Era of Heroic Spirits: I Was Exposed by Alaya

After his appearance.

All the viewers felt as if they'd swallowed a calming pill, collectively letting out a sigh of relief.

This was the trust built up through one exposure video after another.

Forget just a bunch of monsters—even beings as mighty as the Sumerian gods had been sliced apart by Nameless's sword, forever barred from descending upon the human world!

Once they relaxed, the barrage of comments became much livelier—

-[Go, Nameless! Kill those monsters that dared hurt the little loli!]

-[Illya is finally safe now. I was so scared earlier I couldn't even watch!]

-[By the way, isn't being a guardian knight in the West basically equivalent to a love confession?]

-[King Arthur, Mordred, and the Emperor of France instantly pick up their cleavers: "Tell us, just how many vixens' knight have you been?!"]

-[King Arthur and Mordred are galloping over on horseback—wait, could Nameless actually be in Japan?]

...

"Huh? Nameless is in Japan?"

Roya looked astonished.

That man, through Alaya's repeated exposures, had become even more eye-catching than the Heroic Spirits themselves.

Everyone wanted to see him in person.

To know why he could walk through human history, protecting one Heroic Spirit after another.

To know just how many Heroic Spirits were fighting over him...

The mere thought set countless people's gossipy hearts ablaze.

"I don't know..."

Illya shook her head, watching the man shielding her in the video.

Her lost memories were finally starting to return.

How could she have forgotten being protected by him time and again?

Who tampered with my memories?

After Nameless appeared.

The ferocious monsters threatening the girl were swiftly and decisively eliminated.

With a single sliding tackle, he slipped beneath the tiger.

The projected Noble Phantasm in his hand cleanly slit the beast's throat, killing it on the spot.

This five-meter-tall giant tiger couldn't even last five seconds against him!

One monster after another fell before him as easily as cutting grass.

In the blink of an eye, the creatures surrounding Illya had been completely wiped out!

"Truly amazing, as expected of Nameless!"

Roya exclaimed in awe.

These weren't ordinary beasts—they were clearly magical creatures enhanced many times over by mana.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been worthy of training Illya to control Berserker.

Across from the mischievous child...

Souma sat on the sofa, staring blankly at the scene in the video.

He had previously traveled to the world in the video, hoping to avoid the Holy Grail War, but there was simply no escaping it.

It was all Alaya's fault!

That bastard was determined to make him participate in the Holy Grail War, to make him become a Hero of Justice.

With his foreknowledge, he had tried to end the Holy Grail War in advance.

Unfortunately, he was still too weak back then.

He didn't possess the overwhelming strength to defeat all seven opponents.

The only thing he could do was use his future self to forcibly breach the Einzbern family's defenses and protect Illya through this crisis.

Yes, in this timeline, there were two versions of him!

One was the one who walked the timelines, becoming the "Nameless" hero in the hearts of countless people.

Summoned by Miss Rin, he descended into this timeline to participate in the Holy Grail War.

As for the other him—

The one who truly lived in this world was just an ordinary high school student no one paid attention to.

His name was—

[Emiya]

This was his alternate-dimensional counterpart.

It was also the identity he assumed after transmigrating from his previous life, where he had no supernatural abilities, into this world of heroic spirits and magecraft.

"I never wanted to be a hero of justice, so why did I still end up walking this path?"

Souma stared vacantly at the video.

Perhaps it was all the choice of Steins Gate!

Each person has their own fate, decreed by heaven. Some are born to be kings, others to be outlaws.

And he—he was destined to become a hero of justice!

This wasn't his own choice, and no one knew where this journey would ultimately lead.

Along the way, who he would meet, where he would go, what he would encounter—none of it was certain.

Who could believe that an ordinary high school student could save humanity and become a true hero of justice?

He continued watching the video.

After Nameless descended, Illya, who had been facing danger, could finally rest a little.

She looked at him and asked, "Who are you? Why are you helping me?"

"You'll find out later. I'm... sort of family."

Nameless smiled faintly, then looked into the distance. "I have to go now."

"Can't you stay?"

Illya bit her lip, her voice filled with reluctance.

In the vast and ancient Einzbern family, no one cared about her.

Everyone treated her as nothing more than a weapon for the Holy Grail War.

Pain, suffering, pleading—none of it mattered to these people.

But now, this sudden visitor gave her a strange sense of familiarity, an instinctive desire to rely on him.

"I'm truly sorry."

Nameless sighed softly. "I'm just a projection from the future. To meet the real me, you'll have to go to Fuyuki City."

"Does that mean... I still have to participate in the Holy Grail War?"

Illya lowered her head, her small face filled with sorrow.

It was the previous Holy Grail War that had killed her father!

And her very existence was only for the sake of winning the Fuyuki Holy Grail War, seizing the chance to fulfill any wish.

As for whether she lived or died—no one cared!

"Illya, don't worry. This time, I'll protect you!"

Nameless's figure slowly faded away.

After he disappeared, the young girl looked up at the towering giant she had summoned.

A sweet smile appeared on her delicate, adorable face. "Berserker, once we win the Holy Grail War, we can make all our wishes come true! Let's do our best, okay!"

The giant remained silent.

It had lost all reason, no different from a beast, and could no longer respond to the girl...

After a brief exchange, the audience completely erupted—

-[Holy shit, Nameless actually lived in Fuyuki City?!]

-[No wonder King Arthur wanted to go to Fuyuki City—she was really searching for Nameless!]

-[So does that mean a Holy Grail War once happened in Fuyuki? Why is there no record of it?]

-[Did you forget the 1999 confidentiality agreement? That year saw brutal battles, and all information was sealed!]

-[Yeah yeah, I was still sucking on a pacifier when I went to battle that year!]

...

"Heh, so Nameless really is in Fuyuki City!"

Seeing this, Mordred instantly understood everything.

Now, she just wanted to confront him face-to-face and ask exactly how many vixens he'd seduced!

The most infuriating part was...

That bastard wouldn't even spare a loli who looked like an elementary schooler, so why didn't he show any interest in her?

Had she passed her loli expiration date?

As countless thoughts swirled in Mordred's mind,

The scene in the video changed.

From an ancient castle, it suddenly shifted to an ordinary cherry blossom-themed residence.

It was a storage room piled with countless miscellaneous items.

A red-haired boy was watching as a magic circle on the ground activated the summoning—

"I summon thee!"

"Your body lies beneath me, my fate is bound to your sword!"

"If you heed the call of the Holy Grail, if you obey this will, then answer me!"

"Stand with me for seven days, come forth from the wheel of restraint, O guardian of the scales!"

Hum~

The magic circle glowed, and a figure slowly materialized at its center.

The summoned figure was none other than a youthful, maiden-like Artoria!

She gazed at the red-haired boy and asked, "Tell me, are you my Master?"

Mordred stared at the figure, utterly dumbfounded.

Could it be... that this red-haired boy was the young, Nameless?

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