Chapter 217 215. Temptation
Kotomine Kirei, who escaped from the Fuyuki Hotel, quickly fled back to the Fuyuki City Holy Church Church.

"What's wrong? Kirei. I haven't seen you so flustered for a long time."

Kotomine Kirei pushed open the door of the church, Kotomine Rizheng who was sitting in the church asked in surprise.

Kotomine Ri is Kotomine Kirei's adoptive father, and also the most respected old priest in Fuyuki City.

It is precisely because he raised Kotomine Kirei since childhood that Kotomine Risei is very clear about Kotomine Kirei's past appearance.

As the most outstanding representative of the Church of the Holy Church, it is no exaggeration to describe Kotomine Kirei as saying that Mount Tai collapsed in front of him without changing his face.But right now Kotomine Kirei is in a rare panic.

"Just now, when I was investigating intelligence near Fuyuki Hotel, I met Berserker."

Yan Fengli also felt a little strange after listening to it:
"berserker? Why is he there?"

"I don't know, but the berserker is very aggressive. I had no choice but to leave an Assassin to stall for time so that I could escape. The connection between the master and the servant told me that the broken Assassin should be dead by now. "

Kotomine Kirei walked to an old-fashioned gramophone-like device, picked up an intercom device on it, and "dialed" a number.

Tohsaka Tokiomi's voice came from the golden horn on this mechanical device.

"What's wrong, Kirei?"

"Tohsaka-sensei, I'm very sorry, it may have been exposed that Assassin has not withdrawn from the Holy Grail War."

Tohsaka Tokiomi frowned slightly, and asked:

"What happened?"

Kotomine Kirei truthfully told Tosaka Tokiomi what he saw and experienced near the Fuyuki Hotel just now.

"Well, you summoned Assassin in front of Berserker and a woman who may be Emiya Kiritsugu's subordinate. If so, you who were hiding in the dark may have been exposed."

Tohsaka Tokiomi glanced at the Command Seal in his hand that had already been used up.After thinking for a moment, he said:
"It doesn't matter. Although the masters of Saber and Berserker may already know, all seven Masters in the Holy Grail War are hostile to each other. They will not tell the other three Masters this news for the time being. You should remain the same as before. The course of action is to secretly collect information on other masters. Caster and Caster’s master have not shown up yet. There may be some problems in this. You should check it out."

"Teacher, regarding Caster, I have asked Assassin to conduct a detailed investigation. A few hours ago, we have found some information. According to Assassin's investigation report, I am afraid that Caster and his Master have caused trouble recently. The perpetrator of the sprawling serial killings and child abduction cases."

"Assassin's investigation results show that Caster and his master abducted sleeping children one after another late last night in Miyama Town, Fuyuki City and its neighboring towns. As of today, they have abducted 15 people. They use magic without any scruples, They did not hide the traces of their own actions. This way of acting, it seems that they are completely ignorant of the rules and existence of the Holy Grail War, and they are acting purely to satisfy their perverted desire to kill. What is even more frenzied is that the target of their magic is ordinary People, this undoubtedly violated the rules of the Holy Grail War."

"A heroic spirit who is delirious and a master who allows the heroic spirit to kill wantonly... Why did this guy become the master of the Holy Grail War?"

As a clergyman, Kotomine Risei, the act of killing innocent people for no reason is naturally intolerable.

"Killing innocent ordinary people is something that God cannot tolerate. These two uncertain factors must be eliminated as soon as possible."

And Tosaka Tokiomi, as the most traditional and conservative magician, also cannot tolerate such behavior.

"This is natural. As the Tohsaka family responsible for concealing the existence of magic, I also cannot tolerate this matter!"

Although Kotomine Kirei agrees with the two elders, as an agent, he pays more attention to how the plan will be implemented, and he asks a question:
"Father, teacher, although what Caster did should not be forgiven, as a follower, he also has supernatural power. Only a follower can fight a follower. If we want to eradicate Caster, we must dispatch Assassin and Archer. However……"

Tohsaka Tokiomi understood exactly what his students were worried about:
"Indeed, Assassin who hides in the dark cannot appear in front of other masters, and Gilgamesh is powerful, but he is too rebellious. If he is to be dispatched, he must consume Command Seals, but now I only have two One command spell, the last command spell needs to be used for other purposes, I'm afraid..."

Yan Fengli was pondering for a moment, and said:

"Regarding this, as the supervisor of the Holy Grail War, I have the authority to change the rules of the Holy Grail War within a certain range. Since this is the case, why not mobilize other masters and servants in the name of the Church of the Holy Grail War, the arbiter of the Holy Grail War? Siege Caster."

Kotomine Ri was lifting up his sleeves. There were large, bright red scars on the skin of his right forearm, which was covered by the sleeves of the priest's robe.

These stigmata, which are similar in appearance to normal Command Spells, are the Command Spells that the masters who participated in the first, second and third Holy Grail Wars did not use up. As the arbiter of the Holy Grail War, Kotomine Rizheng kept them These command spells can be transferred to other masters under certain conditions.At the same time, these command spells are also necessary items for Kotomine Ri to exercise the power of the arbitrator.

"Using these command spells as a reward must be enough to arouse the enthusiasm of the masters to complete the task. I hope Tokiomi can also contribute a lot as the master."

"Then I would like to thank Priest Risei. I will try my best to defeat Master Caster."

Tohsaka Tokiomi showed a smile.

Kotomine Risama and Tosaka Tokiomi are allies, so the task Kotomine Risama mentioned is naturally a bit tricky.If other Masters solved Caster, then Kotomine Risho would reward the participants of the Holy Grail War who killed Caster and Caster Master with a command spell as he said.

But if the last person to kill Caster is Tohsaka Tokiomi or Archer Gilgamesh, then Kotomine Risama will use this as a reason to give Tohsaka Tokiomi a large number of Command Seals at once.

The Command Spell has the ability to forcibly order the servants. By consuming the Command Spell, it can ignore the heroic spirit's personal will and some physical and magical laws, and achieve operations such as "teleportation" that cannot be achieved by magic.

Command Seals have their upper limit, and even Command Seals can't do things that are vague or too powerful.A typical example is that even if the command spell is used to give Gilgamesh an order such as "obey me forever", because this order is too broad, the order will not be realized.

But if Tohsaka Tokiomi had a dozen or twenty command spells in his hands, he could give Gilgamesh orders continuously, so that Gilgamesh could obey him for a long time .

How strong is a Gilgamesh who completely obeys the orders of the master, Tohsaka Tokiomi who has always maintained elegance can't help but feel a little hot.

The Holy Grail War has just begun, but the advantage of the Tohsaka camp is quite obvious.

This is a "cheating alliance" composed of the second strongest magician in this Holy Grail War, the former church representative, two heroic spirits, and the referee of this Holy Grail War.

And Tohsaka Tokiomi and Kotomine Risei are convinced that their alliance will win the final victory.But they never expected that a well-behaved Kotomine Kirei was actually not a kind saint like he appeared to be.

But the one who discovered this first was the one who caused Tohsaka Tokiomi the most headache, his follower, Gilgamesh.

"Although the quantity is relatively much smaller, the quality is better than the wine in Tokiomi's liquor cabinet. You disciple is really rude, Kirei."

When Kotomine Kirei, who was discussing the future action plan with Kotomine Risama and Tohsaka Tokiomi, finally completed his task and opened the door of his room in the basement of the church, what caught his eyes was the wine in his wine cabinet. Bottles of red wine were randomly opened and dropped on the ground. A handsome blond man wearing a gold necklace, a brand-name handmade white T-shirt and snake-print trousers was lying on his resting sofa, shaking a red wine glass.

From the smell of wine blowing from the room, Kotomine Kirei understood that the red wines that were opened were the bottles of the best quality in his wine cabinet.

However, even though he was treated and talked to so rudely, Kotomine Kirei didn't feel any turmoil in his emotions.He walked into his room as usual, but asked one more question:
"May I ask why you came to me? Gilgamesh, the hero king."

"It's nothing, I just think that it's not just me who will feel bored."

"I see Gilgamesh that you are in a pretty good mood now. Has the depression of losing to Berserker calmed down?"

"This king didn't lose, it's just that he didn't notice the mad dog's ability for a while, and he seized the opportunity."

Gilgamesh's tone didn't fluctuate much, even if he was hit by Kotomine Kirei's words, he didn't explode emotionally, it seemed that he really let go.

"Again, what do you mean by boring?"

Gilgamesh took a sip of the red wine in the glass, and the mellow aroma from the wine stimulated his taste buds and nasal cavity.

"If it's not boring, then why does the Master of Assassin, who is protected by the church, go out in the middle of the night? Tokiomi's task for you should be to stay in a safe neutral area of ​​the church, accept and deal with those people who are hiding Information from the mob, right?"

"What's wrong with you? Are you dissatisfied with the contract with my teacher until now? Gilgamesh."

Kotomine Kirei rolled up his sleeves, squatted down, straightened the scattered wine bottles on the ground one by one, and put them neatly back to their original positions.

"Tokichen summoned this king to provide this king with the magic power that exists in this world. More importantly, he treated this king with the courtesy of a courtier, so this king had to respond to him. But this king did not think of him Such a boring man."

"Boring? Are you dissatisfied with Tokiomi-sensei's arrangement?"

"To reach the root, don't you find such a wish a bit boring?"

"Just as secular people cannot understand the beliefs of our clergy, non-scientists cannot understand the beauty of experimental data. The desire for the root is a unique idea of ​​​​magicians, and it cannot be understood by non-magicians. Reaching the root, that is, leading to the outside of the world. We who are only interested in the inside of the world may only understand it as a boring wish."

Gilgamesh stared at the glass full of red wine in his hand, as if looking at something interesting.

"I see. It is true that this king thinks that pampering everything in this universe that is the queen's garden is enough. This king doesn't care about things that this king can't touch, and he is not interested in the so-called root."

"But the so-called Holy Grail is not a specially made device to reach the root. It is naturally called the omnipotent wishing machine, and it naturally contains infinite possibilities to change the inside of the world."

"You mean, what other Masters pursue is different from Tokiomi's?"

"Mr. Tokiomi is the most typical magician, and also the most right-wing among them. Compared with other magicians who focus on the interests of the inner world, such as money and power inside the world, Mr. Tokiomi has a more long-term vision."

"Isn't that great? They are all things I like. What about you? Kotomine Kirei, do you have any wishes or wishes for the Holy Grail that you want to fulfill?"

"I?"

Kotomine Kirei hesitated for a while, then finally replied:

"I don't have any wishes."

"Hahahaha, Kirei, what nonsense are you talking about? According to your theory, isn't the Holy Grail only given the status of master to those who are qualified to obtain it?"

Kotomine Kirei's voice became a little low:

"It should be so, but even I don't understand why the Holy Grail chose me as the Master of Assassin without ideals or sad wishes."

"Oh?"

Gilgamesh's eyes sparkled with interest,
"Since there are no ideals and sad wishes, wouldn't it be good to pursue happiness?"

Kotomine Kirei's tone seemed a little angry:
"Are you kidding me? You said you want me to pursue pleasure. Are you letting me, a clergyman, be contaminated with that sinful depravity?"

"Sin? Depravity? Your mind is really jumping. What's wrong with pursuing pleasure?"

"This is because... because..."

"I know what you're thinking. Of course the pleasure obtained through crime is of course depravity and sin. But what about helping others? Many people obtain happiness through good deeds. Is their behavior also sinful? Judging that the behavior that pleases oneself is sinful, What's the point of this?"

Gilgamesh's words were full of temptation.

"There is no joy in me. I have been looking for it and have not found it."

Gilgamesh closed his eyes and said nothing for a long time.

After a long silence, Gilgamesh opened his eyes:
"Kotomine Kirei, I have suddenly become interested in you."

"what do you mean?"

"Literally, I think you're very interesting."

Gilgamesh, who was lying on the sofa, sat up straight, and said to Kotomine Kirei:
"sit down."

Kotomine Kirei's eyelids moved.

Gilgamesh is king.Hero King, one of the oldest kings in human history.

With Gilgamesh's arrogance, even his own teacher, Gilgamesh's master, had never received the honor of being given a seat by the king himself.

Why can I get Gilgamesh to look at me differently?
No matter what, Kotomine Kirei finally sat down on another sofa next to Gilgamesh.

(End of this chapter)

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