[Comprehensive] Non-flowers are like blades

strategy night

(One)

At dawn, the pure white sunlight was like a soft tulle, silently covering the statue of Mary embracing the Son under the circular dome of the Holy Church, with a compassionate expression.

Yan Fengli was frowning as he walked through the empty church hall and stopped in front of the altar steps at the front of the church. When he turned around, a strange figure suddenly appeared on the originally empty seat behind him. After seeing the skinny and distorted familiars, the gray-haired priest frowned as if he had been waiting for a long time.

"I believe that all the r's who accepted the summoning should have heard about it. The consecutive kidnapping cases that have caused panic in Fuyuki City recently and the previous several appalling house-break-in murder cases are the culprits of r and r."

No one answered, and Kotomine Rizheng didn't expect any opinions from these familiars, so he slowly stated: "Since r and other r have seriously violated the 'concealment' rules of the Holy Grail War, therefore, I use my The supervisory authority possessed by the emergency has called everyone here to announce a small rule change..."

……

"—[All r immediately suspend their fighting behavior with each other, and try their best to annihilate r]?"

Holding the senbei carelessly in his mouth, Yui, who was fighting with the rider on the chess board without any image at the moment, turned his head, frowned, and confirmed with Weber, who had just received the messenger's summons; the latter's face was full of Full of excitement and relaxation, he nodded vigorously to the girl: "That's right! Moreover, the Holy Church said that the person who successfully killed r would be rewarded with an additional curse seal!"

"Oh..." Squinting his eyes and lazily prolonging the ending, Yuyi immediately turned his head and continued playing chess with rider as if he hadn't heard it at all.

Although the excited Weber didn't get a response, the blueprint in his mind made him not feel unhappy at all. Instead, he waved his arms and legs and explained more excitedly: "A truce, a truce! In other words, we can have a good rest during this period of time! By the way, now our two groups join forces, Spencer, your r plus my rider will definitely defeat r before all the other r's!!!"

"...I remember that you were the one who desperately opposed the alliance between Rider and us. You were crying and making trouble, and you almost wiped your neck and threatened Rider." mercilessly complained to Weber, who was already immersed in infinite beautiful fantasies at this time. The boy, Yuyi looked at the boy who hadn't recovered from his fantasy at all, and casually grabbed a chess piece that he had just eaten from the rider, and hit Weber's forehead with a "boom".

"Ah! It hurts, it hurts!!!" Forced to return to reality by the pain, Weber jumped up angrily while clutching his forehead, "Gloria Spencer! Why do you have the same hobbies as Rider... No! I'm your ally r, even if it's just pretending, at least show some respect?!"

"..." Inexplicably, I feel that it is really hard for a rider to meet such an r... Whether it is in terms of magic power output or character reliability.

In terms of strength, Weber is probably the weakest r in this Holy Grail War except for group r... No, now think about r's treasure that can supply unlimited magic power, and Ryūnosuke is summoning r Before, he had the ability to break into a house and kill an entire family by himself, so he at least possessed the absolute psychological quality and the combat skills to defeat two adults at the same time, so, this guy Weber Velvet... deserves to be the weakest among r ah.

In addition, although he is very good at the study of magic theory, he is actually a guy with incredible self-esteem. In this regard, since he briefly explained the theory of magic with Yuyi in the morning, he has been proud of himself as a teacher , When Yuyi saw that he asked the rider to keep his spirit body as much as possible, he casually said "what's the matter with that little magic power" and became arrogant, and when he got along with the rider, he intentionally or unintentionally emphasized his r identity...you can easily see it.

Weakness, self-respect, and being strong...can become a channel for her to understand the magic world, and at the same time, she also has a certain degree of self-knowledge, knows how to avoid when she should be weak, is naive but does not hate certain methods, has a strong sense of right and wrong, and will not easily betray—— When she first chose to let this young man join the Holy Grail War, she did have a kind of indifferent idea of ​​"then there are only five real opponents in this Holy Grail War", so let him die, but now it seems that this If the boy is an ally, it is much more valuable than letting him simply fall into this war.

If through him, the rider can be indirectly used by her...then she wouldn't mind lending a helping hand, saving Weber's life at a critical moment in exchange for rider's trust.

Thinking this way in her heart, the dark green long-haired girl tapped the chess pieces on the chessboard a few times, and landed directly on the place she had already thought about in her heart, and slowly opened her mouth to respond to Weber's previous questioning.

"Since Velvet-kun mentioned allies, as 'allies' I have a piece of advice here."

"Mr. Velvet, do you think the order of the Church of the Holy Church is really enough to suspend the Holy Grail War? Perhaps in a short period of time, there will indeed be r who will turn their attention to r because of the rewarding command spell, but I can be sure that , even the r of saber and archer who are most eager to replenish the command spells at the moment, when they see Velvet-kun who is alone, they will never hesitate to say "all r immediately suspend the fighting behavior between each other" and let it go An opportunity to wipe out the formidable enemy Rider."

"How, how could it be... But the Church of the Holy Church is a 'third party'! It's the rules of the Holy Grail War..." The previous good fantasy of rest was suddenly shattered, and the young Weber was stunned and argued loudly, but it was a pity that the words were powerless Even he himself found something wrong.

"Rules?" Gazing deeply into the boy's panicked eyes, Yui calmly repeated Weber's words, "Perhaps, everything in this world has its 'rules', but the 'rules' themselves do not make people The power of obedience and punishment, it is never the 'rules' that make people obey, but the morality in people's hearts and the violence that the 'rules' adhere to."

"Mr. Velvet, you told me before, right? 'Concealment' is also one of the rules of the Holy Grail War, isn't it? But look, when r and his r violated this rule, the Church of the Holy Church What can be done? Call other r who have the ability to fight against r to announce such a reward, which means that their Holy Church itself has no power to punish those who violate the rules, even as a third party in the Holy Grail War, they You don’t even have the ability to force r to withdraw from the Holy Grail War, do you?” Yui said word by word, with a light smile, with a slight mockery in her voice: “Mr. Velvet, I’m here to tell you something The point is, if you believed the Holy Church’s order and were killed by other r during the so-called truce, the Holy Church would not have any power to punish that r to seek justice for you... I don’t even think they A reward will be offered for your death with another spell."

"So, even now that everyone is turning their attention to Group R, I hope Velvet-kun will not take his own safety lightly."

Seeing the boy's face gradually turning pale, Yui was finally convinced that Waver finally listened to her words.Just when she turned her head, thinking that the other party would not speak again in a short time, the boy's weak but persistent voice suddenly sounded behind her.

"how about you?"

"Spencer... No, I guess, you shouldn't be called by that name, right?" Weber's young voice was slightly trembling in his insistence, but in the end he said it out: "Even the name can't tell the truth. Me, how can I trust your sincerity in forming an alliance with me and rider! After all..."

——In the final analysis, it was also because of his own weakness... Even if r's r betrayed him one day, he himself would not have enough "violence" to force her to be punished, would he? !

But these words, even as naive as Weber would know, absolutely cannot be said now.He only has a rider, and he can't even use his magic power to his heart's content, so what qualifications does he have...

"……sorry."

As if re-acquainted with Weber, Yui suddenly showed a very short expression of surprise on his face - the rider took the surprise on the girl's face into his eyes, and the corners of his mouth slightly curved upwards.For the first time since forming an alliance, the girl put away her joking and preaching tone, and actually walked in front of the boy.

"It's just the admission of an impostor that caused so many misunderstandings... Although I want to quibble, I don't think I have ever said 'my name is Gloria Spencer' to Velvet-kun, but since we are allies, we know each other It doesn’t seem like it’s something to be proud of, but never reported your own name.”

Stretching out her hand, the girl with dark green hair made an invitation gesture to shake hands with the boy, her dark blue eyes were like the clearest blue sky.

"Let's get to know each other again, Yuki Lionello... But because I grew up in Japan, I'm more used to being called 'Sanada Yui', whichever is my real name, just choose what you like, Will Werther."

(two)

The slender test tubes marked with a long list of English letters were lined up on the shelf. Compared with those magic tricks that relied on the talent of blood, Weber was obviously more comfortable with alchemy.Quickly prepared the reagents, the young man tried his best to ignore the eyes of the three curious babies behind him, picked up a clean dropper from the table and sucked up part of the reagents, and was just about to drop them into the test tubes when he heard the rider open it first Mouth: "I said... boy, you asked r to fetch so much water along the river, are you playing alchemy now?"

"If you don't fetch water, I won't tell you even if you find r"——After threatening Yui who had just finished lecturing himself, Weber pushed a large bag of test tubes with English letters on them into the girl's arms, quickly R, who has an excellent speed, naturally becomes the best candidate for running errands, not to mention, spearmen are willing to run errands in order to find r.It's just... what is the rider's r doing now? R was puzzled, but he didn't show it in the slightest.

"What alchemy game, this is the real alchemist!"

Glaring at the rider with some dissatisfaction, Weber endured it, but couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth at Yui, who was almost indistinguishable from the two Heroic Spirits with a curious expression: "Let me tell you, even if it's only for a week, Sanada, you are still there." Did you study at the Clock Tower? Can you stop looking at me with such idiotic eyes!"

"I always thought alchemy was about making elixir of life...so I didn't take that class at all." Staring back without the slightest guilt, Yui leaned forward enthusiastically, "But your thing is not as good as it is now. The chemistry class in my Japanese junior high school is quite similar—”

"Alchemy is actually a lot of chemistry courses for ordinary people, but it's more esoteric with the addition of magic! Stupid!" With a speechless sigh, Weber took the reagent that was said to be able to test the residue of magic in his hand. The test tube a in the lower reaches of Yuanchuan began to drop in one by one. The transparent and colorless reagent dripped into the clear river water, and instantly turned into a deep red that was as dazzling as fresh blood. Weber subconsciously took a breath.

a, b, c, d, e, f... throughout the lower reaches of Fuyuki's Mito River, the river water is almost mixed with strong magic residues, Weber moved the dropper holding his breath, and finally stopped at the end of the test tube q Above, the clear river water and reagents still maintain a pure and clear transparent color.The boy Wei Bo put down the test tube solemnly, picked up the test tube Q, and set his sight on the map of Weiyuanchuan marked with letters, Yui raised his eyebrows, vaguely understanding something.

"r... Excuse me here." Weber moved his finger back and forth between the two water intake points q and p, drawing an area, "is there anything special between these two points? For example Factory drains... something."

"Yes, there is indeed an abandoned factory water outlet there..." R said this, and he also reacted, "Could it be that that's where R is?!"

"Ah, such a strong magic residue, [-] out of [-] can't be wrong." There is no more impatience and bewilderment in the weekdays, standing above his own domain, the boy's face is full of doubts Firm and confident, "R's magic workshop, follow the drain, and you will definitely find it!"

Noticing the uncontrollable smile on the rider's face, Yui pursed the corners of her lips, took advantage of Weber's time to ask r carefully, leaned slightly towards the big red-haired man, and whispered softly: " King of Conquerors, you seem very proud of your r."

"It's a matter of course!" Unlike the girl's soft voice, Rider was never someone who would suppress and cover up his emotions, whether in life or after death. His loud voice immediately attracted the attention of Weber and R who were not far away. Attention: "After all, my r has done something that your r can't do at all, isn't that enough to make me feel proud?!"

"Stupid, idiot!" Without waiting for Yuyi to express his opinion, the young Weber holding the test tube became awkward, "This kind of little trick is not a good magician's technique! It's just the lowest of the lowest! Yes, what is there to be proud of?!"

"No... to be able to use the top-down strategy to obtain the top-up merit, this is more than one step better than using the top-up strategy from the beginning!" Without any intention of restraining his proud expression, the rider stood up and looked at it with a smile Turning to r and Yui, "Very good! Now that my r has found the lair of that guy r, it's time for us guys who have been watching to show our skills and do something we can do? Huh? r, And r's r?"

Although there is a huge difference in body shape from the rider, the girl with dark green hair still hugged her arms without giving in. How could she not understand the provocative meaning in the rider's words: "Hmph, it suits me meaning……"

"Hey, hey! You two—" Seeing that the two guys in front of him were about to hit it off again regardless of his wishes, the little joy that young Weber had been praised before suddenly disappeared, "You two idiots! Have you figured it out yet? Our opponent this time!? That’s r, r! Do you understand?!”

"Understood." This is the two in unison; Wei Bo heard it in his ears, and he almost couldn't catch his breath: "What do you two know! R's position defense ability——"

"Don't miss this opportunity! Kid, didn't you say that our alliance with r and them is the strongest crusade team right now? With the strength of our two heroic spirits, it's just a piece of cake to get rid of r?" Rider said so, He took out the sword directly, as if preparing to call a chariot.

"Wait, wait—"

"If you stop going because you are afraid of going to the enemy's position, I'm afraid that more children will suffer in the future, Velvet-kun."

Universal values ​​are not very restrictive for Yui himself, but for r and Weber, it is obviously the best weight. Sure enough, r, who was hesitant because of worrying about the girl, immediately stood up. Beyond his own r and rider, Weber couldn't say anything to stop him anymore.

(three)

Even the holiest of churches has to surrender to darkness after night falls.

Silently passing through the empty corridor of the Holy Church, the expressionless and numb man looked at the dark road, and such a sentence flashed in his mind for a moment.

Logically speaking, if such blasphemous words were heard, even the Holy Mother, who is known for her tolerance, should have condemned him... However, no matter how long he stood silently in the dark, he didn't feel anything. punishment or what is called spiritual baptism in biblical stories.

Has God really ever listened to the sin in man's heart?If they couldn't even hear this, didn't they never listen to the expectations in people's hearts from the beginning?Is it possible... Is it possible that those so-called concepts of God's love for the world are just universal values ​​imposed by people on the image of the so-called "God"; is it possible that the "God" hidden in the Holy Grail, the That's why he was selected as a contender for the Holy Grail War, precisely because he affirmed the peculiar feeling in his heart that is not tolerated by the world and is called "evil" by the world...

Kotomine Kirei only noticed Archer on the sofa in the living room in his room after closing the door of the room.He didn't feel too much disgust towards this uninvited guest. In fact, it should be said that disgust is useless—since this King of Heroes is Tohsaka Tokiomi's ace-like existence, even his r Tokiomi-sensei is also very reasonable. He seemed to ignore him, so seeing him here, Kotomine Kirei was more or less surprised.

"The motives of the other r's?"

After tidying up the built-in wine cellar in the room, Kotomine Kirei straightened an unopened bottle of red wine in his hand and placed it on the ground, "Archer, why are you listening to these things?"

"Isn't it interesting? Human desires."

The dim orange lights fell from both sides, making the face of the blond man more unpredictable. Archer lowered his head slightly, staring at the wine with the same color as his eyes, shaking it freely in the crystal clear wine glass, "For What kind of reason produced such a strong desire to be chosen by the Holy Grail... Don't you feel anticipation? Different from Tokiomi's boring wish, there should be at least one or two of those r's, enough to entertain The existence of this king, right?"

——"Whether you are a tyrant, a wise lord, or a prince and general, in my eyes, you are nothing but white bones under the wheel of history."

——"'Although you are a mortal in the flesh'? You said it as if you were not alive. Since as a heroic spirit, you were summoned by me and other mortals from the Holy Grail, you are already a dead person—maybe you feel that your will is not enough I also believe that your bravery is not inferior to your life, but no matter how you say it, your era is over, and the empire you created with your own hands is already in ruins yesterday!"

——"The so-called future is something that only belongs to us living, dead emperors...you don't even have a body that can stay in the world for a long time, so how can you claim hegemony?"

……

Not paying attention to Kotomine Kirei who was already deep in thought beside him, the blond archer swung the wine glass, and in the faintly swaying shadow of the wine, a shadow with dark green long hair flashed past.Even in the face of the King of Conquerors and him, the delicate girl who never backed down in the slightest merged with another smile in his memory in an instant.The same attitude of being neither humble nor overbearing in front of the highest dignitaries in the world, is it because he is so similar to that person?Therefore, even if it was such a rebellious word, he was not really displeased with the thought of killing that girl; instead, he became interested in her origin and wish.

"R's r..."