After Shirou unleashed two red cards and his EX, the Rider on the ground was chopped into several pieces, a sight that could not help but inspire pity.
Hearers grieved; listeners wept.
Shirou covered his face in false sorrow, unable to bear the sight. "May you be reborn into a good family in your next life, become a good person, and stop fighting in the Holy Grail War."
"Huh...?"
An Assassin card popped out. Transforming into King Hassan really did consume too much mana. Though a single instance was indeed a Grand Assassin, allowing him to cleave Rider to death in just two blows.
Shirou curiously looked at the corpse on the ground—no, the half-dead man. He actually had purple seaweed hair and looked exactly like Shinji, startling Shirou into thinking Shinji had risen from the dead.
Who exactly was this person?
Author's Note:
King Hassan has appeared! Though this will probably be his only chance in the early stages, at least he showed up! He's on a whole different level from the other Servants!
Shocking Chapter 5: Grandpa Zouken Has Switched Careers and Become a Good Person? (Bonus Chapter for One Hundred Favorites)
Purple seaweed hair was Shinji's most obvious trait. Shirou had just fought one, and even killed and buried him nearby. Why had another one appeared?
No matter what, he had to be someone from the Matou family. The Matou family really was miserable. Shirou had just killed one of them, and now he had used King Hassan's card to chop another one to death within seconds.
Even if Assassin countered Rider, did he have to die this miserably?
Well, who told him to summon King Hassan? Unlike Shinji, who had only summoned Cursed Arm, ugly as Cthulhu. Maybe the Hassans thought Shinji was handsome, so they sent him an ugly one. As for Illya summoning Hundred-Faced Hassan and still being this adorable, that could only be credited to... being so cute that even becoming Hassan could not hide it.
But this man's hair seemed a little longer. What was going on?
Seaweed hair... seaweed hair?
A terrifying thought surfaced. Could this guy be Shinji's father, coming to avenge Shinji after discovering that he was dead?
"Emiya, is it? Heh..." The seaweed-haired man on the ground spoke in a somewhat aged voice. He struggled to prop himself up, wanting to rise, but it was useless. His arms had been cut off, and his body was nearly in several pieces. Even Shirou, the one responsible, felt a little embarrassed to look at him.
"You know me?" Shirou pointed at himself.
"I don't know you. But I know Kiritsugu Emiya, the Magus Killer, right? I've heard of him." The seaweed-haired man panted heavily, rising and falling with each breath, making Shirou feel as though he might not make it through the next second.
"An Ally of Justice?" The seaweed-haired man finally managed to turn over. Snow slowly drifted down onto him, making his already not-so-warm body even colder.
The moment those words appeared, Shirou finally understood who he was.
Grandpa Zouken, it's you!
You actually became this young. Did you learn time magecraft from the priest? A time magecraft Crest... perhaps? Terrifying. Such a great magecraft was actually used by this guy for such a purpose. How outrageous! This magecraft should be inherited by me instead. You old thief, hand over the Magic Crest!
Today, I, Shirou, will avenge Sakura and chop you to death!
"Senior, who showed up? Where is the enemy now?" Sakura asked nervously, holding two Black Keys. Then she saw the seaweed-haired man on the ground.
This...
Shirou instantly became awkward. It was not as though he could tell Sakura, "Sorry, I killed your grandfather," could he?
If he wanted to eliminate him, he should have done it secretly. Dragging things out really did cause trouble.
The problem was that her brother Shinji had only died not long ago. His corpse... well, it certainly had gone cold in this winter.
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