Lost Narrative Poetry

"Wait, you...you can grasp the enemy's movements from such a long distance?"

Saber couldn't help but feel shocked. She didn't know what the spell the magician whispered just now was, and she couldn't even tell what language it was in.

But it was obvious that its function was the same as radar's principle of detecting enemies. There was no difference, and the range and distance were obviously too large. She even suspected that the other party scanned the entire Fuyuki City in an instant.

If that's the case, doesn't it mean that the other party already knows everything that happens in this city?

"That's not the case. The accuracy is the highest within a few thousand meters. At that distance, the life force of a mouse in the sewer can be clearly seen..."

Xia Ran seemed to notice her surprise, shook her head, and explained directly.

"But the more the range expands, the more the accuracy decreases. If it weren't for the Servant's magic reaction, which is very obvious, like a dazzling light bulb, it would be difficult for me to detect it from such a long distance."

"That's right..."

Saber subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. She was afraid that this guy would directly discover that Irisviel's aura was no longer in Liudong Temple, or that Irisviel's aura also appeared near Rider, Lancer and others. That would be difficult to explain.

But when she thought about it, she couldn't help but get entangled again. If this person didn't know, then she had no way to determine what Irisviel's current situation was.

Did Rider and Lancer successfully snatch people from Ryudou Temple, but were attacked during the retreat, or did their plan fail and were attacked during the retreat?

Or was it simply that he was targeted by Gilgamesh on the way to Ryudou Temple before he had time to start his plan?

She couldn't be sure of anything now, not even where Irisviel was or what the situation was... Was it in Liudong Temple? Or has he been rescued and encountered new dangers?

"Kariya, you should take Berserker back to Ryudou Temple first. Although I don't have any bad premonitions now, and the contract between Caster and Assassin has not changed, but just in case, you should go back and keep an eye on it. Bar……"

Xia Ran thought for a moment, and then made such an arrangement for Matou Kariya, whose eyes were dull.

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"I don't know what Tosaka Tokiomi means to you, but don't forget that you chose to join the Holy Grail War in order to protect Sakura at the beginning. Don't give up at this last moment. chain!"

Realizing that Matou Kariya was a little unable to react, Xia Ran immediately sighed and then sounded a little heavier.

"Sakura!" Matou Kariya's remaining eye flashed, and he finally came to his senses. He took a deep breath of the cold air in the winter night and nodded solemnly, "I Got it, I’ll go back right now…”

He was suddenly awakened and finally reacted——

Why was he so heartbroken over the death of Tokiomi Tosaka? Although he also felt that this man's sudden death must be a big blow to the two sisters Aoi and Sakura, but in the end it was not him who did it, but Kotomine Kirei's sudden brain twitch and he listened to the bewitchment of a psychopath. That’s all.

If he could restrain his murderous intention and not kill Tokiomi Tohsaka himself, he would already be considerate of the woman he loved, and it could be said to be the most benevolent thing.

You can't ask him to never hurt Tokiomi Tosaka. When Tokiomi Tokiomi is hurt by others, he must do his best to protect that man. If he fails to protect him, it will be his responsibility and fault, right?

There is no such reason. After all, there is a difference between a responsible man and a bottomless licker.

In order to protect Aoi, Matou Kariya prevents her from becoming a reproductive machine after being married into the Matou family. After giving birth to a child, the old pervert will throw her into the underground worm bank to feed insects. Even the child she gives birth to will die. He wanted to be treated like a placenta... so he had to reluctantly give up his true love and not fight with Tokiomi Tohsaka.

And after Sakura was sent to the hell of the Matou family by Tokiomi Tosaka and suffered a fate he had rejected, for the sake of his beloved woman and to save his uneasy conscience, Matou Kariya decisively He jumped into this hell that he had only been able to escape after risking his life to resist, just to take back Sakura's future.

We have already reached this point, and we cannot ask him to bear more. He can risk his life to protect Tohsaka Aoi, and the two sisters Rin and Sakura, and he will not hesitate...

But Tokiomi Tosaka, who took away all his happiness and personally smashed the happiness that he could never get until his death, sent him to hell, and acted like he abandoned him, was definitely not within the scope of Matou Kariya's love for the house. Inside.

Tohsaka Aoi may really be hit hard, but now that things have happened, and it is not his fault, he does not need to worry about such things. The most important thing now is to protect the little one. cherry.

If for the sake of that dead guy, who never came to his senses and caused some problems on Sakura's side, Matou Kariya would definitely have the intention of killing himself...

"Saber, you should also go back to Liudong Temple to guard..." Xia Ran glanced at the knight girl and calmly gave the command, "I will go over and see what is going on."

"Wait, you want to do the reconnaissance yourself?" Saber raised her voice incredulously. This was another instruction that she didn't expect.

"Yes, this is more convenient..." Xia Ran nodded, his tone still calm, and could not see any difference, "And I called you out originally just to raid Gilgamesh, but now there is no condition for a raid. Now, you can go back..."

This is too dangerous, I'd better go with you..." Saber's expression suddenly changed slightly, and she had a premonition that Irisviel might no longer be in Liudong Temple.

There was even a high possibility that something went wrong at Fuyuki Ohashi, but she had no way of confirming it, it was just a feeling. But even the feeling cannot be ignored, maybe this is the time she lacks.

If Irisviel was still safely staying in Liudong Temple, there would be no problem. At most, she was running out in the snow at night in vain.

But if we consider the worst-case scenario, Irisviel was already in danger at this time, but she did not rush to the scene immediately, but returned to Liudong Temple. In addition, Ryudou Temple was attacked, and the Servants left behind would definitely suspect that something was wrong with her.

At that time, once entangled, she would not be able to get out no matter what she said. Being delayed like this would probably mean that the whole night had passed, and the day lilies were really going to be cold...

"No need, it's convenient for me to do it alone. After all, you can't transform into a spirit..." Xia Ran glanced at the girl and calmly hit the nail on the head.

"..." Artoria was suddenly speechless.

This is indeed her biggest weakness, that is, she cannot transform into a spirit like other Servants.

Because usually, the heroic spirits summoned by humans are just clones of the heroic spirit's original body. They borrow their information from the heroic spirit's original body located in the heroic spirit seat, and then infuse this information or soul into the framework of "class" to create The heroic spirit clone is the servant.

When the servant dies or completes the task, the information that constitutes the servant will return to the Heroic Soul Seat and return to the hands of the main body. The main body can know the actions of his clone in the real world in a recorded way like reading a book, that is, knowing What did I do?

But Artoria is different. Strictly speaking, she is not a heroic spirit clone, not even a heroic spirit.

Although she was not completely alive, she was not completely dead either. She was just summoned into this time and space in her pre-death state. In other words, she is now a living person who was frozen before death. She is not a heroic spirit, so how can she become a spirit?

"Actually, you don't have to force yourself, Saber. I also know that you don't regard me as your Master at all. Just like when I asked you to come out with me, didn't you do it reluctantly? You can go back now. ”

Seeing that Saber wanted to say something else, Xia Ran said very considerately.

"Sorry, Master, I have a reason to go together this time!"

Seeing that there was no way to continue like this, and her intuition had begun to give warnings, the knight girl finally made up her mind, suddenly interrupted the magician's words, gritted her teeth and clenched her fists and said vowedly.

"As for the reason, I will confess to you later...I can guarantee that after this time, I will offer you my sword!"

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After nightfall, heavy snow falls on the other side of the city.

"Woman, can you hear me?"

In the empty Fuyuki Civic Hall, Kotomine Kirei stared blankly into the darkness, not looking at the android beside him who had just been roughly thrown to the floor by Gilgamesh.

Although he was talking, and the person he was talking to was obviously the other person.

The artificial woman let out a silent scream, and blood flowed out from her throat, accompanied by a weak moan of pain. Her condition was very bad. After all, the hybrid king did not have the good character to treat his captives well, and he particularly hated artificial people.

Therefore, although Irisviel was brought alive to the Fuyuki Civic Hall, Irisviel's injuries were already very dangerous. Not only was her abdomen pierced by a sharp object, causing a large amount of blood loss, but one of her arms was obviously bent at an angle that was impossible for a normal person. Obviously It was broken...

If her body had not been carefully refined by alchemy, then for ordinary people, such injuries would be fatal within minutes.

And Gilgamesh, the one who caused all this, told her very contemptuously that if Kotomine Kirei hadn't asked to keep her life and let her see clearly who was targeting Emiya Kiritsugu.

Then, as the noble King of Heroes, he will definitely torture and kill her with more cruel methods, in order to vent the anger and hatred in the heart of his supreme king——

After all, bastards like artificial humans are really annoying, and their mere existence will stain his noble eyes.

"Kotomine Kirei, it is just as I thought, it is you..." Irisviel tried hard to identify the speaker in the darkness. Her empty eyes lost focus and her vision was significantly weakened, but she still made the judgment. The voice of the enemy.

"Oh? You seem to be familiar with me?"

"I heard my husband say something about you... He has long seen through your heart and distortions. Because of this, he will be wary of you and regard you as his biggest enemy..."

Although Irisviel was aware of her fate, she was not afraid at all. She had long been mentally prepared to die at any time, and had no intention of surviving, so her tone was very calm.

"As expected, I said... If anyone can understand me, that person must be the same type of person as me. It seems that Emiya Kiritsugu has lived up to my expectations." Kotomine Kirei immediately nodded with satisfaction. . "Thank you, woman. For me, this is good news. The man Emiya Kiritsugu is indeed what I imagined."

"You're so stupid. You want to say you understand him? You're just a guy who can't even reach his heels." Irisviel sneered mercilessly, "He can see through you, but you can't guess it. He, Kotomine Kirei, has nothing in my husband's spirit that you don't have..."

"I am indeed an empty person with nothing." Kotomine Kirei seemed to have heard something funny, "But is that man any different from me? He only knows how to devote himself to meaningless efforts, but he has no Anyone who gets anything valuable out of it is just a man who repeats killing..."

"That's why you can't understand. This is the difference between you and him, whether you have faith or not." Irisviel said firmly.

"Oh, so, do you understand him very well? Doll, please tell me if you can answer it. Why does Emiya Kiritsugu pursue the Holy Grail? What is that guy's wish placed in the wish machine of the wish machine!?"

Kotomine Kirei couldn't help but wonder what kind of person Emiya Kiritsugu pretended to be in front of this doll.

"My husband's long-cherished wish is to save mankind, end all wars and bloodshed, and achieve eternal world peace." Irisviel murmured, unswervingly supporting her husband and her ideal of a knight.

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A few seconds later, Kotomine Kirei laughed out loud: "What is this? You are just a tool for that man to fulfill his wish, and you actually believe such nonsense?"

"Shut up! As a wife, I gave birth to his children. During these nine years, I watched his heart and shared his troubles... The love he gave me was everything to me. No one can do this That's insulting." The android stared at him angrily.

"That's why I can't understand. If Emiya Kiritsugu really loves you as his wife, why would he sacrifice you for some eternal world peace?"

Kotomine Kirei tried his best to remain calm, but anger was swelling in his heart. His questions were answered, and his expectations turned into disappointment——

"Isn't this meaningless or what? Emiya Kiritsugu's so-called ideal cannot be called an ideal from the beginning, it is just a child's stupid dream talk!"

He suddenly stood up from the chair: "We saved that Lancer's life, and then he will bring Emiya Kiritsugu here... At that time, it will be up to me to bet everything on a miracle. Let the ideals of the man above be shattered!”