Break Out From the Cocoon and Become a Butterfly (87k)

Chapter 502: A Butterfly Emerges from a Cocoon (8.7k)

In the past, in order to save the world from the spread of the curse, Jiemon thought of using Shiro Amakusa's ability to tamper with the Holy Grail and use the power of the Holy Grail to transform the world. He reproduced Shiro Amakusa's natural miracle of being able to control all spells in the form of a magic eye on an artificial man, and worshipped this artificial man as the Son of God.

He is called the Son of God, but in fact he is just a "sacred abandoned child". From the moment he was born, he was destined to sacrifice for the great ambition of saving the world.

The artificial man felt strong anger and hatred for this, and because of the reversal of Jiemon's desire to save the world, he formed a malicious intention to destroy the world.

If no one stops him, then this artificial man will definitely destroy the world in every possible way after escaping from the predicament.

Genyuan didn't want to see that scene. This artificial man was the pioneer chosen by Him.

A pioneer cannot be a pure demon. If he wants to be able to shoulder the great responsibility, he must have enough reason, courage, perseverance and wisdom. None of them can be missing. If he is not such a person, he cannot succeed.

So, He sent a Heroic Spirit to appear in the world and go to the side of the artificial man.

The Heroic Spirit He sent was the most suitable Heroic Spirit for that situation. Her name was Joan of Arc, a saint who would never be infected by malice and had infinite tolerance.

Only under the infection of such a saint would the devil put away his claws.

That's right.

Love is the best shackle to bind the devil.

Even for that saint, the devil would be willing to tie himself up.

He is the supreme source, and the calculation cannot fail.

Under the caring care of the saint, the devil learned to restrain his malice, and under the influence of the saint, the devil began to distinguish between good and evil.

If the plan succeeds, the saint can retreat.

The saint left the devil, and the devil showed his fangs in anger and destroyed the plan to save the world.

But the devil at this moment is no longer the devil at the beginning. He has learned to disguise himself and divide his personality into good and evil. There is only a little kindness, but the malice is huge enough to destroy the world.

Can he become a qualified pioneer in this way?

No.

But it doesn't matter.

He sent the Saint for the second time, and made her appear as the servant of Chiemon, whose salvation plan failed, and came to the side of the android again.

The appearance of the Saint caused a second impact on the android demon who had restrained his claws. The two agreed to meet again in the future. The demon got the expectation of the future, and the dividing line between good and evil in his heart began to become balanced.

The demon at this time was no longer a demon.

He could become a qualified pioneer.

So, He recruited the android to his side, made an agreement with him, and launched a series of subsequent cooperation.

But at this time, there was another problem.

What if he left himself and went to other worlds?

With his magical adaptability, no matter which world he went to, he would be a hot commodity, and any world would regard him as a treasure. If there was a world stronger than him, what would he do if he went to the other side?

No.

Because the Saint was here with him.

Love is the best shackle to bind a person.

As long as the Saint is still here with Him, he will not leave Him.

Everything is within the calculation of the Root.

From the beginning, the Saint is the shackles that the Root uses to bind the artificial man.

Jeanne understood this.

Her guilt towards Roy surged from the bottom of her heart like a tide, and the huge pressure crushed her back in one breath, almost suffocating her for a while.

She thought that her kindness to Roy was actually bait from the beginning.

Everything she did out of kindness was to put a collar on Roy step by step.

Regret filled her heart.

It made her want to run away from Roy instantly.

She put the collar on Roy with her own hands, but she was not worthy of Roy at all.

Fuyuki City.

Under the Aozaki House, in front of the Demon City Passage.

Jeanne hung her head in regret, and her apology to Roy could no longer be expressed in words.

What qualifications does a person like her have to stand by his side?

"I knew it a long time ago."

But after listening to Joan's confession, Roy's expression did not change at all.

"After all, I have been working with that guy for more than two years. How could I not understand his style? I knew from the beginning that you were sent to me by his side in order to restrain me."

"In that case..."

Joan was stunned and clenched her teeth.

She should not stand by Roy and was not qualified to be with him.

"Even so, so what?"

But the next moment, Roy's indifferent sneer came.

"The person standing in front of me now is you, and I can hear the cry in my heart. The person I want is you. This is how I feel now!"

Even if Joan was not there at that time, the source would still send other people to him, maybe Martha, or other saints.

Joan was just a chosen existence, not the one who decided everything.

"The person who made the most fundamental mistake was not you, Jeanne."

"But even so, I still made a big mistake..."

"So stubborn."

Seeing Jeanne immersed in guilt, Roy couldn't help but sigh, with a little helplessness on his face, but he looked at the girl lovingly.

"Since you care so much about your guilt towards me, then, Jeanne, you should compensate me to the maximum extent, right?"

"As long as you want."

Joan raised her head, her expression complicated, but her eyes firmly looked at Roy.

"As long as it is your request, I will do everything to satisfy it!"

"That's easy, what I want most is you."

Roy smiled gently, raised his hand gently, and fell on the head of the saint girl, stroking her long hair like broken gold.

"Since you said so, then compensate yourself to me, and in the future, forever, until the end of the world, you can separate us. This is my punishment for you!"

Joan widened her eyes and looked at Roy in disbelief, but after a while she smiled bitterly.

"...Are you satisfied with this? Even if you let me be your slave forever, I won't say anything, right?"

"Slave? Well... It can be regarded as a hobby between us, COS is not bad for fun!"

Roy pondered for a moment and made a decision very seriously.

Treating the Saint Girl as a slave seems to be quite exciting?

"You are really..."

Joan looked at Roy with a smile.

It was so serious, but this person was thinking about something messy?

But after being joked, the uneasiness in her heart slowly faded.

Maybe the past between them was manipulated, but the feelings hidden in it must be true.

"I know, if this is what you expect, then I will respond to your expectations and stay by your side until the end of the world. Even if you want to drive me away, I won't leave!"

Joan blinked at Roy, looking relieved and a little playful.

"I want it!"

Roy pulled the corner of his lips and showed a rare smug smile.

Joan is what he wants most now. Roy knows his heart, so he won't lie.

As for the accounts with the source.

He kept them all in his mind, don't worry, just settle them slowly!

"Let's go in together."

Roy reached out and held Jeanne's hand, interlocking their fingers, and took Jeanne back to the Magic City, where the Holy Grail was.

The review of the past journey ended here.

Beside the Holy Grail, many girls were waiting here at the moment, even Rin Tosaka, Aozaki Orange, and Hayasaka Ai and Ichika, who worked as clerks in Rikka, came here rarely. Seeing Roy holding Jeanne's hand, they all smiled with relief on their faces.

"Why are you all here?"

"A group of people have already gone in, we stay here to guard."

"Lord Roy, please go in first, Miss Jeanne too!"

Roy didn't act pretentiously after hearing this, and took Jeanne's hand and walked towards the Holy Grail.

The Holy Grail was fully supplied with magic power, and at this moment it had opened the door by itself. Roy and Jeanne easily entered the interior of the Holy Grail without any obstruction.

Inside the Holy Grail is a special world with time and space that are completely different from the outside world. The farther you go, the closer it is to the normal world. The further you go in, not only the air becomes thinner and the temperature becomes lower, but even the concept of time and space becomes extremely weak. If your will is slightly weaker, you may get lost in it and become a vegetable forever.

Roy and Jeanne's will is naturally much stronger than that of ordinary people. They hold hands and walk towards the inside of the Holy Grail step by step without any strangeness.

"I haven't finished what I said just now. Regarding the opportunity for your personality fusion, I think it's better to make it clear first."

On the way to the inside of the Holy Grail, Jeanne thought and spoke to Roy.

"It just so happens that this place is a little distance from the deepest part of the Holy Grail, so let's make it clear here."

Roy nodded without any objection.

He also wanted to know what he lacked, so that his personality could not be completely integrated until now.

No, according to Orange's meaning, it should be said that he actually had the opportunity for personality fusion a long time ago, but he just didn't realize what that opportunity was.

Joan of Arc was the one who gave him the shackles, so naturally, she also had the burden of removing them.

"But before I explain it completely, I have a question for you."

Joan of Arc turned her head and asked Roy with a serious face.

"When I heard you talk about your experience during this period, I thought of it, Roy, have you ever taken the initiative to show your kindness to others without knowing who they are?"

Roy raised his eyebrows, thinking that this question was a bit confusing.

He took the initiative to show kindness to others sincerely?

"There should be many times, for example, to Kasumigaoka Utaha..."

"No, that's not your sincerity."

Joan of Arc shook her head and said with certainty.

Roy pondered for a while and had to admit what Joan of Arc said.

He was still in the most severe period of separating good from evil. The superficial goodness was basically a disguise to suppress the evil in his heart. The reason why he was so good to Kasumigaoka Utaha was just because he needed to express his kindness, not from the heart.

"That means it doesn't seem right to treat Rin either."

The reason why he destroyed the Matou family was that he hated magicians like Matou Zouken. He had no intention of showing goodwill to Rin Tohsaka. After the Matou family was destroyed, although he became familiar with Rin Tohsaka, it was actually Rin who showed goodwill to him out of gratitude to him, and then he responded with his own goodwill.

"That's not the case with Claudia... even less so."

Claudia formed a connection with him in a dream, and she showed her love to him enthusiastically as soon as they met. Roy passively accepted and responded to her love.

What about Julis and Toudou Qilin?

When they first met, they were dueling, and someone attacked them secretly, so he took the initiative to help.

But that was not right. He had already known the identities of Julis and Toudou Qilin, knew that the two were the heroines of that world, and knew what kind of people they were, so he decided to help. If it was a passerby, he would not intervene at all, and it did not meet the condition of showing goodwill without knowing who the other person was.

The condition of "not knowing who the other person is" limited his many contacts with others.

Later, Sylvia, Kita Ikuyo, Fushiguro Megumi and others did not meet this definition. He contacted them when he already knew who they were.

"What's the point of this question?"

Roy frowned slightly and looked at Jeanne with a puzzled look.

"You ask this because you can't find anyone who meets the requirements, right?"

Hearing this, Jeanne became more certain of her guess and her expression became more certain.

"Just like ordinary people walking on the road and suddenly encountering robbers, some people will act involuntarily and chase the robbers bravely, even if the robbers are unrelated to them."

"But you are different. If other unrelated people are robbed, you will not care at all. Unless that person is someone you have known for a long time and someone you recognize, you will help...Is that right?"

Roy nodded naturally.

That's right. His belief is that even if all the unrelated people are dead, he will not frown.

The premise for him to help is that the person is someone he recognizes.

Just like Tornado before, although she attacked him, Roy recognized her as a hero, so he taught the gang a lesson. If an irrelevant person was attacked, or someone Roy did not approve of was attacked, he would not even pay attention.

"Sure enough."

Seeing him nod, Jeanne's eyebrows twisted together, and her expression showed deep distress.

"It seems that the impact of my original appearance on you is much deeper than I thought."

Although Roy did not blame her, she could not forgive herself when she recalled it, and her mood was always very heavy.

Roy nodded slightly, without comment.

Seeing that Roy still did not get the point, Jeanne sighed, temporarily suppressed her heavy mood, and helped Roy analyze his heart bit by bit.

"Fundamentally, Roy, you maintain a critical attitude towards all human beings without exception."

Scrutinize?

Roy was thoughtful.

He was touched. Joan of Arc's words really made him feel like he had met a confidant who knew him very well.

"The reason why you won't do the right thing unconditionally is because you are examining the person who was robbed. If he shows the part that you approve of, you will help to take back his lost property, but if he doesn't show the part that you approve of, you will turn a blind eye. If he shows an attitude that you dislike, you may even add fuel to the fire of this robbery and make him never find his lost property."

"I basically do that."

Roy nodded in approval. This style really touched his heart.

"I guess that's the case."

Joan of Arc smiled helplessly.

"And the standard that you approve of, I guess, is probably the goodness and evil of the other party. If the other party shows goodwill, you will approve of the other party. If he shows malice, you will destroy the other party."

Roy tilted his head. He was a little unsure now. It felt like it was right?

"It's a little hard to say, but I'll say it bluntly."

Joan looked at Roy seriously, with deep pity in her expression.

"Roy, in your eyes, the villains are probably not human beings at all, but just a bunch of humanoid creatures, right? Or they are garbage, livestock, cancer cells, anyway, you don't see those people as human beings at all."

"Isn't that natural?"

Roy nodded indifferently.

"Anyone would think so, right?"

"Really?"

Joan looked at him suspiciously after hearing this.

"Even if someone is angry for a while and thinks the villain is a beast, once they really face that person, it is still difficult for ordinary people not to see the other party as a human being, right? But you are the type who will not be shaken at all even if tens of thousands of villains lose their heads in front of you, the two levels are completely different."

Roy was speechless for a moment, and had to admit that Joan was right.

"However, after I founded Shueisha, I basically protected all of humanity, regardless of good or evil."

"Have you ever felt that the society you created was inconsistent and you couldn't help but want to start over?"

Jeanne asked casually.

Roy was suddenly stunned.

That's right.

He did have this sense of disobedience. Standing on the top floor of the Central Building, looking at Z City that he had created with his own hands, he had this sense of disobedience more than once. He couldn't help but want to tear down City Z and start over. But every time I don't know which step I made a mistake in, I can only let it go.

"Although it is just my guess, I guess you are probably unhappy because you are unable to distinguish between good and evil in this city and protect the evil ones together."

Joan of Arc looked at Roy with a complicated expression, pity but also guilt.

His psychological problems were not complicated, but they were much heavier than she imagined.

Human good and evil cannot be easily distinguished. Sometimes human beings will still wander between good and evil, and it is impossible to determine whether it is good or evil.

But Roy has an extremely terrifying obsession with the good and evil of human beings. In his eyes, human kindness and malice can be separated... No, it should be said that he feels that he must separate the good and evil of human beings. Just look at them separately.

The moment he heard "cannot distinguish between good and evil", Roy felt enlightened and enlightened.

That's right, it's because of this that he is dissatisfied with the Z city he created!

What he should create should be a paradise that all good people can enjoy, rather than a paradise on earth where all human beings can be put in and the good and evil can be enjoyed together. The evil people should be excluded and sent to hell. That's right!

This is indeed what he really thinks in his heart.

"But, having said all that, what does this have to do with my personality fusion?"

Roy said puzzledly. Although he had solved some questions, it seemed that these questions had nothing to do with his own personality fusion, right?

"Because what I just said is half of your character."

As Jeanne said this, her expression gradually became uncomfortable.

"Your attitude towards evil is that you regard evil as a tumor and do not regard evil people as human beings at all. But on the other hand, you are full of enthusiasm for good intentions. You will help those you recognize to the end and release you as much as possible. A kind person, no matter how difficult it is, you will help them solve their troubles... For example, when Dongri Wanlin was in the underground river, she just thought that she would drag you down and asked you to leave her and run away alone, so you decided to do it. Get her out."

Roy nodded matter-of-factly.

"Everyone would regard the kindness of human beings as a treasure, right?"

"I don't deny that, but the degree is different."

Jeanne shook her head.

"Even if ordinary people regard human kindness as a treasure, they will not try to build a paradise for the sake of human kindness."

Roy was speechless again.

This is true.

He does want to build a paradise for those who do good, send hell to those who do evil, and separate the good and evil nature of mankind. This is indeed his obsession.

From this point of view, his affirmation of human goodness and disgust of human evil are indeed much deeper than ordinary people, to the point of being pathological.

So, here comes the problem.

Why did he have this obsession?

The answer is simple.

Because humans are imperfect, he wants to complete humans.

So why complete humans?

"Don't you understand the answer yet?"

Joan of Arc stopped, turned around, her expression gradually calmed down, and she looked at Roy steadily.

"You think that there is a contradiction in your spirit because you have two sides to the way you view human beings. On the one hand, you want to protect human beings, but on the other hand, you are indifferent to the suffering that human beings encounter. But in fact, these two are not the same. There is no conflict. You are indifferent to the suffering of human beings because you are extremely disgusted with human malignancy, and you want to protect human beings because of your extreme affirmation of human goodness.”

"The destructive desire to destroy the world cannot be suppressed by the same desire to save. The only thing that can suppress your malice towards all mankind is one emotion, which is more passionate than anything else and deeper than anything else. , heavier than anything else——"

"This answer should already be in your mind, right?"

Joan of Arc looked at Roy quietly. All the complex expressions in her eyes completely subsided at this moment, leaving only extreme calm.

No matter what he becomes, she will stay by his side until the sea is gone.

Just like her feelings for him, he also had the same feelings for mankind as a whole.

Roy's eyes widened slightly, his expression full of astonishment.

At this moment, the answer appeared in his mind.

I?

To humans?

Are you kidding me?

But counting down the details, he couldn't refute Joan's words.

If he put this answer into his heart, he found that all his mental problems were solved, all his doubts so far were answered, and his contradictory personalities also had the opportunity to be perfectly reconciled.

Joan of Arc looked at Roy, opened her pink lips and wanted to say something more, but suddenly, she paused again, looked behind Roy, was startled for a moment, and then smiled with relief.

"It seems there is someone else who wants to say something to you, so leave the rest of the time to him. I'll be waiting for you in front."

As soon as she finished speaking, Joan showed an encouraging smile to Roy, then raised her steps and walked towards the depths of the Great Holy Grail.

Roy was startled for a moment, as if he realized something, he slowly turned around and looked behind him.

Behind him, a dark figure appeared.

"Hey, now that things have happened, have you finally come this far?"

The man was completely black, of medium build, as if his entire body was in a black hole, with only a pair of eyes showing, and he gave Roy a teasing smile.

"...Are you still alive, Angra Mainyu?"

Roy looked quite surprised, and looked at the man in astonishment.

"Humph, saying alive is not quite right."

Anggra Mainyu snorted, winked at Roy, and said with ill intentions.

"You still have my curse on you, and this is a place where time and space are misaligned with the outside world, so it is equivalent to a trace of my consciousness before I die, talking to you in the future."

Is that so.

He still has Angra Mainyu's curse on him, and with this as a medium, Angra Mainyu's consciousness in the Holy Grail has descended here through unstable time and space, which means that he will be absorbed by the Holy Grail in the next moment, but that next moment has not yet arrived.

"What are you doing here?"

Roy looked at him indifferently. At this point, he no longer takes Angra Mainyu seriously.

"I'm here to find the answer."

Angora Mainyu had no intention of fighting Roy, he just spread his hands in a very bachelor manner.

"What the saint lady said to you just now, the oldest king of mankind also told me, I can't figure out no matter what, why you refused to destroy the world with me, so I came to see, now I finally understand, it turns out that the feeling buried in your heart is that!"

"Haha, it's really interesting!"

Angora Mainyu laughed to himself.

"You and I should have been the same, both victims of the confused desire to save the world. You are the true portrayal of me in modern times. The compatibility between the two of us should be perfect! Not only the experience, but even your view of good and evil, also perfectly conforms to the doctrine of the Zoroastrianism of good and evil dualism! But fate played a trick on us, and our destinies took two completely different directions along the way!"

Like Roy, he was a victim born under the desire to save the world.

But Roy met Joan of Arc, and from then on he took another direction and was finally redeemed.

And Angora Mainu, who never met his Joan of Arc until his death, bled dry, and the road of an innocent monster came to an end.

"What do you want to say?"

Roy asked Angora Mainu with an expression unchanged.

"Need I say? Of course I want to see your future!"

Angora Mainu said as a matter of course.

"See what kind of heights a victim like me who took a different path can eventually reach - for this, you can use me as much as you want!"

What does it mean?

Roy can understand that he wants to see his future.

But use you as much as you want?

What does my future have to do with you?

The next moment when Roy was puzzled, a huge and boundless malice suddenly appeared in front of Roy from far away.

It was an endless sea of ​​black mud.

It was not an entity, but all the conceptualized malice.

- All the evil in this world!

"You should need this. Without it, you will have to spend a long time collecting powerful enough ownerless spirits."

Angora Mainyu waved to Roy, and the boundless sea of ​​black mud slowly floated towards Roy.

"You have long been symbiotic with my curse, and you are also my portrayal in modern times. Even your concept of good and evil is completely consistent with the Zoroastrianism I belong to. In this case, as long as you replace yourself with me in concept, you can control this malice with ease!"

"I'll leave this to you. Bye!"

Angora Mainyu grinned at Roy, revealing his white teeth.

"Don't let me down!"

As soon as the voice fell, before Roy could respond, Angora Mainyu's figure completely disappeared from here.

He returned to the normal timeline. During the Holy Grail War, he was defeated by Roy who tampered with the rules of the Holy Grail with the Magic Eye, and his soul was crushed and absorbed by the Holy Grail.

Roy looked at the place where Angora Mainyu disappeared, and was speechless for a long time.

Although he was an enemy, he didn't expect that he would give him a great gift in the end.

After a long time, he raised his head and looked up at the black mud sea in the sky. The concept of space here was thin, and the black mud sea seemed surprisingly close to him, as if it would fly over as long as he hooked his finger.

"I thought it was purification, but it's actually cutting?"

Roy muttered.

As the holder of the Chaos Tide, Tiamat took more than two years to purify the Holy Grail. This was not very reasonable. In fact, it was because Tiamat was not purifying the Holy Grail, but cutting all the evils of this world from the Holy Grail, and wanted to give the Holy Grail and all the evils of this world to Roy together.

She is worthy of being a mother, so considerate.

Although if it was just purification, it would have been completed long ago, and Roy would have been able to summon Jeanne d'Arc and complete the materialization of the soul.

But having said that, if Tiamat had purified directly, he would not be able to get this gift from Angora Mainyu now.

Just like what Angra Mainyu said, once he awakens himself and stands in that position, he must collect a large number of ownerless spiritual bases to replenish himself, but now he doesn't need to.

Conceptual malice is endless. As long as Tiamat continues to supply magic power, malice can be infinitely generated, with malice as the foundation, turning into his spiritual base.

Ordinary people would have gone crazy in the face of such a huge evil, but he had no problem, he had already lived with this evil.

"Is this also part of your calculation?"

Roy looked up at the sky, his expression indifferent, without naming anyone, nor did he clearly say what the calculation was.

But the next moment, a space window opened in front of him.

"No, this is your own qualification."

"Humph, I believe your nonsense!"

Roy snorted coldly.

He opened the reverse moon magic eye and compiled a brand new magic on the spot, applying the concept of Angora Mainyu to himself, and then waved his hand, and the black mud sea in the sky suddenly swooped down and poured into his bottomless body.

Roy turned around, took a deep breath, took off his glasses, crushed them with one hand, and a dark smile filled with malice appeared on his face.

"I see, that's not bad!"

"Then admit it, the feelings I have for humans are warmer, deeper, and heavier than anything else, that is love! I have infinite affirmation of human kindness, and I do not recognize malice as a part of human beings. Based on this, from today on, I will stand on the seat of Beast!"

His love for humans is to divide humans into good and evil sides, and only love the goodness of humans, and do not recognize malice as human beings.

Because he is obsessed with completing humans, the truth he holds has long been determined.

Roy walked into the depths of the Holy Grail.

At the same time, outside, the Holy Grail lying quietly in the arms of Tiamat suddenly bloomed with an extremely deep and dazzling brilliance at this moment, and the speed of taking magic from Tiamat was more than a hundred times faster than before, attracting the attention of everyone present.

Outside the world channel, the curses that permeated every corner of the world, at this moment, turned into dark magic beams that flew into the sky, like thousands of rivers returning to the sea, converging towards Fuyuki City, sinking into the underground of Aozaki's house, and flowing into the Holy Grail.

The curse of the entire world was extinguished in a very short time.

Not only that, the curse carried by Melusin, the curse carried by Roy himself, and even the conceptual malice bestowed by Angra Mainyu, at this moment, under the magic power provided by Tiamat, they all turned into a pure torrent of spirit particles and poured into the Holy Grail and Roy's body.

The scale of his spirit base expanded significantly, visible to the naked eye.