The Collection of The End

My name is Elijah,

I'm sparring with Lily.

84:35:23

Hisau Maiya was asked by Kiritsugu to stay in the courtyard and wait for contact, while he himself went out with Saber Alter.

This is also a reasonable arrangement. With Assassin almost completely wiped out and the intelligence of all forces becoming clear, as an investigator with weak combat effectiveness, there is no need for her to go out, and she has become a channel for the headquarters to communicate with Kiritsugu. Then it is just right. In addition, if possible, use technological means to protect the two masters, Irisviel and Lin Hao.

Caster seemed to have done something to make Irisviel angry last night. After hiding outside for a day, she just came back and was caught by her and began to preach. Maiya listened for a while, and it seemed to be some kind of ignoring himself against Caster. Safe action.

Undoubtedly, Caster ignored the fact that it was during the Holy Grail War and ran to save patients. This can be inferred from her Master's personality. Presumably, many patients with chronic illnesses recovered unexpectedly throughout the day. Be pleasantly surprised.

As for Caster and Lin Hao's wish - to bear the misfortune of the whole world, although Kiritsugu had clearly stated that he would admit defeat, Maiya did not think so after thinking about it.

Perhaps diseases, natural disasters and other accidents can be passed on, and crimes and injuries stemming from the darkness of human hearts can be stopped using Kiritsugu's method, but what about war?

In the wars in human history, it is rare to be able to simply judge the good and evil of both sides. Scholars who argued for this even created a term called relative justice. When the definition of absolute justice is not clear, almost all wars Both sides are relatively just.

For Maiya, however, her relative justice is very simple: Emiya Kiritsugu, justice.

——[Heh, I was a little distressed because this war seemed to be evenly matched. 】

The girl who was not called Hisau Maiya at that time firmly engraved that figure like a god descending into the bottom of her heart.

——[Just help you here. 】

In the background, there are heavily armed enemy intruders and their parents who are protecting them to the death.

Afterwards, the war that might have lasted for a long time ended quickly with the intervention of the magician, and Maiya was also taken away by Kiritsugu for training when he discovered the talent in controlling familiars and demons. to assist.

And then... Kiritsugu married into the Einzbern family.

Obviously she was the one who came here first, whether she knows Kiritsugu or agrees with his point of view...

Sure enough, just like someone said, is longing the feeling that is the furthest away from understanding?

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"Caster, please compete with me."

Saber, who was wearing a white skirt armor, said suddenly, which awakened Maiya, who was accidentally immersed in memories, but at the same time, she wondered if she heard it wrong.

Although the information learned from Kiritsugu is limited, Saber, as the strongest job agent, basically has a powerful [anti-magic power] skill, even if she has just recovered from a weak state by supplementing food, it is overwhelming for Caster What's the point of such a discussion?

"Okay~" Caster actually agreed directly.

"Saber?" Irisviel asked suspiciously, it seemed that she also doubted the effect of this kind of discussion.

"When I fought against Archer with another me before, I hardly played any role," Saber Lily said: "Just parrying the King's Treasure thrown by him is already doing my best, even if I finally liberate the Noble Phantasm with her. , the two sides are completely in an auxiliary position when fighting, so for the next battle, I must strengthen my own strength."

This passage made Maiya look at her with admiration,

Because she finally realized this problem. Usually, although Saber Lily said that she was immature with a modest appearance, there was a strange confidence in her bones that "I will be the king of England in the future". It seems that the recent battle Let her understand that no matter what the future holds, the present is the most important thing.

"I understand, restorative training." Caster said the medical term as expected: "But because of your [magic power] characteristics, I'm afraid I can't keep it, you have to be ready to die at any time—oh No, it's the consciousness of being frozen into ice."

"Of course, please advise." Saber walked to a relatively spacious place in the courtyard, transformed the golden sword, and saluted Caster as a knight.

"Irisviel will be angry if the courtyard is destroyed." Lin Hao, who had been quietly watching from the wheelchair, said suddenly.

"Oh, indeed, just wait a moment." Caster thought for a while, raised his hands and began to perform magic.

For Lin Hao, Maiya also had a complicated impression. At first, she thought she was just an ordinary magician who was involved in the Holy Grail War because of "making up the numbers". Almost comparable to Kiritsugu.

Although after entering the official stage of war, she could no longer go to some medical institutions to transfer other people's diseases to herself due to safety concerns, but she was completely indifferent to Caster's various behaviors that disregarded her own safety or loss, even if it caused harm to herself. Dissenting, or rather, very supportive.

Maybe Irisviel didn't think too deeply because of her confidence in the Holy Maiden of Winter, but Maiya, who has been observing from a neutral and objective perspective, can see that this pair of master and servant is "carrying the misfortune of the whole world" Next, there is also the determination to protect Irisviel, Kiritsugu and even Maiya, an outsider, at the cost of sacrificing himself.

As for Lin Hao's always sneering at Kiritsugu, it's probably because of his dissatisfaction with "Caster gave so much and yet you didn't respond", but Maiya still can't figure out the underlying reason for this situation.

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It was cold and windy.

What drew Maiya's attention from the vigilance to see if anyone was approaching and back to the courtyard to fight was the snow-white "ring" that was incompatible with the surrounding environment. It was round in shape and occupied most of the center of the courtyard. The two warriors fought against each other, and the edge area was surrounded by an invisible barrier of flying snowflakes.

"Although it takes advantage of the location, this is the best way to prevent our battle from destroying the courtyard or leaking the magical atmosphere." Caster said.

"Please advise." Saber seemed to have no objection to this, and raised her sword after a slight nod.

"Hmm~" Caster folded his hands and fingers above his head, making a stretching motion, and following her movement, the lavender velvet dress on her body was replaced with her treasure in a burst of white light 【The Clothes of Heaven】, and the original silver-white shawl hair also has bursts of ice blue.

This is the official fighting stance of "Holy Maiden of Winter". It has only appeared once when she cooperated with Rider to defeat Berserker. It seems to have a very good addition to her ice and snow magic.

"Huh—" Caster yawned as if matching the stretching motion.

Saber got off to a bad start, Maiya thought so, having followed Kiritsugu to hunt down many magicians, she knew very well that she should never ignore any movement of a magician, especially after they had already entered a fighting state.

And Caster, who can occupy the position of a magician, is of course the best among them.

"Then, I'll start—huh?" Saber Lily held up her sword and tried to adjust her pace, but found that her feet had been completely frozen on the ground, and the thick layer of ice even directly covered her knees.

The movement that seemed to be yawning actually blew out a cold wind that hit the ground, firmly fixing her lower body.

Chachacha——Caster didn't give Saber time to break free, a pair of skates with sharp ice blades formed under her feet, and quickly slid towards the immobile Lily.

A Caster going into close combat? Hisau Maiya was puzzled.

"Drink!" Saber used her magic power to shatter the ice on her legs, and at the same time, she swung her sword and slashed towards Caster who was charging straight.

Caster raised his hand to block the golden sword—using a cloud of ice mist on his arm, and then quickly spun into the air before the ice mist dissipated. Straight to the side.

Saber took advantage of the momentum and turned her body half a circle to send out a roundabout slash, but at this moment Caster had already leaped high with his strength, and opened his hands to shoot a large number of sharp ice picks at her from the air behind Saber.

Saber seemed to have some shadows about this attack that resembled the king's treasure, the golden sword waved like the wind, knocking down all the ice cones within the attack range no matter whether it was necessary or not.

Saber lost, Hisu Maiya shook her head and sighed.

While throwing those icicles, Caster flipped and landed behind Saber, waiting for her to deal with the icicles, and even brushed her hair when she had time, until the female knight in white armor realized something was wrong and was about to withdraw or counterattack, her hands were already gone. Pressed onto Saber's shoulder armor.

"[Freezing Execution]!" Caster yelled out the magic she cast as if releasing the real name of the Noble Phantasm, and Saber Lily was instantly frozen in a huge ice cube without any suspense.

"Hmm..." Caster, whose magic power hadn't dissipated, let out a distressed voice. After taking half a step back, he bent down and pressed his hands on the ground. Four huge sharp icicles drilled out of the ground aimlessly, and then before it shattered and disappeared.

So, impaling frozen enemies with these icicles at the end is the full form of "Frozen Execution"? But if he really did that, this Saber might return to the Heroic Soul Seat.

"Sorry, I can't undo this myself. It should have been broken by the last four [Diamond Ice Blade], but I'm not sure it won't hurt you." Caster's explanation confirmed Maiya's guess, and she finished speaking like this Afterwards, he returned to Irisviel and Lin Hao's side.

"It must have been very hard for Caster to hone such melee skills before?" "It's okay, after all, there are not many people who dare to challenge the 'Saint of Winter'."

Sure enough, Irisviel was concerned about strange things again.

"Can you make ice cream?" "No, yes, it's ice and snow simulated by magic power, it's not edible at all."

The way the master and servant get along is as weird as ever.

Cluck-crash! A huge block of ice shattered from it, and Saber Lily stepped out on the shattered ice.

"Continue!" Her tone was full of fighting spirit: "I feel that I have become stronger!"