Chapter 194
"Last time, Kiritsugu Emiya used Command Spells to order me to use my Noble Phantasm to destroy the Holy Grail."
Saber provided the answer.
"Use Noble Phantasm to destroy the Holy Grail?"
Rin Tohsaka never expected things to turn out this way.
Li Yue immediately followed up with additional information.
"The result was that the Holy Grail was indeed destroyed, but only the Lesser Holy Grail was destroyed. The Greater Grail behind it continued to operate, and darkness descended from the Holy Grail, causing a great fire in Fuyuki City."
"Wait, could it be that the fire in Fuyuki City ten years ago was...!"
"That's right. That fire was caused by the previous Holy Grail War, or more precisely, by the darkness within the final Greater Grail."
Li Yue nodded in affirmation.
"So that's how it is."
Shirou Emiya clenched his fists. He had become an orphan in that fire and was then adopted by Kiritsugu Emiya. He never imagined that it was all because of the Holy Grail.
"So what should we do this time? Are we going to start another big fire?"
"No, we won't do that again this time. Last time I didn't know how to stop the Holy Grail, so I tried to destroy Holy Grail in the fastest way possible. Now I know how to stop the Holy Grail."
As Li Yue spoke, she looked at Kiritsugu Emiya, Kiritsugu Emiya.
"That's right, we've already mastered the ability to dismantle the Greater Grail. We can just go to where the Greater Grail, dismantle it, and that will end everything."
Kiritsugu Emiya had personally witnessed Li Yue resolve the Greater Grail; having resolved it in that world, he could naturally resolve it in this one as well.
"So, now there are only two things left to do."
Which two items?
Faced with everyone's questions, Li Yue spoke calmly.
"Separate the Lesser Holy Grail from Illya's body, and then go and deal with the Archer who has survived since the last Holy Grail War, the King of Heroes Gilgamesh!"
338. The Truth Tokiomi Tohsaka's Death
"It's unbelievable! That guy has been here all along and hasn't gone back to the Throne of Heroes!"
"Because of the Holy Grail, he was corrupted by Holy Grail and obtained his own physical body from Holy Grail power. Therefore, he does not need his master to provide Magic Power and can continue to exist in this world."
"Damn it, that guy, who is my father's servant, was here the whole time and didn't even tell me!"
Rin Tohsaka was very annoyed that Golden Gilgamesh had been around all along but hadn't come to tell her.
"Of course he can't tell you, because it was he who instigated Kirei Kotomine to kill your father, making a magician's student kill that magician in return. What an interesting thing! If I told you, wouldn't that be boring?"
"What did you say!?"
Rin Tohsaka stared blankly at Li Yue.
"It's normal that Kirei Kotomine didn't tell you, after all, he killed your father, and did it at Archer's instigation."
"How could that be? He's Dad's disciple!"
"It's precisely because he's your father's disciple that he would do such a thing."
Li Yue recalled the reason why Kirei Kotomine killed Tokiomi Tohsaka.
"Kirei Kotomine is an empty-hearted person. He has no pursuit of his own, so he was taken in as a disciple by your father because he had no ideas of his own. Tokiomi Tohsaka took advantage of this, making him focus on being his disciple and assistant, helping him win his Holy Grail War. However, on the first day of the Holy Grail War, he offended Archer."
"What do you mean by offending Archer? Isn't Archer my father's servant?"
Rin Tohsaka didn't quite understand. According to Tokiomi Tohsaka's teachings, a Servant is a magician's Servant, someone who obeys the magician's orders. What did it mean to offend?
"Heroic Spirit vary from person to person. Some Heroic Spirit have their own pride. For example, the Archer that your father summoned is Gilgamesh, who claims to be the Earliest King. He was once a very famous tyrant. As a tyrant and a king, he cannot tolerate being ordered by a human magician."
"So Gilgamesh set his sights on Kirei Kotomine. At the time, Kirei Kotomine was lost and empty inside, without any pursuit of his own. He only followed the orders of others. So Archer gave him a direction, which was to pursue pleasure."
"Pleasure?"
"That's right, it's pleasure. Archer even deliberately guided him to do those unconventional things to obtain the emotion of pleasure, such as betraying your father, his teacher."
"After he made Kirei Kotomine accept the short sword that Tokiomi Tohsaka had given him, he immediately turned around and killed Tokiomi Tohsaka with the short sword."
"Wait, a short sword?"
"That's right, the Azoth sword, the graduation gift that Tokiomi Tohsaka gave to Kirei Kotomine."
Rin Tohsaka froze on the spot because after Tokiomi Tohsaka's death, she had been taken care of by Kirei Kotomine for a period of time, and Kirei Kotomine had even given her an Azoth sword as a gift.
But now, she probably understands where Kirei Kotomine's Azoth sword came from; it was the sword that Tokiomi Tohsaka gave her!
"That bastard!"
Rin Tohsaka turned around immediately.
"Wait, what are you going to do?"
Emiya quickly restrained Rin Tohsaka.
"I'm going to settle accounts with that guy! He killed my father! And he even used a gift my father gave him to deliberately humiliate me!"
"Not only that, he also harmed your mother, Tokiomi Tohsaka."
"What?! He's the one who caused Mom to become like that?!"
"And he has been in cahoots with Archer all along. During this Holy Grail War, Archer and he have been secretly observing you. Everything about you was arranged by him, including his concern for you."
"Damn it! That bastard!"
Rin Tohsaka stood up again.
"Hey, Master, calm down and listen to what I'm saying."
Reluctantly, Emiya pressed Rin Tohsaka down again. He didn't want Rin Tohsaka to impulsively go to Kirei Kotomine. As someone who had been through it all, he knew that there was not only Archer Gilgamesh in that church, but also Lancer. If he went alone, he wouldn't be able to defeat both of them.
"No need to rush. They are our common enemy. If we want to defeat the Holy Grail, we must eliminate the Archer from the last Holy Grail War. Kirei Kotomine won't be able to escape either, so there's no need to rush."
Li Yue also spoke up to soothe Rin Tohsaka, who calmed down—or rather, she simply suppressed her anger temporarily.
With Li Yue's words, Rin Tohsaka completely controlled her anger and began to build it up, preparing to unleash it properly in her battle with Kirei Kotomine later.
"So, our enemy is actually the supervisor of this Holy Grail War?"
"That's right, they also know the truth about the Holy Grail War, but they just don't want to tell you."
Having learned the inside story of the Holy Grail War, the participants at the scene were at a loss for words.
"This Holy Grail War seems to be full of problems."
Shirou Emiya was unexpectedly drawn into the Holy Grail War, couldn't help but ask.
"Shirou, you're right, the Holy Grail War is such a strange thing."
Li Yue's affirmative words left everyone around speechless. What did she mean by "strange things"? It made it sound like they were being silly for seriously preparing to participate in the Holy Grail War.
"Anyway, we'll deal with Kirei Kotomine and Archer tomorrow. Today, let's take care of Illya's safety first."
"Good!"
Shirou Emiya nodded in agreement. He himself wanted to stop the Holy Grail because his own situation was caused by Holy Grail. He was raised by Kiritsugu Emiya and wanted to become a champion of justice. He couldn't allow such a tragedy to happen again.
"Let's go, Illya, let me take care of your problem first."
Li Yue and Kiritsugu Emiya got up and led Illya out of the castle hall and into the room where Illya usually rested.
Just like when he removed the Lesser Holy Grail from Irisviel's body, Li Yue pulled out his dagger and stabbed it into Illya's chest, directly tearing the Lesser Holy Grail out of Illya body.
After all, if the Lesser Holy Grail is not separated, once a Servant dies, the Servant's soul will enter the Lesser Holy Grail, thus increasing Illya's burden.
With the removal of the Lesser Holy Grail, Illya, like Irisviel before her, was officially freed from the destiny of becoming the Lesser Holy Grail.
All that's left is to wait until the next day to deal with Kirei Kotomine and Archer.
Once these two are dealt with, there will be virtually no threat in this Holy Grail War, and the remaining people are hardly a concern!
339. Bombardment of the church
"I said, is it really okay to use this?"
"Don't worry, I've disguised it as a high-explosive shell inside, and I've compressed a lot of Magic Power into it. When the shell explodes, it will instantly kill all living things within a radius of several hundred square meters centered on the point of impact!"
"I'm not talking about whether your shells are powerful enough, but whether you're really sure it's okay to use something like this to bomb Fuyuki City!"
In the forest outside the church where Kirei Kotomine was, Rin Tohsaka pointed at the huge howitzer in front of her and loudly complained to Li Yue.
"Um, Kiritsugu, I also think this thing is a bit too much. It's so big, it's bound to cause a huge commotion."
Shirou Emiya also agreed. He was dumbfounded when he saw Li Yue conjure up this heavy howitzer. Could this thing really be here?
Will there be a big commotion?
Li Yue frowned, her face expressionless.
"Of course! How could this thing not make a big commotion? Once it explodes, the entire church will be destroyed. It'll definitely cause a huge commotion!"
Rin Tohsaka clenched her fist and emphasized that she thought the assassin in front of her was out of his mind. How could he have thought of using a grenade launcher to blow up the church?
"I felt that the firepower and explosive power were not very strong, which is why I chose to use it."
"This firepower isn't that great!"
Li Yue looked at the Emiya and Saber beside her.
"Ask those two if this thing is considered powerful."
"It's not that big, I think. In terms of Noble Phantasm level, this can only be considered a small-scale anti-army Noble Phantasm at most."
"Well, if it's only a few hundred square meters, it shouldn't be considered large; at most, it's an anti-military Noble Phantasm."
Emiya and Saber nodded in unison, giving their assessments. One was a nuclear-powered swordsman, and the other was a city-wide beam cannon. A grenade launcher really wasn't that big of a deal for them.
"What do you mean? What do you two mean by that? Are you implying that your actions were actually even more significant than his?!"
Rin Tohsaka was very surprised.
"That's right. If I were to unleash my Noble Phantasm, the commotion would definitely be much greater than his."
"Yes, that's right."
The two honest men nodded very firmly. Rin Tohsaka was shocked. Obviously, she had never participated in the Holy Grail War, and because her father died early, she did not know much about the world of magic. She did not know the extent to which the Noble Phantasm of Heroic Spirit could achieve, and even thought that the cannon was too loud.
"Wouldn't that cause a huge commotion that would be difficult to cover up?!"
"Don't worry, there were far bigger events during the Fourth Holy Grail War."
Li Yue pointed to Saber. Back then on the sea, Saber even used her Noble Phantasm during the day to kill the monsters summoned by Caster, and there were still no problems.
"Don't worry, Rin, nothing will happen."
Saber understood what Li Yue meant and immediately agreed.
"How can I possibly feel at ease about something like this?"
"It's okay. Just tell the police tomorrow that there was a natural gas explosion here."
Rin Tohsaka and Shirou Emiya were dumbfounded.
"Will this work?"
Shirou Emiya couldn't help but ask, while Li Yue looked at Rin Tohsaka beside him.
"As the head of the Tohsaka family, you should understand what I mean."
"I know what that means, but it's one thing to use this kind of excuse normally, but is it appropriate to use it in the Holy Grail War? And can this kind of excuse really cover things up?"
As the manager of the Fuyuki City ley lines, Rin Tohsaka naturally knows how to cover up the traces of a magician. Natural gas explosions are the most common method, but can such a huge commotion as the Holy Grail War really be covered up with a natural gas explosion? Are you serious?
"Of course, that's what we did in the last Holy Grail War."
"Okay, I'll take your word for it."
Rin Tohsaka didn't know if that was true, but given the current situation, it seemed she had no choice.
"Archer, you should also prepare to use your Noble Phantasm."
"Ah?"
Li Yue did not fire immediately, but instead looked at the Emiya beside her.
"As an Archer, you must have Noble Phantasm with long-range bombardment capabilities. Use it all at once and make sure to kill them in one hit. Especially the last Archer, who was caught off guard and killed them all at once."
"I see, no problem."