Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Endgame (1)

It wasn't long before Artoria came to the door. The word "home" is never the right word, and Artoria has always referred to it as a stronghold. But I don't know where Alice Phil got her interest, and suddenly one day she was not allowed to use that title.

"It's only been a few days, but it really feels like home, not like the empty castle of Einzberen, but a real home. ”

These were Althelia's words, and from then on, Artoria had a small home in her short journey to this world. Changing the title doesn't have a material value, but Artoria knows it's Alice's emotional sustenance, the woman is constantly losing things, and even if she gets used to it, she still longs for something.

When he walked through the courtyard to the hallway, he happened to see Emiya Kiritsugu, and without saying hello, Artoria walked straight to his room.

She knew that she didn't want to see her Emiya Kiritsui in the first place, because of what happened just now, there was undoubtedly another layer of estrangement between the two, so why bother to be boring.

"Wait. To Artoria's surprise, Emiya Kiritsugu took the initiative to stop her.

Despite the surprise, Artoria stopped, stared at the other party, and waited for the following. With a man's cold personality and extremely unwelcoming attitude, it must be an extremely important thing, otherwise he will not take the initiative to communicate with himself.

There used to be Alice Phil in the middle, but now Alice Phil is gone. No matter how reluctant it is, these are not very difficult things for Emiya Kiritsugu, who has reason to occupy everything.

"Where is the scabbard in Ellie's body? After a moment of silence, Emiya Kiritsugu asked.

"Yes. "There is no hiding from it," Artoria said.

Emiya Kiritsugu would ask her, Artoria had already expected that for this life-saving artifact, Emiya Kiritsugu would definitely take it out as soon as possible after being sad, and then put it into his body.

And after discovering that it was missing, the only object of suspicion was its true owner.

"Ellie gave it back to me before she lost consciousness. Why do you want to get it back?" said Artoria.

"What are your chances of winning against Archer?"

Emiya Kiritsugu didn't want to waste time on meaningless conversations, so he asked directly after a moment of silence. Although he knew that King Arthur's prestige was known all over the world, and even the equally illustrious King of Conquest was defeated by the sword of the king, after all, the opponent was the original king of the world, and the countless treasures could be called the nemesis of all heroic spirits. The decisive battle is imminent, Emiya Kiritsugu naturally doesn't want any accidents, he gambled everything for this Holy Grail, his wife is no longer there, and he doesn't want to lose even his daughter.

"Archer is arrogant, but he is undeniably powerful. If he does his best, even if he uses all the means, the chance of winning is only 50%."

Even though Artoria is very confident in herself, she still remains rational. She knew very well the strength of her opponent, it was the most formidable enemy she had ever encountered in her life, and she was not sure of victory even in the best state.

"It's only half....... This was clearly not the answer that Emiya Kiritsugu wanted, and he hoped that Artoria would personally promise victory. "And what if you add the scabbard?"

Artoria was really a little surprised by Emiya Kiritsugu's words, she didn't expect the other party to say such a thing. She always thought that the other party would ask for the scabbard back, after all, although it was impossible to liberate, but with the connection of the contract, the healing power of the scabbard could still be used.

This is equivalent to a layer of enhanced insurance for the flesh-and-blood Emiya Kiritsugu.

Moreover, he didn't need to worry that Artoria would resist, after all, with the existence of the Command Spell, it was a big deal to forcibly take it back.

As for the consequences, he didn't care anymore, the relationship was never good anyway, and there was only one last battle left, and he still had three spells in his hand, enough to complete everything.

However, he still made the same decision as Alice Field.

This made Artoria really a little unable to see through this man, after all, it really didn't match what he always showed.

In fact, it wasn't that Emiya Kiritsugu didn't think about it, and he once wanted to use the spell to force the scabbard back. After all, the man named Yan Feng Qili is too terrifying, and Emiya Kiritsugu also regards him as his biggest enemy, so it would be best if he could have the protection of Avalon. But he hesitated a little when he thought that this was Alice Phil's final decision, and she knew that this was a treasure that belonged to King Arthur. King Arthur with a scabbard is the most perfect King Arthur, which is also the guarantee of victory.

And he knew that the battle of the servant was the main thing, and if Artoria was defeated, then everything he did would be meaningless. After much consideration, Emiya Kiritsugu finally decided to return the scabbard to Artoria.

If you can win with this.

"With the scabbard, can you have an absolute advantage?" this is no longer a simple question, what Emiya Kiritsugu wants is an affirmative answer, or rather, a guarantee of Artoria's victory.

"This body will be invincible!"

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Fuyuki Civic Hall

This facility, which costs a total of 8 billion yen, is a symbol of the development of Fuyuki Shinto, along with the project of the station center building. Covering an area of 6,600 square meters and a construction area of 4,700 square meters, it is a hybrid structure with four floors above ground and one floor underground. The two-story concert hall can accommodate more than 3,000 people. The new design of the architect makes this modern civic hall as magnificent and majestic as an ancient shrine, and it is from here that Fuyuki City's ambition to develop a new city can be seen.

However, only the exterior has been completed, and the interior is currently being renovated for the inauguration, but the actual use is much more distant. With minimal safety measures and no power supply, the clean and magnificent building becomes a space with a strange sense of unreality in the middle of the night when there are no staff.

Of course, there is no magic element in the city's building plans. The fact that the building site of the Civic Hall was chosen on the latest spiritual vein of Fuyuki was completely accidental, and from another point of view, it was able to incur this rare accident, which was also due to the specificity of the spirit of this place. But what they didn't expect was that this place was about to become the final battlefield of the Holy Grail, and the development of the new capital was likely to be ruined as a result.

"The battlefield was decided here, and the neighborhood is full of residential areas."

Artoria's words were clearly addressed to Emiya Kiritsugu, and since she claimed to be a messenger of justice, Artoria really wanted to see how he would choose in the face of such a huge sacrifice.

"The price of a miracle is perfectly acceptable"

As cold as ever, Kiritsugu can be said to answer without thinking. He didn't expect that Yan Feng Qili would choose the decisive battle in Xindu, which had a large number of residents, but this kind of price was not worth mentioning at all for the ideal that was about to be realized. Emiya Kiritsugu is such a person, if he put ten people and five people at the ends of the scale pole, and the two can only save one of them, he will definitely not hesitate to give up five people and save ten people. This is Kiritsu's view of justice, a distorted view of justice that can only pursue an absolute quantity.

However, it doesn't matter if Artoria is not a good person with the heart of the Virgin.

"If you enter through the gate, you should be able to meet the master of the archer, but I don't know about the so-called ceremony, and I don't need to participate, so all I can do is send you here. Suddenly, Artoria stopped and said.

Holding Alice Phil's body, Emiya Kiritsugu looked along with Artoria's gaze, only to see the golden king standing proudly on the roof, his scarlet and tyrannical pupils full of disdain. He just looked down at everyone, or maybe he was just confronting Artoria, maybe there was only one person who could be equal to himself in the eyes of this king.

"Bring me victory..... and Alice Fell. After a moment's hesitation, Emiya Kiritsugu finally spoke.

Nodding slightly, Artoria watched as the other disappeared before her eyes.

"Are you here to be the princess of this king?"