Chapter Sixty-Four: Is Fate Unchangeable?

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Magical Girl Miyu: "Insidious... He's really too insidious. This man named Emiya Kiritsugu is just as dangerous as Marisbury, who's hiding in the shadows."

Magical Girl Illya: "No...that's impossible, my dad isn't that kind of person—"

In the world of Magical Girl Illya, after witnessing Kiritsugu Emiya's actions, Illya abandoned the ruby ​​beside her, ignored the two maids' words, picked up the phone, and called her father.

She wouldn't admit it, she wouldn't admit that the person in that video was her father; it must be someone impersonating him.

Magical Girl Mami: "Magical girl? That man's daughter is a magical girl like me?"

Magical Girl Sirin: "How could this be? So many magical girls—"

Herrscher of the Void: "Sirin? Who is this lowly scoundrel who dares to impersonate me?"

Bishop of Destiny: "Kenneth... You could have used Command Spells to have Lancer protect you, but you willingly gave it up for the sake of the one you love. Although it is incredibly foolish, I acknowledge you... Magician."

Kenneth: "What are you talking about? Sora has already betrayed us. I'm only doing this for the honor of the El-Melloi family."

Kasumigaoka Utaha: "Actually... I think Lancer is the most pitiful one. Thinking about it carefully, he didn't do anything wrong, but he ended up like this. Is being handsome a sin?"

Madara Uchiha: "The Holy Grail War is a war. To still believe in such a pointless spirit during a war, even Hashirama is far better than him."

Eden: "Ellie has made her move; this is going to be quite exciting..."

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The sudden situation surprised everyone. Kiritsugu Emiya's eyes darkened. It was her again. She always appeared when he didn't want her to.

However, Saber is still by my side, so I don't need to flee in panic like last time, but...

What a huge loss... a really huge loss. The contract Kenneth signed has already taken effect, which means he can no longer kill Kenneth.

On the condition that Lancer commits suicide, Kiritsugu Emiya will not take action against Kenneth or Sora thereafter.

Now that Kenneth's Command Spell has been issued and the contract has been established, but Lancer is still alive, there is no longer a chance for Maiya to deal with Kenneth and Sora.

How insidious!

The audience gasped upon seeing the images on the screen. Even with Kenneth crippled, his Command Seals exhausted, and Lancer's suicide, was he still not going to let Kenneth go? What kind of deep-seated hatred and resentment was this?

Even Kenneth, who was outside the screen, was racking his brains trying to figure out if El-Melloi had accidentally provoked Kiritsugu Emiya before, since he had resorted to such cruel methods.

......

"Thank you, Alicia."

After a brief silence, words of thanks rang out, but it wasn't Lancer's.

Alicia somehow managed to remove the Command Seals' forced control and save Lancer's life, but Lancer was now mired in deep self-doubt and pain, having been harmed once again by his master.

His spirit and will had plummeted to their lowest point; he had no fighting spirit whatsoever, and even his handsome face was contorted with pain.

"You're welcome, Miss Knight King," Alicia said softly.

As both a queen and a knight, Saber held Dimurd in high esteem, a man whose chivalry was ingrained in his very being. Although Dimurd was not particularly powerful, in Saber's heart, he was no less important than the King of Heroes or the King of Conquerors.

Because the Command Seal was activated so quickly, she had no time to react before Lancer had already plunged his spear into her body. It was truly tragic that such an elegant knight died in such a way.

That's why Saber thanked Alicia for saving him.

......

As the Command Seals wore off, Kiritsugu Emiya, realizing he could no longer hide, gradually emerged from the shadows. Lancer had completely lost his will to fight, and Saber was by his side, so there was no need for him to continue hiding.

Upon seeing the man, Lancer instantly perked up and looked behind him with eyes stained with blood and tears.

Just then, his Master Kenneth emerged from the abandoned factory with Maiya's help. He sat in a wheelchair with an empty and blank expression, his eyes filled with despair. It was hard to imagine that just a few days ago, he was one of the twelve Lords of the Clock Tower, a man of great honor.

"You...so..."

Lancer knelt in his own pool of blood, struggling to speak in a hoarse, low voice.

"So you crave victory!? So you desire the Holy Grail so badly!? You even trample on my... only sincere wish... Don't you feel ashamed!?"

His beauty was twisted by blood and tears, turning into a face that was completely different from his previous appearance, like a vengeful ghost. Lancer, who had lost himself in hatred, no longer distinguished between friend and foe, and roared out his heart-wrenching resentment and anger at Kiritsugu Emiya, Alicia, Saber, and everything in the world.

"Unforgivable... absolutely unforgivable! You souls, enslaved by fame and fortune, who have tarnished the glory of knighthood... let my blood pollute your dreams! I curse the Holy Grail! I curse your wishes to become calamities! When you fall into purgatory, you will surely remember me, Dimurdor..."

"Uh..." Dimuludo stopped cursing before he could finish.

Under his eyes filled with blood and tears, Alicia slowly walked towards him, gently placing her hand on his shoulder, and an inexplicable power was soothing the pain in his body and mind.

The crowd and the audience outside the screen watched this scene with a strange feeling. Generally speaking, handsome men and beautiful women together would give people a sense of being a good match, but at this moment, it brought a different feeling.

This doesn't resemble the intimacy between lovers, but rather the pain of a mother caressing her child. The emotion emanating from Alicia is undoubtedly love, but it's not the love of romantic love; rather, it's the love of God for all humanity. This love isn't just for Dimurudo, but for everyone in the world... Such an incongruous scene could probably only happen to Alicia.

However, that was just how outsiders perceived her. In Dimurdo's eyes at that moment, Alicia was neither a lover nor a mother. The intense feeling, the feeling of soothing all the pain, was something he had never experienced before in his life.

God...! If I had to use one word to describe Alicia, then this word would be the most fitting.

"Who...who are you? Are you a god? Why...?"

Instinctively, Lancer asked, but he quickly shut up. At this moment, he had lost his reason for being. Even if he knew Alicia's identity, what could he do?

Should he kill Alicia for the sake of the Holy Grail War? That's simply unrealistic. His wish has already been completely fulfilled, and he has lost his reason for existing in this Holy Grail War.

"—So this is the first time you've directly witnessed my 'murderous methods,' Alice."

Kiritsugu Emiya lit a cigarette and, breaking his silence, answered in a dry voice, revealing a look of shame and timidity as he turned to Irisviel.

“Hey, Kiritsugu. Don’t talk to me, go talk to Saber and Miss Iri.”

"No, I have nothing to say to them. They did it just to win. There's no point in saying anything."

He remained focused on talking to Irisviel, not even glancing at Saber and Alicia.

"Is this how you achieve victory—by insulting a hero?! Emiya Kiritsugu!!"

Even when faced with the Knight King's furious roar with his eyebrows raised, Emiya Kiritsugu remained unmoved.

He still didn't pay any attention to Saber, his gaze still fixed on his wife, but at this moment, he finally began to talk non-stop like beans pouring from a bamboo tube.

"As long as it brings world peace, any means are acceptable. War itself is cruel, and believing in chivalry is pathetic. No matter what sins I have committed, please deal with me after the Holy Grail War. I will accept without hesitation. But... but why do you keep hindering me? Why do you always appear to stop me at the most crucial moment? Alicia—"

As he spoke, Kiritsugu Emiya's gaze finally shifted from his wife to Alicia. This was the second time, but it wouldn't be the last. As long as Alicia lived, every one of his plans would be thwarted time and time again.

"Stop? If that's what you think, fine. The only reason I'm here is to witness something firsthand."

"After all, I have never trusted that man and his Caster, even though so far the Caster's deductions have never been wrong."

Alicia's eyes dimmed at some point, perhaps as she thought of something from the past.

She didn't know what futurism was, but she now completely believed that Solomon possessed the same power to see through fate as Aponia.

Bluebeard's madness, Kirei Kotomine's depravity, Kiritsugu Emiya's justice, and Lancer's death—everything seemed to be scripted, with only oneself as a character detached from the script.

"Caster? What are you talking about? Wasn't Caster already wiped out?"

He thought Alicia would give some reason to stop him, but Alicia's words instantly invigorated Kiritsugu Emiya, and he even dropped the cigarette in his hand to the ground without realizing it.

He wasn't stupid. Although Solomon had never actually made a move so far, Kiritsugu Emiya had a strange sense of unease about it. He had initially attributed it to the pressure of the Holy Grail War, but now it seemed... that wasn't the case.

In other words... is there another Caster besides Bluebeard in this Holy Grail War? And why has he remained hidden until now without being discovered? What exactly are he and his Master plotting?

"Eliminated? One Caster was indeed eliminated; when he transformed into a giant monster, he was completely annihilated, leaving not even ashes. But that doesn't mean Casters are finished..."

Alicia's eyes were filled with helplessness. Poor Kiritsugu Emiya had planned so much, but in the end, he was still used as a pawn by that Caster and his Master.

But now that she has told Kiritsugu Emiya all this, could she possibly change that so-called fate?

Unfortunately, Kiritsugu Emiya probably already knew about the real Caster, since the Clairvoyant Eyes couldn't see Alicia, but Kiritsugu Emiya's thoughts and actions were all within their observation.

......

"Oh dear, we've been found out..."

In the distance, in the city center of Fuyuki, Marisbury was looking out at where Kiritsugu Emiya and Alicia were, a position that would shield Saber and Lancer from his senses.

I wonder what kind of amazing reaction will occur if I tell Alicia about the developments of the Holy Grail War. I hope this girl from another world can bring me a different kind of surprise.

With a sigh, Marisbury said with some distress, "Caster, do you think fate is something that cannot be changed?"

Solomon: "..."

He remained silent, not knowing whether he didn't want to answer or didn't know how to answer.

"Well, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the Holy Grail War has entered a critical moment. That corrupted Holy Grail is not what I want. The first thing to do is to restore it to its original state. Caster, you should be able to do that."

Solomon: "Yes, that's not difficult at all."

"Alright, I knew you could do it. Now, the next step, and the most crucial one, is that we must keep Saber until the very end. Even if all the other Servants leave the stage, Saber cannot leave."

"We will seize the Holy Grail, and then Saber will win the Holy Grail War."

"As for the Holy Grail War more than ten years later, it will be enough to make good use of Francesca."

Maris Billy wore his usual smile, but in Solomon's eyes, beneath that smile lay unimaginable scheming and conspiracy.

Although he was responsible for obtaining all the information about future developments, all the plans were devised by Maris Billy alone. He never even consulted Maris Billy before confidently believing that his plans would succeed.

And indeed...

Within the range of Solomon's all-seeing eye, Marisbury's plan was remarkably successful, even flawless, but...

Has he forgotten that there is someone who cannot be observed by a clairvoyant?

Telling Alicia everything—is this man really not afraid of things going wrong? His clairvoyance can't see a single thing about Alicia, or is it that Maris Billy doesn't care whether he gets the Holy Grail or not?

Chapter Sixty-Five: Lancer's Master, ko no Alicia

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Eriri: "Let Saber win the Holy Grail War, and then they get the Holy Grail? What does that mean? I don't understand at all."

Conan: "Because of the information asymmetry, Maris Billy, with the help of Solomon, already knows everything about the future. He is like a screenwriter, making everyone involved in this Holy Grail War follow his lead."

Madoka Kaname: "What exactly happened in the future? And what does it mean that the Holy Grail is corrupted? Can it no longer be used to make wishes?"

Homura Akemi: "As expected, there's no such thing as a wish-granting machine in this world. Every wish comes with a huge price. The Holy Grail... is just another Kyubey—"

Bishop of Schicksal: "Another Holy Grail War more than ten years later? I remember the Holy Grail Wars have a very long cycle, how could this happen?"

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