking makes the soup in front of me seems almost not edible.

I used the spoon to scoop up a little bit of the soup and place it in my mouth to taste it. My eyes widened and I almost spat out the soup, it was horrible but it was still far from the worst food I've ever tasted.

Kiritsugu's cooking still leaves a feeling of dread in my mouth.

Still, one should not simply look at a gift in a horse's mouth, while it doesn't taste very good I'm practically starving and so I take anything I get. With great reluctance, I took another spoonful of soup and place in my mouth again, I will wash off the taste using the piece of bread later on.

I spare a quick look at Angelica before I place another spoon full of soup in my mouth. Like before, she is completely unresponsive.

"Hey Angelica," I caught her attention by saying her name, she turns her head towards me.

"You should probably eat those before they go completely cold," I told her in an almost whisper-like manner. "While they don't really taste good, it is still better than starving to death," I told her again.

She seems to have heard what I said and picked up the spoon from her bowl. She scoops up a spoonful of soup and then placse it in her mouth elegantly.

She doesn't seem to mind the taste of the soup judging by the expression on her face which is still stoic. She continues to drink the soup at a steady pace, not once did she show disgust at what she was drinking.

We continue to drink our soup in silence until I was finished with mine. I took my piece of bread and eat it slowly so that I could wash off those horrible taste. Gerda came over to our table and placed two cups of water onto it.

"Thank you," I gave her my thanks along with a smile. She gently smiled in return and continue to walk to the other table to place the other kid's cup of water.

Angelica had finished drinking her soup and had moved on to her piece of bread. I gulped down my cup of water and wait silently for Angelica to finish her meal.

When she had done so, we only sit in our chair doing nothing but stare out the window. From what I could tell, this place was an orphanage judging by the number of kids here. The other kids have also finished eating their meal and are now talking to each other excitedly. We continue to stare out the window for what felt like ten minutes before Gerda decided to announce something.

"Attention everyone! Soon we will be going to the town square in order to watch the event! So please gather up and form a group! We will be heading out soon," Gerda announced and walked back into the room beside the stairs and come out holding a lantern. The other kids begin to smile and continue to chat excitedly with each other, making Angelica and I seem out of place here.

"Hey, what are they doing?" I asked Angelica, she doesn't seem to care about what Gerda had said.

"They are about to form a group, we are going to head out soon to the town," She told me in a tone that suggests that she doesn't care very much.

"For what reason?" I asked her again, curiosity present in my voice. "There seems to be an event of some sort, but I'm didn't hear enough to determine what kind of event it was," Angelica answered me again, satisfying my curiosity.

A few minutes later, we were rounded up into a few groups. Angelica and I were in the same group.

Gerda opened the door and outside was a young man whose age doesn't seem to be much older than seventeen. They talked for a bit before they gesture for us to come to them.

"Kids, say hello to Arnold! He is going to be accompanying us to the town for tonight," Gerda said to us. The young man then crouches and seem to be greeting us.

"Hey, kids! Like what Ms. Gerda had said, I will be accompanying you all to the town, just stick by me and you will be alright," The young man said to us and stood up again. "Now let's go," Said Gerda with a smile on her face.

We walked through the woods led by that young man, Gerda was following us from behind, Just in case someone got lost.

The journey was pretty uneventful, nothing happened until we reach the entrance to the town.

"Here we are everyone! Just in time too to see the main event," Gerda said to us from behind. There is a pair of guards guarding the entrance to the town, but they only smiled at us and greeted Gerda. We walked through the entrance with no problems, we continue to walk until we reach the center of the town.

The road was lighted up by many torches that hang outside the house of the people that lived here. There are many stands that sell different kind of stuff near the road. From juicy apples to what seem like candy, many of the kids among us decided to bug Gerda to buy them something, but she pays no heed to them.

We finally reached the center of the town with many people surrounding us. They must have been here to see the event as well. In the middle there is a stage made out of wood, soon a middle-aged man walked onto the stage and caught the attention of many people around it.

"Ladies and gentleman, it is good to have you all here." The man said with a loud voice and a smile.

"As you, all know sorcery or otherwise known as witchcraft and black art is considered to be evil and whoever was caught committing such things will be punished with death," The man finished his sentence with a heavy emphasis on the last part.

"Thus that is why we are all here, to see justice and punishment be carried out through the form of an execution," The crowd cheered when the man said that, I could only gaze ahead to see what was happening without understanding a thing. Our group is the nearest to the stage and thus we have the perfect view of what's going on.

"A few days ago, our resident witch hunter has caught another practitioner of those art and today we are going to make sure that she got what she deserves!" The man shouted out followed by the cheers of the people around the stage.

"Bring out the witch!" "Burn the witch!" "Hang her!" Those are the things being shouted by the crowd. I took a quick glance at Angelica, she is watching the event unfold in front of her with no expression whatsoever.

I turn back towards the man, he is raising his hands as if attempting to calm down the crowd. Soon the cheers died down and were replaced with silence.

"Now, we are about to commence the execution. Mr. Greyjoy! Bring out the witch!" My ears perked up when the man mentioned "Greyjoy", I felt like I have heard that before. Soon, cheers erupted once again from the crowd as an old man came out from beneath the stage.

He forcefully brought along another person, an old lady it seems. When that old man finally stood beside that man, I manage to recognize him. He is the one who saved Angelica and I from those human traffickers from before.

The old lady he brought along was crying. Her hands were bound and her feet were tied, I could only watch the scene with my mouth agape. The old man then positioned the old lady in a kneeling position by kicking down her feet and raised his sword above her head. Dread begin to creep up my spine, is he going to do what I think he is going to do?

"for the crimes of committing the forbidden art of witchcraft, I sentence you to death. Any last word?" The man said to the old lady as he stands beside her. The old lady could only cry and screams out.

"I didn't do it! I didn't do it!" The man unfazed by her screaming then replied back with. "Lies, we have many evidence that points out that you are a practitioner of the forbidden art of witchcraft,"

"No, I didn't do it! I didn't do it! Please spare me, oh please spare me!" The old lady seems to be begging now as that old man grabbed her by the neck and push her down onto the ground. The expression on my face could be only described as horror and dread. That old man… is he really going to kill that old lady?

"Mr. Greyjoy, you may begin the execution," The old man nodded at the younger man and raised his longsword into the air. The screams of that old lady only became more frantic as the cheers from the crowd became much louder.

"NOOO!-" Her screams were cut short as the old man finally swings down his sword, separating her head from the body.

I could only watch the scene unfold with widened eyes, as a little bit of blood landed on my face.


Writing this chapter has been a struggle, there is many thing I feel that wasn't fully done in this chapter. I originally want to fully flesh out the character of Shirou and Angelica in this chapter but I found out i couldn't. This is the longest chapter I've ever written and I hope you would enjoy reading it.

EDIT: Thank you to JJL2KK for recommending me to make new line everytime someone talks.