Multiversal Friendship System-Chapter 140 - Come On, Everyone Line Up to Make a Wish

Hearing Souta deny being a lolicon, Illya, who was holding his hand, pouted, while Rin Tohsaka standing nearby gave him a disdainful look.

Further away, Irisviel secretly thought Souta was being dishonest, while Kiritsugu Emiya exhaled a smoke ring with a grim expression.

Iskandar and Waver were gazing out the window in silence, while Tokiomi Tohsaka remained unconscious on the floor.

The atmosphere in the room was filled with an awkward silence that made Souta feel uncomfortable.

He felt like the whole world was against him!

Fortunately, the silence was broken when Artoria walked out, her footsteps disrupting the heavy atmosphere.

Souta suddenly froze because he could feel an abnormal movement from the Little Holy Grail in his arms.

A Servant's soul had entered the Little Holy Grail, and a storm of immense magical energy surged outward.

"Saber, where is Lancelot?" Souta immediately asked.

"I have given him the punishment he deserved."

Artoria lowered her head and spoke in a heavy tone.

She seemed a bit down.

"Are you okay, Saber?" Irisviel walked over with a face full of concern. "You don't look like yourself."

"I'm fine, it's just... I feel like I've let down a lot of people."

Artoria thought about the look of relief in Lancelot's eyes in his final moments.

That knight had longed to be pierced through the chest by her holy sword, dying peacefully in her arms.

Lancelot and Guinevere had shared the same ideals as their king, but because they were too weak to uphold them, they chose betrayal and escape instead.

They had blamed themselves deeply for betraying the one most important to them, carrying that guilt for a lifetime.

Even in death, they had not found redemption.

Artoria had wanted to tell Lancelot, You are not a sinner.

But to Lancelot, those words probably meant nothing.

Even if others denied his guilt, the one most tormented by it was himself.

Artoria felt a deep sense of remorse—why hadn't she noticed Lancelot's loneliness back then?

What she should have done was not tolerate him, but punish him, freeing his noble soul from the torment of his overwhelming guilt.

— The king does not understand the hearts of people.

That statement was more fitting for her past self than anything.

"No Time for Sentimentality."

Souta interrupted Artoria's thoughts and said,

"The Holy Grail is about to appear. If you have regrets, use your wish to make up for them. But first, we need to go to Ryuudou Temple—this is not the right place for the Holy Grail to manifest."

"Isn't it too late to go there now? The Holy Grail is about to emerge."

Rin glanced at the heart in Souta's hand, which was beginning to dissolve, looking a little concerned.

"No worries, since we're at the final stretch, I'll let you all indulge in a bit of luxury."

Souta looked at everyone and smiled.

"I'll handle the teleportation."

With that, divine power surged from him, and a golden radiance filled the room, enveloping everyone present.

Of course, Tokiomi Tohsaka was left out—he had nothing to do with making wishes, so he could just continue lying there.

"It's starting."

Souta gave them a heads-up, then activated his power, instantly teleporting the five people and three Servants out of the room.

In the blink of an eye, they appeared above the vast underground cavern behind Ryuudou Temple.

Souta tossed the heart in his hand outward.

The sealing magic on the heart had vanished, and it was now being refined into the Holy Grail's vessel.

As it absorbed immense magical energy, waves of heat radiated from it, scorching the surrounding area.

Soon, the heart was completely burned away, turning to ashes, and the golden chalice emerged.

The moment it came into contact with the outside air, the golden chalice scorched the ground, and flickering flames of mystical energy floated above it.

As if lifted by invisible hands, the Holy Grail hovered in the air.

The long-awaited Holy Grail ritual, which the Founding Three Families had dreamed of, began silently—without even a single officiating priest.

"The Holy Grail...!"

Everyone present looked at the golden chalice with excitement, their eyes filled with longing.

As the magical energy stabilized, an opening appeared at the top of the Holy Grail—a passage leading to the Greater Grail.

Needless to say, there was no black, tar-like substance inside.

The Evil of This World had long been incinerated by Souta's divine fire.

Now, the passage contained only pure, boundless magical energy.

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The accumulated magic from 60 years of Fuyuki City's ley lines, combined with the energy converted from burning five Servants' souls—this was the foundation upon which the Holy Grail could grant wishes.

The original goal of the Founding Three Families was to carve open a passage to the Root, the ultimate truth beyond the world.

To achieve this, the ritual required seven Servants' souls.

That's why the last surviving Master was always forced to command their Servant to commit suicide.

However, if the goal was simply to fulfill a wish within the world, there was no need to open a path beyond it.

As long as the Holy Grail could manifest, the energy from the ley lines and the burned Servants' souls was enough to grant a wish.

Of course, that was assuming the wish wasn't too absurd.

For example, wishing for Earth to be destroyed—yeah, that definitely wouldn't work.

"Will the magical energy Be Enough?"

Rin eyed the golden Holy Grail skeptically.

"We need to grant four people's wishes."

"It should be enough. Illya and Irisviel only need to restore their bodies, which doesn't require much energy. Iskandar's wish is to obtain a human body—he might just need to touch the Grail. The only concern is Saber..."

Souta wasn't entirely sure either, so he said,

"Let's have the most energy-consuming wish go first. If the smaller wishes run out of power, I'll supplement it with my divine energy."

"And if even that's not enough?"

"In that case, I'll take a quick trip back to Akame ga Kill, recharge my divine power, and then use it to summon two different versions of Gilgamesh from different time periods, kill them twice, and replenish the Holy Grail with seven Servant souls. That way, we can carve open a passage to the Outside and tap into its near-infinite energy to grant our wishes."

Souta laid out his plan logically and methodically.

"As long as we make our wishes quickly and destroy the passage immediately afterward, the Counter Force shouldn't hunt you down."

Rin's eye twitched.

If Gilgamesh heard this plan, he would probably jump up and start cursing.

She asked skeptically, "Shouldn't it be 'hunt us down'? You're included too."

"Nope, I'm not making a wish, so I'll just run away."

Souta teased Rin with a grin.

"At that point, the Counter Force will probably see you guys as a threat and be ready to backstab you at any moment. You'd better start living cautiously."

"...Hmph, then I'll just go to your world and leech off you."

Rin huffed, kicking Souta's knee.

After that, she turned to Artoria and waved her over.

"Saber, you go first. Then Irisviel and Illya, and finally Iskandar."