Lost Narrative Poetry

A certain room in the Hyatt Regency Hotel, the tallest building in Fuyuki City.

There was something wrong with the atmosphere at the moment. To be precise, it was very unfriendly and disharmonious. It was so cold that it seemed as if a life-and-death showdown would break out at any time.

"Another... way? I don't quite understand..."

Emiya Kiritsugu's already extremely ugly face became even more ugly now. After taking a few deep breaths, he seemed to not understand and forced out a word with a hint of flattery and pleading. Come smile.

For a man with the way he lives, this must be a very unbearable thing.

Even Kuu Maiya beside him seemed a little moved, and turned his gaze slightly as if he couldn't bear to look any further.

However, Kenneth had no intention of giving the two of them some buffering time, nor did he intend to give Emiya Kiritsugu any steps to get down. He just looked at the magician killer across the table with a arrogant look in disdain.

At this moment, both parties were obviously sitting opposite each other as equals in the conference room, but he actually gave people a condescending feeling, as if he was looking down at the two people opposite him from above——

"Pretending to be stupid won't solve the problem. Of course, if you are really stupid, you can ask me to say it again... Mr. Emiya Kiritsugu, you are worthless now, and naturally you are no longer qualified to be on an equal footing with me."

This kind of naked slap in the face was like a slap in the face.

Emiya Kiritsugu didn't blush all of a sudden, but his breathing became obviously heavier instantly, and his hands on the table were instantly clenched into fists, as if veins were about to bloom.

It's just that he suppressed his anger very rationally, also suppressed his voice, and emphasized his previous opinions somewhat bluntly:

"Sir Kenneth, I think it is necessary to reiterate to you how bad the current situation is. We should not fight internally now. We must first resolve internal conflicts before we attack the enemy..."

"Of course this is not internal strife. I said you are not qualified to be on an equal footing with me now..."

Kenneth spoke calmly in an aristocratic tone, and the feeling of contempt and arrogance almost overflowed.

"After all, there is no internal relationship anymore, and you are not in my camp, so how can this contradiction be internal strife? I am just informing you of this fact..."

"you……"

"Of course I agree with you. Things are indeed very bad. My camp is at a disadvantage. This is obvious... You have emphasized this issue again and again, don't you just want me to have the illusion that I have agreed to your promise? Conditions are the only choice, but in this case, I will be the one who pays the most——"

Kenneth said with a sneer, hitting the nail on the head.

"You have no value now, and you can't even help at all after losing Saber, but you still want to ask me to do my best to help you regain Saber and Mr. Emiya's wife as an equal ally? You obviously have already I can’t do anything anymore, but I still want to sit back and enjoy the results. Isn’t this a little too idealistic?”

"But we are indeed allies, as we said in the contract we signed before..." Emiya Kiritsugu held his breath, as if his humiliation and anger could no longer be suppressed.

"Not anymore. We are just temporary allies. Now the alliance can be dissolved..." Kenneth laughed contemptuously, "The magic contract does not say that we will maintain this relationship forever. Now the way of cooperation needs to change. Already..."

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"Okay, we are not allies now... Sir Kenneth, what do you want me to do?"

Emiya Kiritsugu and Kuu Maiya quickly looked at each other, confirming certain information in each other's eyes, and then he raised his head, the expression on his face seemed to be forcing himself to calm down, and he gritted his teeth and endured it. asked.

"If you really thought we were worthless, you wouldn't be wasting your time with us here, would you?"

Of course he can't be angry, he doesn't have the capital to be angry now.

Saber was taken away, and his wife was also captured. This man who dedicated his life to justice has stepped on the edge of the abyss of eternal destruction. Basically, it can be said that his Holy Grail War has completely failed this time, and he only recovered it by luck. A life.

If it were in the past, Emiya Kiritsugu would probably be very happy about this result. He has nothing to lose. As long as he can continue to live, he will continue to run to save all mankind.

——This man who believes that he has the responsibility and obligation to be the savior of all mankind will definitely do this.

But it's completely different now than before...

Perhaps accepting the Eincibelen family's request nine years ago was really a wrong choice. This man who had devoted his whole life to the ideals and justice in his heart was forced to this point unknowingly.

"I really want to say something smart, but unfortunately I can't. Because of your stupidity, you only know how to get to the point now, wasting at least a minute of our time, Mr. Magician Killer..."

Kenneth smiled grimly.

Emiya Kiritsugu's choice was not beyond his expectation. No matter how angry the other party was, it would not be a wise move to break with him here. The reason is very simple. This is him, Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald. territory.

Even if his fiancée Sora doesn't want to get involved in this kind of thing and is not in the conference room, even if he doesn't want to see Lancer, so Lancer is not in this building——

It seems that the relationship between the two parties has deteriorated again because of the previous command spell. In addition, when he came back, his fiancée Sora was extremely considerate and caring towards Lancer, asking for his welfare, a kind of tenderness that even he himself had never enjoyed before.

The unavoidable jealousy makes Kenneth not want to see Lancer at all now, and he doesn't even want Lancer to have the opportunity to be alone with his fiancée in this building, where he can't see him.

This is not persecution delusion, but it has happened several times. His fiancée is always not interested in being with him. She says that she "takes a shower first" and "goes to bed first", and then goes to bed without him seeing her. In the blink of an eye, he ran to find Lancer.

His hairline is already so dangerous, wouldn't it be even worse if it were dyed green?

This was a mid-life crisis and something Kenneth couldn't accept, so he simply ordered Lancer not to enter the building and just stay on guard outside - it was indeed unreasonable, but no man could cuckold someone who seemed ready to cuckold him. People stay friendly.

As for his own safety, Kenneth didn't think there was anything worth worrying about. Although he cautiously brought Lancer with him when he met Emiya Kiritsugu before, that was because at that time, Emiya Kiritsugu still had There is a card like Saber.

But now, what is in front of him is an ordinary woman, and a heretic whose vitality has been severely damaged and can't even cast magic...

Even though he was called the Magician Killer, Kenneth did not take him seriously and treated him with great contempt.

After all, he is Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald. If he doesn't have such confidence, how can he live up to the name "El-Melloi"?

This kind of thinking is indeed very conceited and arrogant, but this is his consistent character and concept, so there is nothing surprising.

——Even coming to a remote place like Fuyuki City to participate in the Holy Grail War was not for the sake of the Holy Grail or the pursuit of the third magic. Kenneth simply wanted to add the martial arts that was evaluated as "martial arts" to his experience. In other words, this is just a reason.

He didn't think that such a small rural place had any opponents worthy of his attention. He would rather go on a honeymoon trip with his fiancée, and then take the trophy of a small competition held independently in such a remote place as a decoration, and then The naive idea of ​​going back to my hometown to get married.

Well, it was precisely because he underestimated how desperate the Yu Sanjia was at the beginning and overestimated his abilities as a man from a big city that he suffered repeated setbacks in his original destiny, and finally died miserably and aggrievedly in the place he looked down upon. Small places and in the hands of country people he looked down upon.

After all, the Holy Grail War has always been extremely dangerous. No matter how careful you are, you may die. Some people plan with sixty years as a time unit, but there is no guarantee of absolute success.

And Kenneth didn't know anything at all, yet he was so arrogant. He felt that the unflattering little competition in a small country place was just a joke, and that country people could not threaten him, the monarch from the center of magic in the world——

Just like a hardcore game that is not popular, cloud players outside the circle think that a game that is so niche and they have never even heard of it can be difficult, and they hold the mentality of "First of all, I have never played it, and secondly, I think it is quite good" It’s simple. In the end, you won’t be able to beat me just because you’re not good at it” mentality…

Then when the cloud player gets his hands on it, of course it will be as miserable as it is, and how miserable his death will be. It is normal for Kenneth to have such an ending.

It's the same now. He doesn't want to specifically bully allies who have lost their value and show his meanness, but he wants to use this meanness to convey a clear statement, that is, to make these two people deeply aware of the cruelty of reality.

You have already fallen to this point, and you still want to instigate and use him, Professor Kenneth? ! It's really whimsical, and it's just a poor guy who can't recognize reality.

If the other party can immediately understand his new position, express his loyalty to him from the beginning, and vow to be Kenneth's lackey, and let him control him at will, he will also show a more or less polite corporal attitude.

At that time, wouldn't it be nice for everyone to reach a consensus happily?

But the other party just had unrealistic expectations and small thoughts, constantly reiterated how bad the current situation was, and constantly asked him to do his best to help the other party get Saber back, but he never mentioned what price he was prepared to pay...

Kenneth naturally lost his patience and decided to help the other party figure out his position.

After coldly putting forward his main condition, that is, after retaking Saber, it is impossible for her to work for Emiya Kiritsugu. On the contrary, even Emiya Kiritsugu needs to work for him and fully assist him to win the final victory. Victory demanded, and forced Emiya Kiritsugu to agree in humiliation.

"...Then, let's discuss tactics now. Mr. Magician Killer, I don't care too much about your title. Only inferior magicians will become your record."

Kenneth narrowed his eyes slightly.

"But since you can get this title, you still have some special methods to deal with magicians, right? Show it to me now."