"I bought some other liquor. I'm not used to drinking that stuff called wine."
Sakumura placed several flasks of Japanese sake on Alexander's ox cart.
"Oh! Thanks, Assassin. Looks like you're a fellow lover of drink after all!"
Alexander picked up the sake Sakumura had bought, grinned at him, and smiled.
"I love drinking, not getting drunk."
The drinking party known as the "Homebody Friends Gathering" was held at—
Fuyuki City's beach.
Not the stretch of sand where Matou Kariya's base was located, but the rocky beach on the other side.
"But honestly, I'm still a little confused."
"Why did Rider insist on holding this drinking party?"
Manlio raised his cup, filled to the brim with wine. The wine reflected his somewhat innocent gaze. Matou Kariya sat beside Manlio, taking out a jeweled Mystic Code capable of simple reshaping. With a few simple manipulations, he turned it into the shape of a wineglass.
Liquor swayed within the wineglass, and Matou Kariya was equally puzzled.
Sakumura and Kirei Kotomine had already poured themselves sake and begun drinking—Kirei Kotomine might still have intended to fight for ultimate victory, but although Sakumura still appeared quite lively on the surface, perhaps no one cared less about this Holy Grail War than he did.
His wish had already been fulfilled, and his additional goal had been achieved. He truly had nothing left to desire.
So Sakumura had really come simply to drink.
"It's simple, Caster."
"It is—war."
Alexander took a sip of wine to wet his throat, then said those words with a smile.
"Pfft—"
The first one unable to hold it in was his own Master, Waver Velvet.
Waver sprayed out all the juice he had drunk, staring at Alexander in utter shock.
"W-What!? War!? Here!?"
Waver shouted in disbelief.
Waver was not the