My mother's love song

Even if he gave up his dragon body over billions of years.

Even though he was restricted to the Rider class within the framework of the Holy Grail War.

The man firmly believed that if it was a head-on battle, he could easily win if he was outnumbered 1 to 6.

However, the Holy Grail War is not a contest that can be won by brute force alone.

"Huh! Isn't that so?" the boy asked with his eyes wide open.

The man sighed and said, "Listen carefully, Rider. Although no one in this Fuyuki City can pose a threat to you, I am different. I am just a fragile human being.

If I die, it's all over.

Although you have the strongest skill of [Solo Manifestation], it doesn’t matter even if the Master dies, you can still win the Holy Grail alone... But do you really want such an incomplete victory?"

“…Yes.”

The young man nodded.

"If the Master dies, the victory will be incomplete. It's boring."

The man continued, "Well, so let's make a plan and eliminate the enemies one by one step by step."

"That's true. If it ends so soon, the fun I finally found will be gone."

Coming to the living room, the boy crossed his legs and sank into the sofa, talking while chewing some Japanese sweets.

The Master was not surprised by Rider's idea of ​​treating the Holy Grail War as a game to kill time.

When I first met him, the boy clearly said something like "I came to participate in the Holy Grail War because I'm bored after living for too long."

Although the magus himself is a human being who is out of touch with common sense, his own Rider is a monster that cannot be understood by human common sense.

Rider has lived for too long and has long lost interest in everything in this world.

The result is that the personality becomes quite distorted and extremely arbitrary.

Just like his childish appearance, he is innocent and extremely cruel in his heart.

If it's a man, the magic mark will be removed and he will be left to fend for himself. If it's a woman, she will be kept as a pet for entertainment.

If one day you suddenly feel that the Holy Grail War is boring, just withdraw.

If one day he suddenly feels that his master is not pleasing to the eye, he will kill him.

Even destroying the world would be a piece of cake for him if he got tired of it one day.

He just lives according to his own desires and has no extra feelings towards human beings.

This is probably because of the self-protection [wildness] that was born out of the loss of too many companions who they once loved over the long years.

I don't know whether to say it's unfortunate or lucky.

Rider seemed to be very fond of his Master, whom he had just known for a month.

"Because you're funny, Master."

The magician, who had no idea what was so interesting about a middle-aged man like himself, decided to change the subject.

"Rider, regarding the base we currently occupy."

"Oh, I understand. If the enemy attacks in groups, we should evacuate Einzbern City. I will cover your retreat. After all, you have to protect your Command Seals well."

Looking at the stunned man, the boy leisurely poured a glass of wine and said.

"You have to sever my connection with the Greater Holy Grail at the end of the Holy Grail War... In other words, if you want me to commit suicide, you have to prepare at least three Command Spells for it to work."

"...!"

The magician turned his eyes away guiltily.

His goal is to reach the root. If he wants to open the passage to the root vortex, he must kill his own servants as well.

His Servant had even discovered such a secret.

“Hehe. But unfortunately, your understanding is wrong, Rider.”

The man stroked his messy stubble and said with some pride: "I don't intend to let you commit suicide after defeating six Masters, because I don't intend to activate the Greater Holy Grail at all."

"……what?"

As the magician expected, Rider showed a surprised expression on his face.

This kid usually acts like he knows everything, but this is the first time he sees him looking so dazed, and the man feels a little refreshed.

"Wait, Master. Isn't your wish to reach the source?"

The boy witnessed the entire history of human development and even participated in the construction of the clock tower. He certainly knew that reaching the root was the dream of all magicians.

The man said, "That's right. My lifelong wish is to reach the source. However, that is not something that can be achieved with the Greater Holy Grail.

The miracle that Einzbern preached, the third magic [materialization of the soul]... I had no interest in it from the beginning.

I will never use other magi’s theories...Rider, I will open the path to the root in my own way."

As he spoke, the magician's eyes sparkled.

The man who exuded a heroic aura seemed to be a dozen years younger.

Attracted by the magician's glowing expression, the boy maintained a stiff posture and asked: Master...what do you want?

"All I want is for the Holy Grail to function as a wish-granting machine. And my wish has already been decided.

That is to make the spiritual veins in the land I own become as excellent and fertile as Fuyuki's.

I will study the path to the roots in my own way, on my own land, and accomplish what no one has ever done before."

the man

The magician named Aozaki said with a serious expression: "I will create a new magic [Fifth Magic]."

If magic is the world at the end of human wisdom.

Then magic is a solitary existence outside of heaven that is not covered by any of those things.

Eighteen hundred years have passed since the eve of the first year of the Western calendar, when the first magic was established.

The initial one changes everything.

The subsequent two recognized more.

The next three show the future.

The four that sustain hides itself.

And man's desire is to create a new miracle called the fifth.

“Mmm…Mmm.”

The boy sat on the sofa in a daze, unable to speak for a long time, and then at a certain moment he burst into laughter.

“Hahahahaha! So that’s how it is, hahahahahahaha!”

"What's so funny?"

The middle-aged magician who had just finished talking about his ideals blushed and asked unhappily.

"Master."

The boy said with a malicious smile: "If all you want is the wish-granting function of the Fuyuki Holy Grail, then I can make it happen for you right now.

You know, right? I have the ability to grant wishes. With a snap of my fingers, I can make Misaki City as full of special spiritual power as Fuyuki.

For me, who has accumulated magic power for more than a thousand years but never used it, all of this is a piece of cake."

"I refuse that kind of thing."

"That's really weird, why is that? Do you think it's embarrassing to ask me for help?

If you think so, then you are too arrogant...Human, you are still alive now because of me, right?"

The boy narrowed his eyes and waited for the man's response with an evil smile on his face.

His smile reminded people of the serpent in the Garden of Eden in religious picture books.

The middle-aged man stared at the young man and said calmly, "Because I want to win this Holy Grail War with you, Rider."

The young man was speechless.

Let’s enjoy the Holy Grail War together, the man said with his eyes.

"...Humph, that's so corny."

The young man was startled, then he drank the wine in the glass with a stern face.

"Then do your best, my Master...Aozaki."

After that, he stood up from the sofa and said, "I'm going to have fun with my sisters in Edelfeldt. Don't disturb me before noon tomorrow."

"Hey, stop it for a moment. If you damage them, it will be very troublesome to pretend that the Holy Grail War ended in a loss."

This is the kind of concealment that a mean and despicable human being would do.

But if he doesn't do this, Far East will be targeted by the Magic Association.

"Don't order me down like a Master, Aozaki."

The young man waved his hand slowly at him, "If you want to stop me, just use the Command Spell.

"Give the order with the Command Seal! Rider, take good care of your oregano!" ...Hahahahaha! I feel like this will become the stupidest Command Seal in the history of the Holy Grail War!"

"...I don't care about you anymore."

When the boy was about to leave the living room, the magician on the sofa suddenly stared at his back and spoke.

"Rider, what is your wish after obtaining the Holy Grail?"

The boy stopped and stayed where he was, without turning his head, he said: "Ah? I don't have a wish."

"Then I will use the Command Spell to order you to make a wish." The man said seriously.

"Before you use the Command Spell, I will chop you into pieces and throw you into the Weiyuan River."

The boy said calmly, "I only like the killing and distortion of the Holy Grail War. I have no interest in the wish-granting machine."

The man said, "Rider, you probably have a wish too. You just don't realize it."

The boy turned around and glared at him with vermilion pupils.

"You are so boring. How dare you, a mere Fuyuki Holy Grail, talk about wishes in front of me... Aozaki, if you keep talking, I will really kill you."

boom! ! !

There was a loud bang in the house.

The huge chandelier on the ceiling fell onto the dining table, and glass shards flew all over the magician.

But the man remained unmoved.

The magician was very curious.

What kind of wishes does a transcendent being who has lived for billions of years and possesses omniscience and omnipotence have?

No, I'm afraid it's not just out of curiosity.

As a friend, he wanted to help Rider.

Although his legs were shaking with fear, the magician still stared at the boy's back and said, "If you don't have a wish, you can't appear in the Holy Grail War.

Rider, you should also respond to the expectations of the Holy Grail. No matter what, you must have a corresponding wish.

The deepest desires in your heart that you are not even aware of."

"..."

Glancing at Aozaki's expression out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly had a sense of déjà vu.

In the distant past, people who had accompanied me also said similar things.

I don't understand why everyone says this.

Why do you all want me to have my own wishes?

Why does everyone want to make my wishes come true when I can obviously do everything myself?

"Aaaa...Aaaa..." Tiamat had said.

"What is your wish?" Aphrodite said.