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"Well, not bad."

Rhodes took a puff of smoke, turned his head and looked down at Emiya Kiritsugu with his icy black pupils.

Even with such a fiasco, there is still an unyielding light in his eyes.

Kiritsugu's lips trembled, not from fear, but from nervousness.

For him, in fact, there is still a silver lining.

No matter how desperate, as long as the opponent doesn't know "that secret", Irisviel still has the possibility of winning the final victory.

However, Rhodes killed his last thoughts with just one sentence.

"First meeting, Einzbern's minion, Mister Magician Killer.

No, that title is probably not for you.After all—Emiya Kiritsugu, you are the true Master of Lancer. "

"...!!!"

The calm words pierced through the heart like a bullet, taking away the last ray of hope in the man's heart.

Kiritsugu's eyes became hollow, and he made a hoarse voice: "...Kill me."

Hearing this, Rhodes smiled and shook his head.

"Sorry, that can't be done."

I don't want to be hated by Irisviel for the rest of my life, besides...

You still have residual value to extract.

Rhodes dropped the burning cigarette butt, crouched down beside Kiritsugu, and groped for the inner pocket of the magician killer's coat again.

"You should have brought it with you, right? ... [that thing]."

Not long after, Rhode took out a roll of parchment from his arms and threw it on the ground—

It was something Emiya Kiritsugu always carried with him, and it was written with a [self-compulsion certificate] that made people voluntarily relinquish the identity of the master.

"...!!!"

Emiya Kiritsugu glanced back and forth on Rhodes' face and the parchment with a terrifying expression that seemed to pop his eyes out.

……impossible.

Why does he even know this! ?

Looking at this piece of parchment that he used to plot the lives of countless people, he felt that his chest was dominated by great sadness and despair.

"Sign this and leave Fuyuki. You have no choice."

Gently patted Emiya Kiritsugu on the shoulder, Rhode leaned into his ear and whispered like a demon.

"Irisviel and Artoria will be taken over by me."

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057 Fast-forward to Sister Shura Field

By the time Irisviel and Lancer finally arrived at the scene, it was all over.

The frost and the moon in winter put a layer of silence and mystery on the Einzbern Forest, and the wind stopped abruptly at a certain moment.

In the vast battlefield, only the victorious Caster team remained.

Rhodes sat on the broken trunk with Erlang's legs crossed, and one arm wrapped around the waist of the witch who was sitting beside him.

In this way, they showed Irisviel and Artoria the relationship between the two - Rhodes is the real Master.

Presumably defeating Arthur to become the winner should make Morgan feel quite good. The fairy concubine held by the boy is more gorgeous and charming than ever.

The calm Qingtong first stared at Rhodes face with love and pity, and then looked at his sister from the corner of the eye as if examining an object.

"Yo, Irisviel, lancer. Is it finally here?"

After seeing the two coming, Rhode greeted them frivolously, with a cigarette between his fingers.

This cigarette named "Yanlong" is the same as the two women who came here——

They were all the spoils that Rhodes won after defeating Emiya Kiritsugu.

"……call."

Under the moonlight, Rhode was sitting on a beautiful woman smoking a cigarette, happily enjoying the afterglow of victory.

"I think you should understand that from now on I am the master of this city of Einzbern. Please give me more advice in the future?"

He showed his right hand, the crimson Command Spell symbolizing the ownership of Lancer. Arturia was clearly engraved on the back of his hand.

"...ahhhhhh."

Looking at the Command Spell that was snatched from her husband's hands, Irisviel's legs went weak and she fell to her knees weakly.

After a long time, she asked in a hoarse voice.

"What about Kiritsugu?"

"Because I begged me for mercy, I let him go for Ellie's sake."

"...Didn't you kill him?"

"Well, I won't do anything to make you sad.

As long as Emiya Kiritsugu can be more honest and stop appearing in front of you, I will not harm him. "

It would be nice if he could be honest, hehe.

"..."

Knowing that her husband was still alive, Irisviel finally stabilized her breathing and raised her head.

"Can I trust you? As long as I obey you, will you let him go?"

Rhode nodded: "You can trust me about this, I will never lie to you, Ellie."

While blowing out the smoke ring, he replied coldly but sincerely.

"..."

The forest is quiet again.

After a few seconds, Irisviel silently got up from the ground and began to speak calmly.

"Emiya Kiritsugu gave up his Master mission tonight and fled from Fuyuki City.

Thus, Einzbern conceded defeat in the Fourth Holy Grail War. "

With sadness in her eyes, she looked at the boy who was once an enemy but now completely dominated her life.

In the dark red pupils, there is only the numbness of accepting reality.

"Master of Caster."

In the dark forest, a pair of noble and bright green eyes stared at Rhodes.

Rhode turned his eyes away from Ellie and looked at Arturia, who had been silent by the side.

Even if a collar is put on, a lion is still a lion, and a red dragon is still a red dragon.

Arturia's expression was neither humble nor arrogant, calm.

Rhodes asked, "Lancer, do you have any complaints?

If you want to use your chivalry to criticize me, you don't have to, I didn't use any sleazy tactics in tonight's battle.

Speaking of despicableness, it should be your former master, right? "

Rhode said yin and yang strangely: "Let the woman stand in front, let the wife risk the danger to pretend to be the master, and hide in the jungle to snipe the enemy's magician.

High, really high, it was all finished for Emiya Kiritsugu. "

"..."

No one could refute the boy's malicious words.

Irisviel turned her face in pain.

Tonight was the first time she saw her husband's battle, and it was indeed very different from what she imagined.

Emiya Kiritsugu's methods were quite contemptible, and even so, they were a complete failure.

on the contrary.

Rhodes should have a better strategy, but chose the hardest way——

He used himself as bait to lure out the enemy hiding in the dark at the cost of enduring a sneak attack.

From the point of view of chivalry, Rhodes' battle is undoubtedly noble.

Even King Arthur, who was the antagonist, could not help but secretly admire him.

If it was me, could I do better than him?

"..."

After meeting Rhode's gaze, Arturia's shoulders trembled slightly.

So, is that the case?

I originally thought that Rhodes was just a frivolous villain, but it seems that this is not the case.

The reason why he chose that kind of chaotic fighting style tonight must be to convince me.

Perhaps, his judgment on the character of this young man was a bit too arbitrary.

"I understand."

With a beautiful face, the knight king of the holy spear made the choice of being a knight in his heart.

For Lancer, she never regarded Emiya Kiritsugu as her master.

Even if he wanted to communicate with him, the other party never said a single word to him.

And the person she decided to protect in this era, since Irisviel has decided to attach herself to the Caster group...

Well, there is only one answer!