"Iris, this is the perfect time to test your skills on someone."
Instead of taking action himself, Eiji suddenly said that to his wife.
Irisviel was stunned for a moment and asked, "You mean you want me to use that?"
"Yes."
"That... I'll give it a try."
What exactly were you two talking about?
Except for Artoria, none of them knew how terrifying "it" was.
Under everyone's gaze, a small ghost suddenly appeared from Irisviel's hand and looked at Kiritsugu with a sweet smile.
The creature's appearance was not particularly frightening, but Kiritsugu had a bad feeling and his instincts told him to run away.
Unfortunately, that was impossible.
He was helpless and when the ghost created by Horo Horo no Mi entered him...
"W-What are you doing to me?"
Kiritsugu felt no pain.
Eiji inexplicably asked a strange question, "Do you still want the Holy Grail?"
"I..."
Kiritsugu stopped speaking, his face paled and his blank-looking eyes became even emptier.
The aura around him became extremely depressed.
"I cannot possibly obtain it."
"What about your goal of realizing world peace?"
"Is that possible? I doubt the Holy Grail is capable of realizing it, I'm even too weak and unable to defeat you, Eiji. What am I doing all this for? It's a waste. I will never be able to realize my unreasonable ideals..."
Irisviel, Artoria and Sola were shocked.
Was this still the same man who was previously so obsessed with obtaining the Holy Grail and realizing World Peace?
Kiritsugu had now become extremely depressed and pessimistic.
"What's the point of me living?"
He had even lost the will to live!
"What happened to him?" Sola asked curiously.
She was certainly not worried about Kiritsugu.
"It's an effect of my ability, but I'm not sure how to explain it."
Irisviel replied.
She and the others then looked at Eiji as if demanding an explanation.
Didn't I already explain it in the car?
Eiji casually said, "In short, anyone touched by the little ghost before will become extremely depressed, pessimistic, and lose the will to live."
"That would make the enemies lose the will to fight and Kiritsugu is no exception."
"Irisviel has such an ability?" Sola widened her eyes.
Kiritsugu heard their conversation, he almost vomited blood.
He realized that what he was feeling right now was because of that ghost. But he was unable to resist and felt extremely depressed.
Even so, a protagonist like him did not give up easily.
"This is wrong... Eiji, even if you manipulate my feelings, I still want the Holy Grail! I should at least try to realize World Peace with it!"
"You want to kill me? Do it but I will never give up on my ideals!"
[Is this the protagonist's so-called plot armor? Irisviel's Horo Horo no Mi has clearly taken effect on Kiritsugu.]
[But he still has a bit of resistance.]
So what are you going to do, Eiji?
The heroines were curious.
Soon, they saw a humanoid figure in armor appear behind Eiji, or rather Vimana.
It was floating in the air and like the color of its body, a golden aura that seemed like a divine aura enveloped it.
Artoria panicked and thought it was an enemy, but Eiji raised one of his hands as a signal for her to stop.
Artoria and the other two women fell silent.
Who exactly was that golden figure?
It seemed to be on their side.
"Kiritsugu, you won't give up on your ideals even if I kill you?"
"Really? Then die, I want to see if it's true."
That humanoid figure was the true form of the Gold Experience Requiem— GER!
Hearing what its user said, it suddenly appeared in front of Kiritsugu as if teleporting and swung a barrage of punches while shouting "Muda! Muda! Muda!"
(A/N: Muda is Japanese for Useless.)
Its speed made it look somewhat transparent or leave a trail of shadows that emphasized its surpassing speed of movement.
Receiving that barrage of attacks, Kiritsugu was unable to even scream. He was mortally wounded and dead. The attacks shattered his bones and organs instantly and brutally.
He was blown to pieces.
However, that was only the beginning.
The GER ability called "Return to Zero" could not only be used for defense for its user.
It could also be used for offense.
So when Kiritsugu felt the pain of being brutally beaten and died, he returned to life right before he died.
But the next second, he dies again and feels the pain as before. The end result was that he was trapped in an endless circle of death.
He experiences the severity of a brutal physical attack, feels excruciating pain, dying, only to come back to life fully healthy in the next moment, and directly face another brutal death over and over again, forever.
'Ahhh! Ahhhh! Stop! Stop!!!'
'I give up, Eiji! I give up! Just kill me! Please!'
Kiritsugu could not shout, he could only plead in his heart.
Eiji could hear what he was thinking using Rasiel, but he pretended to be deaf and was amused at the scene in front of him.
Artoria, Irisviel and Sola.
Even the heroines who were watching the livestream shuddered at how crazily the protagonist Kiritsugu was beaten.
Who exactly was that golden figure?
Is he Eiji's subordinate?
[As expected of a Stand that is often considered the most powerful in the Jojo universe.]
[Not only is it capable of providing unparalleled defense to its user. Gold Experience Requiem or GER for short can attack enemies in its true form.]
[GER's attacks are powerful, but the most frightening is its effect of negating the opponent's defenses and trapping them in an infinite, or eternal, cycle of suffering.]
Hiss!
Since when do you have that kind of power, Eiji?
That's very powerful.
Anyone who knows GER's ability wouldn't dare to fight with you directly.
Even the King of Heroes, Gilgamesh should be thankful that he was killed before Eiji gained that power.
About fifteen minutes later.
I don't know how many times Kiritsugu had died and revived.
But after GER stopped shouting "Muda! Muda! Muda!" and no longer attacked him.
Kiritsugu was completely dead and lying at the tunnel exit.
Today's winner was Eiji.
"Alright, it's time for us to go."
GER's figure gradually became transparent before disappearing.
The next second, Vimana immediately flew up and left the place.
None of the women were concerned about Kiritsugu's corpse. Even Irisviel was indifferent about his death.
After all, in this life, her husband was Eiji and knew what Kiritsugu did in the original work...
Irisviel was disgusted with him.
For the sake of world peace, Kiritsugu shot his own daughter and strangled his wife to death.
Such a person deserved to die in such a cruel way.
Still, what they didn't know. Except for Eiji of course, he was too vigilant that he left behind several shadow soldiers around Kiritsugu's corpse.
"I'm too late, Kiritsugu Emiya is dead. Eiji Seiya has killed him in this timeline."
A woman's cold voice rang out.
She stood right in front of Kiritsugu's corpse and indifferently turned her gaze out of the tunnel.
More precisely, she was looking in the direction of the departure of Vimana who was carrying Eiji and his women.
She was a Servant who was summoned not far from her current location by the collective will of humanity (Alaya).
Unlike the Grand Servant who was actually sent by the will of the planet (Gaia) to kill Beasts or entities that threatened the total extinction of the planet and humanity.
Although Medea who was previously sent to kill Eiji failed and became his servant instead, this was the first time Alaya sent one of her agents that she had cultivated.
The agents were called Counter Guardians.
The goal for them is to prevent threats to humanity's survival on a more specific scale in various timelines.
In an attempt to kill Eiji this time, Alaya sent her strongest agent.
"For now..."
The woman decided to follow her target, she had the ability to determine his location.
She walked out of the tunnel.
Under the sunlight, her appearance was more obvious. She had grayish white or silver hair tied in a ponytail.
To fit in the various timelines, she wore modern military-style clothing that was predominantly black with dark red accents.
Her eye color was fiery red, emitting a serious and cold aura that suited her role as the Counter Guardian assigned to do Alaya's dirty work.
Alaya knew Eiji was powerful, but her agent's Noble Phantasm this time made her confident that it could kill him.
Still, neither of them realized the existence of the shadow soldiers hiding in the tunnel.
...
Eiji knew what was happening and did not panic.
[Alaya sent someone again to kill me.]
[This time it's that woman? Gosh, I'm so scared~!]
The heroines:
Are you really scared, Eiji?
You sound excited.
On the sidewalk and still in London.
Eiji is now dating three beautiful women. With his magic, they had also changed their clothes again.
The reason he did that was actually just because he didn't want many men on the street to see too much of his women's skin.
Wearing party clothes in such a place was also a bit much.
Even so, their appearance still attracted a lot of attention.
"Eiji, that building has a really big clock." Irisviel pointed at a certain building excitedly.
Or rather, she was the most excited person here.
"Yeah, it's really big but I don't know what building it is."
Eiji then glanced at Sola, she had lived in the city for a long time so she should know many things.
Sola understood and said, "That is Big Ben, but in the world of Magecraft, it became the headquarters of the Mage's Association."
"In other words, it's the Clock Tower?"
"Yes, there are many Magus and those who study magic in that place. My father actually works there."
"Ehh... So it's not a tourist spot?" Irisviel looked a little disappointed.
Sola shook her head, "It's not, but I can take you to other nice places."
Soon, the two women began to walk around together.
Eiji followed behind and glanced at the King of Knights who had been looking at the tall buildings and modern atmosphere around in a daze.
"Artoria, are you hungry?"
"No, why do you think I'm hungry?"
"Do I need to say it?"
[How many beef steaks have you eaten at Sola's house? I remember it was 47 plates.]
[Artoria doesn't know, but other versions of her like Artoria Lancer also like to eat a lot.]
You counted that?!
By the way, you seem to have seen the Lancer version of me.
Artoria was curious and wanted to ask about it, but since Eiji said it in his inner voice, she couldn't suddenly bring it up.
Instead, she felt a little embarrassed and a blush spread across her cheeks. The men who passed by were mesmerized by her appearance.
If they knew it was the legendary King Arthur, they would all be shocked and disbelieving.
"Don't say that, Eiji..."
"Actually, I was just wondering if this is really my country?"
This meant asking about what he had actually been thinking about since a few minutes ago.
Eiji without hesitation said, "Yes, this is Britannia. Thousands of years have passed since your death in Camlann."
He wanted to say the details, but...
Never mind, he was worried.
[What are you worried about, host?]
Miss System, pretend that you didn't hear what I said.
We should pretend to be stupid and know very little about these kinds of things, especially about certain mythologies.
We shouldn't offend anyone from now on and refrain from being cultured people.
[....]
Miss System closed her mouth, and ate the potato chips silently.
She understood what her host meant.
"Thousands of years passed... This place is more peaceful than I thought."
Artoria muttered with a complicated expression on her beautiful face.
How could it not be?
What she saw now made her hesitate to use the Holy Grail to change everything she did.
With Eiji as her master, there was no doubt that the Holy Grail would fall into their hands.
At that time, what should she do?
"Eiji, should I..."
"Artoria, just do what you want when the time comes. With me around, you don't have to worry about a bad ending."
If it was anyone else who said that Artoria would not have believed it.
But it was Eiji, his words gave her the feeling that everything was under his control.
It made the King of Knights want to depend on him.
Her heart was beating fast even though all parts of her body were currently made of magical energy.
Even so, she still had human-like organs and when she felt certain emotions, she could not help but react like now.
"Eiji, I understand. I'll do as you say."
"Good, are you sure you don't want to eat anymore? There's a cake shop over there."
"Eiji, you..."
Her master pointed at one of the shops across the street.
Artoria glanced in that direction and smelled the fragrant odor of bread that looked like it had just been baked, the ahoge on top of her head wobbling.
"Of course, I will accompany you."
[I'm sure I didn't ask if you would accompany me, Artoria.]
[Just be honest, you want to eat some more!]
Artoria pulled his hand away while avoiding looking at his face.
However, Eiji could see the King of Knights' ears turning red and it was cute.
As they ate various kinds of bread inside the shop, Irisviel and Sola joined them.
After that, they visited some sightseeing spots and did some shopping. All in all, it was a real date.
But unlike a normal date, this was an unusual date where one man dated three women simultaneously.
Yare-yare, I don't know how many envious stares from the other men made Eiji's mood better.
Especially when he remembered Artoria's identity, he was very excited.
[Host, you really refrained from saying something that...]
Miss System, don't say that.
By the way, when he and his women were walking around in the city. A certain rider and his master were also actually not far from them.
However, Eiji pretended to be unaware of their existence.
Rider did not know their identities, but he laughed and patted Waver's shoulder roughly.
Waver winced, he was in a bit of pain.
"Hahahaha! Waver, did you see that silver-haired man who was dating those three beauties?"
"That's what a King does when he's relaxing. In the past, I used to do it too and..."
Rider started rambling about his love life when he was younger.
Waver couldn't stand it and said, "Enough, Rider. I don't want to hear about your past and don't compare yourself to him. Unlike you, he's not a king, he seems to be just a lucky playboy."
His gaze fell on Eiji who was eating with three beautiful women inside a shop.
He couldn't help but feel envious.
Just wait, after he wins this war, his status as a Magus will soar and many beautiful noble women will surround him.
Imagining his beautiful future, Waver involuntarily laughed.
Beside him, Rider scratched the back of his head.
His two-meter-tall and heavily muscled figure intimidated people who passed by them.
"My vision can't be wrong Waver, he emits the aura of a King that reminds me of the King of Heroes."
"King of Heroes? That's impossible. Rider, according to the information I received from the Clock Tower, he is dead and the only servants left in the war are now... you and Saber."
Waver argues, he can't believe the man he thinks is a playboy who is cool with dating women is a Servant.
Moreover, the King of Heroes?
Gilgamesh had golden hair, but the man they saw had silver hair and a much more handsome face.
Tsk!
Waver was again envious of Eiji.
"That blonde woman also has the aura of a King."
Rider pointed at Artoria who was eating bread until her cheeks puffed up.
Waver massaged his forehead, "Rider, no more jokes. Now we should go home and strategize for the war tonight."
He couldn't believe it.
How could a woman who was eating bread greedily be a king?
A King was only a man.
No matter how you look at it, she was a woman!
The Servants left in the war were also only two.
Rider must have seen it wrong.