Guardian
It was not Anno who pondered that word, but Shirou Emiya.
The word sounded somewhat like the proper, serious act of protecting something, yet it also carried a faintly mocking undertone.
Shirou Emiya searched through his memories, through the memories of Anno that he had once seen in dreams.
What did the word "guardian" truly mean to the White Knight, who represented guardianship?
"That king left?"
Adelson walked over. No longer needing the support of his descendant, Matou Shinji, he straightened up, adjusted his appearance, and smiled at his several elders.
His luck with fate really was something else.
There were actually three remnants cut from something great here, just like Mr. Xiang An had mentioned.
It was a pity his father had not come.
As a child who had been left to fend for himself by his father for most of his life, seeing his father only a handful of times since childhood, Adelson still missed his true elder greatly.
Though it was not as if he could not understand. If he had known about all this, he probably would not have wanted to come down either.
As for why three such people had appeared here...
It really was because of that black tower.
That thing looked like a genuine threat—at least, it would become one once it had grown.
"He did not particularly wish to stay."
Anno smiled and gave Adelson a slight nod before looking at the two daughters of Tohsaka Tokiomi, who had died in the previous Holy Grail War.
"But I think those two children were part of the reason as well."
A king had no obligation to explain everything to everyone, nor did he have any obligation to forgive a treacherous retainer who had repeatedly rebelled against him.
No one knew exactly what