Aside from Shirou, everyone present was rendered speechless. Having gained knowledge from the Holy Grail, they all knew exactly what kind of incomparable great hero this was.
If those words had come from anyone else, they would probably have been angered or mocked the speaker. Excessive humility could become excessive self-deprecation and sarcasm.
But when he said it just now, it was entirely the honest truth from the bottom of his heart. He truly believed it, and he was firmly convinced of it.
"Then, may I ask for your assistance?"
"Though our positions have changed, the enemy's basic course of action—coming here to seize the Holy Grail—will not change. In that case, all my spear needs to do is continue subjugating enemies."
It seemed he had no intention of taking an opposing stance. Assassin appeared slightly disappointed and lowered the hand she had been preparing to use for magecraft.
"In any case, standing with this faction also aligns with my own wish. It is currently the best choice. I will give it everything I have and reduce everyone who comes to seize the Holy Grail to ashes."
Hearing that, everyone could not help but feel a trace of unease.
"Red" Lancer Karna's wish. Could this Lancer, who seemed utterly free of selfish desire, also have something he sought from the Holy Grail?
"Um, do you mean a rematch with 'Black' Saber Siegfried?"
"That's right. When I fought him in our first battle, he made that request."
It had been an endless clash of swords. An unending exchange of blades.
The divine spear, Karna, carved wound after wound into the dragon scales of an immortal body, while the phantasmal greatsword, Siegfried, continuously slashed at the golden armor that should have been impossible to damage.
It had been neither a brutal slaughter