The living room

An old man and a young man confronted each other across the table, the young man's face was full of anger, but the old man seemed to be indifferent, but his servant was like a great enemy in front of the head of the family.

"But Sakura probably doesn't know about it herself." Completely ignoring the boy's anger, the old man still sat in his seat, talking to himself.

"'It' is the shadow of the Holy Grail that appears through the cherry blossoms. Originally, it was impossible to have such a posture, but it was just when he appeared through the gate of Sakura, and he used Sakura as a prototype to get the flesh of this side. The Holy Grail borrowed the unconscious identity sealed by Sakura and appeared in the present world. To be honest, 'it' was unexpected. Although it is impossible to deny it, it has to be admitted as it grows stronger day by day. ”

"'It' is the Holy Grail with consciousness. Therefore, in order to complete oneself, one will continue to eat the human soul that is food. ”

"There's only one way to stop it. If the Holy Grail is born from Sakura's unconscious, just stop Sakura herself. ”

Although he tried to convince Sakura with this intention, the shadow prevented the old man from approaching Sakura. Although she has no self-awareness, the shadow is Sakura herself. If Sakura hates someone, then the shadow will hate it too. The old decay can't even get close to the cherry blossoms. ”

"Hmm. Although you think of Sakura as an old experiment, that's a thing of the past. Now that it is old, it is no longer possible to control 'it'. ”

"Grant all wishes – what a magical vortex it is. The things that came from the whirlpool, with Sakura's fragile spirit, were absolutely unbearable, and I am afraid that she would eventually break due to the fact that she could not bear to be the Holy Grail. The old man shook his head regretfully.

"But if Sakura's consciousness is empty, the Holy Grail of borrowing unconscious identity will come to the surface. Sakura: She will eventually be swallowed by her own shadow. ”

"Understood, even if you defeat the old decay now, it will be in vain." Under the Assassin's shocked gaze, the old man raised his cane and pressed the short knife in the Assassin's hand.

"If you defeat the decayed, you will end the Holy Grail War. In this way, there is only one way left for the Holy Grail to start. If the Holy Grail itself is activated, Sakura's spirit will easily disperse. ”

"If you want to save Sakura, you have to endure until the end of the Holy Grail War. The door of the Great Chalice was completed and opened for a short time. There were ten days from the beginning. Judging by past examples, in four days the war will be over. ”

"But that's not the case with other humans. How many humans disappeared last night? How many humans will disappear tonight, have you thought about it? ”

"Do you understand, paradoxically, the humans in this town will be eaten up in a few days."

"Maybe you will choose Sakura based on the judgment of the foreigner, but ......" The old man did not say any more, but looked at the young man whose whole body was trembling, and he seemed to be trembling with suppressed anger, so what now?

The old man was indeed right, if Ueya chose to sit idly by, then Tosaka, as the local host, would have to take the responsibility.

"That's what the old man wants to say, Kamiya Ryuichi, the key to solving the problem is in your hands at this moment."

"I'm afraid that the little girl of the Tosaka family will feel it after a while, if you don't want the two of them to kill each other......"

The confused Kamiya walked on the way home, his mind full of dirty inkstones, the so-called "truth".

"If it were you, I'd be able to make it, I'm sorry for Sakura, but there's no way around it."

Are you sure? Is there really no way?

"But, allow the old man to thank you on her behalf. So far, she has not done anything for herself, neither willing to curse her father nor want to be omnipotent like her sister, her life is like a walking corpse. ”

Is her life really so empty?

"But that's how she is, she has experienced care from you, and she must be satisfied with this."

Even in my eyes, is the respect that everyone should be given a luxury for her?

"Even if you are going to do it, you don't need to blame yourself, because you are the one who gives her hope and gives her relief in the end.

I gave her care and hope, but in the end I wanted to destroy everything for her.

"When you run into her again, hopefully you will have a choice."

Go with the flow, or ......

"Ah~~~~ Brother Long~~~ Are you coming back late~~~~~~~" I met Illya, who was waiting for the rice to be cooked, and it turned out that before I knew it, I had returned home.

"Ah, I had a meeting and went to play a game, and when I wasn't there, was there anything going on?" Kamiya put down the dishes and floated ghostly to the kitchen.

"Nothing happened~~~~~~ Illya's big eyes flickered as she looked at Kamiya.

"You...... Did you run into something outside? Illya asked quietly with Kamiya's face on her face.

"Ah, nothing." Kamiya smiled, but the appearance of not smiling was a little fake.

"But this dull gaze is definitely not your usual appearance." Illya smiled too, and the smile seemed to say, "I didn't go to school, but you can't fool me." ”

"I ......" Kamiya wanted to say but stopped.

"So, you know what, right, what do you want to ask?" Illya was lying on the living room dining table and looking at Kamiya.

"As long as I know, I'll tell you everything~~~~~" It's obviously a Lori.,But at the moment there's a wife-like tenderness.。

"That'...... I ......" Kamiya was touched by this gentleness. For the empty heart of the young man at this moment, this gentle care like a wife and sister is absolutely irresistible.

"It's okay, I'll tell you anything, what kind of things does Brother Long want to know?" Illya continued to be intimidating.

"I want to know...... You...... The Holy Grail of Einzbelen. Kamiya met Illya's concerned gaze.

“……………… Well, you know............" Illya's gaze dodged for a moment, but quickly settled.

"That .................." Seeing Illya's desire to speak and stop, Kamiya hesitated a little.

"Well, I'm the Holy Grail, I'm not a human in the first place, I'm an artificial human who was created." This seems to be a deceitful child's words, and it comes out of the mouth of the "human" Illya Phil in front of Ueya.

Seeing Ueya's look of "I read a lot of books, you need to give a chestnut to illustrate" seemed to believe it or not, Illya, "cough~~" cleared her throat.

"Cyborgs—homunculus. In alchemy, it is cultivated by combining people's Jing liquid and some elements, and life is born without going through Zigong. Because they are not born according to the normal reproductive duct, they generally have certain defects in the flesh. Short stature, short life cycle, lack of partial rationality, and no life. Although the appearance of a human has the same life as a human, it is different from a human being, and because it is not human, it is a finished product that holds a rare and powerful magic circuit but is very fragile. However, when it was created as a magic circuit, the android had the ability to surpass that of humans. Illya took a sip from her glass of water.

"That's how Einzbellen has cultivated me who has both the Holy Grail and the Master. The function of the Holy Grail is to recover the souls of the defeated Servants. If you only want to strengthen this, whether it is a human, a coffin, or a stew pot. In other words, as a container for souls, as long as it is large enough. ”

"So is it okay to use this rice cooker instead of your mission?" Ueya brought the Emiya's Matsushita rice cooker from the kitchen.

"This rice cooker seems to be smarter than a stew pot, not only can it stew meat but also steam rice and make soup~~~~~~ if the stew pot can, it will definitely work!" Kamiya's eyes were full of hope.

"...................................." Illya felt a little pain.

"The Servant is called by the Holy Grail. Then, after being defeated, you have to go back through the Holy Grail. In this town, I am the only chalice of Einzberen, and in general, all Servants are collected by me. ”

"However, there seems to be someone other than me. When Caster was taken away, I realized that the other party was more absorbent than me. So, Servant's soul was taken by another person, and Berserker disappeared before my eyes, so I was able to recover it normally. “

"The Servant who has lost the shell of his job and has become a pure 'soul' has a huge magical power. Just inhaling one, the body is like a typhoon. The function of the Holy Grail is to collect seven souls at the end of the day. In the 'Grail Vessel', there is no place for one's own soul. ”

"The Holy Grail up to now has been made of soulless 'inorganic matter', and it is for this reason. The function of the Holy Grail is to contain the souls of the seven Heroic Souls and organize them. In this case, you can't run other programs. The personality of the Holy Grail can only be erased by the Holy Grail function. “

"So, if a rice cooker wants to be a holy grail, it must also have a corresponding 'program', a 'holy grail' stall like cooking rice and soup~~~~~~" Illya shook her finger and ruthlessly refuted Ueya's delusions.

That is to say. The more the Holy Grail is received, the more the functions of being a human will gradually disappear. If you become the Holy Grail, you will not be able to do it as a human being, because you don't have the energy to be human. ”

"That's ............" In the middle of a deep groan, Kamiya couldn't help but hug the white-haired puppet opposite into his arms.

"It's great that Illya hasn't turned into a rice cooker with a 'Holy Grail' stall......"

"Huh? That one...... Big brother ......?! ”

"Illya was saved by me, so ...... Be sure to stay with me (until after the Holy Grail War) ......"

"Stupid !!!!"

A black, slender thing "Boom! It slammed into Kamiya's face.

"Ah~~~~" With a scream, Kamiya covered his face and lay down on the floor.

“H！ Perverted!! Lo _ Licon big fool!! Overhead, a familiar female voice sounded.

"With you...... What to accompany you!!! Rin was protecting Illya in her arms, who was looking at her with a blanket expression.

"Uh.................." Kamiya rubbed his face and sat up, looking at the situation, only to notice that Rin still had his nosebleed on his right foot in thick black stockings.

"What are you doing?" Kamiya was very light.

"I thought you were going to fight that black shadow to the end...... Unexpectedly, in the next second, I shot at Illya next to me, I was really ...... I'm really speechless......" Rin's graceful upper body, dressed in a red shirt, rose and fell angrily with a magnitude visible to the naked eye.

"Isn't this what I'm asking?" Kamiya was kicked and was in a bad mood.

"Oh~~~~~ in other words, that shadow is really Sakura~~~~~~" Rin's eyes suddenly turned cold.

"You...... Don't think about it! "Kamiya still wants to cover it up.

"The dirty inkstone has come into contact with you, hasn't it?" Rin asked directly.

"Uh............" In the face of a sudden direct attack, Kamiya is also a little short of words.

"You suddenly became interested in the Holy Grail without knowing anything, and suddenly knew a lot of things that outsiders didn't know, and I don't think anyone else would have such a deep understanding except for the Imperial Family." Rin calmly peeled back the cocoon.

"So two of them are close to you, where do you learn about these things? Why would another person tell you these things? What will be the common theme? ”

"Uh...................................." Faced with Rin's terrifying intelligence analysis ability, Kamiya was shocked.

"If the dirty inkstone wants to attract you to the past, Sakura is undoubtedly a very suitable topic, so in what name will it bring you over? Combined with the conversation you just had with Illya, Sakura may have become a dark shadow and also function as a holy grail......"

"Tosaka ............" what else Umiya wants to say.

"That's my business, I'll investigate......" Rin said, putting on her shoes and walking out.

"I'll go too, I'm her boyfriend after all!" Shanggu pulled down his old face and didn't want anything.

"I'm her sister, how could I not know?" Rin looked at Kamiya with a cold face.

"That...... We're still allies~~~~~~" Kamiya pulled down his face and continued to grind.

"This has nothing to do with the alliance, it's purely a family affair of the Tosaka family." Rin pulled open the sliding door to the living room.

"It's a shame to lie here and eavesdrop on our Master's conversation!" "Dang!" The greatsword struck the opponent's double blades.

Through the open sliding door, Ueya is greeted by Saber's crusade against Archer's eavesdropping.

(Although it is indeed disgraceful to overhear a whisper, it is not to the extent of fire.................. Kamiya wondered why Saber was so angry.

"I think we're still in the alliance~~~~~" "Phew~~~" Archer dodged Saber's greatsword sideways.

"A shameful act is a betrayal of the covenant!"

"Whew~~~~when!" Saber smashed Archer's parry-block knife again.

"You let him ...... Monitor me?! Kamiya looked at Rin in shock.

"I'm sorry, but of course that kick." Rin bent down and put her shoes on her feet.

"If you want to break the covenant...... Anytime. Rin turned her head and looked Ueya in the eye.

And at this moment, the courtyard echoed with the appeal of the good man to defend the palace - wait~~~~~ don't fight~~~~~~~~