I, Who Saved Xingyue, Became the Master of Xingyue

"Then that means, Masters other than Tokiomi, they are competing for the Holy Grail for different purposes than Tokiomi?"

Regarding Gilgamesh's question, Kirei nodded.

"While Tokiomi is a typical representative of magicians, he is also one of the most right-wing among magicians. In this era, there are no people who pursue pure magic like him. What other guys are pursuing is nothing but worldly magic. It’s nothing more than flashy favors. Prestige, desires, rights…all are wishes that can be fulfilled within the world.”

"Wouldn't it be nice? It's something I love."

"You are nothing more than a king who reigns over the apex of these vulgar things, Gilgamesh."

Gilgamesh smiled noncommittally and drank the wine in his glass.It seemed that he didn't feel any insult to Kirei's evaluation.

"Then what about you? Kirei, what wish do you want the Holy Grail to fulfill?"

Being asked such a question, Kirei hesitated for the first time since the beginning of the conversation.

"I--"

Yes, this is the biggest question, why does Kotomine Kirei have a Command Seal engraved on his left hand?

"I... don't have any special wishes."

In response to Kirei's vague answer, Gilgamesh's red pupils shone with a bewitching light.

"How is that possible? Isn't the Holy Grail only summoning those who have wishes?"

"It should be like this. But... I don't know why. Why did the Holy Grail choose me to participate in this battle without any ideals to achieve and desires to achieve?"

"Is this kind of thing that confusing?"

Seeing Kirei's dignified expression, Gilgamesh couldn't help laughing.

"Neither for ideals, nor for any desire. Isn't it enough to simply pursue pleasure?"

"Damn!"

Kirei's angry voice was basically made unconsciously.

"As a servant of God, I want to pursue pleasure?—How can I do such a sinful and depraved thing?"

"Sinful? Depraved?"

Looking at Kirei who looked serious in front of him, Gilgamesh felt more and more interesting.Then he smiled maliciously.

"This is a jumping thinking, Kirei. Why do you associate pleasure with sin?"

"This is because……"

Kirei didn't know how to answer.Moreover, Kirei didn't know why he fell into such an embarrassing situation that he had never experienced before.

Looking at the silent Kirei in front of him, Gilgamesh said with an even more complacent expression:

"It is indeed wrong to obtain pleasure through crime. But human beings can also obtain pleasure through good deeds. You say that pleasure itself is a sin. What is the reason for this?"

It's just a question of this level, why can't he answer it? Kirei doesn't know the reason.It was as if an uncharted uneasiness was imprisoned in some unknown realm inside of me.

"—Pleasure or something, I don't have it in my heart. So I don't want to pursue it."

Kirei who was finally able to speak, but the answering voice was not like his usual speech, but very unconfident.It seems that they can't find a suitable answer and can only find a sentence to deal with it.

Gilgamesh's red pupils seemed to be appreciating Kirei carefully as he stared at him, and then laughed triumphantly.

"Kotomine Kirei—I suddenly became interested in you."

Chapter 38 Crusade Order

"……What do you mean?"

"Just saying, don't pay attention."

Gilgamesh refilled the glass with red wine, leaned back on the sofa again, and said loudly.

"Pleasure is something fundamentally part of the soul. There's no 'has' and 'not'. There's only 'awareness' and 'unawareness'.

Kirei, you just haven't discovered what's deep in your soul yet.Realize that pleasure is what it is in the first place. "

"Servant meddling in his own business—educate me."

"This is not an ordinary education. It is the experience of a king who has enjoyed the luxury and pleasure of the whole world. You listen to me honestly."

Although Kirei said so, in his heart he was always carefully analyzing Gilgamesh's words.

The arrogant words spoken by this Tokiomi's Servant touched Kirei's nerves for some reason.

"Anyway, Kirei. You should first have an understanding of things like entertainment."

"entertainment?"

"Ahhh. It's not enough to just keep your eyes on the inside. You need to broaden your horizons... By the way, let's start with my entertainment and let you experience it, how about it?"

"For me now, there is no time for fun at all."

I am different from you.Kirei thought so in his heart.

"Hey, don't say that. As long as you finish Tokiomi's mission, you'll have a lot of time. Kirei, your mission is to send spies to spy on the other Masters, right?"

"...It's true."

"Then you should not only understand their intentions and strategies, but also investigate their purpose of obtaining the Holy Grail? Then tell me about it. Isn't it difficult?"

Indeed, there is not much difference between this level of investigation and the task that Kirei is responsible for now.

Assassin, which performs daily monitoring tasks around the target, can fully record the target's conversations.And as long as they infer from the content of their dialogue, they can roughly judge the purpose of the other party to seize the Holy Grail.Just tell the Assassins to pay special attention to the conversations in this regard and record them.

"—But Archer, why do you want to know these things?"

"Did I say that? I'm interested in human actions. And among the five people competing for the Holy Grail, there must be one or two interesting guys, right? At least they should be more interesting than Tokiomi."

Kirei tried his best to calmly think carefully.For him, other than Emiya Kiritsugu, he didn't pay attention to other Masters, and he didn't have any obligation to agree to Gilgamesh's request.However, for this Servant that Tokiomi cannot completely control, if he can exert some influence over him, it may bring some positive influence to Tokiomi's camp in the future.

"...Okay, Archer, I promise you. However, it will take some time."

"No problem: I have the patience to wait."

After drinking the wine in his glass again, Gilgamesh stood up from the sofa.The man's movements not only made the air shake, even the lighting in the room changed with him.This heroic spirit who controls everything in the world seems to emit an invisible light from his whole body.

"Ah. I will come to taste your wine in the future. Your collection is even comparable to the wine of the sky. It would be a pity to just leave them in the monk's warehouse."

Kirei expressionlessly neither expressed agreement nor objection, maybe Gilgamesh took this as a kind of acquiescence.So he walked out with a satisfied smile.

The moment Gilgamesh went out, the luxurious atmosphere in Kirei's room also disappeared, and was replaced by the ordinary atmosphere before.

Kirei, who was finally able to sit quietly by himself, began to think about the strange conversation he had with that strange guest just now.

Today is the first time I have had such a positive conversation with Gilgamesh.

Come to think of it, the Masters and Servants who participated in this Holy Grail War all did their best to win the Holy Grail and realize their wishes.But the unruly King of Heroes didn't seem to have the slightest interest in the Holy Grail.Among the Servants gathered in Fuyuki City, there is probably no Heroic Spirit whose fighting consciousness is weaker than his.In this sense, there are similarities with Kirei—I'm probably the only Master who doesn't know the reason for participating in the Holy Grail War.

No, maybe there is still a reason.It's just that Kirei himself hasn't realized it yet, somewhere in his heart, there may also be a deep desire to obtain the Holy Grail to realize miracles.

However, even so, this is definitely not the "pleasure" that Gilgamesh said.

The one who knows the real answer is not Gilgamesh, but someone else.

This person is Emiya Kiritsugu.In the conversation with Gilgamesh just now, it would be great if he could have a question-and-answer session with Emiya Kiritsugu——Kirei must have thought so.

Of course, the positions of the two of them are completely different.Communication between such two people must not be through language, but only through weapons.But even so, Kirei only wanted to fight this man called Kiritsugu.This is a conversation between men.

Thinking about this matter in his heart, Kirei picked up the wine bottles that were scattered aside after Gilgamesh had finished drinking.

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A gloomy atmosphere pervaded the church's believers.

Father Yanfeng Rizheng looked at the strong evil spirit in front of him, and smiled helplessly.

About an hour after sending out the signal to summon the Master.Not a single Master appeared in Fuyuki Church, instead five familiars gathered here.Except for Kotomine Kirei who apparently withdrew from the war, and Caster's Master Ryunosuke who couldn't see the magic signal.The other Masters have all sent "representatives".It seems that counting all the Masters, everyone doesn't care about the superficial attitude towards the church.

Even Tohsaka Tokiomi was only sending familiars to attend.The remaining four familiars should be sent by Einzbern, Matou, and two other Masters.This can also prove the fact that Kenneth, whose whereabouts are unknown in the Fuyuki Hyatt bombing incident, is still alive.

But Sakura and Rin didn't show up, so it looks like they won't come.

"Huh?" At this time, there was a sound of footsteps, and an adult version of Rin Tohsaka slowly appeared in Kotomine Rizheng's eyes, which surprised Kotomine Rizheng immediately, and even The same is true for Tohsaka Tokiomi who watched this scene.

"You are..." Kotomine Rizheng couldn't see that it was Rin's posture.

"Why, are you surprised? But let me state in advance that I am a Servant, not a Master. Anyway, my real name has already been revealed, so it's okay to say it here. My name is Ereshkigal, and my job title is Lancer." Alley said lightly. said.

"But what you look like..." Yan Fenglizheng has seen Rin before, so he knows what Rin looks like, not to mention that the clothes that Ai Lei is wearing now are worn by Tohsaka Rin in the past, of course he can see the problem.

"..." Ai Lei was speechless for a while, if Tianyang wanted to see how she would react in front of the other party wearing Tohsaka Rin's clothes, she would not wear it to death.

"I am a goddess, and it is almost impossible to be summoned, so when I descended, I adopted the method of possession, so I relied on an existence who was the best with me and had a close relationship with the Holy Grail War. This person's name is Tohsaka Rin, but it is because of the fusion of human relations that I can speak better." Ai Lei said helplessly, "By the way, all memories of Tohsaka Rin's past are also merged with me."

"I see..." Kotomine Rizheng couldn't help but nodded, while Tosaka Tokiomi was extremely happy, being able to be possessed by a god, this is enough to show the talent of his daughter, and the goddess also said that her daughter has a relationship with the Holy Grail War Closely, maybe there will be a Holy Grail War in the future, and maybe my daughter will get the Holy Grail and realize magic.

"I came here as a representative of the Master." Rin Tohsaka and Sakura are having a good time now, and Kariya Matou is protecting him. Don't worry about it. It's just a formality, and it's purely heavenly. Yang's interest.

After returning to the topic, Yan Fengli spoke.

"The Holy Grail War, which can fulfill your long-cherished wishes, is now facing a major crisis. Originally, the Holy Grail would only give power to those who pursued him and the heroic spirits. But now a betrayer appeared among them. He and his Heroic spirits disregard the righteousness of the Holy Grail. They use the power given to them to satisfy their shallow desires."

Perhaps because she was used to preaching as a priest, Rizheng spoke alone, regardless of the audience's reaction.Of course, the audience sitting in the believers' seats will only listen in silence.After coughing, the old priest continued.

"Master of Caster, yesterday we discovered that this man is the culprit in the recent serial murders and serial abductions in Fuyuki City. He used his own Servant to commit crimes, but then put the crime scene aside and didn't do it. Covert handling. What kind of consequences will be brought about by this serious violation of the confidentiality rules-I think you will understand without me explaining."

Although the demons didn't respond in any way.But the Masters who heard Risei's words through the familiar must be a little shaken.Just like Tokiomi in the morning, this is a normal reaction that any magician should have.

"He and his Servants are no longer your personal enemies, but public enemies who threaten the Holy Grail.

So I use my supervising power in extraordinary times.Temporarily change the rules of the Holy Grail War. "

While making a declaration with a serious voice.Rizheng rolled up her right sleeve and exposed her arm.

Although his muscles are old.But it can still be seen that he had a strong arm in his youth... from his elbow to his wrist.It is covered with patterns like tattoos——

No, that shouldn't be called a tattoo.For the Master of the Holy Grail War, he knew what it was at a glance.

"These are the things that were recovered during the Holy Grail War in the past and entrusted to me as the overseer of this Holy Grail War. The legacy of the Masters who lost their Servants before the final battle—the Command Seals they haven't used yet. "

See this evidence.No one doubted Father Rizheng's authority as supervisor.

Command Spells that past Masters didn't have time to use.It is now kept by him as the manager.

The command spell is also called the stigmata, and it is the proof of the fate of participating in the Holy Grail War.It not only contains the meaning of fate, but also a control device for Servant.

The phenomenon of command spells can be called a miracle in itself.However, although the engraving on the Master's body has very powerful energy, it is only a type of consumption-type physical enchantment after all, so it can also be transplanted or transferred through spells.