"Empress..."
Shakespeare turned around with a face full of disbelief, but what he saw was a face full of murderous intent.
"Shakespeare! You actually planned to betray Master?! Did you forget what you said to Master before?!"
Semiramis had always been annoyed with this unreliable Servant, but because her Master said that he still had value, she had been holding back. At this time, when she saw that the other party had chosen to 'betray', she chose to kill the other party without hesitation!
And with her question, Shakespeare also couldn't help but think of the first conversation he had with Amakusa a few days ago.
'You are my Master now?'
'Are you dissatisfied because the Master who summoned you has changed?'
'No! I have no dissatisfaction at all, but please allow me to ask, what do you plan to do with the Holy Grail?'
'What do I plan to do? It's simple! Save all of humanity!!'
'Then my answer is...'
Every time he recalled Amakusa Shirou Tokisada's noble expression when he said those words, Shakespeare would tremble all over.
"Cough cough~!"
He spat out another mouthful of blood tainted with the poison that Semiramis had attached to it, but a strange blush appeared on his face instead.
"Forget?! I naturally haven't forgotten!! I naturally haven't forgotten Master's noble soul! And his tragic wish to save all of humanity even if he has to sacrifice himself, but --- I'm curious!!"
At this point, Shakespeare's voice began to become hoarse, and his originally flushed face became morbid.
"I'm curious about the expression that this saint-like man will show when his dream is shattered!! That is truly --- wonderful!! Empress of Assyria!! Are you not curious?!"
He was clearly the traitor, but Shakespeare not only spoke with a righteous tone but even turned around and questioned others. It gave people the feeling that he was actually the righteous one, but what was strange was that in the face of Shakespeare's question, Semiramis did not righteously refute him again. Instead, she fell silent.
"I... am also very curious. I'm curious about the expression a saint who falls into hell will show... I can even say that I am happy to see a scene like that..."
Semiramis's words made the smile on Shakespeare's face grow wider, but what the other party said next made his expression completely crumble.
"But --- this is the only man I choose to refuse! I want to see the world he is looking forward to!!"
When she said this, Semiramis's expression once again became ferocious. She fiercely squeezed her hand, and the several iron chains that had pierced Shakespeare's body wildly twisted, but what was strange was that Shakespeare did not shout like before. Instead, his familiar notebook appeared in his hand again.
"The love you hope for is beautiful, but unexpected love is even more beautiful! Empress of Assyria! Your expression at this moment also makes me incredibly happy..."
"Die for me!!"
Whether it was because he was completely enraged by Shakespeare's 'nonsense', the iron chains instantly tore his body in half, and Shakespeare, who fell to the ground, showed a look of deep disappointment and helplessness on his face.
"I really... wanted to continue watching. But it's a pity. Perhaps I am an excellent writer, but I am not a qualified actor..."
With his right hand holding the pen, he wrote a few more lines on the ground with blood, and then his incomplete corpse completely spiritualized. But no one noticed the bizarre smile on his face when he disappeared...
「Caster · Shakespeare --- Retired」
Shakespeare's sudden betrayal not only left Red at a loss, but even Black was dumbfounded, not knowing what was going on. After all, it was confusing that their opponent would defect before they even made a move to recruit them.
But in fact, this was very 'simple'.
Shakespeare's reason for participating in the Holy Grail War was as he said, 'to watch the battles between heroes from different eras to stimulate his inspiration'.
But in the end, it was only for his own creative desire, so he didn't actually have anyone to be loyal to in a true sense.
Since he could abandon the Master who summoned him without any psychological burden, he could naturally betray Amakusa Shirou Tokisada without any psychological burden. For him, as long as the reward he got from this betrayal was enough to satisfy him, it was enough.
But now that he has completely retired, what can he do?
Perhaps we will only know when the cards are completely turned over.
But Lancer at this time did not care about the other party's intentions. Instead, countless images kept flashing in his mind, until they finally settled on a world of lines ---
His sad memories made him selectively forget or seal his past, but as that man said, no matter how much he hid, he couldn't change the fact that these things had already happened. What he did was just to recreate his memories.
Simply running away cannot solve anything. He was just a cowardly escapee.
"Face it!!"
At this moment, Shakespeare's voice once again echoed in the 'theater'.
"Shakespeare ---!!"
This time, the voice was not loud, but the gritted teeth were enough to show the anger in its owner's heart, but unfortunately, the owner of this voice had already retired. Or rather, even if he hadn't retired, he wouldn't care about what others thought of him.
And with Semiramis's roar, Shakespeare's voice once again sounded.
"Face it!!"
"Executioner of the Ancient Empire!! Do you --- regret it?!"
"Regret? Of course I regret it! I regret that I couldn't do better! But I won't ignore it anymore! Because --- Lancer is me! 'ghost' is me! The Imperial Executioner is also me!!"
「Imperial Executioner --- Seal · Unlocked」
With Lancer roar, a bloody aura began to spread from his body in all directions, and at the same time, his attire also changed little by little.
The cloak that was once destroyed by the 'Jeweled Hairpin [Ireston]' gradually recovered with the infusion of the bloody mist. Without anyone touching it, it slowly spread out from Lancer right arm and finally tied to the armor that had appeared on his body at some point.
There was no doubt that this set of armor was the 'Shield Crab Set' that Lancer had, which had long been shattered into pieces. At this time, it was also repaired with the effect of the 'Noble Phantasm'. In addition to that, there was naturally the 'Shield Crab Spear' that had been blown to pieces.
It was also a Noble Phantasm, but Lancer 'Noble Phantasm' was much more simple and unadorned. It gave people the feeling that he had just changed his equipment, but in reality ---
"What an ominous aura..."
The bloody aura that spread from Lancer body even alarmed Jeanne, who was 'catching up' with Gilles. At this time, her expression was incredibly ugly, and she even began to doubt one thing ---
The reason she descended in this Holy Grail War was to deal with that illegal Ruler or this man who was like a 'demon king'...