Fate/Magus Path

47 The Endless Sea

The Holy Grail War has reached its conclusion.

The seven Masters and Servants chosen by the Holy Grail have made their respective decisions.

In this war...

Some have found the meaning of life, some have let go of their long-held wishes, some have retaliated, some have died content, while others still wander in confusion.

At this moment, four Servant souls have been collected in the Holy Grail... Caster, Assassin, Berserker, Ruler.

With this, this epoch-spanning war has officially entered its final phase.

Watching the suffering Irisviel before him, Emiya Kiritsugu's hand holding the cigarette began to tremble uncontrollably.

Due to the four Servant souls contained within her, Irisviel's body was enduring immense pain.

This is the fate of the Lesser Grail, a homunculus created by the Einzbern family, essentially a magical tool that takes on a human form.

As the Holy Grail War progressed, the burden of carrying the Servant souls would gradually cause her to lose her human functions, ultimately leading to her demise, transforming into the Lesser Grail.

After a whole night of research, Kayneth discovered many secrets from Irisviel, particularly regarding the true nature of the Lesser Grail created by the Einzbern.

The Third Magic - Heaven's Feel.

If it were another magus facing Irisviel, an excellent magical material with the capabilities of the Third Magic, they would surely be unable to resist dissecting her for further study. After all, it is one of the legendary Five True Magics, undeniably lethal in its appeal to magus.

However, Kayneth's interest in this was not significant, as he was already aware of the considerable drawbacks of the so-called Third Magic... Heaven's Feel.

Gaining immortality through such means would only strip humanity of its humanity. Over time, emotions would be washed away, leading to a civilization incapable of progress, unable to move... such a taboo should not exist.

Thus, he only conducted some research on Irisviel without taking any extreme actions and eventually locked her away in a bounded field in the basement after his study.

As for whether she would be taken away, it was of no consequence; her ultimate fate would still be to transform into the Lesser Grail, and only the victor of the war could claim the Holy Grail. In the end, it would surely return to his hands in the form of the Grail.

But what he did not know was that activating the Greater Grail only required the souls of four Servants, and now, with the sacrifice of Amakusa Shirou, Irisviel's body had reached its limit of accommodating four Servant souls. All that remained was to take her to a suitable place to await the arrival of the Grail.

However...

Even though they had come this far, Kiritsugu's heart began to waver.

He had seen the shattered future projected into his mind by Roy, and now, looking at his wife suffering before him, he felt lost, unsure of what the right course of action was.

In the silence, Irisviel was the first to speak.

"Kiritsugu... it's alright, I was born for this."

"And I'm truly happy to have met you and Illya."

Irisviel smiled as she bid her final farewell to her beloved.

She knew she would soon leave this world, as her senses and memories had begun to fade gradually.