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Chapter 54: The Fallen Kirei Kotomine
🕑 Added 2025-05-19 11:16:53 +0000 UTCEarly morning, as the first rays of sunlight streamed in, Arthur faintly detected a delicate fragrance near his nose.
Opening his eyes, he saw a beauty as white as mutton-fat jade nestled in his arms.
Jeanne was still fast asleep, clearly exhausted. Arthur affectionately pinched her small nose.
"Hmm? Don't touch my nose."
Jeanne woke up at once, swatting Arthur's hand away, but Arthur's hand gradually moved lower.
"Alright! Stop it."
Jeanne's face was flushed.
"Hehe, Jeanne, you're beautiful."
"Who's more beautiful, me or your Artoria?"
Jeanne pouted, asking unhappily. If someone else were to answer this question, it would surely be thorny, but Arthur was different.
"You two look exactly the same, you know!"
That's right! Jeanne also had the Takeuchi face, so Arthur didn't elaborate. Jeanne's small face remained unhappy, clearly dissatisfied with the answer.
Arthur embraced Jeanne, feeling her softness and warmth, and continued, "However, your kindness and light are truly what I love most."
"Consider yourself lucky you know what to say."
The womanly Jeanne now possessed a touch of a little girl's cuteness. Arthur looked at Jeanne with affection.
Knock knock knock! At that moment, a knock sounded on the door, and Gilgamesh shouted from outside, "Hey! You two! Aren't you getting up yet?!"
Gilgamesh was very unhappy! Yesterday, she had clearly heard the sounds of their activities, which made Gilgamesh feel embarrassed! Angry! And a little unwilling.
The person she liked was being intimate with someone else right under her nose! How could Gilgamesh bear it? She had rushed over early in the morning to bang on their door!
"That Gilgamesh," Arthur said helplessly, "Darling, let's get up."
"Mm," Jeanne nodded. This morning was bright and beautiful.
However, the situation was completely different in a dark space. Gilles had no idea that his goddess had become another man's woman. He was still preparing for the summoning that night!
However, their eyes now held only terrifying ashes! Everything before them was black ruins. The original works of art had been utterly destroyed.
"They Are truly too hateful!!!!"
Ryunosuke Uryu saw all the destruction before him, and his heart was filled with immense sorrow. He even began to wail loudly, making one want to comfort him, of course, under the assumption of not knowing the reason.
Yesterday, he and Gilles had worked the entire day on their final masterpiece. They had just been about to celebrate their joy of victory when they saw everything before them destroyed. It was simply devastating!
"These were works of art to which I dedicated everything! They were all masterpieces of humanity! How could this! How could this happen?!"
Tears streamed down Ryunosuke Uryu's face. He covered his face, unable to look anymore. Gilles saw his Master and immediately rushed over to comfort him.
"Don't cry, Ryunosuke. Our preparations are already complete. Now, let us show them our greatest work of art!!!"
"That's right! They owe us, and we'll make them pay it all back!!!" Ryunosuke Uryu also said angrily, but then he looked at Gilles.
"What? Do you have a new form of 'joy' now?!"
Looking at the particularly cheerful Gilles, Ryunosuke Uryu seemed to understand that this person had a completely new game to play, and it looked quite interesting.
"In that case, Ryunosuke Uryu, let's simply hold the greatest banquet in this world, and make everyone scream because of our art!"
"Haha, in that case, we definitely have to be cool!"
The two, along with the ten children they had "harvested," brought them to a dimly lit room, where only despair and sighs awaited them. The two madmen facing them had souls beyond saving. Now, one could only hope that someone would eliminate them. That would be for the best.
The two, along with the ten children they had "harvested," brought them to a dimly lit room, where only despair and sighs awaited them. The two madmen facing them had souls beyond saving.
Now, one could only hope that someone would eliminate them. That would be for the best.
Darkness enveloped the entire Fuyuki City.
On the other side, inside the church, Kirei Kotomine once again encountered Angra Mainyu.
"Kirei Kotomine, have you thought it over now?"
"Thought about what?"
Angra Mainyu said, "Did you know? Kariya Matou, the Master of that Berserker, has now joined me."
"Oh? So what? My teacher, with his power, is not someone you can defeat right now."
"Relying on that Gilgamesh and King Arthur?"
"That's right. Two kings. Can you possibly defeat them?"
"Haha, don't forget, this is the Holy Grail War. Only one of them can remain in the end. And one person is no match for me, is he?"
Angra Mainyu continued, "Kirei Kotomine, look at yourself. Where exactly does your goal lie now? Do you even have one? The person you care about, Emiya Kiritsugu, is that the name?"
"I don't understand him."
"Don't understand? You know very well in your heart. I ask you, you have given up. If he were to obtain the Holy Grail, what would he do?"
"Save the world!"
"A boring wish, isn't it? Even if he truly saves the world, so what? What meaning does a harmonious world hold? Does the good or bad of those people have any significance?"
"What do you mean?"
"Their good or bad has nothing to do with your joy. You, Kirei Kotomine, are not him. You will not feel self-satisfaction because of him."
"His wish is good."
"So what? What lies within you is an incomparably dark desire! Recognize yourself!"
Kirei Kotomine wanted to refute, but before he could speak, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his hand.
"This is!?"
The pain on the back of his hand was very familiar to Kirei Kotomine. He had felt this power long ago, and it was not something he desired.
The burning pain gradually subsided. Kirei Kotomine lowered his head and looked down.
What did he see!
On the back of his hand! A red tattoo had reappeared! It was the Command Seal he thought had vanished!!!
"Hahaha! As expected, Kirei Kotomine, what else do you have to say! This is the real you!"
"You madman!"
Kirei Kotomine was frantic! Why! Was his heart truly filled with desire? How could it be? Shouldn't he be indifferent?
This should never have happened.
Moreover, all the Masters were still present. Why would he have Command Seals now?
"Haha, go mad!" Angra Mainyu said to Kirei Kotomine. "Now, all we need is a Servant, so just wait patiently."
Angra Mainyu vanished, leaving Kirei Kotomine alone, staring blankly at the Command Seals on his hand.
