[Comprehensive] Non-flowers are like blades

what the grail conveys

(One)

The dark, closed, dilapidated hotel room was filled with the lingering smell of cigarettes, and faint light seeped in through the closed curtains, leaving a faint spot of light on the map of Fuyuki City painted in black handwriting on the wall.

Squinting his eyes and pondering in silence for a while, Emiya Kiritsugu raised his hand to remove the cigarette dangling from the corner of his mouth, and with the other hand, he grabbed the black marker pen on the table beside him and walked forward slowly.He opened his mouth and exhaled a light puff of white smoke. The man raised his hand and was about to add another stroke somewhere on the map, but his thoughts were interrupted by a hasty and messy knock on the door. After the chaos turned into a certain rhythm - that was the secret code he and Kenneth Archibald had agreed upon.

Frowning, Emiya Kiritsugu finally put down his pen.A look of impatience faintly flashed across the dark black pupils, he turned around and walked to the door of the room, without taking off the anti-theft chain, Emiya Kiritsugu just opened the door like this, separated by a road that could accommodate a Unsurprisingly, the gap between one arm met the anxious and dissatisfied blue eyes of the blond man.

"Emiya Kiritsugu! This is different from what we agreed before! You said that nothing will happen to Soravee in our plan, but now she—"

Almost at the moment Emiya Kiritsugu opened the door, Kenneth who was outside the door suddenly stretched out his hand as if losing his mind, directly passed through the crack of the door and grabbed Emiya Kiritsugu's neckline!Being pulled back by this sudden force, even a professional killer as powerful as Emiya Kiritsugu, if he hadn't been prepared to support the door frame with one hand, he might be dragged headfirst into the door. The anti-theft chain is on.

"Mr. Archibald."

Opening the door was only out of respect for the original ally—yes, the original ally, Kenneth did not achieve the role he originally imagined in his plan, and Emiya Kiritsugu did not mean to clean up the mess for him and his fiancee, In fact, he has begun to regret working with this man a little bit.

Solavie Sophilia is just a fool who is dazed by R. What's ridiculous is that the Patriarch Archibald, whose objectivity and calmness he admired, lost all judgment because of that stupid woman. He also laughed at Sanada Yui's vision of choosing allies, which is really ironic these days.

"I think I have kept my word and made no dangerous arrangements for your fiancée."

It can be said that Solavi was his biggest dissatisfaction with Kenneth, an ally at the beginning, but it was precisely because of the existence of this woman that Kenneth's hostility towards Sanada Yui could be continuously consolidated, so Kiritsugu really felt that this woman was against Ah Qi. After Patriarch Polud's influence, he acquiesced in her joining-although he really hoped that someone could solve the hidden danger of Berserker against Saber for him, but it was obvious that Suo Lawei was too ridiculous a candidate.

"But Solavi was indeed affected by the Holy Grail War—" Kenneth seemed to realize Emiya Kiritsugu's indifference, and Kenneth also raised his voice, regardless of whether anyone would pass by the corridor and hear: "Emiya Kiritsugu, I said that the premise of your cooperation with me is to ensure that Suolawei is safe and sound!"

"It's your own business to protect your fiancée, but I have more important things to do in the Holy Grail War." Slowly pinching Kenneth's hand that was holding his collar, Emiya Kiritsugu said while While tightening the strength of his fingers, until the other party felt the pain and let go, "Miss Sophilia provoked R on her own initiative, isn't it Mr. Archibald's mistake?"

Intellectually, it was clear that the other party was only telling the truth, but Emiya Kiritsugu's indifference still faintly angered the blond man. As a famous magician, Kenneth, who was surrounded by a halo of genius since childhood, had he ever received such slights?

"Eimiya Kiritsugu, you also have a wife..."

"Eri will never be my burden." Without hesitation interrupting Kenneth's words, at the last second when Emiya Kiritsugu closed the door, an obscure light flashed in his dark eyes that could not see the edge : "And, even if one day..."

"Eri will understand me too."

The thick black door was closed behind him, and the old fragments of white powder on the walls around the door frame crashed down and landed on the man's black windbreaker coat.He raised his hand and lightly tapped out a cigarette from the cigarette case, his rough fingertips covered with callouses silently slid across the white and slender roll, pulled the lighter to ignite a little spark, Emiya Kiritsugu took a deep breath One sip, the wonderful chemical reaction of nicotine made his mind empty for a moment——

Suddenly, he seemed to have returned to the winter day when Ilya was born eight years ago.In the empty castle of Einzbern, the maid's hurried footsteps passed through the corridor. When he heard the good news, he let go of his tightly clasped hands, stepped on the cigarette butts all over the floor, and went anxiously to his beloved wife and The room where the newborn daughter resides.In that snow-white room with a slight smell of blood left behind, the man stared at the sleeping face of his little daughter greedily and affectionately like a long-drought traveler just in time for the rain, and wanted to reach out to hug him, but he stopped abruptly.

"I...I'm not qualified to hug this child. Ai Li, one day, I will put you to death."

He withdrew his hands in fear and shame, and turned his gaze from his daughter's sweet sleeping face to the window of the deserted castle where the snow was flying, and then he heard his wife's gentle and soft voice that seemed to melt ice and snow, just like the first time he saw her. .

"I know. Because this is the long-cherished wish of the Einzbern family—and I was born for it."

"But Kiritsugu... If there is such a day, I will face death calmly, and it will definitely not be for the so-called long-cherished wish of Einzbern."

Snowflakes drifting like goose feathers outside the window are scattered one after another, each one is so small and fragile, but in the end it gathers into this white that covers the boundary between heaven and earth, covering up all traces.Emiya Kiritsugu was called by his wife's gentle voice, turned his head, and met the silver-haired beauty's ruby-like eyes shining with courage and infinite understanding. In them, there was a man who overturned her whole world and had nothing for him. Retained belief.

"I am what I am now because I know your ideals well and have the same wishes as you. It is you who guided me and gave me a new way of life that is different from other Einzbern dolls. Just like Kiritsugu You can dedicate yourself to your ideals, and as a part of you, I really feel your awakening, so you don’t have to be sad for me, I just——made the same choice as you.”

Let this Holy Grail War, full of conspiracy and despair, be the last drop of blood shed in this world.

Just let their tears dry up, and grief is almost gone—

Standing in the closed room for a long time, Emiya Kiritsugu's eyes got used to this kind of darkness, and he could clearly see every stroke of the Fuyuki map in front of him as if he was seeing in daylight.

"Sanada Yui is still alive" - ​​I have to say that when he returned from the Holy Church, Hisu Maiya's words made him stunned for half a minute.

Ally's bodily function as the carrier of the Holy Grail has not degenerated in any way and Kenneth Archibald was hacked, all of which point to this only possibility.If it was in the past, he might have felt a little bit excited when he met his opponent, but at this moment, he only felt an invisible sense of suffocation coming from all directions.

If in the end, after he had lost everything, he lost the Holy Grail...

This terrifying thought flashed into the man's mind very quickly, but was cut off very quickly by Emiya Kiritsugu.Last night, Irisviel followed behind Hisu Maiya, the look of eager anticipation when she left, and the appearance of Illya hugging the teddy bear and holding back tears when she left the Einzbern main house. Appearing in the man's mind, Emiya Kiritsugu's fingers that were holding the cigarette were clenched into fists, and even the hot sparks were snuffed out in the palm of his hand.

Absolutely not to lose... absolutely not to let the tragedy that happened to Ari spread to Illya again.

(two)

"Here it is, ma'am, here is the key. Saber, I have other tasks to do next, and the task of protecting Madam will be entrusted to you."

After briefly introducing the structure of the house, Hisau Maiya briefly looked at Saber and nodded, then quickly sat back in the car according to her usual style.After fastening the seat belt neatly, Maiya Hisau started the car skillfully. From the corner of her eye, she glanced at Irisviel, who was looking dimly in the rearview mirror. Once tight, he stepped on the accelerator heavily.

The words "there are other tasks coming up" are not just an excuse for her to leave in a hurry. The original stronghold of Einzbern's castle has been exposed. After r is eliminated, the most important target of group r is naturally Saber. So after relocating Irisviel and Saber, Hisau Maiya and Emiya Kiritsugu will naturally plan the next step to deal with Sanada Yui: For example, what she is hiding in the trunk now—even if it cannot To kill Sanada Yui, at the very least, the helper by her side, Rider's r Webber Wilwirt must be eradicated as soon as possible...

"—?!"

Sensing the sudden abnormality of the wheels, the car spun out of control and crashed into the electric pole on the side of the road. Hisu Maiya's face changed suddenly, and she quickly reached out to touch the gun while stepping on the brakes—but before she could Touching the gun, a large silver-white water curtain suddenly rose into the sky, and then spirally closed like a handkerchief tightened by someone, as if it was going to crush her, including her and the car!The breath of death seemed to blow on the woman's eyelashes in an instant, Maiya didn't have time to worry about the ** in the trunk, she quickly leaned back, her long legs in black military boots ruthlessly kicked open the car roof. The explosive jumping power between the sunroof and the hanging thread made her jump off the roof of the car at an incredible height, and escaped at the last second when the mercury was closed!

Ling Kong stood on the roof of the car that had been distorted and scrapped into a mess of broken copper and iron. Hisu Maiya shook her hand, and the silver-gray portable pistol slipped into her palm along her cuff. When she landed, she could avoid the splash of the car She rolled on the ground a few times in embarrassment, and hid in the surrounding grass.

At this time, who is...? !

Slowly raising the weapon in her hand, Hisu Maiya was just about to look around, but suddenly felt something cold and hard round metal on the back of her neck against the back of her head—she was too familiar with this kind of thing, she She has lived for nearly 30 years, and such things have been with her for at least 27 years.

"A mouse is a mouse... Sure enough, whenever something happens, they like to burrow into the grass."

The cold and sharp British Japanese sounded behind her, Hisau Maiya was slightly startled, then frowned, "Kenneth Archibald? What are you doing?! Isn't our common enemy— —”

With a sound of "bang," the gunshot abruptly ended the woman's unfinished words.Hisu Maiya just dropped her weapon and raised her hands like a puppet that has lost its support. She fell down with a limp "plop", and gurgling blood oozed from the grass behind her head little by little. Wet the deep black soil beneath the blades of grass.

"Do what?"

Slowly lowering the arm holding the pistol, the face of the blond-haired and blue-eyed Patriarch Archibald has long since lost the vigor and arrogance he had when he first arrived in Fuyuki.Because he was not familiar with how to use a gun, he shot his head at such a close distance from the target. The blood dripping from the woman's head and the white brains sprayed half of his body in an instant. Blood, like tears, rolled down little by little along his uniquely deep Caucasian outline.

"Of course I want to see Emiya Kiritsugu's expression of despair when he has nothing—"

In this so-called cooperation, Emiya Kiritsugu used him thoroughly and refused his help, abandoned and betrayed him and Solavey, and now that Suolawi's whereabouts are unknown, but he wants to be alone?It's ridiculous.

When the man slammed the door of the dilapidated hotel, he originally wanted to use magic to kill the man on the spot, but in the next second, he thought of Suo Lawei.

——The scariest thing in this world is not death, but losing all the important people around you.

Hisau Maiya is just the first one, as long as Saber leaves Irisviel's side...

Thinking this way, Kenneth held his arm that was numb due to the recoil of firing the gun with one hand, and a strange and vicious pleasure flashed across his haggard face the moment Hisu Maiya's body came into view. Before noticing the scene, the man turned around, and his stumbling figure quickly disappeared into the depths of the woods.

At the same time, at the Chancheng home in the next city, a beautiful woman with long hair and elegant eyes was tightly holding the phone receiver. Tears slowly floated up like mist in her wide-open eyes. He was on the phone, trembling and covering his mouth, listening to the bad news that came one after another, almost broke down in tears in the blink of an eye.

"Husband, how could it be... The Matou family also... Sakura, Sakura... How is this possible..."

Different from her husband's pursuit of Mo Daoshe's life and death, although she has the blood of the famous Chancheng family and has successfully given birth to two daughters who are extremely talented in magic, but what this woman named Tohsaka Aoi expected, After all, it is nothing more than the happiness called "ordinary" in the husband's mouth.Before the start of the Holy Grail War, Matou Kariya's incomprehensible questioning in Fuyuki's downtown park flashed subconsciously in his mind. Tears streamed down Aoi Tohsaka's face.

——Why, why did you let Sakura...why didn't you take Sakura with you when you left with Rin...

"Please don't be too sad, madam."

On the other end of the phone, Kotomine Kirei's voice was full of sadness and apology, but his dark gray pupils were filled with mocking and malicious excitement, and one hand was smeared with the blood of his mentor. Holding the dagger in his other hand, holding the crystal wine glass that originally belonged to Tohsaka Tokiomi in the other hand, he shook his wrist, and spoke condescendingly to the phone with the hands-free button on the table.

"I will continue to inquire about Matou Ying's news for Madam, but I am afraid that the teacher's condition is more dangerous in comparison. If possible, please ask Madam to come over some time. The teacher said that just in case, some things need to be done. Confess to Madam face to face..."

……

"You really are a bad disciple, Kirei."

He remained silent until the man pressed the hang-up button, and then Gilgamesh, who was leaning against the door, slowly appeared, and the light like golden quicksand gathered into a human form like a melting galaxy.The golden heroic spirit appeared out of the void, lowered his head, stared at Tosaka Tokiomi's dead body lying on the table, his smile widened a little bit: "I killed the teacher with my own hands, and now I use the teacher's wife as a bait to lure % quote the r of berserker for your use—"

"The LORD saw that man's sin on earth was great and wicked, and that every thought of his thoughts was only evil all day long... The world was corrupted before God, and the earth was full of demons."

Wearing a black priest's robe, the man was reciting the "Bible" softly, his rough and slender fingers slowly stroking the silver cross pendant on his chest, as if praying.It was a passage in "Genesis" when Yahweh died. Gilgamesh listened intently, curling the corners of his lips as if Kotomine Kirei's words were extremely beautiful and melodious music.

"Archer... King of Heroes."

Rubbing the cold and smooth metal with his fingertips, Kotomine Kirei stood in front of the table where Tosaka Tokiomi lay down, behind him was a huge floor-to-ceiling window that captured the stars and the night, his smile was as mysterious as a bottomless night .

"I think, a little bit... I touched it."

"What the Holy Grail wants to convey to me—"

(three)

A photo with an extremely ordinary quality, in a quiet room where the girl's white and slender fingertips slightly bend back and forth while reflecting a faint white luster.

The two girls in the photo have very similar faces, like the faces of each other in the mirror, the same birthmark, hair of the same color, and obviously the same dark blue eyes, but they strangely show to the onlookers that one side is Thousands of miles of blue sky, one side is the feeling of deep ocean.

Frankly speaking, this was not originally a photo, but Yuyi asked Sawada Tsunayoshi a few days after Mirufiore and Pengo Lie shook hands to make peace. It's just a picture taken from the video.It is said that they are sisters connected by blood, but in fact, the time she spent with her is really pitiful. Although it was considered day and night in Miru Fiore, Yuni was just an empty shell at that time, which is ridiculous She wanted to get a real photo with her sister, but she also asked Tsunayoshi Sawada for it.

There was a slight pause in the movement of the hand, and Yuyi carefully placed the photo on the corner of her lips.In the picture, Yuni smiled gently with persuasion, holding a spoonful of curry rice made by Kyoko and Xiaoharu, and handed it to the corner of her sister's mouth, but as the younger sister, Yui curled her mouth in an extremely uncooperative manner, with a displeased expression on her face She wrinkled her nose and looked at the spoon—of course, even so, she still ate the spoonful of curry rice in the end. Now she can take the innocent little girl with a tragic fate as a hostage without changing her face, but for Youni The request has never been able to refuse.

That's right... I don't have the ability to refuse at all, even at that time, facing such a request...

The girl lowered her head slightly, her dark green soft and clean long hair hanging down from both sides of her shoulders.She closed her eyes, and the face of Yoni holding the children of the rainbow in pleading looks flashed before her eyes, and suddenly changed into another picture, which was a messy and fragmented fragment of her dream last night: a barren On the ruins of the ruins, there is no grass and no people around, and all you can see are burnt houses and remnants of sparks; and she stands alone in it, disheveled, and even the white blurred bone mask on her face is stained with charred black. The scorching marks left a few broken cracks, and the dry and hot air made her restless.

here is……

【Do you want the Holy Grail? 】

Someone's words came vaguely mixed with the wind, she turned her head quickly, and the silver-haired and red-eyed Irisviel stood behind her and grinned at her with a meaningful and strange smile, and then her face suddenly flashed A ray of pure gold turned into Yoni's teary-eyed final smile:

"Don't, don't go on, Yui... go back—go back to Italy! Quit..."

--don't want.

She knows how dangerous her current state is: drowsiness, super intuition gradually deteriorating... These are all things that happened to Bailan and Youni on the eve of the end of the day, plus Yuko's warning, how could she not Know?But why?Her Yuni's life is her own, so even if she decides to die, her sister has no position to stop it; now that it is her, her Sanada Yui's life also belongs to her, so whether it is participating in the Holy Grail War or the ancient Heroic Spirit It is her freedom to fight to death or be abandoned by the Holy Grail to despair!

Since she said that the Holy Grail is hers, she will never let it go!

Like a child with a rebellious mentality, the girl with long dark green hair stubbornly stretched out her hand and grabbed Yuni who had turned into a huge pure gold wine cup at some point!However, in the next second, the sound of howling wind fell from the sky, and Youyi looked up subconsciously, only to see a giant crystal giant sword burning with golden-orange flames falling to the top of her head while splitting into pieces!

——The Sword of Damocles? !But even if she accepted the throne in that world, it should be a transparent colorless sword... Also, at that time, it should be the Holy Grail who was talking to her, so why did Irisviel's appear first? Face? !Well, she admits that Mrs. Emiya is indeed a beauty that fits her aesthetics, but if she simply dreams of a beauty, she has to start with ten bundles...

Heaving a heavy breath, Yuyi slightly raised the hand that was not holding the photo, ignoring the hair hanging on her forehead and supported her forehead, through the dark green bangs, the cool sweat spread to the girl's forehead Palm - You Yizhong breathed a sigh of relief, before he had time to think about the meaning of the dream, but in the next second, his movements suddenly stopped, his dark blue eyes slanted slightly, and he looked in the direction of the door of the room.

The sound of footsteps, no matter in terms of speed or frequency of steps...it can't be Weber!

The fingertips placed on the couch moved slightly, and the dark green long-haired girl quickly adjusted the expression on her face in less than a second.She held the long light in her hand, and slightly raised the corners of her lips in the direction of the approaching footsteps in the corridor.

At the same time, in the residential area of ​​Fuyuki City, near the new workshop of the Emiya family's Saber camp, the Saber who went out to patrol and bought necessities for Irisviel suddenly turned around as if sensing something!Suddenly, there was a messy and violent noise from the direction of the warehouse where Irisviel lived, and then a blue-black afterimage directly smashed through the paper door of Emiya's house, carrying a limp and unconscious The silver-haired figure in white quickly jumped onto the telegraph pole in the twilight, and then bounced a few times, easily out of Saber's sight!

"That figure is... Oops! Irisviel?!"

Gritting her teeth suddenly, the blond-haired and silver-armored Saber returned to her military uniform posture with a wave of her hand!Wrapped by the wind king's enchantment, the golden sword tip turned, and launched a powerful "wind king's hammer" directly at the ground. Saber's whole body instantly turned into a touch of silver remnant light, chasing the direction where the figure disappeared in mid-air , fly away at lightning speed! ()