After dinner, Annuo and Xiang An seemed to want to drink some wine, and Taiga Fujimura also joined in the fun. Shirou Emiya finally found Akuko in his yard.
Kazuko was sitting alone on the edge of the yard, holding a book in her hand as usual, as if she was reading in the faint moonlight. She didn't know if she could see clearly this way.
"Let me tell you in advance, we are enemies now."
Adako didn't raise her head, but said something in a neutral tone.
"...Then you still come to my place to get food."
After a moment of silence, Emiya Shirou responded wordlessly.
"Because I didn't cook tonight for reconnaissance, I came here to eat."
Kazuko's answer was very reasonable and confident.
"All right......"
Emiya Shirou sighed and sat on the other side.
"Speaking of which, Hinako-sama, why do you want to participate in this Holy Grail War?"
"You want to obtain the Holy Grail. What will you do after obtaining the Holy Grail?"
Emiya Shirou lowered his head and asked Akuko.
Without desire, you will not become a Master.
Every magician who becomes a Master must have a wish that needs to be fulfilled with the Holy Grail...at least that's the case for the three non-fixed quotas.
Otherwise, he will not be chosen by the Holy Grail - according to what Akuko and Kotomine Kirei said, this is an inevitable rule.
"I said, we are enemies, why do you think I would tell my enemy my wish?"
Akuzuko said, looking up at Shirou Emiya.
"Enemies or something... Although it sounds a little naive, I don't want to regard Sister Jie as an enemy."
"You have taken care of me for so long, how could you really treat you as an enemy? So... I'm just a little curious."
"What kind of wish would make you, Sister Jie, take the initiative to pursue the Holy Grail?"
Emiya Shirou had a wry smile on his face.
He really couldn't regard Kazuko as his enemy.
He only hopes that... Akukoko's wish to pursue the Holy Grail is not that...
In other words, not the so-called "bad guy".
He and Akuko have known each other for ten years, but they have never seen through the reality of this "Akutsu-sister". She always hides herself behind the book, maybe observing, maybe...
...distracted.
All I know is that Akuzu-san is a very mysterious person. She once knew Emiya Kiritsugu, and Akuzuko's mood usually doesn't seem to fluctuate at all.
"You really want to know?"
Akuko put down the book in her hand and suddenly looked at Emiya Shirou seriously.
"...I want to know."
Emiya Shirou nodded seriously.
Kazuko turned her head away, as if she was thinking about something, then raised her head and looked at the moon in the sky.
"I just want to resurrect my husband."
"well?"
"Uncle, let's go."
Before Shirou Emiya could react, Akuzuko stood up, shouted into the room, and walked towards the door on her own.
Emiya Shirou, who was left a little shocked and at a loss, was still sitting in the same place.
"Hey? Are you leaving now?" Xiang An stuck his head out with a confused look, but still followed him.
Emiya Shirou clenched his fists and lowered his head.
Did you...did you do something wrong?
...
"There's no need to think so, Shirou."
Annuo expressed relief.
"Actually, I wanted to say this in the morning, Shirou, you seem to have very bad assumptions about most things."
As he spoke, he patted Emiya Shirou on the shoulder.
"Although the nature of the Holy Grail War is indeed a fight between cruel magicians, there is essentially no high or low in such things as wishes."
"Using battle to decide the winner may seem absurd to you, but in fact, it is indeed a rare opportunity for those of us who have long been buried in history by time."
Shirou was silent for two seconds and pursed his lips.
"Then can it be said that using wishes can rationalize killing the other party?"
"This involves a matter of personal morality."
Annuo sighed and then raised his head.
"I understand that if you want to be a partner of justice, you will naturally have to endure evil that extraordinary people can endure. It is precisely because of this that the so-called Holy Grail War is not a normal event after all."
"After all...magicians, for the most part, on many levels, they no longer possess human morality."
Does the magician... no longer possess human morality...
What kind of world is the world of magicians...?
Emiya Shirou became curious about the world for the first time, but obviously, it was not a good curiosity.
"Sister Mustard is a magician, and her wish is to resurrect her dead husband."
"I don't know the wishes of Shinji and Sakura, but considering their personalities, I don't think they would make any strange wishes using the Holy Grail."
"As for Tohsaka... I don't know her very well, so I can't comment."
"I was just wondering... Could it be that my wish is the only one that is really weird?"
"No need to belittle yourself."
Annuo shook his head slightly.
"I said, no matter how high or low your wishes are, just try your best to realize them, Shirou."
"I will support you."
Although saying these words is not enough to completely solve the confusion of a young man who is still a little confused, but... at least it can allow him to briefly break free from the things he is entangled in.
...
"Demon nature...so why does such a thing appear?"
Tohsaka Rin studied the blood, and finally she found out what the strange smell in the blood belonged to.
Demonic nature, very strong demonic nature, and...
This magical feeling is still very...exciting?
Yes, just excited.
Although the owner of the blood has a lot of blood flowing through him and must be in a weak state, the problem is that the demonic activity in this blood is very strong.
Like being happy?
So why are you happy?
Tohsaka Rin doesn't know the answer.
"I don't know when Archer will come back... Phew, it's so annoying. There are so many troublesome guys appearing in this Holy Grail War."
Although I don’t know who the owner of the blood is, it’s definitely not a good thing.
A servant with magical properties... an anti-hero? Why would such a thing be summoned from the Holy Grail...
Although the record is no longer very clear, she remembers that the Holy Grail system that was built at the beginning should not be a summoning system that can only summon positive heroes?
Moreover, it should be based on Western magic and can only summon Western servants.
Judging from the servants summoned in the last Holy Grail War, it seems that this has been broken...
So, will the Holy Grail system also evolve and improve itself?