"Julian!!!"
Emiya Shirou shouted at Julian, who had reappeared on the stone platform above, clenching his fists. "Give it up! You have nowhere to run. Surrender!"
"Heh!"
Julian, his eyes surrounded by dark circles, looked disdainfully at Emiya Shirou, sneering coldly as he glanced at the people beside him.
"Emiya Shirou, if it weren't for these monsters that suddenly appeared, my myth would have already been completed. The world would have been saved!"
Locking eyes with Emiya Shirou's furious gaze, Julian said unwillingly, "Now you actually want me to surrender! Are you insulting the Ainsworth family's long-cherished wish?"
A black shadow once again enveloped Julian's body. A middle-aged man with long black hair appeared where Julian had been standing. He reached out his right hand to brush away the bangs in front of him, looking down at the crowd below. His previously somewhat lazy eyes were now sharp and piercing.
Placing his right hand on his forehead, lifting one foot to step on the edge of the stone platform, the middle-aged man curled his lips into a smile, his fierce eyes staring at Miyu Emiya below. He shouted to the crowd:
"The world is about to be destroyed. The Ainsworth family's thousand-year wish has always been to save humanity and the world!"
Standing up straight, the middle-aged man pulled over Erika, who was wearing a black and purple dress, and loudly introduced to the people below:
"This girl, who has existed for a thousand years in the Ainsworth family, is the key to salvation! Now, as long as you hand over the Holy Grail to me, this world that is about to be destroyed will be saved!"
"Darius!"
Illyasviel looked up in surprise at the middle-aged man who seemed to be introducing items to their group, and shouted incredulously, "Erika-chan is your daughter! What are you talking about!"
"Erika, huh..."
Darius looked down at Illya, who was shouting at him, smiled and released Erika's hand, waving dismissively. "That's what she's called now, huh? But her true identity is the key made by the gods—Pandora! Inside her exists the hope of salvation, and now, the only thing missing to open the door is the Holy Grail."
"So, for the sake of the world..."
"Could you please hand over the Holy Grail to me?" Darius bowed sincerely to the people below, earnestly requesting.
"Get lost!!!"
Roaring in anger, Emiya Shirou clenched his fists tightly, shouting at Darius who was bowing above, "The Holy Grail! The Holy Grail! The Holy Grail!!! Don't use that kind of object name to describe my sister!"
Pulling Miyu beside him, Emiya Shirou questioned Darius, "She is my sister! Previously Miyu Sakatsuki, now Miyu Emiya. She was human before, and will remain human in the future. What gives you the right to treat a person as an object just because of her innate ability!"
"And what gives you the right to sacrifice my sister to achieve your damned wish!"
Darius straightened up, looking at Emiya Shirou who was shouting angrily at him. He grinned, seemingly helpless, and said, "But isn't she still the Holy Grail? No matter what her previous identity was, as long as she has that ability, then she is the Holy Grail, the last hope of this dying world. Only by having her and Pandora open the hope left by the gods can this world be saved!"
Raising his hands as if embracing the world, Darius looked down at the furious Emiya Shirou and asked loudly, "Emiya Shirou! Countless lives in this world are about to disappear in the impending destruction. And now, with just a small sacrifice, this world, these countless lives can be saved! Can this even be called a choice?"
Extending his right hand, Darius invited Emiya Shirou, "Come! For the world, for these countless lives, Emiya Shirou! Hand over your sister—Miyu Emiya—to me, hand over the Holy Grail to me. I will fulfill the Ainsworth family's thousand-year wish. The world will be saved, countless lives will be saved!"
"Onii-chan..."
Hearing Darius's words, Miyu's heart was filled with panic. She grasped Emiya Shirou's big hand helplessly.
"It's okay."
Gently comforting Miyu, Emiya Shirou patted her head and said with a smile, "If this world needs to sacrifice a young girl to be saved, then it might as well be destroyed. I will definitely protect you."
"Well said!"
Suddenly, a sharp voice sounded beside Emiya Shirou. Keqing looked at him approvingly and said, "Young children are existences that should be protected. Solving problems is the duty of adults."
Smiling, she bent down and patted the dazed Miyu's head. Keqing showed a smile and said, "Don't worry, we will protect you."
Giving Emiya Shirou an apologetic smile, Keqing stepped forward. Originally, everyone planned to let Emiya Shirou, the protagonist of the incident, end this matter. But the chatterbox above had made Keqing, who firmly believes in human strength, unable to bear it any longer.
Keqing looked up at Darius above, purple lightning leaping across her body. Drawing the long sword from its scabbard, she pointed at Darius and said, "You! As someone living in a world dominated by humans, you only think about relying on the power of gods who have already left! Never considering solving problems with human strength, and now you even want a young child to become a sacrifice! How shameless!"
"Hahaha!"
Looking at Keqing below who was accusing him of relying on divine power, Darius could no longer remain calm. He pressed his hand against his face and laughed maniacally, one eye staring coldly at Keqing through his fingers, and asked chillingly, "This is a crisis that will destroy the world. What use is human power in such a disaster? Besides relying on the supreme power of the gods, what else can we do? Little girl who doesn't know what gods are!"
"Gods, huh~"
Looking at Darius, Keqing raised her sword in front of her chest, lightning swiftly flowing over her body. In her purple eyes, lightning flashed. A bolt of lightning rose from the ground, like a thunderbolt tearing through space, descending above Darius and forming a purple lightning mark.
Then, in a flash of lightning, Keqing's figure appeared at the position of the lightning mark. Surrounded by purple lightning, Keqing charged towards Darius.
"I am Keqing, Yuheng of the Liyue Qixing, who has walked with the gods for a thousand years. I am very familiar with the power of gods!"
As the lightning flashed, Keqing's words echoed in the space.
"But! I still firmly believe in human strength. Gods are not omnipotent, gods can also make mistakes! One day, I will carve the mark of humanity in the city of the Geo Archon!"
The purple sword tip appeared in front of Darius. Wrapped in lightning, Keqing swung the sword in her hand without hesitation.
"And now! Let me eliminate you, an evil aberration, and send you on the path to the afterlife!"
"Ah! This is truly an interesting play. A clay doll of calamity, and a big sister from the city where gods exist," a childish voice sounded. The figure of young Gilgamesh appeared beside Emiya Shirou, smiling as he said, "Big brother, can you give me the card in your hand? That is my other half."