Justiça really was amazing... but you didn't have to go that far, and you didn't need to feel ashamed of it.
If everyone could sacrifice themselves like the Saint Lady, then wouldn't the so-called Saint Lady be nothing special at all?"
"..."
The girl trembled violently.
Shirou's words had struck her hard.
"Can I... have thoughts of my own...?"
"If Irisviel becomes the next Head of the Family, she will definitely be proud of you."
Shirou waved his hand and walked toward his room, leaving the girl standing there in a daze.
The next evening, in the chapel.
The representatives of the homunculi explained their answer to Irisviel.
After three rounds of voting by everyone, the homunculi ultimately decided to accept Irisviel's proposal.
The ancient Einzbern Clan, which had existed since before the Common Era, welcomed its Ninth Head of the Family.
Now, all that remained was the problem of extending Irisviel's life.
Volume Four, 170: Irisviel's Sacrifice
In fact, before Shirou and the others visited the Einzbern Clan, Ahadon had already devised a plan for the clan's future.
Although he had initially said something as tragic as, "If the Fourth Holy Grail War fails as well, cut off Winter City's energy supply and let the history of the Einzbern Clan be buried beneath the blizzard"...
This was the closest the Einzbern Clan had ever come to the "Cup of Heaven." If Irisviel had not betrayed him...
Looking at the Greater Grail that was practically within his grasp, Ahadon changed his mind and decided to try again.
Thus, he formulated a five-hundred-year plan. It would begin with choosing a Spiritual Land and allies outside Fuyuki City, then creating a new Greater Grail and fulfilling their thousand-year-old wish.
Unfortunately, before the plan's first step could even be carried out, Irisviel