In the Type-Moon World, I Have the Holy Evil Simulator

Echigo Province – Kasugayama Castle, Year 9 of Tenbun (1540 AD)

The gates of Kasugayama Castle opened before them.

The boy—no, the warrior he had chosen to become—stepped forward.

This was not the same place he had arrived at months ago.

Back then, he had come as a spy, a blade without a will, a pawn in another warlord's game.

Now—

He walked as his own person.

And for the first time, he was not afraid of what came next.

The Uesugi retainers lined the castle paths, their gazes sharp and unreadable.

They had heard of the battle.

They had heard that he had faced Takeda Harunobu and survived.

And now, they watched him carefully—

Not as an outsider.Not as a threat.

But as something they could not yet define.

A warrior who had defied the Tiger of Kai.

A warrior who had been trained as a weapon, yet refused to be one.

What did that make him?

They did not know.

And perhaps—

Neither did he.

"Come."

Kenshin's voice was calm.

They walked through the castle corridors, the cold mountain air whispering through the wooden halls.

Finally, they arrived at a quiet chamber.

A place of stillness.

A place for decisions.

Kenshin turned to face him.

"You have made your choice."

"You have left the Tiger's shadow."

"Now, the only question is—"

"What will you do with your freedom?"

The warrior met his gaze.

His crimson eyes, once dull and empty, held something new.

Not certainty.

Not yet.

But purpose.

"I will fight."

"Not as a tool. Not for ambition."

"But for something I can believe in."

"Even if I do not know what that is yet."

Kenshin studied him—

Then smiled.

"Then you will find your place here."

"And perhaps, in time—"

"You will find your own reason to wield your blade."

The warrior nodded.

Because for the first time in his life—

He had the chance to figure that out on his own.

And that was all he needed.

For now.

[Fated Death: Rewritten.]You have chosen to fight on your own terms.You have been acknowledged by Uesugi Kenshin.Your place in this world is no longer dictated by anyone but yourself.

The war is not over.

But now, you will fight for a reason that is truly yours.