Even the slowest time will come to an end. When Saber appears in Tosaka Mansion, the caster reluctantly leaves Soichiro's shoulders, put on his cloak and transforms into a dead witch again. ()()()

"Saber, where is your master?"

"I only need to do this battle. As long as you can fulfill your defeat of Kimura, you will release Rin's promise."

The girl with silver armor and sword stood heroically in front of the witch and said in a deep voice.

"No problem, saber's service. Although I want to invite you to get the Holy Grail together without killing each other, I can fulfill my current commitment first and accept this invitation when you see my sincerity."

"What--?"

Saber, who had always been unshakable by external objects in battle, opened his mouth in surprise.

"I am also a magician, and I have been studying magic since the age of God. As long as I understand the composition of the Holy Grail system, I can summon the Holy Grail in my own way."

caster said proudly.

"In that case, the Holy Grail will not need to go through battle..."

For the first time, Saber's fighting will was shaken.

"The arrival of the Holy Grail relies on the magic power collected by the server after death. If the caster does not go through the battle, the Holy Grail will come. How much life will the magic power used consume?"

Tosaka ran out of the house and shouted coldly to the caster. Archer stood by Tosaka silently.

"Don't consume human life, have you not noticed the servant of the illegal summoner? Although it is a heroic spirit that has never been summoned by the Holy Grail system, its maturity is already comparable to that of the Holy Grail. If they are added, it means that the Holy Grail War can be left with additional servant. Tosaka girl, I will return the archer to you at that time, how about it?"

Tosaka's face turned red.

"Besides, what did you choose to be the core of the Holy Grail Summoning? Did that guy Kimura Masahide?"

"The only one who can touch the Holy Grail is the server, and the only one who can summon the Holy Grail is the master of the magician, but my master is not a magician, and it is bound to be a substitute. () Our common enemy, Masahide Kimura, is the most suitable candidate."

"Then that person will become a device for you to ignite magic power, and at the moment when the Holy Grail comes, it becomes a sacrifice for sacrifice because it cannot bear the huge magic power. Is this exactly what you expect?"

"At least, that person is not an innocent human. Do you remember the recent cold weapon murder incident? Many of them were written by his servants. Choosing such a person is just the taste of you righteous people."

Almost perfect choice, sacrifice a murderer and summon the Holy Grail to fulfill its wishes in peace.

Saber couldn't help but hang down her sword, and his shaken heart almost lost his fighting spirit.

For the victory of the war, a sinner was sacrificed, and the girl who was the king even did even more excessive things.

In any case, sacrificing others to satisfy one's own selfish desires is a sin.

I want the Holy Grail, is it for my own selfish desires or for the great wish to save my hometown?

I think I have failed to save my hometown and I am eager to choose a more suitable person.

Is this kind of wish for yourself or others?

In the heart of the brave Knight King, his once firm belief was shaky, and even the sword in his hand was difficult to control.

"Caster, the wish of the Holy Grail can only be promised to one person in the end. Who can you give it to?"

The still calm voice comes from archer.()

"Of course I am the first person to make a wish. After understanding the mechanism of the Holy Grail, we can summon the Holy Grail again. At that time, archer, are you willing to accept this favor?"

"Hmph, I don't need the Holy Grail. I just need to know that the cost of countless summonings can realize any wish of human beings is really that?"

"As far as I know, the Holy Grail in Touki City has broken through the boundaries of time and space, life and death. Using this power reasonably can indeed realize most of people's wishes. The magic consumed during its operation cannot be filled with human life in the entire city. This is why the Holy Grail needs a servant. () Our servant summons the soul from the throne of the Heroes, and then forms a form through the Holy Grail by the magic power on the side of the death. Finally, we return to the Holy Grail in battle, and become completely adapted to the Holy Grail, and use it to summon the magic power of the Holy Grail. From this, it can be said that the servant is used as a magic extraction device. The magic power used by the Holy Grail summons can be said to be the magic power on the side of the death, so we can summon the Holy Grail just after the price of the battle between the seven people."

"What does that mean to death?"

Even the most orthodox magician Rin Tosaka asked questions that were not very familiar with this, and Saber looked confused.

"The world has life and death. All life will be gone. The power will be returned to this world, and the soul that has been experienced and trained will be returned to the side of death. Mortals will turn into the power of chaotic death on the side of death. As a hero remembered by the world, even if they die, they will be immortalized on the side of death, that is, the throne of heroes is born. The Holy Grail directly communicates with the throne of heroes in a unique way, obtaining the ability to summon heroes beyond time. At the same time, with the help of the power on the side of death, the flesh and blood of the heroes will be rebuilt, thereby pulling the heroes back to the world. The ability to servant spiritual transformation shows that its ** is composed of magic on the side of death, not real **."

He is worthy of being a magician in the God-era period. In just a few days, caster developed the way the Holy Grail operates.

"Although the Holy Grail cannot directly extract the magic power on the side of death, as long as the servant fights on the earth and the magic power circulates and transforms on the side of life, it can be absorbed by the Holy Grail after defeat. Therefore, we need the servant to kill each other. Moreover, whether it is the servant of the Holy Grail or the life of human beings, the Holy Grail can be absorbed without choice and obtain the power of the present world. Is that true?"

At some point, a pair of glasses were set up on Tosaka's nose bridge. The girl listened to the caster's explanation with a serious look on her face and put forward her own ideas.

"I didn't expect you to understand the little girl so quickly. This is the most complex and magical magic I have ever seen. Although I still don't understand the specific way to realize my wish, I can go through the side of life and death and reach the root of the root of life and death in the process of life and death, and fulfill our magician's long-cherished wish."

The caster nodded to Tosaka with satisfaction.

"Do you reach the root of the problem?...If you practice magic for so long, you can get such a wonderful opportunity. Why do I feel dissatisfied with it..."

The red girl frowned strangely, worried about her unfamiliar thoughts. ()

"...Anyway, in this case, I have more expectations for the Holy Grail."

"That is to say, if we kill that guy Kimura and send the magic into the Holy Grail, we can summon the Holy Grail in advance and we don't have to kill all the Servant."

Archer seemed to have made some decision, and said confirmation, but strangely found that Saber was silent.

"Saber, what do you think about this battle?"

“…”

“saber——”

Tosaka also noticed Saber's absent-mindedness and asked worriedly.

"Ah... Oh, I know, I understand the caster's idea. Since caster is willing to keep his promise to release Rin, I am willing to stand on the side of the caster and raise my sword."

“Saber——”

Looking at Saber's confused and firm eyes, Caster's mouth raised and he let out a chant inexplicably.

"Let your doubts be put aside for the time being, cute girl, let's solve the long-term problems after defeating Kimura. Now we should go."

After saying that, the caster turned around and bowed to the silent salute to the Sonichiro Katsuki who had been standing beside him.

"Master, please wait for news of my victory return here."

"If you want my strength, please tell me."

The man, like a tall stone statue, made his first sound in the long afternoon.

"With the strength of archer, saber and me, I will win this battle, and there is no need for master to take action."

Caster saluted again. After raising her waist, her cloak opened automatically without wind, turning into a huge curtain, covering Archer, Saber and Rin. As the curtain closed and disappeared, the four people disappeared in front of Soichiro. ()

The sunset converges its last glory in the distance. In the dim courtyard, only the lonely wind blows through the withered leaves.

call--

Soichiro suddenly swung his right fist into the air ahead.

Then he took the fist back, spread his palms open, and a broken dead leaf lay in his hand, and small pieces scattered from the palms.

——That woman rejected the meaning of her existence.

Looking at the scattered leaves, Soichiro exhaled.

It’s not that I’m angry, I just don’t want to accept it, things shouldn’t be going like this.

Is this feeling disappointed, unwilling, or disgusted...

Gemu Sonico, a man who has always lived like a snake, fell into deep confusion.

~~~~~~~ World~~ Need~~ Divide~~ Line~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After wandering among the bright crowd for a long time, Shinji finally visited that place before the sun set.

Almost in a rampage, he broke into the church auditorium.

There was no one in the church that ended the service, only his heavy footsteps broke the tranquility.

The only light is the sunlight coming from the ceiling above your head.

Silence creates serious space, and the still space nurtures baptized silence.

And in this, he is the heresy like a flame.

"The battle took six days. And you were the first to come here."

“————!”

Shinji's body bounced up, and his overreaction showed his fear.

The boy who gave up rider and escaped from Kimura's men would also make him extremely scared.

He is here to seek protection now. Without the protection of the church, Shin-ji may not even survive today.

There was a priest who appeared in front of me who didn't know when it would appear.

He looked up at the priest standing on the altar with his blood-covered eyes, calmed down and said a word with difficulty.

"I, Shinji Maki, give up the Holy Grail War--"

Saying every word adds a bit of pain to the unwilling young man.

"So, I'm here to seek the protection of the church."

The priest frowned.

Losing the server's master can seek protection on the condition of giving up the battle.

And that refuge, the last protector, is this church.
To be continued...