Chapter 2218: No longer judged by absolute good or bad
"Is there news so soon?"
After returning home, he asked his sister if Akuko had brought Rider to attack, and then he ate, took a bath, did yoga, and applied facial mask as usual. Matou Shinji was ready to go to bed, but those moles gave him
A message was sent.
The road to the Great Hollow has been found - that's pretty much what it means.
Shinji Matou looked at the mask that he had just thrown into the trash can and fell into deep thought.
So, should I go out now...
...
"Sister-in-law, what should we say next?"
"You still want to attack Caster's stronghold, right?"
Xiang An was lying in the yard and asked the mustard child boredly.
"As my uncle's master, what would my uncle do?"
"Don't think of this as the Holy Grail War, but what if you remove the Holy Grail and simply think of this as a war?"
Kazuo sat next to him and glanced at Xiang An, who was shaking his legs.
"Sister-in-law, this is different from war."
Xiang An curled his lips.
"If we talk about the country based on its factions, my sister-in-law and I, Shirou and Saber, and Illya and Berserker are the most powerful."
"Others, although Caster and Matou are not powerful, they seem to have natural dangers to defend and can advance and retreat freely."
"The remaining two families, Lancer and Archer, are native chickens."
Xiang An waved his hand disdainfully.
It's not that he looks down on Lancer and Archer, but the level of these two mounted servants in this Holy Grail War is clearly deficient.
"Sister-in-law and Shirou are at odds with each other, but to be honest, there won't be any conflict, but both of our families have a common enemy, which is Berserker - but Saber and Caster are close allies. What do you think we should do?"
Akuko's eyes were lost in thought.
"If it were a matter of country-to-country relations, we should now attack Saber's camp without warning, but in reality...sister-in-law, do you think it's okay?"
Xiang An shook his head.
"To put it bluntly, I don't understand how the Holy Grail War got its name. Could it be that pulling down the seven people on the Heroic Soul Seat and engaging in a melee can be regarded as a war?"
"The Holy Grail War is not a war. From my point of view, just wait and see what happens."
"Hey-"
Xiang An sat up and smiled at Achiko.
"Anyway, my sister-in-law has also seen it, hasn't she? The two kids, Shirou and Shenji, are actively planning something right now. It's not like we don't have the strength to destroy them, so what if we take a look again?"
"I know, sister-in-law, you want to see my elder brother, but this Holy Grail is a bit unreliable. I can vaguely feel the smell of it."
There was a struggle in Akuko's eyes.
She seemed to be struggling with something and bit her lip.
After a long time, she finally could only sigh.
"Well...that's all we can do."
"Then let's follow what uncle said. Let's... wait and see what happens. If there are any changes, then we can defeat the five families with thunderous force - uncle, can you do this?"
"Hahahahaha--sister-in-law, just don't worry, Annuo is just a fool, he doesn't have enough magic power, so he's just like selling out in front of me!"
Xiang An laughed loudly.
...
"Ah sneeze——"
Anno was reading a book when he suddenly sneezed.
Shirou Emiya, who was sleeping, opened his eyes, but there was no hint of sleepiness in his eyes.
Mr. Anno, I didn’t sleep today either...
But it feels like... Mr. Anno seems to have let go of something.
Should I say...relief?
He told himself the truth about the last Holy Grail War and what Kiritsugu and the Einzbern family did, and while giving his evaluation, he also left himself enough space to think...
.
Thank you, Mr. Anno...
During the day, after his anger reached the extreme, Emiya Shirou calmed down.
He wants to think, he - he has to learn to think.
He wanted to think about why Emiya Kiritsugu made such a decision in such a situation.
This is not to find a reason for Emiya Kiritsugu to excuse himself. No matter how good his starting point and reasons are, the things he does are not good. Under this premise, we can think about it again.
to get new answers.
This is also the reason why Emiya Shirou is not sleepy at all until now.
Because he realized something that made him extremely complicated.
That is...Emiya Kiritsugu has never deceived him.
Emiya Kiritsugu has always been that [partner of justice].
But in the end, he realized that he seemed to be unable to do anything, not even to get his daughter out, so he started to look away.
That is to say, it is ruined.
This is the reason why Emiya Kiritsugu is an "incredibly gentle guy" in his memory.
That kind of bad-tempered personality is basically a sign that your mentality has collapsed.
But even so, he still tried his best to guide himself so that he would not follow his old path...at least not to imitate his behavior.
...From this point of view, Kiritsugu may have always regretted it in the end.
——But so what.
If he hadn't done all this, he would have regretted it.
And the regret will be more profound, and you may not even have the bad mentality in the end.
...it's too complicated.
Emiya Shirou closed his eyes.
It has become so complicated to look at a person just by relying on a few words.
Dad......
What kind of person are you really like?
——But at least now, Emiya Shirou will no longer view Emiya Kiritsugu and the father who adopted him in terms of absolute good or bad.
...
"...Why are you playing games again?"
When Bazett found Kotomine Kirei at his home, he could only hold back these words.
In fact, she didn't know much about Kotomine Kirei being a gamer before. She only learned about it bits and pieces after she came to Fuyuki, Japan.
The reason why the relationship with the second generation of the El-Melloi family could be maintained to such a good level seems to be related to the drama.
"Just some personal little hobbies."
After twisting his neck, Kotomine Kirei put down the controller and stood up.
"So - why did you come to me again?"
"Are you really very idle? I don't think you can be so idle in this Holy Grail War?"
With his hands behind his back, he looked at Bazett with a calm look.
Bazett almost laughed angrily.
"I really only came to you when I was so idle - do you know what the current situation is like?"
"One of them counts, they are all so negative. I have never heard of a magic competition like this that I am going to compete in!?"