061: Haven't You Figured Out the Situation?

"Yeah, why was that?"

Rimuru set his spoon down on the empty plate and smiled faintly. "Probably because his Master is the Lesser Grail."

"I mentioned this before, didn't I? The Lesser Grail is the final vessel through which the Greater Holy Grail manifests. It's the key to initiating the Holy Grail ritual. Under pressure from powerful enemies like us, one of the correct choices for the remaining groups would be to obtain the Lesser Grail."

"Well, in any case, Berserker's Caster definitely won't ally herself with the other two groups because of that. If she truly joined forces with them, then honestly losing and dying to become the Lesser Grail would be the greatest help she could offer. And because of her identity, she definitely can't trust the other two groups either, right?"

An ally who might stab you in the back at any moment was hardly someone you would choose to cooperate with.

"Eh, but if that's the case..." Shirou Emiya raised his head in confusion. "If the Lesser Grail is the key to the Holy Grail War, don't you care?"

"Hmm... it seems I need to say this again, Shirou." Rimuru turned around calmly and said softly, "It doesn't matter who initiates the Holy Grail ritual, because people cannot choose the Holy Grail. The Holy Grail chooses people."

"That's precisely why we need to do everything we can to eliminate the other Masters. Obtaining the Lesser Grail is only a strategy against me because, once they have it, they can quickly activate the Holy Grail ritual and have the Holy Grail make its choice before I hunt them down and kill them."

"It's a way of forcibly drawing the match and handing the choice over to the Holy Grail."

Even so, it could not be denied that