People in Type-Moon start from adopting Sakura

Here, any dirty tricks are allowed, any deceit seems so reasonable, and contestants can do whatever they want. It is precisely because of this that it is advertised as a dirty 'war', right? Instead of... fighting or something like that.

If there were people who were contemptuous and people who were still hoping for luck in this war that was destined to be a bloody one, this bad mentality has disappeared at this moment.

After all, any magician who has witnessed the power that can shake the world and personally felt the arrogance and rebelliousness of the ancient heroes should put aside his frivolous thoughts and face seriously everything that may come next.

However, even in such a chaotic war, there is still order, although it is not true order, but merely a label in the name of justice.

In the Holy Grail War, there are ironclad rules that no one is allowed to violate or break.

That is, the balance between reality and mystery must never be broken, which is what the mysterious world often calls the magic concealment principle. Ordinary people must never be allowed to notice these things.

However, the Masters and Servants of this Holy Grail War have undoubtedly trampled on this important rule.

Aside from the first night's port battle, which barely adhered to this rule, the rest of the actions had been quite tumultuous. Whether it was bombing the most luxurious hotel building in Fuyuki City or brazenly flying a golden airship through the sky, these various actions had, to some extent, violated this unspoken rule.

He recalled how his old friend, Tōsaka Tokiomi, had earnestly sought his help before the war began, as well as the solemn promise he had made.

He would definitely do his utmost to control the movement and scale of the Holy Grail War to the minimum extent possible, and would not let the battles of the Heroic Spirits disturb the people of the real world.

But now it seems that this has not been done at all?!

For a moment, Kotomine Risei couldn't help but wonder if Tōsaka Tokiomi had lost his mind because of the victory so close to him? Had he forgotten the promise he had made to him?

But after thinking about it carefully, he quickly put the idea behind him.

After all, the contact and friendship over the years could not be faked. In addition, his son was now assisting Tōsaka Tokiomi, and he would definitely remind him of this important matter, so he must have been worrying too much.

However, when Kotomine Kirei was mentioned, Kotomine Risei couldn't help but feel a little worried.

"Alas, there's been no news today. I don't know how Kirei and Tokiomi are getting along now."

In the dark and empty church, Yan Fengli was looking at the empty church in front of him with a subtle mood. At this moment, he suddenly had a very bad premonition in his heart. He looked at the sky outside the church, and silently prayed devoutly to the gods for the good luck of his son and old friend.

The time has come now, which means that the Holy Grail War is finally coming to an end. However, his old friend and son, who were supposed to report the situation to him on time, have not had any news today, which makes him a little worried.

But then he thought, Tōsaka Tokiomi is accompanied by his son Kotomine Kirei, and also has two servants, so there shouldn't be any problem.

Perhaps he was not able to deliver the message today because he was busy with other things. Now he still just needs to wait here, waiting for them to come here at the last moment to take away the last trump card. These things will help them win the Holy Grail War without a doubt.

As he was thinking this, Yan Fengli reached out and gently stroked his right arm, which was covered with red curse marks. There were dozens of bright red command seals left on it.

No one could have imagined that this old, unseen priest possessed dozens of these precious curse marks, considered trump cards by the Masters. If anyone could obtain them, surely they wouldn't need any tactics to win the war? Even more surprising was that the Church's agents, always known for their justice and morality, would so blatantly whistle for corruption, promising victory in the Holy Grail War to a single individual before it even began.

"Ugh……"

After waiting for a while, Yan Fengli breathed a sigh of relief. With the completion of his prayer, his originally uneasy mood also calmed down a lot at this moment. He was about to return to his room to rest. But the next moment...

—Crunch!!

Along with the creaking sound of the door hinges turning, the starlight outside the door shone in from avenues other than the windows, and fell into the church through the gap in the open door.

Yanfeng Li, who happened to be illuminated by the starlight, subconsciously covered his eyes, then stepped back slightly to avoid the gaze of the bright moon outside the door, moving his guilty body away from the white light. In the process, he seemed to vaguely see a slender figure with black hair slowly walking towards him in the cold moonlight.

Kotomine Li narrowed his old eyes.

Toosaka Tokiomi?

Kirei?

No, neither of them. The other person's figure obviously doesn't match. It seems that he is just a stranger visiting the church.

"I'm sorry, the church is closed so late. If you want to pray or confess, or if you need any help..."

He spoke in his usual kind tone.

"No, I never pray, and I don't confess to anyone."

Luo Wei smiled slightly and spoke to the old man in front of him as he approached.

"I never pray to the gods, because even gods can't know what I want to do. I don't ask for help from gods because I know that the Almighty God is too high up in the sky and His work is too busy. With so many believers, He may not be able to take care of me, and He may not like to hear such a voice."

Hearing these words, Yanfeng Lizheng was slightly stunned.

"The reason I didn't confess to him is because I know that even if I did, I wouldn't receive any real enlightenment, only a fleeting forgiveness and tolerance. But can that alone truly atone for your past mistakes and compensate for your sins and karma? If you can comfortably forget your mistakes and start a new life simply because the gods approve, then what about the people you've hurt? There's no gods to compensate those you've hurt."

"Father, I'm a pragmatic person, but also a bit paranoid. Compared to believing in so-called gods and seeking forgiveness, I firmly believe in one thing. Would you like to hear it?"

In just a few words, Luo Wei's figure had already appeared in front of the old priest. Then he chuckled, sat on the nearest chair, and then looked down at him as if he was on the throne.

"——Whatever you desire shall be your law."

"It means, trust your heart, that is your magic. So, compared to so-called gods, I trust my own heart, my own hands, and believe that I am the god in my own heart..."

Although it was a question, Luo Wei's attitude clearly did not intend to ask the old priest in front of him for his opinion. From the moment he entered the door, it seemed as if the old priest had been talking to himself. Not to mention a polite greeting, he didn't even give him the most basic respect.

Although Luo Wei is not a believer in God, he does not reject people who have faith and can carry it out.

After all, most of the gods' teachings were about encouraging people to be good. If Kotomine Risei could be fair, impartial, and dedicated in presiding over this Holy Grail War and maintaining stability, he would be willing to call him Father Kotomine and express his recognition of his efforts.

But the result is a pity.

Between justice and faith, responsibility and morality, this old priest who worked diligently all his life still chose selfish desires and violated his own beliefs and dogmas for this.

In this case, he, a clergyman who had violated the precepts, was naturally also a sinner. So Luo Wei certainly had no reason to respect him.

Looking at the young man in front of him, Yanfeng Lizheng frowned, and at the same time, a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.

The aura of the stranger in front of him was so strange, so strange that it made his old body break out in sweat. It was so dangerous that it made his heart, which had remained calm even when fighting against the Dead Apostles, suddenly feel extremely turbulent.

Ever since he entered through the gate, the other party's words were undoubtedly blasphemy against the Lord. Under normal circumstances, he would definitely scold him harshly and use force to drive this rude person out, but now...

The sharp intuition he had cultivated over the years kept reminding him not to do that. Some unknown threat was staring at him from a place he didn't know about. If he acted rashly, the consequences would undoubtedly be very bleak. This situation made Kotomine Risei feel increasingly uneasy.

But even so, he didn't give up. He stretched out his fingers, quietly summoned the Black Keys hidden in his sleeve for self-defense, and held it tightly in his palm, waiting for the opportunity to strike back.

“Ah!! What is this?”

A scream of pain was heard.

The very next moment, a burning sensation made him unable to help but make a sound, and even the black key in his hand slipped out of his hand and fell to the ground with a crisp collision sound.

He looked back in astonishment, only to see the black key, as if it had been burned by something, now ablaze red, even its shape slightly distorted and altered. Beside the young man in front of him, a crimson, winged, phantom figure quietly hovered beside him, even the air around it humming with its presence. This phantom now stood guard over Luo Wei like a king's most loyal guard.

"Archangel?!"

The moment he saw this phantom, the believer Kotomine Risho immediately thought of this name in his mind.

Even though there were some discrepancies, the vague impression of the shadow was too similar to the legendary Michael. Moreover, this was a church. Even though he knew that this was impossible, facing the figure emerging in the night, he couldn't help but think so.

"Do you mean Michael?"

Hearing Yan Fengli's surprised voice, Luo Wei laughed.

Although he has become increasingly confused due to old age, his vision is still good. Of course, this person is not the Archangel Michael, who possesses a status comparable to that of the main god, but he does have a connection with him.

This is an elemental familiar he specially created by combining the angel summoning theory in the Book of Law as a basis and coordinating with the theory of alchemy. Since there is a saying in Christianity that four archangels correspond to four elements, and there are also four elements in alchemy, and there is a special theory of elemental spirits, so he used alchemy and the angel theory in Christianity to stitch them together, and the sacred fire from the right, that is, connected the fire spirit Salamander with the archangel Michael corresponding to the fire element, and thus gave birth to this unique flame angel familiar beside him.

Although it is one dimension less powerful than the real archangel, it is completely sufficient as a familiar, and it is indeed very intimidating as it incorporates a lot of Michael's image. This can be said to be one of the trump cards that Rowe has been hiding.

Now that it was the final moment, he naturally gave up on Teacher Kenneth's Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid and Gem Magic, and naturally brought out his true abilities, which was the true magic secret of the Crowley family.

"This...what the hell is going on?"

Facing the flaming figure in front of him, especially seeing its eyes full of hatred for evil, the sinful Kotomine Rizheng couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

His heart kept telling himself that this was fake, it must be fake.

In this day and age, even the Lord’s revelation is almost disappearing, so it is naturally impossible for the Archangel to descend to the world again.

But, but...

The fire angel in front of him indeed carried a lot of Michael's elements, including his hatred of evil and his instinct to judge sinners.

So even though his independent consciousness was weak, when he saw Kotomine Ri committing such a sinful cultist, the sacred rage that existed in his body was still ignited.

"enough."

When he was about to control the flaming sword to chop towards Yanfeng Lizheng, Luo Wei raised his hand and then shouted.

In an instant, the shadow of the fire elemental angel that was floating around him suddenly disappeared, and the ignited anger also disappeared at this moment. This made Yan Fengli feel like he was just dreaming. However, Luo Wei was still sitting there, looking at him with a smile, and then slowly spoke,

"Now, Father, let me ask you, is the Lord right?"

Faced with Luo Wei's sudden question, the nervous Yanfeng Lizheng was puzzled, but he still answered very seriously.

“The Lord is right because He is…”

"Is it because He created the world?" Luo Wei's smile disappeared and he interrupted him. "But if He created the world, why did He leave behind so many sins and mistakes, allowing misfortunes to repeat themselves on earth?"

"This is a test given by the Lord to mankind."

Kotomine Risho once again gave the answer according to his own teachings.

"So... the reason disasters keep recurring is because humans never pass the trials given by the Lord?"

Luo Wei stood up and slowly walked past Kotomine Risei. He walked alone to the huge cross hanging in the center of the church, then looked up at the stained glass above his head, which turned a rainbow of colors under the moonlight. "You mean to say that humanity has failed again and again and should have been eliminated long ago. But the merciful Lord has always given humans opportunities, so we humans must be grateful, right?"

"you……"

Yan Fengli was looking at Luo Wei in astonishment as he faced the cross and asked the question directly to the Lord. He couldn't help but feel a surge of shock in his heart.

He was completely unable to understand the current situation. He could not understand either himself or Luo Wei who appeared in front of him. He could not even tell whether this was a nightmare.

But Luo Wei ignored him and directly questioned the huge cross in front of him.

"Lord, since you drove humans out of the Garden of Eden, why do you still want to touch them? Since you have already discarded humans as discarded objects, why do you send down trials? And why give them a chance after repeated failures? Merciful Lord, omniscient and almighty God, I know, even if you never say it, I know it. That's because..."

Kotomine Risei's eyes widened slightly.

"This is not a trial, but a punishment. It is the punishment you give to humans."

"The greatest sin of mankind is that they make mistakes and naively believe that their mistakes will not be discovered. Therefore, they cannot learn real lessons, allowing tragedies to repeat themselves again and again. I know all this."

Luo Wei turned around and looked at the man behind him, whose eyes were wide and completely stiff, and continued to smile and speak.

"Father, I actually know that you are a sinner too."

His words were like the whispers of a demon, his words were like the proclamation from heaven, his words were like the screams of a sinner, and his words were like the accusations of a loved one...

"--boom!"

The sharp gust of wind slammed the church door shut with a loud noise. This sound also brought Kotomine Risei, who had been in a daze, back to his senses. An indescribable chill had engulfed his body, as if dragging him into a bottomless abyss.

Kotomine Li suddenly looked up at the slender figure on the platform who had just questioned the god, and many completely different outlines were reflected in his eyes.

The person in front of me looks like a man and a woman, an adult and a child, a saint and a sinner, an angel and a devil.

This...what kind of existence is this?

'I can see that.'

The whispering voice continued to ring in his ears, which made Yanfeng Lizheng hold his head involuntarily. Then, in his trance, the shadows in the church seemed to be distorted, and countless eyes opened behind the figure, and then stared at him from different directions.

'You are a sinner.'

'Breaking the doctrine and betraying the sinner in oneself.'

"The so-called trials are merely punishments bestowed upon humanity by the Lord, who watches them repeat their past mistakes. The Lord does not love humanity at all..."

"And you really don't think... your sins won't be discovered, do you?"

Yan Fengli's eyes were wide open, and his body was shaking constantly at this moment. He was gradually losing the ability to move.

Sin comes with punishment.

When humans commit sins, God will punish them again and again.

So, what is his punishment?

He looked at the difficult voice approaching him again with an earnest look, seeking the final answer in a trembling voice.

And at this time, the figure appeared in front of him again.

"Your punishment, come, I will tell you now."

--puff! !

A dazzling bright red splashed out in the church, accompanied by a scream. The sin that belonged to him also returned to the earth along with the flowing blood, and returned to the so-called world given by Xiu.

Luo Wei looked at the row of bright red Command Seals on his arm and couldn't help but smile brightly.