People in Type-Moon start from adopting Sakura

"Since you're here, that means Mr. Kenneth and the others have evacuated safely, right?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Crowley..."

Seeing this scene, Finn just smiled bitterly.

"Thanks to your arrangements, the monarch and his men have now retreated safely."

"So he's gone after all... That's great."

Rowe slowly walked towards Finn. After hearing that Kenneth and Webber had left, he smiled as if relieved. Scathach and Finn couldn't tell whether the smile was just a show or from his heart.

Or maybe it's both? Luo Wei himself doesn't know the answer.

However, after hearing that Kenneth and the others had left, Rowe narrowed his eyes, looked at Finn in front of him and asked him a crucial question.

"Lancer, since Teacher Kenneth has left? You neither followed him nor left, but instead stayed here. Do you still want to continue participating in the Holy Grail War? Do you have any wishes that you would like to fulfill with the help of the Holy Grail?"

Although it was just a frank inquiry, Finn could sense a special emotion mixed in Rowe's words.

Scathach, who was standing behind him, was also looking at him with a smile at this moment, and the scarlet magic spear was also swung slightly at this moment, obviously she was ready to send him off with a battle.

Looking at the master and servant in front of him, who were still smiling but actually had murderous intentions and were ready to personally take action to save his face at any time, even the knowledgeable Finn couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Sometimes, this feeling is actually quite helpless...

"My wish? If you really want to ask, I do have one."

Then he shook his head and answered Luo Wei's question.

"However, I'm definitely not as stubborn as the Knight King, who wants to change the past. I simply want to focus on the present and do something to make up for the regrets of the past."

"For example?"

Luo Wei asked again.

"As a true knight, I will be loyal to my lord to the end. I entered this Holy Grail War as a knight, and I will leave quietly as a knight."

"So, now you've done it, Lancer?"

This time it was Scathach who asked the question, "Are you satisfied with the result this time?"

“I simply can’t be more satisfied…”

Finn touched his long hair, then looked in the direction where Kenneth and the others had left not long ago, and a gentle smile appeared on his handsome face.

"Don't worry, my magic power has been used up just now. I won't go anywhere for the rest of the time. I will wait here for my end."

Finn had just felt that Kenneth had used his three-stroke command spell, the commands of which were:

【——Replenish magic power.】

【——Stop the danger for us.】

as well as……

[——The contract is terminated here, Finn, go ahead and do what you want.]

From that moment on, the master-servant contract between him and Kenneth ended, and he was alone again.

That's why Finn has been standing here, waiting for the arrival of the person who planned everything, wanting to meet him before he completely leaves.

And now he has seen that Luo Wei's appearance has proved that his previous premonition was indeed correct.

This young man who is able to gain the favor of the King of Conquerors, the Queen of the Kingdom of Shadows, and even the King of Heroes, who gets along well with any hero, is good at networking, and knows how to balance the forces of all parties is indeed far from being as simple as he appears.

He had already noticed this when he and the Hero King were at the King's Banquet.

Even though he noticed this and secretly reminded his master, his intuition and Kenneth had an inexplicable trust in him.

Although I don't know what he is planning or what his purpose is, it is enough to know that he is not my enemy and will not harm my master...

And the current results also prove that my intuition was correct.

Luo Wei was the one secretly guiding and manipulating everything, but he wasn't his enemy. On the contrary, thanks to his arrangements, the master escaped his doomed fate and embarked on a new path of destiny...

Seeing this scene, he could finally feel relieved.

"...I see. It seems you are quite satisfied too, God Slayer, Finn."

Seeing Finn's expression at this moment, Scathach and Rowe knew that he had also made his own choice.

"Yes, I met some nice people and saw a lot of interesting things. This was truly an unforgettable experience for me..."

He was a knight, without any desires of his own. His duty was simply to follow his lord's orders, protect his safety, and fulfill his duties. Freedom... his own choices...

It’s really a luxurious thing.

Having made that mistake before, does he really have the right to choose where he wants to go and who he wants?

Yes, I have……

It really exists.

But that was not a wish, nor was it a blessing from the elves. It was just a small wish of his as a knight.

That's enough.

In the end, he saw with his own eyes that the person who controlled everything had verified his guess, and saw that his lord was safe and sound. For the knight, what could be better than this?

At this moment, he just wanted to use his last moments, standing under the moonlight, to offer his most sincere wishes to the monarch who had transcended the constraints of fate and regained a new life...

I hope that his future life will be smooth sailing and full of opportunities.

I hope he can live in peace.

really...

For the brutal Holy Grail War, this is truly a luxurious ending.

Soon, because Finn had deliberately consumed too much magic power before Rowe arrived, his body began to dissipate continuously.

When he looked at the helpless expression on Scathach's face, who had already drawn her spear and was ready to send him off personally, he couldn't help but smile.

Then he expressed his sincere wishes to the two people in front of him.

"Now, I wish you both smooth sailing and the fulfillment of your wishes in this Holy Grail War. And my wish..."

"It has already...been realized."

Stand firm to the end as a knight and fulfill all your duties.

Be loyal to the emperor and never betray him. Leave with dignity and a clear conscience.

This is probably... Finn's redemption for himself, who originally made such a mistake, plus a small wish.

Looking up at the bright moon, he smiled and uttered his last words.

"The night is so beautiful tonight..."

Chapter 82: The Final Prologue

In a trance, it seemed like it happened a long, long time ago.

It was so vague that Kotomine Kirei had already unknowingly stuffed it into some unknown corner of his memory.

However, the rumbling of artillery fire and explosions in his ears made him involuntarily recall the past.

He vaguely remembered some things that happened shortly after he finished his training at the Holy Church, became an agent, and joined the Eighth Secret.

For me, what I saw that day was a relief...

Or give up?

……

Many years ago.

A battlefield somewhere in the Middle East.

——Boom! !

Several priests dressed in black clergy uniforms walked through this hellish battlefield filled with killing and death. The rumbling sound of artillery fire never stopped in their ears. In this dilapidated border city, lives were being taken away by artillery fire all the time.

Kotomine Kirei stood on a crumbling rooftop, watching the tragic scene unfolding in the distance. He then looked behind him at the clergy organized by his father Kotomine Risei, who were distributing food to the refugee orphans who had not had enough to eat for several days.

This puzzled Kotomine Kirei...

At this moment, with so few resources on hand, was it really meaningful to stop in this dangerous area and share some of their remaining food with these refugees who might not even survive another second? Wasn't this just a waste of food?

So he asked his father this question with doubt in his heart.

"Father, is it really okay to stop here? Don't we still have the mission of hunting down the Dead Apostles? Besides, these orphans can't survive in a war, and distributing food and water won't help..."

Kotomine Kirei didn't continue speaking because he saw that his father in front of him had a serious expression.

"Kirei... I don't deny your determination to be loyal to your profession, but the Lord gave us eyes and hands, not for us to turn a blind eye to the tragedy before us and withdraw our hands when we can."

Yan Fengli didn't say much. He continued to distribute his supplies to these war orphans as much as possible. He walked forward and spoke to his son without turning his head.

"And what we did was definitely not in vain. If these children had encountered their own country's army, they would still have a chance of survival. Even if our supplies saved just one more kind person, it would still be a good thing for us."

"No, Father, the probability of that happening is far too low. It's not that I oppose the mercy of the clergy, but I feel that rather than pinning our hopes on an illusory future, it's better to choose the present..."

Kotomine Kirei still couldn't understand his father Kotomine Risei's behavior.

Although the Lord taught them to be merciful, in his view, that mercy also had to be useful.

At this moment, they are walking on the most brutal battlefield in the Middle East. Their mission is to find a high-level Dead Apostle who is using the war as a cover to massively expand his subordinates on the battlefield.

At this moment, as agents, they should kill the Dead Apostle who is endangering the world and humanity as quickly as possible, instead of stopping here and sending illusory hope to these orphans in the war.

Kotomine Kirei is not an innocent person, nor does he have much empathy. Reason and indifference occupy his heart.

He had seen many orphans in wars, and even though he had personally helped them, the outcomes for these orphans were never very good.

So gradually, he began to hate and deliberately avoid these meaningless things.

"Kirei... no one likes war and death. This is the cruelest punishment bestowed upon this world by the Lord. It has been destined since the creation of the world. When humanity commits the unforgivable sin, the four horsemen who bear the apocalypse will bring punishment to the earth. However, this punishment is often caused by the greed and profit between nations..."

"It has nothing to do with these children. They simply happened to be born in this war-torn land and were forced to be involved in the punishment of war. They have never known the beauty of the world besides death, nor have they ever been blessed by the light of God. Although our strength seems insignificant in this war, doing our best to help them and bring a little light to their dim lives is also the guidance of the Lord..."

Yanfeng Lizheng sighed. He did not blame his son for being callous. Rather, he knew that what he was doing was indeed meaningless.

He was only considering the issue from a human perspective, while Kirei Kotomine was considering it from the perspective of an agent. It was impossible to tell who was right and who was wrong between them.

Just as Kotomine Ri was about to continue his journey away from here with Kotomine Kirei and the remaining agents of the Eighth Secret, suddenly—

Boom! !

The piercing explosions and scorching heat waves behind them forced them to raise their arms to shield themselves. Even with the agents' strong bodies and the blessed priestly attire, they still felt unbearable pain from the heat waves.

From this, we can see what happened to the refugees in that area who had just been rescued by them.

For a moment, the agents who had just felt happy about the goodwill they had shown became expressionless, with an indescribable heaviness in their hearts.

"Let's go, Kirei..."

Kotomine Li was looking at the area that had turned into ruins. He was praying quietly for the dead orphans, with unspeakable sadness on his face. At this moment, he could only pray in his heart that they would be saved by the Lord and enter heaven.

Kotomine Kirei, standing by, was lost in thought as he watched the scene unfold. Looking at the priests praying together, he couldn't help but come to his own conclusion...

It turns out that kindness is more important than resources. Even if that kindness is in vain, these children still have a chance to be redeemed...

After all, these children still had smiles on their faces because they got food until the moment they died.

Kotomine Kirei gazed indifferently at the devastated land. The more he thought about it, the more doubts he felt in his heart...

If kindness is salvation, what if we cut off the source of malice?

For example: Killing the soldiers who brought disaster would be a greater act of kindness...

For a moment, Kotomine Kirei couldn't help but take out his black keys.

"Father, do you want me to punish them? With the number of agents of the Eighth Secret, it would be easy to punish that number of soldiers."

He asked calmly.

"Do not……"