It's always a bit cold in the early morning of winter.

But from the moment I opened my eyes, I seemed to feel the temperature of sunshine in the air.

Maybe it was because of the different state of mind. When I sat up in a daze, I was lazy and didn't want to think.

Finally made up my mind, left the warm bed and washed my face, looked at myself in the mirror, and suddenly realized that my body was abnormal.

I don't seem to have nightmares anymore.

Or at the moment of awakening, I have forgotten the dream I have had, leaving only the warmth of my chest but not knowing why, and how to express it.

It was like, Saber was around.

So, I thought that she could never stop again.

Looking for whether she would sit quietly on the grass by the lake as yesterday.

Restraining his flying emotions, he slowly went out to find the person who occupied his heart.

However, I didn't find her.

First, I pretended to take a walk intentionally or unintentionally, but I couldn't see the saber when I walked around.

The pace gradually accelerated, and while the repeated searches, my mood was uncontrollably depressed.

——Don’t worry, she will be by your side.

I always feel like I have auditory hallucinations.

——You are the most important thing for Leah, and she will never leave you.

I took my pace lighter, wanting to know if someone is really talking.

In the early morning, there are occasionally sounds of insects and birds flapping their wings.

Then, the clear voice of the girl echoed.

"Shirou, it turns out you are here."

Looking back suddenly, the pure white girl appeared quietly in the ethereal forest. Her quietly standing figure was like a picture in a fairy tale, robbing all my eyes.

"Saber, where have you been?"

"I went to bring someone back."

Saber turned sideways slightly, revealing a guy hiding behind him.

"Ha, Shirou, long time no see."

The beautiful girl who appears dreamily in the forest, like a fairy tale, was instantly destroyed by a young man with a vulgar body and frivolous language.

——I don’t know the guy with short black hair and a young sportswear at all.

"Who are you?"

A strange fire in my heart made me ask extremely rudely.

"Of course I'm Masahide Kimura. Oh my god, I can't even recognize me as my biggest rival. Why can I still be seen through by Saber?!"

The guy let out a whine of a defeated dog, washed his face by the lake extremely quickly, and then groped in his pocket, not knowing what he took out and wiped his hair, then buried his head in the water and washed it. When he finally raised his head, he had magically turned into a blond and white-skinned image.

Although the skin that was not washed is still a light yellow disguised color, although the style of a normal sportswear is completely different from the previous pure white suit.

But this guy is undoubtedly Masahid Kimura.

There is only one unbelievable situation.

"How did you become like this?"

——Why do you actually don’t pretend to be like yourself?

"To disguise, of course, we need to achieve a 100% difference. If Saber hadn't discovered it, I believe no one of you could find me."

It is true. According to Saber, Kimura has been active in Tomoki City since the beginning of the Holy Grail War, but can hide perfectly under the noses of many Servant, which is enough to show the wonderfulness of Kimura's camouflage technique.

"Whether it is a cleansing man or a college student, they are just characters in the game. Since I was born in this world, everything is abnormal. So why can't I continue to play like a game?"

The guy in front of him showed an extremely complicated smile. He turned around and looked at Saber next to him obsessedly.

"It's really nice to me to be able to see Saber, and even Saberlily."

——I don’t understand what he is talking about at all.

"No matter what, this outlook on life is really a bit dangerous. Speaking of which, why did you bring him here?"

"Because his men took Ilia."

"What--"

"Shirou shouldn't be too excited. He is just trying to get chips for himself and will not do anything to Ilia, right, Masahide Kimura."

"Hehe, I won't be able to treat Ilia. She must be my sister."

"Then why are you targeting Ilia?"

"Because she is the carrier of the Holy Grail."

Masahide Kimura said something I couldn't understand.

"In previous Holy Grail Wars, the Einzberen family was responsible for providing artificial humans that could serve as carriers of the Holy Grail, so that the Holy Grail can be used by people after it appears."

Is this Ilia’s mission? Is this what it means that no matter whether she wins the Holy Grail War, the ending will not be too good.

"So, after the war?"

"Of course it's dead. You can still live without the amount of energy that humans have come into contact with."

"You guy-"

Looking at Kimura Masahide's indifferent look, I clenched my fists. But-

"I'm not the one who does this kind of thing. Shirou Emiya, don't make a mistake."

It is unimaginable that a girl as cute as Ilia is just a consumable in the eyes of some people.

"Where is she?"

"I won't say it unless I win the Holy Grail War."

"Masahis Kimura, why are you so obsessed with the Holy Grail, even your sister has to sacrifice?"

I could no longer stop saying angrily in my heart.

"Shiro Emiya, don't talk about the relationship between the Einzberen family so close."

Facing my questioning, Masahide Kimura just turned his smile into disdain.

"There are two families of Einzberen. Ilia represents the inheritance of the soul system, and I belong to the inheritance of the magician. There is an absolute difference between the two, but they are on the road of pursuing roots together, and are collectively called a family because of their initial bloodline connection. In reality, I and Ilia are originally strangers who will not intersect at all."

I couldn't help but show a shocked expression.

"At least, you should take care of each other when you participate in the Holy Grail War together."

"Do you want me to cultivate feelings with a prop that I will use immediately so that I can cry a little in the future?"

Kimura Masahide's evil smile sealed my language.

No matter what, the Einzberen family is absolutely abnormal.

"Then can you give up the Holy Grail? We can protect you from safety, saber do you agree?"

Before saber could speak, Masahide Kimura laughed first.

"It's really interesting. Have you forgotten that Saber is also pursuing the Holy Grail?!"

As if he agreed with Kimura's words, the white girl looked at me silently, and a trace of sadness seemed to pass through her firm eyes.

"Saber, do you want to sacrifice Ilia too?"

“I have a reason to have to get the Holy Grail.”

Yes, innocent villages are sacrificed for the victory of the war.

In order to save one's own people, sacrifice everything to pursue the Holy Grail.

This is the saber in front of me.

"But that's Ilia..."

The painful emotions changed the tone of the voice. I wanted to be angry and destroy, but I felt that I could do nothing.

"I hope to protect Ilia until the end, but in the end, the Holy Grail is still my goal."

The girl in front of her answered this way.

Why was her voice so firm.

Why her will never be shaken?

It's really hateful.

"——Can you just relax? For the sake of your country, you must force yourself to such a situation?!"

The white girl approached me and stretched out her hand as if she wanted to comfort me, but stopped in the air.
To be continued...