Kiritsugu lay down on the bed after washing up and used a self-hypnosis spell to diffuse his consciousness.
This is a barbaric method that can remove mental stress altogether—the disintegration and cleansing of the spirit.
Although self-hypnosis is not a high-level magecraft, it causes a certain loss of self-awareness and disconnection when it is released, so many people are reluctant to use this kind of magic.
However, for Emiya Kiritsugu, as long as it is the most efficient way to rest, it is the best, so he uses this method very frequently.
After about two hours, the dissipated consciousness will return, and the hypnotized person will wake up naturally.
However, during this time, the body of the hypnotized person is in a completely unconscious state, like the walking dead. It should be safe to use in this hidden place now.
After relaxing and clearing the image of the enemy from his consciousness, Kiritsugu fell into a deep sleep.
The street outside the window started a new day with the morning sun.
...
"It looks like you are in a pretty good mood today, Archer."
As usual, acting as if he were in his own home, the glittering golden Servant, who sat casually in Kotomine Kirei's private room, had been wearing an unpredictable smile since the morning for some reason.
Under normal circumstances, when a person is smiling, they often infect the people around them and make the surrounding atmosphere soften. Unfortunately, Kirei is not the kind of character who likes to see other people's smiles, not to mention that the smile on the face of the Hero King in front of him could only be reminiscent of something uneasy.
"I am a person who likes arrogant opponents. A person who is not confined to his own abilities and has great ambitions. Whenever I see an opponent like that, I am very happy."
Looking at Kirei with a puzzled expression, Archer continued as he shook the glass containing the red wine leisurely.
"But there are two kinds of arrogance. One is too low-level, and the other is unusually ambitious. The former is very stupid, and the latter is a rare and precious species."
"It is just stupid anyway, right?"
"Isn't this rare stupidity even more precious than the wisdom of the world? Though born as a human being, he has an ideal that is too great to attain by human power. In order to realize this ideal, he can only give up his identity as a human being—no matter how many times I see it, I will never get tired of witnessing the sorrow and despair of such a person."
Archer raised his glass as if celebrating something, and then elegantly drank the red wine inside.
"Kirei, it seems that you have a big misunderstanding of the Master-Servant relationship between me and Tokiomi. Tokiomi treats me with the courtesy of a courtier to a king, and at the same time offers magical energy as a tribute. It was because of this contract that I agreed to obey his call. Don't compare me to other mongrel-like Servants."
"So, what do you do with the command of the Command Spells?"
"I don't care... It is only if the courtier has fulfilled his duty as a courtier that occasionally the King will listen to his advice."
Kirei couldn't help but smile bitterly.
If Gilgamesh knew the true purpose of this Holy Grail War... I'm afraid that the contractual relationship with Tokiomi would be flawed.
Of course, if that time really comes, Tokiomi, who holds the Command Spells, will definitely gain an overwhelming advantage.
"Tell me about what you have found, Kirei."
Kirei had no choice but to briefly tell the other party the information regarding each Master he had gathered.
After hearing the motives of the other five, Archer said disdainfully:
"It's just a bunch of mongrels, after all. None of them had any creative ideas, just trying to snatch my treasures for some boring reason... They are all thieves who should be executed directly without discussion."
Hearing Archer's unusually arrogant words, Kirei sighed helplessly.
"Is this the only thing I have to think about regarding the information that others have worked so hard to get? It seems that I have been working in vain."
"What was in vain?"
The Hero King said with a meaningful smile on his face.
"What are you talking about, Kirei? Haven't you and the Assassin worked hard to get a lot of results?"
"What do you mean?" Kirei frowned.
Archer said leisurely:
"—Unconscious guys, simply pursuing instinctive pleasures. It's like those beasts that chase the smell of blood. This emotion in their hearts will be intuitively expressed in their words and deeds. So, Kirei, when you retell all the things you have heard, seen, and understood through yourself, you have fully revealed your inner thoughts. The part of your language that describes it in the most detail is the part that interests you the most."
"In other words, observing a person's words and deeds is the best way to understand his interests. Human beings are such toys, and life is such a story... There's really no more fun way to be entertained."
"Instinctive... Pleasure?"
Kirei repeated the word as if under a spell from Archer's words, as if a new door was opening before his eyes.
...
It was already night, and after a boring day of school life, Shirou left home with Lancer.
"Master, where are we going now?"
Diarmuid asked curiously as he looked at Shirou, who was riding a motorcycle after his body was enhanced with magecraft to appear as a teenager.
Hearing his words, Shirou smiled and put his hands on the grips of the motorcycle.
Then the motorcycle roared.
Vroom————!
At the same time, Shirou's voice mingled with the sound.
"Let's join in the fun!"
The next moment, the motorcycle started suddenly, dragging billowing black smoke and riding into the dust!
...
Running straight west from the bustling streets of Fuyuki City, there is an east-west national highway that crosses the mountains far from the village.
The highway is lined with dense forests, and the forest area seems to have been forgotten by the surging land development boom.
The land may be state-owned, but it appears from the land register to be privately owned by a foreign capital firm, and it is uncertain whether the foreign enterprise actually exists.
If you have to investigate this land, the first thing that makes people puzzled is this magical urban legend.