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Chapter 213: Rule Breaker!! (All Spells Must Be Broken)
🕑 Added 2025-09-08 03:05:01 +0000 UTC【 Angra Mainyu also seemed unable to bear it any longer. Its four large eyes stared intently at Dark Sakura, and the rock pillars on the ground began to vibrate continuously. A stone bridge in front was also shattered. 】
【 Shirou Emiya looked down at Rin, who was gradually regaining consciousness and opening her eyes. He nodded at her and began to run around Sakura in the center, searching for a way to reach her. 】
【 “No... I can't control it.” Sakura was becoming increasingly difficult to control, struggling to suppress her body's power. The ribbon-like tentacles around her flew wildly. “Run, Senpai!” 】
【 “Don't mind me, just let me die. I'll die on my own.” 】
【 The black and red ribbons attacked like a crisscrossing sweater in front of him. Shirou Emiya could only continuously dodge while constantly approaching Sakura. 】
【 “Agh!!” Shirou Emiya roared as he jumped onto a stone pillar, but the black ribbons instantly destroyed it. He could only continue jumping to another one. 】
【 Seeing the black ribbons still constantly attacking Shirou Emiya, Sakura was now breathless under the weight of her inner guilt. “Why, I'm beyond saving, no... I shouldn't be saved.” 】
【 Shirou Emiya, at the moment, the stone pillar was about to collapse, leaped forcefully, crossing the lava below. He loudly retorted to Sakura in mid-air, “You can be saved!!” 】
【 Shirou Emiya landed on Sakura's platform, rolled a few times, and then stood up again. “Sakura...” 】
【 At this moment, a black ribbon shot out quickly from behind Sakura, striking Shirou Emiya's abdomen and leaving a deep indentation. 】
【 “Look... Senpai! I... I'm this kind of person. So...” Sakura was starting to feel helpless, only wanting Shirou to give up on her. 】
【 Shirou Emiya silently touched the injured area and began to walk towards Sakura. Seeing Shirou Emiya approaching, Sakura closed her eyes in fear. 】
【 Sakura cried, begging Shirou to give up. “I killed many people, my brother... my grandfather, and my sister! Even so, Senpai, do you still want me to live?” 】
【 Shirou Emiya couldn't bear it anymore and sternly said to Sakura, “Yes!! Isn't that obvious!” 】
【 Shirou Emiya pulled up the sleeves of his clothes and began to remove the Holy Shroud from his arm. “Since I once took it, I must take responsibility.” 】
【 The magic circuits began to appear on Emiya's arm. Angra Mainyu behind Sakura became restless, manipulating the black and red tentacles to attack! Sakura closed her eyes in unbearable pain. 】
【 “Bang, bang...!” Shirou Emiya neither dodged nor avoided, letting the tentacles strike his body, producing a sharp clanging sound. 】
【 When Sakura opened her eyes again, she was stunned by Shirou Emiya's current appearance. Countless broken blades had broken through Shirou Emiya's flesh from within, exposed to the air. 】
【 。。。。。】
~Projection of All Worlds~
“Sakura, here is truly despairing over the sins she committed while being influenced. She feels that death would be better than living.”
“Shirou Emiya is truly Sakura's hero in this Worldline. He can jump such long distances; all those years of high jump training weren't for nothing.”
His body is made of sword; he doesn't even bother to dodge. Parts of his body have already started turning into swords! It's like having built-in thorns, but his life is also nearing its end...
Shirou Emiya once again walked towards that helpless girl. This time, what he embraced was no longer a distorted ideal, but the desire to save her.
However, what people from other worlds couldn't understand was why Sakura still referred to those two scumbags as her brother and grandfather??
What kind of outrageous behavior is this?
“Weren't those two the culprits who caused your suffering?! And they are the ones you should hate, so why do you feel guilty towards them? The two you mentioned are hardly human, one was scumbag and the another one was a disgusted bug.”
The ones you should truly feel guilty about are the innocent citizens you cruelly killed. Who can give them salvation?... Fortunately, Sakura hasn't reached a point beyond saving.
Rin's action amplified Sakura's guilt and remorse. She didn't deny killing many people while being controlled, feeling that she was an utterly heinous existence and directly intended to self-destruct as atonement.
~A Certain Magical Index World, Academy City~
“Shirou Emiya said it well: since it was taken, then take responsibility for it.”
Touma Kamijo's view of Sakura is that this is not something that can be solved by death; it is a sin that Sakura must bear.
However, being able to admit and bear sin is worthy of respect. Sakura had every right and ability to push all the blame onto the Black Holy Grail just now.
Neither Sakura nor Shirou Emiya killed intentionally. But actions taken out of choice must bear responsibility, and there must be a memorial for the innocent who died wrongfully.
It's clear that Shirou Emiya is ready to become a sinner and walk a path of shared atonement with Sakura.
~Type-Moon World, ██████ Worldline, Chaldea~
“Is Shirou Emiya's actions truly good, having gone to such lengths?”
Doctor Romani sighed helplessly, his gaze fixed on Sakura, who had already resolved to atone through her own death.
Sakura is not evil, but like ordinary people, she experiences inferiority and jealousy, coupled with the painful experiences of her childhood. These emotions were amplified by the coincidence of the Holy Grail War, leading to the deaths of countless people.
However, Sakura's sin cannot be denied. Denying Sakura's sin itself also denies Sakura, who bears this sin. If all the blame is pushed onto the Black Holy Grail, it would be equivalent to the Zoroastrians pushing all the blame onto Angra Mainyu, merely sympathy and self-satisfaction...
“Angra Mainyu won't actually be born, will it?!”
Looking at the large eyes, consciously manipulating Sakura to attack, it looks very similar to the Demon Pillars encountered before.
If the Evil of this World, capable of cursing 6 billion people, were to be born, it would be an existence capable of destroying human history.
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【 Half of his body was covered in broken blades, but this didn't stop Shirou Emiya's steps. He continued to walk forward resolutely, “I will protect you from being harmed by anyone or anything in the future, even if this is hypocrisy.” 】
【 “I will also always protect the person I love.” Shirou Emiya's arm began to gather magical energy, and Emiya Archer's magic circuits reappeared. 】
【 “Trace... On!” A purple-looking dagger appeared in his hand. The blade twisted like lightning, and mysterious runes were carved on it. 】
【 “Punishment time. It's going to hurt a lot, so grit your teeth.” 】
【 Sakura lowered her arms and closed her eyes, accepting this sin. This was her deserved fate. Then she slowly opened her eyes again and softly said, “Yes!” 】
【 Shirou Emiya began to charge forward, and Angra Mainyu also manipulated the black tentacles, attempting to stop his advance... 】
【 Ultimately, Shirou Emiya moved first, plunging the dagger into Sakura's chest. As the screen went dark, only Shirou Emiya's soft call could be heard, “Let's go home... Sakura! Don't get involved with that thing again...” 】
【 As the screen re-lit, the black tentacles hovered above Shirou Emiya. The shadow-like clothing began to crumble and disintegrate from the point where the dagger was plunged into Sakura's chest. 】
【 With a purple light, Sakura returned to her original appearance, falling into Shirou Emiya's arms. 】
【 。。。。。】
~Projection of All Worlds~
“What kind of Noble Phantasm is this? It's so effective! If I had known, I would have just projected it at the Emiya household and stabbed her directly, wouldn't I?!”
“Uh... although the current scene is very touching, Shirou Emiya, don't forget that you're covered in swords right now. Are you sure you won't accidentally stab Sakura?”
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, finally resolved. In the final moments, Sakura didn't resist. She opened her arms and calmly accepted the punishment she deserved.
Shirou Emiya in this Worldline had gone through too much. He abandoned his beliefs for Sakura, but his will had also struggled. Although he deviated from justice, he took all the karmic consequences of evil upon himself.
While saving the person he loved, he also ended this incredibly absurd Holy Grail War.
~Type-Moon World, Fifth Holy Grail War Worldline~
At this moment, Medea's mouth twitched fiercely when she saw that dagger. Although she had already expected it, seeing it with her own eyes still made her feel a pang of heartache.
“What kind of existence is this, Shirou Emiya?! He even projected Rule Breaker!”
Rule Breaker can break all magic of the object it stabs, including magic contracts and living entities born from magic. So, at the moment of the stab, it should have severed the connection between Sakura and the Black Holy Grail.
“He can project it with just one of Emiya Archer's arms. If he had ample magical energy, wouldn't that mean he'd possess all Servants' Noble Phantasms?!”
The feeling of being hacked in person wasn't pleasant. Her Noble Phantasm Rule Breaker!
Meanwhile, at the Emiya household, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the matter had finally concluded.
“That's wonderful... Sakura!”
Tohsaka Rin tearfully embraced Sakura, overjoyed.
“Well done.”
Emiya Archer's lips curved slightly. That was the person he wanted to become.
Shirou Emiya transformed from a robot into a human. His daily interactions with Sakura gave rise to his own desires... From that moment on, he was no longer just a robot who only pursued a borrowed “false” ideal.
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(Author-san: The next chapter will be the end. I'll speed up the progress and omit some details... so I won't write too long. After that, I'll write about A Certain Magical Index, specifically the “██████ ██. ██████” and “███sei ███al” arcs.)
(Translator-kun: Gentleman, you heard that!? The next inventory is A Certain Magical Index, specifically the “██████ ██. ██████” and “███sei ███al” arcs. Here comes the GOAT.)
