In this crossover anime, Yoshikage Kira longs for a peaceful life.

Inside the dining room at Eindzbern Castle.

"Caster? Okay, I understand."

Kira Yoshikage hung up the phone and cast a curious glance at Sakura and Irisviel, who were sitting next to him, as they were picking food for each other.

"Is there any new intelligence?"

Yoshikage Kira wiped Kohaku's mouth as he sat beside him and explained briefly:

"Father Risei Kotomine, sent by the Holy Church to oversee the Holy Grail War, issued a call to all Masters participating in the Holy Grail War, demanding that all Masters temporarily cease all fighting and prioritize eliminating Caster and his Master, who have seriously deviated from the Holy Grail War. The person who contributes the most will be given an additional Command Seal."

"Caster? What did he do?"

Saber, who was engrossed in eating, looked up in confusion.

"The secondary reason is that Caster's Master is a wanted serial killer, and after Caster was summoned, they became even more ruthless, capturing more than thirty children in just two days."

"What's the main reason?"

Irisviel's eyes showed some surprise and doubt.

If these are only secondary reasons, then isn't the main reason even more horrifying?

"The main reason is that they did not clean up or tidy up the traces at the scene."

"and many more!"

Saber slammed her hand on the table and stood up, her eyes filled with disbelief:

"What do you mean by 'not erasing the traces'? Shouldn't murder be the primary reason?"

"That's just because you don't know enough about magicians."

"In the Holy Grail War, it is not surprising in itself that Servants attack humans. In order to ensure the secretive conduct of the Holy Grail War, ordinary people who accidentally see or hear their Masters or Servants fighting are eliminated."

"Some magicians choose to erase their memories, but such people are a minority, and there is a risk that they may recall the events later. To be on the safe side, most magicians will directly order their servants to kill the witnesses."

"This is an unspoken rule among all parties involved in the Holy Grail War. The cost of killing a witness is actually lower than the risk of a 'mysterious' leak caused by letting the witness go."

"On the other hand, as Servants who exist on magical energy, they not only obtain magical energy from their Masters, but can also gain power by absorbing human souls."

“Those incompetent Masters who cannot provide enough magical energy to their Servants sometimes make up for the lack of magical energy by offering sacrifices to their Servants. In the eyes of a magus, this is also understandable.”

"Magicians have always considered themselves to be outside of reason, able to disregard ethics and right and wrong. Even if it requires sacrificing innocent ordinary people, as long as it is done secretly and covertly, it will be tolerated."

"Killing people is not a problem, capturing children to serve as sacrifices is not a problem, and even if the parents accidentally discover the children's capture and we have to kill their whole family, that's not a problem either!"

"The only problem is that they used magic without restraint when they killed people, and they didn't cover it up afterwards. This could lead to the 'mystery' being leaked, and the more people know about a mystery, the weaker its effect becomes."

“The unbridled spread of mystery among ordinary people will eventually lead to the complete disappearance of the mystery called ‘magic,’ and magicians who lose their magic will become ordinary people as a result. This is what they cannot tolerate.”

Yoshikage Kira's explanation was quite indifferent, even cold-blooded.

But for a 'magician,' this is the correct approach; no legitimate magician would care about the lives of ordinary people.

Magicians who care about the lives of ordinary people are actually a very small minority of outliers.

"Doing this kind of thing..."

Saber's eyes blazed with anger, her fists clenched. "Don't you feel ashamed?"

Faced with such an indignant question, the magician would probably retort, "Why should I be ashamed?"

Most magicians no longer see themselves as ordinary human beings. In their eyes, killing is probably like a lion eating a person—it's all part of the survival of the fittest in nature, something perfectly natural. Would you feel ashamed for eating a piece of pork for lunch?

But Yoshikage Kira isn't a magician, so—

"What is shame?" Yoshikage Kira asked.

"Come on, calm down, Saber."

Seeing that Saber was so angry she wanted to hit someone, Irisviel quickly ran over and grabbed her hand, "Neither Kira nor I are like that! I'm just a homunculus, and Kira isn't even a magician."

"Feel sorry!"

Saber sat down silently again. "I lost my composure."

Of course she knew they weren't like that, otherwise they wouldn't have laid out the bloody facts in front of her.

Perhaps this is how modern magicians make a living, but for Saber, who followed the ancient code of chivalry a thousand years ago, this is something she absolutely cannot accept or tolerate!

Irisviel asked:

"So, should we still participate in the operation against Caster?"

"I will participate!"

Saber replied without hesitation, "Even for the sake of those children, I will kill Caster and his Master!"

Even though she also aims to be a Caster, she is completely different from everyone else!

Yoshikage Kira neither confirmed nor denied this, but only issued a warning:

"Then you'd better not be soft-hearted. Even if the children they kidnapped are still alive, they've probably already been used as sacrifices and transformed into some kind of monster. Being soft-hearted during the battle will only harm you."

"I will remember that!"

Saber nodded solemnly. If such a thing really happened, she knew what to do!

Irisviel blinked. Although it was good that they could get along, wouldn't that make her seem like an outsider?

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"Cough cough!"

In a dark alley where sunlight couldn't reach, Matou Kariya leaned against the wall, coughing violently for a while, before slowly speaking:

"That's the situation. Caster and his Master are wanted by the Holy Church, and other Masters and Servants will likely target them. Continuing to be Caster's ally would be very disadvantageous for us. So, what do you think we should do now?"

"You are the Master, why are you asking me?"

Upon hearing Mordred's reply, Kariya Matou gave a wry smile:

"I don't even have Command Seals right now, what right do I have to order you around?"

“It has nothing to do with Command Seals. Although I really don’t want to cooperate with him, he has done you a favor after all, and his proposal is also beneficial to us.”

Mordred frowned slightly; Caster's suggestion was tempting. But it wasn't worth making enemies of other Servants for it. Mainly, Matou Kariya's body couldn't hold up; he probably wouldn't even last through a single major battle before being drained by the Crest Worms.

Seeing Mordred's hesitation, Matou Kariya asked:

"Should I change your Master first?"

Although he didn't care about his own life or death, if he continued to serve as Mordred's Master, Mordred wouldn't be able to fight to her heart's content.

"Who can you replace him with? Caster's Master? Don't be ridiculous, wouldn't that be even worse?"

"That's true."

Kariya Matou nodded silently. Although he was supposed to help Mordred find a new Master, he couldn't find a better candidate.

Leaving aside Caster's Master for the moment, Tokiomi Tohsaka is completely out of the running.

In his mind, the best choice would actually be Kirei Kotomine, the Master of the Assassins. After all, his Servant was killed by Archer, and if he were to become the Master of the Berserkers, he should be able to inherit his will and continue fighting against Tokiomi Tohsaka.

However, he was unable to contact Kirei Kotomine, so he had to give up for the time being.

"Then let's just ignore Caster."

Kariya Matou took a deep breath, calming the pain of his flesh being torn apart, and said in a low voice:

“Since his plan is to launch a night raid on Einzbern’s castle tonight, let’s go ahead! Anyway, your wish is to fight Saber, right? So it doesn’t matter if we don’t have Caster’s help. Caster’s only request is for you to challenge Saber, so this doesn’t violate our alliance with Caster.”

"Just to my liking."

Mordred patted Matou Kariya's shoulder hard, his eyes gleaming with excitement:

"I've wanted to do this for a long time!"

Kariya Matou nearly fell to the ground with those two slaps, staggering and barely managing to steady himself by grabbing the opposite wall. He smiled wryly:

"I know you're excited, but you can go a little easier next time, or I'm afraid I'll be killed by you before you finish your fight with Saber."

"Well, don't worry about the details."

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"Only three familiars?"

Tokiomi Tohsaka was somewhat surprised.

Kotomine Risei's voice came from the phonograph:

"Yes, if we don't count your familiars, there are only three. They should have been sent by the Matou family and Saber and Rider's Masters."

"Where is Lancer's Master? Has he really left the game?"

"It seems so."

"This is really unexpected."

Tokiomi Tohsaka muttered to himself.

He had heard about the 'natural gas explosion' at the Hyatt Hotel, after all, Kirei Kotomine's Assassin was present at the time. However, for some reason, Lancer easily discovered the Assassin's hiding place and killed him, preventing him from learning about the aftermath in time.

He had always assumed Kenneth was at least capable of protecting himself, never expecting that this magician who had reached the Color Rank would be killed so easily. Keep in mind, in this Holy Grail War, he was the only one whom Tokiomi Tohsaka was wary of.

He died so easily, becoming the first person to leave the Holy Grail War.

The clock tower's monarch nine-fold water bottle?

"It seems I overestimated him."

Tokiomi Tohsaka chuckled lightly. It was good that he was leaving; that way, no one else could pose a threat to him.

As long as the King of Heroes is there, he is invincible!

but……

Thinking of the King of Heroes who returned in a huff last night to question him, Tokiomi Tohsaka couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

Although as the Master, he didn't need to worry about being killed by a Servant, thanks to the Command Seals he still possessed, Archer's attitude was truly baffling. He was actually angry because Archer had ordered Archer to attack Saber; this king didn't seem to have much of a temper!

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"Hey, Mr. Bluebeard, it seems they're not following your orders."

Inside the sewer base, Ryunosuke Uryu looked at the image displayed in the crystal ball and asked in bewilderment.