I, Who Saved Xingyue, Became the Master of Xingyue

Kiritsugu had no choice but to say the first question he wanted to ask.

"Here is—where?"

"This is where your wishes will come true. The inside of the Holy Grail you seek."

Irisviel replied with a smile.Kiritsugu was speechless and turned his head to look around.

The black mud rolled with waves like the sea.

There were mountains of dry corpses everywhere, sinking into the sea.

The sky is red, as red as blood.In the black mud rain, the dark sun dominates the sky.

Wind is curse and mourning.

If there are words to use as a metaphor, here—where is not hell?

"You said... this is the Holy Grail?"

"Yeah, but don't be afraid. It's just like an unformed dream. Now it's waiting to be born."

Look there - Alice Phil points to the sky.The black vortex in the sky was initially mistaken for the sun by Kiritsugu.There is the center of the world, a "hole" in the sky.The unfathomable darkness inside, the density seems to crush everything.

"That is the Holy Grail. Although it has no form yet, the container has already been filled. Then you just need to pray. According to the entrusted wish, it can change into a corresponding shape. Then it can acquire the posture and shape of the world, and then Can appear in the "outside"."

"..."

"Okay, pray quickly. Give it a 'stance' quickly. Only you are worthy to define its shape. Kiritsugu, pray to the Holy Grail."

Kiritsugu didn't say a word, just staring at that terrifying "hole".

As long as it is a normal human being, it will not think that "hole" is a good thing.But even so, why did Irisviel still smile so nonchalantly.By the way, her smile is the most unusual thing.

To say why-

"……Who are you?"

Kiritsugu suppressed the fear in his heart with anger, and asked the wife in front of him.

"If the preparations for the Holy Grail have been completed, it means that Irisviel is dead. Then, who are you?"

"I am Irisviel. You can think so."

Kiritsugu raised the weapon in his right hand—pointed the Contender's gun, which he had been holding in his hand, at the person in front of him.

"Don't fool me, answer quickly!"

Facing the muzzle full of murderous intent, the woman in the black dress smiled a little desolately, as if to show pity to Kiritsugu who was pressing for the truth.

"...you are right. I cannot deny that it is a false mask. I cannot communicate with others without wearing an existing personality as a 'shell'. In order to convey my hope to you, I only Can pretend to be like this. She is the closest person to you, and I choose to borrow her shell."

Hearing this, Kiritsugu made an intuitive understanding.

This place is called "the inside of the Holy Grail", so this person who claims to be "someone who is nobody" in front of him should be——

"—Are you the consciousness of the Holy Grail?"

"Well, this explanation is correct."

Through Irisviel's body, it nodded in agreement.But this time, Kiritsugu frowned suspiciously.

"Impossible. The Holy Grail is just pure 'power'. It is impossible for it to have any consciousness at all."

"Maybe it was like this before, but it's different now. I have consciousness and desire. My wish is 'hope to be born into this world'."

"how is this possible……"

too weird.It's unbelievable.

If this is the truth, then it is not the 'wish machine' that Kiritsugu pursues that can be manipulated as he pleases.

"——Since you said that you are conscious, let me ask you, how will the Holy Grail fulfill my wish?"

As if she had encountered a problem, Irisviel tilted her head slightly, as if the man had asked a very incredible question.

"This question—Kiritsugu, you should understand better than anyone else, don't you?"

"……What did you say?"

"Your existence as a human being is already infinitely close to the Holy Grail. Therefore, even if you communicate with me like this, you can still maintain rationality. If you were an ordinary human being, you would collapse when you were touched by that mud."

Irisviel uttered her words cheerfully and happily.

Her smile caused Kiritsugu's heart to stir for some reason.

"Didn't you know the way to save the world a long time ago. So I will inherit your practice and fulfill your wishes as you have always done."

"what are you saying?"

Kiritsugu couldn't understand.Because he didn't want to understand it anyway.

"Answer me, what exactly does the Holy Grail do? If that thing comes to this world, what will happen!?"

Irisviel sighed helplessly and nodded at each other's answers.

"——No way. Then, the only thing left for you is to ask your own heart."

The soft white palm covered Kiritsugu's eyes——

Then, the world went dark.

Two boats are floating on the sea.

There were 300 people on one ship and 200 people on the other, a total of [-] crew members and passengers, as well as Emiya Kiritsugu.Assume that these five hundred and one people are the last remaining human beings in this world.

Then Kiritsugu only needs to play a scene based on the following propositions and roles.

"A deadly big hole was opened in the bottom of the two ships at the same time, and Kiritsugu is the only one who has ship repair technology. When repairing one ship, the other ship will sink. So, which ship will you choose to repair?"

"...of course the boat with 300 people."

"What do you do when you've made a decision and 200 people on another boat hold you up and say 'fix this boat first'?"

"This……"

Before he could answer, a machine gun appeared in Kiritsugu's hand.

The gun suddenly fired bullets like an automatic machine.Kiritsugu could only stare blankly at everything in front of him.

A bullet pierced through four people, and in an instant, all 200 people were shot dead.

"—Correct. This is Emiya Kiritsugu."

Kiritsugu watched the ship carrying Shishan gradually sink into the sea without moving.Every corpse on the deck seemed to be someone he knew.

"Then, the remaining 300 people abandoned the damaged boat and took two new boats to continue sailing. This time, there were 200 people in one boat and 100 people in the other. But there were big holes in the bottom of the two boats at the same time again."

"Hey..." Kiritsugu faintly felt something was wrong.

"You are pulled over by 100 people in a small boat and asked to fix the boat first. What will you do?"

"This...but..."

Before Kiritsugu could answer, a dazzling flash of light lit up in front of his eyes, and with the explosion of the bomb, 100 people turned into mud in the sea.This is what Emiya Kiritsugu did.Like his usual style, he carried out the killing.

"--correct."

"That's wrong...impossible!"

where is correct.

200 survived, 300 were sacrificed—and the scales turned.

"No, your calculations were not wrong. You did sacrifice the few to save the many. Alright, next question."

Ignoring Kiritsugu's protest, the game's owner continued.

120 and 80 are placed on the scales.Kiritsugu brutally killed 80 people.

Next came the 80 and the 40.The Magician Killer buried 40 people with faces he knew, the faces of people he had killed with his own hands.

60 people and 20 people—

25 and 15 - the selection continues.The sacrifice continues.The mountain of corpses piled up higher and higher.

"This... is what you want me to see?"

Kiritsugu was disgusted with this low-level game, and he asked the consciousness thing that claimed to be the Holy Grail.

"Yes, this is your truth, Emiya Kiritsugu's inner answer, which is the wish that the Holy Grail must fulfill as a wishing machine."

"wrong!"

Kiritsugu screamed while looking at his hands that were stained red.

"It's not my wish! I wish there were other ways... so I can only rely on 'miracles'..."

"A method you have not recognized cannot be included in your wish. If you wish to save the world, you can only do so with a method you have recognized."

"Are you kidding me! What kind of miracle is this...?"

"It's a miracle. The wish you expect but cannot be realized by yourself will be realized on a huge scale that human beings cannot accomplish. If it is not a miracle, what is it?"

The remaining five were all the most important to Kiritsugu.But he still had to make a choice, whether to save two or three.

He screamed in despair and pulled the trigger, hitting Emiya Juxian in the face.Natalia Kaminsky's brains also splattered all at once.

"You want... to descend into this world and do such a thing to all mankind? Is this the realization of my ideal?"

"Exactly. Your wish is most suitable for the form of the Holy Grail. Emiya Kiritsugu, you are simply too suitable for the title of 'all the evil in the world'."

There are three remaining, whether to save one or two.Kiritsugu grasped the handle of the sword with trembling hands.

Tears have dried up.With a ghost-like stare, Kiritsugu tore Kuu Maiya's body apart.Repeat, repeat swinging the dagger.

In this way, there are only two people left in the world.

It is no longer necessary to weigh on a balance.Equivalent value without calculation.This is in exchange for 490 eight lives, the last hope.

Kiritsugu finally breathed a sigh of relief after finishing all this, as if he had become a walking corpse, surrounded by the warmth of the stove.

In a nostalgic, peaceful and warm room, my wife and daughter are smiling.

In other words, this is—what he seeks, a stable world.

No more fighting, no need to hurt anyone.A complete paradise.

"Great! Kiritsugu! The Holy Grail War is finally over! We don't have to separate anymore!"