My transformation into a beautiful girl started with a hemorrhage.

It was getting close to evening.

Kirei Kotomine arrived at Tokiomi Tohsaka's room.

"Teacher, I'd like to say goodbye before I leave Fuyuki."

"Sit down, I've been waiting for you for a long time, Kirei." Tokiomi Tohsaka brewed two cups of tea and handed one to Kirei.

He took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and looked at Kirei with satisfaction: "I am very proud to have a disciple like you. I hope that you can continue to maintain your friendship with the Tohsaka family, just like your late father. What do you think?"

"This is exactly what I've been hoping for." Kirei's voice was as indifferent as ever.

Seeing that Kirei Kotomine agreed, Tokiomi picked up the envelope he had prepared and handed it to Kirei: "After this Holy Grail War ends, Kirei Kotomine, I hope you can teach Rin as an elder. Although the form is simple, consider it my will, and also just in case."

Kirei Kotomine took the envelope, which was only the size of a palm. It was sealed with a wax stamp and had the seal of the head of the Tohsaka family on it.

Tokiomi added, "It contains a signature agreeing to pass the position of head of the Tohsaka family to Rin, and stipulates that you will be her guardian until Rin comes of age."

Kirei Kotomine accepted the envelope: "Give it to me. I will take responsibility and watch over your daughter as she grows up."

"Thank you, Kirei." Tokiomi was very grateful and took out a rectangular box.

"what is this?"

"This is a personal gift for you. Open it and take a look."

Kirei Kotomine picked up the box and slowly opened it, revealing an exquisitely crafted dagger.

“This is the Mercury Sword, proof that you have completed your apprenticeship in the Tohsaka family’s magic arts,” Tokiomi explained.

"I am a humble disciple, yet I have received such a great favor. I am truly grateful, teacher."

Kirei Kotomine took the dagger out of the box and examined it carefully, turning it over and over.

"I am the one who should thank you, Kirei. Now I can devote myself to the final battle with peace of mind." Tokiomi thought Kirei also liked the gift, but he did not notice the murderous intent in Kirei's eyes.

"It's so late, I'm really sorry to keep you up so late. I hope you can still catch your flight." Having achieved his goal, Tokiomi prepared to see his guest out and stood up to open the door for Kirei.

Because he had a spirit-like servant by his side, he was completely unaware of the impending danger.

"No, don't worry, teacher."

As Kirei Kotomine spoke, he gripped his dagger and approached Tokiomi from behind.

At this very moment, he was committing the heinous act of murdering his master, yet this very sinful act made him experience a feeling called "joy" for the first time in his life!

'Is this the beauty of the world? I feel it, Father.'

A sinister smile curled at the corner of his mouth, then he raised his hand and thrust forward...

Pfft!

The sound of a dagger piercing flesh was quite noticeable in the quiet room.

Caught completely off guard, Tokiomi was stabbed through the heart with a dagger. His face was filled with disbelief; he couldn't understand why Kirei Kotomine would kill him. But before he could think any further, his mind was instantly overwhelmed by the excruciating pain in his chest.

Kirei Kotomine whispered in Tokiomi's ear, "Because... I didn't book a plane ticket in the first place."

Shichen's eyes were bloodshot. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't utter a word. His life was slipping away in an instant, and in the blink of an eye... he died with his eyes wide open.

Kirei Kotomine looked at the corpse lying in a pool of blood on the ground, and said with a sigh, "Teacher, you are just like my father. Until the very last moment, you never understood what kind of person I am."

At that moment, he seemed to realize what kind of person he truly was.

Chapter 407 Transition

Fuyuki City enjoyed a rare moment of peace that night.

But this calm had an undercurrent of quiet before a storm.

In contrast to the desolation of Fuyuki City, the neighboring Zenjo is quite lively.

After a long day of work, the evening is a precious time for relaxation.

At the hotel, Hui and Xiaoying, having tasted the delicious food, could no longer stomach the hotel's food. So, they once again wrapped themselves in winter clothes and went out to eat something good.

This time, Hui learned her lesson and chose a restaurant with private rooms.

As for Mo Zhou, who had previously tried to pick up Hui, Hui easily shook him off in a deserted alley after leaving the barbecue restaurant.

Unfortunately, Sakura doesn't know magic anymore.

Otherwise, dealing with ordinary people like this, whether it's a little verbal suggestion, a basic visual deception magic trick, or even a more sophisticated memory modification... we could easily fool them, so why go through all this trouble?

That night, Kei glanced out the window towards Fuyuki City. There was no magical power erupting there like the night before, and Kei guessed that the remaining people were conserving their energy for the final battle.

"Let's fight, it would be best if we all perished together." Hui smiled mischievously, then turned and went to sleep.

Silent all night.

The next day was sunny again.

Irisviel's condition worsened, and she no longer had the strength to stand. She could only lie on the magic array in the new base warehouse, where the magic concentration was the highest.

Seeing this, Kiritsugu Emiya suppressed his grief and comforted his wife.

He already knew that the Einzbern family had transformed Irisviel into a vessel to hold the Holy Grail, and that the day the Holy Grail War ritual was completed would be the day of her death.

However, when he thought of their daughter Ilya, he could only accept this reality.

After instructing Maiya to keep an eye on Irisviel, he went to the Tohsaka residence alone, intending to deal with Tokiomi Tohsaka first.

Before leaving, Irisviel forcibly handed over the life-saving artifact, Saber's scabbard, Avalon, to Kiritsugu.

The holder of [Avalon] will heal from any injury and even stop any form of aging, although the actual effect is not that exaggerated.

Kiritsugu completely disregarded the agreement he had made with Tokiomi Tohsaka the night before. After all, they were both in the magic world, and contracts without a mandatory spell were just something to be taken with a grain of salt; whoever took them seriously would lose.

However, when he arrived at the Tohsaka residence, he discovered that there was no barrier set up in the yard, and not even any trace of human activity.

Kiritsugu Emiya went straight into the mansion, and sure enough, it was empty. He found a dried bloodstain on the carpet in the study, and two cold cups of coffee on a nearby table.

Kiritsugu stared at the coffee on the table for a long time, then stood up.

Considering Kirei Kotomine's attitude when Tokiomi sought an alliance with them yesterday, he had a vague guess in his mind.

He then collected traces of Tokiomi Tohsaka in the room, using tracking magic, and finally confirmed his location.

The blood on the ground is Tokiomi Tohsaka's.

As he was preparing to leave.

The phone suddenly rang.

Kiritsugu Emiya raised an eyebrow, instinctively feeling a sense of foreboding.

Sure enough, as soon as he answered the phone, he heard a series of gunshots and Irisviel's screams.

"Aili!" Kiritsugu's heart tightened, and he roared into the phone. After a breath, he forced himself to calm down and began to use Command Spells, "Use Command Spells to command my puppet!"

The Command Seals on his hand emitted a red glow.

"Saber, get back to the warehouse right now!"

……

On the other side of the city.

Saber drives through Fuyuki City searching for Iskandar's whereabouts, as Servants have a special connection with each other.

To be precise, it is an extraordinary sense of magical power, which, in addition to being adept at concealment, is a characteristic of the Assassin class.

She searched every street and alley in Fuyuki City, but by evening, she still hadn't found Iskandar.

As she pondered where the other party was hiding, she sensed the command of the Command Seals.

"Is it Kiritsugu?" Artoria didn't understand what had happened to make the man speak so urgently.

Under the force of the Command Seal, her body began to blur and then disappeared from the spot, appearing in a new base warehouse several kilometers away.

The bodies of heroic spirits are made of magic, or more accurately, of ether particles. These unique particles are inherently between the real and the unreal, making them very easy to traverse space.

If Heroic Spirits are real physical bodies, then the idea of ​​using Command Seals to achieve instantaneous teleportation is pure fantasy.

When Artoria appeared at the warehouse, all that remained was a scene of devastation.

Irisviel was nowhere to be found, and Maiya lay on the ground, her fate unknown.

"Maimi!" Artoria called out urgently, then quickly came to Maimi's side and carefully helped her up, only to find that her chest was covered in blood.

“Saber…” Maiya’s voice was weak and feeble.

"Don't speak yet."

Artoria was about to use her unfamiliar healing magic when Maiya stopped her.

"Quickly...get out...chase after...Kirei Kotomine...bring the lady..."

"But, in that case you..."

“I…I’m fine…Kiritsugu…I’ll be back soon…so…you hurry…” Maiya insisted.

Seeing this, Artoria had no choice but to grit her teeth and put Maimi down.

"Maiya, you must hold on until Kiritsugu returns. I will definitely bring Irisviel back."

Upon hearing Saber's assurance, Maiya smiled and nodded.

Artoria rushed out of the warehouse, jumped onto the roof, and looked around, trying to find Kirei Kotomine.

Then, in the distant sky, she spotted the aerial Noble Phantasm that Gilgamesh had used. Gazing intently into the distance, she could vaguely see Kirei Kotomine holding the unconscious Irisviel on the Noble Phantasm.

The flying artifact was as fast as a fighter jet and quickly disappeared into the horizon.

Artoria didn't dare to delay. Using the riding skill granted by her Saber class, she rode a motorcycle in pursuit of the direction where the Noble Phantasm had disappeared.

In the distant sky.

Gilgamesh looked at Irisviel in Kirei Kotomine's arms and joked, "Kirei, you have good taste. Even in my eyes, this woman is a rare beauty."

Kirei Kotomine replied with a blank expression, "King of Heroes, don't joke around. How could I possibly pursue such low-level interests?"

"Low-class?" Gilgamesh lectured. "Haha~, Kirei, this is not some boring thing, it is the ultimate pleasure that mankind has had since ancient times!"

Kirei Kotomine fell silent.

He truly had no interest in women; he was a man detached from base desires.