"I didn't expect that the King of Heroes was actually summoned. It seems that this time in the Holy Grail War, I finally have the opportunity to see a miracle happen."
On the road late at night, Kotomine Kirei rarely walked with his father.
The two of them had just come out of Tosaka's house and witnessed the entire process of Tokiomi's summons.
"Yes, for such a powerful king, Master's three years of preparation are worth it."
Kotomine Kirei, as usual, answered his father's words with a respectful attitude that would not make people think he was indifferent.
"Well, six heroic spirits have descended since then,"
As if to confirm, Kotomine Rimasa took out the church's spirit plate from his arms. This is the prerogative of the supervisor to check the survival of heroic spirits. However, for the church that has completely turned to the Tohsaka family, this It has also become the best cheating tool.
"Only the caster class is still vacant. It must be that the Holy Grail has not yet found its master. However, the guy who enters in such a hurry is just a small person who is just making up the numbers. It is not worth paying attention to. If you find his traces , just get rid of him."
Although it is a biased statement, considering that Kotomine Rimasa served as the supervisor when the last war began, his evaluation is quite convincing.
"I understand, Father."
"As for the surveillance of the master, remember to ask Assassin to wait at the airport. The three local masters have experience and strongholds in many wars and will not reveal much information. However, foreign masters will inevitably have to use transportation to move. .”
Kotomine Rizheng rubbed his forehead while giving his son precious tips. These are useful little experiences that can only be summed up by those who have participated in the war.
"After all, Fuyuki City already has two local families, Tohsaka and Matou. If you come to someone else's territory without a heroic spirit, a foreign master will generally not be so careless. Therefore, if you are lucky, it will be easy. I can get first-hand information about heroic spirits.”
"I'm going to do it now."
There was no delay. Years of acting as a substitute had already given Kotomine Kirei a strong ability to act.
Kotomine Kirei was looking at his son's back with satisfaction. Although he had once doubted whether the experience of having a son in his old age had made him too doting on his son, Kotomine Kirei's performance was really hard to worry about.
"One more thing," the only thing that needs to be worried about is the tragic fate of this child.
Kotomine Rizheng enjoined: "Your recent morning jog should stop. After the war officially begins, as the master, you must not be too careless. I know that you seem to have met new friends recently, but because of your own selfish motives, you must not be too careless." Involving friends will only make the consequences worse.”
"Yes, father."
Kotomine Kirei did not look back and silently walked towards the depths of the shadows.
——
"So, this is the reason why you came to the store to see me at night?"
Roland looked at Kotomine Kirei in front of him in confusion. When he was working the night shift, Kotomine Kirei suddenly ran in and solemnly told him that he would be traveling for a while recently.
Roland, who knew that the other party was going to fight the Holy Grail War, accepted the matter smoothly. The only puzzling thing was, when did the two of them become such good friends?
Apart from their names, they didn't even exchange addresses or phone numbers, and they had no contact except for morning jogs and meeting at the store every day. However, Kotomine Kirei's attitude clearly meant that he treated him as a close friend.
"Yes, please take care, Roland. If you have night shift recently, please turn it down."
Kotomine Kirei hesitated for a moment and then sent out the invitation.
“If you encounter something you don’t understand, you can also come to the church to seek refuge.”
Having said this, he secretly lowered his eyes and looked at the gloves on Roland's hands.
"Really? Thank you very much."
Roland said with a smile as if he didn't notice Kotomine Kirei's gaze.
Seeing this response, Kotomine Kirei didn't say anything more and quietly walked out of the store.
After leaving Roland's sight, behind Kotomine Kirei, a deep voice made a suggestion.
"Master, that guy feels very dangerous to me. If he may also participate in the war, it would be a good thing to deal with it in advance."
"No need," Dan Kotomine Kirei rejected the request with a cold voice.
"You can't hurt him. Even if you see him in danger within your sight, you have to protect him, even if you sacrifice your own life, no matter whether Roland is our enemy by then. "
Faced with the unreasonable request to protect possible enemies, Assassin had no objection and obediently agreed.
After a period of silence, it was Kotomine Kirei who broke the silence first.
"Assassin, aren't you curious why I have already agreed to the master's covenant, but I still want to act like a betrayal?"
"Of course you have your own ideas, I just need to obey them."
"Even if my wish is despicable? I don't even desire the Holy Grail? I even betrayed my master who was so kind to me?"
Kotomine Kirei's voice gradually became deeper, and his body couldn't help but start to tremble.
"You know, Assassin, every time I see the master's passion for the Holy Grail, I can't help but imagine him dying ridiculously on this path."
"That feeling excites me, excites me, makes me...pleasant."
"If that's what you want."
Assassin still responded obediently, completely accepting Kotomine Kirei's order without the slightest concern.
From a human perspective, he is definitely not a good person.
But only, he will carry out the orders of his master completely and faithfully. In the true sense, he is completely loyal, whether he has good intentions or bad intentions, he will accept them.
No matter how despicable or noble his master is, or how incomprehensible his orders are, he will obey them silently.
This is him, among the many Hassan, he is the only one who is an outlier, a mediocre person who is extremely loyal and will not hesitate to make a deal with the devil in order to get this position.
"——I promise in the name of Hassan, the cursed arm, that I will do everything I can to dedicate Tohsaka Tokiomi's head to you."
Roland naturally didn't know the entanglement behind this complicated pair of masters and slaves. After Kotomine Kirei left, he began to wait leisurely for get off work.
"That guy is ready to say goodbye to me. It seems that the heroic spirits are almost here?"
Matō Zouken was also scheduled to hand over the magic channel and the holy relic to him tonight, and it seemed that he really couldn't wait.
"I'll have to resign after today. Oh, I know it's necessary, but I'm still very irritated."
Feeling the stagnation in the growth of his nails in the gloves, Roland sighed, took off his gloves, and began to take advantage of the last quiet moment tonight to clean his nails.
But fate seemed to be against him, and the sound of the store door opening sounded again.
"welcome,"
Before he had time to put on his gloves, Roland raised his head and looked at the new guests. Then, what appeared in his sight was
——The cold muzzle.
Kuu Maiya looked at tonight's unexpected harvest indifferently and issued an order.
"Don't act rashly. If you make any extra move, I will take your life directly. Next, follow me and leave here."
"Ah, I'm sorry," but to her surprise, the young man who was pointed at by the gun did not show any expression of fear or panic. He just looked at her calmly and made the request politely.
"Before you leave, can you wait for me for a moment and let me take a day off?"
