Chapter 119: The End of the Tousaka Family
For anyone, when a son loses his father, it is like the sky is falling.

But in Kotomine Kirei's opinion, it really doesn't matter.

He is very young, very young, even dating back to... when he was just born?
Kotomine Kirei was unsure, and had no intention of delving further into the matter.

What he knew was that he had no sadness for his father, Kotomine Risei, and his death.

Like now.

Compared to sadness, he felt more confused and puzzled.

Because, although few people knew that the Supervisor possessed the Command Seals, it was not a secret.

There has always been no shortage of opportunists in the Holy Grail Wars of all time.

The church is also prepared for this.

A magician cannot forcibly plunder the Command Seals from an Overseer, because the Command Seals entrusted to an Overseer are protected by the "Holy Word".

Without the Supervisor's permission, it is impossible to seize the Command Seals from the Supervisor through magic, even if the Supervisor is killed.

To achieve this through magic, the level of magician required is beyond the reach of Kotomine Kirei.

Does such a magician exist?

Anyway, Kotomine Kirei has never seen it.

But the reality is that the Command Seals disappeared, completely disappeared, and his arms were full of Command Seals, but now there is not a single one left.

"What's going on?"

Doubts arose in Kotomine Kirei's heart.

This was definitely not a sudden assassination, but a carefully planned murder.

Can,
What means did the other party use to force his father to transfer all the Command Seals?

Is my father the kind of person who would succumb under torture?
Kotomine Kirei became increasingly confused.

He turned his father's body from side to side, checking for signs of physical torture.

He found no signs of torture.

In fact, apart from the wound on his chest, there was no scar on Kotomine Risei's body.

It was a one-sided battle. Diarmuid killed his father with just one strike without encountering any resistance. His father was no match for the other party.

While checking Kotomine Risho's physical condition, Kotomine Kirei made such an evaluation.

In other words, the option of physical torture can be ruled out.

What remains is nothing more than psychological torture.

Can,
His father, the supervisor of the Holy Grail War.

We are also protected by the "Holy Word".

What could break through the psychological defenses of an old priest?
Kotomine Kirei couldn't figure it out, but he knew that in addition to Emiya Kiritsugu, he had another person who interested him.

It was as if he was humming a little tune in his heart, and Kotomine Kirei's empty heart felt satisfied.

……

……

"Killed by someone?"

His usual elegance vanished, and in the study of his own mansion, Tōsaka Tokiomi woke up with a look of disbelief on his face.

He seemed to have lost his bones in an instant and collapsed in his seat.

"How could it be... like this, even the priest was killed. This cannot be tolerated. This kind of thing is absolutely intolerable!"

The fingers clenched into fists, hammered heavily on the table.

Such strong emotions even made Tohsaka Tokiomi lose the elegance inherited from his ancestors of the Tohsaka family that he had always maintained.

This is the case.

This situation!

Kotomine Kirei, who was standing opposite Tōsaka Tokiomi, had no strange expression on his face, which made it impossible to see the pain in his heart. Moreover...

It’s hard to tell the joy in his heart!
This feeling is so wonderful. Now Kotomine Kirei extremely desires that the man in front of him, the head of the Tōsaka family, the man he calls teacher, can show even stronger emotions.

Next to the two of them was Gilgamesh, whose handsome appearance could not be concealed even in casual clothes.

Unlike Tōsaka Tokitoki who was kept in the dark, Gilgamesh could clearly feel what kind of rebellious emotions were in the heart of the man named Kotomine Kirei in this room.

An ascetic who believes in God?

Ah,
It's just a demon in human skin.

But what does the devil have to do with it?

For Gilgamesh, the only person who could make him happy, apart from that bastard from the Matou family, was Kotomine Kirei in front of him, who satisfied him the most.

As for Tousaka Toki.

He, the "loyal" heroic king, had already figured out how to execute his "subject" Tōsaka Tokitoki.

"I didn't expect that the priest would die in this way. You must be very upset, right?"

Ugh……

Poor scapegoat Toosaka Tokitoki.

He doesn't know yet that the good disciple he is comforting has fallen into the evil path, no, has discovered his true self.

"Yes, Father Kotomine Risei is like another father to me, but I didn't expect something so unexpected to happen. Maybe some urgent countermeasures need to be taken."

With his hands on the table, Tōsaka Tokichi comforted Kotomine Kirei, and was even more worried about the upcoming Holy Grail War.

only,
Even worse news came from Kotomine Kirei's mouth:
"This was a murder, and the other party killed Father Kotomine Risei in order to obtain the Command Seals that were of vital importance to the Master in this Holy Grail War."

"what!"

Tōsaka Tokitoki was surprised by the news that Kotomine Kirei told him.

"What do you mean, Kirei? Are you saying..." "Yes, teacher. All the Command Seals on Father Kotomine Risei were plundered by that unknown magus using incomprehensible means."

"..."

Toosaka Tokitoki was silent for a while.

He looked terrible, with an unhealthy redness on his face.

This news was so heavy for him that he couldn't accept it for a long time.

Kotomine Risei, he felt sad about the death of this ally, and felt that the Masters participating in this Holy Grail War were unscrupulous, and lamented that they dared to break the rules and kill the Supervisor.

But in the end, it's not a big deal.

Can,
The fact that all the Command Seals had been plundered was the only thing that Tōsaka Tokitoki could not accept.

It is precisely because he knows that his ally, Father Kotomine Risei, possesses a large number of Command Seals that Tōsaka Tokitoki will use the Command Seals to command his Servant Gilgamesh whenever it is "necessary".

But now, Kotomine Risei is dead and the Command Spell has disappeared!

He, Tōsaka Tokito, now only has one Command Seal left.

He knew very well what this meant.

From now on, Gilgamesh, who is stubborn and willful, cannot be stopped from doing anything unless it threatens his own life.

He lost the rights that a Master had over his Servant.

He only had one Command Seal left, and that one must be used unless something unexpected happened.

——Let Gilgamesh die, on this matter.

"Ugh…"

Toosaka Tokitoki sighed.

This Holy Grail War was really a mess for him.

……

……

"Why didn't you tell Tosaka Tokitoki?"

Gilgamesh, who had been waiting in the corridor beforehand, finally met Kotomine Kirei. He couldn't wait to tease the lost lamb.

"What do you mean?"

The voice was as calm as ever, but the action of stopping had already revealed the truth.

Gilgamesh had a happy smile on his face.

All the troubles caused by the disloyal Tousaka Tokitoki were taken out on his good disciple.

Moreover, compared to the bastards of the Matou family, the Kotomine Kirei in front of him, although of poor quality, was very tasty and Gilgamesh enjoyed eating it very much.

"What a pathetic father."

He sighed in a pretentious manner, but in his heart he was not even a little bit touched by the death of Kotomine Risei.

Gilgamesh just wanted to use Kotomine Risei to play with Kotomine Kirei.

"After all," Gilgamesh continued, "he died believing that his son was a saint."

At this point, Gilgamesh shook his head:

"No, should we say that it is this kind of death that is his redemption as a priest and a father?"

"You don't feel anything about your father's death?"

"He was murdered. How about showing a bit of sadness?"

Gilgamesh's normal voice is always filled with a hint of disdain, which is the pride that a king should have.

But today, but now, the disdain in that tone was filled with full joy that couldn't be stopped from revealing itself.

Kotomine Kirei remained silent, and this silence seemed to carry a hint of tacit agreement.

So he was no longer silent.

The footsteps that had stopped in place began to move, and he said as he walked:

"Yes, I feel extremely regretful."

Because he had to take action and move forward, Kotomine Kirei raised his head. The sunlight from the window spread on his face, but it could not dispel the gloom in it.

"remorse?"

Gilgamesh repeated this sentence, and then expressed what Kotomine Kirei was really thinking:

"Regret not killing him yourself, killing your father."

Even though his secrets were exposed, Kotomine Kirei did not show the panic he should have shown. Even his facial expression did not change.

From the beginning, from the moment Gilgamesh came to him.

He already knew in his heart that this ancient heroic king had discovered his true self and knew his true nature.

Therefore, the conversation just now was nothing more than a tacit understanding between the two.

Not until Gilgamesh broke through that layer of window paper did Kotomine Kirei turn his head, but he could not see Gilgamesh, who had already transformed into a spirit and disappeared.

There were no delusions in his mind.

Therefore, Kotomine Kirei straightened his body once again, allowing the sunlight to shine through the window and cover his entire body.

He walked out of the Tousaka mansion without taking the sunlight with him.

Not long after he left, the owner of this house, his master, Tousaka Tokitoki, also embarked on the path that his disciple had just walked.

However, the same road goes in completely different directions.

This time, Tousaka Tokitoki's destination is the Zenjo family.

(End of this chapter)