gaze of war

It wasn't that Morrigan didn't know where Lancer was - if she wanted to know at all.

In fact, at the moment when Diarmuid was almost killed, the goddess who lost her goal was falling into a confusion that she didn't even notice.The desire to kill the knight and the desire to destroy the Holy Grail are intertwined.

In fact, it is the Grail itself that is disturbing the mood of the goddess.

The whole city lingers with that malicious smell.But it hid very well, only exuding a disturbing and irritable atmosphere, but it was nowhere to be found when trying to track it down.

It's as if this whole city is the Holy Grail itself.

The city has no faith.Even the priests who claim to believe in gods are not even comparable to ordinary people in the age of mythology in terms of loyalty to gods.

[God, bless me with happiness in my life! 】

[Please make me a rich man! 】

【Sinner, under the grace of God, you must exchange your wealth for the chance of redemption. 】

There is no offering, it is all asking.These disrespectful human beings, these unbelieving sinners, are an eyesore.

……

[God, please respond to me.If you can hear it, can you give me the answer?Obviously I don't have any wishes...Why, the Holy Grail chooses me? 】

Amid the din of blasphemy, Morrigan heard such a prayer.It's ridiculous that people who prayed to the gods so devoutly for answers had no awe of the gods in their hearts-instead, it was another smell that caught Morrigan's attention.It was Morrigan's familiar smell of madness in the midst of war, thirsting for blood and fire.

Clergy.

A priest with no faith in his heart.

Crazy longing for destruction and war, a clergyman who has no faith in his heart.

His soul was emitting a fragrance that moved even Morrigan deeply.Not without belief, not without desire—the man suppressed his true self.His ego was frantically clamoring for death and destruction.

For Morrigan, the Valkyrie who personifies war and death, this is almost tantamount to her fanaticism.

Don't know what your wish is?

That's really...

The tightly pursed lips moved slightly.

- that's true!

——Interesting——! !

Morrigan's eyes narrowed slightly, and she slowly turned her head to look the other way.

"Perhaps—it will open up a new situation." She murmured expectantly, "Hmph—Holy Grail?"

No matter how great the power is, it will surely submit to a fair death.As for the so-called wish...

It's just like that man's loyalty, it's just a vain fantasy.

Kotomine Kirei was watching the entire Fuyuki City through the eyes of the Heroic Spirit.

Compared with the heroic spirits who are good at fighting, the servants he has are more special. Assassin—the so-called assassin, the old man in the mountain, the radical organization headed by Hassan Sabah, active in shadow and terror, killers who bring death to others all their lives, but never have their own existence.

The dark place is their paradise, and you never know if there is an assassin lurking near you and watching your every move when you are not aware of it.

Assassin is Kotomine Kirei's "eye".

Kirei Mine is the "eye" of Tosaka Tokiomi.

That's all.

Kotomine Kirei's godless, empty eyes will receive everything that the Assassins see, and all the information that Kotomine Kirei gets will be fed back to his teacher—the magician, Tosaka Tokiomi, A man who follows the family lineage and seeks the power of the roots.

Just like Kotomine Kirei's position in this connection, he believes that he is also the same messenger and assistant in the Holy Grail War, and his father, priest Kotomine Risei who is in charge of arbitration, and his teacher Kotomine Kirei also thought so.

But when he turned this matter into reality with repeated self-declarations as usual, the ethereal that suddenly appeared in front of him made him startled by surprise.

Like the ghost of every modern-day mystical horror film director, the dark-haired teenage girl floats in mid-air, staring straight at him with large, hollow eyes.Even though it was the heavily guarded Fuyuki Church, a top-secret place jointly guarded by the power of the church and the heroic assassin, this woman easily broke into it without breaking any guards.

This made Kotomine Kirei feel his scalp go numb.

Then the unknown woman smiled.

"Gee—unexpectedly honest, your look," she said cheerfully. "There's no need to be so surprised, Kotomine Kirei. My arrival is exactly at your call, to answer your doubts."

"... Doubt?" Kotomine Kirei was slightly at a loss.

"Well, a very important doubt - about your real wish." Squinting her eyes and looking at the priest, the girl went straight to the center of gravity, "I heard your question, so I came here to unravel your confusion, That's all."

Kotomine Kirei expressed disregard for the girl's words.He stared at the uninvited guest with empty eyes, and said in a deep voice: "...Tell me your purpose! Which participant's heroic spirit are you?"

"Heroic spirit?... Ha... How can we be enslaved by humans? Don't offend me, you hypocritical servant of God." The girl's face changed.The smile disappeared, and the eyebrows and eyes were filled with anger.When the last sentence was said, the hoarse voice that seemed human but not human reappeared, and the materialized sound waves exploded in the room.

The oil lamp on the wooden table burst into pieces.

In the studio that lost its only light source, Kotomine Kirei saw the most incredible sight in his life.The girl stayed in the void with an arrogant expression, surrounded by clearly visible red flames—no, it must be the color of blood.Crying, wailing, □, weeping—

Kotomine Kirei suddenly covered his ears.

He didn't realize that his heavy breathing was from excitement.

He didn't find a wistful smile on his face.

He didn't realize his heart was beating violently.

He didn't notice his body shaking with longing.

None found—all—

No, he felt it all.

That throat that burns with longing.

That body trembling with pleasure.

That laughter that was maddened by excitement.

That heart beating so violently that it almost stopped.

So happy, so beautiful, so pleasant, so pleasing to the ear—that blood and fire!That destruction and death!That wail and □!

no no!It's sin, it's blasphemy, it's crime...

"Are you...a demon that came to the world... from hell!" The priest complained desperately—everything he saw and felt was subverting his belief and pulling him into a called the Abyss of Sin.

Morrigan laughed.

"Demon? What is that? Kotomine Kirei, you who prayed to God for an answer, are you denying my existence even now?"

The priest didn't answer.Under the only light source, he knelt on the ground.

"This is the answer, Kotomine Kirei."

The Goddess of War whispered.

"This is your answer, Kotomine Kirei."

"This is the answer you are seeking from me, Kotomine Kirei—"

"Stop... shut up... shut up!"

The priest named Kotomine Kirei fell into great chaos.

"What Kotomine Kirei did you hear? What Kotomine Kirei did you feel? What Kotomine Kirei did you see? What Kotomine Kirei did you believe in? What Kotomine Kirei did you pray for? What Kotomine Kirei are you excited about? What Kotomine Kirei Kotomine Kirei Kotomine Kirei Kotomine Kirei Kotomine Kirei Kotomine Kirei Kotomine Kirei Kotomine Kirei Kirei Kotomine Kirei..."

Countless voices intertwined, like a wave, impacting the priest's little reason.The heartbeat became louder and louder, and the priest's breathing became heavier and heavier, until he felt that he was on the verge of collapse——

"Who are you, Kotomine Kirei?"

The voice of a girl like a demon cut through all the noise.

"I... I am..." Even the ability to think has been completely lost, the brown-haired man hugged his head, tears poured out of his wide-open eyes.

It should be unbearable to persecute the priest to such an extent.But Morrigan obviously wasn't bothered in this way - on the contrary, her face slowly revealed what could be called a happy expression.Correspondingly, the priest who slowly raised his head - his face was full of fragility and confusion.

"……who are you?"

Morrigan smiled contentedly.

Assassin and Tosaka Tokiomi lost news of Kotomine Kirei at the same time.This made Tohsaka Tokiomi furious when he received the news of Assassin—this student with a special status can be said to be his biggest trump card in this battle for the Holy Grail.

Relying on Kotomine Kirei and the "momentum" behind him—that is, the observer and arbiter of the Holy Grail War, the power of the church, and the ubiquitous observation power of Kotomine Kirei's own servant Assassin, coupled with the power of the far away Saka Tokiomi possesses the power and magical ability of "Tohsaka", one of the "Three Founding Houses", and most importantly, he meticulously prepares the heroic spirit summoned by the holy relic - the ancient hero king, Gilgamesh the power of--

The one who will definitely win the final victory and touch the unreachable "origin" - Tohsaka Tokiomi is so confident.

Because of such self-confidence, he never considered factors other than the Holy Grail and Heroic Spirit.No, in fact, he masked everyone.If a person impresses him with trait A, then he will remember that this person is trait A—and never think about anything other than trait A.

Kotomine Kirei is an "assistant", so he is the one who helps him.

Sakura is "Tohsaka's daughter", so she should contribute to the Tohsaka family's dream.

In the final analysis, this is a kind of absolute confidence in oneself - what one believes is true, and even oneself cannot be doubted.

Closer to home, the confident Tohsaka Tokiomi is in great trouble—his biggest trump card in this battle for the Holy Grail is missing.

Even the assistant's own heroic spirit didn't notice the trace of the master, and after being unable to find it everywhere, he came to Tohsaka Tokiomi to ask for help at the risk of being discovered by other contenders.

"No heroic spirit can block the connection between the heroic spirit and the master!" Tosaka Tokiomi said affirmatively, "It must be the result of Kirei being bound in a special inherent barrier."

But that's impossible.

Because before losing contact, Kirei stayed alone in the hidden workshop of Fuyuki Church, and no one touched the Assassin's cordon.

Then Kirei suddenly disappeared like that, unable to trace even his breath.Could it be that Kirei himself took the initiative to cut off the connection with the heroic spirit?Otherwise, something that the Heroic Spirit couldn't detect had infiltrated Kirei's magic workshop.

"Assassin, have you checked Kirei's magic workshop?"

Of course there are.But, can't get in.No matter what, you can't get in, even if you make up your mind to destroy the master's workshop.Kirei himself would undoubtedly not reject a Heroic Spirit, so it must be something else that rejects an assassin.

He must find a way to rescue his disciple from unknown enemies——Tohsaka Tokiomi frowned.Out of the corner of his gaze, he fell on the blond man lying arrogantly on the sofa.

"...What's the matter, Tokiomi?" The man noticed his gaze, and slightly turned his head with a smile on his lips, "Do you want to ask me to save your disciple?"

It was a malicious smile.