"...Shenji is currently looking for the connection between the Little Holy Grail and the black mud, but between us and the Little Holy Grail...that is, Illya..."
Early the next morning, after Shirou woke up, he began to think about this problem.
Yesterday I was so busy trying to get angry with myself that I forgot about this matter.
"That child, his hatred for Kiritsugu..."
Annuo shook his head and sighed.
That kind of hatred is unforgettable...
She hated Emiya Kiritsugu for refusing to save her mother, and even personally contributed to the situation and killed her mother.
She hated Emiya Kiritsugu for leaving her in the Einzbern family. Who knew what that crazy family had done to her over the years.
Are there any other feelings?
Annuo doesn't know.
But he wished he hadn't...
This matter was actually the most difficult and despairing thing for him.
Emiya Kiritsugu......
He couldn't let Ilia see the truth with her own eyes, but so what if she saw it with her own eyes?
Didn't Kiritsugu, knowing that Irisviel would die, continue the Holy Grail War, kill other servants with him, and let the souls of the servants enter the Small Holy Grail?
Anno eliminated half of the Servants in the Fourth Holy Grail War. Even from this perspective... Emiya Kiritsugu and Anno are undoubtedly "murderers".
This is where the root of the problem becomes difficult to solve.
Emiya Kiritsugu really did it.
Therefore, even if he is hated - by his own daughter, it is natural.
But the problem now is... Annuo wants to make up for it. Illya is in danger at any time. Annuo wants to pull Illya out of this danger...
..
If you want to achieve this, maybe... you can do it without caring about Kiritsugu?
But what may be needed is a platform for normal dialogue.
"...Shirou."
"Um?"
Shirou, who was thinking with his head down, heard Annuo's voice and looked up at Annuo with a blank look on his face.
"We...may still have to fight."
Emiya Shirou:......?
What?
...
The Great Hollow of Enzang Mountain.
Sakura and Adrosson came here.
Adrosson's expression was a little serious.
"You can feel the vicious atmosphere from the moment you step in here..."
"Shenji, please step away."
"I have to be... careful."
Adroson took a deep breath, raised his hand upward, and a mirror that could reflect all scenes appeared in his hand.
"That is...the gem mirror."
Sakura recognized the magic trick.
That is a magic that is highly discussed in the Clock Tower.
There's no other reason than that it's too bad.
It was so bad that even the clock towers of Adroson's time considered whether to designate the seal for this monster.
Based on the properties of Adroson's magic power, this magic can reflect everything - it is not like those mirrors that return to the mirror world, which can only reflect matter and part of the magic power, but can reflect what exists in a person's heart.
Then, according to Adrosson's own application, he can choose to let the things in his heart come to the real world, or he can let the person whose heart is projected directly be trapped in this projection.
It is the [worst] magic.
Of course - except for Adroson himself, none of the other Zolgen and Matou learned this move. Adrosson took the learning method of this move with him to his own grave.
You all know what this magic can do.
Countless tiny gems appeared around him, and Adrosun's eyes flashed with radiant light.
The gem magic mirror quickly grew in size in his hand, and he threw it out, landing in front of Shen Er and Sakura. Shen Er protected Sakura behind him and looked at the magic mirror cautiously - looking at the scene that might appear.
.
After passing through the layers of magic, Adrosson stood in front of Justeza Ritzleich von Einzbern, who was floating in the air and maintaining a sitting posture.
The breath of magic...but incomplete and difficult to truly complete.
This is not a pity.
Because human life is more precious than magic anyway.
--So.
Just let me see.
Is there something hidden here?
Closing his eyes and floating like Justeza, Adroson put his hand on Justeza's head.
Buzz——
The operation of the Great Holy Grail has not been affected.
It was Adrosson who was affected.
His expression turned painful in an instant.
This feeling...
Well, depressing...!
Shinji, Sakura, go observe...go observe those things...!
Adroson couldn't see the scene in Justeza's heart, what could be seen was the mirror.
"This, this is...!"
Justeza's heart was already empty.
But now——
It seems to be occupied by something else.
It was surging black mud, burning fiercely.
While it was burning, someone seemed to raise his head and take a look.
——Can’t see clearly.
It was just a shadow-like thing...!
Although it was blurry, Matou Shinji was sure of this fact the first time he saw it.
——That is the pollution itself.
"Brother Shinji—that!"
Sakura also noticed this and her expression became serious.
"Well--"
Adrosson seemed to have reached his limit, stopped in mid-air, shook, and then fell down.
The scene in the mirror also disappeared, turning into nothingness.
"Lord Ancestor!"
Sakura immediately noticed the strange behavior of Adroson and quickly ran over to help Adroson.
"I'm fine...I didn't lose my magic power...!"
Adroson's expression was a little difficult, and he looked at Shenji who came over after him.
"So...what did you all see?"
"What...is hidden in the shadow of the Great Holy Grail?"
...
Matou Shinji rushed to Emiya Shirou's home as soon as possible.
"Shirou...that's bad news!"
Matou Shinji's expression was a little ugly.
The mutation of the Great Holy Grail was expected from the beginning, but the scene shown in the magic mirror showed that it was not that simple.
At least... the extent of the mutation was deeper than they imagined... and more terrifying.
As expected, it was not just the Small Holy Grail that was contaminated, but the Great Holy Grail...!
What needs to be understood now is when and how the Great Holy Grail was contaminated... But before that, there may be other things to do.
"I'll call that Tohsaka guy over here, and Mr. Kotomine... I'll leave it to you, Shirou, to ask Aku-san next door."
"This is an event that concerns Fuyuki... no, it is an event that concerns the entire world...!"