Zouken Matou, who was watching the show from a small hill, suddenly felt a heat on the back of his hand as a command spells abruptly vanished. Then, Jalter's figure appeared beside him.
"Damn it! To actually use a dragon as a blunt instrument through one's own strength!"
"Hehehe, for the Saint to be forced into using a command spells, it seems the enemy is quite strong! But does the Saint still believe that my brand-new command spells are worthless?"
Jalter turned her head and, looking at the smug Zouken Matou, couldn't help but spit at him.
"Hmph! You old fogey! Are the preparations for my Legion Summoning ready? I must slaughter that lapdog of God!"
"Hehehe, Saint, there is no need to rush. Some conditions are still lacking, so please wait patiently. When the time comes, you will surely be able to summon your invincible Dragon Legion!"
"Are we just going to let them go this time?"
"Of course not. Look, Saint, hehehehe!"
Jalter looked in the direction Zouken Matou pointed and saw the Lion King kneeling on the ground, her abdomen pierced by Black Saber's demonic sword, clutching a wound that was already beginning to turn black in pain.
"Out of magical energy?"
Shirou Kotomine's magical energy had already been nearly exhausted during the day by the Lion King's repeated Noble Phantasm releases.
And when Black Saber attacked at night, the Lion King, lacking magical energy, eventually lost after a fierce battle against Black Saber, who had nearly infinite magical energy and was tainted by black mud.
Black Saber stood before the kneeling Lion King, leaning on her demonic sword, and felt a sense of boredom as she looked at the'self' on the ground.
"It seems you didn't get a good Master. Well then, goodbye!"
Looking at the silent Lion King before her, Black Saber slowly raised her demonic sword, preparing to deliver the final blow.
At that moment, Zouken Matou's lower body transformed into insects, and he flew rapidly from the sky toward Black Saber.
"Please stop!"
Black Saber glanced sideways at Zouken Matou in mid-air. Unwilling to let another version of herself be used by such a disgusting fellow, she slashed down without hesitation.
At the same time, a look of relief appeared on the Lion King's face.
"Thank you!"
Landing on the ground, Zouken Matou looked with an ugly expression at the Lion King, who was dissolving into specks of starlight and vanishing from the world.
"Do you have some dissatisfaction with my decision?"
Seeing Black Saber turn her head to look at him questioningly, Zouken Matou cursed inwardly, 'Damn these willful Servants!'
After considering Black Saber's utility, Zouken Matou chose to endure. He bowed respectfully to Black Saber and said.
"I wouldn't dare. However, Your Highness, there is another enemy over there worthy of your action! Hehehehe."
"Hmph!"
Black Saber gave Zouken Matou a disdainful glare and quickly hurried toward Martha's direction.
Meanwhile, just as the Lion King's abdomen was pierced by Black Saber's demonic sword, a small portion of all the worlds evils entered Shirou Kotomine's body through the contract. Already drained of magical energy, Shirou Kotomine knelt on the ground in pain as all the worlds evils invaded, his body twitching as dark red blood flowed from his mouth.
"onii-chan!"
Caren knelt nervously beside Shirou Kotomine, then turned to Martha, hoping she could provide help. But Martha ignored Caren's pleading gaze, staring tensely at a short distance away.
"Caren, take Shirou and run!"
Following Martha's shout, a jet-black beam of light attacked. Martha hurriedly unleashed her Noble Phantasm, placing Tarasque in front of the three of them.
With a wail from Tarasque, it was melted within the pitch-black pillar of light. Facing the beam whose power had been reduced by ninety percent, Martha gritted her teeth, turned around to protect Caren and Shirou Kotomine, and used her own body to block the remaining light.
As the beam dissipated, Caren calmed down. Seeing Martha's lacerated back, she began to heal Martha with magical energy while supporting the twitching Shirou Kotomine, walking away without looking back.
"Martha! Don't lose!"
"Leave it to me! Caren."
Not far away, Kirei Kotomine, who had been watching the show, actually showed a look of relief upon seeing his children in such a crisis.
"Caren, Shirou, this will do!"
Saying this, Kirei Kotomine quickly moved from the rooftop to Caren and Shirou Kotomine's side.
Looking at her smiling father, the fire of anger in Caren's eyes could not be suppressed.
"Kirei! Was this all your doing?"
Kirei Kotomine nodded calmly and said.
"That's right! It was I who gave your information to the Church and Kiritsugu Emiya."
"You really have gone bad, Kirei!"
Kirei Kotomine glanced at the battlefield where the sounds of fighting were coming from, then took out a gem and placed it in Caren's palm.
"Go find Rin! Leave this place to me!"
Saying this, Kirei Kotomine clutched his heart, which was filled with a sense of fulfillment, a hint of a joyful expression appearing on his face. 'This is the feeling, this feeling of saving others! I need more!' Without hesitation, he pulled out a test tube filled with a milky white liquid and drank it all.
"So, what Servant will I be possessed by? Can you tell me, Caren?"
"This is! The potion Rin made to grant a blank spirit origin! How do you have this?"
By this time, Kirei, who had already drunk the potion, could no longer answer Caren's words.
A linden tree and an unprecedented serenity appeared in Kirei Kotomine's heart. The memories of this life flashed through his mind like a revolving lantern. Looking at his past actions, Kirei Kotomine's heart trembled.
'So that's it! I am evil itself, and what I sought was actually this kind of thing!'
As if having attained enlightenment, as if having awakened, the void in Kirei Kotomine's heart was finally filled by a certain existence using his thoughts.
Caren looked at Kirei Kotomine's constantly changing and twisting expression, feeling somewhat at a loss.
Although she felt despair toward Kirei Kotomine, ever since she was brought from Europe to Fuyuki City by Kotomine Risei at the age of five, the care and protection this father, Kirei Kotomine, had shown her were not false in the slightest. Therefore, even if she were betrayed by Kirei Kotomine, Caren felt more pity and heartache than hatred.
Suddenly, Kirei Kotomine's expression shifted into an unprecedented serenity, and his entire aura changed drastically, as if he had become a different person.
Looking at the Kirei Kotomine who had undergone an unprecedented change, Caren couldn't help but call out softly.
"Kirei?"
Kirei Kotomine slowly opened his eyes at Caren's call, then turned his head to give Caren a gentle smile and walked slowly toward the battlefield.
Caren looked at the still-twitching Shirou Kotomine beside her and the departing Kirei Kotomine. A strange sense of sadness welled up in her heart. Gritting her teeth, she used her small frame to exert herself and carry Shirou Kotomine on her back, then desperately chased after Kirei Kotomine.
"Kirei, stop right there! Don't go! I beg you, don't go!"
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