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Chapter 247 Tokiomi Tohsaka Decides to Retreat
Dirumdo is dead.

Kenneth and his fiancée also died along with him.

The ending remained unchanged; Kenneth was completely manipulated by Kiritsugu Emiya.

Compared to Kiritsugu Emiya, Kenneth is still too inexperienced.

Because of this incident, the relationship between Kiritsugu Emiya and Artoria completely broke down.

Medea, who had been watching all of Kiritsugu Emiya's actions, couldn't help but frown.

Because the betrayal shown by Kiritsugu Emiya is what she detests most.

"I thought Kiritsugu Emiya would use some new methods?"

Fu Le, who had also witnessed Kiritsugu Emiya's actions, thought to himself.

With Fu Le's information, Kiritsugu Emiya, along with Artoria, directly located the hidden Kenneth and Diarmuid.

After having Artoria fight Diarmuid to keep him occupied, Kiritsugu Emiya headed straight for Kenneth.

If it were the Kenneth from before, he would definitely not have been afraid of Kiritsugu Emiya.

But things are different now.

Kenneth, now disabled, can no longer use any magic tricks.

He could only hide from Kiritsugu Emiya.

However, Kiritsugu Emiya, who was prepared in advance, unexpectedly captured Sora, Kenneth's fiancée, and used her as a bargaining chip to negotiate with Kenneth.

Although Kenneth could no longer use magic at this point, he could still use Command Seals.

He can summon Diarmuid to his side at any time.

Therefore, Kenneth still possesses considerable fighting strength.

Therefore, Kiritsugu Emiya did not intend to directly attack Kenneth, but rather to outsmart him.

After all, Diarmuid was much stronger than the injured Artoria at this moment, and Artoria would not be able to recover her full strength until Diarmuid was defeated, thus failing to help him achieve final victory.

Although they already had allies by this time.

But these allies care more about Artoria's opinion.

Artoria herself wanted to settle the score with Diarmuid one-on-one using knightly tactics.

Kiritsugu Emiya was pessimistic about this outcome.

He didn't think Artoria would win.

Therefore, he needs to seize the opportunity to quickly defeat the Lancer group and restore Artoria's strength.

Therefore, Kiritsugu Emiya used Sora as a hostage to reach an agreement with Kenneth.

If Kenneth commands Diarmuid to commit suicide with a Command Spell, he will spare Kenneth and his fiancée Sora, allowing them to return safely to the Clock Tower.

He is willing to sign a 'self-mandatory certificate' with Diarmuid.

The so-called self-enforcement certificate is a magical contract used by magicians in the Type-Moon universe when making an agreement that cannot be broken. It is the most absolute guarantee made to prevent breach of contract.

By using the function of its own magical inscription, a 'forced' curse is imposed on the caster, and in principle, its effect cannot be removed by any means.

Once a magician signs the certificate and fulfills the conditions of the oath to make the certificate effective, even if the oath-taker is dead, as long as the magical mark is passed down to the next generation, even the soul after death will be bound.

Therefore, this kind of prop is frequently used in the magic world.

Kenneth also believed in its effectiveness.

Considering that his current physical condition made it impossible for him to fight and that it was almost impossible for him to win the Holy Grail War, Kenneth decided to exchange Diarmuid for his fiancée Sora.

Therefore, after he signed the contract with Kiritsugu Emiya, he used a Command Spell to order Diarmuid to commit suicide.

That scene unfolded right before Artoria's eyes.

Just moments before, Diarmuid was relentlessly suppressing her, but the next moment he committed suicide.

He was extremely unwilling to accept his fate before committing suicide.

But the only lucky thing is that his life wasn't as tragic as it was in the original story.

After all, if the original storyline had been followed, Sora would have taken the Command Seals from Kenneth and gained control of Diarmuid.

This led to Dilumu repeating the same mistakes.

Then he committed suicide because of this.

Now that the most crucial step is missing, although Diarmuid is still very unwilling, his resentment is much lower than in the original storyline.

Even so, his dying words of resentment were still hard for Artoria to accept.

When she finally realized what was happening and rushed inside to confront Kiritsugu Emiya, what she saw was Kiritsugu's assistant, Maiya Hisayuu, shooting Kenneth and his fiancée, Sora.

Kenneth was tricked by Kiritsugu Emiya.

The contract signed by Kiritsugu Emiya stipulated that he would never again lay a hand on Kenneth.

But he can get someone else to do it.

After all, Kenneth himself is no longer capable of fighting.

He is no longer the same person he once was, and he can no longer leave Fuyuki City safely with his fiancée.

Especially after he forced Diarmuid to commit suicide.

Unaware of this, Kenneth met his demise.

Kiritsugu Emiya did not make a move.

It was someone else who made the move.

His betrayal completely disappointed Artoria, and their relationship was utterly broken.

This is exactly what Fu Le and Medea wanted to see.

However, Kiritsugu Emiya's behavior also disgusted her.

As everyone knows, the witch Medea, who is known for her betrayal, hates betrayal the most.

Even Fu Le was surprised by Kiritsugu Emiya's behavior.

Fu Le was indeed shocked. He had originally thought that Kiritsugu Emiya would let Kenneth and his fiancée off the hook.

After all, they were currently forming an alliance with Fu Le and Webber.

Fu Le originally thought that he would have some reservations because of this.

After all, betraying one's allies in front of them makes it difficult for others to trust him.

But now, Fu Le thought about it again and realized that Kiritsugu Emiya's behavior wasn't so hard to understand.

After all, their alliance was not one-sidedly beneficial to any of them.

It is beneficial to all three of them.

And it is extremely crucial.
After all, none of them could achieve final victory without defeating Gilgamesh.

Besides, the Holy Grail War isn't a sports meet. Besides first place, there's no second place, third place, or anything like that.

The Holy Grail War is a winner-takes-all affair.

In addition to losing the Holy Grail War, the loser's Master's life will also be in great danger.

For example, Kenneth.

After all, even if the Servant is killed, the remaining Master is still an unstable and dangerous element.

Who can blame them when a Master can re-sign a contract with a masterless Servant?

Especially for someone like Kiritsugu Emiya, who likes to achieve victory by killing his Master.

If there is no Servant Master outside, his plan may very well come to nothing.

Therefore, even Masters who have lost their Servants will be killed if they are encountered by Kiritsugu Emiya.

Kiritsugu Emiya would not hesitate.

Therefore, whether it's Fu Le, Waver, or Kiritsugu Emiya himself, as long as they still pursue final victory, they must maintain this alliance.

If Gilgamesh is killed, the alliance will be disbanded instantly.

Therefore, Kiritsugu Emiya was not worried at all that his actions would affect their alliance.

Conversely, for Kiritsugu Emiya, whose relationship with Artoria had already broken down, he naturally wouldn't let Kenneth go, as he planned to achieve final victory by killing his Master alone.

"This is truly unexpected, yet perfectly logical!"

Fu Le couldn't help but sigh.

While Fu Le was marveling at Emiya Kiritsugu's ruthless killing, Tokiomi Tohsaka, at the Tohsaka residence, put down his communication device with a worried expression. Just moments before, Kotomine Risei had told Tokiomi that Lancer had been eliminated.

This greatly surprised Tokiomi Tohsaka.

After all, during the day, Tokiomi Tohsaka was still using his family's influence in the area to search for Kenneth's whereabouts.

He was prepared to help Kenneth out.

He doesn't need Kenneth to be with him; he just needs Kenneth to be there.

This will allow them to hold off Fu Le and the others.

After all, Fu Le and his group, along with Matou Kariya, had already formed an alliance of four.

Of the remaining people, only Tokiomi Tohsaka and Kenneth were left.

Kenneth would never ally with them.

So as long as he can protect Kenneth, the opposing team won't be able to effectively surround and eliminate him.

Even the strongest Saber could not recover to her full strength.

At the right time, Lancer can also launch a surprise attack on the opponent.

This was a method that Tokiomi Tohsaka came up with after thinking about it all night.

But before he could realize it, news of Lancer's departure had already reached his ears.

Lancer is dead.

This means that Saber has regained her peak combat power, and it also means that the remaining Servants will have the strength to surround and defeat her.

Thinking of this, Tokiomi Tohsaka immediately headed towards Gilgamesh's room.

Meanwhile, Gilgamesh was enjoying a fine wine.

At this moment, Tokiomi Tohsaka offered Gilgamesh advice that they needed to leave.

Tokiomi Tohsaka is going to abandon the Matou residence.

The current state of the Holy Grail War no longer allows him to continue with elegance.

Now he is on one side.

Saber, Rider, Berserker, and Caster are on one side.

Apart from them, no other force can disrupt their battle.

Then the opponent's next step will definitely be to encircle and suppress you.

Even Tokiomi Tohsaka, who trusted Gilgamesh implicitly, wouldn't be so arrogant as to win against four opponents single-handedly.

It's so hard.

Therefore, Tokiomi Tohsaka realized that he could not possibly confront Fule and the other three directly.

It would be best to kill one of them before they are ready, then it will be much easier to fight three against one.

If he could kill one more person, Tokiomi Tohsaka believed that Gilgamesh would be able to win in a two-against-one situation.

Therefore, in order to avoid encountering or being surrounded by Fu Le and his group, Tokiomi Tohsaka had to move out of the Tohsaka residence first.

After all, it's too obvious that Tohsaka is a fan.

If he continues to wait at the Tohsaka residence...

They might not even make it to tomorrow; they could be surrounded and wiped out tonight.

Therefore, Tokiomi Tohsaka must hide first.

He made it impossible for Fu Le and the other three to find him.

Then he could continue operating.

Moreover, Tokiomi Tohsaka had already found a hiding place, which was the Church of the Holy See.

As the location of Risei Kotomine, the referee of this Holy Grail War, the Church is definitely the most secretive place.

It would be hard for outsiders to imagine that they would be hiding there.

Even if they guessed it, they might not dare to take action.

But now Tokiomi Tohsaka faces the question of whether Gilgamesh is willing to follow him to the Holy Church.

This is the real problem.

Tokiomi Tohsaka knew all too well just how proud that king was.

He would absolutely not agree if you directly suggested hiding there.

Therefore, Tokiomi Tohsaka decided to use the art of language.

It would be best to persuade Gilgamesh.

He doesn't have that much time left.

In the end, Tokiomi Tohsaka persuaded Gilgamesh, and then Tokiomi Tohsaka quietly left the Tohsaka residence and headed towards the Church of Christ.

Tokiomi Tohsaka kept a very discreet demeanor throughout the journey.

He believed that the other Servants had not discovered his whereabouts.

But he was unaware that his every move was being monitored by Fu Le.

"He actually went to the Holy Church!"

Medea reported to Fu Le.

"As expected."

Fu Le nodded slightly.

Fu Le believed that Tokiomi Tohsaka would definitely leave the Tohsaka residence.

Although the Tohsaka residence was filled with all kinds of magic and was Tohsaka Tokiomi's magic territory, it was no match for the four Servants.

In this situation, the Tohsaka residence was a complete burden to the Tohsaka family.

Therefore, he had to leave the Tohsaka residence.

As for going to the church, where else could he go?

"Should we immediately contact Saber and Rider to surround and kill Archer?"

"Let's not use it for now. Let's give Tokiomi Tohsaka another night to dream."

Fu Le said with a light laugh.

Defeating Gilgamesh by focusing fire was absolutely crucial in this Holy Grail War.

Once this is accomplished, the Holy Grail War will be nearing its end.

Therefore, Fu Le did not intend to rush things.

"Let's give Kiritsugu Emiya and Artoria a day to let the breakdown in their relationship fester."

Fu Le responded in this way.

Now that Kiritsugu Emiya and Artoria have just broken up, we shouldn't disturb them at this time; let them resolve their differences peacefully.

After all, what Kiritsugu Emiya did was simply too much for Artoria to accept.

This is because the two have different values.

Although this is partly due to Artoria's issues, such as her not being mentally prepared.

However, this also involves Kiritsugu Emiya. He knew that his Servants disliked doing certain things, but he never considered making any temporary changes in order to make his Servants obey him.

Let's continue using Tokiomi Tohsaka and Gilgamesh as examples.

Faced with the proud Gilgamesh, Tokiomi Tohsaka willingly became his subject, holding Gilgamesh in high esteem.

This was to get Gilgamesh to fight for him.

If he hadn't failed to grasp just how strong Gilgamesh truly was, causing a rift in their relationship, he might have won.

If Kiritsugu Emiya had summoned Gilgamesh instead, Gilgamesh would have killed him long ago, given his actions.

Therefore, the breakdown in the relationship between Kiritsugu Emiya and Artoria was caused by both of them simultaneously.

If left unchecked, their relationship will only deteriorate further.

"By the way, Medea, how's the Holy Grail situation going?"

After deciding not to attack Gilgamesh tonight, Fule asked Medea.

(End of this chapter)