Xingtie: Can’t you just let me focus on completing the commissions?

Just as he was thinking this, Miss Ereshkigal, with a gloomy little face, walked straight up, pried open Ereshkigal's "three-one-three" chin with one hand, and then bit him hard.

She even gnawed for quite a while, clumsily and roughly, her pearly teeth even colliding with his own.

Ok,

This one is mint flavored.

but,

Do you sisters really have to resort to this method of resistance?

As Mr. Emiya watched Ishtar push Ereshkigal's face away and then try to get closer, he couldn't help but sigh. These weren't two goddesses; they were clearly two kindergarten-level girls arguing.

then,

He reached out and pushed both goddesses' faces away, a forced smile on his face as he spoke.

"Once I've finished creating your bodies, there will be plenty of food for you to 'eat' later... Don't feel choked up later."

Want to have a child?

Then we'll grant your wish to play house!

……

"Ilya, are you alright?"

Not far from Ryudou Temple, Kiritsugu Emiya was piloting a drone, taking aerial photos of the ground as he watched the mother and daughter embracing, a hint of struggle in his expression.

"Perhaps I should give up?"

He silently closed his eyes, then lit a cigarette, but didn't smoke it. He just waited for it to burn quietly until the burning sensation spread between his fingers before slowly opening his eyes.

"If I give up now, I can go back to my old life."

"Continue to live as the private detective Emiya Kiritsugu."

but,

Is that the kind of life he really wanted?

Perhaps there is some expectation,

just,

He could not forget everything he had gone through.

In my mind, I seemed to hear that voice again.

"Kelly, what kind of person do you want to be?"

In childhood,

He and his father had been wandering around the world. On a small island in Southeast Asia, they made a brief stop. On that island, they met the local residents, and a girl named Xia Lei became his father's assistant.

Now, when I think back, the girl's image and voice are somewhat blurry.

but,

But he kept remembering the question that girl had asked him.

"What kind of person do I want to become?"

Kiritsugu Emiya asked himself a question, his mind flashing back to his father's experimental failure, the entire island's inhabitants turning into Dead Apostles, and the image of Shaley transforming into a bloodthirsty monster.

Images flashed through his mind of himself shooting his father and using a rocket launcher to blast apart the plane carrying all the dead passengers and his adoptive mother.

In the Middle East, in West Africa, in Eastern Europe...

His hands were stained with the blood of hundreds and thousands of people.

Therefore,

He gradually began to feel weary of the justice he upheld.

And in the end,

He wanted to find a solution to this justice once and for all, even if it meant sacrificing his life.

Holy Grail War

That became the path he ultimately chose.

The all-powerful wish-granting machine

Spoils that can grant any wish

All that's needed is to kill six more competitors to reach the end of this journey.

His life's value can be realized, and the value of those he killed and those who sacrificed for him is also realized.

For the sake of world peace, he and everyone he had ever met accomplished this great feat.

"A partner of justice."

He murmured this wish, which he had almost long forgotten, tossed aside his cigarette butt, and took a deep breath.

"I'm sorry, Irisviel, I... had no other choice."

After saying that, his gaze fell once again on the image fed back by the drone. He saw an orange-haired youth, and... a card he was holding in his hand.

"Shirou, I'm sorry."

……

A gunshot abruptly shattered the temple's tranquility.

Upon hearing the gunshot, Irisviel's expression turned deathly pale.

She hurriedly moved her daughter behind her, her beautiful eyes constantly scanning the direction from which the gunshots were coming.

She painstakingly extracted some magic power from her dried-up magic circuits, and the long-forgotten weaving magic clumsily constructed multiple silken birds in her hands, which fluttered their wings and took flight into the air.

Irisviel piloted the bird, looking down at the entire temple from mid-air. After a few seconds, she saw a scene that made her dizzy.

The adopted son lay quietly in a pool of blood, his fate unknown...

No one else was found in the courtyard.

but,

Irisviel knew perfectly well who the person who shot her adopted son was.

"Ilya, run!!"

Her face was deathly pale as she pushed her daughter backward, a hint of ferocity even appearing in her expression.

"That man has completely gone mad."

"Mom, what about that man? What happened?"

"Emiya Kiritsugu...he's here!!"

"Dad? What's wrong with Dad coming?"

Irisviel instinctively wanted to tell Shirou that he had been shot, but considering the usual relationship between the two children, she knew that if she told Illya that her adoptive brother's fate was unknown, she would definitely come looking for him.

"He's being manipulated and might attack us, so, Ilya, hurry..."

But before he could finish speaking,

A series of 3.3 fireballs appeared before her eyes without warning.

Irisviel's pupils contracted; she hadn't expected Kiritsugu Emiya to arrive so quickly.

Faced with the incoming bullets, her magic, which she had abandoned for many years, was too slow to construct a precise protective spell. She could only instinctively stand in front of Ilya to shield her.

Within the pupils, the bullet heads seemed to magnify continuously.

Irisviel knew very well that if she were hit by one of these specially designed bullets, she would have virtually no chance of survival.

"Live."

"Ilia."

With this thought in mind, Irisviel closed her eyes.

However, in that very instant she closed her eyes, behind her, the silver-haired little girl had already gripped a delicate six-pointed star staff.

"It's coming, Ruby."

[P.S.: Three chapters will be updated tomorrow.]

Chapter 256: The Awakened Main Personality, A Divine Beast Descending from the Sky.

"Slash—!"

A pale pink arc of light deftly sliced ​​through the bronze-colored cartridge case, and multiple flashes of light streaked through the air.

Kiritsugu Emiya stared silently at the pink-clad little girl who had sliced ​​through his magic bullet. After a long while, he spoke softly.

"Well done."

"why?"

The little girl looked at him, her wine-red pupils filled with incomprehension and anger, and... an indescribable sense of grievance.

Why did Dad attack Mom?

"For my own selfish desires."

Now, he no longer uses the so-called world peace as a pretext for righteousness. He attacks his wife, children, and adopted son for only one reason: to fulfill his ambitions and his selfish desires...

“You have become stumbling blocks on my path, Ilya, so… I will not hesitate.”

Speak slowly and deliberately, as if to express his determination, Kiritsugu Emiya drew another short pistol he always carried. As he drew it, Irisviel's pupils suddenly contracted, and she roared in a trembling voice,

"You're insane! Emiya Kiritsugu!! You actually used this thing against your daughter?!"

"Yes, I was crazy. I shouldn't have gotten involved in this family game that year."

Taking out the Origin Bullet, forged from his own ribs during his youth while searching for someone, Kiritsugu Emiya's pupils were now devoid of any warmth.

"I have never been a cow or sheep that is suitable for being kept in this kind of family relationship. Emiya Kiritsugu has never been a good person. He is just a simple butcher with countless blood on his hands, a scumbag."

"Hypocritical, indecisive, cruel, and ruthless... Emiya Kiritsugu is a scumbag who embodies all the worst qualities."

"So, Illya, take a good look at the man before you, the magician Emiya Kiritsugu."

After loading the Origin Bullet, Kiritsugu Emiya's gaze turned icy cold, without the slightest hesitation. He locked his pistol onto Illya's location, his index finger on the trigger.

"Kill me, or I will kill you."

The moment the words left his mouth, the magician pulled the trigger without hesitation. His pupils held no trace of hesitation; a pure and chilling killing intent emanated from them.

As she watched the spark detach from the gun barrel, Ilya's expression turned extremely sorrowful. She couldn't understand why her father would suddenly turn on her.

but……

We cannot offer our necks for execution.

The powerlessness and fear of being dominated by Ishtar flashed through my mind.

Having finally regained their freedom,

Her life should never be trampled on so easily.

"Ruby, 'Shield' —"

Instinctively, Ilya chose her most trusted defensive capabilities when faced with firearms.

but,

Just as the bullet was about to hit her, Irisviel suddenly rolled over, grabbed Illya, and fled in the opposite direction.

The Origin Bullet landed on the wall, embedding itself a few inches inside. Kiritsugu stared at his wife and daughter, who had disappeared from the spot, and remained silent for a long while. He then reloaded the Origin Bullet and silently chased after them.

……

"Mom, I can fight."

"With the ruby ​​here, Dad's gun shouldn't be able to..."

"No, Miss Ilya, if Madam hadn't carried you away, you would be on the verge of death by now."