How come the Ace of Cups isn't considered the Holy Grail?

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No, is that right?

Although his Omniscient and Omnipotent Star is currently unusable due to Goetia's initiation of the burning of human reason, even if he thinks about it using EA, he knows that the current situation is definitely not normal!

Gilgamesh always believed that Yudo was able to defeat Tiamat.

After all, in his view, Yuwatari was a Servant specifically summoned by the Counter Force to deal with Tiamat, and might even be a candidate for a Grand Servant of a certain class, just like him.

So even if Yuwatari doesn't have a Grand Spirit Origin right now, he feels that Yuwatari must have some kind of advantage over Tiamat in terms of Noble Phantasm or other aspects, but...

Is this how you 'solved' Tiamat?!

Gilgamesh stared at the shrunken Tiamat for a while, his eyelids twitching, but he still didn't choose to congratulate Yuwatari and the others on defeating Tiamat in front of the original Tiamat.

He turned to look at Jingu, who was following closely behind Tiamat, and a smile appeared on his lips.

"Hmph? I thought you weren't coming back. What's wrong? Did you forget something?"

Seeing Gilgamesh's smug face, Kingu felt the veins on his forehead bulge.

"You rascal, if it weren't for Mother, I—"

"~ (No arguing~)"

"What?! But Mother—"

"(We should get along well.)"

"……I see."

Seeing Kingu, who had Enkidu's face, wilted like a frostbitten eggplant. Gilgamesh, however, seemed to have suddenly lost interest and returned to calm. He told Yudo and the others that the celebration banquet would be prepared soon, and then turned and left the city wall.

"Hey, Ji—"

Influenced by his body's memory, Jingu looked at his departing figure and subconsciously wanted to reach out and stop him, but he quickly withdrew his hand the next second.

Yu Du and the others paid no attention to Jingu's complicated thoughts and walked into Uruk City with Anna, who came to greet them.

Not long after they left, Merlin, who had woken up in Tiamat and traveled from Avalon, having exhausted countless magical abilities to finally reach Uruk, appeared outside the city gates.

He was so focused on getting there that he didn't have time to use his far-seeing eyes that he paused for a moment when he saw Jin Gu standing in a daze at the city gate.

"Ah? Am I late?"

……

Merlin was late, but not particularly late.

Because he made it to the victory celebration banquet that evening.

Although he didn't even show his face in the final battle to subdue Tiamat, he did manage to trap Tiamat in the Dream Cage for a long time before, so he deserves a share of the victory celebration.

Upon seeing Tiamat, this well-informed nightmare revealed the same expression as Gilgamesh.

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Of course, the shock was only temporary. After the shock subsided, he happily went to find some wine to drink.

There was no trace of the anxious and flustered state Tiamat had shown when she woke up earlier.

As expected of a nightmare?

This level of acceptance is truly extraordinary.

Come to think of it, I haven't seen Wang Hassan anywhere...

Suddenly, he remembered King Hassan's journey and looked around the embassy.

He didn't come out to ring the bell when we were fighting Tiamat... Where was he?

Is he sitting in some alleyway again?

Yuuto glanced at Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu, who were blushing and being treated like children by Tiamat, thought for a moment, took a slice of bread, put a boneless fried lamb chop in it and made a simple sandwich, then walked out of the Chaldea Embassy with a glass of ale.

He planned to look around the area to see if he could find King Hassan.

He had originally wanted to invite Fujimaru Ritsuka along, but seeing that she was having a lot of fun, he decided to postpone it.

Outside the embassy, ​​the people of Uruk, who have just weathered the crisis, have not yet returned to their normal lives. There are few lights in the entire city of Uruk, and near the tower, only the embassy is a bright spot.

After crossing the river, Youdu looked around and then paused, noticing an old man sitting in a dark alleyway, wearing a black robe.

It really is there...

Without hesitation, having found the target, Yudo walked straight toward him with a sandwich and ale.

"Aren't you coming to the victory celebration banquet, old man?"

Yu Du handed the sandwich and beer to King Hassan and asked him a question.

"He who has not achieved anything should not drink the wine of victory..."

Wang Hassan accepted the sandwich but refused the beer. You Du didn't mind and casually put the beer aside.

"Fine, if you don't want to drink, then don't. But you haven't been sitting here all this time, have you?"

What happened to coming over to help deal with Tiamat's immortality?

In other words, the outcome of the duel could disregard Tiamat's immortality, otherwise he would have found it difficult to deal with.

Faced with Youdu's suspicious gaze, Wang Hassan remained silent for a moment.

To be honest, he was actually on the shore of the Persian Gulf when the Yudu people began their campaign against Tiamat, and all the Rahmu who were born from the sea died at his hands.

As for Tiamat... by the time he arrived in the middle of the Persian Gulf, he was already playing cards with Yudu, so he didn't even have a chance to make a move...

Wang Hassan remained silent, simply eating his sandwich. Yudo, who received no reply, was instead drawn to the three figures on the tower.

Those guys over there are... Gilgamesh, Kingu, and Ishtar?

How come the three of them didn't fight when they got together?

Hmm... I need to go see what's going on!

Since King Hassan wasn't going to answer his question anyway, Yudo invited him to chop down the pillars together later and then headed towards the Divine Tower.

In response to his invitation, King Hassan, who had come to this singularity mainly to help Fujimaru Ritsuka but ended up not being able to help much, naturally accepted.

Even if Yutaka doesn't mention it, he will still be present when Fujimaru Ritsuka faces Goetia later.

Chapter 116 Wine Glass

Once Youdu reached the top of the divine tower, he realized he had misjudged it.

Because the one who was with Gilgamesh and the others was not Ishtar, but Ereshkigal, who was aboard the Ishtar.

Not wanting to interrupt their conversation, You Du had intended to stay below the steps and eavesdrop, but he had clearly underestimated the three men's perception.

"Since you're here, come over!" Gilgamesh turned his head slightly, glancing at the spot where Yuuto was standing out of the corner of his eye, and said, "What I'm talking about isn't anything shameful!"

Upon being discovered, Yuwatari paused for a moment, then calmly walked out as if nothing had happened.

"Oh! What a coincidence! What are you three doing here so late at night instead of going to the celebration banquet?"

Two of these three people had played cards with him, and the other was dealt with by the elf he summoned. At first glance, it looked like some kind of victim alliance...

"It's nothing, we were just discussing how I'm going to die..."

Gilgamesh spoke in a very calm tone, yet his words were incredibly profound, instantly piquing Yuwatari's interest.

If he hadn't mentioned it, Yudo would have completely forgotten about it.

Although Gilgamesh is still alive and well due to the singularity, according to the course of pan-human history, both he and the First Dynasty of Uruk should have perished after this.

Even if Yudo and his people saved Uruk from Tiamat, the difference would simply be that it was destroyed by Tiamat instead of being replaced by later generations due to decline.

Gilgamesh will not escape this fate either, so rather than being given a random ending like dying of illness, he might as well design a way to die now.

"Considering how you'll die? Then come fight me!"

"veto!"

Gilgamesh, who guessed what Yudo was going to say before he could finish speaking, exercised his veto power as the deceased without hesitation.

Since he was going to die anyway, he naturally had to choose a way of dying that was worthy of his status.

It's too shameful to die from losing at cards!

"Alright, alright, but I understand why you called Ereshkigal over to help you with your death plan. What's the point of having him?"

Yudu pointed at Jingu and complained to Gilgamesh.

"You're not planning to let him kill you with the Chains of Heaven, and then, after history is corrected, create a legendary tale of someone killing themselves, are you?"

After all, once history is corrected, Kingu's existence will be erased. To achieve the scenario of being killed by the Chains of Heaven, at the moment of Enkidu's death, the only way is to use the Chains of Heaven from Gilgamesh's own treasury...

For example, after Gilgamesh took the Chains of Heaven out of the vault, he slipped and fell to the ground, and his heart happened to be aligned with the tip of the Chains of Heaven.

Gilgamesh & Kingu: "..."

What an abstract way to die...

In fact, Gilgamesh was only consulting Ereshkigal, the goddess of the underworld, who had witnessed all sorts of deaths, and did not bring Kingu along as well.

Even if the other party is using the face of his best friend Enkidu, Gilgamesh still feels that he should be the one to decide such a private matter.

At most, I'll add Ereshkigal for reference.

Kingu happened to overhear Gilgamesh planning his own death when he arrived, and became quite interested in it. As a result, he was so engrossed in listening that he forgot the purpose of his visit.

At this moment, reminded by You Du, he also remembered the purpose of his visit.

After a moment of silence, Jingu raised his hands as if he were holding something.

Golden magic flowed from his entire body into his hand, eventually forming a golden goblet-like object.

Holy Grail?

Yuuto gave Kingu a strange look; Kingu had clearly become much more listless after taking out the Holy Grail.

He had originally planned to seek out the Holy Grail from King Grenadier when he left tomorrow, but unexpectedly, King Grenadier handed it over ahead of time.

Or did you hand it over voluntarily?

"...This is the Holy Grail of the Magic King, accept it."

As he spoke, Kingu handed it to Gilgamesh, his gaze drifting to the brightly lit Chaldea Embassy not far from the Divine Tower, a hint of relief in his eyes.

"I made a mistake from the very beginning..."

My mother gave birth to me and entrusted the Holy Grail to me, not because she wanted to destroy humanity. On the contrary, she always loved humanity, and all she wished for was to return to this world…”

Gilgamesh frowned at his appearance, raised his hand to open the treasury, took out the Great Cup of Uruk and casually threw it onto Kingu's body, turning it into a new source of magic that merged into his body.

Kingu was stunned: "What do you mean? I only entrusted the Holy Grail to you because of my mother's wishes, I never intended to become your ally!"

"If you think I'm Enkidu, you're in for a disappointment. Although his body's memories often pop up and bother me, I'm not affected by them at all!"

"Hmph, fool, I told you long ago that you are not Enkidu. Do you think I was joking back then?"

Gilgamesh chuckled, then shook his head and pointed at Yudo beside him.

"However, just as this guy said, even if our hearts are different and our souls are different, your body is still a unique Heavenly Lock on this land!"

"Even if you are not Enkidu, you are still the successor to the weapon I trusted most in the past! So what's wrong with me protecting you?"

As he spoke, he casually took the Holy Grail from Kingu's hand and tossed it to Yudo beside him.

"As for this wine cup, consider it your spoils of war for defeating Tiamat!"

As expected, Yudo caught the Holy Grail in his hand and a strange thought arose in his mind.

It would be really interesting if he took this thing back and used it to drink in front of other people!

However, there's no rush for this, so You Du decided to see what other tricks these people could come up with for him.

Unfortunately, the drama that Yudo had hoped for did not unfold afterward.

Kingu seemed to accept Gilgamesh's explanation and said nothing more, silently listening to Gilgamesh and Ereshkigal devise his own way of dying.

Yudou listened for a while, got bored, and then left.

He took the Holy Grail back into the embassy, ​​poured himself a glass of ale, and deliberately held the 'glass' to Fujimaru Ritsuka's side. He took a sip and then praised her in an exaggerated tone.

"Hmm! As expected of Uruk ale! It tastes really good!"

Actually, he didn't like drinking this stuff. Although he could taste the so-called wheat flavor, he couldn't understand what was so good about it.