"In other words, do you want me to enlighten Shirou Emiya a little bit?"
"Why do you have such thoughts?"
Kotomine Kirei looked at Annuo standing opposite him and asked with some confusion.
"...Maybe it's because you are better suited to preaching than me."
Annuo shook his head gently.
"Although I have modern knowledge and concepts in my mind,... I am indeed not a person of this era. Some words will become powerless no matter what when I say them."
Besides...
As I haven't drawn my sword, maybe I really don't have the qualifications to say those words.
"By the way, you and Assassin know each other, right?"
Kotomine Kirei suddenly said.
"...You mean Zuo Cun?"
Annuo was stunned for a moment before he remembered that Kotomine Kirei was probably talking about Zuomura and not the Assassin from Ryudōji Temple.
"Although I don't know what your specific relationship is, I can't imagine why people from two far apart eras could be related... But in short, you know Zuo Cun and are with him.
The relationship is pretty good.”
"In that case, you should have heard Zuo Cun say about my true nature."
Kotomine Kirei looked at Annuo and said expressionlessly.
"Are you serious about asking a person like me to preach to righteous friends?"
Annuo naturally knew about this.
so--
He stretched out his hand and tapped Kotomine Kirei's chest.
Behind that cross, there is a promise.
"I believe in Zuo Cun's vision and choice."
Annuo just smiled.
...
The first thing to consider is what to do now while holding on to your strength...
Standing on the shoulders of giants, you can see more things...
Emiya Shirou lowered his head and clenched his fists, thinking.
"Tohsaka, Sakura, what happened before... I'm sorry. If you calm down and think about it carefully, what I did was indeed somewhat inappropriate."
"But the most important thing now is to take action."
Emiya Shirou looked at the two sisters Rin and Sakura.
"...Have you really thought it through?"
Tohsaka Rin's eyes were obviously a little suspicious.
"...Senior, if you force yourself, that's not allowed, right?"
Sakura also looked a little worried.
"Well, I probably know what I should do now."
"Anyway, you listen to me first."
Emiya Shirou's eyes became serious.
"Based on the current situation, the most likely possibility is that the other party made Yi Cheng her master, which means she signed a contract with Yi Cheng."
"Although I don't know how it is done specifically...but if you want to transfer the contract, you should have to pay a corresponding price, right?"
Rin and Sakura looked at each other.
"It's true that this is the case...but what are you going to do?"
Rin nodded, a little suspicious.
"Although I don't know if Issei knows the inside story about the Holy Grail War, if Issei comes to school tomorrow, I will reveal my master's identity to him and lure him out of the school."
"Before that, please ask Mr. Caster to arrange the magic position in advance, and Mr. Archer to find a support position with a good view in advance."
"If Issei really has become the other party's master, the other party will definitely show up. After all, you also said that the transfer of the master's identity comes at a price. I don't think...that strange woman
We can still find a third Master."
"Your plan sounds so crude... How are you sure that Issei Ryuudong will definitely follow you out?"
Tohsaka Rin asked with a frown.
"I understand 10%."
Emiya Shirou raised his head.
"As long as he understands a little bit about the nature of the Holy Grail War and that I am the Master fighting this Holy Grail War, he will definitely question me and will not give up until he gets the answer he thinks he deserves."
"What about senior's own safety?"
Sakura looked a little worried.
"Don't worry, with Saber here, I won't be in danger."
Faced with Sakura's worries, Emiya Shirou just smiled.
"So...is this what we have to do?"
He looked at Rin nervously, then at Sakura.
...
How powerful people use their power.
——While walking, Emiya Shirou silently thought about this problem.
To be honest, he was a little confused.
When did you first yearn for the ideal of a righteous partner?
...Probably when he recalled Emiya Kiritsugu's smile when he hugged him in the ruins.
——That smile is so happy——That’s probably what I thought.
Because I had a longing for such a smile, I also had a longing for the desire behind it... This is probably what Emiya Shirou's mental journey was like.
He doesn't understand what it feels like to be truly powerful, so naturally he doesn't understand how powerful people use their power.
However, he at least knows...how powerful power should not be used.
To some extent, this may be enough.
Emiya Shirou lowered his head and glanced at his right hand.
There is also a glove on his right hand.
He doesn't have the magic to hide the Command Seals like Tohsaka Rin, so the only way to hide the Command Seals is through gloves.
Standing on the shoulders of giants...
Emiya Shirou subconsciously remembered what he saw in his dream.
Annuo stood in front of the Sword of King's Choice...
"Ah, um, did Yi Cheng come today?"
Finding a member of the student union, Emiya Shirou asked him.
"Huh? There's someone here. You're up there now. What's wrong with Emiya-kun?"
"No, it's nothing, I'm just a little worried about him. After all, he didn't come to school very unexpectedly yesterday..."
Smiling and scratching his head, Emiya Shirou said goodbye to the other party and thought about running up above with some anxiety.
In fact, compared to what Kotomine Kirei said, Emiya Shirou is more concerned about what Tohsaka Rin said yesterday.
[I’m curious whether you would still have this attitude if the person being coerced was not your good friend]
Emiya Shirou wants to give the answer to this question.
That is——
It will be.
In any case, my idea of wanting to help others and save others is definitely not false.
As long as you understand this... the rest doesn't matter.
So, do what you have to do.
----Why?
After going up the stairs and turning a corner, Emiya Shirou stopped.
Because at this moment, what was standing in front of him...
"So, what are you going to do?"
"Brother Master."
The girl in a pink kimono was holding the collar of a female student in her hand. She seemed to have noticed something. She stood at the corner of the stairs with a smile and looked at Shirou Emiya.
The student in her hands had obviously passed out.
And behind her, standing was the confused Liudong Issei.