Shishigou Kairi
After arriving in Fuyuki, Akira asked Medea for a favor, and
as a result, she used Rule Breaker to break the contract.
With a single stab from the dagger, the contract was annulled, making it invalid. As the curse of the "contract" disappeared, he became able to transfer another's Magic Crest.
"Ha…, if it was this simple, I should have looked into it and done it sooner…."
"There shouldn't be any issues with the Magic Crest now. The Magic Circuits have also been roughly fixed. I believe there will be no problems even if transplanted to another."
"If there had been a Caster specialized in magecraft in the Holy Grail War, I could have asked why this happens. I realized this too late…."
"Well, as a modern mage, there's a clear limit, so it can't be helped."
"Right. I don't expect free treatment, but take this. It's a dagger made from a hydra corpse."
"A hydra…. Treating you was nothing much, but I'm not sure if I should accept this."
"I have no use for it anyway, and I was thinking of using it in the Holy Grail War. I don't need it anymore. I don't see a problem with you taking it."
At Shishigou Kairi's words, Medea sighed and nodded.
"Well, if you say you don't need it, I'll accept it for now."
"If a day comes when you need it, let's trade again. For now, think of it as me entrusting it to you because I have nothing to pay."
"Alright. So, are you planning to leave Fuyuki now?"
"Wouldn't be bad to meet Mordred once. After that, I plan to do some mercenary work and then quit. I need to find a successor now. I'll probably quit soon."
"Well, I wish you good luck."
Shishigou Kairi left the room to meet Mordred.
Mordred was currently with Artoria.
"Papa Mama, aren't you being an idiot? It's over now, and you're thinking of repeating it?"
"Sigh, I knew you'd say that…. Well, but I've let it all go now."
"Papa Mama was a good king."
"Is that so."
Artoria drank her tea, and Mordred drank hers too.
"Ah, hot, hot…."
Seeing that, Shishigou Kairi thought this.
'She was playing with a cat before…. Now it's a cat's tongue.'
"Oh? Master! Is the treatment done?"
"Whether to call it treatment…. I'm not sure, but the treatment is done."
"It ended faster than I thought?"
"I never imagined treatment with a Noble Phantasm……. Mordred, are you satisfied with the current situation?"
"Yeah, actually, I didn't really want to be king. When you think about it, maybe I just wanted to lighten Papa Mama's burden…."
Shishigou Kairi recalled Mordred's past and thought so.
The king Mordred saw was utterly lonely.
She saw a king buried under the duties of a king and a knight, whose expression never changed.
Thinking of the time she stabbed even her own child with a lance, but there was no change in expression…, she might have been a terribly broken figure.
"I see…, you were the best Servant. If you're satisfied, that's enough."
Looking at Mordred, Kairi was reminded of the adopted daughter he had raised so preciously.
She died upon recognizing her Magic Circuits, but if it had been resolved here, it might have been good, but it was an event that had already happened, so it couldn't be helped.
'Roaming the battlefield, I'll probably meet connections….'
Shishigou Kairi was satisfied.
There were regrets, but he decided to be satisfied that it was resolved.
The Great Holy Grail War was concluded by a single person, but he didn't regret it.
"Hey, Master, are you leaving now?"
"Yeah, it seems time to quit the mercenary work too, and the problems to solve are over. I need to go find a successor…. Well, while doing that, I might come back here for stability, but will Mordred be here?"
"Yeah, now that I've met Papa Mama like this, I should live here. And I want to properly meet Papa Mama's Master too, but it's so hard to see his face."
"Alright, I wish you happiness."
Shishigou Kairi and Mordred exchanged smiles, and it became their final farewell.
But the farewell might be temporary, and a day might come when they meet again someday.
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Gorde Musik
Gorde Musik's contracted Servant had been incarnated, yet remained by Gorde Musik's side.
Gorde Musik also seemed quite shocked, but as he reached the conclusion that he might have misunderstood Siegfried, his relationship with Siegfried improved.
"I'll stay here for a while. But I'm not asking for free!"
"……, I didn't say anything."
"Nyaa~♡"/"Chirp~♡"
Akira was busy petting them now.
He petted them so much it felt like his hand would wear out, so Akira had a tired expression while petting.
It reached the point where he forgot whether they were pets that were never satisfied no matter how much they were or Servants, but no one paid it any mind.
Simply ignoring it was the answer.
"You're Gorde Musik, right? How long do you plan to stay?"
"I don't know how the Mage's Association will react…, so I plan to watch the situation for now. No matter how much Danik becomes the main culprit, since he's already dead, it wouldn't be strange if their anger is directed at us."
"I see…. Medea, how are the homunculi lifespans?"
Then, Medea, who appeared in an instant, grabbed Akira's shoulder and said.
"This is labor exploitation…. Can't I take a break now? I think I need a vacation. Akira."
"Ah…, sorry, so the answer to my question is?"
"Hmm, because they were hastily made for combat, I couldn't extend their lifespans much, but I think about 10 years will be no problem. In special circumstances, or if intensive treatment is done for one person, the limit is roughly 20 years."
Akira looked at the homunculi with a lonely expression, but the homunculi had expressions that didn't seem to mind at all.
One of them gave thanks.
"Thank you for saving the homunculi. If it weren't for you, we would have all become vampires and died."
One individual was special.
That individual was the boy called Sieg in the original work, the Master who had transplanted Siegfried's heart and became a dragon, but now survived as a homunculus.
"Don't mention it…. What will you all do now?"
"I don't know…. For now, we survived, but can't we think about that later?"
"That's true."
"The other homunculi seem to want to stay here, but I want to travel around the outside world."
Then, Astolfo (TS) appeared and shouted.
"Yahoo~ I'm back!"
"Astolfo…, he said he wants to go on this journey with Astolfo too."
"Yeah, that's right. Shouldn't we decide on a name?"
As Astolfo said, a name needed to be decided.
"How about Welt? It means 'world' in German."
"Oh? That's good! Since he said he wants to travel the world. Seems like a nice name!"
"More unexpected than I thought. It's simple, but you seem better at naming than I expected."
"Was your evaluation of me that low?"
"No, it was too high, so I didn't think you'd choose something so simple."
Akira looked at Welt with a sulky expression.
"That's a shame. By the way, Astolfo, how long do you plan to live as a woman? And is that Medea's work?"
"Huh? Yeah, I asked Medea for a TS potion and drank it! Then my body got hot and I really became a woman! It might not be bad to live like this for a while?"
Akira looked at Astolfo, prayed to God, and thought.
'Oh God…. Good grief.'
Thus, the curtain fell as he set off on a journey with Welt and Astolfo.
For reference, it is said they were able to travel with identification cards obtained through Gorde Musik's connections.
As for travel expenses. With overflowing money, he made a bank account and entrusted it to Astolfo, but it was apparently quite worrisome.
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Fiore Forvedge
Meanwhile, Fiore was greatly shocked by Medea's treatment process.
Having watched the incredibly painful treatment process, she felt reluctant to receive the treatment.
Welt was included in that.
'She's crazy…. It's like treatment from the Stone Age, but even if it's effective, she doesn't need to cause pain, right?'
To be honest, Medea could perform the treatment without pain.
But! There was a protagonist who created work, so the result was this situation.
"Now, only you need treatment."
At Medea's voice, her whole body trembled, but she headed to the operating room in her wheelchair.
Afterwards, it proceeded without even rudely reducing the sense of pain.
The surgery process was painful, but as her Magic Circuits recovered normally, she became able to move her legs.
She never even imagined it would recover so easily, but her legs began to move now.
However, since she hadn't used her legs for a long time, rehabilitation was needed, but she smiled with joy at the feeling of liberation that she could walk again.
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