My mother's love song

“No, no…!”

She shook her head: Could it be that I have Stockholm syndrome?

That child was the one who prevented her and her husband from seeing each other and took Lancer away from the Einzbern camp.

But... although Rhode said "Irisviel is already my woman", he did not really tarnish her reputation.

"...!"

At this moment, an idea flashed through Irisviel's mind.

Rod sleeps in my room every night. Is he protecting me silently?

The android princess bit her lower lip with her twitching teeth, and suddenly a strange feeling arose in her heart.

"Anyway, we need to inform Lord Rhodes and Lancer immediately."

As I lowered my head and sighed deeply, an alarm flashed through Irisviel's mind.

"!?"

A short-haired man with a slender figure and a dark monastic robe, who looked intimidating, was staring at him with a tense face at the end of the dark corridor.

She pronounced the man's name coldly.

"... Kotomine Kirei."

Emiya Kiritsugu, who had already left the stage of the Holy Grail War, the man he had once been so obsessed with, was standing there.

“Oh? Miss Irisviel, this is probably the first time we meet. How could a noble person like you know a nobody like me?”

Irisviel realized her slip of the tongue and regretted it deeply.

Kotomine Kirei continued calmly, "Since you know me, it's easy. Please come with me."

Is that what is happening? Irisviel narrowed her eyes.

At first she was confused as to how someone could be so stupid as to come and attack here.

After all, everyone knew that the owner of Einzbern City was the mysterious young man who easily defeated the Hero King.

From the perspective of the other camps, Lancer's Master Irisviel has become a captive of the young boy.

Kotomine Kirei's purpose is to kidnap this Holy Grail that has lost its Servant.

"To be honest, I was very disappointed when I learned that Emiya Kiritsugu had failed..."

Kotomine Kirei kept talking, but Irisviel couldn't hear a single word he said.

The enemy is a battle-hardened agent. Do you want to escape?

As the master of the barrier of Einzbern City, it is not difficult to escape from here.

As long as you go to Rhodes' room, you can ask him for help and kill the invader instantly.

Earlier, Irisviel sensed through the barrier that Rhodes was sleeping in the same bed with Lancer and Caster tonight.

Rhodes is now hugging Altria and Morgan, enjoying the family happiness.

When this information flashed through Irisviel's mind, a nameless fire suddenly rose in her chest.

"...!"

She immediately made a new judgment about Kotomine Kirei.

I want to kill the man in front of me.

Even she herself didn't know the reason.

Is it to prove your worth?

Or maybe he didn't want to disturb the three of them?

Alice only knew that she was very angry and she desperately needed to hit something to vent her frustration and dissatisfaction.

“…Huh?”

Looking at the homunculus walking towards him with dignity, Kotomine Kirei felt slightly surprised.

He knew very well that the Einzbern family was too focused on alchemy and was not good at using combat magic.

All three Holy Grail Wars were defeated in the early stages, all because the androids were extremely vulnerable to actual combat.

Well, the strongest reinforcements were clearly in the castle, so would Irisviel still fight him head-on?

"Forget it. There's no point in worrying about the circuitry of artificial humans."

Kotomine Kirei did not understand how advanced the alchemy of Einzbern had become.

He only knew that according to conventional magic theory, androids did not have souls.

They are incomplete species that only have spirit and body but no heart. Not to mention humans, even ghouls and goblins are superior to them.

It's just a puppet.

Kotomine Kirei didn't even take a fighting stance, but just passively entered the range of her mage attack.

Alice felt secretly delighted in her heart, as the other party was obviously looking down on her.

She raised her slender wrist with a grim expression.

Flowing between the fingers of both hands like a living thing is the soft and thin metal thread that has been hidden in the pocket of my pajama.

"O wreckage, give you life [shapeistLeben]!"

By chanting two bars, the Alchemist weaves magic in one breath.

Silver threads crisscross and trace, interweaving and combining with each other, eventually forming new creations.

It is a complex three-dimensional object that appears like a rattan handicraft, with ferocious wings and beaks, and sharp claws.

"kyeeee!!"

The one that screamed loudly as if it was cutting through space was an artificial life form created on the spot by alchemy. The silver eagle flew up from Irisviel's hand.

Flying like a bullet, with its razor-like beak raised, the Silver Eagle attacked at a speed beyond the imagination of the agent.

"Humph."

Kotomine Kirei was not afraid of the sharpness of the claws.

He used the skills of a Bajiquan master, and his strong fist hit the eagle directly in the abdomen.

"Well!?"

However, it was Kirei who made the sound of surprise.

When the eagle was hit by the fist, it turned into an amorphous silver thread and entangled his right fist.

Although he immediately tried to pull it with his left hand, the silver thread entangled his hand as well.

The silver thread that had just been flying in the air in the form of an eagle now bound Kirei's hands tightly like handcuffs.

"……snort."

Kotomine Kirei is a combat expert who has fought countless death battles in the past.

Without blinking, he rushed towards Irisviel.

There is nothing to be afraid of just having his hands blocked. He can just get close enough and launch a kick to decide the outcome.

"too naive!"

Irisviel scolded, injecting more magic power into the silver thread.

A bunch of silver threads stretched out from the silk bundles that bound Kirei's hands, and entangled the iron window of the nearby wall like a vine.

The silver thread continued to pull Kirei, and finally tied his wrists tightly to the iron window.

Even so, Irisviel was still at a disadvantage.

Kirei’s hands should have been crushed by the pressure of the silver wire, but his iron-like muscles were stronger than he could have imagined.

In order to strengthen the metal and keep it from breaking, Irisviel could only continue to pour in magic power.

While infusing magic power, she took out another ball of silver thread with her right hand.

She no longer has the energy to create another alchemical life form, but if it is such a thing, it can still be done.

A silver sword emitting a chill appeared in Irisviel's right hand.

It is over 2 meters long but as light as a feather, making it perfect for safely piercing the heart of a martial arts expert.

Then, in the next moment, Irisviel realized that she was the one who underestimated the enemy.

Boom! The deafening sound left Irisviel speechless.

The iron window and wall that bound Kirei were shaking violently.

Unbelievably, the agent was punching the wall with all his strength, with the back of his hand pressed against the bark.

The power of the feet stepping on the ground, the rotation of the waist, and the twisting of the shoulders are multiplied together to create a unique Chinese martial arts skill called "Inch Power".

Under Irisviel's desperate eyes, the centuries-old walls and iron bars were shattered in a few strokes.

There was no way he could win against a monster like him.

After realizing this fact, Irisviel, who had lost most of her will to fight, was caught off guard by Kotomine Kirei as he rushed into close range.

Afterwards, the agent effortlessly knocked the ceremonial sword out of the android's hand and kicked her to the ground.

Kotomine Kirei looked down at the doll's face indifferently, and then slowly pulled out the sharp black key from his arms.

Just as this evil man was about to pierce Irisviel with the black key, he suddenly stopped and showed a very confused expression.

It was not until this moment that Kirei realized something was wrong. The Servant who had led him into the castle had disappeared without a trace.

"...?"

The agent stood still, his brain working at high speed, and a chill came from his back.

A crisp voice came from the front.

"Uncle, is this what you are looking for?"

Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle...something rolled towards him from the darkness.

"...!!!"

What hit the agent's ankle was a bloody human head.

The black-haired boy slowly walked out of the darkness, and Rhodes pointed at the head on the ground and said to him.

“Here… I’ve returned the Berserker to you, Father Kotomine.”

Chapter 074: Rhodes Arrives and Kills Them All in Seconds [4K5]

"Woman, let me ask you a question."

Kotomine Kirei asked, looking down at the face of the loser.

"Why on earth didn't you run away?"

"..."

Irisviel bit her lower lip, her crimson eyes glaring angrily.

"I ask again, woman... where does your will to fight come from?"

Kirei's question was something he really wanted to know.

Why would a soulless puppet become an enemy of me?

There was one thing Kirei had already seen through: there were no Command Seals on the backs of the androids’ hands.

As long as Lancer is still alive, she is no longer the Master of the Servant.

I'm afraid the Command Seal was taken away by that black-haired boy.

This also means that the Einzbern family has been completely defeated.

So, what is this woman, now a captive, fighting for?

Many ideas emerged in Kotomine Kirei's mind, but he rejected them one by one.

No matter how hard I think about it, I still can't figure it out.