Fate: I Heard After Death, You Can Ascend to the Throne of Heroes?

(Words: 1927)

Snowfield,

The town where the Holy Grail War had erupted, in a suburban villa belonging to one of Weber's students.

"By the way, have any of you noticed that you seem to have overlooked something important?"

Promise, who had returned here once again, casually ignored the chatter and exclamations from the other students as they shared their experiences and marveled in envy, with their voices rising and falling in waves and spoke these words.

Well..to be honest, he wasn't exactly unfamiliar with such a scene.

After all, during the earliest adventures aboard the Argo, similar situations had occurred many times.

However, as these kinds of events became too frequent and overly repetitive, the heroes aboard the Argo eventually became numb and started treating such occurrences as part of their daily routine.

As the saying went, if Promise ever remained quiet for ten days to half a month, even Chiron, the wise centaur, would likely feel a chill of unease and might even seriously consider retreating to the Underworld for a while, just to avoid potential disasters.

"What is it?" Rin Tohsaka, who had just finished contacting Waver, immediately became alert upon hearing Promise's words.

After all, this was Promise speaking, and then she heard...

"That idiot Flat," Promise said, glancing at Rin Tohsaka before shifting his gaze to the equally stunned group of students around him. "Seriously? You all actually forgot about him!"

Hearing his words, the students exchanged awkward glances and then, one by one, averted their eyes in guilt.

Yes, they had indeed forgotten.

But honestly, could you blame them?

With all the explosive revelations surrounding Promise, how could they focus on anything else?

"Well, it's not a big deal anyway," Luvia, the golden haired girl spoke with a mischievous grin on her lips as she cast a teasing look at Rin. "In any case, the outcome of this Holy Grail War is already pretty much decided. And it looks like, once again, Rin Tohsaka, your Holy Grail War is going to end in defeat!"

"What do you mean, 'once again'?!"

The latter frowned, glaring at Luvia. "And if I lose, doesn't that mean you all lose too?"

"Ah, no, not really."

At this time, another student stepped forward, confidently standing beside Promise with a laugh and said.

"I mean, I don't really care about the Holy Grail. I'm just here to help the professor win. And honestly, sticking with Promise feels like the best bet anyway."

As Rin stood there, stunned by the sudden change, Luvia smirked and, without hesitation, stepped to Promise's side as well, clearly signaling her allegiance.

After these words, one by one, other students began to catch on and joined the group, crowding around Promise.

Leaving only Rin, with her eyes wide open, and Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons, who also stood wide-eyed at the scene of "betrayal" unfolding before them.

"You… you all…!"

Just as Rin was at a loss for words, she turned, and spotted Shirou Emiya still seated beside her.

Her heart swelled with emotion..

But before she could fully relish the moment, she watched as Shirou stood up, gave her an awkward, apologetic smile, and quietly walked over to stand beside Promise amidst her eyes, filled with disbelief.

For a moment, Promise was just as taken aback by the sudden shift as Rin was.

But because Tohsaka Rin's facial expressions were too good, after coming back to his senses and thinking it was quite funny, Promise simply spread out his hands, leaned back on the sofa, crossed one leg over the other, and raised his head to show his bossy attitude.

At this moment, his mouth corners were slightly raised, and the students standing behind him seemed to be looking down at Tohsaka Rin, who was clenching her fists and had a face full of humiliation.

With the sunlight refracted through the windows,

At that moment, this scene could only be described as a world-class masterpiece.

"But back to the point," Coughing lightly, still feeling a little bit reluctant, Shirou Emiya helped Tohsaka Rin divert the embarrassment at the moment.

"Promise, what exactly is your wish for the Holy Grail?"

Normally, he wouldn't have asked something so personal, especially of a friend.

But Promise's unique circumstances after all, and his mysterious identity made him genuinely curious about his interest in the holy grail war.

The question clearly piqued the interest of the others as well as they turned their curious gazes to Promise, eager for his answer.

At first, they had assumed Promise's wish was something mundane...perhaps a desire to become a proper magus, strong enough to be recognized by the Holy Grail and chosen as a Master.

But now, it seemed that these were obviously all nonsense.

"Honestly, it's nothing much," Promise said in a nonchalant tone. "I just want to use the Holy Grail War as a way to meet certain people. There are some things I need to say to them."

And when he said this, a flood of memories in everyone's minds

.of myths and legends, and of Jason's exaggerated storytelling that had led to Promise losing his patience, borrowing Jeanne d'Arc's sword, and giving Jason a thorough beating before tying him up.

"The people you want to meet… could it be… wait...Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom? Or perhaps Clotho, the Goddess of Fate? Or maybe even…?!"

Their eyes lit up, and then they all looked at Promise excitedly again, revealing their desire for knowledge again.

At that moment, their expressions clearly spelled out two words: gossip mode.

Seeing this, just as Promise's expression darkened, and a black line seemed to form across his forehead.

"Why didn't you say so earlier?!"

Smack!

With a snap, to everyone's surprise, Rin suddenly stood up with determination and ignoring the stunned gaze of the Amazon Queen Hippolyta, she walked over to Promise and sat down beside him.

"...Master???"

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"Once this is over, I'll destroy the Holy Grail."

After a bit of playful banter, Promise made this declaration to the students gathered around him.

To Promise, who knew far more than most about the Grail's history and its consequences, there was no affection for the artifact that had caused countless tragedies.

What surprised him slightly, however, was the lack of reaction from Shirou Emiya, Rin Tohsaka, and the others after hearing his words.

They merely exchanged glances, as if they had already expected this response.

"Because it feels like something you would do,"

As if noticing the confusion in Promise's eyes, Rin said with a faint smile and paused for a bit before continuing, "But there's one thing I've always been curious about, Promise... How do you seem to know so much about the things Shirou and I have been through?"

Promise nodded lightly, giving an explanation that seemed both reasonable and fitting.

"I have seen your destinies."

Given that they were now aware of his true identity, Rin and Shirou naturally understood his connection to Clotho, the Goddess of Fate.

So, hearing this they exchanged a look of understanding, interpreting it as a divine revelation shown to Promise by the Goddess of Fate.

"So that's how it is," Rin said, her earlier doubts now resolved as she turned her head to look at Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons.

After thinking about it for a moment, she stood and walked to Hippolyta's side, and shook her head with a faint smile.

"But even so, Promise, I'm afraid I can't side with you. I have to stand by my companion now."

"Because I am her Master now."

"Master..." Hippolyta looked at Rin with a touched expression, but in the very next second, her face changed as she spoke. "But you weren't saying that just now!"

You just... No, your heart has clearly betrayed you!

"Ahem." Rin Tohsaka coughed lightly and tried to reason with the Amazon queen, "But, Hippolyta, aren't you at least a little curious about what Promise would wish for with the Holy Grail? Don't you want to know which goddess he plans to meet?"

Hearing this, Hippolyta curled her lip.

Well, she couldn't argue with that, because she was indeed very curious.

Not to mention that Hippolyta was a Heroic Spirit from the same era as Heracles, Jason, and Promise, and the daughter of Ares, the God of War.

Therefore, her curiosity might even be heavier than Rin Tohsaka and the others!

"Maybe it's more than one goddess?" a student suddenly interjected from the side.

"Stupid," But immediately someone retorted, looking at the other person as if they were an idiot, and said,

Promise is going to see someone to reminisce about old times. Seeing one goddess is a heartwarming reunion, but two people is a proper Shura field!

"And what about three people?"

Another person spread their hands and said, "War!"

When the words fell, everyone looked at each other and burst into laughter!

In the laughter that resounded throughout the suburban villa, Jason huddled in the crowd, looking as if he didn't feel out of place at all.

Even Jeanne of Arc, the saint, couldn't help but smile at this moment.

"Enough, you guys!" Finally, unable to bear it any longer, Promise said angrily,

"Can't I just go see Chiron and the others? Why have you already decided that it's a goddess?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Promise was met with contemptuous looks from everyone.

"If it's not a goddess, then you're scum!"

As the words fell, everyone nodded in agreement.

"And it's simply impossible. Chiron would never respond to you in this situation... In fact, none of us would!"

Jason didn't hesitate to expose him, saying, "We're not that stupid!"

If Pegasus were here at this moment, he would definitely give a thumbs up to Jason, who was courting death at this moment.

You're really not afraid of being added to the grudge list again!

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Promise, whose lips were still twitching, looked left and right as his face darkened..

To be honest, he really had a sudden urge to kill everyone in front of him!

"Ahem, alright." Finally, it was Jeanne of Arc, the saint with a warm smile, who stood up and ended this persecution of Promise as she spoke, "Although I haven't known Master for long, if I'm not mistaken, he has already made up his mind."

He had already thought about who he wanted to see.

Shirou Emiya, Jason, and the others smiled because it did sound like something he would do.

Promise subconsciously opened his mouth to speak, but then thought better of it and stopped.

After all, he mainly wanted to end this 'persecution' conversation.

In fact, he had not figured out who the person he was meeting was, he just had a vague guess in his mind.

Ishtar had given him an oracle before the trial, 'I have found you'.

And the goddess who had finally found Promise had also made a deal with Ishtar to carry out this trial of the Bull of Heaven.

Oracles, trials, this certainly seemed like the style of that goddess of wisdom.

But Promise knew the goddess of wisdom, the goddess he believed in, so well that from the very beginning, he knew that the goddess watching from the shadows was not Athena.

Because if it were her, this trial would never be so simple!

As for who that person was...

He just needed to wait..

After all, everything would eventually be revealed at the end of the Holy Grail War.

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