After swiftly defeating the transformed beings that had clearly been lying in wait ahead, the group heightened their vigilance and continued toward the mountaintop along the supposedly faster route.
"Um, everyone, could I interrupt for a moment?"
Danzō looked somewhat hesitant.
"Can you talk while we walk?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled at Katō Danzō.
"...Yes."
After a moment of silence, Danzō nodded.
"Danzō does not know much about the existence known as Servants. Although Lord Tajima Province once gave a simple explanation, the meaning was something like, 'Heroic Spirit Swordmasters' and ordinary 'Heroic Spirits' both mean the revival of the dead? Combining that with what everyone said earlier, Danzō does not quite understand. Danzō does not understand the difference between the two."
"According to what you have said, some things seem to be more than merely the revival of the dead?"
"Heroic Spirits are beings who left their mark upon human history. They are heroes, in essence, though there are distinctions between good and evil."
"And Servants are projections of Heroic Spirits."
"As projections of heroes, Servants are generally superhuman beings with all sorts of unusual powers. For example, it would be like summoning a great general who once existed in history into an army."
Sakumura gave a simple explanation.
"...Isn't that just burning Hitachi and destroying Sagami?"
Danzō had clearly failed to understand Sakumura's explanation.
"...That is not exactly wrong, since Heroic Spirit Swordmasters themselves are also one way of making use of Servants."
Sakumura nodded.
"But normal Servants do not become beings like Heroic Spirit Swordmasters. I am a Servant myself, a phantom projected from another history. Fuuma Kotarou is the same, incidentally."
He spread his hands and glanced in Kotarou's direction.
"As you can see, we have not developed any abnormal desire to kill. We still stand upon