Kuu Maiya was asked by Kiritsugu to stay in the courtyard and wait for contact, while he himself went out with Saber·Alter.
This is also a natural arrangement. After Assassin was almost completely wiped out and the information from all the forces became clear, as an investigator with weak combat effectiveness, she no longer had to go out and became the channel for communication between the headquarters and Kiritsugu.
It is just right. In addition, if possible, use technological means to protect the two Masters, Irisviel and Lin Hao.
Caster seemed to have done something to make Irisviel angry last night. He hid outside for a day and was caught by her just after he came back and started to lecture her. Maiya listened for a while, and it seemed that she was targeting Caster for ignoring her.
Safe actions.
There is no doubt that Caster ignored that it was during the Holy Grail War and went to treat diseases and save people. This can be inferred from her master's personality. There must be many patients with chronic diseases who were unexpectedly cured throughout the day today.
Be pleasantly surprised.
Regarding Caster and Hayashi's wish to bear the misfortune of the entire world, although Kiritsugu had clearly expressed his resignation, Maiya did not think so after thinking about it.
Perhaps diseases, natural disasters and other accidents can be passed on, and crimes and harm stemming from the darkness of human hearts can be prevented using Kiritsugu's method, but what about war?
In wars in human history, it is very rare to be able to simply judge the good and evil of both sides. The scholars who argued about this even created a term called relative justice. When the definition of absolute justice is unclear, almost all wars
Both sides are relatively just.
However, for Maiya, her relative justice is very simple: Emiya Kiritsugu is justice.
——[Huh, I was a little worried because the war seemed to be evenly matched.]
The girl who was not yet named Kuu Maiya had that figure that looked like a god coming down from the earth firmly engraved in her heart.
——【I’ll help you here.】
In the background, there are heavily armed enemy intruders and parents who protect themselves until death.
After that, the war that might have lasted for a long time ended quickly with the intervention of the magician. Maiya was also taken away for training by Kiritsugu after discovering his talent in using familiars, and then when he exercised justice
provide assistance.
Then... Kiritsugu married into the Einzbern family.
She was obviously the one who came first, whether she knew Kiritsugu or agreed with his views...
Sure enough, just like someone said, is longing the furthest emotion from understanding?
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"Caster, please have a spar with me."
Saber, who was wearing a white skirt and armor, suddenly said, which made Maiya wake up from being accidentally immersed in memories, but at the same time she also doubted whether she heard correctly.
Although the information learned from Kiritsugu was limited, Saber, as the strongest job agent, basically has a powerful [Anti-Magic] skill. Even if she had just recovered from her weak state by supplementing food, it would still be overwhelming for Caster.
What's the point of such a discussion?
"Okay~" And Caster actually agreed directly.
"Saber?" Irisviel asked doubtfully. It seemed that she also doubted the effectiveness of this kind of discussion.
"When I fought against Archer with my other self before, I played almost no role," saber·1i1y said: "Just parrying the King's Treasure that he threw was already exhausting, even if I finally liberated the True Name of the Noble Phantasm with her.
, both sides are completely in a supporting position when fighting, so for the next battle, I must strengthen my own strength."
These words made Maiya look at her with admiration, because she finally realized this problem. Although saber·1i1y usually looks modest and talks about how immature she is, there is a feeling in her heart that "I will be the king of England in the future."
"Such a strange confidence. It seems that the recent battle has made her understand that no matter what the future holds, the present is the most important thing.
"I understand, recovery training," Caster said the medical term as expected: "But because of your [magic power] characteristics, I'm afraid I can't hold back. You have to be prepared to die at any time - oh
No, it’s the consciousness that was frozen into ice.”
"Of course, please advise." Saber walked to a relatively spacious place in the courtyard, transformed into the golden sword, and gave a knightly salute to Caster.
"Irisviel will be angry if the courtyard is destroyed." Lin Hao, who had been watching quietly in a wheelchair, suddenly said.
"Oh, indeed, please wait a moment." Caster thought for a moment, raised his hands and began to perform magic.
Maiya also had mixed feelings about Lin Hao. At first, she thought he was just an ordinary magician who got involved in the Holy Grail War because of "making up the numbers." However, after getting along with her for this period of time, Maiya had to admit that she was firm in her beliefs.
Almost comparable to Kiritsugu.
Although after entering the official war stage, for safety reasons, she could no longer go to some medical institutions to transfer other people's diseases to herself, but she had no regard for Caster's various behaviors that disregarded her own safety or losses, even if they caused harm to herself.
I have no objections, or in other words, very much support.
Perhaps Irisviel's faith in the Winter Maiden prevented her from thinking too deeply, but Maiya, who had been observing from a neutral and objective perspective, could see that the master and servant were "bearing the misfortune of the entire world" on the premise
Next, there is the determination to protect Irisviel, Kiritsugu and even Maiya, an outsider, even at the expense of himself.
As for Lin Hao's always sarcastic remarks to Kiritsugu, I'm afraid it's because he's dissatisfied with the fact that "Caster has given so much but you have no response." However, Maiya can't figure out the underlying reason for this situation yet.
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The cold wind is biting.
What drew Maiya's attention from being alert to see if anyone was approaching and back to fighting in the courtyard was the snow-white "chamber" that was incompatible with the surrounding environment. It was circular in shape and occupied most of the area in the center of the courtyard. The range was sufficient.
Two warriors fought against each other, while the edge was surrounded by invisible barriers with flying snowflakes.
"Although it takes advantage of the location, this is the best way to prevent our battle from damaging the courtyard or leaking the magical atmosphere." Caster said.
"Please advise." Saber seemed to have no objection to this. She nodded slightly and raised her sword.
"Hmm~" Caster crossed the fingers of her hands and raised them above her head, making a stretching movement. As she moved, the lavender velvet dress on her body was replaced by her Noble Phantasm in a burst of white light.
【Clothes of Heaven】, and the original silver-white shawl also turned into bursts of icy blue.
This is the official fighting posture of the "Winter Saint". It has only appeared once when she cooperated with Rider to defeat Berserker. It seems to have a very good bonus to her ice and snow magic.
"Huh——" Caster yawned as if to match the stretching action.
Saber had a bad start, Maiya thought. She had followed Kiritsugu and hunted down many magicians. She knew very well that she should never ignore any of the magicians' actions, especially after they had entered a battle state.
And Caster, who can occupy the job of magician, is certainly the best among them.
"Then, I'll start - eh?" Saber·1i1y raised her sword and tried to adjust her pace, but found that her feet had been completely frozen to the ground, and the thick ice even directly covered her knees.
That movement, which seemed like a yawn, actually blew out the cold wind touching the ground, firmly fixing her lower body.
Chacha—Caster didn't give Saber time to break free. A pair of skates with sharp skates formed under her feet and she quickly slid towards the immobile 1i1y.
A caster wants to engage in close combat? Kuu Maiya is puzzled.
"Drink!" Saber used her magic power to shatter the ice on her legs, and at the same time, she swung her sword to slash at Caster, who was charging straight at him.
Caster raised his hand to block the golden sword - using his arm to bring up a ball of ice mist, and then quickly rotated into the air before the ice mist dissipated. The large amount of ice and snow around him along with the inertia of the rotation made Saber's sword
It turned directly to the side.
Saber took advantage of the situation and turned her body half a circle to perform a spinning chop, but at this time, Caster had already used the force to jump up high, opened her hands and shot a large number of sharp ice picks at Saber from the air behind her.
Saber seemed to have some shadows over this attack that resembled the king's treasure. She swung the golden sword like the wind, knocking down all the ice picks within the attack range regardless of whether it was necessary or not.
Saber lost, Kuu Maiya shook her head and sighed.
While throwing those ice picks, Caster somersaulted and landed behind Saber, waiting for her to deal with the ice picks. She even raised her head when she had time. By the time the female knight in white armor realized something was wrong and was about to withdraw or fight back, her hands had already been pressed.
It's on Saber's shoulder armor.
"[Frozen Execution]!" Caster shouted out the magic she cast as if she was liberating the true name of the Noble Phantasm, while Saber·1i1y was instantly frozen in a huge ice block without any suspense.
"Well..." Caster, whose magic power fluctuations had not dissipated, made a distressed voice. After taking a half step back, he leaned over and pressed his hands on the ground. Four huge sharp icicles drilled out of the ground without any purpose, and then
Then it broke into pieces and disappeared.
So, is it the complete form of "frozen execution" to pierce the frozen enemy with these icicles? But if he really does that, the Saber will probably return to the Throne of Heroes.
"Sorry, I can't remove this myself. It was supposed to be broken by the last four [Diamond Ice Blades], but I'm not sure it won't hurt you." Caster's explanation confirmed Maiya's guess, and she finished.
After that, he returned to Irisviel and Lin Hao.
"As a caster, it must have been hard to hone such close combat skills before, right?" "Fortunately, after all, there are not many people who dare to challenge the 'Winter Saint'."
As expected, Irisviel is concerned about strange things again.
"Can you make ice cream?" "No, okay, it's ice and snow simulated by magic power, and you can't eat it at all."
The way master and servant get along is as strange as ever.
Cack-clop! The huge ice block shattered, and saber·1i1y walked out on the broken ice.
"Continue!" Her tone was full of fighting spirit: "I feel stronger!"
