Many days had passed since the talk at Church of Null.
Kirei Kotomine was carrying luggage, walking slowly down the street with Kallen and Shirou Kotomine.
Kallen, Kirei Kotomine's daughter, had returned to Europe with Kotomine Risei after the Holy Grail War. Kirei Kotomine, whose inner emptiness had been filled, chose to bring Kallen to the Fuyuki Church to care for her along with his adopted son, Shirou Kotomine.
After returning to Fuyuki City this time, during the few days Kirei Kotomine spent accompanying his daughter and adopted son, someone happened to bring a person possessed by an evil spirit to the church seeking help. Kirei Kotomine, preparing to exorcise the spirit as usual, suddenly heard an exclamation from Kallen; the possessing evil spirit actually voluntarily left the body and flew towards Kallen.
After dispersing the evil spirit, Kirei Kotomine urgently contacted his father far away in Europe and learned that his daughter Kallen possessed the Abused Spirit Medium Constitution—a constitution where spiritual barriers appear whenever magic is near. It could also be called chronic demonic possession.
Upon learning that his daughter Kallen possessed the Abused Spirit Medium Constitution, Kirei Kotomine immediately hypnotized the person who had come for help and simultaneously sought out his mentor, Tohsaka Tokiomi...
"Sorry, Kirei."
After receiving Tohsaka Tokiomi's reply, Kirei Kotomine, who had originally planned to spend a week in Fuyuki City with his children, brought his daughter and adopted son to Miyako City.
Kallen, supported by Shirou Kotomine, asked Kirei Kotomine timidly.
"Father, does Sister Rin really have a way?"
Shirou Kotomine looked at his sister with heartache and comforted her.
"Don't worry, Kallen."
Although he answered this way, Shirou Kotomine didn't believe at all that Rin could solve a problem that his adoptive father and grandmaster Tohsaka Tokiomi couldn't. From the time Shirou Kotomine met Rin, her image in his eyes was just that of a violent girl with freakish strength. Shirou Kotomine, who was in the same club as Sakura, had often been beaten up by Rin.
Kirei Kotomine smiled, turned around, and gently patted Kallen's head. Suddenly, his pupils constricted, and dropping his luggage, he dashed out in one stride.
Kallen and Shirou Kotomine also hurriedly looked in the direction Kirei Kotomine had dashed.
Kirei Kotomine chased after several delinquents who were dragging a young girl into an alley by the side of the road. Seeing the delinquents preparing to commit violence against the girl, he stepped forward.
"Hey, you! Do you want to meddle in other people's business?"
The delinquents noticed Kirei Kotomine approaching and, cursing, pulled out daggers to threaten him. However, they dared not make any extreme moves because Kirei Kotomine was wearing priest's vestments.
Kirei Kotomine ignored the delinquents with a flat gaze and looked at the girl. She had bluish hair with a hint of purple, a delicate face, and was wearing a church school uniform; she looked no different from any beautiful girl on the street.
But those hollow eyes caught Kirei Kotomine's gaze. That doll-like gaze was so much like the former Kirei Kotomine—the Kirei Kotomine whose inner emptiness had already broken him.
Looking at the girl's eyes, Kirei Kotomine took a breath and spoke slowly.
"Young lady, are you willing to be saved?"
The girl leaned against the wall, turned her head to look at Kirei Kotomine with hollow eyes, and then lowered her head again.
The delinquents on the side were furious at being ignored by Kirei Kotomine. Ignoring his status as a priest, they raised their daggers and viciously stabbed down at Kirei Kotomine's abdomen.
Kirei Kotomine casually grabbed the delinquent's wrist and applied a little force. Crack. The broken bone pierced out from the back of the hand.
Seeing their companion's fate, the other delinquents were terrified and scrambled out of the alley, leaving behind only this delinquent who was holding his wrist and wailing on the ground.
Kirei Kotomine was not Kiritsugu Emiya. There was a fundamental difference between Kirei Kotomine and Kiritsugu Emiya. Kiritsugu Emiya was selfless; he could give up everything and sacrifice everything for his goal. Kirei Kotomine, on the other hand, was a selfish person. He saved others only to satisfy himself, to fill his inner emptiness with that pleasure. When this girl with eyes like his own used to appear, Kirei Kotomine understood that saving this girl would be supreme pleasure.
'That's right, the pleasure brought by saving this girl before me must surely exceed saving my own daughter,' Kirei Kotomine stared intently at the girl, unable to wait to ask again.
"Do you want to be saved?"
The girl still ignored Kirei Kotomine, looking straight at the wailing delinquent on the ground holding his wrist, and muttered to herself.
"What does pain feel like?"
Just then, Shirou Kotomine chased over with Kallen and shouted at Kirei Kotomine.
"Father, it's bad, someone stole our luggage."
Hearing that the luggage had been robbed, Kirei Kotomine stood there in conflict. On one side was supreme pleasure; on the other was the Holy Grail that Rin had instructed him to bring to her. Ultimately, Kirei Kotomine chose Rin's Holy Grail. After all, where could this girl go in a short amount of time? And he knew she was from a church school. With his status in the church, it wouldn't be difficult to find her again.
Having figured it out, Kirei Kotomine turned around and rushed out of the alley.
"Shirou, who stole the luggage?"
"Father, it was a very tall person, wearing black clothes and carrying a string of Buddhist prayer beads. Father, look, he's there."
Kirei Kotomine followed Shirou's directions. He saw a man in black standing near the bridge tunnel under the embankment, with Kirei Kotomine's luggage at his feet.
Seeing Kirei Kotomine approaching, the man in black introduced himself unhurriedly.
"I am Araya Souren. Kirei Kotomine?"
Kirei Kotomine felt the pressure brought by Araya Souren before him and took a deep breath with a calm expression.
"Ha!"
Kirei Kotomine launched a Tie Kao Shan at Araya Souren.
"Fearless, Vajra."
Two layers of barriers appeared in front of Kirei Kotomine and Araya Souren, blocking Kirei Kotomine's strike.
"Kirei Kotomine, I am not here to fight you. I hope you can deliver a message to Tohsaka Rin."
Kirei Kotomine completely ignored Araya Souren. At this moment, Kirei Kotomine's mind was only filled with thoughts of quickly defeating Araya Souren so he could go back to find that girl.
Seeing that Eight Extremities Fist couldn't do anything to Araya Souren, Kirei Kotomine didn't hesitate to pull out his black keys from behind and slashed at him.
"Fearless, Vajra, Scorpion, Heaven-defying!"
As the four-fold barrier unfolded, Araya Souren silently watched the man fiercely attacking him, picked up the suitcase, tossed it to Kirei Kotomine, and turned to leave.
"Kirei Kotomine, please deliver this message to Tohsaka Rin: I do not wish to be your enemy, and I hope you will not interfere with my plans."
Kirei Kotomine took the luggage and looked at Araya Souren's back somewhat strangely. 'What does this monk want?'
Of course, Kirei Kotomine didn't know that just after he left, Rin, who had come to Miyako City, was naturally interested in the 'legendary' Ryougi Shiki. A few days earlier, accompanied by Touko, she had appeared at the hospital to visit the unconscious Ryougi Shiki.
It was precisely Rin's actions that made Araya Souren mistakenly believe Rin had learned something from Touko and was also eyeing this opportunity to reach the Root. Not wanting to contend with a Caster of the Crown, the legendary Witch, the Fifth Magus, an Agent of the Church, and a 'once-in-a-century' magical genius who was causing a stir in the magic world, Araya Souren met with Kirei Kotomine and then used Kirei Kotomine's words to warn Rin.
At the same time, Araya Souren was also full of confidence in his Sixty-Four-Layered Temple. Even if Tohsaka Rin considered this a provocation and sought revenge, he was not worried in the slightest.
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