On the Light Screen, the scene changed again. This time, it was night, and a melancholic male voice, heavy with the weight of years, rang out.
"The Holy Grail War is a grand magecraft created by magi in the name of the Holy Grail's miracle. Seven magi take part, summoning Heroic Spirits who have ascended to the Throne of Heroes and downgrading them to the mortal realm as Servants under the magi's control. On that basis, a miraculous war is waged."
"How ridiculous. A war between magi, and yet they've got me, a mage-killer, taking part. Don't you agree, Maiya?"
As the man spoke, his profile appeared on the screen. He sat beside the window of a hotel room, a cigarette between his fingers, looking like he'd stepped straight out of a movie. In the room, a handsome woman in men's clothes also came into view, illuminated by the moonlight outside.
"Uh, even I'm in it, and Maiya too..."
The hand holding Kiritsugu's cigarette trembled even harder. His scalp prickled, while his colleagues stared at him and the capable female agent standing not far away, Hisau Maiya, with strange looks.
The two were partners at the Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Office, as well as superior and subordinate. Hisau Maiya was the assistant to the elite agent Emiya Kiritsugu.
Usually, they were both efficient and decisive, never dragging their feet. They gave people the impression of being very cool.
But now, both of them felt an intense urge to disappear from embarrassment. And since the two on the screen were in the same room, they were also overcome by a powerful sense of impending danger.
This was bad!
It felt like the scene was about to take a turn neither of them could accept!
In Fuyuki City, the Emiya family and everyone who knew Emiya Kiritsugu were stunned. But with Irisviel's situation already on everyone's mind, they quickly recovered. Quite a few began wondering when the Emiya couple had gone off to make a movie—and how they'd never realized the two were such good actors.
The Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel on the screen looked so convincing that they put those pretty young actors and actresses with no acting skills to shame.
Of course, not everyone saw it that way. While their hearts raced, some realized that the scene on the screen might well have happened in real life.
Everything shown on this strange Light Screen was real!
It was obvious that the scenes Su Yun had conjured up were actually from the anime fate/zero, depicting the classic Fourth Holy Grail War.
Of course, Su Yun had mixed in some of his own ideas. This was an altered version, and it was bound to differ greatly from the original.
For example, the magi mentioned by Emiya Kiritsugu on the Light Screen were called magicians in the original. But Su Yun wanted to create a supernatural world, not a Nasuverse one, and the terms "magician" and "mage" were too easy to confuse.
Besides, he planned to alter the plots of other works later on to earn more Fantasy Power. So he simply went all the way and changed the magi into mages.
To most ordinary people, the magi and mages of the Nasuverse were impossible to tell apart anyway—they were all mysterious supernatural beings who loved flashy tricks.
"Mages... and a mage-killer?"
Murata Himeko looked utterly bewildered. As head of the Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Office, she naturally knew her capable subordinates, but she'd never heard that Emiya Kiritsugu had such an impressive identity.
At that thought, Murata Himeko immediately picked up the phone on her desk and made a call. "Hello, it's me. Yes, where are Emiya Kiritsugu and Hisau Maiya right now? The break room? Have them come see me at once."
After a pause, she immediately changed her mind. "No, I'll go to them myself. Also, lock down headquarters and forbid anyone from entering or leaving! Effective immediately, the Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Office is on emergency footing. No one is to stand down without my orders!"
At Murata Himeko's command, the Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Office headquarters in Tokyo was locked down and placed under emergency security.
Kiritsugu saw what was happening and knew he was in trouble. It gave him a serious headache, but there was nothing he could do. He knew his own situation. Though he was an elite agent with plenty of experience and skill in dealing with mysterious phenomena, he certainly wasn't the powerful-sounding mage-killer described on the screen!
At that moment, Kiritsugu felt like he'd been thoroughly set up.
What made Kiritsugu break down most of all was what happened next on the Light Screen.
On-screen, after finishing his cigarette, Kiritsugu stood up. Hisau Maiya walked over to him and looked up at the melancholic, world-weary man.
Then the man slowly spoke. "I'm sorry, Iris, but I have to betray you in this Holy Grail War..."
Maiya then leaned in and kissed him of her own accord. Kiritsugu didn't refuse. The scene shifted to the window, leaving people with only the bright moon outside to look at, while the rustling of clothes could be heard in the room.
Countless seasoned viewers recognized the sound of clothes coming off. One after another, they instantly wore lecherous expressions—men and women alike, since neither being a pervert nor a seasoned viewer depended on gender.
But even more people cursed in frustration, calling Kiritsugu a scumbag. If he had the nerve, he should show the scene outright! Keeping it hidden like this, enjoying it alone instead of sharing it with everyone—what a scumbag among scumbags!
At that moment, the real Kiritsugu was utterly devastated. He wanted to light up a whole pack of cigarettes and strike a classic meme pose to express how he felt.
Hisau Maiya, standing nearby, was surprised by what she saw, but her feelings were complicated. She didn't feel devastated at all; in fact, she was a little pleased.
After all, she secretly had a crush on Kiritsugu. But he was very reserved, and there had never been even the slightest hint of flirtation between them. They were just colleagues.
Kiritsugu shakily took out his phone and made a call. It connected quickly, but the person on the other end was completely silent.
After taking a deep breath, Kiritsugu said, "Iris, let me explain. There's nothing going on between Maiya and me. Please believe me—we've never done anything."
"Oh, my~" Irisviel's sweet voice came through the phone. "Don't worry, Kiritsugu. I know what kind of person you are. Relax, relax! I haven't misunderstood. Those images are just strange images, after all—just as I've never met a girl called Saber~"
"So, when you come home from work this week, I'll make you a delicious meal. I hope you'll look forward to it~"
With that, Irisviel hung up, leaving Kiritsugu looking ashen.
After all, he knew that although his wife was beautiful, adorable, and nearly perfect, her cooking skills were in the negative. No matter what she made, it always turned into terrifying dark cuisine.
Whenever Irisviel was in a bad mood, she'd make him a pile of dark cuisine to eat...
Kiritsugu looked up at the images on the Light Screen. His eyes were hesitant and world-weary, almost matching the expression of his on-screen counterpart.
If he ever found out who had created these images, he wouldn't hesitate to grab his submachine gun and empty a burst into them.
As Kiritsugu suffocated under the weight of his ultimate humiliation, the scene on the Light Screen changed again. It moved to a manor house, then zoomed straight into its basement.
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