The atmosphere was almost stagnant.
Samura seemed to no longer pay attention to Kotomine Kirei, as if he had never done anything.
Kotomine Kirei looked at Samura who was drinking alone, puzzled, confused, curious, and a little angry.
"Why?"
"You liberate me like this, but don't allow me to pursue my own happiness?"
"And what do you mean by restraint?"
Kotomine Kirei did not show his anger, but he clenched his fists and looked at Ano Samura in confusion.
"Kirei."
"follow me."
Samura picked up the remaining wine, took two wine bowls, and then grabbed Kotomine Kirei's hand.
"Varied--"
Before Kotomine Kirei could react, he was dragged out of the house by Samura. Then, with Samura's leap, the two of them stood on the roof together.
"If you want to get to the roof, we can use the ladder."
After Kotomine Kirei stood firm, he was somewhat speechless.
"But I still prefer it this way."
Zuocun shrugged, not paying much attention.
He sat down on the roof, threw the two wine bowls beside him, picked up the wine jug and poured two bowls of wine.
"Come, sit down."
Zuo Cun smiled and pursed his lips.
After looking at the wine bowl in silence for two seconds, Kotomine Kirei sat down.
"I don't understand, Samura."
Putting the wine bowl to his mouth, Kotomine Kirei's eyes were mixed with excitement and disappointment, looking a little weird.
"My doubts have been solved. Even with such a disappointing result, I should be happy for myself, but why...my doubts have increased instead of decreasing."
"The question is simple."
Under the cold moonlight, Zuocun's mouth curved.
"Your nature is contrary to your current situation."
"Think about it, what kind of environment you grew up in, and what kind of education you have been receiving."
"Your life and your nature are incompatible."
".So, what should I do? Should I pursue the Holy Grail? Is this the answer you gave me? The answer for me to abandon the teacher factor and continue to fight the Holy Grail War alone?"
"No, you don't need to pursue the Holy Grail. There are some enemies that you can't defeat even if you are prepared. Just like you have received so much education, the moment you realize your nature, you can't help but want to pursue it. Isn’t it your pleasure?”
Zuo Cun smiled and drank the wine.
Kotomine Kirei noticed that there seemed to be a faint wisp of smoke drifting away from Samura's head.
But Kotomine Kirei didn't care.
"The people participating in this Holy Grail War are all a group of weird, powerful and scary guys. Even Manlio, that boy, won't be able to solve it easily, let alone someone as alien as the Master of Saber. In this Holy Grail War."
"A wish that comes true through the Holy Grail?"
"Perhaps it can only be regarded as a vision worth looking forward to."
"And the answer I want to give you is Kirei, divert your attention."
Zuocun poured himself another glass.
Kotomine Kirei looked at Zuomura's actions, just raised his head and drank the wine, then put the wine bowl next to Zuomura. Zuomura was stunned, couldn't help but smile, and poured a bowl for Kotomine Kirei. .
"Diversion of attention? What do you mean? Does it mean you still can't pursue what I want?" Picking up the wine bowl, Kotomine Kirei frowned.
"right."
Zuo Cun nodded seriously.
"You can't release your true nature, Kirei."
"Otherwise you will become an existence that you cannot predict."
"Even if you will eventually be excited and happy because of your pain, you will have a cruel ending."
"You may even be killed by your own happiness and pleasure."
"That's not what I want to see."
Smiling, Zuocun drank the wine in one gulp again.
He had drunk two or three kilograms tonight, but there was no sign of being drunk at all. He was just a little tipsy and kept talking to Kotomine Kirei.
".You don't want me to die?"
After summing up for a long time, Kotomine Kirei said with some uncertainty.
Zuocun's movements paused.
".There must be this factor."
"You have seen my life, and you should know what is left around me at the end."
Zuo Cun smiled, it was a smile about his own life.
What's left in Zuocun's life?
A small house, daughter Souna, friend Saito Kazuo, and a few students.
Nothing else.
His memories of the bloody old days have basically passed him by.
This was also the reason why he chose to walk onto the Eagle Cliff in the end.
The flying eagle spreads its wings, flies across the dawn, takes away the night, and finally falls into the sea and is shattered into pieces.
His final choice in life was to die in this new era that he personally participated in pioneering.
"You can be said to be the only person I can call a friend during this short time in the world."
Zuo Cun's words sound a bit like PUA.
But it was indeed his sincerity.
".What if I choose to pursue my pleasure obsessively?"
After closing his eyes and remaining silent for a moment, Kotomine Kirei opened his eyes again and asked.
But even though he was asking, he already had the answer in his mind.
"I will kill you, Kirei, and I will not let you bring any pain to this world - even if I regard you as a friend."
"Is this so?"
Kotomine Kirei was not surprised at all.
This is indeed the answer Zuo Cun would give.
Samura will kill him just like he killed that Ibaraki boy.
Taking pleasure in the suffering of others.
Will the happiness that I have been pursuing turn out to be the thing that worries me the most in the end?
"Let's make a promise, Kotomine Kirei, my friend and my master."
"Don't forget, you still owe me a promise."
Zuomura stood up, kicked the already drained wine bottle to the side, hugged his chest, and looked down at Kotomine Kirei with a smile on his face.
".You say it."
Kotomine Kirei also stood up.
He is someone who keeps his promises.
No matter what Anno Zuomura says now, he will do it.
But what Zuocun said caught him off guard.
"When I leave, be happy that I am gone, and then for the rest of the time, you will still live as you were before."
"Finally, don't forget me."
"do you understand?"
Samura narrowed his eyes and grabbed one of Kotomine Kirei's shoulders.
".That's it."
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!"
Kotomine Kirei's surprise turned into happiness.
"Samura Anno, you are indeed a fascinating enough person!"
"I am a hopeless evil person, but I will abide by the agreement I made with you for the rest of my life."
"Although there are some fouls, let me put forward an additional condition."
Kotomine Kirei grabbed Samura's shoulder with his backhand.
"Take your memories with me to the Throne of Heroes!"
(End of chapter)
