I don't like the gods, I want to be a hero

Although he couldn't see Illya's appearance, Seleus could still feel Illya's mood at this moment from the girl's surprise and the little hands that suddenly clenched his hair.

"Is there a possibility that the Kiritsugu who made Illya wait for ten years but didn't pick up Illya for a long time is because of the unimaginable injury suffered in the dangerous Holy Grail War... "

In order to avoid Illya's overreaction, Seleus simply told all the information he could say today.

"...That's why he, who was originally nimble, couldn't cross the barriers in the snow forest to Einzbern Castle, and naturally he couldn't see the lovely daughter he was thinking of."

"Berserker...why do you say that?" Illya's voice was a little low, and the little hands holding the red hair gradually increased their strength.

'Looks like I got the timing right. Seeing that Illya's mood was still calm, Seleus silently breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

What Seleus said just now is the possibility that he speculates based on intelligence. Although it has not been confirmed, he already has sufficient confidence.

As early as when he saw Emiya Shirou's information, Serius began to doubt——Emiya Kiritsugu, how did this scum who killed his wife and abandoned his daughter at a critical moment cultivate such a kind-hearted and somewhat sickly outstanding boy? of?

In other words, how could the "wild dog" and "white-eyed wolf" in Ahad's mouth adopt an orphan who survived the disaster?

With doubts, Seleus checked Emiya Kiritsugu's personal information and some of his experiences of being searched by Einzbern, and finally came up with such a guess.

Finally, after being informed by Jill that the Great Holy Grail has been contaminated by the "evil of this world", Serius wondered why Emiya Kiritsugu destroyed the Great Holy Grail at the last moment, and why he didn't pick up Illya's There is also a reasonable explanation for the reason.

A man whose dream is to eliminate all misfortunes in the world, but just before his wish is fulfilled, he sees the great Holy Grail filled with malice enough to drown the world.

The man with broken dreams destroyed the evil that endangered the world, but he was injured enough to be fatal, so that he could not even cross the barrier of Einzbern.

Thinking of the man who dragged his broken body to the frozen ground, Mingming knew very well that his daughter was here, but he couldn't see anything.In the end, he could only return to his adopted son with endless sadness, and passed away sadly in the regret of not being able to see his daughter for the last time.

Serius felt that it was necessary for him to help that man, at least to eliminate his daughter's hatred and incomprehension towards him.

"I just said that there is such a possibility." Although he was certain in his heart, but he had no evidence to prove it, Seleus still did not express his affirmation to Illya.

"As someone who was rescued and adopted by Lord Hades, I know very well what it feels like to be an adopted son." Seleus suddenly looked up into the distance, with deep emotion in his tone.

"The kind of gratitude for being redeemed in the depths of despair, and after understanding the malice of the world... It's a bit much. You only need to understand that I was redeemed by Lord Hades in despair. Just go on a journey with the ideal of becoming a hero who can eliminate all misfortunes in the world."

Serleus, who reacted, stopped his increasingly biased words in time.

"And look at Emiya Shirou now. He is also an adopted son, but he is working hard with the dream of becoming a 'partner of justice'."

"I don't think that Emiya Kiritsugu, who would adopt an orphan, would kill his wife and abandon his son for no reason, and I don't believe that such a scum would raise such an adopted son."

After talking about his guesses and inferences, Seleus began to remain silent, and patiently waited for the girl on his shoulder to understand and respond.

"So Kiritsugu... why did Berserker tell me this now..." Illya's low voice contained some complaints, and at the same time, she hugged Sirius' head with both hands, and pressed her face deeply Buried in his long red hair.

Feeling love from Seleus again, and wanting more, the girl quickly accepted and believed Seleus' speculation.

Recalling once again the happy experience of playing with Kiritsugu when she was young, Illya's mood at this time is a kind of complexity that even the girl herself can't figure out.

"You have also seen Sera's attitude towards Shirou today. You must know that when you mentioned Kiritsugu before, your attitude was much worse than hers."

"Even if I told you in advance, with your attitude at that time, you would never listen to my explanation calmly like today, and it might destroy your trust in me."

Seleus shrugged, which was why he was only speaking now.

"And because I saw my preference for Shirou today, Berserker chose to tell me his guess at this time, right?"

"Illya is very smart."

'very smart?If it's really smart, there's no need to rely on Berserker to inform these guesses..." Illya thought in her heart, and hugged Serius tighter.

Serius gently covered Illya's petite body with his big hand, although he knew that Illya, who had received so much information for a while, needed to think about it.

But he still couldn't help using this method to give the girl some comfort from himself.

"Huh? What's that?!"

Seleus suddenly raised his head and looked towards the Miyuan River, or in the direction of the Fuyuki Bridge.

Although Berserker couldn't reach that far with his perception, he somehow sensed an extremely distorted malice.

"Berserker, I feel that some servants have left the stage!" As the little holy grail, Ilya was awakened by the sudden arrival of the news. She didn't care about continuing to feel sad for Serius' speculation, and directly reported to her servants with information.

"Have any Servants left?" Serius frowned, and what he had been avoiding from the very beginning still happened.

Although magic can't be used now, no matter how I think about it, the fact that Illya has absorbed the soul of a servant and started to transform into the Lesser Holy Grail will inevitably increase the difficulty of separating her from the Greater Holy Grail.

"However, the strange thing is that the soul of that Servant did not come to me, and it gave me the feeling...as if it was preempted by unknown things."

Illya tapped her head in some doubts. The knowledge instilled in her by the family did not say how to solve this situation.

"Something very troublesome has appeared. If it is that... the current situation of the Great Holy Grail may not be optimistic."

Hearing that Illya did not absorb the soul of that follower, Seleus first silently breathed a sigh of relief, and then reminded Illya with a serious expression.

"Does Berserker know what that thing is?" Illya was curious.

"Remember the twisted thing that deceived you that we met in the castle of Einzbern?" Without too much explanation, Seleus accelerated his progress.

And the direction of travel is naturally the one with four servants - Matou House.

Chapter 50 The Hidden Hand

In the sky of Matou House, at some point, dark clouds that cannot be ignored floated.

After resting the weak Bazzett, Zouken Matou and his party returned to the living room.

"That Lancer, was he killed so easily?" Shirou Emiya, who had no intention of preparing dinner after hearing the unbelievable information, sat on the sofa with a solemn expression.

The boy wasn't feeling sorry for Lancer's exit, or having other similar feelings.

After all, when he met Lancer for the first time, he was almost shot by Lancer who entered the combat state.In other words, if Tohsaka Rin who followed had not used family gems to treat him, the tombstone on the boy's grave would have fallen to ashes at this moment.

Because of this bad first impression, even the good-natured Shirou Emiya didn't have the slightest affection for Lancer, and naturally he wouldn't feel sad about his exit.

As for the reason why the boy's heart is heavy, it is because of the powerful strength displayed by that 'black shadow' and the fact that it attacked Lancer's master and slave.

Although Lancer's heart was pierced through a sneak attack, the speed at which even Lancer, known for his agility, was unable to respond effectively explained everything.

And the worst thing is that the black shadow that originally only affected Sakura Matou suddenly started to act. Although it only attacked the master and servants now, who can guarantee that the target of the next attack will not be the mysterious one. What about ordinary people who don't know?

"I thought that with the help of Mr. Serius, I could easily find and kill the black shadow born from Sakura, but I didn't expect that thing to attack on its own initiative..."

Shirou Emiya clenched his fists. When this righteous and kind-hearted boy thought of the disaster that the black shadow might bring to ordinary people, he couldn't help feeling an uncontrollable anger in his heart.

"That's right, Lancer, who could be said to be a strong opponent, left the stage so easily, and according to Bazzett, they didn't even have a chance to escape together."

"Also..." Tohsaka Rin on the side also had a gloomy expression, but compared to Emiya Shirou, who was starting to get agitated, the girl who was obviously calmer noticed more.

She looked at Matou Zouken, who had been silent all this time, and asked in a cold tone: "Can I ask Mr. Zorgen to explain why you, as the 'creator', don't have the first step?" Did you notice the aura of that 'black shadow' from Miss Bazzett for a while?"

"And why does that thing that left Sakura continue to operate?"

The sudden change of address and the deliberately accentuated tone fully explained the girl's dissatisfaction with Matou Zouken.

"Bazzett also said just now that she was not attacked except for Lancer kicking her away, but it is obviously impossible for her to be pale and faint in Matou because of that level of damage. Outside the walls of the house..."

"That is to say, what did that black shadow do to her without Bazet noticing it, and as long as it was tampered with, its remaining breath will never be able to hide from the eyes of a great magician like you."

Although the words were full of doubts about Matou Zouken, Tohsaka Rin knew very well that if Matou Zouken really harbored evil intentions, then the time he stayed in the Matou residence was enough for him to find a chance to treat her or Emiya. Shirou strikes.There was no point in attacking Lancer and the others at the risk of being exposed, and even letting Bazzett go to give them information by mistake.

As for why she still used such a tone even though she was clear in her heart, it might simply be because of the girl's bad mood.

"In fact, I discovered the problem when Emiya-kun carried Ms. Bazzett back, but I didn't pass this information on because I still had the fluke idea of ​​'did they bump into that thing by accident? Let me know."

"But now it seems that I was too optimistic." Matou Zouken, who had been silent all this time, smiled wryly at the girl's question.

When he heard that Seleus was willing to help them, he thought that one of his sins could be easily redeemed, but the development of things completely exceeded his expectations.

"This body ten years ago buried the remains of the Holy Grail in Sakura's heart, and wanted to use this to cultivate its own Holy Grail."

"But fortunately, Mr. Seleus's unintentional act made 'I' successfully wake up, and interrupted the ceremony before Sakura's body was completely transformed into the Holy Grail, and then together with what was produced in her body, or Some of the things that flowed out from the inside of the Great Holy Grail were thrown onto the bottom of the Weiyuan River..."

Although it is still difficult to say about the previous sins, due to the current situation, Matou Zouken can only repeat what he has done before.

"Theoretically speaking, if the thing flowing out of the Great Holy Grail is still in Sakura's body, it should possess her when Sakura is unconscious, so as to obtain a body that can move freely..."

"And for the purpose of accelerating Sakura's transformation, that is, accelerating her own completion, when it possesses Sakura's body, it will devour the souls of humans and Servants who are food..."

"And if it comes to a time when even the instigator of this body can't do anything, if you want to stop it, the only way to stop it is to kill her as a human being when her body is still under Sakura's control."

The air froze at this moment, and the terrible situation described by Matou Zouken made everyone present freeze there.

"Ma...Mr. Matou, you just said 'if that thing is still in Sakura's body', that is to say, we...gr...should not need..."

All the contents of his stomach rushed up his throat, Emiya Shirou confirmed to Matou Zouken with a trembling voice.

"I understand what you mean, Emiya-kun." Matou Zouken, who has had a similar experience, understands the young man's mood at this time very well. He understands what Emiya Shirou needs most now, and he comforts the side with a very affirmative tone. juvenile.

"Please rest assured, I am sure that I have expelled all the things in the child's body that do not belong to her, and the daily recuperation is simply repairing the damage to her body."

"Huh-ha...haha..." After getting the reassuring answer, Emiya Shirou let out a sigh of relief and collapsed on the sofa, unconsciously letting out a cry-like laugh . "I always feel... I always feel that I have unintentionally received a lot of help from Mr. Seleus, and I must find a way to repay it properly."

"According to your theory, after losing its physical body, that thing should still be at the bottom of the water and unable to move." Tohsaka Rin was not at ease because of Matou Zouken's affirmation, and she paid more attention to the facts and was very straightforward. Cold water was poured on the two of them.

"But the current situation is that not only did that thing not stay at the bottom of the water and cannot move as you said, but it just attacked Lancer and the others..."

"This is the troublesome part of the problem." Matou Zouken's voice became a little low. "But I'm pretty sure that after losing contact with that child, Sakura, that thing also lost the body that allowed it to move freely."

"Is it because Lancer and the others are too close to that thing, just within its attack range." As if looking for a reason to reassure himself, the somewhat excited Emiya Shiro proposed such an idea.

"No matter how you think about it, it's impossible." Tohsaka Rin pointed out the loopholes decisively. "Lancer and the others have been under that bridge hole for a long time. If they could do it, that guy would have done it long ago."

"Besides, Lancer was seriously injured by Berserker some time ago. No matter who it is, they will choose to attack when the enemy is weakest."

"Is that because that guy got another body that allows him to move freely?" The first guess was directly rejected, and Emiya Shiro, who did not give up, immediately raised another guess.

"I am very grateful for your concern about Sakura's child, Emiya-kun." Matou Zouken shook his head lightly, looking at the red-haired boy with some emotion.

"But you have also seen that because of the maintenance of the body, Sakura is unconscious most of the time. If that thing can still be attached to Sakura, it is impossible to start the action today."

"And the only people in this world who can directly contact the Great Holy Grail are me and Einzbern."

'It is impossible for that thing to acquire a body from someone else's hands. After understanding what Matou Zouken wanted to express, Emiya Shirou and Tohsaka Rin fell silent at the same time.

The hope in his heart, what he saw in his eyes, and Matou Zouken's assurances were all conveying the message to Emiya Shirou that "Sakura is safe", but the fact that the black shadow appeared and killed Lancer made the boy unable to truly be safe. calm down.

Unlike the red-haired boy who is worried about gains and losses, Tohsaka Rin's intuition tells himself that Emiya Shiro's guess at the end is most likely to be the truth of the matter.

But just as Zouken Matou denied, only he and Einzbern in the world have the ability to provide bodies to Sombra.Zouken Matou was the one who sealed the shadows under the water, and Einzbern's master and servant would never do such an evil thing.

'So, what the hell is going on with all this? Rin Tohsaka fell into deep thought...

......

Under the bridge opening of the Fuyuki Bridge, the black shadow turned into a huge shadow under the moonlight, then sank down as if it was about to crush the ground, and stretched out twisted tentacles.

"what......"

It made a happy sound after devouring Lancer just now, but after a while, the constant emptiness in its body urged it to continue looking for the next target.

Instinctively, it 'looked' towards the nearest human gathering place, but did not take any action for a long time.

As if being stopped by some existence, the black shadow finally gave up the 'ration' that was close at hand, and began to look for the same 'prey' that was swallowed before.

"what..."

Sombra felt the individual that was once related to him, and unexpectedly discovered that there were four delicious 'prey' staying in the same place with him.

"what......"

The black shadow made a sound of excitement, and at the same time, endless black mud rolled out of the water.

These vicious, living things infected the river, and then under the cover of Weiyuanchuan, they rushed all the way to their target.

Bypassing the commercial street, the billowing black mud is getting closer and closer to the Matou residence where the servants gather without ordinary people noticing...

......

On the roof of Matou Mansion, Archer in red seems to be performing daily security work, but his ears quivering from time to time reveals the fact that he is eavesdropping.

"Cut!" As if hearing a disgusted voice, Archer clicked his tongue in disgust.

"Your Excellency Archer seems to be in a very unhappy mood. Did you encounter any troubles?" A somewhat hoarse male voice suddenly sounded from the shadow behind Archer in red.

"It's Assassin." Not paying attention to the strange voice coming from the empty corner, Archer greeted with a flat expression.

"It doesn't seem to be your turn to be vigilant today, are you planning to come to the roof to blow the cold air?"

"How should I say it?" Accompanied by the voice, a strange figure wearing a skull mask and a black cloak came out of the shadows. "The room has been cleaned, and the conversation between the magicians can't be interrupted. I was a little idle, so I instinctively came to the roof."

"Cleaning again." Archer sighed with emotion.

After confirming the need to live in this Matou house where the master dismissed all the servants, he was entangled for a long time because of whether he would be ordered by Tohsaka Rin to clean the room of a guy who disgusted him very much. middle.

But when he was about to accept his fate, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the task of cleaning was unexpectedly fulfilled by the assassination master.