Chapter 6 Noble and Ugly(1/2)
Looking at Shirou's appearance, Yan Feng laughed.
"Don't worry, I will not rob your spell. As a supervisor, I do not have the right to participate in the Holy Grail War." The priest smiled and said: "In fact, you have to give up the qualification of master. Just use up all the spells and break the contract with the server. At that time, I will ensure your safety before the end of the Holy Grail War. However, it doesn't seem like you give up."
"You..." Shirou looked at Yan Feng in surprise.
It was not because of what he said, nor because Shirou finally remembered why he thought the word Yanfeng Church was more familiar with.
In the future I have seen, I will fight Shin Er. During the battle, I caught him and forced him to hand over the mantra. During this period, I said something that could allow Shin Er to take refuge in Yanfeng Church. It seems that this is what I said.
On the other hand, Kirei Yanfeng, who didn't know what Shiro was thinking, got what Shiro was thinking. At this moment, looking at Shiro who looked surprised, Kirei Yanfeng sneered again: "But if you do this, this kind of magician will only be a coward, let alone a half-tongue."
"You..." Shirou looked at the priest with some anger when he heard this. Why did this guy like to curse people so much? Well, Tosaka is ridiculing, he is ridiculing, and the two are really masters and apprentices.
"Don't think it's a shame." Yan Feng looked at Shiro's angry expression, as if he was a little happy: "In the last Holy Grail War, I was the master who was first defeated, and then came here, and was protected by the church that my father was presided over at the time. Later, after my father died, I inherited his position."
"You...you said you were a master?" Shirou widened his eyes.
"Yeah" Yan Feng nodded.
This time it was a real shock. Shirou never thought that he could meet the participants of the last Holy Grail War and... another experience of the tragedy ten years ago.
"So, do you know anything about the last Holy Grail War?" Shirou asked hurriedly.
"Oh, I didn't expect you to be interested in this kind of thing. Well, it's also good to learn from the experience of our ancestors." Yan Feng smiled and began to say: "The repeated Holy Grail War is getting more and more intense. The master was driven by his own desires and forgot his teachings as a magician. He only knew to kill each other regardless of the object. Until the third time, the church sent a supervisor, and the fourth Holy Grail War ten years ago was..."
"No, I'm not asking this." Shirou stared at Yanfeng Kirei, trying not to make his tone look aggressive: "Ten years ago, who got the Holy Grail in the end?"
Because when I saw my future self talk to Tosaka, I accidentally said that I would stop the tragedy ten years ago. So at that time, Shirou understood that the fire that could not be found out ten years ago was not a natural disaster or arson, but a man-made disaster caused by the stupid Holy Grail War.
"No one got the Holy Grail." Yan Feng shook his head and said a result that Shirou could not come back for a long time.
"No?" Shirou blinked, paused for a moment, then roared in dismay: "How could it be that there was no?"
"It's true that there is no one." Yan Feng paused: "Or there is a master who has obtained the Holy Grail, but it was only a short time ago."
"Short?" Shirou didn't understand the priest's meaning.
"Well," the priest nodded, turned sideways, and looked at the icon behind him: "In the end of the Holy Grail War ten years ago, for some reason, the master who should have received the Holy Grail suddenly escaped the battle with another master, which led to the Holy Grail not agreeing with the escaped magician as his holder. As a result, the Holy Grail was obtained by the ineligible master. We don't know if the master did not get the Holy Grail recognized, or made some unsuccessful wishes, but only knew the disaster left at that time."
Shirou looked at the priest in disbelief. The person who got the Holy Grail gave up the Holy Grail and then let other masters get it, which caused the disaster.
How could such a thing happen? The incident ten years ago was because of such a thing...
Looking at Shirou's expression, Yan Feng's voice sank: "Yes, the fire that could not be found out ten years ago was the result of the ineligible master contacting the Holy Grail in the last Holy Grail War."
Accompanied by the priest's voice, Shirou's eyes appeared in front of him that he would never forget in his lifetime.
Everything I saw was red, the sky was black. In the gap between red and black, I walked forward in a daze, not knowing what to do. I obviously didn't have any hope, but I still kept walking, wanting to leave the dangerous place.
Later, I fell down and when I opened my eyes again, there was a sloppy face with stubble, his expression...
"Student Emiya, what's wrong with you?"
Tosaka's voice Shiro pulled back to reality. Shiro shook for a moment, and then his eyes refocused.
"No, nothing." Shirou turned his face slightly, not wanting Tosaka to see his expression at this time.
"Hmph, that is to say, if you escape from the battle, you will not be recognized by the Holy Grail as its master even if you get the Holy Grail, right?" Tosaka sighed, shook his head as if he was regretful: "The master in the last Holy Grail War was really weak. He clearly made the most correct and easy judgment and wanted to get the Holy Grail without fighting, but because he was not recognized by the Holy Grail, he did not get the Holy Grail. It was really weak."
"It's not like that, Rin." The priest shook his head, turned his back completely, and looked up at the pattern on the ceiling: "That master is not for the sake of saving trouble, so he doesn't fight."
"Um?"
"That man has eliminated three masters in the Holy Grail War, and in that Holy Grail War, he was the master who eliminated the most opponents," said the priest in an emotional voice.
"Three?"
Tosaka chewed the word, his eyes flashed.
Shirou looked at Tosaka and wanted to say something, but Tosaka spoke at this time.
"So, why did he give up the Holy Grail in the end?" Tosaka's eyes were shining.
"It's not what you think, Rin, I should have said it." The priest turned around and looked at Tosaka's appearance. A strange smile seemed to flash in his eyes. Then he waved his hand casually and returned to the question just now: "As for why he gave up the Holy Grail, who knows, he escaped at that time. The reason is why, no one knows, maybe he doesn't understand it himself."
The scene was silent for a few seconds afterwards, and then Kirei Yanfeng said, "Then go back to the previous topic."
He looked at Shirou and said, "How about you, do you want to accept my advice, use the light curse, and wait in my church until the end of the Holy Grail War."
Give up? What a joke? If you give up, what you used to be...
Shirou looked at the priest, then he straightened his body, looked at the priest with the most determined expression he could, and said word by word: "No, I refuse."
"Oh, then that's all." The priest smiled playfully, then turned around and walked towards the platform under the statue.
He placed his hand solemnly on the Bible on the table. The priest faced Shirou and Tosaka and said, "The only master who can get the Holy Grail is the one who can serve the Servant. When the war begins, only one of you seven people will be left, the Holy Grail will appear before the winner."
The smile on Yanfeng Kirei's face disappeared, and he raised his face seriously and his voice began to rise: "Then, I'll ask you again."
He looked at Shirou and made a final question: "Shirou Emiya, as the chosen master, do you have any intention of fighting in this Holy Grail War?"
The solemn voice of the priest spread throughout the church. In this house surrounded by his voice, Shirou looked at the priest's eyes quietly, but his heart became confused.
What's going on? This sense of peace that permeates the bottom of my heart, without doubt, confusion, and hesitation, as if I feel that everything is taken for granted. Has I accepted the fate of facing killing in the future? Shirou looked down at his hand, feeling a little strange for his current feeling.
Taking a deep breath, Shirou raised his head.
"I want to fight," Shirou spoke lightly, not loud, but it showed that he was determined enough.
"I will definitely not allow it to happen again when the fire caused by the Holy Grail War ten years ago!"
The priest looked at Shiro's expression, and for a long time, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
"Then I will admit that you are the master of Saber. At this moment, this Holy Grail War has been accepted. From now on, until there is only one person left in the master, I allow a magic war in this city." At this moment, as if an invisible bell rang, Yanfeng Kirei took his hand off the Bible and carried it behind her back.
At this time, Tosaka gave the priest a blank look and said disdainfully: "Even if you don't allow it, can you stop it?"
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Shirou looked at Tosaka speechlessly, well, what should I say, the atmosphere just now seemed to have been completely destroyed.
Tosaka turned his head to look at Shirou, and then said, "Since you have decided, let's go."
As she said that, she took the lead in walking towards the door.
"Hey, Tosaka, are you leaving like this? He is your senior brother?" After a few steps to catch up with Tosaka, Shirou whispered to remind her that when she was three years old, she should know the etiquette of saying goodbye before leaving.
Unexpectedly, Tosaka snorted and waved his hand: "Who wants to say goodbye to that kind of fake priest? OK, okay, let's go."
Hello, your voice was a little louder just now, it was just behind.
Sighing, the polite Shirou decided to say goodbye to the priest before leaving. After all, he just told him a lot of things. Even if he doesn't like him, he will say goodbye.
As a result, when he turned around, Shirou saw a cross.
Ah, it wasn't right. Shirou looked up and sure enough, he saw the priest's condescending face.
The priest didn't speak, and just looked at Shirou quietly, his calm face as if he was wearing a mask.
"What are you doing? Is there anything else?" After swallowing, Shirou took two steps back to avoid the cover of the tall figure and looked at the priest nervously.
Perhaps this is the legendary horoscope, Shirou feels that he will never like him.
But the priest didn't speak, just looked at him quietly. This kind of gaze made Shirou even look at x-ray... No, it should feel like radiation like chemotherapy.
Shirou was so furrowed by the emotionless gaze that he quickly said, "If there is nothing to say, I will leave."
After saying that, Shirou walked out almost in a mess.
By the way, that guy is a surrogate and may have wiped out many magicians, so as a magician, I can't like him. Shirou speeded up his pace while thinking about it.
After Shirou passed through the gate, he heard the priest's heavy words coming from behind him.
"Good, boy" the priest seemed to have seen some evil person finally embarking on the right path because of the oracle. He sincerely congratulated him: "Your wish is finally coming true."
Shiro blinked in confusion and turned around in confusion - when he was halfway through this movement, he froze.
Cold sweat flowed down Shiro's forehead. At that moment, he understood the priest's vague words incredibly.
I want to protect...be an enemy of evil things...
Ah, that sentence is what Shirou Emiya hopes for?
So I want to...
Hopefully, it can stop the evil things that happened in the Holy Grail War. But how did he know, could he read the mind?
Shirou's eyes twitched, and he turned his head and found the priest standing outside the door, with the two of them only three steps apart.
Looking at Shirou's expression, the priest smiled: "Your wish cannot be realized without clear evil. Even if it is something that cannot be allowed to you, the realization of justice still requires evil that is opposite to it. For you, the noblest ideal and the most evil desire have the same meaning."
The feeling of collapse came from the heart.
"You..." Shirou gritted his teeth, forced himself to a sense of consciousness that was almost falling into darkness, staring at the priest with his eyes.
A creaking sound rang out, and no one pushed the church door, but slowly closed.
The scenery in the church began to disappear little by little. Amid the somewhat harsh sound of the door closing, the priest who was gradually blocked by the door laughed and said, "It's nothing, there is no need to hide it. As humans, your contradiction... is correct."
Bang!
The door was closed, Shirou looked at the dark door and gasped. At this moment, when the wind outside the door was blown, he realized that his back was covered in cold sweat and extremely cold.
Damn it! Shirou gritted his teeth.
To be continued...