Souta recalled the events of the Fifth Holy Grail War.
In that tiline, Rin Tohsaka not only spared Shinji Matou but even risked her life to save him from the black mud.
She was willing to go that far because she considered the fact that Shinji was Sakura's brother—she didn't want Sakura to lose her only family.
Of course, Shirou Emiya probably influenced her decision as well.
But this ti, things were different. Rin knew everything now.
Under these circumstances, Souta could hardly imagine her being rciful toward Shinji.
...Shinji was dood.
Souta shook his head. Forget Rin—even he wanted to beat the crap out of Shinji.
So, whether or not Shinji's life was in danger... frankly, he didn't care.
Just then, he heard footsteps approaching outside the room.
Souta looked up and saw Kurumi and Chelsea slowly walking in.
Kurumi was carrying a tray with a cup of tea. After entering the room, she placed the tray on the table beside Souta—clearly, the tea wasn't for herself.
Lately, she was really starting to give off the aura of a devoted wife.
"You know, you could've just used your ability. There's no need to brew tea manually," Souta pointed out.
"Souta, drinking tea like that would be soulless." Kurumi sighed in mild exasperation. "You need to learn to enjoy life properly."
As a forr noble lady, it seed she had a deep love for tea.
"By the way, when do you plan on heading out for the mission?"
Kurumi handed him the cup of tea, her tone as considerate as ever.
"I'll wait a little longer. I want to finish arranging things with the cult first."
Souta took a sip of the tea. The rich aroma filled his senses as he spoke:
"After all, once we leave, Chelsea will be here alone. If she gets exposed... cough well, it won't end well for her. But if we both leave, then all our efforts with the cult will be wasted. I haven't figured out how to handle this yet..."
Kurumi suddenly spoke up. "I have a suggestion."
"Hm?" Souta blinked in curiosity. "You have an idea?"
"My idea is..." Kurumi smiled softly. "I'll stay behind in your place."
"No, no, that's unnecessary," Souta waved his hand. "You don't have to go that far—it'd be too much trouble for you."
"This isn't just for you, Souta."
eting his puzzled gaze, Kurumi let out a small sigh and explained:
"After reading the Aka ga Kill manga, I simply can't ignore what's happening in this world. Souta, you're not the only one who wants to change a tragic fate."
"...."
Souta scratched his head. Okay, he had overlooked that.
Kurumi was a person with real emotions and a kind heart.
If she couldn't stand the tragedies of her world, then it made sense that she would feel the sa toward other worlds as well.
In terms of mindset, she was just like him now.
"You're not going back to the Date A Live world?" Souta asked.
"There's nothing urgent for to handle there right now, so I might as well stay here."
Kurumi took Souta's empty teacup and said,
"Besides, I can also help you oversee the growth of the cult and keep the Empire from interfering."
"Hm... alright then. I'll leave it to you."
After considering for a mont, Souta accepted Kurumi's proposal.
Still, he reminded her, "If anything goes wrong, don't hesitate to ssage . I'll co back imdiately."
Kurumi nodded. "Understood. Now, Souta, transfer your points to . I'll need them to purchase ti-travel item cards that can send us ten years into the past. I don't think I have enough on my own."
"No problem." Souta quickly transferred his points and asked, "Will the two of ours be enough?"
"Probably not. But I can extract multiple cards and stack them for continuous use—it should work."
Kurumi had already thought of a solution and imdiately began executing it.
Chelsea, watching from the side, looked incredibly envious.
"Ti travel..." she murmured wistfully. "That would be amazing. If you could save anyone... who wouldn't want that?"
Souta raised an eyebrow. "Do you also have soone you want to save? Oh, wait—I just rembered Aka ga Kill has a spinoff manga. You had a friend nad Taeko, right?"
Taeko was essentially Chelsea's senior—soone who bore a strong resemblance to Aka.
Both of them trained under an assassin group led by Barbara.
Unfortunately, in that prequel manga, which depicted Aka's defection from the Empire, almost everyone died.
Aka's companions and Chelsea's companions ultimately perished in their battles against each other.
"...You know about Taeko?!" Chelsea was shocked.
"Yeah." Souta nodded and suggested, "You could ask Kurumi to help you bring her back. The sa goes for Aka's fallen comrades."
"...Can we really save them?" Chelsea whispered, seemingly lost in thought.
"Of course. But let's deal with our current mission first—there's no rush."
"No matter what, thank you..." Chelsea's eyes glimred with nostalgia, as if she were reminiscing about old friends.
After lingering for a while, she eventually returned to her own palace.
Souta glanced at Kurumi, who was sitting beside him.
Behind her, a massive clock had materialized—her Angel.
She was carefully preparing the Twelfth Bullet and Eleventh Bullet, getting them ready for upload to the system's marketplace to create the ti-travel item cards.
Seeing this scene, Souta felt... warm inside.
Kurumi was sitting very close to him.
Unable to resist, he reached out and ran his fingers through her silky hair.
Then he pinched her soft cheeks, feeling the smooth texture beneath his fingertips.
Kurumi turned her head slightly and gave him a helpless look.
"...What's wrong?" she asked.
"Nothing," Souta chuckled. "I just felt like hugging you."
...
Before leaving, Souta encountered an unexpected issue.
He had no way to collect faith across worlds—it was beyond his current abilities.
Which ant that once he left the Aka ga Kill world, the faith generated by over 200,000 followers in Jellock City would go to waste every single day.
So, he turned to the system for a solution.
Thankfully, the system had one:
He could leave behind a small portion of his Divine Kingdom, embedding it into the void of this world.
This fragnt would act as a faith collector in his absence, gathering divine energy and accepting prayers.
Once he returned, he could harvest everything in one go.
Since his modified divinity had this function, this solved his problem perfectly.
After receiving the ti-travel item cards from Kurumi, Souta finally returned to the real world.
However, he didn't go directly to Rin and Illya.
Instead, he first downloaded the spinoff manga of Aka ga Kill onto his phone.
Then, he made a quick stop back in the Aka ga Kill world and handed the phone to Chelsea and Kurumi.
Only after that did he teleport to Rin Tohsaka's house.
To his surprise, Rin and Illya were together.
The mont he arrived, the two of them rushed up to him.
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