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The Holy Grail War has ended, and they (Irisviel, Saber, Maiya, Kiritsugu, Ilya, Shirou) are living together peacefully in the old Japanese-style house in Fuyuki. But Saber doesn't feel comfortable in this domestic atmosphere, and her chest always feels tight when she looks at Ilya.
Written for SaberIri Week 2026 Day 5: Children / Animals
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- Part 6 of SaberIri Week 2026
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The Death of King Arthur by Howaboutswords
Fandoms: Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night & Related Fandoms
14 May 2026
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After the Battle of Camlann, King Arthur orders Bedivere to throw Excalibur into the water. After doing so, they encounter a woman dressed in pure white. Who is she, and why has she come to take Arthur away?
This was originally written for SaberIri Week 2024 for Day 4: Lantern / Ocean. I never posted it then, so I am using it for SaberIri Week 2026, Day 7: Free day.
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- Part 5 of SaberIri Week 2026
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- 5,079
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It is six months after the end of the Holy Grail War, and Irisviel and Saber have lived. They are at an amusement park in Fuyuki with Ilya and Kiritsugu, and it seems both Irisviel and Saber have things they want to say to each other.
Written for SaberIri Week 2026, Day 4: Jealousy / Realization
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- Part 4 of SaberIri Week 2026
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Written for SaberIri Week 2026 in response to Day 3: Wall/Free.
This takes place in episode 4 of season 2; it is the morning after Lancer's death, and Irisviel wakes up in the shed, her body failing as the Holy Grail grows within her. Saber is with her, as she has come to depend upon.
"There's something I want to tell you, Saber... if you'll hear it."
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- Part 3 of SaberIri Week 2026
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A fic for Day 2 of SaberIri Week 2026, answering the prompt, Horse riding / Ballroom.
It is a ball, and Arthur is interested in the lady in white.
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- Part 2 of SaberIri Week 2026
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SaberIri Week 2026 by Howaboutswords
Fandom Fate/stay night & Related Fandoms, Fate/Zero
23 May 2026
- Words:
- 20,620
- Works:
- 6
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Saberiri Week 2023 by Howaboutswords
Fandom Fate/stay night & Related Fandoms, Fate/Zero
11 Apr 2023
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feeling the glow die inside our bones by Naewirl
Fandoms: Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night & Related Fandoms
03 May 2026
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Saber knows how to tend a fire.
Irisviel knows what it means to burn.Bookmarked by Howaboutswords
03 May 2026
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like breathing was easy by Naewirl
Fandoms: Fate/Zero, Fate/stay night & Related Fandoms
28 Mar 2024
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As a Servant, Saber's aptitudes are an echo of her former existence, a lifetime of practice rooted deep in her muscle memory.
It is unfortunate that the heart is a muscle, too.
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31 Mar 2024
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Some of us go through life trying to be different. And then there are those of us who just want to be ordinary.
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08 Jan 2024
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A perfect, genius existence- that’s the sort of person that sits behind works like Hamlet, like A Midsummer Night’s Dream, like Julius Caesar. Mistakes infrequent and few, fallacies nonexistent.
“Oh, I wouldn’t say that,” smiles Oberon. He clearly revels in finding someone else who hates Shakespeare half as much as he does. “There’s that clock of his, right?”
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Ritsuka is stuck in a time loop.
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06 Jan 2024
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It can be good, sometimes, to go back and look at what you once were. Mireille reminisces about the past.
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01 Jan 2024