Chapter 92: Heaven's Feel (cont.)

"Don't know?"

"Was it because of Assassin? Were you opposing my wish for the sake of the Servant who had spent so long by your side?"

Even Sieg herself felt somewhat confused by that claim.

Was it really because of Assassin?

She only knew that Assassin opposed Amakusa Shirou's vision. She only knew that Ruler had also expressed disgust toward the world Amakusa Shirou envisioned.

But what did that have to do with anything?

That was not her reason for opposing him.

"No..."

"Then why do you hate my wish so resolutely?"

Why? Why?

How could she possibly know that?

But those words—

No desire to live, no pain in death.

She knew that she would absolutely never like a life like that.

Because at the very beginning, she herself had been like that. Only when she came to fear death, only when she longed to live, longed to survive, longed to touch the world outside, did she begin to feel that she was truly real, rather than an empty, twisted shell.

Then the answer was obvious.

"To—live!"

Amakusa Shirou remained silent for a long time. Then, seemingly unable to endure it any longer, he roared in anger:

"What are you saying? If you don't fight, you can live, can't you? You can gain eternal life, simply stay at home, drink hot tea, watch television, and wait for the Greater Holy Grail to travel the world. Not only you—even your fellow homunculi can live on!"

"The living I mean isn't that kind of living! What I mean, what I mean is living for myself, feeling that I am truly alive, truly existing—not moving about inside a shell like a walking corpse. Even homunculi have the desire to live. They also have the wish to go beyond being homunculi and become