Stare at~

Mordred secretly looked into the main hall and walked in after confirming that only Kiritsugu Emiya and the unconscious Maiya were left in the main hall.

"Haha, Master, you have a really strong taste. I didn't see it.,So hello this mouthful.。 Mordred scratched her head and smiled awkwardly when she was seen by Kiritsugu.

[Which pot is not opened, which pot is mentioned. Kiritsugu ignored him directly.

Artoria looked at the two of them as if she didn't understand, as if she had found something amazing! 】

"Stop talking, let's start the ceremony." Kiritsugu forced his composure and diverted the subject.

"You were definitely tsundere just now." Mordred glared suspiciously.

With a spell in his mouth that ordinary people could not understand, the circle began to work, emitting a strong light.

[The wish for world peace will come true!] Thinking of his wife, Ellie, who lost her life for the Holy Grail War, and her daughter Illya, who was finally about to get rid of her fate, Emiya Kiritsugu couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Kiritsugu."

With a familiar gentle call, Emiya Kiritsugu looked back in surprise to the place where the voice came from. He couldn't be more familiar with the owner of this voice.

"Ellie!"

Turning his head, he saw that it was his wife standing next to him!! She approached Kiritsugu with a friendly smile and stood side by side with him.

It seems that Emiya Kiritsugu is not in the main hall of the summoning ceremony now, and there are mountains of corpses and a sea of blood everywhere. Mordred and Artoria weren't around.

"I knew you were going to come with me. I'm sure if it were you, you'd be able to get here. ”

【Ellie! Emiya Kiritsugu really had the urge to rush over and hug her tightly (compared to Father Mapo, Ellie is true love.) ）

Wait a minute!!!

"Ellie, you're not ......"

A nostalgic and kind face. But there was something else that made him feel a little wrong. Maybe it was because she was wearing a black dress that she had never seen before, and although it was one of the reasons, Kiritsugu still had the feeling that she had overlooked something important.

"Where is this?" His long-term experience in the magic killer industry made him quickly vigilant.

"This is the place where you can make your wishes come true. The inside of the Holy Grail that you are after. ”

Ellie replied with a smile.

Kirishiro paused, turning his head to look around. The black earth that rolls like the sea and the waves. Everywhere there were mountains of dried corpses, which were sinking into the sea. The sky was red, as red as blood. In the black mud rain, the dark sun dominates the sky. It's more like the image of hell described in the major religions.

"You say...... Is this the Holy Grail? Emiya Kiritsugu asked coldly, he was already convinced that the person in front of him was not his wife.

"yes, but don't be afraid. It's nothing more than something like an unformed dream. Now it is still waiting to be born. ”

"Look there." Alice Fell pointed to the sky. The black whirlpool in the sky was initially mistaken for the sun by Kiritsugu. There is the center of the world, a "hole" in the sky. The unfathomable darkness inside, the density seems to be able to crush everything.

"That's the Holy Grail. Although it is not yet in form, the container is already full. Then it's just a matter of praying. Depending on the wish entrusted to it, it can change its appearance accordingly. Then it can acquire the posture and shape of the present world, and then it can appear in the 'outside world'. Knowing Kiritsugu's doubts, "Ellie" explained to him.

"......" Kiritsugu lowered his head in silence, thinking.

"Alright, hurry up and pray. Hurry up and give it a 'gesture'. You alone are worthy of defining its form. Kiritsu, pray to the Holy Grail. She urged.

Kiritsugu didn't say a word, just looked up at the terrible 'hole'.

[Is there some conspiracy?] 】

"It's not Ellie......"

Kiritsugu's words surprised her, "What did you say?" ”

Kiritsugu suppressed the fear in his heart with anger and asked the "wife" in front of him.

"If the preparation of the Holy Grail is complete, it means that Alice Phil is dead. So, who are you? ”

"I'm Alice Phil. You can think so. She replied solemnly.

Kiritsugu raised the magic spear in his right hand and aimed it at the person in front of him.

"Don't fool me, answer quickly!" He had long since lost his patience.

Facing the murderous muzzle, the woman in the black dress smiled a little lonely, as if to show pity to Kiritsugu, who was forcing him to ask the truth.

"Yes, I don't deny that it's just a mask. If I don't borrow a 'shell' that already has a personality, I can't communicate with others. I only pretended to be the way I am to convey my wishes. However, the personality of Alice Phil that I have is genuine. Before she disappeared, I was the last person to come into contact with her. So I inherited Alice Phil's last wish. She wanted me to show up as she was. ”

Hearing this, Kiritsugu instantly woke up, "Are you the consciousness of the Holy Grail?" ”

"Well, that's right."

Through Alice Phil's body, it nodded in agreement. But now, Kiritsugu frowned suspiciously. "No way. The Holy Grail is just pure 'power', it has no consciousness at all. ”

"It used to be like that, but now it's different. I have the consciousness and the desire. My wish is to be born in this world. ”

"How is that possible!!" Kiritsugu was unbelievable. "Since you say conscious, then I ask you, how will the Holy Grail fulfill my wishes?"

As if in a difficult situation, Alice Phil tilted her head slightly. "This question...... Kiritsugu, you should know better than anyone else, don't you? ”

"You say, what?!" Kiritsugu was surprised.

"Your very existence as a human is infinitely close to the Holy Grail. So, even if you communicate with me as you do now, you can stay rational. If you were an ordinary human, you would have a mental breakdown when you were touched by that mud. Alice Phil spat out words cheerfully and happily. Didn't you already know how to save the world? So I'm going to inherit what you've done and fulfill your wishes as you've always done. ”

"Answer me, what is the Holy Grail for? What would happen if that thing came into the world! Kiritsugu asked paranoidly.

Alice Phil sighed helplessly and nodded, "No way." Then the only thing left is for you to ask your own heart. ”

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There were two ships floating on the sea.

There were 300 people on one ship, 200 people on the other, a total of 500 crew members and passengers, and Emiya Kiritsugu. Suppose these five hundred and one people are the last remaining human beings in this world.

Next, Kiritsugu only needs to act in a play based on the following propositions and roles.

"There was a fatal hole in the bottom of both ships at the same time, and Kiritsugu was the only one with the skills to repair the ship. While tinkering with one ship, the other sinks. So, which boat will you choose to build? ”

"The boat of three hundred, of course." Kiritsugu said without hesitation.

"What would you do if two hundred men from another boat detained you and demanded that the boat be repaired first after you had made your decision?"

"This ......"

Before he could answer, a machine gun appeared in Kiritsugu's hand. The gun suddenly fired bullets like an automaton. Kiritsugu had to stare blankly at everything in front of him.

A bullet pierced four people, and in an instant, all 200 people were killed.

"Correct. This is Emiya Kiritsu. ”

Kiritsugu watched motionlessly as the ship carrying the mountain of corpses sank into the sea. Every corpse on the deck seemed to be someone they knew.

Then the remaining three hundred men abandoned the damaged ships and continued their voyage on two new ships. This time there are two hundred people in one boat and one hundred people in one boat. But the bottom of these two ships once again had a large hole at the same time. ”

"Hey!" Kiritsugu felt a little sick, and he desperately wanted to get out of here.

"You are pulled by a hundred people in a small boat and asked to repair the boat first. What will you do? ”

"This ...... However...... "cut the heirs and scattered."

Dazzling flashes of light lit up in front of their eyes, and with the explosion of the bomb, a hundred people were reduced to silt in the sea. This is how Emiya Kiritsugu did it. As with his usual style, he carried out the killing.

"That's right!"

"It's not right, it can't be!" Kiritsugu was about to collapse. "What's right?!"

Two hundred people survived, and three hundred died for it. Now the hands of the scales are reversed.

"No, your calculations are not wrong. You did sacrifice the minority in order to save the majority. Okay, next question. Ignoring Kiritsugu's protests, Ellie continued.

One hundred and twenty and eighty were placed on the scales. Kiritsugu tortured and killed 80 people.

Next came eighty and forty. Kiritsugu gave the funeral to forty people, and each of their faces was the one he knew, the faces of those who had been killed by his own hands.

Sixty and twenty people......

Twenty-five and fifteen......

The selection continues. The sacrifice continues. The mountains of corpses are piled higher and higher.

"This ...... Is that what you want me to see? Kiritsugu was disgusted by this low-level game, and he asked the self-proclaimed Holy Grail consciousness.

"Yes, that's your truth, the answer from Emiya Kiritsugu's heart, the wish that the Holy Grail must fulfill as a wish machine." Ellie laughed.

"No!! right" Looking at his hands that were dyed red, Kiritsugu screamed. "It's not my wish! I wish there was something else. So I only rely on miracles! ”

"What you don't know can't be contained in your desires. If you wish to save the world, you can only do so in the way you already know. Ellie shattered Kiritsugu's illusion with a cold face.

"What a joke! What kind of miracle is this?! Kiritsu yelled hysterically.

"It's a miracle. The desires that you wish for, but which cannot be fulfilled individually, will be fulfilled on a scale that cannot be accomplished by humans. Isn't this a miracle and what is it? ”

There are five people left, and all of them are the most important people to Kiritsugu. But he still has to make a choice, whether to save two people or three people.

He screamed in despair and pulled the trigger and hit his father, Emiya Kikyun, in the face. Adoptive mother Natalia Kaminsky's brain also splashed suddenly.

"You want to come into this world and do this to all mankind? Is this what I want to achieve? Kiritsugu couldn't understand.

"Exactly. Your wish is best suited to the form of the Holy Grail. Emiya Kiritsugu, you are simply too suitable for the name of 'evil in this world'. ”

There are three people left, whether to save one or two. Kiritsugu gripped the hilt with a trembling hand. Tears have dried up. With a ghost-like empty gaze, Kiritsugu tore Maiya's body. Repeatedly, repeatedly waved the dagger. Blood splattered, spilling Kiritsugu's face.

And just like that, there are only two people left in the world. You don't have to weigh on a balance anymore. Equivalent value that does not need to be calculated. This is the last hope that 498 lives were exchanged for.

Having done all this, Kiritsugu finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had become a walking corpse, surrounded by the warmth of the furnace. In a nostalgic, calm and warm room, the wife and daughter are smiling.

In other words, this is the world he seeks, a stable world. No more fighting, no need to hurt anyone. A complete paradise.

"You're back, Daddy. You're finally back! With joy on her face, Illya put her little hand around her father's neck.

In the northernmost city where the snow falls, there is such a tranquility. The blood-stained career ushered in such unimaginable warmth at the end.

If such a peaceful children's room was the whole of the world, then there would be no disputes or entanglements.

"Right? I see? This is what the Holy Grail wishes for you. Alice Fell smiled at her husband, who was indulging in happiness.

Everything was so good, but Kiritsugu raised his gun and killed the mother and daughter, and then said trembling and desperate, "The Holy Grail is something that shouldn't exist!" ”

"I'm going to save the world!!" There is only one point, and that is the belief that is carried through to the end. But why does this phrase sound so hollow.

Alice Fell stared at Kiritsugu, her snow-white face flushed. The crimson eyes that looked at him with love and longing at all times were now stained with curse and resentment.

"I curse you!" Ellie's graceful and slender fingers grabbed Kiritsugu's shoulder. From the five fingers, which are deeply embedded in the flesh, black earth flows. "Emiya Kiritsugu...... I curse you...... Suffering...... Remorse until death...... Absolutely, don't forgive you......"

The situation suddenly changed, and Ellie suddenly broke free and fled from the spot.

The world shattered, and Emiya Kiritsugu returned to Mordred and Artoria once again.

Mutation is rampant, and the inside of the Holy Grail glows with a summoning servant.