"I don't know..." Assassin muttered to herself. Ruler glanced at the unconscious girl. If she continued to let the evil spirits possess her, her soul would surely be corrupted as well, turning her into something like a walking corpse.
Ruler pointed the Holy Standard straight at Assassin. Faced with her imposing stance, Assassin took a step back as though overwhelmed.
"Assassin. The Holy Grail War was supposed to be a war in which only seven Masters and Servants competed for the Holy Grail. Dragging innocent children into it is the most despicable thing imaginable. I will never forgive you."
"Oh, is that so?"
Ruler's words seemed to strike a nerve in "Black" Assassin. She looked at the girl lying on the ground and threw a scalpel at her.
Ruler casually knocked it away with the flagpole... She could not understand it at all. That action had been utterly meaningless, as though Assassin had merely been venting her anger. No, if it was not just venting...
"Assassin... could it be..."
"As many children as I want, I can have. If you still want to protect them... then do your best."
Assassin held eight scalpels between the fingers of both hands... and smiled. "Red" Archer watched the tragedy below in stunned silence from the rooftop of Trifas City Hall.
"This is..."
A vast fog blanketed Trifas City. It was only a small city, but covering the entire place in fog was simply unimaginable. Although pedestrians vanished from the streets late at night, the sun had only just set. Many people on their way home had probably been caught up in it as well.
In fact, cries of anguish were constantly rising from all over the streets. First came confusion, then screams, and after the screams, hoarse voices began calling for help.
There