Chapter 11: What is emptiness?

"I asked you to come to see me again and again, but you didn't respond, but I didn't expect to bring a strange guest as soon as I came." A serious and playful voice sounded, yes, such a contradictory voice.

"Is there a seventh among them, Rin?"

".................................................................." The two watercolor pens were silent, but one did not know how to answer, and the other looked at the priest in front of him.

"My name is Yan Feng Qili, what's your name, Seventh Master."

Father Yanfeng was rigorous and capable in his dress and demeanor, but for some reason, Kamiya saw in him a kind of emptiness and banter about everything.

Kamiya pushed Wei Gong, but Wei Gong didn't move, and pushed hard again, and Wei Gong was passively pushed over, presumably Wei Gong didn't want to deal with this strange priest.

“…………………… Emiya ...... Shirou .................."

"Emiya?" A hint of surprise and surprise appeared on Father Yanfeng's face.

"Hmph~~~Hmph~~~~" After a moment, Father Yan Feng laughed, his voice filled with endless mockery and disdain.

"Emiya Shirou, you are Saber's Master......" As he spoke, Father Yanfeng turned to look at Ryuichi Uetani.

(Goofs?) But Senior Emiya is also half a Master, and he is not a goof. Kamiya's brain was thinking about countermeasures as if he had cheated on an exam, and his face was still innocent.

"That's right, right?" Yan Feng's face showed that unpleasant mockery again.

"It's true that I have Saber's spell, but whether it's the Master or the Holy Grail War, I'm still confused about these things, if the Master should be a regular magician...... It's better to choose a new one. ”

Seeing that the palace was about to retreat, Kamiya stabbed him again.

"I see, that's a real problem." Yan Feng Qili smiled with some disdain.

"Teach him all about it from the beginning." Tosaka still pushed it at the critical moment.

"Well, this is the first time you've asked me." Yan Feng walked towards the Wei Palace.

"Emiya Shirou ......" Yan Feng, who came closer, actually put his hand on Ueya Ryuichi's shoulder.

"The identity of the Master cannot be transferred to others."

Yan Feng deliberately amplified his voice, and at this time, his body was facing Wei Gong, but he turned his head to look at Shanggu.

"Once chosen, you can't give up, the status of Master can be regarded as a kind of trial given to you, unless you have the Holy Grail in your pocket, you will not be able to free yourself from this pain."

After finishing speaking, Yan Feng turned his head and never looked at Shanggu again.

"Qili, you're looking at the wrong person." Tosaka looked at Yan Feng with a pain.

"Really...... But what is the point of what I say in this small church that anyone can hear, right or wrong? A smile appeared on Yan Feng's face, everything was empty, and everything was meaningless.

"Huh~" Tosaka, who was directly ridiculed, turned his head away dissatisfied.

"Then go on, Emiya Shirou, the battle you were drawn into is known as the Holy Grail War."

"It's a ridiculous battle of seven masters fighting each other."

"It's all about the rituals needed to select those who are eligible for the Holy Grail."

"The Holy Grail? Could it be that the real Holy Grail? ”

"The Holy Grail that appears in this city is genuine, and one of the proofs of its authenticity is the appearance of a miracle like the Servant."

"If you have such a powerful Holy Grail, it should be enough to give the owner almost infinite power, and the authenticity of the Holy Grail is meaningless in the face of this ironclad fact."

"So, why the Holy Grail War, such a powerful thing, wouldn't it be good for everyone to share it?" As soon as Emiya asked, Kamiya was happy.

"This is true, but unfortunately only one person can get the Holy Grail, and this is not decided by us, but by the Holy Grail." Father Yan Feng explained dutifully.

(It's better that humans have pushed their selfish nature to the Holy Grail...... Alas...... Kamiya listened more carefully than Wei Gong, and he felt that Father Yan Feng was very unusual.

"All of this is initiated by the Holy Grail itself, and the Masters compete against each other to choose the sole owner, which is the Holy Grail War."

Emiya thought for a moment, then looked at the spell in his hand.

"I can't accept that even if only one person can get the Holy Grail, it won't kill all the other masters, right?"

"Wait~~ Saying that you can only kill other people, that's your misunderstanding, Emiya-san~~~" Rin was about to continue, but Father Yanfeng turned out to be a topic.

"It's a fight against each other~~~"

"Qili, you wait first!" Tosaka was annoyed by being interrupted. (First of all, you just mocked me for the revenge of the arrow~~~)

"You listen to me~~" Tosaka looked a little anxious.

"The Holy Grail inherited from this city is a spirit, and as long as he is a spirit, we can't touch it, you know what I mean?"

Emiya showed a blank expression.

"That's right, the so-called Holy Grail War is to get rid of the Servants of the other Masters, so there is no such thing as killing the other Masters." Rin was obviously afraid that Emiya would misunderstand.

"Emiya Shirou, let me ask you a question, do you think you can defeat your own Servant?" Yan Feng looked at the Wei Palace.

"Huh?" Emiya was stunned.

"Even if the Servants are allowed to fight each other, it will be difficult to tell the winner, so what should we do? The question is very simple, no matter how strong this Servant is, as long as its Master is defeated, the Servant will disappear with it, so ......" Yan Feng looked at Wei Gong with a hint of disdain in his words.

"It's better to knock down the Master directly......" Emiya understood.

"That's it." Yan Feng was still laughing at Wei Gong's self-deception.

"So...... If the Servant were defeated first, only the Servant would be able to touch the Holy Grail, so would the loss of the Servant Master be worthless? "Emiya is still looking for a reason not to kill the other masters.

"No, as long as the spell is still there, you still have the rights of the Master, for example, if there is a Servnat who has lost his master and doesn't know where to go, then this Master has the possibility of making a comeback. That's why Master wants to kill Master. Yan Feng still answered as if he had no emotion.

"And what if I run out of spells here now?" Emiya also screwed it up.

"Wait...... That's too ...... "Tosaka is still kind-hearted."

"It's true, that would be to lose the right to be a master, but this is a spell that can unleash powerful magic, I don't think there will be a magician who is willing to give up these three spells, if there is, then this kind of guy can't even be called a half-ass, it's just a wreck." Yan Feng actually skimmed the valley again.

He ...... I don't know anything...... "Kamiya was a little uncertain in his heart.

"Shh Emiya was angry.

"Hmph, hum~~~, can you accept it~~~" Yan Feng laughed at Wei Gong's immaturity.

"So, let's get back to square one, Emiya Shirou. If you're going to give up your right to be a Master, that's fine. As soon as you use up the spell, you can break the contract with Saber. If so, I can guarantee your personal safety until the Holy Grail War is over. ”

"Why do you have to guarantee my personal safety?" Wei Gong was very disgusted with Yan Feng Qili.

"Hmph~~~ I was sent here to oversee this repeated Holy Grail War, and protecting the magician who is no longer the Master is the most important task of the Overseer." Yan Feng walked through the church.

"Repeatedly? Isn't the Holy Grail War just starting now? Emiya was shocked.

"This is already the fifth time, and the last Holy Grail War took place ten years ago." Yan Feng stood in front of the altar and stopped.

"This has happened four times???

"Yes, the previous Holy Grail Wars were all extremely tragic, and the Masters were driven by their own desires to blindly carry out indiscriminate killing."

"Indiscriminate killing? So...... What if the Master who got the Holy Grail is a heinous guy? ”

"We don't have the power to stop the Master who has been chosen by the Holy Grail, because it's a cup of omnipotence that can grant any wish, if you don't like that ending...... Emiya Shirou, you just need to win this war, as long as you win, at least this holy grail will not fall into the hands of murderers~"

"Yan Feng Qili...... He was luring the palace to join the war??? "The authorities are confused, but the bystanders are clear, and Kamiya sees suspicions.

"I have no reason to fight...... "Emiya has been shaken, but reason is the best thing to find.

"Oh? Does that mean you have no interest in what the person who obtains the Holy Grail will do, even if it causes disaster? The mockery in Yan Feng's words became even heavier.

"That .............................." Emiya was completely shaken.

"It's okay if there's no reason, so don't you care about what happened ten years ago?"

"??? 10 years ago" Yan Feng's words touched the sore spot in Wei Gong's heart.

"That's right, at the end of the last Holy Grail War, a certain Master who didn't deserve to have the Holy Grail touched the Holy Grail, I don't know what that Master's wish was, all we can see is the scar left behind......" Yan Feng turned his back to the palace as if he had expected something.

"Wait! Isn't that right? That's ......" Emiya's mind flashed back to the loss of his parents as a child.

"That's right, it's the cause of the Xindu fire that the world has not been able to find out so far, and that is the scars caused by the Holy Grail War." Yan Feng still explained coldly, but Shanggu knew that he had won, because Wei Gong's whole body was paralyzed, and if it wasn't for him to support him, Wei Gong would have fallen to the ground.

"This is the fifth time, who got the Holy Grail before?" Such worldly words, of course, can only be said by the obedient people from the imperial court.

"There was indeed a man who briefly received the true Holy Grail."

"What happened to him in the end?"

"It's not good, the Holy Grail is not finished, this is the result of stupid men being affected by boring sentimentality, if you want the Holy Grail to appear, it's actually very simple, as long as you gather seven Servants, the Holy Grail will appear after a while, as Rin said, there is really no need to kill other Masters, but, just like this, the Holy Grail will not be completed, the Holy Grail will choose to be qualified to have its own master, so those who escape the battle will not be able to obtain the Holy Grail."

"Hmph~~~ In other words, if you don't compete with other masters, even if you get the Holy Grail, it's meaningless, right?" Rin is tsundere again.

"In the last Holy Grail War, the Master who was the first to get the Holy Grail was too naïve." Rin says she's never so naïve.

Looking at the young man in front of him, Yan Feng Qili gave him one last chance, but what the result was, in fact, he already knew.

"That's all I have to say, decide whether you participate in the Holy Grail War or not, make a decision here, Emiya Shirou!"