The table is filled with a variety of delicacies and rows of candlesticks that shine brightly.

At Micoult's banquet, the nobles of Irene gathered. This is the climax of the banquet.

These people, who usually advocate force, have done their best to make a suave gesture today.

Only tonight, they indulged in the elegant scent of flowers.

Yes, this is a banquet for delicate flowers.

Grania, the daughter of King Cormac Mark Ath of Ireland, will be engaged tonight. The other is Finn Markle, the son of Kual's son. He is a great hero with supreme wisdom and the water of healing. He is the only one worthy to lead the Knights of Fiona, the unparalleled Order of Fiona. His fame rivaled that of a king. It's a wonderful marriage.

The old hero Finn was flanked by his son, the poet Osien, and his grandson, the hero Oscar. and the brave warriors of the Knights of Fiona.

Gilda Marc Ronan "The Horse", Geer Marc Mona "Battleground Tremor", ConanoftheGrayLashes, and Dilumudo Odina "The Glorious Face", who was given the highest honor.

Each of them was a valiant knight who loved Finn and swore loyalty to him. Great heroes look up to the king and serve him with swords, spears, and lives. This is the honor of the knights, whose glorious vocation is praised by the bards.

Looking forward to this path.

Carry out this belief.

Even if he dies on that sacred battlefield one day, he will never waver.

- such thoughts, until he met her on the night of that feast of fate.

"In exchange for my love for your holy vows, my dear, please put an end to this ridiculous marriage. Take me away...... Go to the end of the world, the other side of the world!"

The girl who spoke to him with teary eyes lit the flame of his love with her eyes.

It was the fire of purgatory that would consume his body...... The hero had already understood it at that time.

But he couldn't resist.

A vow as heavy as a trial, and the path of loyalty that has been pursued to this day...... Which is the right path? No matter how many times you ask yourself, you can't find the answer.

Therefore, what made him make a decision on the spot must not be the so-called honor.

The hero took the princess by the hand and gave up a bright future together.

And just like that, a sad love story that inherited the Celtic myth was staged.

—————— Dividing Line——————

- Through a fantastic dream, Kenes awoke from his deep sleep.

What he saw and experienced was a distant past, but he didn't find it strange. The Master who has signed a contract with the Servant can sometimes peek into the memories of the Heroic Spirit in the form of dreams.

For Keneth, he naturally knew about the deeds of the Heroic Spirit he had summoned, but he didn't expect to be able to feel it so realistically...... The dream just now is indeed a scene from "The Story of Dilumudo and Graña". "But why am I here?"

A hazy Kenays looked around.

He was in an open place that was extremely quiet. The cold air of the winter night was filled with dust.

There were only cold mechanical devices around, no human figures, and I had never been here before.

But he was no stranger to it. This is the abandoned factory where Kennes used to hide after the destruction of the Fuyuki Hotel.

Sort through the messy memories.

He followed the car all the way to the forest of Einsbelen, after the battle of the Servants. He faces a duel with Saber's Master alone......

Clench your fists. As if he wanted to squeeze the irrepressible passion in his hands, he found that he had not felt any sensation in his hands and feet since he woke up, and in fact his hands and feet were not bound by anything.

"How ......?"

His body was surrounded by doubts and fears, and his body was unable to move. He lay on his back on a rudimentary bed, his chest and waist tightly bound by belts.

If you just can't get up, that's fine, but what about the complete lack of sensation in your hands and feet?

Only his body was bound, his limbs were unbound, but—he didn't feel anything, as if they weren't his hands or feet.

"—Looks like you're awake. 」

His fiancée's voice rang out from view. It seems that the culprit who trapped him here has finally appeared.

"Sora?!What the hell is this...... I, why am I here?"

"Lancer rescued you from a desperate situation and brought you here. Why, don't you remember?"

"I ......"

A heavy blow. In the city of Einzbelen, he became the target of those half-tone magicians.

But he did block the enemy's bullets with the Moon Spirit Liquid, but the memory of him thinking that he had won was blurred.

The memory was interrupted there, and I seemed to feel a sharp pain—as if there was such a thing. When he woke up, he found himself lying on his back. So, he couldn't tell how much time had passed.

Sora placed her fingertips on Keneth's wrist like a doctor, but he didn't feel like he was being touched.

"There are signs of rampaging in the magic circuits of the whole body, almost all the internal organs are broken, and even the muscles and nerves are damaged to varying degrees. It's a miracle that he didn't die on the spot. 」

「……」

"Anyway, I only have time to regenerate your organs, and the nerves are powerless. Even if I gradually recovered, it was difficult to get up and walk. And—"

Listening to her bland words, Kenes felt despair looming towards her.

Self-harm caused by a magical rampage. This is a desperate situation that accompanies every magician at all times.

Although Kenes had always thought he would not make such a low-level mistake, he knew what that meant.

"And—Keneth, your magic circuit is over, and you can't use magic anymore. 」

"I...... I ......."

The man who was once known as the "child prodigy" Rod Elumeroi burst into tears.

He didn't understand how he could have befallen such a thing, and the whole world was blessing Kenais. His genius was originally destined for his infinite future and glory.

Everything Kenes had believed in was ruthlessly destroyed, crumbling before him with a shattering sound. Faced with this ruthless truth and incomprehensible status quo, he could only cry timidly. Kenes now is like a toddler who has just learned what horror is.

"Don't cry, Kenays, it's too early to give up. 」

Sora whispered comfortingly, caressing his cheek. Her tenderness for her fiancé will always come when he needs it.

"The Holy Grail War continues. Kenes, this is the result of a strategy. As long as I'm here as a source of mana, Lancer will have to keep his pact with us. We haven't failed yet. 」

「…… Sora?"

"If the Holy Grail can really grant all wishes, then it can also heal the body, right? As long as you win, everything will be restored when the Holy Grail is in hand. 」

「……」

Her words gave Kenes great encouragement and hope. Incentives given to him by his fiancée. More than anything else that gave him courage.

But—why is there an indescribable uneasiness like the wind at this moment? Quietly swept over his chest.

I don't know if it was because of his doubts, Sora smiled motherly and grabbed his right wrist. His hands couldn't move, and he still had two spells on the back of his hands.

"So, Kenays...... Give me this spell, and I'll take you as Lancer's Master, and let me claim the Holy Grail for you. 」

"N-no. 」

Instinctively, he immediately refused. All he had now was the spell—he couldn't let go, Keneth's soul cried.

Looking at Kenys, who had an inexplicable look of fear, Sora whispered softly like a child.

"You can't trust me, I don't have a magic mark, but I'm a magician of Sophiali's family. Is there anything wrong with being the fiancée of the Achipoud family and acting as the representative of Rod Elumeroi?"

"No, but ......"

That's right.

Indeed, Kenes can't even protect himself now, so it will be difficult for him to participate in Lancer's battles in person in the future, and there will be cases like Ainzberen who planted assassins next to the Master on the side during the Servant battle, and if he was encountered again, he would really die.

Sora's status as a magician is much lower than that of Kenis. However, in the Holy Grail War, there are also masters like Weber, who summoned Iskander, and murderous masters, who seem to have made a pact with Caster. If the right tactics can be employed, it is not impossible for Sola to win.

And for the Servant to be obedient, the Command Spell is indispensable. But—

Kenes remembered. Late at night after the first battle, Sora's eyes were so warm when she looked at Lancer. She had never looked at herself as her fiancé with such eyes. That kind of look. It was as if I was in a dream.

If she's just admiring a beautiful man, that's fine. That's just a woman's little problem, and husbands shouldn't hold on to it.

But Lancer isn't just a beautiful man.

「…… Sora, do you think Lancer will turn his allegiance to you?"

Kenes asked in a calm tone, trying to keep himself in a calm tone, and Sora nodded without hesitation.

"He's just been called to the Holy Grail War, and he's after the Holy Grail as much as I am. Even if the Master is changed, he will agree to it for his purposes. 」

"Not ......"

Kenes said in his heart. Sora probably didn't know that Diolumudo Audi wasn't that kind of person.

Indeed, the Heroic Spirit is a Servant who has been summoned to fight in the Holy Grail War. Not entirely without reason. It is because they want to fulfill their wishes that they help their masters to participate in the competition for the Holy Grail.

So, after the Heroic Spirit appears in response to its summons, the Master will first ask what his wish is. Why you want the Holy Grail and why you respond to yourself – if you don't know why, you can't reach a relationship of trust. In the unlikely event that the two sides disagree, the Master may be ruthlessly betrayed while receiving the Holy Grail.

Therefore, Kenes also learned about Dilumudo's wishes early. He asked him what he wanted to do if he got the Holy Grail.

But the Heroic Spirit did not answer.

No, it shouldn't be said. It should be said that he did not refuse to answer, but rejected Kenes's question.

In other words, "He does not seek the Holy Grail." ”

I don't need to reciprocate, I just want to make the summoner my own master and fulfill my reputation as a knight. That's what he wants.

Incomprehensible. If the heroic spirits who have gone down in history are willing to succumb, they will become the servants of ordinary people. Then there must be quite a reason. Giving public service for free and the like will simply make people laugh off their big teeth.

But no matter how much he questioned, his Lancer was stubbornly unwilling to retract the preface.

"As long as I can do my knightly duties, the Holy Grail will be left to the Master. 」

Lancer has always denied the Holy Grail.

- In retrospect, Kenes may have developed a distrust of the Servant with whom he had made a contract.

How could there be a Servant who didn't want the Holy Grail.

Well, Lancer was lying, and he must have something else going on.

But that's fine, Kenes thought at the time. As long as there is a decree as a supreme command. He could not betray. The Servant is just a prop after all, just like a normal device. It doesn't matter if you have a secret in the heart of the prop, as long as you can be obedient. Until yesterday, Kenys had thought so.

If he obeyed Sora—if he was believed at the time—then it was clear that he must have had intentions other than the Holy Grail.

He was a heroic spirit that could never be trusted, after all, he had done something like that in his lifetime. Elopement with the monarch's fiancée. Isn't he just a treacherous courtier......

"Spell...... Can't give it to you. 」

Kenes asserted.

"The spell is a different magic than the magic circuit, and I can perform it even now. I'm ...... now It's still Lancer's Master!"

Sora smiled meaningfully and sighed.

With this sigh, the gentle smile on her face was slowly peeled off.

"Kenes, it seems you don't understand...... You still don't understand why we have to win. 」

There was a crackling sound, like the cracking sound of dead wood breaking.

Sora had just been gently holding Kenes' right hand, but now she had easily snapped his little finger.

There was still no pain, but the lack of consciousness deepened Keneth's fear. She then broke off all four remaining fingers of his right hand, and he did not resist.

"Keneth, my psychic healing technique can't forcibly take the spell away. This is only possible with the consent of the person in question. 」

Sora's expressionless tone was as gentle as before, and then, as if she was teaching a child who had done something bad, she continued in a steady tone.

"If you still don't want to...... Then I'll have to cut off your right hand. Okay?"

……