[Comprehensive] Playing off again

Time rewinds to one day ago.

As we all know, night is the time of the Holy Grail War, so according to common sense, even if Archer goes out for the whole day, he will definitely return to his Master at night.

Emiya Kiritsugu stood on the roof of the castle, lit a cigarette, but didn't smoke it, but quietly watched the smoke swirling around.

The situation is not good.

As Berserker said, Weber Velvet didn’t have any wish to pin on the Holy Grail at all. Rider’s wish was only to have a physical body, which required very little mana, so he could make another wish, so their alliance could last. to the end.

This is not a lie.

As Einzbern's son-in-law, Emiya Kiritsugu knew more about the inside story than ordinary Masters, so the excuse that "only the group of Masters and Servants who win in the end can realize their wishes" certainly couldn't fool him.

Such a rule is only established under certain circumstances, for example, when the long-cherished wish of the Tohsaka family is realized.

Reaching the "Vortex of Roots"... As an outlier among magicians, Emiya Kiritsugu never found this wish attractive.

Not right either.

In that case, the rule should be changed to "Only the Master who wins in the end can see the wish". After all, all seven Servants must be sacrificed.

Emiya Kiritsugu let out a deep breath.

There is no information about Sawada Tsunayoshi, this person seems to have appeared out of thin air.This can be put aside temporarily, more importantly, I haven't seen Matou Kariya for a long time.

Obviously, the Master of the Matou family has adopted the same approach as Tosaka Tokiomi—hiding in the magic workshop, and only letting Servants go out for activities.

Rather than being difficult, it is better to say that there is no way to start.

We can only wait for Tohsaka Tokiomi's reply.

In Emiya Kiritsugu's mind, this alliance is pretty sure-if they fight each other, they will be broken by Rider and Berserker one by one sooner or later.

Irisviel thought so too.

The silver-haired woman was lying on the soft bed, her fair complexion was tortured almost transparent, no one knew what kind of pain she was enduring.

Dolls, artificial humans, lesser grails, grail vessels.

These titles are all about her.

In other words, these are her essence.

Despite having the same appearance and emotions as real humans, Irisviel is the medium created by Einzbern to successfully summon the Great Holy Grail. At this time, as the Servants exit one by one and return to the outside of the timeline The seat of Heroes, the magic power generated by it is trapped in the Lesser Holy Grail - her body.

The ability to mimic humans is disappearing.

The Holy Grail was originally a dead thing, but in the third war, because the weapon was destroyed before the winner was determined, the war was invalid.Einzbern learned from the painful experience, and decided to package the device this time as a humanoid figure with self-management awareness.Can feel pain, know how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and will protect myself to the end——

That is, the artificial human with silver hair.

The body became more and more cumbersome, and Irisviel forced herself to breathe heavily, her whole body was burning hot, and her forehead was dripping with sweat.

better.

Her whole body felt relaxed, like a patient who had suddenly transformed from a terminally ill patient who was unable to get out of bed to a normal person who was healthy enough to run and jump without any problem, Alice Feier hurriedly sat up leaning against the head of the bed.

A girl with blond hair and green eyes stepped in.

Saber.

Saber without the concept armor looks like an ordinary girl, but as long as you spend a little more time in contact with it, you will find that she is indeed a knight.

Especially when facing those clear and firm eyes.

Saber raised her hand to touch her forehead, and said worriedly: "Irisviel, you have a fever."

"I'm ok."

The silver-haired android showed a gentle smile.

She's fine too.

Only Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel knew that there was a holy relic in her body that summoned King Arthur—the scabbard of the holy sword in Saber's hand, "a distant utopia".

The owner will heal from any injuries, and even aging will stop. It can be said that its existence itself is equivalent to incredible magic.

This is the treasure of the heroic spirit. ——It is not usable by humans.

Its limitation is that it will work when Saber is around, and it will be in vain when Saber is away.This was also one of the reasons why Emiya Kiritsugu let his Servant stay with his wife.

Even knowing that Irisviel will turn into the Lesser Holy Grail and usher in the death of the individual "Irisviel", Emiya Kiritsugu still cannot give up his dream, but he still loves his wife after all, so he wants to slow her down. pain of.

Although this love is so contradictory.

However, even the scabbard of the holy sword can only reduce the pain Irisviel has to bear, and it can't do anything about the process of her changing from a "person" to a small holy grail.

"Irisviel, do you really not need to inform the Master?"

"No need, Kiritsugu is already very troubled, I don't want to disturb him." Irisviel smiled, as gentle as water, and her voice was softer, "Saber, it's good to have you by my side."

There was a strange brilliance in the red eyes.

The silver-haired android leaned forward, with its feet protruding from the bedding as if it wanted to stand up, but its figure wobbled. Saber quickly supported it with sharp eyes and said calmly, "Be careful."

"Thank you, Saber."

The movement of being held up by the waist made the distance between the two of them extremely close, Alice Viel raised her face, raised her hand to caress Saber's cheek, her white and soft fingers seemed to have inadvertently slid across the blue eyes full of worry , suddenly laughed.

With the innocent air that Irisviel often has, but also with the dark air that Irisviel will never have.

"Ellie?"

Saber's words were interrupted.

The red eyes were like a deep pool, with turbid black billowing from the bottom, Irisviel—or, the being who controlled this body, tilted his head, and a few strands of silver hair playfully lifted up.

"Saber, I like you very much."

"Be mine."

Endless black mud poured out from the artificial man's body, covering the ignorant heroic spirit!

When Emiya Kiritsugu arrived, everything was a foregone conclusion.

"what is this?"

Hisau Maiya shook her head with a solemn expression, "Madame and Saber are inside."

In front of the two of them was swamp-like black mud, which was still churning, and there was no doubt that there was a powerful and evil force in it, and Emiya Kiritsugu could feel it.

But where did this black mud come from?Something to do with the Holy Grail?What about Eri and Saber?

Are they... in there?

As if bewitched by some kind, Emiya Kiritsugu walked forward uncontrollably, but was stopped by Hisau Maiya.

"Kiritsugu!"

"Ellie..."

Recovering a little bit of consciousness during this call, Kiritsugu tried to contact Saber, but he couldn't feel the communication between the two parties. This feeling is... No, Saber is still there.

Kiritsugu looked at the Command Seals in his hand, and calmly used one.

"In the name of the Command Seal, Saber, bring Eri to me."

Useless.

Nothing happened.

But the Command Seal on the back of his hand did indeed disappear.Kiritsugu suddenly remembered what Iris Viel had conveyed to Berserker at the king's banquet.

Out of control?

The power of human beings will appear weak in many cases.

Emiya Kiritsugu quickly calmed down, and tried to contact the head of the Einzbern family in Germany, asking about the possible abnormality of the Holy Grail, although he knew that this might not help the matter.

Hisau Maiya loyally stood by.

Under such circumstances, they naturally put aside the intention of alliance with Tohsaka Tokiomi, and Tohsaka did not take the lead in contacting.

until the day passes.

The black mud suddenly expanded in size, and then, someone slowly walked out from its center.

"...Saber?"

Emiya Kiritsugu opened his eyes wide.

That's Saber, but it's not Saber.

The appearance is exactly the same, but the details are completely different.

The blond hair that was originally as bright as the sun turned into a faint golden color, even a little like silver, and the eyes also changed from clear blue to unkind gold, and there was a different kind of ruthlessness in his expression.

The magic power surging around her was even bigger, huge and turbid. This feeling was like the mysterious black mud that appeared inexplicably behind her.

Kiritsugu's heart sank.

If it could be explained by different space before, but now that Saber is in front of him, he can't feel the connection between Master and Servant at all.

and……

With a ten-thousandth hope, he asked, "Where's Ellie?"

Saber didn't look at him.

The girl with blond hair and golden eyes walked slowly to the window, her posture was elegant, her temperament was full of inhuman aloofness, she looked into the distance and said calmly, "Here we come."

Archer, Rider, Ruler.

The Holy Grail told her many things.

"King, you don't understand people's hearts."

In the ears, the voice of the Knights of the Round Table who left in disappointment seemed to sound again.This time, she won't be confused anymore.No matter what method is used, as long as it can achieve the goal——

Why not?

Her Master is the Holy Grail.

The corners of her lips curled into a cold arc, Saber didn't look at the former Master Emiya Kiritsugu, she changed into a dark conceptual weapon from her normal clothes, she turned around neatly, and walked towards the spacious rooftop.

The black mud followed as if alive.

"what happened?"

Behind him, the stigmata on the back of Emiya Kiritsugu's hand disappeared, and the back of his hand was clean, as if nothing had happened.

The whereabouts of his wife are unknown, and he lost his Master qualification... The blow came too fast, Emiya Kiritsugu swayed, closed his eyes under Hisu Maiya's worried gaze, and said, "Follow."

The barrier of Einzbern was torn apart again by the powerful magic power. Rider's Kamui Wheel and Archer's Vimoye arrived almost at the same time. Following the huge magic power like a lamp, the two landed on the rooftop, and there, There was only a girl with pink hair and golden eyes standing.

"Saber."

Elan was slightly surprised, and grasped the point first, "Where's your dumbass?"

What responded to him was the unceremonious release of the Noble Phantasm——

The torrent of light drowns everything.