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"So, is this Emiya?" Kotomine Kirei knew Emiya Shirou. He knew that Emiya Kiritsugu had adopted a son, but the son did not seem to have any talent for magic. When Emiya Kiritsugu died, he did not leave his magic seal to Emiya, so he just took care of Emiya Shirou before. The current Emiya Shirou was very different from the one he remembered.

This is a dramatic change that cannot be changed by natural growth.

This unknown factor that was beyond his control caused a slight ripple in his heart, which was as calm as a lake.

Happy. Really happy.

"Emiya Shirou, I am grateful for your guidance, my adopted father, Emiya Kiritsugu."

"What? A brat like this is also going to participate in the Holy Grail War?" Kotomine Kirei did not say anything. Instead, the blond young man who was sipping red wine spoke up, "He is actually the adopted son of that man. He doesn't look like him at all."

"Hero King Gilgamesh..."

Shirou Emiya's adoptive father was active in the Fourth Holy Grail War, but actually had no connection with the strongest Heroic Spirit, but Gilgamesh was able to learn what Kiritsugu Emiya was like from other people.

"Kid, you know my real name. Did you learn it from that notorious magician killer?" Gilgamesh actually didn't mind others knowing his real name. Other heroic spirits were afraid of having their real names known, and then being targeted with Noble Phantasms and killing spells, but a proud king like Gilgamesh was not afraid of such a thing happening. He didn't tell others his real name only because he felt that the person's status was not worthy of it.

"Hero King... Gilgamesh..." Rin had never thought that the blond young man who always hung out with Kotomine Kirei was actually the oldest king in human history...

Chapter 53 Did You Misunderstand Something?

"Emiya Shirou. The last Master, is that you?

“From the looks of you, it seems that you were not chosen in a hurry.

"Did the notorious magician killer tell you that?

"You seem to know a lot of things, but do you really understand this cruel world of magicians?"

Kotomine Kirei was very excited, which was rare.

Toosaka Rin had never seen the stern, serious, and unsmiling Kotomine Kirei show the expression he had now.

I could actually sense a hint of joy in his voice.

I smell something unusual, and because things are out of control, I feel the concept of the word "interesting" from the bottom of my heart.

Kotomine Kirei was born missing a part of his human nature, the "love" he should have. When others feel something is beautiful, he cannot understand why it is beautiful or why he is loved by others.

Since childhood, he has accepted the arrangement from his father, and learned magic and practiced martial arts under the arrangement of the church. He restrained his desires and nature as an executor of the church.

He originally thought that this would be his life, marrying a wife who loved him and having a beautiful daughter.

But he never found anything in these relationships that could make him feel better.

His wife committed suicide in order to tell him that he was also worthy of being loved.

But Kotomine Kirei, who was hugging the body of his dead wife, did not feel any sadness.

His wife's death did touch him, but it didn't make him feel guilt, sadness, or anything like that.

He was just confused.

I don’t know what the point of doing this is, nor what the meaning of living is. *

He began to look for the meaning of his life. He was alone and was looking for people like him.

He once thought that Emiya Shirou's adoptive father, Emiya Kiritsugu, was the same person as himself, the same kind as him.

It was only at the end that he realized that Emiya Kiritsugu was not of the same kind as him.

The alien who had never thought about living for himself since he was born felt confused on the day his wife died.

Are you tired of living the same routine life as before, or what?

It wasn't until ten years ago, during the Fourth Holy Grail War, that he found his goal.

At Gilgamesh's instigation, he personally killed his long-time teacher, Tōsaka Tokiomi.

For the first time, I felt the emotions that humans should have.

For the first time in so many years, I felt the feeling of joy.

The heinous act of killing one's teacher made the fake person, who had always lived according to his teacher's and father's wishes, feel something different.

Ten years had passed, and the son who he thought was an old friend of the same kind stood in front of him again. He had escaped his original fate and gave people a feeling that was so strange and attractive.

Emiya also felt a little strange. Kotomine Kirei's attitude towards him seemed a little too enthusiastic, as if this was not in the original plot line.

He overlooked that his temper after training was completely different in the eyes of others. It is natural to have different attitudes towards different people.

The original Emiya Shirou was not at all in the eyes of Kotomine Kirei and the others.

“Kiritsugu didn’t tell me these things. After going through formal training, I understood how much Kiritsugu didn’t want me to be a magus.

"It was another friend who told me the truth about the fire in Fuyuki City ten years ago and the inside story of the Fourth Holy Grail War.

"Including the existence of the heroic spirit named Gilgamesh."

When the King of Heroes was mentioned again, Toosaka Rin's heart sank. As a magician who had been exposed to the Holy Grail War in an orthodox way, she knew how powerful the heroic spirit of Gilgamesh, who had the titles of the Most Ancient King and the King of Heroes, was.

These summoned Heroic Spirits will manifest into specific skills or Noble Phantasms according to their own legends, resulting in Heroic Spirits with great fame and powerful historical legends also being very powerful when they appear in the world.

She was a little worried that Emiya would be killed by Gilgamesh after quarreling with the other party, even though she had already experienced the power of Emiya and that heroic spirit.

But she still couldn't believe that an unknown heroic spirit and a half-baked magician could defeat the King of Heroes with such a reputation.

"In that case, you should know that I not only killed Rin's father, but also your father."

"You didn't kill him," Emiya Shirou corrected.

"Yes, he survived for a few more years. During these years, the influence of the Holy Grail and the aftereffects of excessive use of magic made him suffer so much that he wished he was dead. It was more terrifying than death.

"Are you going to kill me for causing your adoptive father, Emiya Kiritsugu, to suffer like this?"

Kotomine Kirei looked at Emiya Shirou with eager eyes.

"You, what are you expecting?" Now even the usually mature Emiya Shirou was a little confused. As Hinata Hajime said, Mapo was not normal in the head.

"Yeah, I'm looking forward to something." Kotomine Kirei's enthusiasm was dampened by Emiya Shirou's words. Just as Emiya Shirou said, he shouldn't expect anything.

Even though his own strength had declined after being soaked in the malicious sludge of the Holy Grail, he was still not someone that this high school boy who had just changed his ways and had not yet inherited the Magic Mark could fight against. If the other party wanted to attack him, they could only rely on the power of the Heroic Spirits, but neither he, Lancer, nor even Gilgamesh could smell the scent of any other Heroic Spirits.

It's really unlikeable for a Master to appear without bringing his own Heroic Spirit with him, exposing himself to danger.

He is indeed a half-baked magician who has become a monk.

Of course, everyone on Emiya's side actually knew that there was actually another heroic spirit hiding in the void, King Hassan. As the ancestor of assassins, his assassination skills were so superb that even a heroic spirit like Gilgamesh could hardly detect him.

"You turned against the murderer of your father, but you didn't even dare to take action. Is the last Master a coward like you?"

"Have you misunderstood something?" When the first byte of the voice was still in front of Kotomine Kirei, the second byte was already behind Kotomine Kirei. Then Kotomine Kirei felt a strong force coming at him, his legs were kicked over, and he fell to his knees on the ground. A black and white dagger was placed in front of his throat. The blade was so sharp that as long as Kotomine Kirei took a step forward, the blade of the dagger would be able to cut Kotomine Kirei's throat.

Shirou Emiya's sudden action changed the atmosphere in the entire venue. Even Gilgamesh, who was originally tasting red wine, couldn't help but show an interested look after seeing this scene.

“Interesting…”

Chapter 54 Anyone can kill Kotomine Kirei

"Interesting. Interesting. Really interesting.

"A half-baked magician suddenly burst out with such speed that even this king had to look askance.

"I wonder how much interest I can still have in a mortal like you?"

He stared at Emiya Shirou in front of him with bloodshot eyes, and saw some shadows of the magician killer at that time in him.

Of course, he didn't have much communication with Emiya Kiritsugu, so the impression was not that deep.

"Interesting." Even though the blade was suspended in front of his neck and could cut his throat in just one step, Kotomine Kirei still didn't feel afraid.

No, it’s not that I’m not afraid. Faced with the threat of death, my body is shaking with fear. But rather than being afraid, I feel a little pleasure in my heart because of the fear.

“I haven’t felt such a joyful feeling since I killed my own master ten years ago.

"Before I was about to be killed, I regained the emotions that I should have as a human being..."

"Kirei..." Even Toosaka Rin couldn't help but reveal a feeling of pity.

It was only in the next second that Toosaka Rin realized why she should feel pity for Kotomine Kirei. After all, he was the murderer of her father.

Looking back, it was not pity, but fear of seeing a familiar person die in front of me. Fear of the butcher knife of the perpetrator being used on me.

But the question arises again, Kotomine Kirei is clearly not dead yet, he is clearly still there talking, talking about the grave sins he committed ten years ago, Kotomine Kirei is clearly still alive, but why do I have the feeling in my heart that "he is already dead".

She shifted her gaze to that young man, Shirou Emiya, who was emitting the aura of death all the time.

"Death", these two words flashed through her mind.

Even though he was just an ordinary-looking high school student from the island country, at this moment, everyone felt that he was the "God of Death".

"Are you going to kill me? Are you going to kill me?"

Kotomine Kirei is not afraid of death, but at the same time, he doesn't like death either.

But at this moment, he tried his best to ask Shirou Emiya to kill him, because the appearance of Shirou Emiya made him feel the pleasure he had never experienced in his life.

"And if I were to be killed by him like this, maybe it would be more pleasant..." He thought so.

In some ways, Kotomine Kirei is very similar to Enoshima Junko from Danganronpa, except that Kotomine Kirei is not pursuing despair, but only pleasure.

"I won't kill you." Emiya Shirou took the knife away from Kotomine Kirei's neck. He himself didn't know how to deal with Kotomine Kirei.

Unlike Hyuga Hajime, Emiya Shirou is a kind person who sticks to his own code of conduct.

"Why?" Kotomine Kirei was not surprised, but asked instead.

Toosaka Rin and Gilgamesh also want to know the answer to this question.

Even Toosaka Rin herself didn't realize that she was relieved after Emiya Shirou decided not to kill Kotomine Kirei.

It wasn't because of any feelings between Kotomine Kirei and her, it was just the feeling of grief that a familiar person was dying in front of her, being killed by a beast called "death". If it was someone else, not the current Emiya Shirou, who killed Kotomine Kirei, she would not be worried, but would cheer loudly.

Just because the other party she is facing is too powerful, she will subconsciously seek help from others.

"The one who killed Kotomine Kirei could be anyone, but not Emiya Shirou."

Not only Toosaka Rin felt this way, but Emiya Shirou himself also felt the same way.

"Anyone can kill you, but it shouldn't be me. This is a decision I made before coming here." Emiya Shirou walked to the shadows behind Kotomine Kirei and began to explain why he did this.

“Before dealing with you, I understood the grudge between you and me.

"To be honest, I really want to kill you. What you did indirectly led to the death of my biological parents and adoptive father. You and I have an irreconcilable hatred. The resentment in my heart is almost overflowing. However, precisely because I hate you, I cannot kill you."

Shirou Emiya had a calm expression. He stroked his chest with his right hand and felt the strong beating of his heart.

“I have always had an ideal, which is to become a partner for justice.

“On the road to becoming a partner of justice, the first thing you have to face is your childish and immature self.”

Archer, who was watching and listening to all this secretly, felt like he was being cueed. He had drowned in his own ideals once before, and now he became childish and immature.

“I know how I have lived these past ten years. I wanted to be a partner of justice and practiced it. I helped anyone who asked for help, feeling guilty about the deaths of the residents of Fuyuki City. I lived on thin ice.

"If I kill you out of resentment for my father's death because of you, then my life will be meaningless. My ideals will also be meaningless.

"Killing you won't change anything."

"So, you're going to let me go?"

"No." Emiya Shirou shook his head. "Even if I don't kill you, someone will punish you for what you did on my behalf, such as Rin-san."

Toosaka Rin didn't expect Emiya Shirou to talk about her. She thought Emiya Shirou was going to be so kind as to spare Kotomine Kirei, but Kotomine Kirei and she had a grudge against each other for killing their father.

"You killed your teacher, Lin's father, with your own hands. I have no right to forgive you on her behalf or on behalf of the others you killed.

"I can only not kill you now. Because right now, my heart is filled with anger and resentment that are about to burst out. If I let them control me, I will eventually end up like the head of the Matou family.

“The day I kill you will be the day I let go of my past hatred and you commit, or want to commit, an unforgivable sin.

"I'm not trying to let you go, but I'm trying to let myself go. I have to be responsible for my own affairs."

The reason why Emiya Shirou didn't kill Kotomine Kirei was simply that he didn't want to become a monster controlled by his emotions.

"Emiya-san..." Toosaka Rin didn't know how to evaluate what Emiya Shirou did.

At first glance, Shirou Emiya's behavior is a bit of a saintly bitch. He is right, he has no right to forgive him on behalf of his adoptive father, Rin's father, and other residents of Fuyuki City.