"It's nothing, I just took away Artoria's servant relationship."

"From now on, I am Artoria's Master."

Skadi said this, as if swearing sovereignty, and as a reminder.

After she finished speaking, she raised her hand so that Irisviel could see the Command Seal on the back of her hand more clearly.

It was a triple Command Seal, and each Command Seal representing three different ranks formed a strange pattern on the back of her hand.

"Three different Command Seals?"

Irisviel is a little confused, can anyone really do this?

"Yes, I have three followers."

With a snap of her fingers, the black knight came to her side, Medea flew into the air, and Arturia stood in front of her somewhat at a loss.

She didn't betray, but Scarti took her over forcefully, which made her not know how to face Irisviel.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything bad to you, madam."

"To me, madam, you are a beautiful symbol, and I will protect you well."

Skadi's statement is half true and half false, and it's up to her to decide whether she believes it or not.

"I..." Irisviel wanted to say something, but she couldn't say anything.

"Ma'am, I know what you mean."

"You are the carrier of the Holy Grail, or more precisely, you are the Holy Grail."

"To summon the Holy Grail, you must be sacrificed."

"This matter, Saber doesn't know yet."

"If she knew, she would not accept this result, even if she would rather fail than summon the Holy Grail."

"You are willing to sacrifice yourself for Emiya Kiritsugu and for the Einzbern family."

"But have you ever thought that this is not fair to you, and it is not fair to your daughter Elijah."

"You think, even if you die, Illya will be taken care of by the Einzbern family and Emiya Kiritsugu."

"But you never thought about whether Illya would accept it if she really lost her beloved mother."

"There is nothing wrong with sacrificing for righteousness, and I cannot criticize such things."

"But this is not righteousness, ma'am, it is just selfish desire."

"I will summon the Holy Grail, but I will also..."

Before Skadi finished speaking, a series of gunshots came from behind him.

"Dangdangdang~" The blue shield appeared, stopping all the bullets.

Skadi sighed slightly, stepped in front of Emiya Kiritsugu, easily snatched his rifle, and fixed him and his assistant in place.

"Eimiya Kiritsugu, I'll ask you a few questions now, you answer me."

Conventional thermal weapons don't do anything for Skadi, she said, holding the rifle up to herself.

Pulling the trigger, the sound of "da da da da" came, all of which hit the skin of her raised other hand.

These bullets hit her hand, only made the sound of metal clanging, and then fell to the ground.

"You know, Emiya Kiritsugu."

Skadi looked at him calmly.

"I'm actually not afraid of thermal weapons at all, not even nuclear bombs."

Her self-confidence made Emiya Kiritsugu take a deep breath.

It turned out that when I hurt her before, it was because the other party was cooperating with me in acting, right?

Fortunately, I thought that this kind of bullet could hurt her, and I still believed in it.

From the current point of view, he looks like a clown.

"You don't need to underestimate yourself. Although it is true that you cannot hurt me with a hot weapon, at least you have hurt me."

Skadi's words were more of a mockery than a consolation, after all, it was made for acting, and it didn't really hurt her at all.

"What do you want to ask, just ask."

Facing other magicians, Emiya Kiritsugu was not afraid at all.

The problem is that the magician in front of him is stronger than the heroic spirit, and he didn't give himself any reaction time from the moment he made the move.

This kind of absolute strength made Emiya Kiritsugu helpless.

The so-called magician killer also depends on the opponent.

"There is a fork at the end of the railroad tracks. Ten and twenty people were tied up on both sides of the fork."

"Now you have the opportunity to control the joystick, you can change the track of the train, you will choose the side where the train hits ten people, or the side where it hits twenty people."

Skadi asked a tricky question, and this question seemed to be familiar.

"There are ten people."

Emiya Kiritsugu was silent for a long time before replying.

"Then if I told you that there is a cliff behind the railroad tracks on the side of ten people, and the train will crash after passing it. And the road behind the road of twenty people is unimpeded, which one would you choose?"

"...of twenty people."

Skadi further increased the complexity of the question, and Emiya Kiritsugu continued to answer.

"You chose the path of twenty people. You sacrificed twenty people, but you saved a trainload of people and ten people."

"But if I tell you again, those ten people are heinous criminals, and out of a hundred people on the train, 95 are also criminals, and five are just policemen. And the twenty people tied to the tracks are all criminals. Where's the good guy?"

"What will you choose?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

Emiya Kiritsugu opened his mouth first, then lowered his head.

Then he wanted to say something more, but the words stuck in his throat and he couldn't speak at all.

Finally he bowed his head, completely at a loss as to how to answer.

"You used to make similar choices."

"Your philosophy is to save as many people as possible, even if it means sacrificing some less people."

"But if you save it like this, more and more people will be sacrificed, and fewer and fewer people you can save."

"You also know it's not right, but you have no choice but to do it."

"But why you can only do this..."

"Why do some people have to sacrifice their lives for others? Isn't their god important?"

"I know you have thought about such a question, and you also understand that what you did was not right."

"But you think you have no choice but to sacrifice some people and save others."

"But why?"

When Skadi said this, his tone suddenly became serious.

Her expression is very serious, looking up at the sky.

"Whoever forces you to make this choice, you will kill whoever."

"Just like the question I asked you just now, why are you obsessed with choices?"

"Whoever tied people there to let you make this choice, you should solve whoever."

"If it's a system problem, you should reform it."

"If it's a natural disaster, you can fight it."

"It's the group's problem and you solve them."

"If it's the wicked people's problem, you just kill them all."

"This is the solution to the problem and the root cause."

"The kind of screening again and again, being forced to make choices again and again, is just a cowardly retreat."

"I know you're going to feel like this wouldn't be the case if you were capable."

"But since you don't have the ability, why do you force yourself to take responsibility for killing so many people?"

"If you think you should do it even if you don't have the ability, why not try to be the best you can be?"

"Why put yourself in such a predicament?"

"Tell me, Emiya Kiritsugu."

Skadi's speech was not fast, but because of this, it sounded aggressive, so that Emiya Kiritsugu didn't know how to respond.

"Skaty."

Arturia came over and wanted to say something, but seeing Emiya Kiritsugu's appearance, and then at Skadi, she suddenly fell silent.

"I'm sorry, this matter..."

Irisviel knew that Emiya Kiritsugu had a problem, but he was her husband, so Irisviel couldn't sit back and watch him do this.

"I know you care about him, but it's impossible for him not to change."

"Mrs. Irisviel, I have already said what I should say. Whether he can change it is his own business."

"I'm just giving him a final notice now."

"Or don't do anything, and return to the Einzbern family to retire with peace of mind."

"Or just tell me your answer, tell me what you can do, instead of doing it completely wrong like before."

"I can tell you very clearly that if something like this happens next time, he didn't make the right choice."

"I'll make what I think is the right choice."

After Skadi finished speaking, she took Artoria's hand and left without giving them a chance to speak or refute.

"Kiritsugu..."

Irisviel's voice came from behind, faintly.

The bodies of Emiya Kiritsugu and his assistant also regained their mobility.

But unlike the assistant standing there, Emiya Kiritsugu was paralyzed on the ground.

His eyes were empty, as if he hadn't recovered from Skadi's words.

"Let's... let's go back first."

Irisviel looked at his assistant Hisau Maiya, and asked her to help Emiya Kiritsugu go home with him.

"Am I doing it wrong?"

Emiya Kiritsugu sat on the chair by the window, from noon to night, not a drop of water entered.

Finally, when Irisviel came in again worryingly and brought him a cup of tea, Emiya Kiritsugu suddenly asked.

"...I don't know, Kiritsugu."

Looking at him tenderly, Irisviel gently held his hand.

"I only know that I have always supported you, I believe in you, and I am willing to give everything for your wish."

"I also know that I may not see the day you hoped for, but at least..."

"I can be a witness for you to realize this dream, a witness for you to practice your dream."

"I also believe that one day this world will usher in the peace you hope for..."

Irisviel raised his hand, placed it on her face, and answered his words gently.

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