When Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel met again, it was already three days after the battle at Einzbern Castle. At this time, Emiya Kiritsugu's whole body had become tattered, except for the fractures.

In addition to his left arm that was in plaster, his whole body was covered with bandages caused by sword cuts. There was something evil in his calm eyes similar to that of an injured wild animal.

On the other hand, although Irisviel looked at her husband like this with distress and concern on her face, she herself appeared to be unscathed. Instead, all the abnormalities in her body were repaired after three days of magical adjustments.

There is a sharp contrast between the two.

"Your Excellency Emiya, first of all, I would like to state that it is you who caused the wounds all over your body, and our Einzbern family does not bear any responsibility. Instead, you should thank us for providing you with the most basic treatment."

Ahad, who was sitting on the main seat, declared this in his first sentence. Otherwise, people who didn't know the truth would have thought that a big family like the Einzberns abused their son-in-law.

"I believe you, Emiya-dono, have also been informed of the tragedy that happened that day. We had to put you under house arrest as a last resort.

Then why did you run into the [magic trap] that surrounded you? You couldn't use magic and you didn't have any weapons to escape at all... This doesn't look like what the cold-blooded killer did.

"

Yes, the wounds on Emiya Kiritsugu were caused by his own attempts to escape from the dungeon where he was imprisoned, triggering a magic trap. Just like [restraint behavior], they were not included in the scope of the contract that the two parties were not allowed to harm each other.

"No, Sir Ahad, didn't I do that just to prove my innocence? Doesn't the fact that you provide me with treatment also mean that you recognize the validity of my self-proven innocence?"

Emiya Kiritsugu also knew the old man who recruited him. If it weren't for the fact that the contract magic was still functioning normally and he could not let Emiya Kiritsugu die in Einzbern Castle without saving his life, he would never mind.

Emiya died in those traps.

Since he saved himself, Emiya Kiritsugu, who had been cut off from all sources of intelligence, knew that the alliance contract between the two parties was operating normally, and it was definitely not him, Kiritsugu Emiya, who caused a scene in the Einzbern Castle that day.

At the same time, he also used this behavior that was almost self-harm to remind Ahad that it is impossible to unilaterally abandon the contract. You need to release me quickly to prepare for the Holy Grail War.

Of course, the biggest reason is... Illya's disappearance!

His daughter, who was born less than half a year ago, disappeared. This was the biggest reason why he could not calmly and rationally be a prisoner of waste.

"Well, Sir Emiya, I understand what you mean..."

Ahad glanced at Emiya Kiritsugu coldly, ignored the threat of this third-rate magician, and said: "But now, first of all, congratulations to you, your suspicion of being a traitor has been cleared. In the next few years,

Here, we are still allies and everything remains as usual."

"...What is going on? Can you please explain the whole story? As an ally." Emiya Kiritsugu said with a gloomy expression and a frown.

This innocence came a bit suddenly. After knowing the beginning and end of the matter, even Emiya Kiritsugu himself found it difficult to prove his innocence.

The God of Death who caused chaos in the Einzbern Castle and killed many of Einzbern's precious alchemists from beginning to end, no matter in terms of appearance, body shape, or the magic and physical skills he used,

They are all the same as Emiya Kiritsugu... except that they are dozens of times more powerful.

So the situation is very strange, everything is unexpected...the unexpected situation makes people feel uneasy.

And Ahad's attitude change is even more strange. He actually acquiesces to himself, a "third-rate magician", to be equal to him...especially the honorific title of "Your Excellency"...

"What's going on...?" Ahad closed his eyes to collect his thoughts, then opened his eyes and regained his cold expression, saying:

"Congratulations again, Lord Emiya, you will become a [Heroic Spirit] in the future."

"...!!?"

Ahad ignored Emiya Kiritsugu's expression of being defeated by a bomb with a huge amount of information. He calmly took a crystal ball and let it play the images of the day of the war.

In the image, Emiya Kiritsugu, dressed in black, was on a killing spree, with a baby in his arms on his left side. He overturned everyone who blocked him with just one hand...

"This is not a skill that humans can achieve," Ahad asserted.

Maybe those high-ranking magicians or magicians, or the twenty-seven ancestors of the dead disciples can do it, but he, Emiya Kiritsugu, can't do it.

"The person in this image is not you. If you look carefully, you can see that the skin has become a lot darker subtly, and the white hair has become a lot more..."

"..." Emiya Kiritsugu didn't know how to answer the question.

"But at the same time, he is also you, he is you in the future, a [heroic spirit] from a parallel world, or a [server] or something like that... because he does not show obvious spiritual characteristics, and

I don’t have the Holy Grail Contract relationship, so I didn’t notice this at first, which was a mistake on my part.”

For Ahad, a representative who participated in the Third Holy Grail War decades ago, [Servant] is no stranger. However, the prerequisite for becoming a [Servant] is to first become a suppressor after death.

The [Heroic Spirit] was the first reason why he changed his view on Emiya Kiritsugu.

"Holy Grail Contract...Command Seal?"

"Yes, after the [Heroic Spirit Summoning Ceremony], the [Heroic Spirit] walks as a [Servant] and enters into the world's contract command spell system." Ahad nodded slightly in confirmation, then pointed to the image on the crystal ball and said:

"This very powerful you is not bound by the command spell, but you are undoubtedly a heroic spirit. So... although I can't believe it, there is a high possibility that the existence in this image is the [heroic spirit true body], with suppressive power.

You're a running dog."

"You suddenly appeared in the future, placed you in the present, and then abducted [Illyasviel] from Einzbern Castle and disappeared into this world... This is the truth."

"this……"

What is this mess?! Although Emiya Kiritsugu heard it very clearly, the more he understood it, the less he could understand what was going on!

"None of this could have happened. Inhibition will only send out heroic guardians when the human mind breaks down, but the one who made all this possible is Irisviel, my greatest masterpiece."

For the first time, Ahad looked at Irisviel with a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.

However, Irisviel just lowered her head and didn't know how to answer the conversation.

She had no idea what was going on, and she couldn't blame her. Irisviel had just woken up from the petri dish this morning, and before that, her last memory was that she was with her husband three days ago.

Scenes of conversations in the room.

However, no matter how confused she was, she still felt a little panic in this confusion, because she just heard the words "abduct" and "Ilyasviel" put together...

But when she turned her questioning eyes to her husband, her husband did not have time to tell her the detailed development of the situation, because Ahad's words really made him unable to care about them.

"Alice's magic circuit has undergone some unknown changes, giving her a new power similar to [magic]." Ahad said generally:

"And there is no doubt that the new power given by this change is undoubtedly beneficial to the Holy Grail ceremony. Therefore, we now have to re-formulate the plan for the Holy Grail War..."

"Please wait a moment!" Illyasviel couldn't keep silent anymore and burst out:

"Where is Illya? Where is my Illya?!"

Looking at Irisviel who interrupted him, Ahad's indifferent expression did not change. He sat in the main seat and looked down at Irisviel:

"According to various signs, [Illyasviel] is no longer in this world, and the new magic circuit in your body fully proves this.

Therefore, the Einzbern family decided to give up the search for [Ilyasviel] and concentrate their manpower and material resources to prepare for the Holy Grail War seven years later."

It is already obvious that Ahad means that he is just a newborn hybrid child. You can create another one if you want. In terms of importance and non-replicability, the magic circuit that produces changes in Alice's body takes priority. In fact, her value has already made her

Ahad had the illusion that Einzbern's loss was valuable this time.

"Alice, it's just a child. If you spend another year recovering, you can get pregnant again..."

"That's enough! You don't understand anything!"

Irisviel's emotions collapsed instantly, she roared hysterically and stood up.

At this moment, an unnatural surge and overflow of magic power occurred on her body. The long skirt on her body moved automatically without wind, making the roaring Irisviel look like the devil had descended...

However, in the next moment, Irisviel lost consciousness like a power-off doll and fell straight into Emiya Kiritsugu's arms.

"The same mistake will not be made twice. Einzbern still has some common sense." Ahad put away his magic hand and stood up indifferently.

"Let's stop here today, Emiya Kiritsugu. It's up to you to persuade this doll to understand the truth. How to train it is now your husband's freedom. We will discuss the specific arrangements tomorrow."

With that said, Ahad turned and left the conference room, and the combat maids standing on both sides of the conference room immediately put away their weapons and followed.

Immediately, only the unconscious Irisviel and the silent Emiya Kiritsugu, who looked down at his wife in his arms, were left in the conference room.

From time to time, Emiya Kiritsugu stretched out his hand and gently stroked his wife's silver hair, and blurted out a sentence:

"The gears of the world have begun to get out of sync, ah, what a cursed fate this is..."

Ellie, if your sacrifice is necessary for a just world to come, then I will definitely send you to the altar with my own hands.

However, Illya...

"Um……"

Irisviel woke up faintly, and saw the face of her husband in front of her that was distorted by unwillingness and sadness, and the face that wanted to cry but the tears had already dried up... Her heart seemed to be pinched hard by big hands.

"Kiritsugu..."

Irisviel reached out and touched the distorted face, wanting to comfort him even if the effect was weak.

"Sorry...sorry...Ellie, I (servant, boku), am really too weak..."

He was knocked unconscious by a force majeure attack and was bound by Einzbern as soon as he woke up; if he wanted to talk to Einzbern on an equal footing, he had to resort to self-mutilation; he faced Einzbern's transformation of his wife.

But there is no room for refutation; in fact, he is not even qualified to find his daughter...

What is the difference between him like this and him before?! What is the difference between him and the one who can only be saved by killing and cruelty?!

"How powerless and humble I am..."

"Please don't say that, Kiritsugu..." Irisviel stood up and covered Kiritsugu's mouth, looking at him tenderly:

"Kiritsugu, you are my hero. It was you who saved me and made me truly appreciate the beauty of being a [human] and a [woman], so... I don't allow you to talk about yourself like that."

Irisviel looked at Emiya Kiritsugu with eyes full of pity and love, but at the same time this could not hide that she was a mother who had just lost her daughter.

Seeing his wife like this but still comforting him in return, Emiya Kiritsugu finally came to his senses... The sadness now has no value.
To be continued...