"I don't have much information on the Third Holy Grail War that has been preserved on my end. After all, my father, who was responsible for overseeing the Third Holy Grail War, died in the previous Holy Grail War."
And he had died suddenly and hastily.
Emiya Kiritsugu truly was an insolent, terrifying man who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals.
Kirei Kotomine sincerely believed that.
During the previous Holy Grail War, aside from Sakumura, the person who had left the deepest impression on him was Emiya Kiritsugu—especially because, in their final confrontation, Kirei Kotomine had lost.
That had truly been an unforgettable defeat, etched into his bones.
For who knew how many times, he habitually raised a hand and touched the cross on his chest.
That had been the greatest happiness of his life—and his final happiness.
After that... nothing mattered anymore.
"Mr. Kotomine, the Matou Family has also retained some records concerning the previous Holy Grail Wars. They aren't complete, but combined with the information in your possession, we should be able to deduce something."
Matou Shinji and Adelson were studying the records within the Greater Grail together.
They could not directly search through them. They still had to use Adelson's reflection ability, except this time, what was being reflected were the Greater Grail's "records."
They were now using those records to search for certain things. However, the earliest records were simply too convoluted—so convoluted that Adelson even sensed a hint of familiarity within them?
"Did you find anything?"
Kirei Kotomine walked over holding a notebook. Looking at Adelson's mirror, he could not help feeling as though he were watching some sort of live television broadcast.
"They appear to be early experimental summons. That family called Einzbern was already using this system during its early experiments,