Fate/Grand Order: the Path of a Sword

Chapter 16: First Singularity (End)

"Recovery of the Holy Grail confirmed," Mashu noted as she sent the Holy Grail to the Chaldea.

Without it, the singularity would be corrected within a short time. Everything would have been as if it had never happened. The bloodshed and destruction caused by Jeanne Alter would have been wiped out and the memory of all this will be erased by everyone's minds.

"Master, what do you think?" Mashu asked timidly, turning her attention to Rider Yuto, Claire and Auros.

Yet, before everything could be said, the issue of Rider had become the main topic.

Ritsuka looked at Rider Yuto and then Yuto. "Did you know who he was?"

Yuto had remained calm when the Dragon Rider showed his face, a calm that was too natural not to be suspicious.

"I didn't care," Yuto answered uninterestedly. "As long as he's not my enemy, then he can be whoever he wants."

And then, he did not find it strange that Rider was "another" him since Arthur Pendragon is a different version of Artoria Pendragon and EMIYA is a different possibility of Shirou Emiya.

"Rider," Ritsuka called as he approached the King of Dragons. "Who are you?"

Ritsuka asked the question, but the truth was that everyone wanted to know, especially curious minds like Da Vinci. Perhaps only Yuto and Mordred were not interested because he and the Master were two different people.

Rider Yuto stared at Ritsuka.

"I was him until the end of the Sixth Holy Grail War," Rider Yuto admitted. "However, when I destroyed Fuyuki's Holy Grail, the second magic led me to a parallel world called Earthland."

"Earthland?" Ritsuka tilted his head to the side.

Rider Yuto described the world he had arrived in as the Earth of the Gilgamesh's era, a world where the Age of Gods was ongoing, the planet was rich in Ether, and there was no clear separation between Gaia and Alaya.

"Jeanne, you know who I am, don't you?" Rider Yuto knew that Jeanne as Ruler possessed an ability called True Name Discernment that allowed her to learn important information such as real name, skills, and parameters of a Servant.

Jeanne nodded and, based on what Yuto had told her, then she understood why he kept his identity hidden. Revealing his legacy meant living in the shadow of Artoria Pendragon.

"To get those parameters and skills, what kind of life have you led?" Jeanne asked.

Like EMIYA, not even Rider Yuto possessed a legend that strengthened him, yet his parameters were those of a High Servant or even a Top Servant. His stats were high, with the sole exception of Luck who was of E Rank.

"Just the life of someone who had something to protect," Rider Yuto replied.

"Fairy Tail," Ritsuka said quietly.

Rider Yuto nodded. "The time I spent there meant a lot to me." He rose from the ground and turned to the Dragon Witch. "They reminded me of the importance of having companions ready to support me."

He had forgotten it. With Auros and Claire dead, only Mordred remained by his side.

"That's why I don't let anyone insult them." Rider Yuto had not forgotten what Jeanne Alter had said, he had simply shelved for a second moment. "What do you say? Did I change your mind?"

Jeanne Alter bit her lip. She didn't offer her help out of compassion, but because she wanted to make Lev Lainur pay for killing Gilles de Rais. After all, he had always supported her from the beginning of her revenge.