gaze of war

The author has something to say: Well, I promised to add more!I’m exhausted…………………………… The plot continues to play off. If there are Christian girls, please don’t care, they are all fiction!By the way, I'm secretly glad that someone's long comment can't be posted... ahahahahahaha~

Caster's magic workshop is likely to be set up in a certain river channel - this is the message from Father Kotomine Risei to the Lords.All the lords are using this message as a basis to start their own actions to find the caster.

In fact, this news has already been confirmed [-] percent.

Assassin was already on standby outside Caster's workshop.

The order Kotomine Kirei gave them was: No matter who they saw or the heroic spirit, they were not allowed to act rashly until Kotomine Kirei gave the next order.

They will become the "eyes" that have been arranged.

Kotomine Kirei had great expectations for the outcome of this incident.

These pretentious magicians are too arrogant.

Also stupid.

They put their eyes too much on the Heroic Spirits and the Holy Grail, but forgot the natural instinct of war that human beings have.

It's not something like Command Spells that can change the situation of a battle.

but intelligence.

Weaknesses, reverse scales, objects of desire.

love, hate.

Everything becomes a visible weakness.

The magicians only thought of hiding the identity of their heroic spirits, but they didn't know that there were too many clues to determine the identity.When every thin thread is connected, it will weave a web of truth.

——As long as this opportunity is used to determine the characteristics of the Commander and the Heroic Spirit, everything about them will unfold in front of Kotomine Kirei.Whether it's identity, habits, hobbies, or background, whether it's the name of a heroic spirit or the ability of a Noble Phantasm—all will become information that Kotomine Kirei possesses.

They will pay more, more things than they imagined for this Command Seal.

All the Lords and Heroic Spirits will be assembled in this operation.

And this is the perfect opportunity for Kotomine Kirei.

He will never let go of this opportunity.

Inside the Fuyuki Church, there is a device called a spiritual artifact tray.The function of this device is to display the basic information of the participants in the Holy Grail War - when each master and servant sign a contract, the spirit plate will show that these two have joined the war.And the destruction of each group of masters and servants will also be clearly displayed on the spirit plate.

In order to confirm the current situation of the competitors, Kotomine Kirei returned to church once.

—with a materialized Morrigan.

Kotomine Ri was very surprised that his son brought a young girl to church and acted defenseless against her.And he had never seen that girl before, at least until the last time he met Tokiomi, Kirei's narrow social circle never included this girl.

"I can't say who this person is." Faced with the old priest's question, Kotomine Kirei replied frankly. "But in this war, it is definitely a very special existence. It is because of the existence of this person that I have a disagreement with the teacher."

Kotomine Risama is very dissatisfied with the estrangement between the church and Tohsaka caused by the breakdown of his son's relationship with Tokiomi.

The cooperation between Tohsaka and the church has a long history.The church needs to control the Holy Grail War within a certain range, and Tohsaka has only one wish for generations—to make a wish to the Holy Grail and get in touch with the "root".

Their purpose appears to be very harmless and simple, so the Church is more inclined to support Tohsaka than other Lords that cannot be controlled.

But this time Kotomine Kirei's unilateral dispute with Tosaka Tokiomi caught them off guard.

For the church, this means that this war will become uncontrollable.

"Father. What are 'roots', have you ever wondered?"

In response to his father's objection, Kotomine Kirei made such a rhetorical question.He spoke every word very slowly, as if deliberately leaving a gap for his father to think, and also like the whisper of the devil's temptation.

"Where is the source of power for magicians? For them, there is no god that we believe in. They don't have power from gods, where did they get such power?"

Yan Fengli was stunned.

He didn't spend too much energy researching on the magician's power system.The "root" that Tohsaka pursues is simply understood as the "god" of the church.That is, the so-called source of power.

But magicians have no faith.Which god would show favor to these unbelievers?

So what are the roots of magicians?

"Their 'root' is the origin of the world, the origin of all, the cause of all, the root of all, the law of all. Father. The world in which we exist extends from that original cause. Come out. If Tohsaka touches the 'root' and changes it with manpower—what kind of changes will this world encounter?"

Kotomine Kirei spoke shocking lines without changing his face.

The moment he understood the meaning of this passage, Kotomine Risei's eyes widened.

He looked at his son in shock, his face gradually turned pale.

Kotomine Kirei smiled triumphantly.

He knew that his father, the arbitrating priest of the church, had been completely shaken.

With such a malicious smile, he lowered his voice, approached the old priest as if he was talking about something secret, and said the last words that broke the old priest's belief.

"Tohsaka and the others...have more terrifying ambitions than anyone else in this world."

Yan Fengli took a deep breath.

Everything Kirei said was something that the original church had never thought of.But, if true...

Then, among the participants in the Holy Grail War, perhaps the Tohsaka family is the real danger.

If they were really allowed to make a wish and reach that "root"... maybe the destruction of the entire world would be ushered in immediately.

"Then, who is that girl...?"

Even though he had completely accepted his son's words from the bottom of his heart, Kotomine Rizheng still cared a lot about that girl whose "identity cannot be revealed".Even when having such a private and important conversation, Kirei did not find another prayer room to discuss with him, but said such an important matter in front of that young girl.

Kotomine Kirei "absolutely" trusted this girl.

This is the attitude expressed by the actions he makes.

But who is that girl?

While Kotomine and his son were talking, Morrigan was staring at the statue of Jesus crucified in front of the church hall.She watched so intently that when Yanfeng and his son cast their eyes on her one after another, they were a little dazed—Morrigan was slightly raising his arms, making a gesture like a hug.

"Kirei, - is this the god you once believed in?"

"Yes."

"...that's pathetic."

Morrigan said quietly.

"He...has no godhead anymore."

Kotomine Kirei walked to her side.As if afraid of disturbing her, he lowered his voice, "Jesus Christ washed away the sins of the world with his own life and blood. Then he was reborn in the grave..."

"There is no rebirth." Morrigan whispered, "...without the godhead, he is no longer a god. What is enshrined here is only the last power."

When the old priest heard such transgressive words, he almost immediately flew into a rage: "You..."

"Speak carefully." Kotomine Kirei immediately stopped his father.

"You must continue to believe in him," said Morrigan softly, "so that he may continue to exist—if only a force."

She looked again at Jesus, who was being tortured with his head bowed.

"...Let's go, Kirei."

"Yes."

Kotomine Kirei did not look at his father who was stunned where he was.He lowered his head, one step behind Morrigan, and closely followed Morrigan's footsteps like the most loyal guard.

Yan Fengli was standing where she was, her heart was in chaos.

He suddenly realized that he couldn't understand anything about his son.

Kirei... are you...?

After this conversation, the church's connection with Tohsaka was terminated.

For Tohsaka Tokiomi, this is just a symbol that the church has finally made up its mind to break with Tohsaka.Ever since Kotomine Kirei's betrayal, the church has been distrusted by him.Although a lot of support has been lost because of this, it is definitely better than being stabbed in the back by an ally.

But the problem that followed was that without the private help of the church, Tosaka Tokiomi was forced to stand on the same starting line as other masters in this war.

The "special participant" became Kotomine Kirei, the man Tosaka Tokiomi hated.As the only son of the arbiter, all the help promised by the church will surely become Kotomine Kirei's.

Not only that, even Tohsaka Tokiomi himself pushed Kotomine Kirei on the road to victory—at the very beginning, he even helped Kotomine Kirei so that he could face off against the enemy in the open. Disappeared in this war...

Tokiomi Tohsaka regretted this.

And his servant - the arrogant King of Heroes has also been missing recently.Heroic spirits with the ability to move freely, where they want to go, and what they want to do, are not things Tohsaka Tokiomi can say.

Patriarch Tohsaka, who was originally full of confidence in the victory of this war, finally felt that this war would not develop as he expected.

And all of this is because of a man named Kotomine Kirei.

For this operation, Caster's life must be taken by him, Tohsaka Tokiomi.In his current state of bowing his head in front of the hero king Gilgamesh, with one more command spell, he can definitely command the ancient king one more time.

As long as Gilgamesh makes a serious move, no Heroic Spirit can match him.

Tohsaka Tokiomi has always believed in this.

Victory is mine - even if there are twists and turns, this result will never change.

Because I have the strongest servant.