"Miss Mustard, why are you still following me?"
There is no longer any sanity in Irisviel's eyes.
But she still said these words.
To Akuko who was following behind her.
"...I'm actually curious."
Kazuko closed her eyes and followed Irisviel step by step.
It seemed like she couldn't bear to open her eyes and look at Irisviel.
"Why, why are you still supporting me when it is meaningless to continue to support the last bit of consciousness even though you have turned into a walking zombie?"
"Obviously, your life is just like an epiphyllum."
"Is it because of the man named Emiya Kiritsugu?"
Kazuko had no consciousness when she asked this question.
"why not?"
Irisviel's body was walking unconsciously, but the corners of her mouth were slightly raised.
"Everything I have is given to me by Kiritsugu."
"Both the meaning of life and the knowledge of life are all given by Kiritsugu."
"And...our daughter, ah, ah..."
"Ilia, my daughter..."
"You have a daughter?"
Kazuo was a little surprised.
"Ms. Akuko, do you know?"
"I'm scared."
"As a mother, I am not qualified, or even disqualified."
There was a touch of heart-piercing pain in Irisviel's voice, and Akuko could feel that pain even if she was just following her.
"I dreamed...I dreamed that the child Ilya cried and said to me..."
"'Mom, it hurts so much, it hurts so much, it seems like a hole has been opened in my soul, and seven huge things have entered my soul'..."
"I am afraid......"
"I'm afraid that Illya will end up like me..."
"What a sad day that would be..."
It was clear that there was no sparkle in her eyes, and even her body was no longer under her control, but Irisviel still cried.
but--
It's of no use.
They have already arrived at the Fuyuki Hall in the city.
The Holy Grail will descend here.
Irisviel's crying stopped.
At that moment——
Kazuko sensed it - danger.
The pupils shrank sharply, and the body elf, who was an immortal species, burst out at extremely fast speed and retreated backwards.
And Irisviel's body disappeared.
Turned into a——
Golden cup.
That's the Holy Grail.
It is also the... ultimate meaning of Irisviel as an artificial life form of the Einzbern family.
Now, in the Holy Grail War, the five Cavalry Servants have withdrawn.
Berserker【Ibaraki Doji】
Lancer【Diarmuid Odina】
Caster【Manlio Fedino Springer】
Assassin【Samura Anno】
Rider【Iskandar】
Their souls are now in Irisviel's body.
The souls of the Five Servants no longer allow the Little Holy Grail to exist in this world in human form.
But the Holy Grail seems to be a little strange.
--what is that!?
The eyes of Akuko who retreated violently flashed with uncertainty.
The Holy Grail——It seems to be filled with something!?
Is it an illusion?
Or--
Wow——
Mud gushes out.
Black mud gushes out from the Holy Grail.
At this moment, Anno, who was still helping Emiya Kiritsugu adjust his magic power, and Gilgamesh, who was thinking about something while holding a glass of red wine, noticed something at the same time and looked in the direction of the Fuyuki Civic Hall.
"Saber?"
Emiya Kiritsugu keenly noticed Anno's reaction.
"The Holy Grail has appeared."
An Nuo stood up and looked outside from the window of the temporary base.
"But... there's something wrong with the Holy Grail."
"——Kiritsugu, come with me!"
The two people rushed downstairs as quickly as possible and ran towards the Fuyuki Civic Hall.
On the other side, Gilgamesh's eyes were equally serious.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah...this kind of smell is not what I expected."
There was a bit of disgust and danger in his eyes, and he narrowed his eyes.
"With the five Cavalry Servants withdrawing, it stands to reason that the Holy Grail should have appeared, but judging from your Majesty's reaction...it seems that something happened?"
"Hey, Shinji, hold on to my hand."
Gilgamesh didn't explain too much, he just stretched out his hand to Matou Shinji with a cold face.
Matou Shinji stuffed all his pile of gemstone instruments into his backpack, carried it on his back, and grabbed Gilgamesh's hand.
A huge flying Noble Phantasm appeared, pulling Matou Shinji, Gilgamesh jumped onto the Noble Phantasm, and controlled the Noble Phantasm to fly towards the Fuyuki Citizens' Hall.
...
"what is that?"
Standing on the second floor of Kotomine Kirei's residence, Weber saw a bit of golden light in his field of vision - in the distant sky.
But why did that golden light give him a... frightening feeling?
"that is......"
To be continued...