64--All according to plan (Keikakudori~)

Leave the emotional reactions and family chatter to Rin and company. For my part, I ran into the arms of my beloved wife, not only did I steal Heracles' heart but also assimilate part of his essence, his divinity, which is corroding me from within. Crashing against the window and breaking it into pieces I fell on the sofa in the living room, Medea was waiting for me with a slight smile, which disappeared when she saw me injured and bleeding.

--Master~!

I smiled and took the heart of Heracles out of my dimensional pocket.

--A memory~ I also took part of his divinity, although it's killing me. Can you take it out?

To my question Caster only nodded and moved her fingers elegantly, a series of magic circles and crests of unknown meaning floated around us, taking the heart in her hand she extracted the divine energy while healing my worn body.

--Master~ I know that avenging Sasaki had priority for you, but please refrain from doing such dangerous things, not always being able to heal your wounds.

Caster smiled and kissed my cheek, his lips warm and fragrant, the scent of lilacs filling my brain. Calming my mind and soul.

"Medea…we have the Matou grail core, Gilgamehs soul, a sacrificial body and Heracles heart along with a fraction of his divinity, not counting the Einzberg proxy…do you think Can we bring down the lesser grail?

Resting on Caster's thighs, I looked into his aquamarine eyes in which my shattered and blood covered image was reflected.

--Master could have brought down the lesser grail from the moment he rescued the Sakura girl, with his "Mana Furnace" and my guide is an easy task, purifying and harnessing that energy is equally easy for us.. .it's just that Master is too cautious~

Medea stroked my hair tenderly, her delicate fingers outlining each of my features.

--I am sorry?

--Master shouldn't apologize, in the end everything goes according to plan~

--Yes, everything is going according to plan~ Is Heracles' heart a bonus then?

I said in a dismissive tone only for Medea to pinch my side.

--It's an excellent material~ I can prepare a medicine to cure and improve master's body~ I just need some ingredients~

--Healing? Can I reverse genetic corrosion?

--You will not be human again, Master~

"But will the pain stop?"

--Yes Master~

--Decided~ Medea, my love, my queen, my life please make that potion~

I begged my queen with total and utter impudence, earning me a beautiful and radiant smile from my beloved.

--My sweet and cute Master, since you brought this item~ I decided to prepare said concoction~ I am also aware that you obtained the keys to the Einzberg inheritance. I think we'll have a hectic honeymoon after this war~

--Hahahaha~ My dream is something simple Medea, You, me, a few purple-haired children on a Mediterranean island or anywhere else. I am a weak man. Medea, I just want to live a quiet life with a few emotions here and there, I threw myself into the world of magic out of necessity and revenge, now that everything is in the palm of my hand, I feel incredibly empty. All my plans, a full decade of effort, ten years putting my life on the edge, over a hundred Magi and vampires killed by my hands, a decade of looting and destruction across the globe, all to destroy this ridiculous ritual, everything to end up feeling this emptiness...

Some tears escaped from my eyes, my voice trembled at some point I broke down and started crying while being hugged by Medea.

--Master... don't worry, your battle, your war has already ended, the forces that opposed your word no longer exist... that emptiness is only the sign that you have fulfilled your goal, that debt that momentum of the last ten years has finally been paid off. Leave the details to me~

Medea clung to my body and hugged me, losing myself in her warmth I was claimed by exhaustion and sleep.

--Medea...

--Sleep well~ Honey~

Seeing Caster's faded smile I sank into the world of dreams.

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My master, my husband, my savior Akatsuki Kurama is such a, such... strange man?

Although he is an expert in anti-magic and has an exceptional talent to use, detect and negate mind magic, his defense when he is in front of me is completely nil, his trust in me is somewhat terrifying, trusting me the witch of the betrayal is something illogical but he did it, he risked his life to face the son of the light of Ireland Cu Chulain "Lancer", he gave himself to me to be my anchor and offered to fulfill my wish, he gave me a home, half his warmth, gave me his… everything? and so that, so that every night I would delve into his memories, scrutinizing and reviewing all his secrets, glimpsing his true origin, all this behind his back.

I am certainly worthy of being called the witch of betrayal, but I will never betray this man so damaged, a soul that came from the void, baptized in the primordial mud and in the fire of the remnant chaos of the 4th war, a soul cursed and without name that possessed a dying body, the broken and tottering crawled in and out of hell, undergoing a thousand penances in the only hope of reducing the world's mistakes, he who calls himself a villain, does not realize that he is nothing but a great hero.

Centuries ago I was a simple victim of the machinations of the gods and ended up becoming a witch for supporting a hero I was forced to love. Comparing my travels on the Argo to my days on this world, these have easily been the happiest days I've had in a long time, Master showers me with love and care, always attentive to my needs and curiously never letting me go into battle, He carries all the weight on his back, always looking for a way to reduce collateral damage, always looking for the most efficient path even if it costs him his own humanity or his own life.

--A weak man? Master~ you are the strongest and most honest man alive since the age of the gods~

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-- Archer...

"Yes, Rin?

--What is Kurama-Kun's real plan, you seem to know something?

--No more than your Rin, the 10th Seat... well Aniki, he's a "Super Villain~"

--Although it does nothing but save us all~

--Hahahaha~ It's kind of ironic, isn't it Rin?

--Are you very talkative Archer?

--The war is about to end... and well I'm going to try my luck with it.

--Try luck, here you mean Archer?

--Master my wish, it is somewhat complicated to fulfill although it is not impossible.

And what is that wish?

--Never become a hero...

--But that!

--Yes, the throne of heroes is a place foreign to the concept of time, present, past, future, everything is the same on the throne, my wish is to abandon it.

--I see, that's why you say "You're going to try your luck"

--Yes~ although Aniki won't make things easy for me~

--Archer, why do you refer to Kurama-Kun as "10th Seat" and "Aniki", do they know each other?

--Rin, you must have already realized that I am a Modern Heroic Spirit, when I was alive I met him and worked with him, since he himself has many memories and visions we are both mutually aware of each other~ call it a meeting of old acquaintances .

--Hero from the future~ huh?

--Yep~...

And how are you going to fulfill your wish?

--I'll use the grail to find myself and... you can imagine the rest~

Archer gave a sarcastic, grim smile which made his own Master back away.

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The 5th War for the Holy Grail is slowly approaching its end, while each of the two remaining Masters waited for the call of an element that should not exist in that world.

An existence born and originated from chaos on the other side of the grail, a small consciousness born from the desires of humanity.