Declaration of Vengeance

As Bazett finished speaking, Medea immediately added.

"The day she was attacked should have been the day I killed my former Master."

"That evening, Atrum Galliasta was probably discussing my execution with Kotomine Kirei, which was why Kotomine Kirei arrived late."

"And Cú Chulainn, who came after me, was probably forced here by a Command Spell."

Recalling that scene, Medea still felt lingering fear. If the man across from her had not lacked the will to fight and acted so perfunctorily, she would likely have already died beneath the Demonic Spear.

"He never truly wanted to kill me. He only attacked to fulfill his assignment. Otherwise, having lost my Master's magical energy supply, there was no way I could have escaped from him."

Medea sat upright in her chair, her expression grim. It was not merely because she had recalled the danger she had faced, but also because, after Cú Chulainn's fall, the enemy now possessed six Heroic Spirits.

Moreover, since the other side had been able to make Cú Chulainn treat him like a formidable enemy and stay behind alone to hold him off, that blond Heroic Spirit was undoubtedly no weakling.

[A blond man, chains, the King of Heroes... That man must be Gilgamesh. So he really did remain from the previous Holy Grail War. But that red-clad priest... who was he? There didn't seem to be anyone like that in the Fifth War?]

[And the Holy Grail system has actually been infiltrated? Yet I haven't detected anything unusual at all here on Mount Enzō—the mountain where Ryūdō Temple is located.]

Iori silently pondered for a while, organizing the information he had obtained before asking Medea, "The Holy Grail system is inside the mountain. Did you notice anything unusual while monitoring it?"

Medea shook her head with an