Sitting at the table, I faced Lancer's Master.
He had cleared the area with magecraft, and now, no one was in the second-floor café.
"First of all, I never imagined you'd be a young man."
"A young man can be one too~ Are you here to make a deal?"
"Hmph. First, I will hand over Lancer. In return, I would like you to pay a price."
"Master..."
Lancer just bowed his head in silence.
"Honestly, I trust in Lancer's loyalty. However, the important fact is that while honor is important, one of the reasons is that I do not wish for my relationship with my wife to be severed by Lancer. Even though it was a marriage to continue the magus lineage, I have decided to improve my relationship with my wife."
Well, even as a magus, Lancer's Master had a human side. I couldn't help but be impressed.
"So what do you want in return for handing over Lancer?"
"I plan to pass on part of the debt to Waver Velvet, who stole the catalyst. Even if I sell the unused materials to pay off the remaining 70%, I can only quickly recover about 40 to 50%. I would like you to pay off the remaining 20%."
The atmosphere felt like a debtor asking for money. I couldn't help but frown, but I looked at Caster and said:
"Caster? Do you have any more of that immortality potion?"
"What? I have one left, but you're going to give it to him?"
"For 20%, an immortality potion should be enough, right?"
"Ho... that would be more than enough."
Just then, the magus showed me a Geass scroll and said:
"If you sign here, it is a contract stating that we will no longer interfere with each other, and you will become Lancer's Master."
I looked at the paper, but it didn't matter if I signed it or not.
"Caster, your Noble Phantasm."
At that, Caster, with an "I knew it" expression, stabbed Lancer. Lancer looked at Caster with a bewildered expression.
And Lancer's Master, confirming that he had lost his Command Spells, began to look at me with a dumbfounded expression.
"Caster, give me the immortality potion."
"Here you go... I'll have to make another one later..."
I handed the potion Medea gave me to Lancer's Master.
Lancer's Master laughed as if he found it absurd and said:
"How ridiculous... Is this how you obtained Saber? Perhaps I took the Holy Grail War too lightly."
"This concludes our deal, right? I'm not a magus or a murderer, so I don't want to fight anymore."
"I don't believe you."
"I never asked you to. Whether you use that to pay off your debt or pass it on to Waver and take it yourself is up to you. But since our business is finished, you should go... Lancer, please escort your former Master in Spirit Form."
Confirming that my words were sincere, Lancer could only nod.
"Sigh, I've passed on my status as a Master to Tiamat. I can't handle the mana anymore, so I had no choice but to pass it on."
"If you need Mama's mana, just say the word."
Artoria also looked at Lancer with a look of understanding.
The former Lancer's Master, with an expression that said "people like this actually exist," held his head and stood up, starting to laugh hollowly.
"Haha... It seems I saw the Holy Grail War too simply."
And Lancer quietly dematerialized, protecting his former Master as he left the café. I thought to myself:
"This is a happy ending, right?"
"Hmm... I don't know."
"Mama doesn't know either."
As long as it's not a Nice Boat, it's fine. I believe they'll live happily ever after, and Waver will surely take responsibility for the remaining debts.
Afterward, we returned home and lazed around together.
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Meanwhile, Kiritsugu and Maiya.
Lancer's Master has left on a plane?
"Maiya, what do you think?"
"Hmm... perhaps he has given up on the Holy Grail War?"
"Then where did Lancer go?"
"Umm..."
Maiya slowly embraced Kiritsugu and said:
"We don't have enough information yet. I've collected video footage of what appears to be Lancer's Master making a deal with Irisviel and the young man."
"I see... I'm glad Irisviel is safe. She's alive."
And Maiya gave Kiritsugu a deep kiss and said:
"Kiritsugu, I'm glad Irisviel is safe."
"Uh... right..."
But Kiritsugu was filled with guilt.
When Irisviel disappeared, he was filled with guilt, but holding Maiya allowed him to temporarily set it aside.
But now that he had confirmed Irisviel was alive, the guilt began to resurface.
While Irisviel was gone, he had made a mistake and had a relationship with Maiya, to the point where he wondered if a child might have been conceived. Kiritsugu was even more tormented.
As a parent who had committed adultery, Kiritsugu wondered if he even had the right to meet Irisviel, so he didn't even try to find her.
No, it would be more accurate to say he pretended to look for her...
Now, he was no longer a Master, but a Magus Killer, gathering various information to obtain the Grail.
If the Archer of the 5th War had seen this Emiya...
Wouldn't he have said, "Drown in your woman problems"?
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Meanwhile, Irisviel was feeling uneasy.
"Come to think of it, Kiritsugu must be worried about me too, right?"
"Even so... he's probably flirting with Maiya."
"There's no way Kiritsugu would do that."
At my words, Irisviel's eyes trembled.
"I'm sure he's in a relationship with Maiya."
"No, then what about Illya..."
"Illya... she'd probably be happy to have a younger brother or sister."
Honestly, recalling how she loved her long-lost sibling... that was a high possibility.
Kiritsugu's genes were a strong influence, but if she took after Kiritsugu's disposition, there was a chance she would make countless men cry or flirt with women.
Thinking about Kuro from Prisma Illya... the possibility of yuri was definitely not zero!!
"Hmm... if it's the pure Illya, she might."
You're not denying it?
"Right?"
"Still, isn't it a problem to have a relationship without telling me?"
Oh, so if he told you, it wouldn't be a problem?
"To be honest, I've had my suspicions about Kiritsugu and Maiya's relationship... I haven't talked to Maiya much, but sometimes the way she looks at Kiritsugu is, how should I put it?"
"A lustful look?"
"Umm... I don't think so, but let's go with that."
It seems that being nine years old, she couldn't think of the right word.
"What kind of Greek mythology nonsense are you spouting! The affair itself is the problem!"
"Kiritsugu is too kind, and he can't refuse when a woman approaches him. He's too nice for his own good~♡"
"What is that... Isn't that just a Casanova!?"
At the pale-faced Caster's words, Irisviel blushed and said:
"That's Kiritsugu's charm~ What can you do?"
The abnormal family relationship left even Medea speechless.
Well, Artoria and I were also speechless, but Tiamat just nodded in understanding.
And Irisviel continued:
"But Kiritsugu has a child-like side to him... The way he drank my breast milk before Illya was born felt just like when Illya drinks my milk."
"""..."""
Oh my god, Kiritsugu was a god!
'Ah, but it's not that strange. Breast milk is surprisingly delicious, that's why babies drink it... If it wasn't tasty, they wouldn't drink it. Liking breast milk is a matter of preference.'
I looked at Tiamat. Tiamat touched her own chest and shook her head with an apologetic expression.
Seeing that, I could only nod.
"By the way, Irisviel?"
"Yes?"
"What would you do if Kiritsugu was having an affair with Maiya?"
"Hmm... that would be painful... but first, I'd have to beat Kiritsugu up. Then we'd talk again, and I'd thoroughly wring him out so he'd never look at anyone else again. Along with Maiya."
Irisviel's red eyes showed a chilling glint.
It was a look that suggested a Nice Boat scene would be completed if he ever had an affair with another person again.
'By the way, what does "wring him out" mean? Does she mean she'll suck out his life force like a succubus?'
I thought about Irisviel's choice of words for a moment, but in the end, it was Kiritsugu's fate, so I decided not to care.
If he were to die from sex, that might be a happy ending in its own right.
He wouldn't have to think about the greater good or the lesser evil anymore, so isn't that a good thing?
As I had these various thoughts, I thought about the point where the original story had collapsed and remembered Shirou Emiya's whereabouts.
'Wait, then what happens to Shirou? I wanted to see his awakening in the 5th War... but now I can't.'
To see that scene, the curse would have to fall from the sky, and in the process, a hell would have to be created, resulting in countless casualties.
But to kidnap him... it felt like I was becoming a scumbag, and there was no reason to force him to become a magus.
I didn't want to kill many people for my own selfish desires.
"Well, let's drop it."
Ding.
The sound of my smartphone echoed in the bathroom, and I checked it.
Fuyuki 5th Holy Grail War 2004 (Undecided/Spring)
1st French Holy Grail War 2004 (Discovered/Summer)
Snowfield City 1st False Holy Grail War 2008 (Grail under construction/Undecided)
1st Roman Holy Grail War December 15, 2008 (Confirmed)
"Huh?"
No, even for this world... aren't there too many Grails?
Even if it's a parallel world... there can't be this many Holy Grail Wars.
"What is this... it's like a world without Chaldea."
The good thing is that there's no Human Order Incineration.
It seems Solomon won't be appearing.
Well, that's a relief~ If the chicken appears, the Human Order will be destroyed, so it's a relief~
In any case, there were too many Holy Grail Wars.
I felt like Manaka would bring a Grail too, but I erased that thought. It was the Berserker camp's turn to mess up this Holy Grail War.
Huh?
But I had a bad feeling that Manaka might have a Grail too.
And December 15th...? That's not a Servant's birthday, is it? Why is it so emphasized?