Chapter 40: The King's Feast

"What a kid, Archer." Artoria yelled. The calm began to be shattered by a tense atmosphere. "I'm annoyed to hear you boast about the wine, you don't look like a king, but like a clown."

Jin Shin sneered and looked at Artoria, who was full of gunpowder: "It's not like that, a guy who doesn't even understand wine is not worthy of being a king." ”

"You fart!" Mordred retorted, "There are many people who can drink, and I haven't seen a few who have become kings." ”

"You bastard."

"Alright, you guys are boring." The Emperor smiled bitterly and motioned to a few people, then turned his head and continued the previous topic.

"Archer, the best of your wines can only be matched by the cup of the most precious - but alas, the Holy Grail is not for wine. Now we're going to have a Grail Q&A to see if each other qualifies for the Holy Grail, and first you have to tell us why you want the Holy Grail. Archer, find a way to convince us that you are worthy of the Holy Grail, Archer. ”

"I can't stand you. First of all, we are going to 'fight' for the Holy Grail, and your question is far from that premise. ”

"Huh?" Jin Shanshan's words were shocked, and everyone present pricked up their ears.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Jin Shanshan sighed helplessly. "It was supposed to be my possession. All the treasures in the world originated from my collection, but because it was a long time later, it was lost from my treasury, but its owner is still me. ”

"So you mean, you ever had the Holy Grail? Do you know what it is?" The Emperor asked.

"Nope." Jin Shanshan faintly denied the emperor's question. "It's not something you can understand. The total amount of my possessions is even beyond my own knowledge, but as long as it is a 'treasure', then it must belong to me, that is clear. It's a little self-aware that you want to take my treasure by force. ”

Apparently everyone thought he was crazy, after all, this was a bit more than everyone expected.

"Your words are similar to Caster's, and it seems that he's not the only deranged Servant." Artoria said disdainfully.

"Hey, what do you say?" Unlike Artoria, the Emperor muttered as if in response. At some point, he picked up the bottle and poured it into the glass without mind.

"After all, the Holy Grail is just a product of magic, how could you possibly have it?" Mordred appropriately reminded everyone present, "That is to say, have you ever had a true chalice containing holy blood?" ”

"Exactly." Jin Sparkle smiled playfully, "This will be more like including this so-called Holy Grail in my King's Collection." ”

"Speaking of which, I think I still know your real name. There should be only one man who is more proud than Iskander. Alice Fell and Webber immediately listened intently, but the Emperor changed the subject. So Archer, so if you nod yes, then we'll get the Holy Grail?"

"Of course, but I have no reason to reward rats like you." Jin Shin said disdainfully.

"Can't you be reluctant?"

"Of course not, I only reward my subjects and people." Jin Shin smiled mockingly at the Emperor. "Or Rider, if you're willing to surrender to me, then I'll give you a cup or two."

“…… Ah, that can't be done. The Emperor scratched his chin, as if he felt that the other party's conditions were too high, so he simply turned his head. But Archer, it doesn't matter if you have a Holy Grail or not, you don't want to compete for the Holy Grail to fulfill any wishes. ”

"Of course. But I can't spare the guy who took my treasure, it's a matter of principle. ”

"That is to say—" The Emperor drained the wine from his glass. What does that mean? Is there any reason for this?"

"It's the law." The golden sparkle replied. "The laws which I have made as king."

"Hmm." The Great Emperor seemed to understand his words and sighed deeply. "What a perfect king, able to carry out the laws he has set. But ah, I still want the Holy Grail, and I just grab it if I want it, because I'm the king of conquest. ”

"Not necessarily. As long as you come to commit it, I can sanction it, and there is no room for negotiation. ”

"Then we'll only see you on the battlefield."

Jin Shanshan nodded at the same time as the Great Emperor with a serious face.

"—but Archer, let's have a drink anyway, and we'll leave the fight for later."

"Unless, of course, you don't like the wine I brought with you at all."

"What are you kidding, how can I be reluctant not to drink the wine."

Disgusted by the Emperor's way of conquest. After a few moments, Artoria finally spoke to the Emperor. "King of Conquest, since you have acknowledged that the Holy Grail is someone else's property, do you still want to take it by force?"

"Huh? Of course, my belief is 'conquest'...... That is, 'seizure' and 'invasion'. ”

Artoria suppressed the anger in her heart and asked, "Then why do you want to get the Holy Grail?"

The Great Emperor actually smiled a little embarrassedly, his face turned unnaturally red and very strange, he took a sip of wine and replied, "I want to be a human being." ”

It was such an unexpected answer, and even Webb let out an "ah". Then he banged heavily and shouted in an almost crazy tone. "Oh oh, you! Do you still want to conquer the world...... Wow!"

After forcing his princess to quiet down with a snap of his fingers, the emperor shrugged his shoulders. "Stupid, how can you conquer the world in this life? Conquest is your own dream, and you can only entrust this first step to the Holy Grail to achieve it. "[Pulling a dick ruthless real man, the princess is so weak, are you embarrassed to bully him? 】

"Hybrid...... Why do you challenge me for such a frivolous thing?" Even Twinkle was helpless, but the Great Emperor looked at his hand with a serious face and said: "I said, even if we appear in the present world with magical power, but in the end, we are only Servant, and we don't exist in this world in the first place—although it feels a little ridiculous, are you really satisfied?"

The Emperor paused, "I'm not satisfied. I want to be reborn in this world and live as a human being. ”

"......" Weber originally thought that it was the emperor's quirk to dislike spirits and insist on appearing in substances. Indeed, although the Servant can speak, dress, eat, and drink like a human, its essence is only similar to that of a ghost.

"Why...... So you want the flesh?"

"Because that's the basis of 'conquest.'" The Emperor muttered as he stared at his clenched fists. "Have a body, march to heaven and earth, and carry out my conquest—that is the way of my king. But now I don't have a body, it's not going to work. Nothing can begin without this. I wasn't afraid of anything, I just felt that I had to have the flesh. ”

As if listening carefully to the Emperor's words, Twinkle just drank in silence from beginning to end. After careful observation, it can be found that he showed a strange expression at this time, which may be a bit far-fetched to describe it as a smile, but compared with his usual laughing expression before, the smile at this time contains a layer of cruelty.

"It's decided! Rider, I'll kill you with my own hands. ”

"Hehe, I'm still saying that. You should also come to your senses as soon as possible, not only the Holy Grail, but I also plan to loot your treasure trove. You are so careless that the King of Conquest drank such good wine. The Emperor laughed wildly. But at this time, there was another person, although he participated in the banquet, he still did not show a smile.

Artoria, who attended the banquet, never found room to interject in the conversation between the two kings. The way of kingship that these two men talked about was so far from what she believed in that she couldn't talk to them at all.

Just follow your own will, this is not what a king should think. Artoria, who believes in incorruptibility, sees the two of them as nothing more than tyrants.

Only these two are opponents who can't lose. The Holy Grail must not be given to them. Shining's words don't make sense at all, and the emperor's wish can only be seen as the wish of a warrior. And that was only the beginning of all human desires. Compared with their wishes, Artoria's wishes could not but be said to be more noble than theirs.

"Hey, I said Saber, tell me your wishes too." The Emperor finally turned to Artoria. At any time, the desire in her heart has never wavered.

"I want to save my hometown. I want to change the fate of Britain's demise. Artoria said firmly.

"Smack!" Mordred's glass fell to the ground. Prepared in time, Mordred's heart was still tight for no reason.