Perhaps it was fate, or perhaps it was because everyone had already made their choice about which Heroic Spirit class to summon, so under the influence of their inner thoughts, the Command Spells also took on a form that vaguely resembled their class.
That's right, this time Kiritsugu was going to follow his own ideas. As a "Magus Killer," an Assassin was, as expected, more suitable for him. A powerful Heroic Spirit was good, but what was more important was to see the compatibility between himself and the Heroic Spirit. If he couldn't get along with the Heroic Spirit, then the battle would only have more problems.
What's more, compared to fighting a Heroic Spirit head-on, he still preferred to directly take out the opponent's Master. As long as there were no major problems in this Holy Grail War, then he should have no psychological burden in directly eliminating the enemy Masters.
"Then it's settled. Iri, you take Illya and leave here for now, go somewhere safe for a while. Even if I wasn't a participant in the Holy Grail War, I would still hope that you could temporarily avoid it. After all, there's no guarantee that others won't involve our home. Most importantly, Illya, as a homunculus, is very likely to become the prey of other magi."
Although through their efforts and modifications, the Lesser Grail's channel had been cut off, it was still possible that she would be captured by other magi and the channel reopened. At that time, the person holding Illya might be the first to touch the Holy Grail that opened the path. In other words, Illya was an anchor to ensure the advent of the Holy Grail. With this positioning, one already had a bit of a head start.
And if this Holy Grail War did not gather enough participants, Illya might become a participant. Although Illya looked like a little girl, she was actually already in her teens. And if the father and daughter teamed up, they would be a natural alliance. But as a father, how could he want his own daughter to be involved in danger?
Kiritsugu turned his gaze to Sigma. "Can I trouble you to take care of Iri during this time?"
The expression on Sigma's face was still calm. After hearing these words, he gently shook his head, raised his hand, and took off the glove on his hand. "Although I would very much like to take care of Ms. Irisviel, this time, I am also a participant. For some reason, the Holy Grail has also chosen me. It happened this morning."
In fact, Sigma couldn't quite figure out why he would become a participant this time. He didn't seem to have any wish that needed to be fulfilled. If he really had to say he had a wish, it would be to want to become a useful person. It was just, how should this "useful" be defined? Was it to become a handy tool in someone else's hands, or was it to realize his own self-worth? On this point, Sigma himself was not sure. His growth environment was a bit twisted. Plus, the various experiments he had been subjected to as a child, he might not even be able to smoothly express simple emotions.
Upon seeing the Command Spell on the back of Sigma's hand, Kiritsugu frowned slightly. He didn't think that the two of them would lay a death-hand on each other in the war. No matter what, they could be considered a family. After all, they were not an ordinary family, so the composition of their family also looked a little different from others.
The reason Kiritsugu frowned was that he didn't understand why Sigma had been chosen by the Holy Grail. Looking at Kiritsugu's questioning gaze, Sigma shook his head slightly, indicating that he himself did not know.
"Is that so... this is really a bit too sudden. I don't have any extra catalysts on hand. Sigma, are you planning on summoning without one? I can ask someone to find a connection and get a catalyst delivered as soon as possible."
Sigma shook his head. His thoughts were actually similar to Kiritsugu's. Compared to pursuing the strength of a Heroic Spirit, it was better to rely on his own fate to summon one. This way, there should be no problem with the degree of rapport between the two.
"Also, I received a piece of news... The Director of Chaldea is also preparing to participate in this Holy Grail War. Although I don't know if that person will become a contestant, I imagine he won't miss this Holy Grail War."
Kiritsugu gently tapped the table with his fingers. After falling out with the Einzbern family, his information network had been cut in half. Under such circumstances, he had no way to be sure who all the participants in this Holy Grail War were. However, that little girl from the Tohsaka family would probably participate.
Going around in circles like this, it seemed that there were quite a few acquaintances participating in this Holy Grail War. How did this feel like a game between people who knew each other?
He shook his head. This was, after all, a Holy Grail War. War is war. It was better to have such thoughts less in his heart.
On the other side, in London, Waver, who had just incurred a debt, was calculating how much work he would have to do to earn this money back. Just then, the door to his room was suddenly pushed open. A young girl with golden hair, wearing a uniform that looked like a military uniform, walked in. Following behind her was a maid made of mercury.
"What's wrong? Our El-Melloi faction's representative, Big Brother Waver, are you in some kind of trouble? Let me think~ Could it be that you're in debt again? If that's the case, I have a pretty good job that I can give you. I just don't know if you'd dare to take it."
Waver looked up at the young girl and sighed. "Reines, on this matter, please don't tease me anymore..."
The golden-haired girl's lips curled into a smile. She then directly threw a stack of contracts in front of Waver. And the first page of that contract was written with the remuneration for this time. And upon seeing this remuneration, Waver, who owed a lot of debt, directly widened his eyes. Not to mention the base salary, there was also a commission. As long as this commission was completed, he could directly pay back one-third of the money he owed!
Reines sat on the sofa and crossed her legs, a smile on her face. This smile carried a hint of a deep, mischievous nature. "Speaking of which, you should be very familiar with the location of the commission. That is Fuyuki City. And you are also very familiar with the content of the commission. That is... the Holy Grail War~"
Hearing Reines say the four words "Holy Grail War" one by one, Waver couldn't help but tremble. That place had let him grow, but at the same time, it had also brought him a bit of psychological trauma. He had originally thought that he would no longer have a chance, but he had not expected that there would be such a commission.
As if possessed, for some reason, Waver picked up the contract before him. In any case, he should first see what the commission in this contract was.