Chapter 679

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Aoi Tohsaka grew more distressed the longer she thought about it, until she could no longer hold back her tears.

Watching her reaction, Irisviel paused.

“Mrs. Tohsaka, have you perhaps misunderstood something?”

“I haven’t misunderstood anything…”

Irisviel sighed.

Aoi fell silent, looking utterly bewildered.

Irisviel took a leisurely sip of coffee.

“Shirou has already made up his mind to create a world where he and the people around him can all be happy.

“To achieve that ideal, he would sacrifice his own life and turn himself into something like a machine—a convenient tool for others to use…

“Ah, no, sorry. It isn’t quite that bad. I went a little too far.”

Seeing Aoi’s expression darken, Irisviel hastily tried to explain.

“Yes…”

Aoi lowered her head.

She seemed to be trying to agree with Irisviel, but there was no denying how forlorn she sounded.

At last, Aoi understood why she had so unconsciously come to rely on Shirou’s help.

Was it because he was kind? Because he was always willing to help?

Those were certainly part of it, but there was another, more important reason.

Shirou wanted to save everyone. He wanted to save humanity.

There were many different ways to save people.

For example, there were surely people in this world who chose to save others by killing.

Because of a childhood wish, they believed in something beautiful and willingly accepted dirty work to achieve it.

They placed human lives on opposite sides of a scale, then extinguished the lives on the lighter side for the sake of the heavier one.

That was undoubtedly an evil act, yet it could benefit humanity as a whole.

Shirou could never accept such a set of values.

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