The communicator on the Clock Tower boy's body transmitted Shinji-kun's voice.
"I've taken care of things here. Miss Sola is under my control, so you should prepare to retreat too."
"Phew, thank goodness..."
Hearing that Sola had been "rescued safely," Waver finally let out the breath he had been holding.
As expected of Shinji-kun. He hadn't disappointed anyone. He had really broken through Teacher Kenshinnes's barrier...
Exhausted from overwork and intense concentration, Waver collapsed onto the floor.
However, before he could relax, he felt an unprecedented pressure.
He raised his head and saw Kenshinnes's furious expression, as vicious as an evil ghost.
"Waver Velvet... How dare you join forces with outsiders to deceive me!!!!"
Waver: "...Huh?"
Volume One 067: And Then Everyone Lived Happily Ever After (Except the Lancer) (6K)
When Kenshinnes returned to the presidential suite on the top floor of the Hyatt Hotel, he finally met the mastermind behind the night's events.
Although he had already heard Waver's explanation along the way, he did not dare believe it until he saw the truth with his own eyes:
The mastermind who had commanded Saber and her Master, incited Waver, toyed with him and Lancer as though they were in the palm of his hand, and kidnapped Sola was actually an eight-year-old child.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Kenshinnes."
The red-haired boy stood openly in the center of the room.
"No, I suppose it's our first meeting as far as you're concerned, but not as far as I'm concerned. Whatever, it's all the same."
"You little brat! How dare you...!"
Kenshinnes gnashed his teeth. The mercury beside him seemed to sense its master's fury and transformed into countless blades that slashed toward the boy in the room.
Yet just as those blades were about to cut Shirou's fragile body