- The moonlight is so beautiful.

In the quiet garden, the boy looked up at the night sky.

The bright moon and the rustling of cicadas made him extremely relieved.

Only then will the boy be able to forget everything and soothe his restless soul a little.

However, just as he was immersed in it, this tranquility was broken by a suppressed cough.

"Daddy, it's time for you to sleep."

Hearing the sound, Emiya Shirou turned his head and saw the middle-aged man covering his mouth and nose with his hand.

Sticky blood was flowing from between the other party's fingers: "It's cold, and you're not in good health, rest early." ”

"Good ......"

His response reassured the boy a little.

However, the next moment, he changed his words again: "Forget it, it's okay, let me sit for a while." ”

Has it come to this point?

The cool breeze was blowing, and the middle-aged man sitting on the edge of the corridor had a gloomy face.

The pain that came from all over his body even began to affect his consciousness and his thinking left and right.

He can only sink his consciousness into the depths of his soul as a way to resist the negative emotions. Unconsciously, Emiya Kiritsugu, who was immersed in memories, opened his lips slightly and muttered, "Shirou, do you know? When I was a child, I had a dream. I want to be a hero, a partner on the side of justice......"

"What do you mean?"

On the other side, the young man was a little puzzled.

Emiya Shirou also noticed that there was something different about his adoptive father tonight.

If it was the usual Kiritsu, he would definitely not say such a headless and very abrupt word.

It's just that this sentence, whether it is the tone or the content, is inexplicably unhappy for the teenager.

"You're trying to show ...... Gave up? ”

He asked, unconsciously tinged with a little emotion in his tone.

"Yes, it's a pity......"

Without looking at his adopted son, the middle-aged man pretended to look at the moon with a wry smile on his face to hide his sadness: "At a certain moment, I clearly knew that there is a limit to being a hero. The slogan of childhood, when you become an adult, you are embarrassed to shout it anymore. Ah, if only I had found out about this sooner......"

"yes, then there's no way?"

"yes, there's really no way."

There was a long sigh with deep pain.

To be honest, Emiya Kiritsugu was very happy, he was glad that the moonlight was so beautiful tonight.

If you want to miss your adopted son in the future, this moonlight can also add an unforgettable beauty to the sad memory......

As a survivor polluted by 'all the evils of this world', Emiya Kiritsugu's time is running out.

Outwardly, he is only in his early forties, but his inner body is even more unbearable than that of a centenarian!

Emiya Kiritsugu's vitality has long been exhausted, and the reason why it has survived until now is just that extraordinary and almost abnormal 'will' is persisting, driving this shell that has run out of oil and lamps. At this moment, the unbearable scream from inside the body made Emiya Kiritsugu clearly understand the fact that he was about to die.

He had long made up his mind to take all his regrets away by himself......

However, at the end of this final, he heard the boy's voice again.

"If you can't do anything about it, let me replace you!"

Emiya Kiritsugu turned around, and in front of him was the young face of Emiya Shirou.

However, today's teenager is different from his previous life, his eyes are full of confidence, determination, pure and clear: "You are already an adult, so you can't fulfill your original dream." But I'm still a kid! If it's me, then there's no problem, right? Daddy, your dreams are up to me to come true. ”

The seemingly casual words of comfort are clear only to the person concerned, and what kind of determination is contained in them.

At this time, Emiya Shirou was fearless and did not know how to grieve, and after learning about Emiya Kiritsugu's regrets, he was driven by the adoration in his heart, and planned to take over the other party's dream and complete what he longed for but failed to achieve in his place.

"Really?"

Emiya Kiritsugu's expression changed quickly.

After hearing these words, I was surprised and incredulous at first, and finally calmed down.

Yes, once upon a time, he said this in front of someone who was more important than anyone else.

"Kelly, what kind of adult do you want to be?"

In that dazzling bright sun, she asked him.

That moment of smile, that constant tenderness, he will never forget.

- This world is so beautiful, I really wish that time would always stop in this happy moment!

Thinking so, he couldn't help but say his vow.

"I, ah, want to be a partner of justice......"

"Ah...... Oh, yes...... In that case, I'm relieved......"

The picture in front of me is shattered, the memory is calm, and everything returns to reality.

Even if Shirou follows the same path as himself, he will never become himself!

After understanding this, all the scars in Emiya Kiritsugu's heart seemed to heal.

This man, who had achieved nothing in his life and had not won any victory, slowly closed his eyes and stopped breathing at the last moments, full of relief, as if he was asleep......

It's just that......

He didn't die.

One second......

Two seconds......

Three-second ......

Time passes slowly.

A few minutes later, Emiya Kiritsugu reopened his eyes in confusion.

"This is the afterlife?"

What appeared in front of him was not the Yellow Spring, nor the Underworld, nor the underworld.

Not far in front of Emiya Kiritsugu, his adopted son, Emiya Shirou, was looking at him with a confused expression.

It was clear that he was still in his home, sitting in the hallway and never moving.

"What the hell is going on!"

I don't know when it started, but the pain in my body has disappeared.

Emiya Kiritsugu was surprised to find that the originally depleted vitality in his body had become vigorous again.

After many years, he once again felt the existence of magic circuits.

Surprised, Emiya Kiritsugu conducted a self-examination of his body and came to a ridiculous conclusion.

His body now is not inferior to the heyday of the Holy Grail War.

There is no trace of the influence of 'all the evils of this world', as if it never existed.

Even, even the dark injuries that were originally caused by various reasons have all healed.

As soon as you close your eyes and open them, the stubborn disease that has plagued you for many years is gone?

What's going on!

For this situation that happened to him, Emiya Kiritsugu couldn't understand it at all, and he didn't know why.

Until......

He saw the shadow behind the boy like a spirit behind him.

Without warning, a word came to Emiya Kiritsugu's mind.

It's -

Sage projection!

(PS: If nothing else, there should be another chapter tomorrow.) ）