I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

After watching Hercules leave, Shinji walked to Scathach and raised his hand to carve the healing runes.

"Master, are you okay?"

"It's okay, I couldn't die this time."

Scathach slowly stood up straight while speaking exaggerated words in a complaining tone. The wound on her shoulder was no longer bleeding, and she didn't know how she treated it.

"Don't be brave at this time."

Shenji put one hand on Master's shoulder and the other on her waist. It seemed that he was about to give her a princess hug.

But before exerting force, Scathach used his uninjured hand to open one of Shenji's hands and said angrily: "I'm not that weak yet."

Shenji looked at his sprung arm and touched his nose with it: "I almost forgot that Master is a queen. It's not appropriate to be carried by a princess. How about I carry you? If I can't carry you, I can carry you."

This deliberately pretended innocence naturally attracted Scathach's eyes: "Put away your evil ideas, don't think I don't know what you are thinking?"

"Well, I admit that my thoughts are not that pure, but Master, you are indeed injured and have difficulty moving. I cannot leave you alone."

"You don't need to worry about it, have you forgotten? I am a servant now and can transform into a spirit body. No matter how serious the injury is, it will not affect my activities."

"..." Shenji's expression suddenly froze. Hey, why did I forget that turning into a spirit body is not restricted by physical rules, which means it is not affected by injuries, and it also saves magic power, which is the best way to recover from injuries.

The complaints in her heart were not hidden from Scathach's discerning eyes, she stretched out her finger and poked Shen'er's forehead, and complained in an angry and funny tone: "You... I really don't know what to say about you. You are still here talking nonsense to me, where is the person you are looking for?"

"Ahad...damn it, he actually ran away!"

After hearing what the master said, Shenji realized that the old guy who had been protected by Hercules had disappeared. He probably lifted the blockade when he was demolishing the building, and Yahad took the opportunity to run out.

Perhaps Heracles's final all-out battle was also intended to buy time for his Master. Heroes are heroes no matter what.

"Master, can you confirm his location?"

"It's heading towards the back mountain. We haven't gone far yet. It's still too late to chase him now."

"Okay, I'll chase you right now!"

Shenji immediately poured magic power into his feet. He just took half a step, stopped again, turned around and asked.

"Master, is it really okay for you to be alone?"

"No problem, go ahead. That thing is very important to you and Justeza, isn't it?"

Scathach looked pale, but still smiled and waved.

"Well, have a good rest, I'll be back soon.

The steps he took finally landed, and the white clothes broke through the air and disappeared in a flash.

When Shenji's figure completely disappeared, the queen of the demonic realm lowered her arms and fell backwards as if she had lost her center of gravity. The blood that had stopped flowing out surged out again, and there was a hint of weakness in her deep and strong eyes.

Even so, she was still smiling, with a strong sense of ridicule. She didn't know whether she was mocking her disciples, or whether she was mocking herself.

"My vision is still not good, Shenji. Now, if you really want to do something, I can't resist it. Haha, I am really a little lazy. I actually have such an idea... When will these days end... …Death…End…Setante…Shinji…”

His eyes were closed, and his voice was almost inaudible.

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“Ha, ho, ho, ho—!”

With the breath of a beast, Ahad wandered in the forest.

No, he was actually walking the exact route, but he felt as if he was lost.

The word hesitant is the most appropriate word for this body that is just trying to escape.

Of course, in Einzbern's style, Ahad at this time may not have realized that he was deviating from the central program of the castle, the rules set by Golem Jubstacheit, the father of all hominids.

The gap between the perceived certainty of victory and the reality of retreating not long after the war started caused his mood swings to become larger and larger. It also made him, who had suppressed his inner emotions for two hundred years, finally begin to change into a human being.

"Damn it - why did it become like this?"

He pushed aside branches with one hand and ran through the wet soil.

Leaving bloodstains on the road, the old man followed the pre-planned back path.

Although it is the highest-level artificial human created by Jubstacheit, its enhancement direction is magic power and longevity, and its physical functions are not outstanding, and it can even be said to be fragile. When he escaped from the collapsing villa, he was naturally hit by gravel several times and suffered serious injuries.

"Hoo, ho, ah!"

I can no longer lift my left shoulder and am limping on my right foot. Unable to walk well with only one hand and one foot, my foot slipped and fell towards the tree.

In this situation, it won't take long for his wounds to fester, which will affect the entire body's functions, and may lead to death.

A certain emotion gradually boiled in the heart of the old man who was walking numbly, and he suddenly felt like laughing.

"Ahahaha, hahahaha."

Laughter for no reason, inexplicable laughter, like a cough, hysterical.

"Isn't this just like the third time? I was fully prepared, but in the end it was useless."

Smiling and laughing, the high mood quickly fell down.

"...In this case, wouldn't he be worse than those two traitors?"

No matter how you treat Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel, you can't hide the fact that they successfully reached the end of the last Holy Grail War and became the victors, taking the Holy Grail...

When he thought of this, nameless rage burned in the old man's heart, causing pain all over his body, as if his whole body was broken.

"Why? Why do you want to give up the hard-won victory? Why do you want to give up your wishes? Are everything you said before false?"

He doesn't understand, doesn't understand, isn't clear.

"I will never understand your words. You only know how to follow orders. You are a puppet of the central program Jubstacheit."

A sudden sound made Yahad stop, and a man appeared in his blurry vision.

He has a thin figure, a black trench coat, and a cold expression, just like when he came to the castle twenty years ago.

"Emiya... Kiritsugu." The old man gritted his teeth and read out the name that he personally nailed to the pillar of shame.

"Long time no see, Ahadion."

Emiya Kiritsugu stared at the old face, his eyes as complex as the old man's expression.

"What are you here for?"

"I'm here to thank you, and I'm here to apologize. Thank you for letting me meet Irisviel, and for letting me meet Illya. I'm sorry, for their safety, I have to kill you."

The windbreaker fluttered in the wind, and the former cold-blooded killer raised his gun.