Xyrin Empire

Chapter 511: Chapter 511: Farewell?

Everything had finally ended.

Unbeknownst to all of humanity, the world had nearly skirted the threshold of the netherworld. A world-ending threat had been invisibly dissolved, causing no more ripples than a few inexplicable explosions in Fuyuki City and the mysterious disappearance of some individuals. Perhaps human society would be briefly abuzz with speculation, but all would eventually become mere gossip among the elderly enjoying their tea at sunset, soon to fade away.

“Are you… leaving?”

In a forest outside Fuyuki City, a group of people who had experienced all of this gathered, led by the Tohsaka Family’s young mistress. The girl, usually so strong-willed and sharp-tongued, now wore a deeply reluctant expression, looking so childlike that it could startle any onlooker.

Autumn leaves fluttered down in a cold breeze throughout the little grove, filling the air with an atmosphere of melancholic parting. Silence befell everyone for a moment.

“Under the cover of paternal love, anything can be made adorable,” quipped Sandora in a voice quiet yet somehow audible to everyone.

And then everyone just ‘oh’d.

“I suppose it’s time to go home,” I said, rubbing the head of the girl who had strangely been hit by my paternal halo, uncertain whether to cry or to laugh. “Besides, it’s not like we’ll never see each other again.”

“Eh?” Rin was taken aback and then suddenly realized that she seemed to be the only one looking sad at the scene.

“I left a transmission device in your basement. If you want to come over, you can use it to get to us; the passcode is 1234. The instruction manual is on the small table next to it. The repair hotline is also written there. For the first three years, there’s free maintenance and lifetime after-sales service, including free replacement of the filter net. With the serial number on the machine body, you can also enter a raffle to win either a three-day two-night ticket to the Northrend Ice Sculpture Exhibition or a limited edition Ironforge cool iron hammer.”

Tohsaka: “…”

A few seconds later, with her face as red as a persimmon, the young mistress finally exploded, “Why is it that I’m the only one who doesn’t know about something in my own house!? You’ve all clearly been keeping it a secret from me—including you, that bastard Emiya!”