Hello everyone, me again.

How was your day? I hope it's okay and if not, remember that someone could have stepped in poop on their way to work.

First of all, I understand that some think it was a waste for Shirou to return to the Nasuverse, but don't worry, I have many things prepared for the story, I won't tell you because it would be a monumental spoiler. I just would like you to have a little patience so that he can develop the journey to what is truly interesting.

to respond to Lugal Kug-ga. That's right, Shirou received Avalon from Kiritsugu and had it for many years before he "mysteriously" disappeared, Kaleidoscope wasn't the only true magic user who intervened but I guess you can guess who the other one is. Yue Wugou (Yuan Jun) is a returner for a deal he made with Zelrech.

Do you want me to tell a little about Yuan Jun's perspective after his fight with Shirou? I don't have anything prepared for that but I could add it since it looks fun.

I think I went on too long, I don't have anything to say anymore.

I hope you enjoy the chapter

"No thoughts" = speak

"No sound" = think

No future = memories

Fate/Celestial Sword

Chapter 6 - Knight in Cracked Armor. (1/2)

"Shirou?"

The redhead had a frown on his face as he stared into space, deep in thought. Caster trusted her little master's decisions, she knew that he would not decide in a hurry.

"That golden servant is dangerous...we have to avoid him at all costs Caster"

Shirou knew that he couldn't do anything against that Servant, he had always thought that he could run away if he couldn't take care of a Servant or maybe he could ask Caster for help or try to mediate the situation, but those Servants don't seem evil and they had honor.

But the golden servant was completely indifferent, he had an arrogance that reached the heavens and a dangerous aura of the same level, Shirou could not face that servant in any way.

The only way is for him to reach the level of qi condensation but he was too far from that level to try.

If he was at that level maybe he could escape

"Shirou?" Caster repeated once again.

"I'm sorry Caster, I lost my composure for a moment" he stopped frowning and faced Caster "You have to recover so we can face that servant...we will prioritize hunting the second Caster above all else"

"...okay, I will mobilize the majority of the Familiars to search for them" Caster knew that it was risky and they would lose many important areas to monitor, but it was a test of her trust in her master "But we will increase the intensity of your training"

There was a way to increase the effectiveness of Shirou's training but it was painful and risky but analyzing their situation it was the best they could do. Breaks would decrease to the bare minimum and food intake would increase.

nothing Caster couldn't fix with a few spells.

…

At the moment that Caster's relative had immolated himself, the situation in the warehouses changed radically.

Archer, Rider, Lancer, Saber, and Assassin were the ones who had witnessed the appearance of a real monster.

gigantic black armor with many cracks, it was big but not as big as Rider, and the miasma that it expelled increased the bestial aura that it carried. Just by walking the ground broke into pieces and with a single scream he generated a shock wave that could not be taken lightly.

"AAAARRRRGGG!"

The moment he took his third step after the scream he was attacked with swords thrown at high speeds.

With great skill, he took one of the swords that Archer had used to attack in the air and used it to push away all the other swords as if he were swatting away a mosquito.

Speed, strength, and technique.

"boy hold on tight!" His master didn't hear anything because he had fallen unconscious. "Sable, Lancer, take your masters and get out of here!"

Rider got out of the way, it was clear that that monster was more focused on the golden servant than on any of the others, he warned the others and had to flee from that place.

Dangerous.

He had never before felt anything similar to what he felt for that strange black knight.

If it were a one-on-one fight he could achieve victory but the situation prevented such a confrontation, so he chose the most sensible but embarrassing move.

"Irisviel/Aruji-sama!"

The two knight-class servants also took their respective masters and left the area, it was an extremely embarrassing image but they had to admit that they could not face that monster in their current state.

Archer could have mocked the cowards that the other Servants were but he understood that the beast that had appeared was very dangerous and no one was as powerful as him, the king of heroes.

He would have to stain his best treasures to deal with the beast.

That was the only disadvantage.

"Disgusting being, do you dare to stain my treasures with your dirty hands?... Insolent!"

Archer was the only one left to face the monster, he threw another large batch of weapons at the black knight but the result was the same, another of his weapons was wielded without his permission, and with dual wielding the monster deflected all of his attacks as he approached. safely to the golden servant.

"You are strong, you dirty beast!"

He was about to open his treasure even more but was prevented by his master's order. He felt truly outraged by that order but had no choice but to obey. He cast one last glance at the approaching Servant.

"You are lucky that I have such a cowardly master" he began to fade into golden dust and said a few last words before disappearing "but rest assured that I will be the one to kill you for your audacity to use my treasures against me."

The beast in the knight's armor no longer has to remain on the physical plane, it had already weakened its master too much and also disappeared from the warehouse.

It was a short confrontation but all participants had concluded the same thing.

That wasn't a berserk.

The grail had taken care of that too.

…

"Irisviel, stay calm."

"Maiya, secure the surroundings of the mansion, use the cameras, family members, and all traps if necessary."

"OK"

The assistant left the room after Irisviel healed her shattered eardrums and had done the same for her husband. Irisviel, Maiya, and Kiritsugu suffered greatly from the powerful scream of the armored beast and their eardrums were the price to pay.

"Iri, are you okay?"

"Y-Yes, after all, I-I still have "it", don't worry about me."

It was obvious that he was not well, Irisviel was the person who was closest to the knight and was the one who was most exposed to the miasma he expelled. Trembling hands, lost gaze, and forced breathing.

Fear.

Irisviel believed that all her fears came to light when she was exposed to the miasma. Losing the war, dying, Kiritsugu abandoning her, Illya being an orphan, Saber disappearing, and many, many more things.

"Did you manage to see the Servant's parameters, Kiri?"

"Nothing, I couldn't analyze anything about that monster…we were lucky not to be the targets"

Saber was in no condition to fight, the wound on her arms prevented her from having a good grip on her sword, causing a great decrease in her strength and control of her sword.

Wrong.

Everything went wrong.

"We couldn't find the master of that monster nor Assassin's master...we couldn't even take care of Lancer's master"

The next plans started to appear in Kiritsugu's head.

Having a direct confrontation is completely ruled out, Saber was not in good condition and he doubted that he could face him in his best state, perhaps his noble phantasm could kill him but they could not continuously cast Excalibur.

So the only solution was to find the Servant's master, but they were unable to locate him in the vicinity of the warehouses.

Matou Kariya was the last of the masters they knew but there were two possibilities of possible servants, Caster or Berserk.

"No, there is also the city's serial killer…we have to get more information," the Magus Killer murmured.

"Don't forget that that servant was targeting Archer."

"Saber is right, maybe she has some enmity with Tohsaka?"

"Enmity with Tohsaka...let's not think about that for now, we have more important things to plan...The serial killer, Saber's injury, the identities of the other servants..."

"...can't we make some alliance with someone?"

"Lancer seemed decent but his master is not someone trustworthy, Assassin is discarded and the only viable ally is Rider and his master" Saber concluded but Kiritsugu knew that no one would accept an alliance with them.

His fault

"It's not viable, they can discover that I am Saber's true master and also discover my identity, which would cut off any possibility of alliance" Kiritsugu answered Irisviel, ignoring Saber.

"Then how can we face that Servant?" that servant was Irisviel's fear.

Kiritsugu didn't know how to answer him.

…

"Bleuuhg."

Shirou's stomach was completely upset, his face was drenched in sweat, and his gaze was completely clouded.

"Do you still want to continue?"

"...Continue…"

The night had passed and Shirou and Caster did not rest at any time. Caster used a spell that allowed Shirou not to need to rest but a greater intake of food was necessary.

The night was used for training by Shirou and they integrated the new training that was not to the redhead's liking at all.

The exercise consisted of Caster being in charge of pumping Shirou's "magic circuits" and she would be in charge of controlling the redhead's mana. For any other magus, it would be totally useless and extremely uncomfortable training, but for Shirou, it was the best training.

Shirou did not have a problem with the quantity or quality of magic circuits, his entire body was one large magic circuit and his methods of using his mana were different from the conventional method.

"You can activate your "magic circuits" by conventional means but you can also do it by a method that only you can and that is through movement."

Walking and breathing connect with nature and allow ambient mana to pass through the body of the martial artist, both aspects have the same principle.

Motion.

"We are doing this so that your body remembers the movement"

That was the solution that Caster had planned for his little master's "aria."

Muscle memory.

"To activate your circuits you will have to use the movement we agreed upon and to use your spells you will use another movement but you have to be careful, using the activation movements recklessly could attract the attention of other mages or they may think that you are threatening them"

The concept was completely innovative but there were only a very few people in the world who could use it, Caster could count them on the fingers of one of his hands.

The process was simple for Caster due to her great mana control, but for Shirou, the process was like feeling worms through all his veins, the process was completely painless but it was only thanks to Caster's excellent control.

It would be torture for someone who wasn't at least Caster's level.

Shirou didn't wish that on anyone.

The day was just beginning, Shirou could see the sun rising in the sky but he was already sick from his training, there was no pain but his stomach couldn't handle the training for that long.

"Let's finish the training for now, I think you should be able to activate your magical body now."

That had been the term that Caster created for the type of body Shirou had and also for the "Activation" method of the magical circuits of the redhead's body.

It was strange for Caster to have to refer to her master's body as a "magic circuit" and she came up with that term that she thought fit better.

Shirou stood up and waited a moment for his gaze to stop being cloudy, he calmed his breathing and took his stance. The posture was not something very showy but a simple movement, the moment he did it he could feel the energy that did not obey him before became meek and obedient.

"Impressive/incredible" They said at the same time.

Shirou felt refreshed and Caster felt the amount of energy she received increase. Caster knew that Shirou would have no problem supporting her even without the support of the grail.

What an impressive monster her master was.

"Start training your martial arts and let's leave the magical training for the night, call me if you need anything, I'll be busy looking for Caster."

Caster let his master, who had fallen exhausted on the ground, rest.

"It's better not to tell him about what I found."

Corpses of different people in the worst possible states made it clear that Caster2 had passed through there, there were some clues that Caster took advantage of to follow him but they guided her to another similar scene.

The clues led her to four locations and the psychopathic duo only bothered to dispose of the bodies at the third location.

"The track is cut off at the entrance to the sewers"

It was a good breakthrough in retrieving her spiritual core from the fake Caster.

….

"hey boss...can't we get some victims to hang out with?...it's a little boring here"

"Patience master...Patience!...I'm so close to being able to reunite with my beloved saint...ooohh~...but we can't...I can't appear before her in my state...and we also have that annoying woman...annoying...annoying... BOTHERS"

Uryuu looked at the demon he had summoned and compared it to those other beings that had fought in the warehouse.

spectacular.

It was impressive for the psychopathic teenager to see so many things that he thought only happened in movies.

He wanted to do it too, he wanted to but unfortunately, his demon was not suitable for that type of battle in addition to having to deal with his pursuer.

Uryuu was changing his "base" from time to time by orders of his demon, Bluebeard had noticed the stealthy familiars by pure luck and to avoid exposing himself he thought it was better to escape.

Bluebeard couldn't stay on the physical plane properly due to his master's lack of mana but they got some snacks along the way that recharged him.

"Yes...about that...can't we kill that woman and solve our problems?"

"We don't know about his capabilities, Ryunosuke...but we can't keep running away all the time."

Caster had to prepare a good base and to prepare it faster would require many more victims.

or better the quality of their sacrifices.

"Yes...master...I think I know something that will be very fun...do you want to try it?"

"Are you kidding me? I would do anything to not be more bored and better if it was fun"

Caster's eyes showed her happiness. He was very grateful for the grail of pairing him with his master but he couldn't waste time.

Now he had to prepare to face the other magical servant.

…..

"Ha…haha…Hahahahahaha" A joyful laugh could be heard throughout the factory where Kariya was.

He had lost consciousness due to the loss of mana, his servant's fight was short but very strenuous in terms of mana-time cost.

But it was worth it. It was worth every damn second.

"That bastard had to order the escape of his servant...hahahahaha...very well done...Excellent avenger!"

The Servant he had summoned did not fall into the conventional category of Holy Grail War Servants.

Kariya didn't know why but he honestly didn't care, as long as he could kill all the Servants and save Sakura, he didn't care about the consequences.

The appearance of his servant at the meeting between kings was very reckless on his part, the amount of magical energy he had to deliver exceeded all his previous calculations and caused him to lose consciousness because of it.

but his recklessness had its results.

" Please forgive me, master…I tried to reduce my time in my physical state "

The Servant's voice was heard in the Matou's head, the voice was very hoarse as if he had been shouting for days and kept silent for the same amount of time.

"You don't have to worry, Avenger... in any case, it's my fault, you had to follow my reckless order."

" Don't worry master...it allowed me to see an old friend to whom I owe a lot "

"hahaha…it seems we both have a lot of regrets, right?" Kariya had noticed the pain in his servant's voice and assumed it was because of Saber, the female knight.

" I have scores to settle and regrets to resolve…please master, allow me to talk to her once before I beat her "

Kariya did not need to answer and Avenger knew it, his master was someone noble who did not hesitate to sacrifice himself for the good of the defenseless and in this case, for the little girl in the clutches of the old worm.

Avenger swore that they would save the little girl, he swore it by her name.

The hermit of hate and former knight of the Round Table.

Lancelot of the Lake - Avenger class.

….

"What is your reason for raiding the church wine store?... Gilgamesh"

Kirei watched the golden servant procrastinate in one of his father's many wine stores, the servant looking thoughtful as he drank and smiled at the void priest's question.

"Why should I give you an explanation for my actions? I only take what is mine."

"...do you have something bothering you, King of Uruk?"

"You are brave to think that I am worried about something, I could take it as an insult and get rid of an assassin in this war."

Kirei began to organize all the wines lying on the floor, the pantry was almost empty and he noticed that only the cheapest wines in the collection remained. He did not give importance to the threat of the golden servant.

He did not care.

"That would be counterproductive for your master and I doubt you would want to put in the effort for such a futile task."

"Hahaha, your ignorance is forgiven and I couldn't care less about my master" The wine glass in his hands spun and the red liquid moved hypnotically "his reception was worthy of my greatness and he understands his place but his desire is something I cannot tolerate"

"get to the root"

"For us who are more focused on this world, it is something truly unproductive…useless, but we can realize what is truly important, you have something like that, right?"

A wish for the grail.

"I don't have anything that matters to me, feelings in general are something I lack and I don't have a wish that requires the grail"

Archer's wine glass movement stopped when he heard what Kirei said.

"If you have a soul, you have feelings. Not having is different than not feeling, you just have to find what allows you to feel...for example, pleasure."

Kirei was a person self-conscious about his lack of feelings. From an early age, his father guided him along the path of the church and his name was the weight of his father's desire to be "pure" and "beautiful."

His entire journey through the church was fruitless for him, he was just a sinner, someone who only "felt" when he saw others suffering. His prayers were not answered, his marriage only validated his sins and plunged him deeper into his supposed "misery."

"Ridiculous. Pleasure? You ask me to desire something so blasphemous and sinful?

Gilgamesh knew it, he could see the priest's soul moving with eagerness to get what he wanted.

He wanted pleasure, but he didn't accept it.

"I am a King who experienced the greatest pleasures this world can give. Pleasure is not something innately bad, pleasure obtained through evil means may be a sin but some pleasures can be obtained through good deeds that you can do.

Kirei's empty eyes met Gilgamesh's indifferent eyes, the servant ordered him to take a seat and poured him a glass of wine.

"If you want to feel the pleasure you must start with the basics…how about starting by accompanying me to see this show?"

Holy grail war.

"...what do you want?"

"It won't interfere with your work..." Archer took a sip from his wine glass before answering "I only want two things, to know the motivations of the other servants and masters... and I also want you to find someone..."

Someone who caught his attention.

Someone different from all humans today.

this holy grail war looked like it would be entertaining.