I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

Night still shrouded the Einzbern Forest, dark and quiet.

Traces of fierce fighting can be seen everywhere. The castle that was specially brought with maids from the country to tidy up was severely damaged in the battle between Emiya Kiritsugu and Kenneth. Even if you want to make some repairs, the maids responsible for the chores have already returned home.

Irisviel sighed as she walked through the corridor, trying to ignore the ruined scene.

Fortunately, there were still a few bedrooms that had not been attacked by poisonous hands, and Kuu Maiya was resting in one of them. Although Irisviel had cast healing magic on her, Einzbern's healing magic was originally a considerable burden on the injured, because it evolved from alchemy and did not heal the injured. The body is regenerated, but new tissue is refined through magic power for transplantation.

If the other party was an artificial human, that would be no problem, but now we are treating humans. According to modern medicine, it is equivalent to a major surgery like organ transplantation. The exhausted Maiya was in a comatose state, and it would take a long time to recover before she could regain consciousness and move her body freely.

Irisviel, who had just undergone surgery, had no time to rest. Emiya Kiritsugu and Saber were still waiting for her in the restaurant.

The air in the restaurant, which serves as a temporary meeting room, is terrifyingly dense.

Emiya Kiritsugu was sitting at the long table maintaining his firearms. Saber stood opposite her, hands behind her back, motionless like a sculpture.

Irisviel was used to this kind of situation, and the relationship between the master and slave had always been bad due to their differences in ideas. Emiya Kiritsugu thought the King of Knights was pedantic and naive, and the King of Knights thought Emiya Kiritsugu was despicable. Irisviel tried to reconcile several times, but to no avail.

Now, Irisviel just hopes that the two of them will not have any conflicts, so that she will be satisfied.

The atmosphere in the restaurant was relieved by the arrival of Irisviel. She is Emiya Kiritsugu's beloved wife and the "princess" that Saber is willing to protect. Her innocence and strength can infect people's hearts.

As usual, Irisviel sat opposite Kiritsugu, the seat closest to Saber.

"When can Maiya be used?" Kiritsugu asked, making Saber frown.

What does it mean to be usable? This is a human being, not a weapon in your hand!

Irisviel did not bother with Kiritsugu's tone. After this period of contact, she had already felt the bond between her husband and Kuu Maiya that outsiders could not understand. She just said truthfully: "She has been moving in the past two days. No more."

"Well, I will act alone from now on, you just stay here and wait." Kiritsugu said, closing the suitcase containing the sniper rifle, and stood up to leave.

"Now, Kiritsugu, do you think Ahadon sent other Masters besides us to join the battle?"

After hearing his wife's question, Kiritsugu's indifferent expression finally changed.

"Why do you ask?"

"Well, I met someone before. She fought off Kotomine Kirei and saved me and Miss Maiya. She looks exactly like me. She should be the same type of android as me."

"."

Kiritsugu fell into silence, and after a while he doubtfully confirmed it again.

"You mean someone who looks like you saved you and fought off Kotomine Kirei?"

"Yes, that's right." Irisviel nodded.

"Describe in detail how she was dressed and how she defeated Kotomine Kirei. From her appearance to her departure, please be as detailed as you can. I want to know every detail."

Kiritsugu had a feeling that an invisible hand was reaching out to them.

"Looks just like you, uses special threads as weapons, and can control your metal wires. It seems that he is indeed an artificial human from the Einzbern family - Ellie, your 'form of life' has been taught to others ?"

"Except for Illya, I haven't told anyone else." Even Kiritsugu didn't know about Irisviel's development of combat magic, so how could he tell others, "And I feel that her manipulation of silk threads is much better than mine." , if possible, I really want to learn from her for a while.”

"Indeed, being able to defeat Kotomine Kirei proves that her magic skills and combat experience are top-notch, but this doesn't make sense."

Kiritsugu had lived with the Einzberns for nine years, and he knew the family very well. In his opinion, this matter itself was full of doubts.

The first doubt is that woman's unusual fighting ability. The Einzbern family is really not good at fighting. As long as he is prepared, Kiritsugu is sure to destroy the Einzbern family by himself.

At first, Kiritsugu thought that someone was pretending or that his wife was under a genjutsu, but he quickly rejected it. The appearance is easy to disguise, but the nature of magic is difficult. Under the protection of the barrier, the possibility of Irisviel falling into illusions is extremely low. Everything proves that the woman is really from the Einzbern family.

This fact itself is the second point of doubt.

Kiritsugu had read information about Einzbern. The manufacturing process of the Small Holy Grail model of androids was complicated and the cost was extremely high. Even the wealthy Einzbern family could not afford to manufacture more than one at a time, and there was no need to manufacture them repeatedly. .

Ahad said that there is only one Little Holy Grail, Irisviel, and it must be protected. Ahad cannot lie, and there is no need to lie. Since he said so, there must be only Irisviel in the Mini Holy Grail model. So where did that woman come from? Is it an early model of Irisviel? Or was it a failed product that was abandoned?

Putting aside the issue of origin, why did this woman want to save Irisviel?

It's impossible to talk about sisterly love. How can we have feelings for each other when we've never met them in person? Furthermore, except for Irisviel, the androids of Einzbern are no different from machines. Do they really know what feelings are?

Putting aside these two doubts that could not be answered for a while, there was another thing that concerned Kiritsugu - Assassin's actions.

It's not surprising that Assassin can avoid the detection of the enchantment. This job itself is characterized by stealth maneuvers. The Queen of the Kingdom of Shadows is also the most advanced warrior and magician. It is not difficult to break such an enchantment. The question is, why did she appear with that woman?

coincide?

Kiritsugu didn't believe it, that woman might have something to do with Assassin. This can explain why Assassin's master ordered Assassin to help Saber last night, and it also makes sense why that woman took action to fight off Kotomine Kirei tonight.

But in this case, it cannot explain Assassin's actions of preventing Kiritsugu from killing Kenneth, helping Irisviel and saving Kenneth at the same time? Is not this contradictory? You can't really "help Saber once, help Lancer once" as Saber said. This is a war, not a game, and the Queen of the Kingdom of Shadows is not a knight.