Prisma LxL

Accommodation

Admittedly, it was Illya who initiated the past sharing and she was the main contributor as he had lost much of his memories in his long service to Alaya.

So far her past seems very comedic, with some tones of depressions but he very well knew that some events will twist it. Perhaps he was wrong and that she just longed to be with her friends and her Shirou.

"A demi-god, huh," Cao Cao muttered, drawing Archer's attention back to the conversation at hand. "That was enough to draw hate towards the gods? I am not judging but that reasoning seems shallow."

Archer observed as Georg sent an irritated look to the spearman, obviously irritated at the insensitivity. "I don't hate the gods," he corrected. "Tell me, how many heroes had been forsaken in their petty greed?"

Cao Cao thought for a second before answering, "I suppose Hercules is the best example as well as Gilgamesh in your specific category."

"Now tell me, how many times had the moonlit world hold back humanity's progress and sometimes regressed it?"

"Hm... There are quite a few cases such a the Salem Witch Trials, the Bronze Age Collapse, and the Dark Ages, well at least at the beginning."

"I am no scientist but if humanity gains the power to surpass the established order, the gods will take action and thus regress humanity."

Once he was done spewing his nonsense, Archer closed his eyes briefly, in order to sigh in relief while disguising it as a sign of frustration.

"What if every human had the ability to use sacred gears and utilize balance breaker?" Cao Cao inquired, his grin wide.

Archer was left miffed at such a suggestion. If every human had the ability to use a weak noble phantasm? Granted, most sacred gears were more like mystical codes than noble phantasms but even then... A whole army of mystical code wielders? No, a whole world full of people having such power?

Cao Cao's grin widened even further at the speechless Archer. "Come, let me show you something," he declared as he started to walk towards something that he considered grand.

Archer regained his composure and followed suit. "What do you mean if they had the ability?" he asked as they made their way.

"Exactly what I mean, I want to put humanity on top, and what is the best way to do that? The hero faction will be the spearhead that will plunge itself straight into the evil and humanity shall be the shaft that will allow us to dig deep while not losing ourselves. Humanity will eventually triumph and kill every single one of them.

"And we shall first start here," Cao Cao finally stopped as he stepped into a vast space and motioned to all around him.

What Archer saw made him hate the spear-wielding bastard even more.

All around the space laid dozens of people withering in pain and insanity as black tendrils clung onto them. On every single one of them was a sacred gear that glowed brightly as it tried to evolve.

To make matters worst, Cao Cao seemed to be proud of what was going on behind him. "This is the first step to the evolution of mankind," the bastard declared. "So, I ask you... Will you join me?"

Archer looked at Cao Cao's hand before a faux smirk plastered itself on his face. "Sure," he declared in turn, taking Cao Cao's hand and shaking it.

He sent a look at the withering masses and clenched his unoccupied hand into a fist. I am sorry, but for the sake-

"Illya!" he heard Le Fay and another woman shout, drawing his attention behind him and away from the spearman.

He watched speechlessness as Illya tried to heal a nearby victim, drawing upon a potion from a dimensional space in order to attempt to heal them.

"I will save everyone in front of me, no matter who they are!" Distant memories of foolish optimism plagued his mind as he watched as his sister try to help the withering masses.

Again, he was reminded that this was not the Illyasviel he knew.

Chapter 18 End

I ain't gonna give you all optimism for a consistent schedule and more frequent updates but I do plan to update this story one more time in a few days... Hopefully...

I just hope that I won't run into an author's block and give up...

Anyhow, I do hope you enjoyed this chapter... I think the writing style may be different but I tried to stick to the usual style in order to be consistent. Also, I do believe I messed up on Archer's character so if I did please tell me so I can try to make him more Archer-like.

I only got back to anime recently so I may have forgotten Illya's and Archer's characteristics as well as the Hero Faction members'.

SaveTheWeak, out... Hopefully not forever.