Thoughts unreached, the backs of the two walked away.
"Well, is it not fine? Everything is an experience. Now, shall we go ahead in Vimana!"
The Hero King, sensing the fate awaiting those two, walked with a spring in his step. He grabbed the Knight King's hand and pulled her up into Vimana.
"Come, let us watch from the special seats! Watch his One Shot!"
"...You have a wicked streak as well."
(It's okay, it's okay. It's about as safe as Professor Daijoubu's human experiments or a 99% hit rate in Super Robot Wars.)
Ah, the two of them are going. I have a terrible feeling, but I can't stop it. I couldn't stop it...
—At least, you two, please be safe—!
Air's soul-scream was sucked emptily into the mountains...
Outskirts of the village, edge of the cliff.
"You're here, Master! I tired of waiting! But I forgive you! Now, get into position!"
The Sun King Ozymandias called out, fully into the spirit of things.
"Wahahahaha! As expected of my Master and Servant! Such daring!"
Conqueror King Iskandar was laughing just as loudly.
"Eh, what are you two doing?"
The two Kings were striking strange poses and wearing odd getups.
"There is a foundation made of clay reinforcing the roof of a crushed house there. Look closely, there are handles attached, no?"
When Mash and Ricca looked, indeed, as they said, there was a base, and holes for heels to fit into.
"Grab the handles and put your feet in the holes. It makes a 'Yotsun-Vain' (All-Fours) shape."
Sensing something, Ricca drew her sword, Dojigiri Yasutsuna.
"Senpai?!"
"Oh, full of motivation, Master! Mash, you're next to Master. Hold on tight. We're going to hit 300km/h."
"————————————Yes?"
Mash gave a reply that bordered on escaping reality.
[Okay, I'll never make easy promises again! Bro, thanks for transporting us gently!]
She swung Yasutsuna in a V-shape, cutting through space, equipped her armor, grabbed the handles, and slotted her feet in.
"Eh, uh, no. Um, Arash Kamangir. What, are, you, doing?"
Mash asked, bewildered. Arash handled the heavy lifting easily with his proud physique and answered.
"What, you ask? I put ropes on the base to fix it, and connected it directly to a super-sized arrow—Alright, preparations complete. Angle looks about right. We've got a tailwind today! I can launch you right to the front of the West Village!"
"FUHA!! HAHAHAHAHA!! To think I could experience the Hero's archery with my own body!!"
In high spirits, breaking all limits, Ozymandias laughed.
"Everything is an experience!! Usually, if you just slam into it, it works out somehow, you know?! Wahahahaha!!"
Iskandar laughed it off with open-hearted boldness.
"Eh, n-no way. That can't be. It's not a laughing matter, surely you don't mean—"
"That 'surely' is exactly it! A classic topic for drinking parties, an experience you'll never forget! Connect the base and the arrow. Release the arrow with full force. Arrow flies 20 kilometers. The base flies with it."
The Great Hero gave a firm thumbs-up.
"See? Simple, right?"
"Are you an idiot, Mr. Arash——!!!!"
As Mash screamed, Ricca nodded with a solemn expression.
[This is punishment. We are redeeming the sins of all the Masters across the country who love Arash-san (meaningful implication) and got him to Bond Level 10...]
"Senpai! What are you seeing, Senpai!!"
"Ooh, behold! It is the Brave Hero's Shot! Come, Mash! You assume the position quickly as well!!"
"I-I-I can't do that! That kind of method, that kind of flight! Such occult nonsense is impossible!"
"It'll work, it'll work. Physical laws don't apply to Servant Noble Phantasms anyway."
"Rest assured, you two! For him, 10 or 20 kilometers is just a warm-up!"
(Sound of someone chugging stomach medicine)
"Good work, Marie-san..."
The folks at Chaldea voiced their various impressions.
"You tell 'em, brother! Leave it to me, I can see a good landing spot!"
"That is not a landing spot, that is a crash site..."
He sat Mash down and gripped her tight.
[Shaa, leave it to me, bring it on—Everyone, hearts as one! When you speak of the Great Hero's archery, it has to be that!]
"Alright, here we go!! —Ready, set!!"
Released————
"""HUMAN CANNONBALL [STELLA]AAAAAAA————————!!!!"""
"Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhh—aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!"
Screams echoing, arrow flying, base rushing, high, fast, amazing, dangerous.
[I CAN FLAAAAAAAAAY!!!!]
"FUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!"
"Wahahahaha! What a pleasant wind!! A different sensation from Bucephalus or Gordius! To think the Great Hero's archery was of this caliber!!"
"Everyone, take the landing nicely! No—there ain't anyone here who'd get hurt just by failing a landing, Hahahaha!"
"Kyaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh————!!!!"
Cutting the wind, cutting gravity, cutting through everything—Arash's Living Arrow.
When I came to, we had become a cannonball.
Senpai is frolicking happily. I can't copy that. I love her.
Why, why is it like this. We haven't done anything bad, so why.
I don't like this... this is cruel, it's too much.
Return me to Vimana.
Don't abandon us... Hero King...—
While being blown away, Mash's spirit slightly Zepar-ed into a puddle.
And so, they arrived safely at the West Village—
"Hero King, Knight King. You did well to come. That you would aid our brethren, I cannot suppress my gratitude."
"Think nothing of it. The more pawns, the better. I have my own fixation on ensuring not a single person is lost, after all."
"What noble Kings...! I am truly unworthy! I, of the Drifting Smoke, shall surely be of use to you!"
"...Did you meet them in the desert?"
—Wait, we didn't meet them... right? Fou. If we met them, we'd know.
(Right-o, dunno 'em.)
"Master will arrive here shortly. ...Though, in a rough manner."
"Rough? What do you—"
[HELLO THERE—!! WHERE ARE YOU!!]
"Nghhh—!!?"
"Haaah—!!?"
"Keff! Koff!"
"Hahahaha! The Brave Hero's Strong Bow! Truly magnificent!!"
"Good speed! As expected, a horse cannot produce such velocity! Wahahahaha!!"
[Ah, hello! We have come to lend our strength in saving Serenity-san!]
"Hah...!!"
"Ghh...!!"
"Lord Ricca, please undo that. It is too awe-inspiring; the Old Man of the Mountain cannot even raise his face."
[Ah, I'm sorry! BARE THY NECK!!]
""Hah—!!!""
"See? No injuries, right?"
"Shota... Shota... Lahmu... Bucephalus..."
"...Emotional trauma..."
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