I am the protagonist

It seems that the end of that Holy Grail War really brought up a lot of related issues.

Shirou is now certain that the Holy Grail has indeed disappeared.

The Holy Grail has no trace in the long river of time, unless the Holy Grail War simply vanished into thin air, otherwise such a situation would never occur.

However, such a situation should not exist.

The Holy Grail simply vanished into thin air.

But it's very strange that the Holy Grail disappeared after fulfilling someone's wish.

Although he didn't get the answer he wanted, Shirou felt that this answer was enough.

Shirou stood up and bowed slightly.

"I apologize for this unsolicited intrusion."

"Rin and I will leave first."

The old man watched the two leave, then shook his head helplessly.

"It's beyond my imagination that Kiritsugu Emiya's son has come to this."

Looking at that unfilial old man on the ground, he felt a surge of anger.

"Useless thing, not even as good as the son that Kiritsugu Emiya picked up!"

"The old man's time is running out..."

The Holy Grail has always been something the old man wanted.

It wasn't for any other reason; it was simply because he wanted to use the Holy Grail to materialize his soul and achieve an immortal transformation.

Unfortunately, the disappearance of the Holy Grail and the mysterious disappearance of the Greater Grail both exceeded the old man's expectations.

He originally thought that this Holy Grail War was over, so he could wait another ten years.

But now it seems that even waiting another hundred years won't do any good.

His wishes and obsessions all vanished at this moment.

Rin, who was being led away, was still completely confused and couldn't understand why the conversation was over.

"Shirou, is that all?"

"It's over, it's finished."

Do you think this is a very complicated conversation?

"No, it's actually very simple. As long as I confirm whether that old man did anything wrong, that's enough."

Shirou had already confirmed the situation regarding the Holy Grail a long time ago.

But the Holy Grail just vanished abruptly into the river of time.

It is precisely because he does not understand this situation that Shirou needs to confirm many things.

"To make a wish on the Holy Grail, you need the souls of at least five Heroic Spirits."

"In addition to the soul of the heroic spirit, it also requires magic power accumulated over ten years. Both conditions are indispensable."

“I can see both the old man’s past and his future.”

"The one who tampered with it made the Holy Grail disappear out of thin air, neither in the past nor in the future."

"That old man couldn't have achieved that with his abilities alone."

"So the old man didn't do anything wrong."

Because it's impossible to do so, we can confirm that the old man didn't do anything wrong.

Otherwise, Shirou would continue to have doubts.

Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Controller Remained in Hand

"The disappearance of the Holy Grail should not have been the work of people from this era."

"As for who did it, we don't know right now."

"However, it is enough for us as long as we are certain that it was not caused by people from this era."

The situation regarding the Holy Grail can be considered to have come to an end.

Although there are still many things to pay attention to, it's impossible to get to the bottom of things right now.

"Are you so sure that the old man didn't do anything about the Holy Grail?"

"How could that be? That old man must have done a lot of things; his expression said it all."

"But even he, who was thinking of doing something, showed that unwilling expression, which already shows that he was not the one who caused the Holy Grail to disappear that time."

“That old man… no, he can no longer be called a human being.”

"The tangible image we just saw was actually just a pile of insects."

"real!?"

"Yes, my eyes are not mistaken. His true form has turned into an insect, and that insect is hiding deep within the Matou family's territory."

That old magician really exceeded Shirou's expectations.

That appearance completely abandoned the identity of being human, and instead used the magic of insects to forcibly prolong the existence of oneself.

Sometimes, human desires are truly terrifying.

Feeling a pang of emotion, Shirou pulled Rin to his side.

"That old man is a magician who has lived for over a hundred years."

"Abandoning the human body, which decays, must be in search of a way to achieve immortality or eternal life."

"Perhaps that was the biggest reason why that old man pursued the Holy Grail."

The Holy Grail War was initiated in order to complete the materialization of the Third Law, the soul.

The essence of materializing the soul is to make the person who receives the ritual immortal, while turning the soul into a perpetual motion machine.

Whether it's a question of life or a question of magic, everything will be resolved in this moment.

Those who seek immortality will inevitably set their sights on the third method.

"But if someone like that is so angry about the disappearance of the Holy Grail, then he certainly wasn't the one who tampered with it."

Shirou was still somewhat curious about this.

There aren't many people who can touch the Holy Grail. The three founding families are the ones who created the Holy Grail, so they are the ideal candidates to do so.

The problem is that the Einzbern family, except for his sister, has been completely destroyed.

Only Rin and Sakura remain in the Tohsaka family.

The old insect from the Matou family had absolutely no intention of being the one to take action.

Could it be the Holy Church?

The Church of the Holy Church is a completely opposing organization to the Magic Association.

No, the possibility of it being a church church is also relatively low.

[The Holy Church may be quite hostile towards magicians, but such a terrible thing would not happen during the Holy Grail War.]

[If word gets out that this happened, the Holy Church will definitely incur the wrath of the Magic Association.]

The war between the two organizations will never end; this is definitely not the work of the Holy Church.

"Shirou?"

Shirou suppressed his thoughts.

"I won't think about complicated things."

"We had quite a few good results today."

"I think Shinji Matou won't bother us anymore."

"Ah, so you really did make a move against him."

Rin knew that Shirou was definitely going after Shinji Matou.

Shirou certainly did it, and he didn't hold back.

"After all, I don't want to have such a troublesome person watching me every day during my student life."

“I would also get a headache if he came over frequently and said, ‘Emiya, I need to ask you for help.’”

"Hmph, that guy is just lazy."

Rin has always disliked that kind of personality in people.

And of course, that guy's condescending attitude was absolutely disgusting.

"So, how did you do it?"

Rin suddenly became very interested in Shinji Matou's experiences.

"It's just that a lot of his past memories have been cleared away."

"We erased everything about us from his memory and gave him some hints about his thinking. He should be more likely to keep a certain distance from us in the future."

Shirou dislikes that kind of superior attitude.

It's none of his business who that guy wants to get close to; he just shouldn't hang around in front of him too often in the future.

"hint?"

"Those kinds of magicians are easy to figure out, aren't they?"

Shirou knew, of course, that hints were easy to decipher, but the hints he used were different.

His eyes turned a deep blue.

"Rin, my eyes can see not only the dead lines of objects and living things, but also some conceptual things."

"I can also see memories. As long as you give them a certain stimulus of death, those hints are the hardest to break."

"You can even see the concept?"

Rin suddenly felt that she needed to redefine Shirou's Mystic Eyes.

"Does that mean you can even see magic tricks?"

"It is indeed visible."

"It's just that unfamiliar magic tricks require some time to see clearly the trick's ending, but familiar magic tricks can be mastered in a glance."

"That's terrifying enough."

Rin truly understood why many people say that a magician with Mystic Eyes and a magician without Mystic Eyes are completely different concepts.

"As expected of a Mystic Eye of that level, its abilities are far more powerful than those Mystic Eyes I know."

“Even concepts can reveal death.”

"Those kinds of things are clearly invisible to normal people."

"However, you need to be more careful when using it, because the stronger the magic eye, the greater its influence on people."

"I remember that."

However, Shirou understood very well that this influence was actually almost negligible to him.

[Absolute calmness] allows him to remain calm at all times.

It might not work in personal matters, but Shirou can maintain absolute composure at any time when it comes to this kind of power.

Even if the whole world turned into graffiti, it wouldn't actually affect Shirou's life at all; it would just be a little uncomfortable to look at things sometimes.

However, because Shirou can control his Mystic Eyes, he can remain invisible when there are times when it's not necessary to see them.

The controller used was always kept by Shirou.

Chapter Ninety-Nine: Becoming a Magician

Back home, Medea was already standing in the entryway.

"Welcome home."

"I'm back, Caster."