"Shirou, haven't you rested yet? Come here! ”

Under the shouting of Kiritsugu, Emiya Shirou came to the room, not knowing that after repeated weighing and discussion, Emiya Kiritsugu, the adoptive father, was ready to sell his godson for his daughter.

"Shirou, listen to me, I used to think you were young, and I didn't want you to embark on this path, so I haven't talked to you in detail. Today I'm going to tell you about ............ I was back then."

After Shirou sat down, Kiritsugu told the story of the magician and the magician, his own general experience, the Fourth Holy Grail War, and the Fifth Holy Grail War, which could come in five years.

"Eh, is this the magic that Daddy taught me? …… I still have a sister? …… Dad, you go abroad from time to time to find your sister...... Grail? What is that? …… Daddy was going to be a righteous partner......"

Like listening to a fantasy novel, Shirou listened to it with relish.

Of course, this is on the premise that Kiritsugu did not say in detail how he killed his father and killed his adoptive mother.

Roy generally doesn't despise a character's choice, their actions are limited, and the fact that he can find many better solutions from God's perspective doesn't mean that he can put himself in the shoes of the situation and do better than they did.

Whether he was a magician or not, he disapproved of Kiritsugu's actions.

This kind of ruthless and selfless person who exterminates evil and promotes good in his heavenly ways, like other magicians, has long since perished

Magicians will do whatever it takes to get to the roots.

For the sake of "justice", Kiritsugu will do whatever it takes.

It is impossible to achieve the right goal by wrong means, not to mention that the goal of "justice" is already very ambiguous.

The adoption of utilitarian criteria for the number of human lives is in itself unforgiving.

Roy sympathizes with the martyr, but disapproves of his actions, and will even try to stay away from such people, because no matter how good your friendship with him and how much your interests are aligned, you are on his list of sacrifices at any time.

This kind of "saint" level "martyr", Roy has been waiting for him to die before coming to meet, and does not provide any means to solve the curse on his body, just to provide him with a glimmer of hope to save his daughter in the future.

On the one hand, it is to win over Emiya Shirou, a human who can be compared to the heroic spirit, and on the other hand, it is also to show disapproval of the respect for this martyr.

"Well, my dad is already an adult, so I may not be able to do it. But I'm fine. So, leave it to me and take Dad's dreams.

I will be a righteous partner for my dad and save my sister for my dad! ”

Emiya Shirou did not know what kind of hardships awaited him in the future, so he took on this difficult task with joy, and even volunteered to take the wish of a "righteous partner".

Roy, of course, didn't want the near-cursed target of "Righteous Partners" to become a burden to Emiya Shirou, and at the same time wanted to lead him to Ermero, so he took out a set of train toys that he had prepared long ago from the box he was carrying and placed them on the ground.

"'Partners in Justice'? Emiya Shirou, help me put this train toy together, I want to use this toy to say something. ”

With the puzzled eyes of the two and Shirou's assistance, a complete set of small train toys with rails were assembled on the ground, and the train drove in circles on the circular tracks.

There was a bifurcated orbiter on the track that allowed one section of the track to be sidetracked, and Roy took out a marker and drew one on one track and two on the other.

With a flick of the orbiter, the train moved from the track that had just taken one line to the track that had been marked two lines.

Immediately, Roy pointed to two lines and asked Shirou:

"So, 'Partners of Justice', here's a puzzle that you try to solve.

A train is moving forward, and you have the switch for the rail changer in your hand. Now on this track, there are ten people. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to a line drawn on another track, "And on the other track that can be sidelined, there is a person."

If you do nothing, the train could hit and kill ten people; If you choose the side track, you could kill someone on the other side, but what would you do if it were you? ”

"Ah, this ............" Emiya Shirou, who was only twelve years old, fell into a tangle.

Emiya Shirou and Emiya Kiritsugu have different positions on the "partners of justice".

Kiritsugu is a "majority dispute" and will not hesitate to choose the interests of the majority, for which he does not hesitate to sacrifice those close to him, as long as the interests of the majority can be guaranteed.

So he will choose to open the side track, sacrifice one person, and save ten people.

This is a typical utilitarian view.

And Emiya Shirou's justice is "everyone's justice", but it does not include himself.

He is the kind of good man who will stop in front of the train alone, hoping to stop the train somewhat, so that the conductor can pull the brakes and save the person in front of him after he finds out that he has hit someone, regardless of himself.

Throughout Fate/stay night, Emiya Shirou, who is quite confused about "justice", shows a strong tendency to self-destruct, repeatedly putting himself in danger, and repeatedly taking the initiative to put himself in a position of sacrifice instead of sacrificing others.

This is the difference between Shirou and Kiritsugu, of course, Kiritsugu will not scruple to sacrifice himself for the sake of justice, but he will not put his sacrifice as the first option.

Of course, that's the future Shirou.

Shirou is only 12 years old now, and even a few minutes ago he has made "partners of justice" his goal, and he doesn't have a clear concept yet.

Now let him think about the "train problem", a little difficult for him.

Kiritsugu also realized this, the train problem was his life's creed, but five years ago he was disillusioned, and even gave up the goal of "righteous partners", he interrupted Shirou's thinking that he might fall into the horns, and asked Roy:

"What about you? How would you choose? ”