"It's All the World's Evil."
Justeaze quietly shared the reason she knew with Rin.
It turned out that when the Holy Grail descended just now.
All the World's Evil chose the last two remaining Masters, preparing to let them see the malice overflowing in the Holy Grail.
Sakura, because she was in Rin's Bounded Field, was unaffected.
But Kiritsugu didn't have such good luck.
Just like in the anime, Kiritsugu fell into an illusion and was tortured by the trolley problem.
Then, in the choice between Maiya, Ilya, and Irisviel.
He first killed Maiya, then shot Ilya, and finally strangled Irisviel to death.
In other words, for Irisviel, Kiritsugu, for his ideals, his dream of being a hero of justice, personally abandoned her and her daughter.
However much Irisviel cared about Kiritsugu before, she now utterly detests this man.
"Rin."
Artoria, supporting Irisviel, pleaded: "Can you take Irisviel and Ilya with you?"
"Well…"
Rin shrugged, he didn't really care.
Anyway, the Bounded Field was so vast, just one Sakura, and taking a group of people through, there wasn't much difference.
Moreover, Irisviel and her daughter were easy to support.
The already established town didn't lack these few resources.
'It might be good to find Sakura a playmate.'
Rin thought of Ilya, he quite liked her.
Just right to pair with Sakura, forming a magical girl duo like Prisma Illya?
"Alright then."
Rin waved his hand, bringing Irisviel and the Ogres into the Bounded Field.
There was a villa there, the very one Rin had constructed in Fuyuki City.
The newly formed Bounded Field was vast and empty, with nothing inside.
But Rin could add things to it.
"Oh, right."
Rin looked at Justeaze: "Is it alright if I take the Einzbern castle?"
"Of course!"
Justeaze smiled "I was just about to tell you about that."
After all, it was her home for several hundred years.
If possible, taking it along would naturally be for the best.
"Let's go, to the Einzbern castle."
With that, Rin led everyone directly through space.
As for the matters in Fuyuki City, Rin had already done his utmost by blocking the descent of All the World's Evil for them.
More than that, he would leave it to Kiritsugu, who remained there, to handle.
And Kirei...
This fellow was not killed by Kiritsugu, but successfully escaped from his hands.
Unfortunately, Kirei was unlucky and eventually died under the blade of the Shadow Squad Ogre who had been watching them, which could be considered revenge for Sakura's father's death
Thinking this, Rin stepped out of the spatial rift.
Appearing before him was the ancient castle of Einzbern, standing amidst the ice and snow.
The barrier used to deal with human mages was meaningless to Rin and his group.
What's more, there was Justeaze, the insider leading the way.
The entire process of taking over Einzbern Castle could be described as smooth sailing.
As for the current head of the Einzbern and the guards...
The latter were mostly artificial humans without self-will, and the few remaining ones were controlled by Rin's Ogres.
And the so-called current head, Acht.
He simply didn't exist.
Yes, didn't exist.
Acht, real name Jubstacheit von Einzbern.
A white-haired old man who looked like Gandalf.
But in reality, he was merely an artificial intelligence created by the disciples of the Third Magician, used to control the castle's core.
Full name: Golem Jubstacheit.
Acht was merely the eighth-generation humanoid terminal.
"The wrong path ends here."
Justeaze's appearance greatly surprised Acht.
But he didn't show much excitement.
After all, he was just a puppet, all human emotions were merely simulations of programs.
"Snap!"
Rin snapped his fingers, and all the magic within the entire Einzbern Castle collapsed.
Along with it died the empty shell named Acht.
And seeing the old man fall, Justeaze showed no pity.
All she had was disgust and numbness.
Too long.
In this tomb-like castle, as a puppet, she had been bound for far too long.
Only today did the wind of freedom finally blow into her world.
"Please wait a moment."
"Let me first cleanse this place for you."
Justeaze respectfully bowed to Rin, who nodded and said, "Hmm, thank you for your trouble."
"Would you like me to arrange a maid to give you a tour?"
"No need."
"Alright then." Justeaze elegantly bowed to Rin, then slowly departed.
However, looking at Justeaze's retreating figure, Rin inexplicably felt a surge of killing intent.
If nothing unexpected happened, Einzbern would be flowing with blood today.
"How terrifying."
With such emotion, Rin released Irisviel and Artoria, who was accompanying her, from his Bounded Field.
"Rin!"
"Where is this? Einzbern Castle?"
As soon as the two women emerged, they quickly recognized the place.
"I brought Justeaze to reclaim her assets."
Rin told the two women what had happened here, as well as the truth about Acht and the Einzbern.
"How could this be..."
Even Irisviel hadn't expected things to be this way.
Everything, absolutely everything, was fake.
Everyone was just an experimental subject for a certain plan.
"Irisviel..."
Artoria didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only change the subject, "At least you still have Ilya, don't you?"
"That scoundrel Kiritsugu!"
Artoria grasped her hand, wanting to give her a sense of security through this gesture: "I will protect you too, Irisviel."
"Thank you, Saber."
Irisviel was very touched, she knew she couldn't continue to be downcast: "You're right, I still have Ilya to take care of."
(To be continued.)
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