One evening five years later, Emiya Kiritsugu and Alice Fell sat on the porch, quietly gazing at the moon in the sky.

Although it is already winter, the temperature is not very low, and it only makes the skin feel a slight chill, which is a good weather for viewing the moon.

A boy and a girl sat beside them, and the four of them looked at the moon together.

His name is Shirou, and he is the only survivor of the fire that Kiritsugu rescued.

Her name is Illya, and she is the child of Kiritsugu and Alice Phil.

Five years have passed since then, and Shirou, who was a child at the time, is now an adult. However, Illya was cast a magic spell before she was born, causing her to develop very slowly, eventually ending up at what she was when she was nine years old.

Emiya Kiritsugu's faith was reduced to ashes in that fire, and all that crawled out of the ruins was a walking corpse.

Maybe it's the curtain of heaven, this man met Shirou.

In the fire that consumed more than 500 lives, one child survived. This miracle allowed Emiya Kiritsugu to be redeemed.

Shirou, who lost his loved ones in the fire, was adopted as an adopted son by Kiritsu, and Reilly also sent back Alice Phil, who had completed her reincarnation. So, the family settled in Dongmu City.

Soon after, Kiritsugu left Shirou and Alice Fell at home under the pretext of traveling, and he and Reilly traveled to the city of Einzbelen to pick up Illya, who was left alone.

Things went so smoothly partly because Einzberen was unable to resist the mighty Reilly, and partly because of his promise to help Illya in the Fifth Holy Grail War. The patriarch of Einzberren accepted this offer after a little consideration. His long-cherished wish is to complete the third method, the "Heavenly Cup", and as long as this goal can be achieved, other matters can be discussed.

After returning to Higashigi, Reilly consolidates his strength while teaching several children.

Emiya Shirou, Illya, Rin Tosaka, and Sakura Makiri, these young people are making rapid progress under his training, and they are getting stronger every day.

What will the next Holy Grail War look like?

Reilly is looking forward to it.

And for Emiya Kiritsugu, life now feels like a dream.

In the past, he kept repeating the tragedy of losing an important person. Favorite girl for the first time...... Father whose blood is thicker than water...... Take care of your seniors like a mother...... A subordinate who is like a right-hand man......

From this point of view, Kiritsugu's life is really lonely and lonely, but it is also more cruel than loneliness. There was always someone who was there for him and then died because of him.

Such a tragic life finally came to an end on that day five years ago.

After the Holy Grail War ended, no one disappeared in front of Kiritsugu again. Alice Phil, Illya, Shirou, Taiga, Mr. Raika, and the young people of the Fujimura group, none of them have left, and they still live in the same world.

However, such happiness does not come without a price. What he had lost before, he could never get back.

Recently, Kiritsugu feels that his time is running out, so he stays at home all day, drowning in memories of the past,

(What is my life)

He looked at the moon and thought about it.

“...... When I was a child, I longed for a messenger of justice. ”

Like a ship that sank under the water a long time ago, words that had been precipitated in the depths of memory suddenly came out of my mouth. I seem to have said this to someone, and although I didn't realize it in the end, when did it happen?

However, after hearing Kiritsugu's words, Shirou suddenly showed an unhappy expression.

"What is this, you said that you once dreamed of it, have you given up now?"

Shirou seems to hate Kiritsugu for saying this kind of negation of himself, because he has always thought that his adoptive father is a great man, which makes Kiritsugu ashamed.

He doesn't know the past of the "Magician Killer", but he just regards Kiritsugu as his idol.

Shirou has an excess sense of justice and a distorted spirit of self-sacrifice in his heart, and his external manifestations are his admiration for Kiritsugu, his doting on Illya, and his dedication to the devil's way. And this is the only regret that Kiritsugu has in recent years.

If Shirou follows the same path as himself, then five years of peaceful life will also become a curse.

"There's no way around it. Alice Fell took her husband's hand and said, "Kiritsugu has worked hard. ”

Kiritsugu pretends to look at the moon in the distance, hiding his sad memories with a wry smile.

"It's a bit of a pity, but heroes have a time limit, and it's hard to achieve once you become an adult. If only I had realized this sooner. ”

If you had realized it sooner rather than later, you would not have been deceived by the sweet lie called the ideal.

Kiritsugu, who had fought desperately to save the world, only to unleash a demon that destroyed humanity, was too late to realize his mistake. The disaster claimed the lives of hundreds of people, including Shirou's biological parents.

Hearing his words, Shirou fell into deep thought. However, he seemed to quickly accept Kiritsugu's statement, and nodded, "Is it? ”

"Ah, there's really nothing to be done. Kiritsugu said with a little sadness.

"Wouldn't it be nice for Shirou to come and be a messenger of justice? Illya said innocently.

"Yes, if you can't do it, then let me do it for you. ”

In the moonlight, the boy casually makes a declaration that he will fulfill his unfulfilled wish in place of Kiritsugu.

At this moment, Kiritsugu remembered.

He had sworn like this, too, in front of someone of great importance.

At that time, Kiritsugu believed that he would never lose his ideals.

"Dad is already an adult, so there may be no way. But I'm fine. So, leave this dream to me!" Shirou continued with his oath-like words. His words, along with the moonlight, became an unforgettable memory, engraved in Kiritsugu's heart.

Oh, yes...... If it was in such a beautiful moonlight, then he would not forget.

Emiya Shirou's original dream and his belief in the absence of impurities will surely become a beautiful memory that will remain in his heart forever.

And if the boy really inherited his stupid ideals, then he would probably fall into endless despair.

However, as long as he remembers tonight, he will definitely be able to recall himself at this moment.

"Ah, in that case, I can rest assured. ”

Even if he follows the same path as himself, he will not become another Emiya Kiritsugu.

After understanding this, Emiya Kiritsugu closed his eyes peacefully, and the scars in his heart seemed to have healed.

A moment later, the man, who had never won any victories in his life, stopped breathing with a relieved expression.

"-Na, Kelly. What kind of adult do you want to be?"

In the blinding sunlight, she asked him.

Her smile, her gentleness, he will never forget.

This world is so beautiful, I wish time could stay forever in this happy moment.

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

"--I, I want to be a messenger of justice. ”