As a priest, Kotomine Kirei stood in the drizzle, with a cross hanging on his chest and a book in his hand.
It was he who presided over the funeral of Tokiomi Tosaka.
"He will surely stand in this world at the end of time."
Behind Kotomine Kirei, Tosaka Aoi, Tosaka Rin, Matou Kariya, Matou Sakura and several others stood. Tosaka Aoi and Matou Sakura were both sobbing quietly. Tokiomi Tokiomi had not yet left.
Breaking free from the sadness of his death, Matou Kariya looked heavy and said nothing.
Tohsaka Rin, on the other hand, silently clenched his fists.
There seemed to be some change in her eyes.
"After my flesh is destroyed, I will be able to see God outside of my body."
The rain slid down the side of Kotomine Kirei's face and dripped on the ground.
"I will see him with my own eyes, seen with my own eyes."
"My heart is full of hope."
"Amen."
The books are closed.
Tohsaka Tokiomi's funeral is over.
The guests attending the funeral walked out of the cemetery one after another, and in the end only Tohsaka Aoi, Tohsaka Rin, Matou Kariya, Matou Sakura, and Kotomine Kirei were left.
"Rin, Sakura..."
Tohsaka Aoi held her two daughters in her arms and cried softly.
"Mother......"
The younger Sakura saw her biological mother whom she had not seen for a long time and couldn't stop crying.
Rin bit her lip and broke away from Aoi's arms.
"You are a strong boy, Rin."
Matou Kariya looked at this seven-year-old child who had broken away from the sadness of his father's death with a slightly complicated look.
"As the new head of the Tosaka family... I must be strong."
Tohsaka Rin clenched her fists, with sadness in her eyes, but she tried her best to control her tears so that they would not fall.
"Don't worry, Rin, at least as your senior brother, I will give you corresponding help in the magic path. After the teacher recognized my magic, the teacher gave me a [mercury sword] as a gift, and in your magic path
When you are able to stand alone, I will give you a gift on behalf of the teacher."
"This is tradition and inheritance. I hope you will continue this behavior in the future."
"......I understand."
Tohsaka Rin did not raise his head to look at Kotomine Kirei, he just nodded and agreed with a slightly trembling voice.
"Don't worry, Rin. As the new head of the Tohsaka family, don't feel too much pressure."
Matou Kariya squatted down, with a rather gentle smile on his face, and helped Rin straighten his collar.
"I came here this time with the will of my brother, the head of the Matou family."
"The Matou family will unconditionally provide resources to help the Tosaka family rebuild, to demonstrate the close friendship between the two families for generations."
"I will also bring Sakura to visit you often."
Saying that, Matou Kariya smiled and rubbed Rin's head.
"Well...thank you, Uncle Kariya."
Rin responded.
Obviously, Matou Kariya is much more approachable than Kotomine Kirei.
Pursing his lips, Matou Kariya stood up and stood side by side with Kotomine Kirei. The two looked at each other, turned and walked away together, leaving the scene to the mother and daughter.
"I originally thought we were going to experience the Holy Grail War, but in the end, it was the Holy Grail War that changed us." As we walked, Matou Kariya said with a sigh.
"After all, we don't think of our followers as familiars... and luckily we don't think of our followers as familiars."
Kotomine Kirei shook his head.
It is self-evident what the consequences will be for those who regard their followers as familiars.
We don’t know what happened to Saber, but the final fate of Tosaka Tokiomi and Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald, who were simply treated as familiars,...
I can only say it is shocking.
"Even if we are magicians, we should have corresponding respect for history. Command spells are not omnipotent."
Matou Kariya looked at the back of his right hand and murmured.
"Speaking of which...you look completely different from before. What did Assassin do to you?"
Stopping, Matou Kariya looked at Kotomine Kirei curiously.
During the Holy Grail War, they had exchanged glasses for drinks, and since they had known each other before, they were relatively familiar with each other.
The feeling that Kotomine Kirei gave him now was completely different from before.
"Matō Kariya, in your eyes, what kind of person am I originally?"
Kotomine Kirei asked in return.
"Anyway, he won't be the person he is now."
Shaking his head, Matou Kariya actually couldn't describe that feeling.
"It just helped me find myself, and then imposed a constraint and agreement on me that I may not be able to break away from for the rest of my life."
He took out Zuo Cun's dagger from under his priest's robe.
Looking at Jin Ling, Kotomine Kirei said this.
"Yeah."
Matou Kariya thought of the painting hanging in his bedroom.
It was a painting that Manlio painted in his spare time. It was a reprint of "The Departure of the Giants". He still remembered Manlio's self-deprecating remarks such as "This is the most famous painting I have left."
"Anyway... please take more care of Rin from now on."
"Now that you are her legal guardian, she may... need your protection."
The Tosaka family is in decline and urgently needs to be rebuilt, and they are the ones who need to share the burden of the current Tosaka family head, Tosaka Rin.
At least until Tohsaka Rin grows up.
"My father said that the fallen are a monument, but the living must continue to walk."
"The Holy Grail War is over. It probably took less than a month in total. Our lives are still going on, right?"
During the Holy Grail War, the two men, who may have gained some growth, looked up at the cloudy sky, their thoughts gradually drifting away.
...
Emiya Kiritsugu came to pick up the boy he rescued from the rubble and discharged him from the hospital.
He adopted the child and named him "Emiya Shirou".
The adopted Shirou Emiya was obviously still a little uncomfortable with the new life that was about to come, and the pain of losing his loved ones made him seem a little taciturn.
"This doesn't look like something you would do."
Akatsuki appeared next to Emiya Kiritsugu at some point, holding a book in her hand as usual, and peering at Emiya Kiritsugu from behind the book.
"...I no longer want to let any life leave my life."
Emiya Kiritsugu's eyes were still expressionless, and he answered Akuko numbly.
"...I may go to Germany in a while. Can I ask you to take care of Shirou?"