[FATE] I'm Ginger

When I came to the church, I walked to Kotomine Kirei's room familiarly, took out the red wine and started to enjoy it. Seeing the familiar layout in the room, my thoughts quickly returned to yesterday—no, it should be The day before yesterday, I had a conversation with that clergyman.The conversation I had with that empty-eyed man that day was really... how should I put it...

"This is a jumping thinking, Kirei. Why do you associate pleasure with sin?"

When I asked the question with great interest, I had already imagined that Kotomine Kirei might not be able to answer at all.The fact is exactly the same, "This is because..." Kirei got stuck after only saying four words, and he had an expression of not knowing why he fell into such an embarrassing situation that he had never experienced before.

So I said with a more smug expression: "It is indeed wrong to obtain pleasure through crime. But human beings can also obtain pleasure through good deeds. You say that pleasure itself is a sin. What is this? What's the point?"

The priest in black was silent for a long time, and finally said in a dry tone that even he didn't believe it,

"—Pleasure or something, I don't have it in my heart. So I don't want to pursue it."

This expression, this demeanor, this bewilderment, this look of trying to suppress something...

I stared at him with my red pupils as if appreciating Kirei carefully, and then burst out laughing.

"Kotomine Kirei—I suddenly became interested in you."

What a dangerous man!

When does one feel pleasure?When helping others, when indulging desires, when enjoying life, and even when falling in love with someone—but in any case, it will not make people associate "pleasure" with "pleasure" without hesitation. "Sin" put together, right?

But this man in front of me, this priest whose "common sense" is exactly the same as "ordinary people", actually so straightforwardly connected "pleasure" and "sin"!What this means is almost ready to be revealed! !

"……What do you mean?"

"Just saying, don't pay attention."

I poured red wine into the glass again, leaned back on the sofa again, and said loudly:

"Pleasure is fundamentally a part of the soul. There is no distinction between 'have' and 'not'. There is only the difference between 'aware' and 'unaware'. Kirei, you just haven't found out yet. It’s just something deep in your soul. Realize that pleasure is what it is first and foremost.”

Is that so? That's right.No wonder this person will attract Gilgamesh like the original, because Gilgamesh is a person who enjoys admiring the lives of others, enjoying the suffering and struggle of others, enjoying seeing the world, and blackening the noble things. O king of smashing pleasures!No wonder in the main FSN, this man will become the villain BOSS, because——

——This man is different from ordinary people, completely, that is——

"Is the Servant meddling in his own business—educate me."

"This is not an ordinary education, but the experience of a king who has enjoyed the luxury and happiness of the whole world. You just listen to me honestly. In short, Kirei. You should first have an understanding of things like entertainment."

"entertainment?"

"Ahhh. It's not enough to just keep your eyes on the inside. You need to broaden your horizons...by the way, let's start with my entertainment and let you experience it, how about it?"

——A distorted man who takes what is "sin" in ordinary people's common sense as "pleasure"! !

"For me now, there is no time for fun at all."

Kirei said with disgust.

"Hey, don't say that. As long as you finish Tokiomi's tasks, you'll have a lot of time." I thought for a while, trying to find a suitable breakthrough, which would allow him to somewhat understand my different senses from ordinary people. , and it will not conflict with his current job... By the way, "Kirei, your task is to send spies to monitor the other five Masters, right?"

"...It's true."

"Then you should not only understand their intentions and strategies, but also investigate their purpose of obtaining the Holy Grail, and then tell me about it. Isn't this difficult?"

I started teaching him from the very basics.It is said that excellent teachers teach students according to their aptitude, and this level of investigation is not much different from the tasks Kirei is currently responsible for.As long as Assassin, who performs monitoring tasks around the target of surveillance every day, can fully record the target's conversations, and infer from the content of their conversations, he can roughly determine the purpose of the other party to seize the Holy Grail.Just tell the Assassins to pay special attention to the conversations in this regard and record them.

"—But Archer, why do you want to know these things?"

"Did I say that? I'm interested in human behavior. And among the five people competing for the Holy Grail, there must be one or two interesting guys? At least they should be more interesting than Tokiomi."

I speak as calmly as possible.Watching Kirei think carefully for a while, it may be out of hope in the end, "For this Servant that Tokiomi cannot completely control, if I can exert a certain influence on him, it may bring some positive things to Tokiomi's camp in the future." Impact' and the like agreed.

"...Okay, Archer, I promise you. However, it will take some time."

"No problem, I will wait patiently."

After draining the glass again, I stood up from the sofa, "Ah, I will come to taste your wine in the future. Your collection is even comparable to the wine in the sky. Just put them in It would be a pity to let it perish in the monk's storehouse."

Kirei remained expressionless and neither agreed nor objected, so I took it as a matter of course and left in a satisfied spirit form.

Ah, it's been a whole day now, that person should have gained something, right?

—"Archer?"

When Kotomine Kirei came in and saw me, he seemed somewhat surprised.

"Yo, Kirei." I raised my wine glass and greeted casually, "I'm here to hear what new discoveries I have. After all, I can only find something else to do during this time to pass the boredom— —Kirei, have those bastards in Assassin completed their task?"

Kirei thought for a while, "...Is it about the movements of the various Masters and their motives for obtaining the Holy Grail...? Ah, that investigation is also completed. Assassin—"

"No, no need."

I interrupted Kirei's words.What a joke, if those things are allowed to report, it will be meaningless at all.What really matters is the perception of the existence of "Kotomine Kirei".

"I'm not interested in the words of that kind of guy who looks like a shadow. Kirei, this kind of thing can only be meaningful information if you hear it."

"..."

Kirei stared at me speechlessly, I sipped the red wine and waited quietly with a motionless posture, but in the end he had no choice but to briefly talk about the information I had on each Master.

——Lancer's Master and Rider's Master didn't have any special wishes for the Holy Grail, but only came to this battle to seek victory for the honor of the magician.

——As for Caster's Master, he doesn't even know what the Holy Grail is.I just participated in this Holy Grail War in order to pursue a higher killing pleasure.

——Berserker's Master seems to be pursuing some kind of "redemption".Because of his escape, the second daughter of the Tohsaka family became a sacrifice, and now he returns to demand the release of the hostages... In exchange, he is asked to take back the Holy Grail.It seems that he and Tokiomi's wife Aoi had a story in the past.Perhaps in a sense, he is the one with the most vulgar motives among the other five hostile Masters.

However, there was only one person—the Master of Saber, and Kirei's report to me was completely perfunctory about the information about that man Emiya Kiritsugu.He only said that he participated in this Holy Grail War purely for the sake of the Einzbern family's long-standing obsession, and to bring the Holy Grail down.

Just listened to his report with great interest.

Great, here are the results.

"—Hmph, it's good entertainment to disappoint their hopes."

After listening to the motives of the other five people, I said casually.How can I make this boring man understand?As for himself, the nature that makes even a king like me tremble...

"After all, it's just a bunch of bastards. None of them have any creative ideas. They just want to snatch my treasures for some boring reasons... They are all thieves who should be executed without discussion."

Kotomine Kirei sighed helplessly. "Are these the only thoughts I have on the information that others have worked so hard to obtain? It seems that I have wasted my time."

"What's all this fussing about?"

By the way - let me put it this way.

"What are you talking about, Kirei. The efforts of you and the Assassins have yielded great results."

"Are you laughing at me? King of Heroes."

"Don't you understand? Forget it, it's understandable that you don't understand. Because you are a man who can only see what you care about."

I said in an almost mocking tone, "—Guys without self-awareness are simply pursuing instinctive pleasure. Just like those beasts chasing the smell of blood. This kind of emotion in their hearts will be intuitively expressed in Their words and deeds are above everything else. Therefore, Kirei. When you recount all the things you have heard, seen, and understood by yourself, through yourself, it has fully revealed your inner thoughts. Your The most detailed part of the language is the part you are most interested in. That is to say, observing a person's words and deeds is the best way to understand his interests. There is no such thing as a human being, a story like life... There's no better way to have fun than that."

"..."

Kotomine Kirei choked suddenly.That "bad miscalculation" expression is very interesting.

"First get rid of the guy you've deliberately concealed the truth from. This kind of subconscious concern is nothing more than a kind of attachment. Now I'm going to talk about the person you noticed unconsciously. So, in this way, the rest of the Among the four Masters, who is the one you follow the most?"

Look, look, you are shaken.I was very satisfied, took a sip of the red wine with a smile, and continued to speak in a snake-like tone.

"Berserker's Master. What's Kariya called? Kirei, your report on this man is really very detailed."

"...Because his affairs are more complicated. Therefore, there are naturally more parts that need special explanation, that's all."

"Hmph, isn't it? That's because you are more concerned about this man's affairs, so you gave Assassin the order to 'investigate all these complicated things'. You gave it out of interest without realizing it yourself. of."

"..."

The dull clergyman was stunned for a while, as if he was very annoyed, and said with a "waste work" expression, "...I admit, this is a mistake in my judgment."

The attitude can be said to be humble, Kirei nodded and said.

"Indeed, if you think about it carefully, Matou Kariya is just a short-lived and fragile enemy. From a long-term perspective, he can't pose a threat and has no value of attention. I gave him too high an evaluation, so That's why I explained too much to Archer—you."

"Hmph, is that so?"

Stop joking, just let you go out like that, am I still Gilgamesh?There are many ways to let you realize your true nature, for example——

"Kirei, let's assume now—if a miracle and a fluke are intertwined, Berserker and his Master survive to the end and obtain the Holy Grail. Have you ever thought about what will happen at that time?"

Hypothesis, that is, a completely fictitious thing...

Kotomine Kirei was in a daze again.It was a thoughtful expression.I paused long enough on purpose, and then laughed maliciously.

"I said, Kirei. Have you discovered the true meaning of the question I asked you?"

"……What's the meaning?"

His expression became confused.

"Tell me, Archer. Assuming Kariya Matou wins in the end, what's the point?"

"No, it doesn't make any sense at all-hey, don't make such a terrible expression. How many times have I told you that I didn't mean to tease you. Think about it carefully, why do you want to answer this question? Kotomine Kirei never noticed it? Don’t you think this matter itself is worth thinking about?”

I am persuasive.Presumably those demons in hell, when they lure kind and pure human beings and trick them into giving their souls in exchange for things in the world that the demons can't understand at all, is that what they look like?Kotomine Kirei had a headache thinking about it, and finally sat down on the sofa and said to me with a gesture of giving up:

"You might as well just say it straight, Archer."

Hooked.

I stared viciously at the clergyman in front of me, like a hunter staring at the prey in his own trap, "If I asked you the same question just now using other Masters as an example, you would immediately realize that this is nothing. There is no doubt about the question, so let’s kick this boring question away. But it’s different for Kariya. You didn’t think it was a boring question, but indulged in this kind of hypothetical thinking with great interest .Don't care about doing such futile things. This is the 'interest' that is genuine. Congratulations, Kirei, you are finally able to understand what is understanding and what is 'entertainment'."

"...Entertainment? You mean, pleasure?"

"Of course." I raised my chin triumphantly.

However, unexpectedly and within reason, Kirei shook his head resolutely.

"In Matou Kariya's fate, there is absolutely no element of 'pleasure'. The longer his life is, the heavier the pain and lamentation will be accumulated on him. For him, the early end of life Rather, it is a kind of redemption.”

"——Kirei, why is your definition of 'pleasure' so narrow?"

I sigh deeply.Although I looked at him with a look of hating iron and steel, but I knew that it was only a little bit - just a little bit, could peel off the upright appearance of this pure white clergyman, and let the person buried deep in the The darkness and cruelty in his heart were exposed to the sun.

"What is the contradiction between pain and lamentation and 'pleasure'? The so-called pleasure has no specific form. It is precisely because you don't understand this that you are confused."

"it's not like that!"

Kirei's angry voice resounded like a conditioned reflex.

"King of Heroes, only a demonic person like you would be happy to savor the pain of others. However, doing so is a sinner's soul and a crime that should be punished. Anyway, what Kotomine Kirei believes in The road will not go with you."

"So you think that pleasure itself is a kind of evil? Hehe, you are quite good at making fallacies. You are getting more and more interesting."

I deliberately said to Kirei with a slightly evil smile.

"Kotomine Kirei, no matter what, you must have a reason for wanting to get the Holy Grail. It's not something like 'so that Tohsaka Tokiomi can get the Command Seals for two people', that kind of thing is definitely not the reason for the Holy Grail to distribute the Command Seals. You There must be a unique reason in your heart.”

"The reason why I... got the Holy Grail?"

"If it's really a miracle that can grant any wish—the Holy Grail, it must be able to fulfill the deepest wish in your heart that you don't even realize yourself."

My eyes have turned into animal-like vertical pupils, which are cruel, cold and greedy eyes that make people think of the snake in the Garden of Eden at a glance.

"Kirei. Thinking will not bring you an answer. It is this kind of thinking that is bound by ethics that distorts your cognition. Pray that you can get the Holy Grail. At that time, you You will find the answer to the true happiness you seek in what the Holy Grail brings to you."

"..."

In fact, it's ends versus means putting the cart before the horse.Because I don't know what my wish is, I want to get the Holy Grail that can fulfill all wishes to find out.but……

Just in pursuit of an answer - it does have an immediate effect.

"...But if this is the case, I will have to destroy the wishes of the other six people with my own hands, and then I can find the answer. Moreover, if I want to obtain the Holy Grail for my own purpose... I will still be an enemy of my mentor."

He still seemed rather resistant.

"What does it matter? For the future - Kirei, rely on yourself."

I said happily.

"Pursue for your own desires. This is the right way of entertainment. Then entertainment will bring pleasure, and pleasure will guide you in the direction of happiness." I said seductively, "Pursue pleasure-just this kind of thing, not always Will it run counter to your teacher?"

"The road has been pointed out to you, Kirei. It has been pointed out to you very clearly."

I forcefully endured the laugh that was about to break out.

——The Master after killing Tohsaka Tokiomi is already in hand.