"You're leading the way?" Gilgamesh sneered. "Do you think I don't know what kind of person you are? How many times have you been a double agent already? Why are you so damn experienced at it?"
Shirou looked at himself, then at Astolfo's astonished gaze.
His eyes clearly said—Assassin, so you're that kind of person!!
But heaven knew, Shirou truly had no idea he had ever been a double agent. He was obviously an upright person—though he had always wanted to be a double agent, he had never succeeded.
Wasn't that the sort of thing some red-coated man seen from behind, or some short-haired man in a black cloak, would do? It really had absolutely nothing to do with him!
"Caster, is it really impossible for him to join us?" Amakusa Shirou asked hesitantly.
He still wanted Shirou to become their companion. Amakusa Shirou had become fairly familiar with Caster's character. At the very least, anyone she approved of could not possibly be too bad.
"Impossible. When he was summoned by his original Master, he killed him. That person was probably a standard magus. That alone shows he cannot tolerate even the slightest flaw. As long as the opportunity is right, no matter what happens, he will move toward his goal according to his own principles. He came here pretending to lie low, but in the end, he will definitely stab you with the final blade." Caster said. That was probably why she thought so highly of Shirou.
"Even if he gets to witness the birth of a paradise on earth, he still won't join us?"
"In his eyes, the paradise you speak of is nothing but hell." Caster shook her head. "You will never make him join you. Even if he dies, his ashes will trip you up."
"Stop