"Miss Bazett just needs to do what she's good at."
"We need to speak with the Lesser Grail. Berserker is strong, and Illyasviel von Einzbern is no weakling either. As the Lesser Grail, she was born the strongest magus—she simply encountered someone even stronger."
As he spoke, Matou Shinji cautiously glanced at Hinako Akuta.
Fortunately, it seemed Sister Hinako did not care about that.
"So, we need to take control of the Lesser Grail?"
A hint of seriousness entered Bazett's eyes, and her aura became... fairly proactive?
"After Mr. Kotomine finishes his report, he can assist our ancestor in investigating the Greater Grail!"
With a sigh, Matou Shinji looked at Kirei Kotomine.
As the neutral overseer, Kirei Kotomine surely possessed more intelligence than anyone else involved in the Holy Grail War. However, Matou Shinji did not know exactly how much he had. After all, Kirei Kotomine's predecessor had not died naturally, and it was unclear how much information had been left behind.
But something was better than nothing, wasn't it?
"I understand. I will assist Lord Adelson to the best of my ability."
Kirei Kotomine recalled the black mud that had fallen from the sky ten years ago, the Fuyuki City fire, and...
That man.
Touching the cross on his chest, he nodded to Matou Shinji.
"Actually, Shinji, Adelson isn't needed in just one place."
After hesitating for a long while, Shirou Emiya finally decided to bring it up.
"Our communication with Illya... hasn't been going well."
His expression was somewhat helpless and embarrassed.
Adelson already seemed terribly busy, and now they had to burden him with even more trouble...
That really was a little...
But he had no choice but to say it.
"This concerns what happened ten years ago. Ten years ago, Emiya Kiritsugu and I should have