You know what, I like the EMIYA cover, it gonna stay there permanently, anyway, enjoy chapter twelve.
Hajigami Gate
"Then lets go." Takeo said as he draw a magic circle from the ground and summon two pair of chariot with two skeleton horse carrying it.
"Wow, such advanced magic..." Kitsuki was impress at the prince summoning magic, normally it would take a lot out of her to summon one familiar and the prince here just summon four of them so casually.
And without saying anything, Takeo went inside the first chariot follow by Annette, Arthur, Shirou and Brunette.
"Eh? Its full already?" Kitsuki said as she about to enter the same chariot as Shirou was, "Its fine Ginhime-san, you can go to the second one." Shirou answer her but the girl doesnt seem to follow his advice.
"But-" She try to argue but Shirou just interrupted her, "No but, beside you can make new friends if you go to the second one." He try to convince her and it seem to work as the blondie start to go to the second carriage, although she is still a bit hesitant about it.
Inside the second carriage, she find the Chaldea Master and four of her Servant, Kitsuki decide to went in without saying anything to the people inside.
A few hour later, seeing the awkward air in the second carriage, Ritsuka decide to start a conversation with the blond Master, "So Ginhime-san was it? You are the Master of Emiya right?" And to answer her question, Kitsuki just nod lightly without utter a word.
"I see then umm." Ritsuka look at four of her Servant, asking for help, "Well, how did you ended up meeting sir Lance-a-lot-of-girl Kitsuki?" Arcueid decide to help the red hair Master with the awkwardness.
"You mean Caster-san?" Kitsuki finally decide to speak, "Yeah yeah, in fact, lets hear everybody opinion on him, I'm pretty sure everyone here got atleast a experience or two with him right? Lets start from you first Kitsuki!" Arcueid said cheerfully.
"My experience with Caster-san..." Kitsuki wonder to herself, "I... He rescue me when I am needed so I think he is very dependable." She said.
"I agree he is very dependable but..." Arcueid said as she scratch her hair, "Nevermind that, how about you cousin? What is your experience with him?" She turn to Artoria with a smile.
"I have nothing but good impression about him, he is a great cook and I think is also a great fighter now too." Artoria said as she close her eyes, reminiscing about the fifth holy grail war and her days with Shirou, her previous Master, only to be reminded about her selfishness at the end again, 'I wonder what would have happen if I trust Shirou and use my Noble Phantasm willingly on the grail back then.'
To answer her own question, she shook her head, she has had that question many time in the past and she is certain that, 'Whatever my desicion back then was right or wrong didnt matter now, after all, that was in the past and the important thing is that wherever or not I can move on from it instead of glueing to my past, isnt that what you told me Shirou.' She thought to herself with a smile.
"... Then we said goodbye in the afternoon, that was my last memory of him." Arcueid said as she close her eyes and start reminiscing about the past, "I thought we were talking about Shirou?" Artoria said, it seem like she miss something important.
"Oh sorry, I got side track, anyway Master-san, do you have anyone you love?" She said making the Chaldea Master turn tomato, "... I do have a crush back in high school." The red hair Master said while her face turn into the color of her hair.
"Really really? Tell me more about it!" Arcueid said making Ritsuka face even brighter somehow, "Well it goes like this..."
Tenz Village
Its a little more than the afternoon when Takeo's carriage arrive at their first destination, Tenz Village.
Tenz a very noisy village, even in the afternoon as theres more than twentie store still open, this is crowned to be one of the most noisy village in the Human Realm.
"We are here." Takeo inform the second carriage as they approach the busy gate of the Tenz Village, "You guys can go explore somewhere, just make sure to come back here before night." The King of Braves said as he went off to find a inn for all of them to stay, surely that can't be long right?
And follow Takeo are Annette as she keep sticking with him ever since they start their journey, "Caster-san, they are showing something cool over here, check it out!" Kitsuki call out for Shirou like a child call out for their parents.
As Shirou look around, he saw the Chaldea Master and Arcueid are checking out a nearby barber shop while Artoria and Mash are in a bread shop with the owner and Mash try to stop Artoria from devouring a year worth of bread.
Arthur on the other hand are with Brunette as the both of them are in a tea restaurant and are in a heated argument about which tea taste better hot tea or ice tea.
"Um Caster-san?" Kitsuki call out for him again, this time gaining his full attention, "Oh Ginhime-san, sorry I was distract a little bit, what do you want to show me again?" He ask his Master.
"Its over there." Kitsuki said as she point toward a store that read 'Dimelia Store.' Seeing no harm in exploring, he decide to visit it with his Master.
As they went inside the store, they see a old man on a desk surrounded by a bunch of crystal taped on the wall, all on different price tags, "Welcome young customers, I assume this is your first time seeing Dimenyscal Shard?" He welcome the Master and Servant duo.
"Dimenyscal Shard?" Kitsuki ash suprising the old man, "You didnt even heard of it? Well let me explain it to you then." He said as he pick a glove from the table and pick up the closet shard.
"This is a Dimenyscal Shard, it originated from the Dimenyscal Ore, a very rare material that only be found on certain conditions, the Dimenyscal Ore is name after the one founding it Scyal Gryup." He pause, "This Ore hold a incredibly beautiful power by showing you a vision from all the possible multiverse." He explain shocking the two.
"... How?" Shirou ask as he is still in disbelief of how a simple ore can hold the power of potentially Second True Magic, "Hoho, rather than explaining it to you, showing you would be faster." He said as he hand Shirou the glowing red shard.
Shirou brace himself for a headache as that would be how he felt after experiencing the Kaleidoscope and Kitsuki tense up, prepare to grab that shard out of Shirou hand if it show any sign of hurting him.
... After one whole minute, nothing happen, "Strange, normally it would project an images of you in the shard already..." The old man voice his confusion, "Let me try something." As soon as the old man said that, he grab the shard from Shirou hand and give it to Kitsuki.
That however prove as a mistake as the moment Kitsuki hand touched the shard, red electric start to appear and cover the shard with it, thats not all as the electric also start to expanding to cover both Kitsuki and Shirou at a fast rate.
Shirou react quickly by trying to grab the shard out of Kitsuki hand but that is also a mistake as the moment his hand come close to the shard, he got paralize and unable to move.
"SHIROU!!" A voice call out from behind the paralize Servant, although he didnt get the chance to turn around and check who is saying his name as he and his Master get disappear into nothingness, leaving the old man who leap out of the electric the moment it happen.
And a certain blond hair knight stay there devastated, "YOU, WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM." She ask, no, she DEMAND an answer from the old man from the ground, "I-I don't know, t-t-that nev-ver happen be-before." He ask shakingly as Artoria point her sword at his throat.
"Artoria! Whats wrong why are you-" The Chaldea Master didnt even finish her question when the King of Knight raise her sword up, fully intent to kill the old man.
And just as she about to swing her sword down, someone from behind Artoria grab her hand, preventing her from ending the old man life, "Calm down cousin, I don't know what that old man did to you but we can definitely solve this out without using unnecessary violent." Arcueid said from behind The King of Knight.
Artoria, now cover in pure rage as she apply more force to swing down at the old man, thinking that doing so would somehow bring Shirou back, 'This is bad, her strength just kept increasing, at this rate, she is going to destroy this entire village!'
The longer the scene went on, the stronger Artoria get as her hair start to appear paler and some of her armor begin to darken, bit by bit, 'Master-san, sorry to trouble you but can you use your command spell to calm my cousin down, at the rate she is going, I don't think I can contain the destruction to only this store.' Arcueid scream through Ritsuka and her link.
"By my command spell...!" Ritsuka react as soon as she heard Arcueid through her link, "Calm down Artoria!" With that, a surge of red energy fill the room as Artoria hair start to get less pale and her armor start to return to their original color, the invisible sword she held in arm are also get dismiss.
Then she start to lose balance and fall off, luckily Arcueid had manage to catch her before Artoria body touch the ground, "Whats with all this commotion!" Takeo call out from the distance as he approach the store follow by Arthur and Brunette.
"This is..." He said as he glance toward all the shard hanging on the wall before widen his eyes in shock, "You!" He shouted before pointing his finger at the old man.
Below said man suddenly appear two red skeleton holding him down, "You have violated a important rules in the Hajigami Kingdom, by selling the Dimenyscal Ore to normal being, thus I have all the right to arrest you right here and now!" He said to the old man who just widen his eyes.
"Dimenyscal Ore?" Ritsuka ask as Brunette appoarch the red-haired girl to explain to her, "Dimenyscal Ore, better know as the live ender ore, is a ore capable of showing multiple verson of you in the multiverse, even let you feel what it like to live there."
"Because of its incredible uses, many being has try to use it in many way, cooking, entertainment, military,..." She pause, "However, due to the realistic image and experience, its capable of making people easily succumb to it, there is also another side effect but I won't say it now as it would required atleast an hour to fully grasb the basic of it." Brunette said as she close he eyes.
"But despite the serious side effect that it bring, multiple country try to harness its power." She sigh, "And the result of that? All country that try to apply Dimenyscal Ore into their economy collapse, sooner or later." She said as she open her eyes
"Due to this, all the Human Realm country had decide to ban this ore from all country and if anyone is found using, selling or containing without prior knowledge will be face with a harsh punishment, I won't go in specific, just know that the punishment can make you wish you never did it in the first place." Brunette finish with a serious face.
'Its like the Kaleidoscope.' Ritsuka thought to herself, "If I remember correctly, Merlin also had the ability to observe the multiverse although its more retrain." Arthur said as he remember his mentor.
"Merlin?" Ritsuka ask "We can talk about this later, now we need to focus on a more important matter..." He said as he look around to try and fail to found someone, "Wheres miss Ginhime and mister Caster?" He ask Ritsuka as she shrug her shoulders at his question.
"A-Are you perhaps talking about a tanned skin man and a blond w-woman?" The shopkeeper said as Arthur glare at him, "How did you-" He didnt get to finish his question as the old man laugh before saying.
"Untie me and maybe I will tell you where are they." He ask in a mischievous tone making the group feel an uneasy feeling, "... Fine but I will bind you with a Vow spell." Takeo said as he prepare to cast another spell.
"Dont waste your time Beast of Oblivion." A voice call out, interrupting the prince, "That man don't know anything so its best that you keep him lock." The yellow crystal in Ritsuka pocket now show an image of Kadoc in the Chaldea command room with the rest of Chaldea including Goredolf, Nemo, Sion and Zelretch.
"You know what happen to them?" Arthur ask, "Of course, my magic is the Kaleidoscope after all." He answer with a slight chuckle.
"Anyway, to answer your question, the Caster Emiya Shirou and the little lady has travel to another world, I just dont know which one." Zelretch said, shocking the group, "The crystal can be use to travel the multiverse?!" Ritsuka ask in shock.
"Indeed, to be completely honest with you, that was a old, abandon mystic code of mine, I already destroy it long time ago, however it seem that my arrogance has make me not completely destroy it and the mystic code just multiply itself due to its parasitic nature." Zelretch pause, "I just found out about it existence not too long ago and stop its grow before it can get any worse, I can't just destroy it like before as it was already too late, the crystal has spread across all the realm, the only way to destroy it completely is to either obleriate the earth or find all the crystal manually." He ended with a sigh.
"If the mystic code operate using the second true magic, then can't you just simply find the whereabouts of those Master and Servant duo?" Takeo point out making Zelretch sigh again, "I can't just do that, they have been teleport into a completely random world, I can try and find them, after all the girl is a resident of this world so I could look for her, but it will take some time." He said, concerning both side.
"So we can't just locate them immediately?" Goredolf ask from the other side, "I could, however it would take more magical energy than needed, I still need to save some in case all of you fail to stop the spider." He answer in all honesty.
"...How long do we have to wait?" Was Artoria first question when she woke up, "About a day or two, I would try to find them right now." Zelretch said as he disappear with a purple light.
"How long have you been awake cousin?!" Arcueid ask in shock, so shock in fact she almost drop Artoria on the floor, "I never sleep, I just take a small nap." She said as she get up.
"I... Am sorry for my radical action, I let my emotion get the best of me." She apologize, lower her head to her Master, "Its fine Cousin, I will get angry too if Shiki just disappear into another dimensions without informing me!" Arcueid said, trying to cheer Artoria up.
"In any case, I sincerely apologize for my action." Artoria said making Ritsuka panic a little, "Its all fine Artoria, we all have our moment, its just... No nevermind." She said as Artoria lift her head up.
"Would you lots stop standing still and follow me already." Takeo said, suprise the Chaldea Master, "Oh, wheres Mash?" Ritsuka ask.
"I ask the Demi-Servant to escort the old man to the nearest Hauin while you Chaldean are in your own little world. Oh I have told her the location of the inn already so she should be there right now." He said as the Chaldea Master and their Servant get out of the store to follow the Hajigami prince.
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"Ouch" Shirou said after experiencing a slight headache, the same kind of headache he feel whenever the old man use the Kaleidoscope on him with or without warning.
Moment later, when the headache finally subsided, he open his eyes to see himself lying in a abandon werehouse with machine lying around him.
Next to him are his Master who is asleep while clinging to him, of course he decide to wake her up by slightly moving the Blondie making her groan in respond, "Mmm, just a little longer please mom..." She said making him sigh.
"Wake up Ginhime-san." He said making her groan even more, eventually she open her eyes, slowly but surely, her brain process the position she was in and blush heavily before push herself away from him, "Ah haha, good mor- Umm, good even- No no, good midnight? Caster-san!" She said trying to find the right word to say.
"Good midnight to you too Ginhime-san." He said as he get up from the cold floor, "Wait where are we?" She ask after observe their surounding.
"I have no idea." He admitted, the only thing he know is that they were in a warehouse and this is definitely isnt the same world as Ginhime-san, how can he know that, simple, it was the mana in the air, it feel more pure than before.
"But I do kno-" Before he could say anything more, the iron door in front of them suddenly got knock away and fly toward the duo, Shirou react quickly by catching Kitsuki and bring her away from the flying door.
Outside the door are a distorted figure with a missing arm as well as their body cover in multiple red line, "..." The figure said nothing as they charge forward to punch Shirou, however he had already put down his Master and trace the twin married blade to block the incoming strike.
As the unknown figure arm collide with Kanshou and Bakuya, the latter instantly got scattered upon impact, "!" He only got a moment before the unknown figure fist collide with his face.
However before it can damage him, the figure suddenly back away, as if it try to dodge something, and its instinct prove to be corrected as above it appear multiple sword come flying down at them, impaling the spot where the figure would have stand if it land its punch.
"Ginhime-san, I will request you to stay back, I don't think I can protect you and defeat that thing at the same time." He said to his Master, eyes never leaving the unknown figure, "G-Got it!" Kitsuki said as she go and his behind a barrel.
As soon as his Master find a hiding spot, he immediately trace the nameless bow with A red bow ready inside, "Fly Hrunting!" He said as he release the arrow.
The figure appear unimpress as it move to the side, completely dodging the arrow, however the arrow prove itself to be harder to escape as it change its tragetory and fly back to the figure, perfectly impale itself in the figure chest.
As the figure reach out for the arrow to remove it, a red light suddenly erupt from the arrow and before it can even react, Hrunting explode, along side the figure upper body.
"Its not done yet, don't come out." Shirou said as he trace several swords around himself and an arrow ready on his bow.
And sure enough, follow the armless figure are several humanoids like the first one, and all of them are charging at Shirou, who is already began to fire the countless sword at them.
Then the twentie one fall, next is the thirty one, follow by the fourty, and the number keep increasing and increasing, 'Danm it, they are coming from every direction, staying defensive like this won't benefit for long.' He thought to himself before a idea dawn him.
He held his bow upward and fire a shot, blasting the warehouse roof away, then when the Moon light hit him, he ran toward where Kitsuki is hiding, grabbing her and at the same jump up toward the hole he just create and successfully escape the warehouse.
Then while in the air, he observe his surounding, "Theres atleast one thousand of them, probably even more, we need to make an escape Master." He said as he look at his Master, not realizing she is already asleep, "!" As he was deciding what to do next, a noise catches his ear.
It was gunshot, accompanied with multiple person collapsing, without waiting for confirmation, he land on the roof of the warehouse and boost himself to the direction of the sound.
"WHY IS THERE SO MANY OF THEM ALL OF THE SUDDEN!" A feminine voice call out and instantly get answer by another, "Dont scream like that! You are gonna attract more of them!" The other voice said.
"So that gun you just fire earlier isnt as loud? Ughh Just my luck..." The first voice said, unaware of the fact that one of the infected had sneak up on her and prepare to bite her down, "Watch out!" Two voice said at the same time, one at the ground holding a Black Key and are about to throw it at the infected.
And the other voice is at the air with a sword floating at his right, prepare to fire at the infected at any given moment.
Without waiting for a single second, both of them release their weapon with the Black Key now engrave in the back of the infected head while the floating sword fly straight at its head.
"Oh, thank you Executor." The first voice said as a white hair figure descend from the sky while carrying a unconscious blond hair girl on his back and he land infront of the corpse, "Who are you!" Both of the girl ask while one of them pointing their weapon at him.
"..." The white hair figure said nothing as he observe the two girl, one is a black twintail hair girl with blue eyes and a red shirt with a black skirt, the other girl has blue hair and eyes while wearing the church outfit with a golden cross necklace hanging on her chest.
"Servant Caster, this is my Master." He answer to the two girl, "Servant? How did you-" They were suddenly got interrupted by a roar.
"Its them, you are a ally no? Then follow us, we cant risk a servant getting infected." The blue hair girl said as she hop behind her back and get inside a black jeep along with the twintail girl, "Got it." The white hair said as he also get inside the jeep.
"May I know your two name?" He ask a question he already know the answer to and at the same time, the blue hair girl start the engine, "Rin, Tohsaka Rin, the one driving is Ciel, just Ciel, she is a church Executioner."
"... This may sound stupid, but can you fill me in what is happening currently?" He ask the twintail hair girl, "You don't know? Well it make more sense that you don't know... In that case then I will explain it to you, the world is doom, VERY doom." She explain shortly as the jeep escape the forest.
Warehouse
Countless sword and arrow had found themself engrave in the enemy head as multiple corpses fall left and right.
In the middle of this hid a blond hair girl in a blue barrel, 'Caster-san is struggling, although not much but still..." The young girl thought to herself.
The more she thought about him, the more concern she grew, what if that thing jump up and bit him, what if the thing on the left scratch him, what if they strike from above, what if one get him while he is focusing on another, what if- "Then use me."
'Ahh, there is it again, the voices.' As she thought to herself, the purple crystal in her pocket start to bright up, "You want to protect him no? Then use me and together we can protect him." Protect Caster-san...
"If he is hurt right now, he can leave you allll alone again, and you don't want that right? So reach out for me and you will never be alone again." It is... Right, I can't let him go now, I don't wanna be alone again, I don't...
I reach out to my pocket, as I get closer to the crystal, a warm, comfortable feeling erupt in me, like getting warm up near a fireplace after spending hour outside a cold, harsh winter night.
The closer I get, the warmer I feel, 'I want to feel it more.' I think to myself, now that I think about it, when is the last time I feel warm like this? Ahh right, I feel the same warm two days ago, when I meet Caster-san, my heart flushed, beating faster and faster. Ahh, I want to feel the same feeling again.
'Huh? My arm... What stop it?' As I look down to check, it was none other than my other arm thats stopping it, gripping it tightly.
"I can promise you that." A familiar voice ringing in my head, a promise he made, to trust him.
My other arm loosen its grip, the voice start to disappear, the light start to dim down, my eyes give in to the heaviness.
And we reach the conclusion of this chapter, how do you feel? I will confess, I plan to make this chapter a little darker than normal, more specifically, the explanation on the Dimenyscal Ore, originally I plan to make it act like a otherworldly version of Drugs, but its too much for me to handle so I change it a little bit.
Well time for the omake and infomation.
Additional information:
Name: Mystic Eyes of Death Perception
Rank: Rainbow
User: ???? ?????.
Description: Why give these eyes to me, I never ask for this... Join you? Yes... Perhaps thats the reason why I got these eyes.
Additional Information 2:
Hauin: Otherworld version of courts, operate under the church, instead of using the rule provided by the area, Hauin use rule provide by the church which often time will worship the First Goddess, and the rule of it will be almost identical to the general rules of the Human Realm with some minor changes.
Omake: Uhh wrong one.
The red electric surround them, completely teleporting where else.
"Hey theres someone falling here!!" As Shirou and Kitsuki fall from the sky and are about to hit the water below, someone luckily got the two of them.
"Hey Mister and Miss! Are you two ok?" Who was saying it? Such familiar voice is was Shirou thought as he open his eyes to check.
"Illya?" He said instinctively as he open his eyes, 'Uhh its just me or is she shrunk down a bit, and is she wearing a magical girl outfit currently?!' The girl who caught him look shock as to why he know her name.
"Ahh there you are, and here I thought it would take longer." A familiar voice call out for him and Kitsuki as a hand grab their shoulder.
"Off we go, sorry for the trouble missy." The unknown figure said before a bright light erupt and the blond hair and the white hair along with the old man got disappear into nothingness.
"What just happend Illya-chan." The wand said, "I don't know either Ruby."