[ "That ideal is shattered, the idea that others are more important than oneself. The wish for everyone to be happy is just an empty fairy tale." ]
[ Archer angrily expressed his thoughts to Emiya Shirou, "If you can't live without that ideal, then drown in it." ]
[ Lying on the ground, Emiya Shirou seemed to have lost consciousness. The swords projected by his hands dissipated into points of light, and blood continuously flowed from the pierced abdomen. ]
[ .....]
~Projection of All Worlds~
"Emiya Shirou's defeat was due to his inner surrender, which made the projected weapons not strong enough."
However, despite many setbacks, this is an essential process of growth. In his life, Heroic Spirit Emiya's definition of a "hero of justice" was not clear enough, leading him to forget his original intention and thus collapse.
~Type-Moon World, ██████ Worldline~
~In the 7th singularity, Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia~
"Oya, is this the end?"
Merlin looked at the amount of blood flowing from Emiya Shirou's abdomen. For a human, it was already fatal.
"End?! It's too early!"
The Wise King Gilgamesh wore an inexplicable smile.
"The boy named Emiya Shirou is a twisted person. If it's just this level, then he won't become Heroic Spirit Emiya in the future."
He could see a bit of Archer's idea. He wanted Emiya Shirou to find what he truly wanted to do and move forward according to his own thoughts.
Drowning in that unrealistic ideal would only lead to the same path as him.
"Is that so?!"
Although Ishtar didn't entirely agree with Emiya Shirou's ideal, perhaps influenced by possessing a physical body, she felt that his stance of adhering to his ideal was also very dazzling.
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[ Lying on the ground as if unconscious, Emiya Shirou vaguely heard Archer's questioning. Lying on his back, Emiya Shirou looked at the twilight sky. "Most of what he said is right, but... I feel like I've forgotten something." ]
[ "I saw hell..." ]
[ As Emiya Shirou entered a memory, the scene shifted. Emiya Shirou's figure appeared in Archer's previous memory, witnessing firsthand Archer's process of killing some people in the name of justice to save the majority. ]
[ "I saw hell..." ]
[ Emiya Shirou's figure appeared in another scene, where corpses killed by Archer lay everywhere, and countless flies greedily fed on them. ]
[ "I saw hell... I saw the hell that would eventually be reached." The scene of Archer signing a contract with the Counter Force appeared before everyone. The difference was that Emiya Shirou's figure appeared behind him, silently watching this scene. ]
[ Then the scene shifted, and Emiya Shirou saw a figure with his back to him on the hill of swords. That was the future Archer. "You... you were very right!" ]
[ Archer, with his back to Emiya Shirou, seemed to hear his words. "I'm not very flexible." ]
[ Emiya Shirou's eyes were fixed on that lonely figure. "It looks like you lost a lot." ]
[ Archer didn't turn around, his voice sounding somewhat calm. "That's not it. It's precisely because I believe I haven't lost anything that I am here. I haven't lost anything." ]
[ .....]
~Projection of All Worlds~
"Yes... that scene was nothing short of hell for Emiya Shirou. It was the hell that he reached by steadfastly believing in his ideal!"
Seeing this, everyone fell silent. Although Emiya Shirou's ideal could be called foolish, it was by no means detestable.
"He's talking to his future self... Saying 'I saw hell' three times represents different thoughts."
The first time he said he saw hell... was because this was the genuine end of his ideal!
The second time he saw hell... was more like seeing the twists and turns and hardships of this path.
The third time he saw hell... was because Emiya Shirou saw that at the end of the road, there was no happiness, only endless despair.
~Type-Moon World, Kaleid liner Prisma Illya Worldline~
"Emiya Shirou saying 'You were very right!' to the back of the future Archer is because he also started to doubt, his beliefs began to waver."
Perhaps because they were the same person, Shirou deeply understood the conversation between the two and thus could hear the hidden meaning within.
Archer's line, "I'm not very flexible..." actually means that this is his ideal, and he will continue to walk this path.
"It's precisely because I believe that I haven't lost anything"
But I still adhere to my ideal. Having my ideal is enough.
So, is his future self teaching him to stick to his ideal... How contradictory!
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[ "But... I did indeed forget something." ]
[ As he said this, the scene returned to the sea of fire ten years ago. In that sea of fire, a young Emiya was crying and walking towards him. ]
[ "Hey!" Emiya Shirou called out to his crying younger self. "That's hell you're walking into!" ]
[ Young Emiya fell to the ground but gritted his teeth and stood up again... ]
[ Looking at that thin figure, Emiya Shirou's inner monologue sounded again, "What was the point of your... What was the point of my surviving that hell? Why were we spared?" ]
(At this moment, the divine BGM by Aimer also started playing. The people outside the video were somewhat moved by the music.)
[ In the scene, Emiya Shirou saw Emiya Kiritsugu trying to save him in the ruins. Just as he was about to step forward, he was called out by the future Archer behind him! ]
[ "Hey! That's hell you're walking into!" ]
[ Emiya Shirou gradually remembered the thing he had forgotten, a slight smile appearing on his face. "This is what you forgot." ]
[ "It's true that it started with admiration, but ultimately it was a wish from the heart. The wish to overturn that hell. I clearly wanted to be a strength for others." ]
[ "In the end, a man who achieved nothing, that unfulfilled wish." ]
[ Emiya Shirou quietly looked at Emiya Kiritsugu crying in the ruins because he had saved him, and then a burst of light erupted. A sword sheath shimmering with golden light appeared on the screen - Avalon, The Everdistant Utopia! ]
[ Emiya Shirou placed his hand on his heart, which was emitting golden light! He walked forward resolutely, towards the hill of swords, which was a long sword filled with loneliness. ]
[ Archer's ethereal figure appeared behind him and questioned him, "Even if your life is treated like a machine?" ]
[ "Yes, even if my life is full of hypocrisy!" Emiya Shirou placed his hand on the sword hilt. A dazzling fire appeared in his hand, his eyes filled with unwavering determination. "I still want to persist in becoming a hero of justice." ]
[ Then he resolutely drew the long sword!! ]
[ .....]
~Projection of All Worlds~
"The current Emiya Shirou wants to call out to the past young Emiya, and the future Archer wants to call out to the current Emiya... Hey! That's hell you're walking into!"
"Holy crap!! This scene of drawing the sword is seriously cool!"
Everyone looked at Emiya Shirou, who was moving forward relentlessly towards a future he knew was hell, filled with admiration.
How many people could reach such a level?
Emiya Shirou finally recognized himself. He had admiration and gratitude for Emiya Kiritsugu saving him, but saving people himself was also his true inner feeling and wish, it was not borrowed.
Looking at Emiya Kiritsugu, who was crying with joy, Emiya Shirou wanted to tell Archer that what he forgot was that when he experienced that great fire, he was not the only one who was saved, but also... Emiya Kiritsugu!
Archer believed that the path of a hero of justice was wrong and did not want Emiya Shirou to repeat the same mistake of killing the few to save the many!
Emiya Shirou also thought Archer was very right... But, did you forget something?! Without that ideal, you wouldn't even be yourself.
~Type-Moon World, ██████ Worldline, Chaldea~
"The young Emiya Shirou was the only one who witnessed hell yet moved forward resolutely. It wasn't because he was in hell and was saved by Emiya Kiritsugu, but because he willingly walked into hell for others. This is the original intention that Heroic Spirit Emiya forgot."
Fujimaru Ritsuka felt everything had become clear. In this battle of beliefs, Emiya Shirou won.
Even after knowing the end of his ideal, Emiya Shirou still chose this thorny path. Archer has been surpassed by Shirou.
Archer's past is certainly Emiya Shirou, but Emiya Shirou's future may not necessarily be Archer.
~Type-Moon World, Kaleid liner Prisma Illya Worldline~
"Big Brother..."
Miyu stared blankly at the screen, remembering her brother.
Looking at the sharp contrast between their ideals, she now clearly realized how big a decision it was for her brother to simply give up his ideal.
"I wonder how Big Brother is doing now?!"
.....
Ignoring the suddenly sad Miyu, Shirou, on the other side, said he was doing well, as he was being served delicious food and drinks by his wife.
~Type-Moon World, ██████ Worldline~
~In the 7th singularity, Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia~
"Hahaha, it is precisely because justice is an ideal that it has value in being realized! It is precisely because the future is destined that it has value in being changed."
The Wise King Gilgamesh laughed heartily. He no longer found Emiya Shirou childish.
Emiya Shirou had already accessed Archer's memories; all the scenes and outcomes of being betrayed and becoming a machine were equivalent to witnessing and experiencing them firsthand.
But he still wanted to move towards that ideal, which was like hell. For him, as long as he could save more people, even if he regretted it in the future, it didn't matter... Even if they called him foolish or naive, he would not dislike such a person.
"Ah, so the Avalon was on that boy?"
Merlin was also somewhat surprised by this, but if that was the case, then there was nothing to worry about. A mere fatal injury...
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