Lost Narrative Poetry

"Lead the followers away and then attack their master directly?"

Saber's eyes widened. Is this Emiya Kiritsugu's tactic? Taking advantage of a servant's temporary absence from Liudong Temple, lure another servant away, and then take the opportunity to implement a beheading tactic?

"This is the most effective method, and this is not the time to be upright. The opportunity is fleeting. None of us can be sure whether something like this will happen again in the future."

Emiya Kiritsugu didn't even look at Saber, and his voice seemed to have no restraint, as if he was calmly narrating an all-too-obvious fact.

"And let me tell you, Caster is currently killing people to obtain magic power. According to the location of his whereabouts, I have discovered three families that were wiped out. Their parents and children were brutally killed, and blood was used at home. Depicting the strange remnants of a magic circle..."

"This..." Saber suddenly looked ugly.

"According to common sense, if Caster wants to restore his previous magic level and summon that devastating thunderstorm again, it is definitely not something he can do in a short time, even if he restores his magic power by directly plundering his life force... …”

Emiya Kiritsugu said calmly, still without looking at the knight girl who looked heroic in men's clothing, he directly took up the moral high ground and swung the big stick.

"Could it be that, Saber, you want to wait for him to kill enough residents of Fuyuki City in this way and recover all the magic power, and then have an upright fight with the opponent? Use the lives of countless innocent people to defend the ideals and justice in your heart ?”

"I...I understand, I agree with your method, Master."

Saber's face turned red and white, but in the end she clenched her fingers, nodded and gritted her teeth and agreed. As a true knight, the accusations and moral kidnappings from others standing on the moral high ground were extremely damaging to her.

Probably because of someone's intrusion, many things have not happened yet or have not had time to happen. For example, Bluebeard has not targeted Saber, Kotomine Kirei has not yet targeted Emiya Kiritsugu, and Emiya Kiritsugu has not yet been targeted. There was no unilateral killing of Kenneth... blah blah blah.

These things have not happened yet or have not had time to happen, so the unscrupulous magician killer Emiya Kiritsugu and Saber, who insists on implementing the spirit of self-chivalry, although there is still a decisive discord between the two, in the end they are still at odds. It didn't reach the point where we completely broke our skin.

"..." Irisviel next to her saw Saber's embarrassment and couldn't help opening her mouth, but in the end she didn't say anything.

Although she actually knew very well that her husband was the least qualified person to say such a thing.

Everyone is qualified to stand on the moral high ground...but only Emiya Kiritsugu is not qualified to do so.

Because Emiya Kiritsugu has neither human ethics nor pride as a magician in his eyes. Although he is a dreamer who hopes for world peace, in practice he is a ruthless realist.

In order to achieve the justice that he firmly believes in, he can obliterate emotions and morality. He only demands to be the most accurate balance and will use any means to implement the goal to the end. He does not have the courage and pride to compete with others with his life, so his goal is to ensure victory and the right to survive carefully and with minimal risk.

Others would feel entangled and unable to answer because of the trolley problem, but he never hesitated, because he really regarded the quantity of life as a weight and put it on the scale to measure.

——Killing one person can save two people. This is a profitable thing no matter how you look at it. He will never hesitate...

The most terrifying thing is that Emiya Kiritsugu not only thinks that the tram problem is not a problem at all, it can be measured by the number of lives, but he also firmly believes that he is the destined person who is qualified to change the direction of the tram.

He really felt that he was the savior and was born to save all mankind, so he ran with all his strength for the justice in his heart and used all means to achieve it...

So this means that he has done this countless times, choosing to kill a few people in order to save the many people. It doesn't matter whether the few are innocent or the majority are guilty.

But now, in order to coerce Saber into agreeing to his plan, he is specifically making a fuss about this matter, using the lives of innocent people as an excuse to wield a moral stick... This is really ironic.

When did he care about the lives of innocent people? If there is an opportunity now for him to directly obtain the Holy Grail and realize his wish at the cost of the lives of all the residents of Fuyuki City, do you think Emiya Kiritsugu would have any hesitation?

He promised to start a plan immediately to ensure that every Fuyuki City resident would be completely killed and no fish would slip through the net - resulting in the price not being fully paid and the Holy Grail not being able to fulfill his wish.

Being able to ensure the salvation of all mankind in the world at the cost of sacrificing the life of a city must be a profit - this man definitely has this logic.

After all, after living together for nine years, Irisviel really knew him too well. Especially at this moment, Emiya Kiritsugu's indifferent expression that seemed to be wearing a mask made Irisviel disgusted.

This man was not the husband she knew. It seemed that after the night of the encounter a few days ago, Emiya Kiritsugu tried his best and even used the magic of "inherent time control" to finally escape from the storm and thunder. A completely different person.

Maybe he saw the unreasonable Golden Archer with unlimited Noble Phantasms...

Maybe it’s because of Caster, who summons wind and thunder and is suspected to be the great magician of the Gods…

Emiya Kiritsugu was originally dissatisfied with recruiting a knight who prided himself on chivalry like Saber, because in comparison, he preferred Caster and Assassin who acted in secret, which would play a greater role in his Holy Grail War. Followers.

And now it is discovered that even the legendary King of Knights has no chance of winning in this Holy Grail War with so many strong men. This undoubtedly makes the fear and pressure in this man's heart increase day by day.

Originally he would not feel pain, because he had nothing to lose, he only needed to pursue his cruel ideal.

However, now that he has a wife and daughter, he has become vulnerable because of this. He can't even imagine what the consequences will be after he fails in this Holy Grail War.

Irisviel can generally understand Emiya Kiritsugu's thoughts, but there are still a lot of things in her heart. What makes her feel melancholy is the woman named Maiya. During this meeting, she had a lot of questions about Kiritsugu. There was no trace of doubt in his remarks, and he maintained his silence calmly.

Just like this woman in the past, she had been silent and entrusted everything she had to Emiya Kiritsugu. Even though she is an android, Irisviel can still be sure that the woman closest to her husband at this moment is not herself, but Maiya...

As if the nine years the two had lived together had ceased to exist, the young woman began to feel restless.

"Then without further ado, let's set off now. We will never give Caster a chance to recover his magic power..."

Emiya Kiritsugu was not aware of his wife's melancholy and melancholy. All his thoughts were focused on this opportunity.

Because after Xia Ran made the big news about the gas explosion in Fuyuki City, she started practicing behind closed doors and was nowhere to be seen for several days. Others also naturally felt that the storm and thunder that night were too terrifying and consumed too much magic power, which his master could not possibly supply.

Therefore, if Caster is not slowly and naturally recovering his magic power, he is looking for other ways to recover quickly. This is a reasonable inference. Emiya Kiritsugu also believed in such a thing, so he felt that this was a rare opportunity.

With such preconceived ideas, coupled with Xia Ran's intentional or unintentional misdirection when tracking down Ryunosuke Ubu, it is not difficult to understand why Emiya Kiritsugu believed that Caster was absorbing magic through killing people.

Fortunately, Caster was very cautious about this kind of thing, perhaps because he was worried that his whereabouts would be exposed if the scale was too large, or even give others an excuse to join in the crusade, and even the news of the murders of several families he killed did not spread.

Therefore, the speed of restoring magic power would not be too fast, and Emiya Kiritsugu judged that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

"It's the same as the previous plan! But Maiya and I will meet with Lancer's master, because this time it is necessary to find a reliable temporary ally to cooperate with to ensure nothing goes wrong..."

Looking at the sky outside the castle, he found that it was almost evening, and the sunset on the horizon seemed to be burning brightly. Emiya Kiritsugu took a deep breath.

"What's more, we must remember that the goal this time is not to directly kill the opponent's master, but to force them to be used by us. At least use their power to deal with the Conqueror King and the Hero King..."

Yes, this is Emiya Kiritsugu’s true purpose.

Because simply removing Caster and Berserker does not make much sense. Instead, it will make the Holy Grail War once again dominated by one company, such as the one who is known as the oldest king, Jin Shining.

His Noble Phantasm is overwhelming, and so far it has only been suppressed in the hands of Caster and Berserker. But if other people confront him, it will be very troublesome.

From the beginning, Emiya Kiritsugu did not intend to eliminate harm for the people, or simply eliminate enemies. That would not be in line with the law of the jungle that he always abides by. He just hoped to seize this almost, unexpectedly control Caster and Berserker, so that They went to die with other enemies first...

Saber didn't say anything to this, just nodded silently.

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It only took an hour to drive to Fuyuki City, and it only took less than half an hour to reach an agreement with Kenneth, who was easy to deceive and easily underestimated the enemy. After nightfall, the two parties launched operations at the same time.

Tonight is a moonless night, there is no moon, and a sea of ​​dark clouds flows in the night sky.

There was a gentle breeze blowing in the forest, and the trees rustled like a whisper. There are no birds singing about winter, no beasts barking at the moon. There is only one road leading to Ryudongsa Temple, and the long stone stairs are peaceful tonight.

Looking at the mountain gate in the darkness at the end of the road, the two Servants walking side by side on the long stone steps, keeping their distance silently, stopped at the same time. Others might not think there is anything strange about Liudong Temple.

But in the eyes of the two of them, the huge magic power almost enveloped the entire mountain.