Chapter 62 Is it a mantis, a cicada, or a yellow bird?

"No," Jianchen Matou shook his head in denial, "Lancer is necessary for me to obtain the Holy Grail War."

"But if there were no Holy Grail War, your value would be much greater than Lancer's."

Jianchen Matou's words were both a compliment and meant sincerely.

If Lancer could live forever in the world as a subject, then,

——Kenneth is a piece of shit.

Unfortunately, after the Holy Grail War, Lancer will go back to where he came from.

Therefore, from a long-term, developmental perspective, compared to Lancer, Kenneth is a box full of treasures.

If he could gain Kenneth's favor, his future career as a magician would be much smoother.

Thinking in this way, Jianchen Jianchen's behavior was naturally extremely sincere.

At least, Director Ken judged that the extremely talented child in front of him was not lying.

Without answering Jianchen Matou's eager question,
Kenneth asked a question that was out of context, just like he was chatting with his family:
"Your name is Jianchen Jianchen, right? You are the seventh generation head of the Jiantong family."

"Yes, Lord Kenneth."

Jianchen Matou behaved very well.

"Are you willing to study in the Clock Tower? As my disciple?"

? The sudden recruitment made Jian Tong Jian Chen a little confused.

But his reaction was quick.

Bowing with great respect, he replied, "My pleasure, Master."

Without time to rejoice, Matou Kenshin, who knew what he would encounter, ran to Kenneth and said quickly: "Please use your magic gift set, Moon Spirit Marrow Fluid, teacher. Emiya Kiritsugu has already..."

"What…"

Looking at the swordsman Matou hugging his thigh, Kenneth almost couldn't help but perform magic to kill him.

Even though the master-disciple relationship has just been confirmed.

But without any bond, and in the midst of the Holy Grail War, if it weren't for the failure in love that made him feel a little bit of "death" intention, he would definitely kill the swordsman Matou who was close to him, absolutely!
But now, he is eager to find talents, so he found a genius for the El-Melloi family, and added buffs such as disappointment in love.

He didn't take action.

Before he could ask what Matou Kenshin meant, what Emiya Kiritsugu meant...

Boom!

There was an explosion.

At some point, all the guests in the hotel had been evicted, leaving only Kenneth's room and Sora's room next door still occupied.

The most conspicuous building in Fuyuki City.

The only five-star hotel in Fuyuki City collapsed today.

……

As early as the first day of staying in this hotel, Kenneth El-Melloi turned this place into his own magic workshop.

Moreover, they rented out an entire floor to build a perfect magic workshop.

There were twenty-four layers of enchantment, three magic furnaces, dozens of demons that replaced the evil dogs, countless traps, and part of the corridor had been transformed into another world...

From a magician's perspective, this is simply perfect art.

Kenneth, who created such a magic workshop, also looks forward to the magicians who will participate in the Holy Grail War to have a magic contest with him.

Unfortunately,

Arrogant Director Ken has been contemptuous since the beginning of his participation in the Holy Grail War.

He didn't take the magicians in the Far East, who in his eyes were not up to standard, seriously at all.

He also didn't know that the most dangerous enemy for him this time was Kiritsugu Emiya, who was known as the magician killer.

He also didn't know that what Emiya Kiritsugu was best at was to think outside the magician's realm and use modern technology to perform methods that a magician would consider despicable.

The man named Emiya Kiritsugu is a modern magician who will do anything to win.

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When Jianchen Jianchen was talking to Kenneth, in the lobby on the first floor of the hotel.

"Mr. Archibald, Mr. Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald, are you there?"

The hotel manager, dressed in a formal suit and with his hair neatly combed, was looking at the list of guests in his hand and calling out to each one.

However, this man named Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald had not shown up for a long time, which made him a little worried.

"Yes."

A voice interrupted him, "It's me, please don't worry."

Wearing an old black windbreaker, Emiya Kiritsugu appeared in front of the hotel manager, performing a bewitching magic.

"Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald has taken refuge with his wife Sora."

"is it?"

The hotel manager scratched his head in confusion.

"Okay, that's it."

For some reason, he crossed out Kenneth's name from the list without confirming it, even though he usually double-checked everything.

Looking at the people in the hotel, they all left the hotel in twos and threes.

Kiritsugu Emiya also chose to leave, and he made a phone call on the way.

"Preparation is complete, how about you?"

"Nothing unusual, we are ready to start at any time."

The one who answered him was Kosan Maiya’s calm voice.

Kiritsugu Emiya lit a cigarette and enjoyed the process of the poison called nicotine eroding his body.

He slowly blew out a smoke ring.
Then, he took the bomb's detonation button out of his pocket.

"Ding--"

There was the sound of a button starting, followed by a loud explosion.

The most conspicuous building in Fuyuki City, a skyscraper hundreds of meters high, collapsed today at the hands of Emiya Kiritsugu.

Kenneth's magic workshop, which he was proud of, and his plan to compete with magicians participating in the Holy Grail War, also collapsed in the face of modern technology.

Watching the building collapse from afar.

Thinking about what I saw not long ago, it should be the master of the Matou family who entered Kenneth's room.

Emiya Kiritsugu actually frowned because the plan went too smoothly.

"Two masters were eliminated at once? Why do I have a bad feeling about this?"

Throwing the cigarette butt in his mouth onto the ground, Emiya Kiritsugu, with a bad feeling, turned on the intercom.

“Maiya…”

"The target did not take any action until the very end and did not escape from the hotel."

Maiya's voice on the intercom made Emiya Kiritsugu feel a little more at ease.

He himself said:

"No matter what kind of magic barrier you use to defend yourself from a free fall from a height of 150 meters, you cannot survive."

He said this as if to confirm it for himself.

The crying of a child on the roadside made him feel a little emotional, but it was only for a moment. The man named Emiya Kiritsugu turned on the intercom and ordered: "Maiya, retreat."

However, he underestimated Kenneth's magic skills.

He never expected that he, who considered himself a killer, would one day be targeted as a prey.

"Come to think of it, he even blew up the building. I can't believe this man is a magician. No, should I say he is good at things that magicians can't imagine?"

On the intercom, Emiya Kiritsugu heard the voice of the man he deeply feared from Kosan Maiya.

He was stunned.

(End of this chapter)