Chapter 26: Chapter 26: The Traces of Spirit Contract
Hisau Maiya discovered Kotomine Kirei when she was checking the sniper point.
Raised as a young soldier, she lived like a machine in order to prolong her life. But now, that experience has become a past that she cannot bear to look back on.
After meeting Emiya Kiritsugu again, she got a new name, a new identity, and the meaning of her existence.
To do this, she is willing to commit any sin.
After arriving in Fuyuki with Emiya Kiritsugu, the two of them took advantage of the opportunity that the Master had not yet arrived to look for a suitable place in Fuyuki City to set up a base. Although the work was not easy, the process was still pleasant. At this time, Emiya Kiritsugu had his long-lost craving for cigarettes.
Because there was no vending machine nearby, Hisau Maiya, whose identity had not been exposed, chose to buy it on behalf of Emiya Kiritsugu. Then, on the way to the convenience store, she saw an unexpected figure.
Kotomine Kirei.
The priest who was the focus of Emiya Kiritsugu's attention, because it was not clear whether he was accompanied by a Heroic Spirit, Hisau Maiya just casually turned his eyes to observe, but saw that the priest who was supposed to be hiding was talking to the convenience store clerk with a heavy face.
Obviously, the guy looked ordinary. Apart from his not-bad-looking face, he had nothing to do with the other world. After all, no magician would be so ridiculous as to wear a convenience store bib and work as a cashier.
Is he the priest's friend in the surface world?
Although Hisau Maiya also felt that the priest was dangerous, considering his profession, it didn't seem strange to have friends. Maybe he could use them to threaten the priest in the future.
——This idea completely changed after seeing the young man take off his gloves.
Command Spell.
With only three strokes of absolute command authority, the seventh Master has been found.
Although she had guessed that the last person was probably the lucky one chosen randomly by the Holy Grail, and that the other party didn't even know what the Holy Grail War was, but since it was exposed, it was the other party's misfortune. For the victory that Kiritsugu Emiya had been dreaming of, she could not miss this great gift.
Without much thought, Hisau Maiya checked the condition of the gun and walked in. Just as she thought, the young man didn't notice it at all and was still looking at the back of his hand. The next step would be easy.
Threaten him to go out, take him to a remote place, call Emiya Kiritsugu through the intercom to transplant the Command Seals, and then kill him. If it weren't for the fact that the Command Seals must be transplanted when the Master is alive, Hisau Maiya even wanted to take away only the corpse.
Although the other party may be just an innocent ordinary person, who made him be chosen?
Then, Hisau Maiya raised her gun.
But she got an unexpected answer. The other party cooperated with her very respectfully, then naturally asked for leave, picked up the phone and started dialing. Because it was so smooth, Hisahi Maiya didn't even know whether she should shoot or not.
"Manager, it's me, Roland. Sorry, I have something urgent to do next, so I need to take fifteen minutes off. Can you come and take my place? Okay, thank you."
Roland hung up the phone, smiled at Hisahi Maiya, and raised his hands.
"I've got it done, so where are we going next, Miss Robber?"
"Shut up and follow the route I told you to take. If you make any unnecessary movements, I will shoot you."
Obviously, she was the one with the advantage, but in the previous conversation, the initiative was easily taken away by the guy in front of her named Roland, which made Hisau Maiya more alert.
After a while, the two of them passed through several alleys and came to an unfinished building that had not yet been built. This was a newly built stronghold. A certain number of weapons had been stored in the surrounding corners, and the intercom communication was very smooth. When she came here with a gun pointed at Roland, she had already sent a secret signal to Kiritsugu Emiya to meet up.
Only when everything was arranged did Hisau Maiya relax a little.
Since there is no unusual movement now, this guy must really be just an ordinary, powerless person.
No, it is not appropriate to call them ordinary people. Hisau Maiya does not think that ordinary people would be so calm after being threatened with a gun and brought to a remote place, or even have the leisure to stare at the robbers.
"What are you looking at!"
Feeling Roland's slightly heavier breathing, Hisau Maiya suppressed her uneasiness with calmness and shouted sternly.
"Just admiring your hands, Miss Robber. You have a very nice pair of hands."
Roland lowered his raised hands and answered in a frivolous tone.
"Will people who are about to die always say such nonsense?" Hisau Maiya's index finger was tightly on the trigger. "Even if you took the opportunity just now to send out some secret code, it would be enough for you to die a hundred times before your reinforcements arrived!"
"Yeah?"
The smile on Roland's face became more obvious. Hisau Maiya instinctively took a step back. She finally realized what was wrong.
That smile seemed peaceful, but too superficial, as if he had practiced it in front of a mirror. Only this kind of cold and selfish smile in front of him had a weird and terrifying reality.
"Don't come near me anymore!"
Hisau Maiya did not care about the fact that killing the Master would result in the loss of the Command Seals, and with her whole body trembling with anxiety, she pulled the trigger.
But the reliable weapon that she had carefully maintained turned into powder and slowly dissipated under her powerful movement, as if it was annihilated in an instant.
"This inexplicably dirty feeling, who on earth are you!"
Driven by her survival instinct, Hisau Maiya shouted loudly.
Then, in the other person's nonchalant smile, she got the answer.
"My name is Roland, I'm 19 years old. I live in a residential area near the Shinto Commercial Street, and I'm unmarried. I work at a convenience store in Fuyuki City Park."
"I get off work and go home at 8 o'clock at the latest. I don't smoke and I only drink lightly. I go to bed at 11 o'clock at night and sleep for 8 hours a day. I sleep like a baby until dawn and never leave fatigue and stress until the next day. My colleagues say I am normal."
This disturbingly detailed self-introduction made fear crawl out of every nerve of Hisau Maiya, and she, who thought of herself as a weapon, couldn't stop trembling.
"What on earth are you talking about?"
If this continued, he would definitely lose all the courage to resist. Hisahi Maiya could no longer endure it. At this close range, she rushed forward and punched Roland in the face.
This powerful punch that was enough to knock the big man down was easily caught by Roland's wrist. Hisahi Maiya wanted to retract her hand, but received no response.
Her hands could not move. In addition to Roland's power as a man, there was another invisible existence.
"What I mean is, I don't have any extravagant demands, I just hope to live in peace. So I don't care about winning or losing, because that will only bring me trouble and enemies. I hate such changes, but if I have to fight, I won't lose to anyone."
Click——
While Roland happily explained his mental journey, he ruthlessly controlled the Killer Queen and broke the arm that was attacked by Hisau Maiya.
He looked at his own Hisau Maiya's hand intently with a cherishing expression, then looked up and smiled.
"I didn't expect that someone who holds a gun all year round could have such excellent hands. Under normal circumstances, I would have to follow my own interests and take these hands as compensation for you disrupting my peaceful life, but,"
"Now, I've changed my mind, Miss Hisau Maiya."
Looking at Hisau Maiya who was still trying to struggle, Roland glanced at the Key of All Spirits in his hand. At this moment, this item was emitting a silver light that only he could see, conveying a message to him.
"The current number of nearby contract spirits: one"