"Well--."
Kenneth opened his eyes.
Can't see clearly, can't see anything clearly, my sight...
It hurts, it hurts.
What happened, happened. What?
His head was covered with sweat, and his expression was painful and slightly ferocious.
"Kenneth, you're finally awake."
The soft words reached Kenneth's ears, allowing him to finally break free from those hesitations.
"Ah, ah Sora?"
He woke up suddenly, breathing heavily, with a little fear in his eyes.
Standing next to him was his fiancée, Sola Nazele Sophialy.
Kenneth was tied to the bed with a belt. He tried to move to break free, but there was a sharp pain in his body.
"Uh - So, Sola, what's wrong!? What happened!?"
He didn't know what was happening, but he instinctively felt fear.
"Have you forgotten? So, what is the last thing you can remember?"
Sora sat on a step with a smile that made Kenneth's hair stand on end.
She is so calm.
"I, I remember that there seemed to be other people attacking the castle and holding Saber back. Then, I found Emiya Kiritsugu in the castle. I was hit by a bullet, and then Sora, what on earth happened now? What on earth did I do? What's wrong?"
The pain, restraint, and fiancée's attitude all frightened him. The last memory before losing consciousness made him tremble all over, and thin beads of sweat appeared on his body.
"Yeah."
Sora stood up.
She took out a steaming towel from the basin next to her, wiped the water clean, and wiped the sweat from Kenneth's head.
"You know, when Lancer brought you back, I thought you were dead."
"There is bleeding from all the orifices, there is blood oozing under the skin, and the internal organs are in a mess, but these are minor problems. After all, my healing magic can still cure it."
"But I can't cure other problems."
"Ahhh.!"
Kenneth thought of something, his eyes became more frightened, and there were even tears in the corners of his eyes.
"No, it won't."
"Yes, Kenneth, it's really cruel, both to you and to El-Melloi, it's so cruel."
Sora seemed to be very regretful, shook his head, and threw the towel he used to wipe his sweat into the water again.
"Your magic circuit has been destroyed and completely collapsed. Even the magic seal has been damaged to a certain extent."
"You can no longer use magic."
"You can no longer be a magician."
"Ahhh."
Hearing Sola say such words, Kenneth's already frightened heart fell into even greater fear.
Tears accumulated in the corners of his eyes streaked down both sides. His mouth was wide open and trembling, like a sieve.
But fear doesn't change anything.
"Ah ah ah ah ah----"
Kenneth yelled, horrified and panicked.
But still nothing can be changed.
Sola's somewhat sharp nails scratched along Kenneth's body, but Kenneth probably didn't feel it because he was already feeling severe pain.
She didn't speak immediately, just waiting for Kenneth to regain a little bit of calm.
She thought of the time she saw Lancer come back with Kenneth.
Kenneth looked completely like a bloody man, with blood all over his body, and a look of horror on his originally confident face, as if he was dead.
This was something Sora had never expected.
She had expected a setback for Kenneth, the conceited genius—but not this kind.
But she didn't feel sad for Kenneth. Instead, she felt a joy from the bottom of her heart.
Because she sensed an opportunity.
Let yourself legitimately become Lancer's master and monopolize Lancer's opportunities.
"Kenneth, your roar can't change anything."
Kenneth finally stopped his roar, Sola chuckled, and slowly squeezed Kenneth's right hand.
There, there are still two command spells.
"We will continue to fight."
"And we must win, because as long as we obtain the final Holy Grail, nothing will change. You are still the genius of the Clock Tower."
"so."
Da da.
Sora tapped the back of Kenneth's hand with his fingertips.
"Give me Lancer's contract and let me become Lancer's master."
"You know, it is no longer possible for you to continue fighting as the Master."
Sora had a smile on his face,
A smile that made Kenneth's hair stand on end.
"no no!"
Kenneth shook his head tremblingly.
"What's wrong? Is it because I'm not trustworthy?"
Sora laughed and shook his head.
"I am the one who will eventually marry you El-Melloi. If you don't trust me, then who should you trust?"
"You understand what I just said, right?"
Although he was smiling, there was a hint of gloom in Sora's eyes.
Why not agree?
Why not agree?
The strength of her squeeze on Kenneth's hand increased slightly.
"No, no, Sora, you don't know"
Kenneth felt a sense of crisis.
Not just from now.
He remembered Sora's gaze on Lancer Diarmait.
That look, that look.!
"Lancer, you are not a servant you can control!"
"He is absolutely, nothing...!"
"Do you know what you're talking about, Kenneth?"
The smile on Sora's face disappeared and he looked down at Kenneth lying on the hospital bed.
"Do you know how you got back here?"
"Lancer, whom you praised as useless and worthless, immediately went to Saber's camp to rescue you after sensing your crisis. It can be said that without Lancer, you would be dead now."
"do you understand?"
"me"
Kenneth didn't know what to say.
He could only continue.
"When I made the contract with Lancer, I once asked Lancer what his wish was, but he answered me that he had no wish. Do you understand this is a lie? No servant will not long for the Holy Grail."
"Kenneth."
Sora interrupted Kenneth again.
She grabbed Kenneth's hand, her eyes dull, making Kenneth feel like he had fallen into an ice cellar.
"You know, with my level of magic, I can't take away the Command Seal and the contract by force."
"But if it means sacrificing a command spell, I don't care."
Sigh——
Sigh——
She grabbed Kenneth's little finger and snapped it off.
"Ah ah ah ah ah----"
Screams came.
"If you are really unwilling to give up the command spell and contract to me - then the only option I have left is to cut off your hand. Do you understand?"
Sora smiled.
Kenneth shed tears.
Why did he shed tears?
Is it fear?
Or humiliation?
