But the other party did not seem to possess that kind of mental toxin.
Ah, more accurately, it did not seem to be "poison," but neural damage?
Kirei Kotomine kept it in a water tank.
That was easy enough, since the surrounding area had already been evacuated. No one would come here before the Holy Grail War ended.
With a little magecraft to conceal things, no one would know what had actually happened.
So Kirei Kotomine found a seafood shop and placed the Sea Creature inside.
He even tried feeding it.
Rationally speaking, Kirei Kotomine should have killed this creature.
But he did not.
He merely left the Sea Creature here.
Kirei Kotomine then turned around.
Because he had sensed a presence.
Or rather, the newcomer had not concealed its presence at all.
That being stood at the entrance of the seafood shop.
It was a humanoid creature.
"What are you?" Kirei Kotomine assumed a fighting stance.
"I came to find my blood kin."
The "person" said.
"Blood kin? You are... a Sea Creature?" Kirei Kotomine looked at the creature he had placed in the tank.
What was this thing? Where had it come from? What did it want?
Kirei Kotomine examined it more closely.
It was a black humanoid creature, bearing certain traits of marine life.
Impossible to defeat.
The moment he saw it, Kirei Kotomine realized that this was not an opponent he could overcome.
Should he summon a Servant?
Use a Command Spell to bring Assassin here?
"You are... a Sea Creature?"
"Yes."
The other party actually answered directly.
"You saved us," the humanoid Sea Creature said. "But you are wary. There is no need for wariness. Our mission has already been completed. We are merely passersby here."
Kirei Kotomine relaxed slightly.
The other party did not