Synopsis: Start From Godslayer

Fuyuki Cathedral

After a day of worship, Kotomine Kirei tidied up and crossed the back of the worship hall, preparing to go back to his room.

After Assassin's exit, Kotomine Kirei, who is the Master, followed the previous rules and sought refuge for his father, Kotomine Rimasa, the supervisor of the "Holy Grail War", which also meant that his mission ended here. I can finally let go of the burden on myself.

This made him breathe a sigh of relief.

Kotomine Kirei pushed open the door of the room, but saw a guest who surprised him.

It was his mentor on the magic path, the servant of Tokiomi Tosaka, the oldest hero king Gilgamesh. At this time, this great king was dressed in modern clothes, reclining on a chair, holding a Shaking with a goblet filled with rose-red wine.

And his room became a mess, and all kinds of wine bottles were scattered randomly on the ground.

These wines are all in his collection, and each bottle is expensive, but Gilgamesh drank "Two One Zero", but Kotomine Kirei just glanced at it and moved it away without hesitation look.

In fact, he doesn't like drinking, and the reason why he collects these wines is just to cultivate an interest for himself.

"What wind brought you here, Archere

Having said that, Kotomine Kirei bent down, squatted down and started to collect the wine bottles on the ground.

"It's just too boring. Speaking of which, the wine on your side is better than Tokiomi's, but it's still garbage."

Gilgamesh kept shaking the wine in his hand, and then suddenly drank it in one gulp. Then he glanced at Kotomine Kirei who was packing the wine bottle, and said suddenly.

"...It seems that you are in a very good mood, Kirei."

"It's just peace of mind, I was finally freed from the heavy burden."

After Assassin's true death, even if he still has the Command Spell, he has already lost the qualification to participate in the Holy Grail War--of course, this is a good thing in Kotomine Kirei's opinion. Because he had no intention of participating in the Holy Grail War. It was just the appearance of the Command Spell that pulled him into this vortex.

Kotomine Kiri still doesn't know why the Holy Grail chose him as the Master.

"call!"

Gilgamesh showed a subtle expression, as if he had seen some rare toy.

"Will you feel at ease?"

"Having lost the opportunity to obtain that almighty wishing machine, you would actually feel relieved because of this reality... Don't you have a wish that you want to fulfill? Kirei."

"No!" The priest shook his head.

"I originally participated in this Holy Grail War because of the request of my teacher and my father, and fulfilling the wishes of my teacher and my father is my wish.

"You don't have your own wishes, what a joke, bastard."

Facing Kotomine Kirei's explanation, Gilgamesh was very disdainful.

"People are human because they have their own desires. If they don't even have their own desires, they don't deserve to live at all."

Kotomine Kirei continued the movements in his hands with an expressionless face.

Seeing Kotomine Kirei like this, Gilgamesh spoke again.

"Kirei, do you usually have any entertainment?"

"Entertainment? Do you mean pleasure?"

Kotomine Kirei shook his head and vetoed.

"Enjoyment is a sin, and how can I, as the Lord's shepherd, be tainted with that sinful depravity.

"You're wrong about that, Kirei. Enjoying isn't something degenerate, it's just human nature." Sitting up from the lying position, Gilgamesh poured Kotomine Kirei a glass of wine and handed it to took him.

"You have so many wines in your collection, you probably haven't tasted it yet...Try it, and then tell me what you think."

After thinking about it, Kotomine Kirei did not refuse, but took the wine glass that Gilgamesh handed him, drank it, then closed his eyes and began to taste it.

"How?" Gilgamesh asked with interest.

"It's just pure wine. Drinking too much will affect the sobriety of the brain. The reason why I collect these is just to establish an interest for myself."

"Hahaha... Kirei, you are really interesting."

I don't know which nerve Kotomine Kirei's words hit the hero king, making Gilgamesh laugh out loud.

"Archer, what are you laughing at?" Kotomine Kirei said with a frown.

"You really lack the perception of pleasure, Kirei." Gilgamesh took out a wine glass again and poured himself a glass of wine.

"Since positive emotions can't make you happy, why don't you try the negative ones, such as... despair and pain." There was a strange look in the scarlet pupils, and Gilgamesh at this moment was like a temptation Fallen devil.

"Do you want to instigate me to commit a crime? Archer!" Kotomine Kirei looked at Gilgamesh calmly.

"It depends on your understanding."

Gilgamesh shrugged and looked at him with a smile.

...if you think pleasure is a sin, then -- yes. "

"What a joke, I'm a clergyman and the son of the church superintendent Kotomine Risei, how can I fall because of your words."

Kotomine Kirei retorted, but deep in his heart, he couldn't help but tremble because of Gilgamesh's words.

--Is it possible that pain and despair can really satisfy the hollowness of his heart?

But at this time, as if it was the occasion, a burst of severe pain spread throughout his body, causing Kotomine Kirei to bend over involuntarily.

"--!?"

On his left forearm, there was a burst of pain that seemed to be burning. Although he didn't know the reason, Kotomine Kirei had felt this feeling before.

That was three years ago, when it all started.

When the pain was replaced by scorching heat, Kirei stopped thinking because of surprise, and just rolled up his sleeves and checked his wrists out of instinct.

On his left forearm, the stigmata of fate appeared again, and the Command Spell pattern that had been used on Assassin once and disappeared, reappeared on the back of his hand.

Kotomine Kirei looked at his arm speechlessly.

"Hahaha, sure enough--!" Gilgamesh on the side let out a happy laugh.

"Kirei, no matter how much you deceive yourself, the Holy Grail cannot be deceived. The appearance of the Command Spell has proved everything, it has seen through the depths of your heart, and you are craving it. It is not because of Tokiomi's request. , but you are longing for the existence of the "Holy Grail"."

"How can it be--!"

Kotomine Kiri looked at his arm in disbelief.

"...You said the Holy Grail, you saw through me!"

There was a hint of eagerness in his voice, and what the man named 3.1 Kotomine Kirei pursued was the meaning of his own existence.

Gilgamesh did not speak, but just kept his eyes on his inscribed arm.

Kotomine Kirei suddenly calmed down.

"Even if I regain the qualification to become the Master, but now that Assassin has retired, I have lost the chance to compete for the Holy Grail."

"Ah—! You don't have to be careful about this, this king will help you, and I just want to change to a master. That guy Tokiomi is too outrageous, do you think I don't know his mind? I want to use the command The curse made me commit suicide.

Gilgamesh stood up with a smile on his face.

"However, he is also contributing magic power to me now, so that I can exist in this world... How about it, Kirei, you should know how to do it."

Kotomine Kirei was silent, but he already had the answer in his heart.

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