Lip suddenly stopped moving her hands. She could feel that something was opening her heart and wanted to break in rudely.
"Please, don't be so rude—"
As Lip's last words fell, Emiya Shirou and Jeanne turned into two pink lights and rushed directly into his chest at an extremely fast speed.
At this moment, her consciousness also dived into the depths of her heart and she fell heavily to the ground.
"Boom--!"
Then there was a sound as if a piece of iron had hit the ground heavily.
"It is not a gentleman's behavior to leave a lady lying on the floor like this—"
Sesshōin Kiara looked at Andersen beside her with a smile.
"I'm just a writer. I don't have the strength to drag her. Didn't you hear the sound when she fell? That wasn't the sound of normal weight falling down."
Andersen refused without even thinking, as he was already working hard enough.
"It's better not to move Lip's body for now. The seniors are still deep inside Lip's heart, and I'm worried about the outside world's impact on him. Moreover, according to the data, Lip's body weighs 1 ton, which is impossible for us to move."
Chapter 717: The Burning Love
The whole person's consciousness seemed to sink into the sea. Everything around him became extremely dim, and his body continued to sink downwards. Then——
His vision suddenly became clear, and his feet suddenly felt empty, as if he was falling from a high altitude. Emiya Shirou fell straight into a bottomless pit below.
Jeanne also appeared beside Emiya Shirou at this moment, always alert to the movements around her.
Although it is still dark around, I can feel the warmth coming from the darkness.
The drifting lines are like flower petals, completely opposite to Lip's vicious claws, giving people a reassuring, flowery impression.
At this moment, a voice came from the void.
That's Lip's voice.
That was the voice from deep inside Lip.
At this moment, the speed of his and Jeanne's fall began to slow down.
"I don't hate anyone. Even if I'm bullied, I will endure it. So, I beg you——"
"Please don't push me to the edge. We are too fragile and luxurious. We will be torn apart and destroyed with just a touch."
Is it fragile?
When it came to Lip's last words, Jeanne and Emiya Shirou couldn't help but feel confused.
This is not a question of fragility at all. The power of those hands and clawed arms is visible to everyone. Joan of Arc's treasure can be easily torn into pieces in just a few seconds.
If anything, it’s not that the world is too fragile, but that her power is too strong.
"Please save me. Whenever they see me, they will reject me without hesitation, bully me, and look at me as if I were a monster."
"Please forgive me, everyone laughed at me and called me an ugly monster."
"But, but, Emiya-senpai is different."
"He would always pay attention to me, look at me with gentle eyes, and speak to me with a soft voice."
"Just like what I saw in my dream, the prince with a gentle smile asked my name."
"I like it most! I like it most! I like it most! I like it most! I like it most! I like it most! I like it most! I like it most! I like it most!"
"I was watching you before we met, and I liked you before we met."
"After we met, this feeling became even more irresistible—"
"Senior is everything to me——!"
"Senior is my ideal——!"
"Senior, it's my love--!"
"That's right! I love him, I love him, I love him--!"
"More than anyone else, more strongly, wanting to crush everything that stands in her way, loving him desperately -"
The sound stopped here, and Shirou Emiya and Jeanne fell into a dark and lifeless world at this moment.
This is a world full of pain that no one will understand and a sense of isolation that no one will care about.
"Why? I have reminded you so many times, why did you come here?"
Lip looked at Emiya Shirou who appeared on this land with sadness.
"If I stay there, I can always look at you, always love you, and always be happy like this—"
"Master!"
Looking at Emiya Shirou walking forward, Jeanne couldn't help but speak out.
It's just too dangerous.
"Our goal is to move forward, and your goal is to stop us. That's why I came here."
It is very simple and easy to understand. There is no ideological conflict between them. It is just that the two sides are in different camps and their goals conflict.
This is a situation that neither side can reconcile at the moment, and a battle is bound to occur.
"Mother?"
Lip murmured to herself, looking a little sad. If Emiya Shirou didn't intend to stop BB, or if BB didn't intend to tamper with the Mooncell, then she wouldn't have confronted Emiya Shirou like this.
However, this was something she could not change at all. She was too cowardly. She could not change Shirou Emiya's mind, nor could she change BB's mind.
However, since it was unavoidable, she still wanted an answer.
An answer that reveals one's own emotions.
"I want to know how you feel about me--!"
When saying this, Lip seemed to have mustered up enough courage and looked into Emiya Shirou's eyes.
"I don't hate it, but I haven't reached the point of loving it either."
Shirou Emiya spoke frankly, this was his most intuitive feeling.
After he knew the reason why he wanted to bully her was due to some special factors, he could no longer hate this girl in front of him who looked ferocious but was actually extremely cowardly and delicate at heart.
Even with the reinforcements of two Servants, Lip did not take action. It was not until BB personally gave the order that Lip fought.
What's more, the person is someone who likes him. How could Shirou Emiya hate such a person?
As for love, he had only met Lip three times from yesterday until now. It was just that after understanding her personality, he had a desire to take care of her and wanted her to be treated better, that was all.
"Is this a rejection?"
Listening to Emiya Shirou's words, Lip looked over with a somewhat stiff expression.
"Yes--"
Emiya Shirou's answer was unusually firm, and he was not shaken at all by Lip's charming face.
"Oh! But, but——"
Lip seemed to have been hit hard. She placed the clawed arms on her chest and stepped back unsteadily. Her face was full of sadness, and she looked at Emiya Shirou with tears in her eyes.
"Master answered decisively."
Jeanne, standing by, couldn't help but complain as she watched Lip begin to waver because of Emiya Shirou's words.
"Like, this feeling can't be erased, this memory can't be erased, I still like you, so please tell me——"
"What should I do to make you like me?"
Intense emotions burst out from Lip and flowed towards Emiya Shirou. It was love that had almost condensed into a physical entity. Her body trembled slightly, and her emotions became unusually unstable at this moment.
Emiya Shirou had only seen Lip for such a short time.
But Lip was almost staring at him, and his emotions were growing as time went on.
It didn't just start when Shirou Emiya arrived at the back of the moon, it even started earlier.
When BB creates dreams, it deprives the Masters of their memories, and those memories are guarded by Lip.
Compared to other Masters, only the memories during the Holy Grail War were taken away.
Shirou Emiya had all his memories taken away by BB.
But no matter how many times Emiya Shirou's memory is taken away, he will wake up again.
BB could only keep retrieving his memories, and Lip also repeatedly watched Shirou Emiya's past.
She gets worried when she sees Shirou Emiya in danger of his life, gets happy when she sees Shirou Emiya defeating his enemies, and gets jealous when she sees him with other women.
What a great wish it is to make everyone happy.
But, since everyone wants to be happy, why can't I hold on to this happiness?
Lip walked forward and slowly stretched out her hand, wanting to touch, wanting to touch the person she was dreaming about.
“Master!!”
Jeanne shouted loudly, trying to pull Emiya Shirou away, but was stopped by Emiya Shirou.
Seeing Lip walking towards him shakily, Emiya Shirou slowly stretched out his hand as if to hold her hand.
My Prince, in Lip's dream, the Prince looked at her with a gentle smile, holding her hand, and walking in a world full of flowers.
But the next second——
"Pfft——!"
Blood spilled on the ground.
Chapter 718: Until Death Separates Them
"no no!"
“Why! Why!?”
"I've been very careful—"
"Why are you so fragile——"
Looking at the palm that was crushed and deformed by the huge force, Lip's eyes gradually became filled with fear.
"Master!"
At this moment, Jeanne ignored Shirou Emiya's obstruction, stood in front of him, and pointed the flag in her hand at Lip, fearing that he would cause secondary harm to Shirou Emiya.
He didn't want to fight Lip, but the positions of both sides made it clear that the confrontation was inevitable.
"Haven't you noticed yet?"
"It's not that this world is too fragile, but that you are too powerful. Your hands, like sharp claws, are enough to destroy anything you want to destroy."
It seemed as if Shirou Emiya didn't feel any pain at all. He slowly lowered his deformed hand without any change in expression, allowing the blood to continue dripping onto the ground.
His eyes met Lip's directly, and here, the confrontation had already begun from the moment of the conversation.
According to the results of the joint analysis by Kiara Sesshōuin and Shiraga Sakura, the only way to open the door now is to obtain the key to open the door from the other party's mind.
Whether it is defeating or killing, fighting on the physical level, there is no way to break the spiritual door that has already been formed. Only the confrontation and conflict of the mind can affect the stability of the door.
Shirou Emiya had never tried to cover the wall with his Infinite Sword System, and he didn't know whether the result would be an erosion. Moreover, according to Andersen, the previous state when facing Cu Chulainn and Drake was basically a one-time thing.
He would not write exactly the same story. If he needed to recreate it, it would take more time. Andersen said it would no longer be possible to write a story in one night.
Shirou Emiya's goal is to open the door that blocks their way forward, not to defeat Lip. Rather than finding a way to defeat her, the key is to get the key to leave here through the gap in her mind.
"You, what are you talking about?"
The moment Lip heard Emiya Shirou's words, her face, which looked like it was about to cry, stopped for a moment. She slowly looked at her hands, and an extremely cold aura burst out from her body.
"My hands are not strange, they are just a pair of ordinary girl's hands. Why did you lie like this? Why did you hurt me like those people did—"
At this moment, both Emiya Shirou and Jeanne assumed fighting stances, always on guard against sudden attacks from the other side.
Unlike before, at this moment, Emiya Shirou could clearly feel Lip's anger.
If anything, it feels like if Shirou Emiya says something wrong, the battle is about to break out.
