Tanuki Rise of the Yokai Clan

Chapter 281: Where is the Lesser Grail?

Chapter 281: Where is the Lesser Grail?

"I-Irisviel..."

Saber felt strangely awkward and was unable to look at Irisviel directly since she felt guilty for some reason. She was summoned to the Holy Grail as a Saber, and as a knight, she vowed to protect her Master, yet here she was, being chummy with the opponent.

"Saber..."

Irisviel also felt awkward but, at the same time, disappointed. She thought that Saber might be able to hold on and still believe in her and her husband, but she knew that it was impossible to do, especially when she thought about her husband's conduct and the relationship between Saber and her husband.

Saber and Kiritsugu were like water and fire.

If they talked to each other, then without a doubt, it would lead to an argument.

Nevertheless, Irisviel also wasn't surprised at why Saber had fallen so far. If she didn't have a husband, then she might follow Saber, but she had a husband. Even if she knew her husband's face was like this, she had decided to follow her husband even if Saber didn't follow her.

However, Irisviel also knew it was impossible for Saber to follow her, especially when the contract between Saber and her husband had been lost and stolen by Tamazuki.

"You have come at the right time."

"Eh?"

Irisviel was confused.

"Come here. There is something that I need to take out from your body."

"........"

Irisviel fell in silence before she let out a sigh since she knew this war was already futile. The winner of this war was, without a doubt, the young man in front of her, yet could he really take out the thing inside her body?

"Are you going to kill me now?"

"Huh?"

Saber was confused, then asked, "Tamazuki, what did she mean?"

"She thought I was going to kill her."

His answer was so plain that Irisivel and Saber were confused, making them wonder whether he would really kill Irisviel.

"...kill? Are you going to kill Irisviel?"

Saber was confused since Tamazuki's face wasn't like someone who was about to kill someone, or rather, his face was like an exasperated or exhausted face who faced an idiotic person.

"Saber, did you know about the Lesser Grail?"

"...Lesser Grail?"

"Before we summon the Holy Grail, the Lesser Grail is needed to bait and hold all the energy absorbed from the killed Servants. So the question is, where is that Lesser Grail?"

His words were clear, and Saber, who wasn't stupid, instantly understood everything. "...Irisviel?"

Irisviel looked at Tamazuki and wasn't sure what to say at that moment.

Was he going to remove the Lesser Grail from her body?

But how?

Or rather, wasn't her entire body the Lesser Grail itself?

Yet, facing Tamazuki, Irisviel didn't have a choice and walked toward him obediently.

"Irisviel, did Kiritsugu know about your situation?"

Saber couldn't help but ask since if Kiritsugu knew about Irisviel, whose body was created for a Lesser Grail, then Kiritsugu shouldn't stay silent and let his wife be sacrificed for the Holy Grail, right?

"No, he knows."

"...he knows?!" Saber was dumbfounded; then her feeling became that of anger. "He knows, yet he still let you come here? Letting you die?!" She couldn't help but raise her voice and got angry at Kiritsugu.

She knew that Kiritsugu's way of life was definitely the opposite of her, and she wouldn't accept such a way of life. His way of life was disgusting in her eyes, especially when she saw how callous he was that he could even sacrifice his wife for the so-called empty dream of the Holy Grail.

"...don't say that, Saber..." Irisivel was awkward once again, but she felt her heart clenched tightly since this was the truth. "...that man... my husband... he bears something no one has experienced. He is a pitiful man."

"Even so, it didn't change the fact that he had sacrificed you!"

No matter how tragic Kiritsugu's life was, it didn't change the fact that Kiritsugu was ready to sacrifice the life of her wife.

Irisviel wanted to say something, trying to help her husband, but Tamazuki stopped her. "Let's talk later. I want to take the Lesser Grail from your body first."

"........"

This time, Irisviel fell into silence again and looked at Tamazuki. "Tamazuki-kun, before you remove the Lesser Gral from my body... can you tell me your wish?"

"My wish?"

"Yes, I want to know what your wish is after you get your hand on the Holy Grail."

Tamazuki raised his brows, then said, "I just want to become powerful by getting into the "Root," gaining all the knowledge and phenomenon in the world." It wasn't a wish but what he planned to do. Moreover, he wasn't like any others who wanted to rely on others to realize their wish. He only believed in his strength to get everything.

By gaining Holy Grail and getting access to the "Root," he would become stronger.

That's all.

Scheherazade and Saber didn't feel surprised by Tamazuki's wish since they knew as long as he became powerful, he could help them to realize their dreams, or rather, after talking with him, they realized by his side was probably their wish.

While Scheherazade could be honest with that feeling, Saber was a bit embarrassed since it was her first time to have such a feeling.

However, Irisviel fell in silence once again, then said, "Then, if that's the case, can you give the Holy Grail to my husband? I will give you my everything, so please!"

"......"