"This is a photo of Mr. Kotomine and Assassin together."
There was more than one photo of Kirei Kotomine and Sakumura together.
Kirei Kotomine had not only put them in picture frames. They had taken one at Kyoto University, one at Senso-ji, one at Eaglefall Cliff, several at home, and more than a dozen at conventions.
Waver Velvet remembered something.
"Mr. Kotomine, could you help me develop this photo?"
He handed over his camera.
It was a picture of him and Alexander together, taken on Fuyuki Bridge. Waver Velvet had been so frightened he was nearly in tears, while Alexander had laughed heartily for the camera.
"Mm, no problem."
In accordance with his promise to Sakumura, Kirei Kotomine would continue living as he had before, restraining himself.
He had already experienced the ultimate happiness, the ultimate pleasure.
So he would no longer crave pleasure or happiness.
It was enough to savor them once in a while.
After all, happiness was something that—
He glanced at the flask he had drained dry and pressed his lips together.
"Come to think of it, Mr. Kotomine, you and Assassin really did play games often."
Waver Velvet noticed several different game consoles and a pile of cartridges in the corner of the living room.
"It was merely a personal interest. At first, Assassin liked playing, then he dragged me into it. So I started playing as well."
".My King liked these games too."
There was still much Waver Velvet did not understand about that.
Could games really draw someone in so deeply?
"Would you like to try? There are still quite a few Church matters I need to deal with, so I probably will not be playing for a while. As long as you do not touch the existing save files, it will be