"He was a Servant from the Fourth Holy Grail War. It seemed that, at the very end, he obtained a physical body through the Holy Grail's power, but he had to obtain magical energy from outside. For that reason, beneath the church, he captured and sealed away many of those people who had encountered a crisis ten years ago—quite a few of them orphans—as a source of magical energy."
A sharp, grating sound rang out as a chair scraped across the floor. Some of the hot pot broth even spilled. Shirou Emiya was responsible for it. His face had gone pale as he stared fixedly at Cú Chulainn and asked, word by word, "Is... is that true?!"
Seeing Shirou Emiya's expression, Cú Chulainn had the strange feeling that the other man wanted to eat him. Not in any suggestive sense, but like he was looking at a ferocious beast that genuinely wanted to kill him!
This boy, who had originally seemed rather mild-mannered, erupted with astonishing killing intent at that moment.
"Gilgamesh... the Archer of the Fourth Holy Grail War... was known as the oldest king. He was arrogant and believed everything other than himself was lowly.
"When he encountered trouble during his reign, he only prayed to the gods. He imposed harsh taxes, massacred ordinary people, and rape was practically commonplace. Of course, you could say most dictators shared those flaws.
"But I don't think something so utterly wrong became acceptable just because everyone else did it."
The sudden commentary made everyone look toward Morpheus, who had spoken those words. Cú Chulainn could not help asking, "You seem to know him well?"
"More or less. Didn't he carve all the things he did onto stone tablets? Although he gained the title of wise king for a while after using