Chapter 45. Sin from the Parallel World, Aki Tomoya Falls into Despair!
The scene continues.
The camera shifts to the Aki residence, where two figures appear in a splendid garden.
Team Caster is strolling peacefully, the two walking side by side, chatting and laughing happily.
["We've set up such a powerful magical formation, and with your Noble Phantasm, Argon Coin: The Golden Fleece, which can summon the Colchis dragon..."]
["This Holy Grail War is surely ours to win!"]
[Aki Tomoya smiles gently, his eyes full of hope for a dream that's about to come true.]
[This was the main reason he chose to summon Magus of Age of the Gods, Medea.]
[The opponent is none other than the "Princess of Colchis" from ancient Greek mythology.]
[Not only is she of noble status, she also possesses the Golden Fleece, which, when laid on the ground, can summon the ancient dragon of Colchis — a creature powerful enough to rival the gods of Olympus!]
[Though he hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes, there's no doubt that dragon would be on par with any top-tier Heroic Spirit.]
[However...]
[Upon hearing that topic, Medea suddenly fell silent for a long while.]
["I'm sorry... due to the limitations of this age, I can hardly summon a dragon now..."]
[She pondered for a long time before finally sighing and confessing the truth to her Master.]
["…You can't summon a dragon in the modern era?!"]
[Aki Tomoya panicked, his face momentarily flashing with anger and gloom, but he quickly turned away, forcing a gentle smile and waved his hand nonchalantly.]
["It's alright, even without the help of the Colchis dragon, facing six other Masters, I – Aki Tomoya – am still unmatched among Japan's magi!"]
["Thank you for understanding..."]
[The beautiful woman with long blue hair softly apologized, then quietly left.]
[Click——.]
[The door closed gently, Medea's footsteps grew distant, then disappeared completely.]
["Useless!!"]
[Once he was sure she couldn't hear, Aki Tomoya roared in fury, slamming his right hand onto the expensive wooden table, shattering the entire tea table into pieces.]
[His demeanor changed entirely, his expression dark: "Can't even summon a dragon, then what's the point of keeping you, you useless seductive fox, filthy whore, in your past life you did nothing but lure men, now you can't even handle something this simple."]
["No… I must find a way to replace this Servant."]
["If I lose this Holy Grail War, I won't be able to suppress those filthy commoners who are stirring up trouble."]
"Huh?"
The entire global audience was stunned.
The transformation was so sudden, it left everyone's minds blank in that instant, unable to react.
Just moments ago, he had been a bright, cheerful young man, smiling harmoniously with his Servant, working tirelessly for his dream of saving the world.
And in the blink of an eye, he became a damn tyrant—violent, sinister.
Like some idle aristocrat living off luxury, his whole being exuded ruthless energy.
But that wasn't all.
Along with it came a series of memory frames, fully exposing the financial origins of Aki Tomoya.
[——Cambodia, where the cost of living is extremely low, filled with cheap labor.]
[Here, gambling, prostitution, and drugs are all legal activities, spawning countless underground industries.]
[Aki Tomoya's personal assets lie in an old-style "amusement park".]
[Inside is a tall apartment building.]
[About seven stories high...]
[Each floor has twelve rooms.]
[A cramped room can hold sixteen people.]
[One building holds over a thousand people, with tens of thousands estimated to be imprisoned inside.]
[This area is surrounded on three sides by rivers, with fences, guards, wolves — the size of the "park" is terrifyingly large. Escape is impossible.]
[Some were tricked into coming here for online scamming. Others were trained to become enslaved minions.]
[Some Asians believed they'd strike it rich here, only to foolishly step aboard a pirate ship.]
[Some girls believed that there were princely warlords in Cambodia and came to travel, hoping to be favored and taken as concubines—only to be sold straight into this place, suffering all kinds of abuse.]
[Once deceived into entering, getting family to ransom them out was nearly impossible!]
[Usually, it starts with a ransom demand of a few tens of thousands. After paying, they ask for a hundred thousand. Then two hundred thousand. Then eight hundred thousand. It's like a bottomless pit—by the time the parents have sold their homes, cars, and scraped together every last cent, the person still never returns.]
[Once they've lost all their value, each person's worth is about ten thousand USD, and they're taken away to have their organs harvested and sold.]
[Earth itself is hell, and human life is worth next to nothing.]
[But even if life is cheap, draining a few young ones still turns a decent profit.]
[After all, there are always plenty of tourists, and people are easy to trick—it's a business that requires no capital at all.]
["Magus" Aki Tomoya made his fortune that way, amassing assets worth tens of billions of yen, stuffing his pockets in a short amount of time.]
[He could buy whatever he wanted, even countless resources from the magical world were within his grasp.]
[Even with hands soaked in blood, burdened with monstrous crimes, he still lived a life of indulgent luxury.]
[Fond of pretending in front of others, his soul was twisted, reeking of disgusting stench.]
[This is…]
[The man named Aki Tomoya.]
At that moment—
The entire world erupted!
Countless Earthlings clenched their fists in rage, staring at that repulsive figure on the Celestial Curtain.
"That bastard Aki Tomoya is a goddamn monster!"
"My blood's boiling...!!"
"Medea-nee-sama, I'm sorry, I misunderstood you—please, I beg you, kill that motherfucking piece of shit for me!"
"Kill kill kill kill kill!!"
The whole world had fully understood the crimes of Aki Tomoya.
People recalled the praises they once gave him and immediately felt so nauseous their throats went dry.
Some were trembling inside, remembering how they had almost been tricked into going to Cambodia themselves.
One man had worked at a company where the job was easy, he could slack off comfortably, and the boss even promised to take all the employees on a Europe trip in autumn.
In the end, due to poor health, he resigned early and regretted it at the time.
Shortly after, the boss bought plane tickets, took the staff traveling… only the destination wasn't London, Berlin, or Paris—it was Cambodia.
Every single one of them vanished.
Only he survived.
He had almost fallen into a hell on Earth…
...
Chiba Prefectural Council.
The lights were bright as day, but the atmosphere was oppressively silent.
Amid the crowd, a man in a neatly pressed suit stood pale-faced, knowing full well he had caused a catastrophe.
Though the promotion of Aki Tomoya in this world had come as a directive from higher up...
But, the one who executed it was the one who would take the blame.
He—a simple salaryman—was about to lose his job.
Nearby, Aki Tomoya had already collapsed, legs trembling.
The joy from earlier had turned into utter despair.
The crimes of his parallel world self had been exposed, and the repercussions were sure to fall on him.
There was no way he could return to Toyogasaki Academy without facing school violence...
Not just isolation from now on—
Even finding a job later would be nearly impossible.
"My life… it's over..."
His face turned ashen, gasping for breath, and he collapsed directly onto the floor.
The footage on the Celestial Curtain continued to play…
(Note: hahaha, at least this time he's still alive and hasn't been kissed by Truck-kun.)