Chapter 111
"Nirvana of the night? What is that?" Emiya asked in confusion.
And before I could answer, surprisingly, Saber spoke up.
"The legendary eternal utopia, from the legend of the two originals created by god. A kingdom that continues to live even when the world comes to an end. Passing through the eternal cycles of beginning and end.
"Oh, you seem to know some other interpretation of the legend of my predecessors?" I was really surprised, I didn't think there would be a distorted legend of Princess Fischl somewhere. "Can you briefly tell me what you know?"
"Is this appropriate now?" - Arutria raised an eyebrow, apparently already regretting that she had spoken, because because of this she would have to be distracted from eating, I even thought for a moment that I saw how she looked slightly offended at Mordred, who calmly continued to stuff her bottomless stomach.
- Of course, I am very interested in this! - I nodded decisively.
- And, apparently, not only me. - and indeed, Emiya and Tohsaka looked expectantly at the king of knights, and if my feelings are not deceiving me, then Archer also deigned to come down to us, although he is in an immaterial form.
- Good. - the blonde sighed.
- One day, a god appeared in the middle of the endless void and decided to make it his goal to fill it, however, no matter how infinitely powerful he was, it would take too long alone and then he began to create the originals, who in pairs were responsible for their parts of the endless void and transformed it at their own discretion and one day in one of these parts, which in the future became our world, a brother and sister were created. The brother who personified darkness, the abyss and peace, and the sister who personified light, creation and life. For many years they were in the darkness, having no motivation for anything, because although they were created by god for creation, he did not give them any instructions, because the creator must decide for himself what and when he wants to create. - the beautiful voice of Arturia, who as a king has quite good oratorical skills flowed like a stream. And to be honest, it was becoming more and more interesting to me, after all, the book "Flowers for Princess Fischl" told about when she actually became this very princess.
- And then one day, led by her nature, as well as the example of their distant relatives, Sister finally decided. She approached her brother and said. "My brother, our relatives created such beautiful worlds that, looking at them, my heart fills with longing, I do not want to wait in the darkness any longer, so I want to fill our territory with many beautiful worlds so that I can walk among them forever." The brother supported his sister and said. "I like your idea, sister, but with how limited our territory is and how great our power is, you will not be able to travel forever."
- And then the sister answered. "No, I have an idea on how to make this journey eternal." Her heart lit up with a blindingly bright light, which is why the brother asked in panic "What are you doing, sister?!" - "I will use all my power to give a spark of life to the universe, and I will be reborn in it as a mortal, I will travel through it, gaining strength, until I reach the final point of the end, and then everything will repeat itself again." His sister answered him, and before sacrificing herself, she asked affectionately. "You will watch over this journey, my brother?"
- The brother was saddened, but still did not stop his sister. He watched as universes were born, waiting for the moment when he would see his sister. And so time passed, until finally, in a distant kingdom called Nirvana of the night, Princess Fischl was born. Her days were carefree, because of which she had no motivation to become stronger, and then her brother decided that this could not continue. He interfered with his sister's beautiful creation and added darkness and abyss to it. Then the princess's greatest enemy was born - the Dragon, who ...
- I think that's enough. - I interrupted Arturia, lightly rubbing my temples. The more she told me, the more my memory returned to the moment when Oz showed me the greatest secret of the Nirvana of the Night. A huge seal that holds back the endless power of the Princess of the End. Just looking at this seal gave me the impression that I was looking into a deep abyss, which if I took even one more step forward, would swallow me up completely. And if you believe Oz, then the mind of a mortal from looking at it would be instantly destroyed. And although it is nice to have the ability to suddenly become invincible, the consequences of removing the seal are unpleasant. Removing the seal is tantamount to ringing the bell of the end. Starting an unstoppable process bringing closer the day of the final battle with the abyss.
- But we haven't heard the end yet! - Tohsaka protested.
- I think your servant Emiya Shirou can tell you this legend, who, by the way, could have already appeared before us, and not just stood nearby. - I said irritably. I didn't even think that just the memory of that seal would spoil my mood so much that I would give away Archer's true name out of pure malice.
- What did you say? - Toska Rin asked, thinking she had misheard.
- I would prefer it if my name wasn't given out so easily, especially when it was done just to change the subject. - A sullen Archer appeared behind the girl.
- Wait, wait! What does this all mean? - Tosaka jumped up, turning to her servant.
- Hm. - Archer chuckled in response, apparently not planning on explaining anything.
- Oh, let me share with you a bit of your servant's backstory. - I smiled maliciously.
- He is the Emiya Shirou we know. - I pointed my finger at the confused schoolboy. - Only he is the hero of the future. And if I'm not mistaken in my world, he won the Holy Grail War with you, you became lovers and went to study together at the Clock Tower, but he couldn't throw away the ideals that he adopted from his adoptive father Emiya Kiritsugu and went to do justice, even becoming a counterguard in the service of Allaya, but his end was sad. He was betrayed by his own people and hanged. There are, of course, many omissions here, and it's told very briefly, but if I'm not mistaken, his only goal in this war is to kill his past self in the hope that because of this he will stop being a counterguard, which, by the way, is nonsense, because they are from different worlds, and therefore are not connected in any way.
- And now you can quarrel a little. - I gave my permission with a smile on my face.