Fate: As Gilgamesh

Ch. 22 Command

Volume 2 : Roaring Orléans - Slaying the Evil Dragon

I had a dream.

Burning city, dark sky. Houses burning down.

Trampled lives, horrifying shapes covering the sky.

No future, no tomorrow, no progress, no hope, no advancement.

I had a nightmare, I had a nightmare, I had a nightmare.

The approaching destruction, the impending return.

'You don't need a future.'

'You don't need progress.'

'You don't need hope.'

'Just come to me, to your mother.'

'I love you, I love you, I love all of you.'

'So, all that exists is the desire to return.'

'Don't go, don't go.'

⬛ sings. Singing the destruction.

'Don't leave me behind.'

Destruction is approaching. The return is imminent.

Once again, once again.

Evil that must be destroyed is right before our eyes.

A new form that circles the heavens.

Mocking, laughing, trampling on things with value.

'Joyful, joyful, joyful.'

'Amusing, amusing, amusing.'

'Ahaha, ahaha, ahaha!'

'Kyahaha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!'

'Joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful, joyful!'

'Tell me, tell me,'

'What is it that you dislike?'

'Kyahaha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!'

'Beloved ones, return to me.'

Singing, singing. Something claiming to be my mother approaches.

⬛⬛ will destroy, the evil will be destroyed.

'Aaaaaaaa――――'

――Piercing through the earth, to life, to providence.

The city built, the cornerstone of the future.

There, it met its end.

***

"Awaken, awaken, King of Heroes."

In response to the echoing voice, I open my eyes.

"Oh, Saber... You've come. Finally, to my side..."

"I am Jeanne! It's time to wake up, it's briefing time! Let's get up and get ready!"

"Tch. So, I wake up from a dream only to find a fake Saber. I suppose there's no choice but to go back to sleep. My inevitable defeat..."

"Saber, there's only Okita-san as a Saber in Chaldea! Wake up!"

"Ugh... Such a noisy country girl. Kuuh..."

I get up from my bed.

Now, it feels as if I had a terrible nightmare. But what was it about? I can't remember.