"This is related to the underlying operating logic of the Holy Grail War."
A familiar voice came from the side of the door.
"Shenji...? Are you here?"
Emiya Shirou greeted Matou Shinji with a confused look on his face.
"Because I was a little curious about some things, I came here by myself. Illya and the ancestors have already gone back."
"I had a chat with Sister Jie before I came to your place, and I almost know what happened."
He walked into the room, poked his head out and looked outside to make sure there was no one in the corridor, then stepped back and closed the door.
"Shirou, I should have told you before about the three families working together to build the Holy Grail system and the Great Holy Grail."
Sitting on the side of the table, Shinji Matou knocked on the table.
"Mr. Anno, can I tell Shirou about this?"
"You tell me."
Annuo nodded and said he had no objection.
"As one of the descendants of the three families who built the Holy Grail system, you are the most qualified person to tell Shirou all this... and also the most qualified person to stop it all."
"......yes."
After a moment of silence, Shen Er showed a helpless smile and sighed softly.
This is what Annuo said.
He has the right to tell everyone everything, and he has the right to make it all stop - or in other words, he has the responsibility to make it all stop.
"The system built by the three families is generally called the [Great Holy Grail]. The Great Holy Grail is used to absorb the magic power from Fuyuki City's spiritual veins and accumulate power for the final formation of the Holy Grail."
"But that's just internal."
Shinji looked at Shirou.
"The counterpart to the [Greater Holy Grail] is the [Little Holy Grail]."
"The Little Holy Grail...?"
The uneasy feeling came closer and closer to Emiya Shirou's heart, and he frowned.
"The Large Holy Grail is used to store magic power, and the Small Holy Grail is used to store the souls of the Servants who died in the Holy Grail War. When the Small Holy Grail is overflowing, the Large Holy Grail and the Small Holy Grail will be linked. At that time, what can truly be achieved?
The Holy Grail that grants wishes will descend in the right place... This is the ultimate direction of the Holy Grail War."
"Based on what Mr. Anno said before, I believe Shirou - you should be able to guess what form the Little Holy Grail exists in this world."
There was no expression on Shinji's face. Emiya Shirou looked into Shinji's eyes and swallowed involuntarily.
"——So why is such a war born in this world? Does human beings have to sacrifice the lives of others for their selfish desires?"
Emiya Shirou stood up.
His body was even visibly shaking.
Annuo turned his head away, and Shenji also lowered his head and remained silent.
Emiya Shirou breathed heavily, looked at Anno and Shinji Matou, gritted his teeth, and sat down again.
Now he just feels absurd and powerless.
But now, he still has one most important thing that needs to be answered.
The answer must be obtained immediately.
Sitting down again, Emiya Shirou took a deep breath and suppressed his emotions as much as possible, but his hands were still pinched on the edge of the table, and his knuckles were slightly white.
"...Anno, sir."
"You just said that during the last Holy Grail War, the Little Holy Grail... was that Irisviel."
"Irisviel is Kiritsugu's wife. Could it be that Kiritsugu really, as Illya said, participated in the Holy Grail War and pursued victory despite knowing that his wife would die?
——Mr. Anno, tell me!!!”
——Bang!!!
Emiya Shirou's voice was filled with hysterical despair as he slammed the table hard.
Matou Shinji sighed.
He - doesn't know what to say here.
Annuo sat where he was and said nothing.
"During the last Holy Grail War, Mr. Anno, you were Kiritsugu's servant, right? What is your wish for? What is your wish for?"
"Only Kiritsugu would do this!"
Emiya Shirou's face was still covered with tears, and he lay on the table holding his head, his voice full of wails and grief.
--Why?
Kiritsugu?
Was the smile you showed at that time fake?
Are you lying when you say you want to be a messenger of justice?
Have I been fooled by a false wish all these years?
Could it be——
Is even this wish I got from others false!?
An Nuo suddenly felt a little powerless.
Looking at Shirou Emiya like this.
He only felt powerless.
——Power cannot solve everything. Annuo knows this. He has always known this.
If he could solve everything with his strength, then he would definitely pull out the sword without hesitation.
Anno has never surrendered to anyone in terms of strength. You must know that when he first came to Britain, he was enough to defeat the King of Knights, Uther.
He wanted to open his mouth and say the words [Emiya Kiritsugu also fought for justice], but——
When the words came to his lips, he couldn't say them out at all.
Is Emiya Kiritsugu for justice?
Yes, there is no doubt that he really fought to realize the power of justice in his heart.
But were his actions righteous?
no.
These two points are absolute.
Emiya Kiritsugu is such a contradictory existence.
Annuo couldn't help but think of what Zuo Cun said to him before he was eliminated in the last Holy Grail War.
[How much will your Master, the man named Emiya Kiritsugu, lose? 】
[Go and try your best to win the victory you dream of, and then see how much you have to lose.]
Annuo did not expect that ten years later, in the ongoing Fifth Holy Grail War, the words Zuo Cun once said would still be applicable.
——Kiritsugu.
Annuo closed his eyes.
What on earth have you done——
What have I done...
"Yes, for his [justice]."
Annuo still said it.
But not for Emiya Kiritsugu, who died five years ago.
But - for Shirou Emiya, who is still alive now.
"He chose to participate in the Holy Grail War for his own [justice], and he never stopped."
Opening his eyes again, Annuo was a little afraid to look at Shirou, but he still insisted on saying these words.
"......Really?"
Emiya Shirou looked at Anno in disbelief.
Annuo nodded slowly.
"...What kind of justice is this?"
A suppressed voice came from Emiya Shirou's throat.