Chapter 91 The Growth Path of the Joyful Monster
Kotomine Kirei's answer was filled with clear confusion.

Gilgamesh seemed to have heard an extremely satisfactory answer. He drank the wine in the cup and then slowly filled it up.

As the wine was being poured into the glass, his eyes were reflected on the wall of the glass, which flashed with strange waves, like a curious cat discovering a mouse toy for the first time.

"Isn't this possible?"

"Won't the Holy Grail War only summon those who are worthy of it?"

Gilgamesh, who has already discovered Kotomine Kirei's interests, plans to guide and develop him bit by bit.

Otherwise, this time-killing game won't be fun.

"It should be so. But...even I don't understand why I, who have no ideals or aspirations, was chosen to participate in this war."

Kotomine Kirei walked up to Gilgamesh.

He placed one hand on his heart, and his heart beat faster than usual, which made him gradually understand what the emotion in his heart was.

--expect.

He was expecting, expecting the man in front of him to be able to speak out the emptiness in his heart.

Fill in the missing blank of him as a human being.

Therefore,
At this moment, Kotomine Kirei was extremely looking forward to what Gilgamesh was going to say.

"I have no ideals or aspirations. So why not just pursue pleasure?"

Gilgamesh expressed his suggestion in a very normal tone.

Can,
The man who had always had a blank expression, as if nothing could touch his heart, the man named Kotomine Kirei, showed an angry expression.

"Are you kidding me! Pleasure?"

This was the first time that Kotomine Kirei showed such fluctuating emotions in front of Gilgamesh.

"You mean to ask me, a believer in God, to pursue pleasure--to indulge in such heinous and depraved behavior?"

Kotomine Kirei's tone was very intense, as if this was his Achilles' heel.

Upon hearing this, Gilgamesh shook the red wine glass in his hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, and murmured:

"Sinful? Depraved?"

Gilgamesh had a happy smile on his face, like an animal about to taste food.

"Your mind is really jumping. Why is pleasure related to sin?"

"This one……"

Kotomine Kirei didn't know how to answer, and he didn't know why he was so flustered.

"What's wrong with me?"

he thought.

Gilgamesh just watched him quietly fall into silence. He was enjoying Kotomine Kirei's silence.

After enjoying it for a long time, he continued to guide:
"Because the pleasure gained from doing evil may indeed be a sin, but doing good can also make people feel happy. How can we conclude that pleasure itself is evil?"

“There is no joy in my heart…”

Just as Kotomine Kirei was defending himself, the phone on the desk rang, and Tōsaka Tokiomi's voice came out from the phone.

"Kirei, what do you think?"

This voice appeared very abruptly, interrupting Gilgamesh's teaching of Kotomine Kirei.

It also allowed Kotomine Kirei to come out of the atmosphere that Gilgamesh had deliberately created.

Ignoring Gilgamesh's angry expression, Kotomine Kirei walked to the desk and said frankly:
"Teacher, I was busy with other things just now and didn't pay attention to Einzbern's situation. Did something happen?"

"..."

There was silence on the other end of the line for a while. "Kirei..."

For a moment, Tōsaka Tokiomi didn't know whether to say something more serious or more gentle. He thought about the Servant who was already very unhappy with him.
He still slowed down his tone:

“Kirei, now is the critical moment of the Holy Grail War. Every minute and every piece of information may determine who will win in this Shura Field in the end. I don’t want this situation to happen again.”

"Yes, teacher, I will pay attention."

Without any explanation or excuse, Kotomine Kirei admitted his mistake straightforwardly.

This attitude satisfied Tōsaka Tokiomi, who had always been servile and cautious towards his servants.

"Just now, Caster's Master revealed a piece of information. Saber's real Master is not the Einzbern android, but the magician killer, Emiya Kiritsugu."

Pass the information you obtain to your disciples.

Tōsaka Tokiomi expected him to give effective suggestions.

“Emiya Kiritsugu…”

Hearing this name, Kotomine Kirei repeated it subconsciously.

"What's wrong, Kirei? Did you discover anything new?"

Noticing that his disciple was unusual, Tōsaka Tokiomi became a little excited, thinking that he had discovered something new.

"No, teacher."

Kotomine Kirei dispelled his excitement and explained:
"I'm just a little concerned. If Master Caster hadn't suddenly barged in, I might have figured out Emiya Kiritsugu's true strength tonight."

These are Kotomine Kirei's heartfelt words.

Since the Holy Grail War had just begun, each Master was collecting intelligence.

As if it were his body's instinct, Kotomine Kirei was paying close attention to the man named Emiya Kiritsugu.

He wanted to know whether the man known as the magician killer was the same kind of person as himself.

Or, what kind of desire did the man named Emiya Kiritsugu have to participate in the Holy Grail War?

All of this made Kotomine Kirei, who was empty inside, very interested.

"Yeah……"

Upon hearing this, Tōsaka Tokiomi's tone was filled with obvious disappointment:
"Well, let's continue to pay attention to the situation at Einzbern. Caster is about to start showing his abilities."

After saying this, Toosaka Tokichi fell silent. He must have been watching the situation of Einzbern.

In order to ensure convenient communication, the phone was not hung up but kept open.

Kotomine Kirei was sitting at the desk. He turned around to look at where Gilgamesh had just been and found that the Hero King, who seemed to be very interested in him, had left at some point.

See here,

Kotomine Kirei also performed magic, and the demon's perspective and hearing began to be shared with him.

·
There is no longer a single tree in the mysterious forest of Einzbern.

The trees that originally took root and grew here, absorbing sunlight and purifying the air have now been replaced by monsters that look like snakes but are not snakes, and look like tentacles but are not tentacles.

Looking around, I saw a desolate scene.

Kotomine Kirei searched carefully among the crowd, but did not find the Emiya Kiritsugu who interested him.

However, he did notice what Tousaka Tokitoki specifically reminded him about, the master of the Matou family.

He was slightly concerned about the other person's age, but only a little.

The opponent's servant made him slightly concerned, but only a little.

The Holy Grail War, the summoned King, these were all insignificant matters to Kotomine Kirei.

(End of this chapter)