I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

At the same time, Archer sneezed inexplicably, and the uncontrolled droplets fell in a flat arc into the goblet on the coffee table.

The goblet is filled with rose-red liquid, and the soft light shines through the crystal wall, reflecting a psychedelic brilliance.

This is a fine red wine from Chateau Latour, which has a long history in the Bordeaux region of France. It is also a treasure with a history of more than 20 years. It is normal for it to fetch a high price of six figures at a large auction. It is countless A wine lover’s dream.

However, such a fine wine was thrown into the trash can in the corner by Archer, along with the Baccarat wine glass also from France. There was no regret at all.

The Servant whose real name is Gilgamesh possesses the most treasures in the world and possesses powerful wealth that lasts a lifetime. This wealth has even been sublimated into the "Golden Rule" of the Heroic Spirit's skill level A. People with this skill can become rich even if they do nothing, and will not be trapped by money in their lives. To exaggerate, they will win when gambling. They can go out to pick up money or find treasures in pits.

He casually took out a new wine glass from the wine cabinet, poured himself half a glass of red wine, picked up the wine glass and muttered to himself.

"Why do I sneeze?"

For servants who are incarnations of heroic spirits, there should be no concept of illness, unless the enemy has a disease-like Noble Phantasm, but none of the seven servants appearing this time are related to diseases, which makes Archer a little confused.

However, the heroic king sung by the oldest epic just struggled for a while and stopped thinking about it. Even if he was sick, he still had enough elixirs in his treasure house. That was the origin of medicine and pharmacy and the nemesis of the concept of disease. .

I, King Gilgamesh, am undoubtedly the strongest, and the only one who can rival me is my best friend Enkidu. Others are nothing more than opponents worth defeating, such as the Queen of the Demon Realm, or bastards that are an eyesore, such as the dark mad dog.

With a "squeak" sound, the door opened inward, and a young man in black monastic uniform walked into the room.

Seeing the golden servant leaning leisurely on the bench, the man's rigid expression showed a hint of surprise.

"Archer?"

Archer had no intention of getting up, but just shook his glass at the man standing at the door.

"Although the quantity is not large, the treasures here are more complete than Tokiomi's wine collection. What a terrible disciple."

There was only one disciple that Tokiomi officially accepted as his disciple, and that was Kotomine Kirei. The owner of this room is not Archer, but Kirei.

Archer entered Kirei's room in such a grand manner, and opened the bottles of Kirei's wine collection, tasting them one by one, and finally selected this bottle of treasure.

Others may find it surprising that Kirei has a strange habit. Whenever he hears about a top-quality wine, he will buy it regardless of the circumstances. Although it is difficult to be an agent of the church, the salary is very good. Well, Kirei's assets are no less than those of ordinary rich people.

Drinking is a profound world that seems endless the more you pay attention to quality. In this case, maybe there will be some kind of taste that can fill the hole in his heart. If there really is such an encounter, it would be nice to indulge in alcohol... This desperate believer once thought about it half seriously.

But so far, his involvement in wine has never yielded any rewards, only more and more bottles of some luxury brands. Of course, he never thought about entertaining guests with these wines, let alone an uninvited guest. Even if the other party praised his wine, he would not want to entertain such a person.

Ever since he was summoned, this guy has been traveling around freely relying on his ability to act alone. He still feels dissatisfied with maintaining his physical form, and recently even changed into "casual clothes" and swaggered around the streets at night.

Kirei had heard Tokiomi talking to Gilgamesh with a hint of complaint several times, but never in his wildest dreams did he expect that he would come to his room.

"What's the matter with you?" Kirei asked patiently.

"It's nothing, I'm just interested in you."

Archer's eyes looked at Kirei thoughtfully through the wine glass.

"How about it? Still taking orders from Tokiomi can't satisfy your soul?"

"...At this point, are you beginning to feel dissatisfied with the contract? Gilgamesh."

Kirei did not answer Archer's question, but asked him back with a cold face.

Even if the opponent is the legendary King of Heroes, Kirei doesn't feel afraid at all. No matter what Tokiomi thinks personally, a servant is still a servant of the Master. No matter who this heroic spirit is, as long as he is Archer, he is just an existence subordinate to Tokiomi. Compared with myself, who is a direct disciple of Tokiomi, at most I have the same seniority position, so there is no need to be overly humble towards him.

Kirei's attitude did not make Archer feel dissatisfied. He just snorted and tasted the wine in the glass.

"It was Tokiomi who summoned me. This body can remain in the present world only because of Tokiomi's support. More importantly, he treated me as a minister, so it is not impossible for me to respond to him."

After saying these unexpected words, Gilgamesh's unusually fiery red eyes revealed a look of boredom.

"But to be honest, I didn't expect him to be such a boring person. He has no meaning at all."

"...It's really surprising that a servant would say such a thing."

Kirei was really helpless. His anger towards Archer's extremely rude intrusion or his suspicion of not knowing the real reason for his visit had gradually faded away. In this wonderfully gentle atmosphere, Kirei almost acquiesced to Archer having a place in this room.

"Is Master Tokiomi really that boring?"

"It's so boring. You want to use the power of the universal wishing machine to reach the 'source vortex'? There are such boring wishes in the world."

The King of Heroes laughed, degrading the lofty realm that all magicians longed for to nothing. But Kirei could understand how he felt.

"The desire for the 'root' is a wish that belongs exclusively to magicians and is difficult for outsiders to understand."

"Having said that, you seem to be an outsider, Kirei - and I heard that you were originally on the opposite side of those mages, right?"

Archer seems to have heard about Kirei's complicated stance. This man seems to be a self-centered person, but he is very well-informed.

Kirei crossed his arms and thought for a while. If we look at it not as Tosaka Tokiomi's disciple, but from the perspective of the representative of the Holy Church and the Eighth Mystic Society, what is the significance of Tokiomi's Holy Grail War?

"...The journey to pursue the 'root' is to transcend the 'outside of the world'. This kind of detachment will not bring any changes to the world located on the 'inside'. For the church that only looks at the 'inside', The magician's exploration has no meaning at all and is just a boring attempt."

"I see. As long as I enjoy this garden that belongs to me, my universe will be satisfied."

This sentence, treating the entire world as his own, is indeed an arrogance that only the King of Heroes can possess.

"I have no interest in fields that are not under my control, and I don't care at all about the 'roots' or anything like that."

Kirei smiled bitterly. I didn't expect that this Archer would be the complete opposite of a magician. It's no wonder that a magician like Tokiomi Tohsaka would find him helpless.

"If the Holy Grail is simply a special device that exists to pursue the 'source', even if those magicians are jealous, the Holy Church will leave them alone. But unfortunately, the Holy Grail is 'omnipotent' and has the power to change the world. The infinite possibilities of the 'inside'. It can be said to be the supreme heresy that poses a threat to our faith. That's why the Holy Church chose Tokiomi Tosaka. Precisely because it is a dangerous heresy that cannot be ignored, if that trend can be eliminated Power is wasted on something that is 'boring and meaningless', which is also the result we hope to see. - But apart from this reason, my father seems to have some personal feelings."

"Then the magicians other than Tokiomi pursue the Holy Grail for different motives than Tokiomi?"

Kirei nodded in response to Archer's question.

"Teacher Tokiomi is not only a typical magician, but also an extreme rightist. There are not many people like him who thoroughly implement the true path of magicians. The other guys are probably pursuing earthly rewards, prestige, and desire. , power...are all desires limited to the 'inside' of the world."

"Isn't that great? Every item is my favorite."

"You are the king who reigns over the world, Gilgamesh."

Archer sneered and drank the wine in the glass in his hand, seemingly not taking Kirei's criticism as an insult.

"Kirei, what about you? What is your wish for the Holy Grail? I heard that you were the first person to be qualified to participate in the war, but then you lost it."

Gilgamesh's question is also Kirei's question, as well as Tokiomi's and Rimasa's question.

"I... don't have any special wishes that I want to fulfill... there must be something wrong with the Holy Grail."

Kirei's answer was a little confused, and Archer's red eyes shone with a strange light.

"This is also an explanation, but it is not for this reason. You know, Kirei, the reason why heroic spirits become heroic spirits is not only due to their own merits, but also due to human beliefs. The Holy Grail, which uses heroic spirits to fight each other as a summoning ritual, favors humans. Exclusion.”

"Are you saying that I'm not human? Gilgamesh!" Kirei's tone of voice became stern and cold.

"To be precise, you are not completely human. There is something about you that even I don't understand. Maybe that's why you lost the favor of the Holy Grail. This is what I'm interested in."

Seeing Kirei's expression change, Archer became even more amused.

"Just be confused, and then struggle, so that you, too, can see the truth behind the fog."

Archer walked out of the room with a smile full of joy, leaving Kirei alone in a daze.

"I'm not fully human? Is it because there's something missing here?"

PS: Excluding others is the setting of the Holy Grail in Fuyuki City. The other Holy Grails and pseudo-Holy Grails do not seem to have such restrictions. (This restriction is actually just Mushroom's response to fans Tsukihime and others whether they will appear on the set of Fate, but since he said it, take it seriously.)