In the cosmic environment, Kaito floated here in a soul state.
He couldn't move much, and besides, none of his abilities could be used. He could only silently watch as Gaia and Alaya gradually approached him.
Unfortunately, their figures were still blurry. However, the black figure walking slightly behind seemed to notice Kaito's mood, reached out and patted the shoulder of the white-green blurry figure in front of her, and then laughter came.
"Don't worry, we haven't done anything. Rather, we entered your dream world to communicate with you."
"Under normal circumstances, even we couldn't pull your soul out."
That is to say, Kaito had guessed wrong himself.
It wasn't that his soul had left his body and been brought here by them, but that their consciousness had entered Kaito's mind, or rather, his dream.
If he wasn't mistaken, the black voice should be Alaya.
The one who first spoke, welcoming him and sounding somewhat emotionless, should be Gaia.
"My dream? If that's the case, normally I should be 'free', not like this."
"Ahaha... well, we did control the dream state a bit. Only like this can we avoid being treated as an enemy and expelled by you."
Alaya said somewhat embarrassedly, then coughed twice, and formally introduced herself.
In short…
Alaya governs the Throne of Heroes, the restraining force born mainly to protect humanity from extinction.
Gaia, the consciousness of the entire planet, has some authority over the Throne of Heroes, mainly not wanting the planet to be excessively damaged. But if humans die, she doesn't care; in fact, she'd prefer humans to disappear.
She's also a restraining force.
They are both enemies and friends.
The main reason they proactively sought out Kaito this time was because they valued Kaito's powerful combat strength.
Additionally, he was unbound by many 'constraints'.
As for what constraints, Gaia and Alaya didn't specify, but Kaito could guess a bit.
Of course, the main reason was that Kaito had destroyed the Matou Family, which completely disrupted the original plot scheduled for one year later. So they hoped Kaito would patch this hole.
At the same time, deal with the Angra Mainyu in the Holy Grail.
Then, Alaya would manipulate the Greater Grail to grant Kaito the status of Master.
If this task was completed, Alaya indicated she would invite Kaito to become a Servant.
Oh, not in a dead state, but a living Servant.
As for promotions or anything after becoming a Servant, there would be none. Besides that, Kaito wouldn't receive any enhancements either.
But what was the biggest benefit?
Once Kaito died, he could revive in the Throne of Heroes. Even if his revived form was completely as a Servant, it still counted as resurrection.
Since Alaya and Gaia couldn't offer anything good, and he wasn't an ally of justice, they could only use this as compensation.
It's better to deal with Angra Mainyu sooner rather than later.
In the original work, when Angra Mainyu poured out, many, many people died.
"This is not a problem. I agree."
"Good. As repayment, as long as you don't cause chaos in this world, we'll turn a blind eye to most of your actions for now."
"Mm... agreed."
Alaya and Gaia agreed, and Kaito had nothing more to say.
It was predictable that they would approach him, especially after he unleashed [Planet Befall].
This time it was just destroying the Matou Family. What if it were something bigger?
For example, something that could completely destroy Fuyuki City?
Gaia and Alaya might treat him as a villain and summon several Servants to hunt him, right?
The next second , Kaito's consciousness began to recover.
When he woke up, he found Irisviel was still beside him, her head resting on his shoulder.
It was as if Kaito had just closed his eyes to rest for a moment. Even though he had spent a long time in the dream world, not much time had passed here.
…
Deep in the universe.
Alaya and Gaia's consciousness also returned. They looked at each other and each revealed faint smiles.
This time, in seeking out Kaito, apart from the above content, they also had another purpose.
That was to assess Kaito.
If Kaito was suitable, they hoped he could travel to a future world, go to Chaldea, and become a Master!
Then head to Singularities for restoration.
The direction of that future world was already unchangeable, but it could be saved.
And those [Beasts], due to their overwhelming power, indeed needed a powerful Master to lead Servants against them.
The future 'Fujimaru Ritsuka' (Gudako) would also be the protagonist.
But whether this protagonist could succeed was still a big question mark.
After all, they couldn't predict more distant future events. To be safe, choosing Kaito was more appropriate.
If there was no choice, then fine, but since they had a choice now, why not choose Kaito?
In fact, Emiya Shirou was also quite suitable, but Shirou would only appear as a Servant in the future. Besides, his magical energy reserves were pitifully small...
"Perhaps this is also destined?"
Alaya thought and came to this conclusion.
Kaito, as an outsider, they certainly sensed him immediately.
"Mm... perhaps."
Gaia nodded expressionlessly, while also staring at Alaya.
"Ahaha... Don't look at me. Singularities and such are special circumstances, none of my business."
"...And?"
"Cough cough! I know even less about the more distant future. Anyway, don't blame everything on me, alright."
"...Going to sleep."
Gaia squinted, no longer paying attention to Alaya, and just went to sleep on the spot.
Alaya was also a bit speechless. She glanced again at Kaito's location, could only shrug her shoulders, and then expect what Kaito would do.
If he could perfectly resolve [Angra Mainyu], then it would naturally be very suitable for him to travel to the future world of Chaldea and become a Master.
Unfortunately, the plot was unchangeable. That is to say, they wanted to kill the Grand Bomber Lev in advance more than anyone.
But killing him in advance would also create a Singularity.
Because this was so troublesome, they could only find someone to become a Master and restore the resulting Singularities.
…
"Mm... Kaito, let's go back and rest?"
In the hot spring, Irisviel opened her eyes. Having enjoyed herself enough, she got up and invited Kaito to go back together.
"Okay, but there's something I want to tell you."
"Hmm? What is it?"
"Hehe, look at my right hand."
"Co-Command Spells!? Have you become a Master like me too!?"