"Fuyuki Church."
Shirou Emiya raised his head to look at the building he often saw but had only visited a handful of times. His mood grew heavy of its own accord.
"What's wrong, Shirou?"
Anno turned her head to look at Shirou Emiya.
"That man Sister Jie mentioned, the one named Kirei Kotomine... Thinking back carefully, I think I've met him before."
Shirou Emiya lowered his head.
"My old man—my father, Emiya Kiritsugu—his funeral was apparently arranged by that priest, Kirei Kotomine. After all, it seemed like he was the only priest in Fuyuki City."
"...Huh?"
Anno froze.
Even Anno was stunned.
This...
Kirei Kotomine had handled Emiya Kiritsugu's funeral?
Though...
Though Emiya Kiritsugu had indeed changed somewhat after that incident, Anno felt that Kiritsugu would never have been able to coexist peacefully with the man called Kirei Kotomine.
Anno had learned a little about that man's true nature from Sakumura. Though his agreement with Sakumura had made him conceal that nature, it had only been concealed.
Concealing it did not mean it did not exist.
There was no way Emiya Kiritsugu could have failed to see Kirei Kotomine's true nature. Likewise, although Kiritsugu himself had already realized that his past actions were wrong, the conviction in his heart had never disappeared, even if it had shattered. So...
The two of them could never peacefully coexist.
If Kiritsugu had known that the existence he could practically call his natural enemy, Kirei Kotomine, had arranged his burial, he probably would have been angered back to life.
Fortunately, Kiritsugu never needed to know about this.
"...Then, let's go in first."
"I just never expected that Mr. Kotomine... was connected to the world of magecraft too."
Shirou Emiya sighed as he spoke.
Mages, mages.
He had entered the path of magecraft under his