Chapter 40: The Night of the Church, the Strongest Enemy (4)
"How could it be. No magician would not be moved for personal gain. All we manage is the rules of the Holy Grail War. After that, it doesn't matter. No matter what kind of personality the person gets the Holy Grail, the Association will not care. β
"How can it be ......! What if the one who gets the Holy Grail is a big badass! Emiya Shirou asked loudly.
"It's very troublesome. But we're not going to do anything. It is the Holy Grail that chooses the holder. And we have no power to stop the Master chosen by the Holy Grail. In any case, it is a cup of wish fulfillment. If you get it, you can do whatever you want. It's just that if you say you don't want that, as long as you win. Isn't that the most practical way to do it than to push it on other people? β
"What's the matter, teenager. I just thought it was a good idea, didn't you mean to refer to it? Yan Feng Qili asked like a child.
ββ¦β¦ Have a finger in the pie. First of all, I have no reason to fight. I'm not interested in anything like the Holy Grail, and I don't have a sense of reality even when I talk to me about the Master. Emiya Shirou began to understand a little why Rin Tosaka hated him so much, and now he began to hate Kinomine Qili as well.
"Oh. So what will the person who gets the Holy Grail do, even if it causes a catastrophe, are you not interested? If there's no reason, that's okay, so don't you care about what happened ten years ago? β
"ββββ ten, year, ...... ago?" Emiya Shirou's pupils dilated suddenly.
"That's right. At the end of the last Holy Grail War, a mismatched Master touched the Holy Grail. We don't know what the Master was expecting. All we know is that the claw marks of the disaster were left at that time......" Yan Feng Qili's words were like a sharp knife that plunged into the heart of Emiya Shirou.
"Wooββββ" Emiya Shirou covered his mouth, wanting to vomit, so wanting to vomit. In an instant, that hell came to mind! The field of vision is blurred, the focus is lost, the point of view cannot be fixed, and the body is about to fall down all at once. But, until then, he stood hard, gritted his teeth to keep his consciousness, and suppressed the vomiting sensation that almost made him fall down with boiling anger.
ββ¦β¦ Wait a minute. Well, could it be ......" Emiya Shirou asked tremblingly.
"That's right, it's something that everyone who lives in this city knows, Emiya Shirou. With 500 wounded, 130 to 140 buildings were burned. The fire that has no apparent cause is the claw mark of the Holy Grail War. Yan Feng Qili said lightly.
"Emiya-san? What's wrong, suddenly his face turned pale. β¦β¦ It's not very comfortable, but it's, why don't you take a break? Seeing Emiya Shirou's face extremely ugly, Rin Tosaka couldn't help but say worriedly.
"Don't worry. It's nice to see Endosaka's strange face."
ββ¦β¦ Wait a minute. What does that mean? β
"No, nothing else. It's literal, so don't care......"
"That's good...... Feed! Isn't it worse? This idiot! β
Rin Tosaka hit Emiya Shirou mercilessly, but thanks to her, the anger and vomiting all disappeared.
"Whew...... Thank you. I'm really saved, don't bully me too much, Ensaka. Now I have something I have to ask. Emiya Shirou's tone had returned to calm, even with a hint of firmness.
"Oh, are there any more questions? Okay, let's say everything you want to say! As if he had seen through what Emiya Shirou was going to ask, the priest urged happily.
"Then I asked. You said this was the Fifth Holy Grail War. So, has anyone ever gotten the Holy Grail before? β
"Of course. It's not going to be so painfully wiped out every time. Yan Feng nodded with a smile.
"Then ......," Emiya Shirou just wanted to ask something.
"Don't worry. It's just that it's easy to get your hands on it. In any case, the Holy Grail is run by this church. But if you hold it in your hand, I touch it every day. Yan Feng Qili said with a smile.
"Huh?" Emiya Shirou was surprised. Holy, Holy Grail in this church?!
"But that's just a container. The inside is empty. As Rin said earlier, the Holy Grail is a spirit. The Church is in the custody of a very elaborate replica of the Holy Grail. Using this as a catalyst, you can descend into a true holy grail and make a cup of wish fulfillment. That's right, it's like the relationship between the Master and the Servant. β¦β¦ Yes, indeed. Get a man like this who temporarily becomes a true Holy Grail. β
"Was the Holy Grail originally real? No, what the hell happened to the guy who got the Holy Grail? Emiya Shirou urged.
"Nothing. The Holy Grail was not finished. Stupid men are nothing more than the result of being washed away by boring sentimentality. At this, the priest seemed to squint in remorse.
ββ¦β¦ What's going on? Didn't the Holy Grail appear. β
"It's easy to just get the Holy Grail to appear. Gather seven Servants, and in a while the Holy Grail will appear. Rin was right, there was no need to kill the other masters. However, then the Holy Grail will not be completed. The Holy Grail will choose people who are worthy of owning themselves. So, the man who avoided the battle didn't get the Holy Grail. Yan Fengqili's voice was very low when he said this, and he seemed to vaguely suppress his anger.
"Hmph. To put it simply, if you don't duel with other Masters, there's no point in getting the Holy Grail, right? Last time, the first Master to get the Holy Grail was naΓ―ve. He said that he didn't want to fight the enemy's master, so he escaped from the Holy Grail. Rin Tosaka said as if she had uttered words, and her eyes turned away from the priest.
ββ¦β¦ Yan Feng. Didn't you fight? β
"I had to fight to the halfway point. But I misjudged. As a result, I only got the empty Holy Grail. But that's my limit. Anyway, every one of the other masters is a monster. I was the first to lose the Servant, and I was protected by my father. β
ββ¦β¦ Now that I think about it, from the moment the Overseer's son was chosen to be the Master, there were a lot of troubles. My father died at that time. After that, I succeeded the Overseer and guarded the Holy Grail in this church. With that, the priest named Yanfeng Qili turned away, and on the other side of his gaze stood a symbol that should be worshipped.
That's it. The only person who is eligible for the Holy Grail is the Master to whom the Servant is observed. When there is one of the seven of you left at the end, the Holy Grail will appear on its own in the place of the victor. Decide whether you want to join this battle or not, the Holy Grail War! β
Looking from above, the priest asked him about Emiya's final choice.
"............" Emiya Shirou was speechless, although what he said just now made him have some willingness to fight, but at this time, his heart was still more confused.
"Still confused. Listen, the Master is not something you can do if you want to. Rin over there, although he has been practicing as a magician for a long time, he was not decided to become a master because of this. If there is anything decisive about it, it is whether or not there is mental preparation. β
"The only one who can be chosen to be a master is a magician. If you were a magician, you would have already come to your senses. If you say no, then I can't help it. Then you, and the master who taught you, are flawed. It's also a problem for this kind of magician to fight, so let's get rid of the spell here! When Yan Feng Qili said this, he was already a little persecuted, perhaps he was also a little tired of Emiya Shirou's hesitation, and gave him an ultimatum here.
Silence, Emiya Shirou was in silence, everyone did not speak, quietly waiting for his decision.
And then......
"I'm going to fight as a Master. If the cause of the fire ten years ago was the Holy Grail War, I couldn't let that happen again! Emiya Shirou's words were sonorous and powerful, with a determination that even steel could not cut off.
As if pleased with his answer, a satisfied smile appeared on the priest's face.
Emiya Shirou took a deep breath, and after saying these words again, he completely cut off his confusion. As a man, he has already said that he wants to fight. Then, in order not to feel ashamed of that sentence in the future, you can only move forward with your chest up!
"Then admit that you are the master of Saber. At this moment, the Holy Grail War was accepted. - Allow magic battles in this city until there is only one Master left. Follow your pride and compete as much as you can! Yan Feng Qili happily announced.