A YEAR AND A HALF AGO SUMMER
Shirou Emiya is pretty good.
Isn't he?
And with Ayako Mitsuzuri and Shinji Matou,
we can win the rookie tournament with this lineup.
Yep, yep!
But, Miss Fujimura...
Among the first-years, Emiya is somehow...
different from the others.
I can't really put it into words.
You got injured at your part-time job before the tournament?
What were you thinking?
Can't you tell you've caused trouble for everyone?
My bad.
But Shinji, with you and Mitsuzuri on the team,
you wouldn't need me...
Sorry.
I'm home!
Don't worry. After you get some rest, come back to the club practice.-Taiga PSI I'll come check on you later!
Beginning synchronization.
Tracing basic structure.
Tracing component materials.
Altering fundamental structure.
Strengthening component materials.
Rain, huh?
You're Shinji's little sister...
Yes.
I'm Sakura Matou.
Shirou, I came to check up on you!
How's your shoulder doing?
No, that's not it! In any case, it's not what you think!
I'm telling you.
I've been somehow managing by myself all this time.
Besides, I can't make a friend's little sister help me out.
As Shirou's guardian, I don't think I can let you.
I'll support him with all housework, so you don't need to worry!
Well, we happened to run into each other!
Next, the topic for today is-
The dishes are in the upper cupboard.
And in the lower cupboard, there's the rice bin, kitchen knives and...
H-Hey!
First, fold back from the back side around the middle of the shoulder.
Fold the sleeves so that they are parallel to the creases.
Do the same to the other side. Be careful so that it holds its shape.
W-Well, this is good enough.
I'm going to do it again.
Okay then, let's try from the beginning.
Then, please excuse me.
See you tomorrow, Sakura!
That's right, I remember now.
That day, a year and a half ago,
I'd lost against an unexpectedly stubborn girl younger than me.
A YEAR AND THREE MONTHS AGO FALL
Seasons changed since.
Even after my shoulder healed, this life didn't change.
I can't remember because Sakura suggested so...
or I wanted so...
I'm sure that was a trivial reason.
If there's anything that's changed,
it's the fact that I don't go to team practice anymore.
Well, I wanted to increase my hours at my part-time job,
and it didn't matter what I did as long as I could train my body.
So, how to put it... I think it was the right timing.
There's one other thing that may be trivial.
I'm home!
Oh, welcome home, Senpai.
I don't use my key much anymore, I think.
A YEAR AND TWO MONTHS AGO WINTER
Yoo-hoo!
Merry Christmas!
As I said...
Shirou was mimicking Kiritsugu the whole time...
saying, "I will be a hero of justice!"
What are you talking about?
Jeez, you drunkard!
Kiritsugu...
is your father, correct?
Yep.
For Shirou, Kiritsugu was a hero!
So that's probably why he was mimicking him.
Sakura, you have someone like that, too, right?
My hero...
10 MONTHS AGO SPRING
Senpai!
Hey, Emiya!
Hey, Issei.
Oh, if it isn't you, Emiya!
You should help us recruit new members!
Oh, this girl...
Oh, this is Shinji's little sis...
No way!
Hey, you! Are you interested in archery?
Since your big brother practices, you surely must be interested!
Oh, what's your name?
I'm Sakura.
Sakura, huh? Well then, let's join the archery club!
Or have you already decided what club to join already?
N-No.
Then, let's join!
Jeez, so pushy.
It's fine, it's fine! Done deal!
What's wrong, Emiya?
Nothing.
Hey, Shirou!
Thank you so much, teacher, sir.
Fuji-nee, you're a teacher, too.
Oops!
Senpai?
Oh, nothing.
Okay, then everyone, smile!
THREE MONTHS AGO FALL
Trace on.
I have to take it apart again!
Sakura!
What's for dinner tonight?
I got some good eggplants, so I think I'll make some arrabiata.
Wow, I'm looking forward to it!
Oh, this again.
An old memory is swept away by the color of flames.
I am not allowed to wallow in my memories, it says.
Every time I'm dreaming...
I arrive at the usual terminus.
In other words, it' means I'm going fo wake up soon.
Senpai?
Good morning!
Good morning, Sakura!
A DAY AGO
Sakura, you have your own daily life.
It's fine.
My only hobbies are cooking and archery.
And my future goal is to cook something tastier than your dishes.
And I think I'll be getting in range pretty soon.
Really?
Can it be that you've been stealing our secrets every day?
Yes!
You'd better be prepared for that day!
Besides,
I can no longer enjoy meals unless I'm at your place.
Hey now.
If you don't hurry, you won't make it to morning practice!
Emiya, are you dating Matou's little sister?
Oh, well.
I happened to see you two coming to school together like a happy couple.
She's my friend's little sister! Of course not!
In fact, if you saw me, why didn't you call out to me?
I'm still a monk in training,
so I don't have such nerves.
Jeez.
Here! I finished one!
Morning, Shinji!
Hey, Emiya.
Are you helping others again from the early hours?
You really are whimsical, aren't you?
Well, I have plenty of time, you know.
If you need anything, you can tell me, Shinji.
You were never very good at re-stringing and mending bows.
You know, Emiya.
You have nothing to do with the archery club anymore, right?
It'd be better for you if you kept your nose out of others' affairs.
Well, we'll start with the pronunciation!
Even if it's spelled the same way, it won't be pronounced as such.
It's easy to make mistakes here, so be careful!
Emiya, what about lunch?
Sorry. I'm going to eat in the cafeteria today.
Hey, Sakura-
Sakura...
Senpai...
Oh, that just now was...
Yes, one of the second-years, Tohsaka-
That was Tohsaka, right?
Rin Tohsaka.
You know of her?
Yeah. Well, she's famous.
And she always kind of stands out, so...
You're right.
Miss Tohsaka is so pretty and cool.
Sakura?
Senpai,
you're not planning on returning to the archery club anymore?
Well, see...
Wouldn't Shinji hate it if I did?
I'm sure Big Brother just finds it difficult to deal with you.
But he likes you a lot more than the others.
He's not an honest person,
so he tends to like the people he dislikes.
That's a troublesome personality.
See you, then.
Insects are chirring?
In winter?
Come now.
I hear you're taking good care of my granddaughter.
Oh, excuse me.
My name is Shirou Emiya.
I'm a classmate of Shinji's.
Emiya...
Is the Einzbern girl doing well?
This dream again.
After this,
I was saved by Kiritsugu.
If you don't summon yours soon,
you're gonna die,
Big Brother.
SUSPICION OF FLEEING FROM CAR
GAS LEAK IN NEW CITY'S OFFICE DISTRICT
Late last night, there was a massive gas leak in a large-scale facility
TODAY
It is believed that the leak originated in one of the underground restaurants...
All right!
Sakura, get me a plate.
Oh, sure.
What's wrong?
Sakura, are you all right?
You weren't eating any of the breakfast, either.
It's all right to skip morning practice.
Your club advisor said it's okay, too.
No, I'm fine.
Senpai...
I have a favor to ask.
Can you come home as soon as possible after school today?
This news just in.
Early this morning, in a home in the Miyama Town district of Fuyuki,
four residents were found dead.
MURDER IN MIYAMA TOWN
all victims were murdered with a sharp blade-like object.
The police...
Emiya...
Emiya!
Morning, Emiya.
Morning, Mitsuzuri.
STUDENT COUNCIL ROOM
Emiya, have you heard about the murder in Miyama Town last night?
A murder?
Was the murderer caught?
No, not yet.
Looks like I'll have to have all clubs cancel their activities after school.
Excuse me.
Ryudou, you have a moment?
Oh, sure!
Sorry, Emiya. Let's continue this talk at another time.
What's up, Emiya?
This is a classroom for the first-years.
What are you doing here?
Shinji, I thought you didn't have practice today?
Even without practice, I'm busy with all sorts of things, you know?
Oh, if you're up for it, you can-
Don't trouble Mitsuzuri too much.
What's up with that?
I don't want an outsider telling me that.
Oh, that's right, Emiya!
Can I ask you to do something for me, too?
Sure. What is it?
Stupid cleanup work for the stupid archery club!
Isn't that your job?
I told you, I have other things to do.
You have plenty of time, right?
Then help me out here...
Emiya.
All right.
I don't mind.
Oh, fine.
Then, why don't you do what I said, Mr. Nice Guy?
All after-school club meetings have been canceled today.
All faculty and students must leave campus by 6PM.
Now, let's go home.
Okay!
Then, see you later!
See you later!
Hey, let's check out that shop!
Sure! I wanted to go there, too!
Let's go!
Guess I was too into cleaning.
I should go home.
What the...
Who's there?
What was that? What the hell was that?
I gotta get out!
If I don't,
I'll die!
Hey, there.
So deplorable.
All too premature. All too poor a summons.
We have all the players,
but the quality of the players and the precision of the stage are lacking.
This Holy Grail War is a far cry from the grand ritual we sought.
However,
we cannot cancel something that has already begun.
If the goblet gets filled with water, someone must drink it all up.
Fortunately, that man is the overseer from the church.
He will surely be able to mediate this distorted Holy Grail War well.
The Holy Grail calls forth the Heroic Spirits,
and the Heroic Spirits are in need of those to make pacts with.
If they are roped into this ritual,
it is destiny that they kill each other, no matter who it is.
Most importantly, only one needs to be the last standing.
The seventh Servant who was summoned...
is that Saber.
And the Master is Emiya's son, huh?
How strange fate can be...
The Holy Church is an impenetrable area. No one can meddle with them.
But...
will that man be a saint fit to speak of gospel, or not?
Are you coming or what, Emiya?
I don't know why a half-baked Mage like you was chosen for a Master.
But the guy we're about to meet will explain the Holy Grail War to you.
Though, he's quite the despicable figure.
You never accepted my repeated invitations,
and now here you are with an odd guest.
I take it this means that he is the seventh?
I am Kirei Kotomine.
I am in charge of this church.
Shirou Emiya, huh?
I take it, then, that you are Saber's Master?
It's true that Saber has saved my life.
But if a Master is supposed to be a proper mage,
you really ought to pick somebody else.
Choose a new Master, you say?
I see.
Then you also have no interest in the events of ten years ago?
The Holy Grail is the omnipotent power in the world of Magecraft.
It is a granter of wishes that can grant any and every wish.
In order to obtain this,
the chosen Masters fought and killed each other.
As a result, one unfortunate accident was triggered.
One that you could call a catastrophe.
Impossible!
That was...
That's right.
Everyone who lives in this city knows.
Five hundred casualties. As many as 134 structures burned down.
That fire whose cause remains unknown to this day
is the aftermath of the Holy Grail War.
Emiya?
Kirei, I told you to explain the rules to him!
I didn't tell you to open his wounds!
So is that Holy Grail thing for real?
Last time,
there was a man who momentarily obtained the Grail.
What happened to him?
Nothing.
That Grail did not achieve completion.
That is Why this man who avoided fighting did not win the Grail.
You sound like you've seen it or something.
I did see it.
I fought for the Holy Grail last time as one of the Masters.
Wait! Is that true?
I did fight until about halfway.
But I made the wrong decision.
As a result, I was only able to hold an empty Holy Grail.
What does that-
We're in the middle of our talk,
but it seems we have an impatient guest.
Hey, do you know of the name "Einzbern"?
Now then, young man...
There is no time.
Let's hear your decision.
Emiya!
If the Holy Grail War was what caused the fire ten years ago,
I...
I'll fight.
I'll fight as a Master!
Rejoice, boy.
Your wish will at last come true.
A hero of justice must have a villain to defeat.
There's no way a Servant would remember.
Are you done with your chitchat?
Good evening, Big Brother.
I'm Illya.
Illyasviel von Einzbern.
Thanks for being so courteous.
Okay, I'm gonna kill you now.
Get them, Berserker!
Saber!
Run.
Please, run!
When Archer isn't here!
Very good, Berserker!
She regenerates,
so behead her first and violate her!
I am...
a fool!
Hold it!
No way.
Why?
This is so boring.
Master!
Oh, jeez, why did you-
When I was little,
I admired a hero of justice.
You can only be a hero for a limited time.
Once you become an adult,
it's harder to claim to be one.
Kiritsugu...
Besides,
to side with someone means
that you're not on the side of someone else.
What in the world
do I have to do to become a hero of justice?
Huh?
I'm all healed!
Master...
Are you all right?
Are you awake now?
Tohsaka!
You did this, Tohsaka?
No.
You healed those wounds with your own powers, Master.
No way! I can't do something like this.
Then perhaps your pact with Saber has some kind of influence on you.
First off...
let's hear an explanation about the incident earlier!
I didn't do anything particularly wrong.
Actually, I was going to do better-
We Servants exist thanks to Masters supplying us with magical energy.
If that goes away, we are no longer able to remain over here!
I-I see.
That's right.
I'll be going now.
I have to heal my own Servant, too.
Oh, and the next time I see you, we're enemies!
She's a good person.
Saber, are your wounds all right?
Yes.
Though it's a far cry from being perfect.
Um...
Saber, do you want the Holy Grail, too?
Yes. That is Why I am here right now.
Berserker's Master said her name was Einzbern.
Such a child is participating, as well?
Saber?
Someone is using Magecraft.
But it isn't the presence of Berserker.
It is the presence of something different.
Master, your orders!
Let's go!
Please be careful.
A barrier has been put up.
I know this feeling...
I've felt it somewhere.
Mitsuzuri?
Mitsuzuri!
What a surprise.
I was wondering who... and it's you, Emiya!
Why?
Oh, that's right.
I had the captain of our archery club help me out a bit.
Shinji!
Is that your Servant?
Let me introduce someone to you!
This is my Servant.
Hey, let's have them fight each other, Emiya.
I've always wanted to see a battle between Servants!
Shinji,
why the hell did you become a Master?
The Matous are an old, distinguished family of mages.
When it comes to the Holy Grail War,
they're even said to be one of the Three Great Families.
Though, I didn't want an amateur like you to find out.
And it's only natural for me, the firstborn son...
to participate in the Holy Grail War, isn't it?
Shinji!
You're not getting it at all, as always!
You already understand, don't you?
That this game is one that is a little bit more serious!
Go, Rider!
Well...
Hey...
Who said you were allowed to be defeated?
Stand up!
Stand.
Stand up!
Otherwise, you'd make me look like a loser!
Why?
Dammit! Go out! Go out!
Go ou-
Shinji...
It seems this was too much for you, Shinji.
And now the Matous have been defeated.
A bitter disappointment.
You are...
G-Grandfather! P-Please wait!
I am the mage of the Matou family!
I am!
An incompetent fool is incompetent in every way.
The bloodline of the Matous has fallen to the ground.
I have not one expectation from you.
"From you"?
Wait, please wait!
Is Sakura forced to do something like this, as well?
Why did you bring up her name now?
I'm the one!
That scum can't possibly know Magecraft!
The teachings of Matou were all mine!
Mitsuzuri!
As she is a victim of the Holy Grail War,
the proper way is to ask the overseer for help.
Honestly...
To think you'd return in a matter of hours...
Interesting.
You are spellbound by something not so good.
I'll hold onto her for a while.
You were still here?
What about Mitsuzuri?
I finished all treatments.
No need to worry.
More so, you seem to be worse off...
I-I'm healed already.
In the battle ten years ago,
I faced a man who kept standing before me
even after suffering fatal wounds, just like you.
That man was the last one whom I fought,
and the man who became the winner of the previous Holy Grail War.
His name was...
Kiritsugu Emiya.
Saber!
Mitsuzuri has been saved.
I'm glad.
That took quite a while.
Yeah.
I was asking him about Kiritsugu.
About Dad.
Master...
There is something I must talk to you about.
The man Kiritsugu Emiya, in a word, was an assassin.
He was a mage-killer, who made a living specializing in assassinating mages.
All mages are outlaws who have strayed from the path of virtue,
but even among them, he was quite an anomaly.
I was beckoned to this era last time, as well,
and I fought as a Servant for Einzbern.
Back then, my Master's name was Kiritsugu Emiya.
However...
Truly one with no blood nor tears.
He justified any method if it meant victory,
and annihilated any Master, even those who begged for their lives.
Among them all, Kiritsugu found that priest to be the greatest foe.
He and I...
I guess you could say we only had the option of killing each other.
He and I challenged ourselves to the Holy Grail War,
and were victorious until the very end.
However...
Kiritsugu Emiya betrayed the Holy Grail
at the very, very end!
I destroyed the Holy Grail.
He killed one to let ten live.
He was an incorrigible saint.
Still...
If it's the Kiritsugu I know,
he wouldn't abandon anyone who's fallen victim to the Holy Grail War.
He's the kind of hero of justice I've looked up to.
So that's why I'm going to fight.
I'm sorry I'm a bit late,
but Saber, I want you to fight together with me.
No matter what has happened in my past,
the engraved Command Seal of yours binds me to you, my current Master.
Yeah.
If you don't mind, please call me Shirou.
Then, Shirou it is.
Yes.
I prefer this way of saying it.
Thank you.
Then, shall we go home?
Sure.
Oh, so you're an acquaintance of Kiritsugu's!
But what a tragedy that your luggage hasn't arrived!
I'm sorry it's a hand-me-down from Shirou, Saber.
No, please don't worry about it.
Kiritsugu was such a sinful man!
I knew he went overseas often.
Hey, I want to hear some of the memories you have about Kiritsugu!
Well, that's...
Sorry about this, Sakura. It was a sudden thing.
No.
Anyway...
Um...
Did you see Shinji this morning?
Yes.
What of it?
No, it's fine if nothing is wrong.
Sakura.
U-Um... Senpai?
Sakura...
This...
Did Shinji do it?
Emiya...
What nerve to come to school without your Servant.
That's right, if you think too lightly of me-
Wh-What?
For goodness' sake, Tohsaka, please give me some advice!
What?
Wh-What?
I see.
Shinji was a Master, and Ayako got roped in.
And Rider is now gone.
And this can't possibly be everything, can it?
Shinji has a little sister.
Her name is Sakura.
What about her?
Sakura might get involved in this!
Shinji didn't seem like he'd given up yet.
At this rate...
Then...
Why don't you keep her safe at your place?
That is,
if you're saying she's an important person to you.
Sakura...
The breakfast this morning was truly delicious.
And you made lunch for me, as well.
I am truly grateful to you.
Well, u-um...
And so, I would like to help you out in some way.
W-Well...
You can do it!
W-Well, then...
I'm home!
Here!
I thought you might need all sorts of things.
Oh, Saber, this...
Um, your luggage had arrived.
Oh, so cute!
Really! I keep owing Tohsaka favors!
Senpai...
I understand you need sundries,
but it seems you have quite a bit...
Oh, that's right.
Fuji-nee...
We should have Sakura sleep over at our place for a while starting today.
Shirou, what brought this up all of a sudden?
It's pretty dangerous out there lately, isn't it?
Looks like Shinji is pretty busy and doesn't go home much, either.
Sakura?
Um...
I-I know!
I'll go get Saber's room ready.
Ouch!
I'll go with you.
You didn't want Sakura to misunderstand having Saber sleeping over?
What made you think that way?
Sakura...
apparently has E-cups!
What are you talking about?
Shirou! Sakura is...
Senpai?
I'm sorry.
This has already come in handy.
I'll be here a while longer.
I'll be monitoring you for 30 more minutes,
so you stay quiet here.
Yes.
Well then, I trust you with the monitoring.
Senpai...
About what you said earlier...
Um, about how I can stay here...
Why is that?
Are you...
worried about me?
Yeah.
I'm worried about you, Sakura.
That's why it would help me a lot if you could stay here.
Well,
I will stay here then.
Yeah.
I didn't expect...
something so abhorred...
Souichiro? Is something the matter?
Stay here with the others.
Assassin, come hither!
Assassin!
Master... Souichiro...
This man, what is he?
First, I cut his head.
Arms, legs...
I cut them.
Belly, I sliced open.
But...
he moved.
You're the true Assassin?
Unleash me, witch.
Are you satisfied now?
Emiya...
Hey.
It's fine.
Emiya...
Do as you wish.
Toh... saka...
Um...
Senpai...
That's no good!
ANOTHER GAS LEAK IN NEW CITY'S OFFICE DISTRICT
there was another gas leak in a building in the New City district of Fuyuki.
The building that had the gas leak last night is on the east side of the New City Station.
The security guard and several office workers who were inside the building
were seriously ill and found comatose.
Damage, as in the previous gas leak, has been reported where several dozen people
who were close to the building or nearby restaurants have reported feeling ill...
Hello?
Oh, it's you, Fuji-nee.
I see, you can't come today.
Yeah.
What?
MR. ISSEI RYUDOU MR. TARO SUZUKI MR. NAOKI TAKADA
I went to Ryudou Temple last night.
From the comatose incident in New City...
the flow of magical energy was headed to Ryudou Temple.
Archer has recovered, so I thought I'd at least check it out.
Conclusions first.
It was Caster who was using Ryudou Temple as her stronghold.
But when I went there,
Caster was already snuffed out by someone.
The temple residents were stripped of their magical energy, and found comatose.
And...
the only one murdered was Mr. Kuzuki.
He was most likely Caster's Master.
Now, the main subject...
There was another comatose incident in New City this morning.
Despite Caster already being gone, huh?
Sakura ended up over at your place, right?
Huh?
Yeah. She's been sleeping over at my place since last night.
Emiya, why don't we fight together?
Huh?
It seems this time around,
things are a lot different than what I'd heard from my father.
So first, I want to make it clear as to what is going on.
Fighting together for a limited time...
Yes, that's what this means.
Rin...
I feel that fighting together with a powerless Master is meaningless.
What was that?
Did I say something that was incorrect?
Archer, I'll have you follow your Master's morals.
So losing no time...
Can you come out tonight?
Fighting together with Archer's Master?
Yeah. I'm sorry it's so sudden.
It's fine.
Besides, if we finish the Holy Grail War quickly,
Sakura will be able to return to normal life.
Shirou, perhaps Sakura really is not feeling well.
Huh?
Oh, nothing.
I hope it is just me.
Sakura, is someone here?
What? Emiya, I'm Sakura's big brother.
What's Wrong with me coming to take my dearest sister back home?
What big brother punches his little sister?
You roped Mitsuzuri into this!
I can't trust you with Sakura!
Oh, I see.
You got your hands on her after what happened.
And you don't want to let her go because you haven't had her enough.
Damn you!
Senpai!
Shinji!
That look on your face is so good.
C'mon! Let's continue from the other day!
Stop it, Big Brother!
Sakura...
I'll do anything you tell me to.
Please, just not in front of Senpai!
Sakura, don't you ever forget what you just said.
Senpai...
I'm sorry!
It's not something you need to apologize for, Sakura.
No good. I'm not concentrating.
Senpai?
Are you here?
Is that you, Sakura?
Um...
Can we...
chat for a while?
Y-Yeah.
Um...
About earlier...
I'm sorry about what Big Brother did.
I said, don't worry about it.
It's cold in here, isn't it?
Hold on a second!
There!
Sakura.
So warm!
So this was fixed?
Yeah.
It took quite a while to fix, though.
Senpai, do you remember?
It's a story from a long time ago.
A story...
from back when I didn't know you.
It was a bright red sunset.
The school courtyard, the hallway... Everything was all red.
It was beautiful, yet lonely.
And then there was one person high-jumping alone in the courtyard.
And back then, I wasn't a very good girl.
As I watched that person,
I kept thinking he should just screw up.
But...
No matter how many times he tried, he couldn't make the jump.
He came to accept that he couldn't jump,
cleaned up and went home.
Sakura, in other words, that's...
Yes.
He's the upperclassman who's next to me right now.
I'd known about you from back then.
I see. This is the first I've heard of it.
Um, Senpai...
Can I ask you something that's really difficult to ask?
I heard from Miss Fujimura
that you were adopted into this family.
Yeah.
That's right.
You don't mind that you were adopted?
It took a while for me to get used to it,
but that was not something I particularly cared for, right?
Everyone around you must've been kind.
In my case, everyone older than me was so unreliable.
Kiritsugu couldn't do housework at all,
and you've seen how Fuji-nee is.
So, as I've been doing housework, I've become who I am now.
But I wanted to be someone like Kiritsugu.
Be a hero of justice, was it?
Huh?
That's strange.
Senpai...
I'll ask you one more question.
If I became a bad person, would you be able to forgive me?
No. If you do something bad, I'll admonish you.
Stricter than anyone else.
I'm glad.
I'd be fine if it was you, Senpai.
I'll be going to sleep now.
Good night, Senpai.
Miyama HQ to all Miyama paramedics.
Call received from the center.
Many people need rescue in the building across from New City Station.
All available vehicles should promptly head on-site. Over.
Miyama Paramedic 2 to Miyama HQ.
Hey...
Was that your handiwork?
No, a filthy little sand bug wouldn't be able to pull off such a stunt.
I'm not letting you get away.
Come!
Don't bother.
It's my nature. Projectiles don't work against me.
"Protection from Arrows," huh?
Hiding weapons painted black within the shadows...
Such stupidity.
You saw my face, did you, Lancer?
Soon enough.
Is this the destination?
What is a sand bug going to do in a watering hole, huh?
If you don't move, it will swallow you.
Damn you!
Do you know what the hell this is?
This is...
Noble Phantasm...
Zabaniya!
Noble Phantasm!
It's a bit far, but I'll settle it now!
Gae...
...Bolg!
You...
lose!
Yeah, this is...
the worst turn of events.
Senpai!
Tohsaka...
Let's chat as we walk.
We're being monitored, so be mindful of that.
Can I assume that was all your doing,
elder of Matou?
Nothing less from Tohsaka's girl.
Very good.
Zouken!
I thought the Matous had been defeated?
I don't recall saying one word about whether I myself had lost.
Archer!
Bastard...
To toy with a Heroic Spirit's corpse...
How could you?
Saber! You can't!
That sword...
Don't touch that sword!
That sword must break Magecraft.
I'm sure it can even sever pacts with Masters.
Damn him!
I thought I should end this quickly.
Indeed, this one's Magecraft will likely not work against Saber.
But what if it's with the Master in tow?
Impossible!
This cannot be!
What?
What is that?
Tohsaka...
That thing...
What is that thing?
Imaginary space?
This cannot be!
This cannot be...
This cannot be!
Humph!
Caster...
disappeared?
Tohsaka!
Emiya!
Shirou!
It wasn't like he touched the actual body.
Maybe just contracted ague.
Archer, do you know exactly what that thing earlier was?
No idea.
But that shadow must be the one soaking up magical energy from the citizens.
Shirou...
Emiya, are you all right?
Y-Yeah.
It seems that this is not the situation where I can prioritize my personal business.
Sakura, I'm sorry.
I was with him, too.
Please hand him over!
It'll just be uncomfortable for Senpai.
So you're here.
Sorry to call for you.
I got here early, so I decided to go ahead and eat.
It's fine.
- Want to eat? - Like I'd eat!
What did you want to talk about?
Shirou Emiya...
What did you see last night?
Well,
I've been observing this Holy Grail War in my own way.
I'd gotten reports from Rin about the case at Ryudou Temple.
We engaged Zouken Matou in battle.
He'd brought Caster with him,
but well,
it was as if he was controlling a corpse.
So that elder has been on the move.
Shirou Emiya...
Rin doesn't even know this,
but the night Caster was killed in Ryudou Temple,
one Servant got away from the temple.
Do you understand?
No.
It's Assassin.
How do you know that?
Because my Lancer witnessed it.
I just said, I was also a Master.
Well...
Dammit, I'm so confused!
I'd ordered Lancer to monitor Assassin.
He hunted him to Ryudou Temple, but he never returned.
Was he defeated by Assassin?
The Assassin greatly relies on their Presence Concealment skill,
but they don't have that high a combat skill.
It would be impossible for Lancer to lose in a normal battle.
Shirou Emiya...
What you saw last night...
Zouken Matou and Caster weren't the only ones you saw last night, correct?
It is likely that Assassin knew of it, and lured Lancer in.
What lurks there is reaching out to the citizens of the city,
and not just Servants.
If you compare how Caster takes magical energy from the citizens
to drawing blood,
what that thing is doing
is the very act of eating.
If we leave it alone as is,
this city will become uninhabited.
The number of comatose...
as many as thirty?
The location is Miyama South, Block 4.
What is there?
Ryudou Temple.
What's wrong? You're not going to eat?
I'd rather die if I have to eat a meal with you.
Sakura?
It's starting to fall.
Hey, Sakura is over at your place, right?
Huh? Y-Yeah.
I see. That's reassuring.
Then, I won't happen to come across she who doesn't know anything.
I'm going after Zouken.
I'm going to the Matou estate.
That's...
The Tohsakas and the Matous have a long history.
Leave the battle between archaic Mages to me.
Hey, Emiya...
What are you going to do?
Saber...
I don't know what you and Senpai are doing.
I'm sure there are things you can't answer even if I asked.
But he came home injured last night.
I don't want...
him to be facing danger!
I...
I think I'll go after that shadow.
I can't leave that thing alone.
People of this city are becoming victims!
I see.
Then, we'll keep the cease-fire between us going.
Tohsaka...
I can't overlook that shadow, either.
But don't go out of your way.
Not until we know what that thing is.
Yeah.
Sakura has given me a bitter pill to swallow
about last night.
I failed to protect you because of my inexperience, Shirou.
I just went and did this to myself.
The issue is me not being able to stop you from heading into the battlefield.
But I will fight together with you and protect you.
That is my mission.
For Sakura's sake, as well.
What's this?
- Shirou! - Sa-
Shirou! It's Assassin!
You stay here!
Saber!
What flies into a flame?
You do, indeed.
Zouken...
Matou!
That wind...
If I take a straight blow, it would be dangerous.
O wind!
Enrage!
"Protection Against the Wind"...
A necessity for those who cross the desert.
It is fine if you are not attacking.
But your Master is being entertained by my lord.
Damn you!
All I had to do was merely divert your attention.
Assassin...
Damn you!
Servants cannot oppose that shadow.
As you are pure,
merely touching it will make you lose your sanity.
But before that...
I will take your heart.
Trace...
on!
What can you do with a stick like that?
Zabaniya!
Saber!
Nothing less from the supreme Servant.
She has chosen to confront her own darkness
instead of having her heart taken.
It seems everything is done now.
If you are a Master, surely you can tell?
That your Servant has been annihilated from this world...
Bastard!
I will leave you with the rest, Assassin.
You are fine, I see.
That is splendid.
Saber!
You...
What the hell are you?
I see.
This means that I...
undeniably,
am no longer a Master.
What the hell is this?
They called this "a training room"?
No way...
Not a place like this!
Do you despise me?
How I tether my rotting body with the lives of others...
No.
How you're obsessed with life...
is what makes you worthy to be my lord.
I see a black kite.
A black kite, you said?
Sella, have a car ready to go.
I will head out into the city starting tomorrow.
I don't know who you are,
but that belongs to the Einzberns.
Have I...
Have I lost?
That's...
It cannot be!
Don't bother.
That is the Holy Grail!
In order to seize it with my hands, I...
I'm telling you.
Don't bother with it.
Who is it?
Don't get in my way-
Who is it, you ask?
That's something...
that should be obvious with one look.
Senpai...
Where have you been?
You're injured again like that!
Please take care of yourself more!
I'm sorry.
And...
I'm home, Sakura.
Yes.
Welcome home...
Senpai,
Hey, Kiritsugu...
I don't get it.
What do I have to do in order to become a hero of justice?
♪ Sono hibi wa yume no you ni ♪ Like a dream,
♪ Okubyou na hohoemi to ♪ Those days left behind
♪ Yasashii tsume wo ♪ Cowardly smiles
♪ Nokoshite itta ♪ And gentle claws.
♪ Taikutsu na hanabira no you ni ♪ Like a boring flower petal,
♪ Kurushimi wo wasurete ♪ I forgot my suffering,
♪ Anata no senaka de sotto ♪ And stuck to your back,
♪ Naite waratta ♪ Simply laughing and crying.
♪ Kaeranu hibi wo omou you na ♪ Like thinking of days that will never return,
♪ Kimyou na itoshisa ni michita ♪ I was filled with a strangely precious feeling.
♪ Hakoniwa no naka de ♪ Inside a miniature garden,
♪ Iki wo hisome ♪ I hid my breaths.
♪ Kisetsu ga yuku koto wo wasure ♪ I forgot the passing of seasons
♪ Shizuka na minasoko no you na ♪ In a space of time that felt like
♪ Jikan ni ita ♪ The quiet bottom of the sea.
♪ Tsumetai hanabira ♪ Cold petals
♪ Yoru ni chirisaku ♪ Scatter into the night.
♪ Maru de shiroi yuki no you da ne ♪ They're just like white snow,
♪ setsunaku ♪ So heartbreaking.
♪ Anata no ue ni futta ♪ But I just want to fend off
♪ Kanashimi wo subete ♪ All the sorrows
♪ Harainokete agetai dake ♪ That come floating down upon you.
♪ Anata no koto kizutsukeru mono subete ♪ There's no way I can ever forgive
♪ Watashi wa kitto yurusu koto wa dekinai ♪ Anyone who tries to hurt you.
♪ Yasashii hibi ♪ I want to go back
♪ namida ga deru hodo ♪ To those gentle days...
♪ Kaeritai ♪ So badly I could cry.
♪ Anata to futari de ♪ Standing here together,
♪ Miageta ♪ The petals we saw above
♪ Hanabira ga chitta ♪ Scattered.
♪ Tsuki ga kumo ni kakurete ♪ The moon hides in the clouds
♪ Anata wa michi wo nakushite ♪ And you lose your path forward.
♪ Nakidashisou na ♪ You looked
♪ Me wo shiteta ♪ Like you might start crying.
♪ Gizagiza na kokoro datte ♪ Even if our hearts are jagged,
♪ Futatsu awasete mireba ♪ If we at least try to put them together,
♪ Yasashii mono ga kitto ♪ I'm sure something gentle
♪ Umarete kuru wa ♪ Will be born.
♪ Watashi wo kizutsukeru mono wo ♪ You said you'd never forgive
♪ Anata wa yurusanai de kureta ♪ Anyone who tries to hurt me.
♪ Soredake de ii no ♪ That's all I need...
♪ Tawamure ni nobasareta ♪ I clung to the hand
♪ Anata no te ni shigamitsuita ♪ You'd extended so playfully.
♪ Akirameteita sekai ni ♪ A warm light was finally lit
♪ Yagate atataka na hi ga tomoru ♪ Within this world I'd forsaken.
♪ Tsumetai hanabira ♪ Cold petals
♪ Yoru wo kirisaku ♪ Cut through the night.
♪ Watashi ga tsunda hikari wo minna tabanete ♪ All I want
♪ Anata no ue ni zenbu ♪ Is to bundle the light I'd plucked,
♪ Yorokobi no you ni ♪ Sprinkling it upon you
♪ Makichirashite agetai dake ♪ Like pure happiness.
♪ Warui koto wo shitara kitto anata ga ♪ You promised that you'd get angry
♪ Okotte kureru to yakusoku shita yo ne ♪ If I ever did something bad, didn't you?
♪ Dakara kitto mou ichido ♪ That's why I'm sure
♪ Watashi wo mitsukete kureru yo ne ♪ You'll find me one more time.
♪ Samishii tokoro ni ♪ You don't have to stay
♪ Mou inakute ii ne ♪ In that lonely place.
♪ Hitori de ♪ Standing alone,
♪ Miageta ♪ The petals I saw above
♪ Hanabira ga chitta ♪ Scattered.
♪ Aimer - Hana No Uta ♪ Translation by Lyrical Nonsense
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