"Maiya, are you alright?"
"Temporary fine. I was a bit far away, dodged the shock of the explosion... but Irisviel..."
Communicating using the radio, Kiritsugu relied on Saber's protection to barely block that incoming attack at close range.
His expression like dead silence only produced a slight ripple after sorting out the current situation, then began to contact another partner.
"You!"
And beside him, Saber wearing a suit was staring angrily.
She looked at this "ruthless" man in front; the other party could actually do to such a degree, truly exceeding her acceptance range.
In order to give himself a trace more possibility of "survival," he didn't hesitate to give up the life of his family...
"If you want to say something, then I suggest asking yourself why you didn't notice the existence of a new Servant in the sky during the battle."
"You only reacted after the other party launched an attack..."
"Even you, in that situation, couldn't protect her at all, right?"
Pupils producing tremors impossible for people to detect, Kiritsugu questioned back instead.
Kiritsugu Emiya was an extreme realist; he would only make the most correct choice.
In the situation just now, maybe letting Saber stay in place could protect his wife based on the premise of getting injured, but similarly, he himself would also suffer the risk of death.
To avoid that crisis, he naturally would let Saber protect himself, instead of gambling on that faint possibility of survival.
Although this looked indeed very cold and ruthless to outsiders, this was his way of doing things.
What's more, he had confidence in doing so.
After all, he buried Saber's scabbard in Irisviel's body; even if taking a shot frontally, there was also a certain survival rate.
"!"
Being questioned like this, failing to think carefully about Kiritsugu's thoughts, Saber couldn't refute anything.
She indeed had dereliction of duty in this aspect, failing to discover the hidden attacker in time. Really speaking of it, she had no reason to blame Kiritsugu.
The other party just chose the most intuitive and realistic approach.
'The bombardment from high altitude...'
'What kind of Servant exactly is that?'
That attack without any greeting made Kiritsugu frown and worry very much.
The other party's such straightforward behavior explained that he wouldn't care about the "Knight's Code" Saber cared about at all.
But unfortunately he now had to go to the scene to confirm Irisviel's situation.
Whether alive or dead, there must be a conclusion.
Otherwise if the scabbard was exposed there, it would also be a big problem.
But letting Saber go would easily let her see it too.
In the short term, he didn't want to return that scabbard possessing "life-saving" ability to this King of Knights yet.
But the enemy in the high sky obviously hadn't left yet; he also couldn't risk being shot again to look...
With that kind of power, he didn't have confidence to survive after being affected.
Various conditions entangled together, seemingly causing a kind of "Checkmate."
...
"Rider, seems... no one died?"
Sitting inside the machine, Waver looked at his own Servant's face carefully, then spoke.
Previously boasting this "Gundam" was very powerful, but looking at the result... seemed not to have achieved the expected effect?
"Forget about Servants, how did that woman achieve survival?"
The picture adjusted on the screen made Lelouch frown tightly.
Legendary heroes having a probability to survive was something he expected to possibly happen.
But an ordinary Master should have no reason to be able to survive soundly in such an explosion.
"Her injuries seem to be recovering slowly?"
"Doesn't look like healing magecraft, is it other things..."
Noticing the doubt, Lelouch and Waver also considered to have some clues.
"Rider, Assassin ran away carrying her; won't we chase?"
Waver looked at that galloping figure holding the waist with one hand and spoke.
"No meaning. That blow just now already made them notice. Even if we chase up now, it's impossible to use this machine."
After all, concerning the so-called "Secrecy," firing cannons on this uninhabited beach was one thing, but "firing cannons" in the city would be very hateful.
Lelouch hadn't been stupid enough to risk being besieged to do such a thing.
"If chasing up alone, although Assassin is injured, it is also easy to cause the obstruction of another bystander."
That certain Servant who had been standing on the street lamp watching the battle before had long attracted Lelouch's attention. Able to be safe and sound in the bombardment, the other party also possessed quite incredible skills.
"Stop for the time being. Tonight's results are already quite excellent."
"Probed out Saber's true Master, injured Assassin, quite enough."
The machine hidden in the high sky began to fade; the covering cloud layer also gradually dispersed, revealing the white moonlight.
"What?"
"This is over?"
Gilgamesh stood on the street lamp, looking at the leaving opponent, tone filled with dissatisfaction.
He just watched for a while, and this stopped fighting; inevitably a bit too disappointing.
"Well, forget it. That light just now..."
"Instead let this King see a very interesting scene."
Touching his chin, Gilgamesh was reminiscing the scene of Irisviel healing ceaselessly.
If he didn't see wrongly, that might be...
...
"Assassin, why did you bring this woman back?"
"She should be just a smoke screen released by Saber's Master..."
"Lucky to survive in that explosion, truly fate is big."
Kirei Kotomine just finished talking with Tokiomi Tohsaka about the future policy; returning to the residence, he saw Kenshin placing the injured Irisviel on the carpet.
That snowy white skin and enviable body were revealed, but the two in the room didn't have any single thought of observing.
Without giving a superfluous answer, Kenshin just leaned against the bedside, panting violently.
He really took that shot of magical energy cannon hard. Honestly speaking, if not for the will to survive at work, taking emergency shelter for a while, standing still he might have really passed away.
But even so, in that explosion, his right arm was also blown broken, and his whole body suffered not small injuries.
Under normal circumstances, maybe he already faced the link of exiting.
"Injury... is this?!"
Kirei Kotomine just glanced at him, then noticed the key problem on Irisviel's body.
"Truly hid something incredible."
Couldn't help reaching out to stroke, Kirei Kotomine reacted.
"Ugh..."
Unknown if pain or moan, Irisviel still hadn't woken up from the Aftermath of the explosion.
...
"Berserker, was that just now?"
Lying in bed, Sakura, who had originally fallen asleep, was awakened. Her uneasy heart sank into calmness after seeing Berserker sitting beside.
That uncle face after taking off the helmet was so mature.
"..."
Receiving no verbal response, as if unable to speak at all, this Servant could only elaborate through subtle gestures and expressions.
"Mn, it's fine."
"With you here, nothing will be difficult..."
A moment of peace never had before, Sakura Matou said with a smile.
"Right, I had a dream just now."
"A story of a hero constantly helping others, defeating evil dragons, helping friends restore the country and saving the world..."
"Really amazing..."