[147] Comes to a Close

"Huff—" It's done.

Looking at the thoroughly destroyed Heracles, Lesser Grail, and the surroundings near the Greater Grail, all of which had been plowed through in the ruins of Ryuudou Temple.

Kazuya breathed a sigh of relief.

If Heracles with the complete Twelve Glories had been there, maybe he could have blocked this blow.

But in the end, he only knew four out of the Twelve Glories.

Because the novel featuring his appearance hasn't finished serialization yet.

What he got here was all incomplete information, so he wasn't sure about the remaining eight.

But at least it's over.

In the next moment, he plunged his consciousness into the deepest part of his own heart.

"You—damn Mongrel!" Gilgamesh, now able to control his body again, grumbled, "Give me an answer! Monrel!"

However... there was no response.

"Ugh—damn it. Fine, this time I'll let you off, but next time... I won't spare you, brat!" Gilgamesh said, and because using EA consumed ten minutes.

The final minute quickly passed as well.

Gilgamesh left Kazuya's body and returned to the Throne of Heroes.

"Huff—" Kazuya, revealing his original bodies, breathed a sigh of relief. The red light on the back of his hands from the Command Spells disappeared quickly.

Now, only five remained.

Because the Holy Grail had disappeared.

As a Caster, he would have to leave his body. Not now... at least not now.

It was still dangerous here; he could clearly feel the countless gazes. If Caster disappeared from his body, he wouldn't be able to handle these people right now.

So, next...

Run!

Find a way to keep the Command Spells and a part of Caster's abilities fixed on himself using the method he had prepared from the beginning—

At least preserve his Noble Phantasm, [Phantasmagoria of a Perfect Night].

After all, this was a Noble Phantasm that had been sublimated based on his legend. The possibility of it being retained was quite high. As long as he kept this Noble Phantasm... if something unexpected happened, he would have the ability to break through.

Waver, who had been trembling on the side, breathed a sigh of relief at the current situation. "Is this... a Holy Grail War without a victor?"

...

"Huff—" Emiya Kiritsugu let out a long sigh, as if he wanted to vomit out his heart. He put the sniper rifle aside and lit a cigarette from his pocket.

After taking a puff, he placed it in front of himself, watching it burn continuously...

"It's finally done."

The Greater Grail was destroyed, not completely, but it seemed to be shattered about halfway.

In this case—

Emiya Kiritsugu hesitated slightly...

There was still a possibility of restoration!

If the Mage's Association went all out.

And now... he saw several people walking towards the ruins of Ryuudou Temple together with Kayneth.

"Indeed, the Association is eyeing the Holy Grail... for the continuation of the Leylines..." Emiya Kiritsugu looked over there, not thinking that the disappearance of the mystery would be a bad thing.

If the mystery disappeared, the magus of the present would all become ordinary people. In that case, they would have to abide by the laws of this world.

Even if some of them still had privileges due to their current power, they would be a minority.

They would just become ordinary people with power.

They would be much safer...

"Well, forget it... I don't want to care about what happens next..." Although he said this, Emiya Kiritsugu didn't know if he could resist getting involved at that time.

...

"You survived, Waver," Kayneth said to his student, looking at him. "First, congratulations."

"Yes!" Waver calmed down and said, "Finally, it's over, the Holy Grail War..."

"No! The Holy Grail War has just begun," Kayneth said with a smile.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Waver was puzzled. "Could it be..."

"Yes! Although the Greater Grail has been significantly damaged, it's just right. With the remaining Holy Grails and the information obtained from the Tohsaka family and Einzbern, we can completely reconstruct a new Greater Grail. But at that time, all of this will be for the use of the Mage's Association."

Kayneth turned back and said, "What about it? The head of the Einzbern family!"

The current head of the Einzbern family, Jubstacheit von Einzbern, stood in front of the destroyed Greater Grail and remained silent for a long time before saying, "It can be reconstructed."

"Hahaha, that's good. So, this Holy Grail War has been confirmed." Kayneth laughed heartily. "The victor is not anyone else, but us, the Mage's Association!"

"So, we can start preparing for the next one," Said Mevis Clara to the people present. "Prepare for the next Holy Grail War. It will be led by the Clock Tower, a battle to ensure the continued prosperity of magecraft."

...

Success—

Kazuya, covered in sweat, looked at the three Command Spells on hjs hands and breathed a sigh of relief.

Using two Command Spells, he summoned the witch from Fate/stay night, Medea, who helped him fix the Command Spells on himself, preventing him from disappearing due to the end of the Holy Grail War.

At the same time, he also worked on successfully attaching his own Noble Phantasm to himself.

Two Command Spells, summoning Medea for a hundred and eighty minutes... because it was essentially using three Command Spells for summoning.

Being a native of this world, he could save one Command Spell for use.

The result... as expected, was as he had anticipated. He managed to fix the Command Spells, imprinting his own Noble Phantasm onto the Command Spells, which originally belonged to him, and it took him over two hours to barely complete it.

As a price.

After all, he was residents of this world, and he couldn't fight for control of the body to ensure her full assistance...

So, he made her a promise...

Of course, it didn't need to be fulfilled right now.

Now... he had finally succeeded.

Three Command Spells.

This was equivalent to having three chances to save his lives... in this era, facing magus, the strength of a Heroic Spirit was overwhelming!

He could easily win and escape.

The three Command Spells on his hands gave him this possibility...

As for what came next...

First, he would return to Morioh Town, then talk about acquiring the animation production company.

"However... I wonder how I'll die in the future. After all, only after dying can I become a Heroic Spirit... no... on second thought, I really want to know how I'll die. If that's the case... well... that wouldn't be bad."

If he followed the same path as himself... when he died, it would be the end of everything, but... it could also be the start of something new.

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