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the eighth contract
Saber is so cute waiting next to Iri. ;; ♥♥
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Anyways Iri and Saber had a very sweet conversation, before Maiya showed up, that was cut:
With a bitter smile, Irisviel combed through her long hair with her hands, and tidied her clothes that have gone slightly messy.
“Looks like I really did have a lot of problems after I came here. It shouldn’t matter if I just remain quietly like this, but – Saber, from now on, I may be unable to stay beside you and support you anymore.”
“Irisviel…”
Irisviel said in a rather downcast manner. On the contrary, it made Saber a little surprised.
“Sorry, although it’s very embarrassing, but compared to becoming your burden –”
“No, that’s not it. I hope you’ll be more careful with your body. It’s all my fault. I feel like this is a reminder to me, saying that because I forced you to continuously participate in battles that you…”
Saber stopped, afraid that what she may say next could hurt Irisviel. Irisviel smiled weakly, and said.
“You don’t need to worry about that. We homunculi are different from humans, and we understand the structure of our body very clearly. It’s like a car; if a car doesn’t flash a warning light when the gas runs out, then that’s really what’s called malfunctioning.”
“…”
Although those words were correct, the analogy wasn’t fitting enough. Hearing this, Saber became silent with a gloomy face. Then, with a very serious gaze, she looked at Irisviel with a frontal stare.
“… Irisviel, although you are indeed a homunculus, but I never thought of treating you differently from ordinary humans. Therefore, no matter what, you don’t need to speak so lowly of yourself.”
Saber said it so straightforwardly that Irisviel conceded her defeat.
“… Saber, you’re so gentle.”
“Everyone who got to know you would think this way. Irisviel, you’re a very charismatic person.”
In order for the conversation to stop being so heavy, Saber deliberately joked with a light tone.
“For a woman, her body would often have various discomforts. There’s no need for you to be ashamed.”
With that, even Irisviel gave a bitter smile of embarrassment.
“Speaking of that, Saber, you’re also a girl – umm, wouldn’t it be problematic? You have to act as a man during such times.”
“No, about that –”
Seeing that Irisviel’s face has regained its usual smile, Saber relaxed, so she continued with a tone that’s even lighter than usual.
“You wouldn’t know it, but I had the extra protection of my Noble Phantasm when I was alive. Not to mention disease, even aging had stopped for me. Therefore, no discomforts would appear for my body. I’d still be like I am right now even ten years later.”
And Iri being concerned that Saber and Kiritsugu wouldn't be able to get along:
“Oi, Saber… from now on, will you be able to treat Kiritsugu as a comrade, and fight beside him?”
She wasn’t able to answer immediately. This act showed the struggles within the King of Knights’s heart blatantly.
“… If all other Masters seek the Holy Grail only due to their own selfish desires, then I believe the Grail should be obtained by Kiritsugu. I have no objection over becoming his ‘sword’ due to that.”
As she answered with a subdued tone, Saber furrowed her brows as if she couldn’t hide her distress.
“– But I wish the only one who becomes a ‘sword’ would be me. I don’t want to once again intervene in Kiritsugu’s methods.”
Saber’s heart couldn’t help but feel a throbbing pain as she recalled Diarmuid’s end.
No matter how much she understands the man called Kiritsugu, no matter how much a concession she’s willing to make, Saber can not forgive that scene no matter what.
“Now I need to perform battles that Kiritsugu has to agree with. As a Servant, I can obtain victory without staining the Master’s hands, can’t I? The remaining three Servants cannot win against me no matter what.”
Irisviel nodded. She could only nod. It was already a miracle for Saber to retain such a fighting spirit after having witnessed Kiritsugu’s despicable behavior with her own eyes. However, on the other hand, she also knew that right now Saber wanted very much for Kiritsugu to trust her at least minimally, but there was no possibility for Kiritsugu to do so. The meaning of the phrase ‘true victory’ differed as drastically as heaven and earth between the ‘King of Knights’ and the ‘Magus Killer’.
Relying on her unyielding will to strive until victory is obtained and a perseverance that allows her to rise once again no matter how many times she’s defeated –
A prudence that completely eliminates all possible reasons that may cause his defeat –
Although their goals are both the same, their methods are fatally different.
AND IRI SAYING THAT SHE LOVED KIRITSUGU AND SABER GHEUGHEGUH:
“For me, the Holy Grail is like myself. Because from the moment I was born, I have the ‘vessel’ that allows its descent.”
Hearing Irsiviel’s words, Saber nodded.
“I heard about it. Your duty is ‘the guardian of the vessel’.”
However, although Saber is with her 24 hours a day, she still does not know how and where she hid the ‘vessel of the Grail’. Since they trusted each other, then there’s no need for her to ask. All Saber needs to do is to accept the ‘vessel’ from her hands once she obtained victory in all battles.
“…Therefore, no matter what happens, I hope that my ‘treasure’ would be passed into the hands of those I love – Kiritsugu, and you, Saber.”
Irisviel said, as if praying. Saber nodded resolutely.
“Back then, when I was first summoned, I already swore to protect you and obtain the final victory. I don’t plan on going back on that oath.”
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RIN, YOU ARE FREAKISHLY ADORABLE. LIKE YOUR CUTENESS IS DIALED UP TO ELEVEN IT IS SCARING ME.
DEATH FLAGS EVERYWHERE.
I did crack up at how Kirei looked like he was about to fall asleep. HEARTWARMING FATHER-DAUGHTER SCENES NOT YOUR THING????
LOL "SORRY FOR MOCKING EVERYTHING YOU BELIEVE IN, SABER. HERE'S A RAD BIKE."
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Lmao at Gilgamesh teleporting all over the room. SPARKLES. SPARKLES EVERYWHERE.
VERY CLEVER, OLD MAN. Also hilarious (sad?) that I knew that verse by heart. One of the side-effects of being a minister's daughter geugheguehguh.
AND THEN the rest of the scene, right after Kirei got all the command spells from his father, was cut aaaah. Which annoys me a little because (1) I was looking forward to seeing it, (2) Gilgamesh's "YOU WANTED TO KILL YOUR FATHER" makes no sense without it and (3) Kirei's dead wife mentioned in episode 1:
is mentioned again (the black squares symbolize censored words. it's supposed to be like that):
Accompanying a burst of dull pain, the Command Seals were transferred one by one onto Kirei's arm. Speechless, Kirei stared at the light of the Command Seals.
Undoubtedly, that was the faith a father had entrusted to his son.
Father Risei had believed that the first person to discover his corpse would definitely be his son. Only so did he write down in blood a code that only one of the clergy could understand. He had entrusted all the important duties of the supervisor—managing the Command Seals, guarding the Grail, guiding the Heaven's Feel in the right direction—to his son. He had truly believed that his son was one who could bear these responsibilities; even in death, he had no doubt of this.
He did not know that Kirei had concealed his newly-obtained Command Seals, and had already gained the right to be a Master——
He did not know that his son had, on an impulse, sown the seeds of disaster for his benefactor Tokiomi——
"——!"
Suddenly feeling the tears falling from his cheeks, Kirei pressed his hands to his face, stunned.
To shed tears in front of his father's corpse and last wishes... ... as a person, this was natural.
Even thus, at that time Kirei had been mired in terror and confusion, as if almost falling into the abyss of hell.
He must face all this directly——in his heart there was an authoritative voice telling him thus.
The feelings flooding up from your heart now, Kotomine Kirei—you must understand all of this, must accept all of this. That is because——
Tears.
When was the last time he had shed tears? Now he still clearly remembered that it had been three years ago. Using a hand to scoop up the falling tears, that woman had once said this: "You love me." ——
The intrinsic ability in his heart to conceal oneself was staunchly blocking recollection.
He cannot turn back. He cannot reflect. The tears shed that day, the feelings held that time, needed to be tossed into the abyss of forgetting.
The answer he had once understood.
The truth he had painstakingly come to realize.
If it was because he had not faced this with an open heart and had thus adopted the method of avoidance that allowed him to maintain his current condition --
He could not comprehend the tears that flowed once more at all. The same feelings as at that time were crying out to the sentiments that had been sealed away and sought for understanding.
But heedless of these rational warnings, memories seeped continuously forth from the gaps between the seals.
This time was very far from the ending he had expected -- he had thought thus then.
At the bedside of the frail, dying woman, had Kirei not come to realize the thing which his consciousness desired?
Wanting to ■ ■ ■ ■ this woman——
Wanting to see this woman even more ■ ■ ■ ■ ——
In deeply loving Kotomine Kirei and trusting him——in this aspect, his father, and this woman, did have something in common.
They are also the same in absolutely misunderstanding the nature of the person that is Kirei.
Precisely because of this, three years ago Kirei had constantly prayed like this in his heart...
In the moments before his father’s death, let him sample once again the joy of the greatest ■ ■ ■ ■ of the mortal world—
"Just like those beasts who chase the scent of blood—— The soul pursues pleasure——"
As if the ruby-like eyes that had been latent in the bottom of his heart, accompanied by that sinister laugh, were quietly whispering.
Only pleasure is the form of the soul-did he not speak thus? The nature of Kotomine Kirei is also like this——
"...O Lord... hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
The familiar prayer he had to recite every day instantly spewed forth from his mouth; this might have been an instinct of self-preservation. In this way he returned to his role as a clergyman, tightly binding a soul that was close to falling to pieces.
“Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us… and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil… Amen.”
He sealed the cursed truth of the tears falling uninterrupted from his face to forgetfulness's other shore. Kirei prayed for his father's fortunes in the next life, and made the sign of the cross on his chest.
GEHGUEHGUH THE PARALLELS BETWEEN KIREI'S WIFE AND HIS FATHER. TEARS. GILGAMESH WHISPERING IN KIREI'S HEART. THE LORD'S PRAYER. I WANTED TO SEE IT ALL. Kirei repressed the understanding of the person he was, when his wife died (because he realized that if he had killed her, it would have brought him pleasure) and he felt the same when his father died AND THOUGHT ABOUT GILGAMESH'S WORDS AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO ACCEPT IT AND AAAAAH IT'S A LOVELY SCENE. :(
Lmao
THIS WHOLE SCENE, THOUGH. SO MUCH PLOTTING. SO MUCH FLIRTING. SO MUCH SEXUAL TENSION.
"HERE'S MY WILL."
"HERE'S A DAGGER."
Lmao but I can't really blame Tokiomi that much. This scene (as stated in the novels) takes place 10 days after Gilgamesh was summoned so it's not as if Tokiomi really had any time to notice that his Servant and Kirei were acting weird. Like it hasn't been months and Tokiomi was just too dense to realize something was seriously wrong.
DAMN, LOOK AT THOSE SNAKESKIN PANTS. I can't really see Tokiomi getting him those (like Iri dressed Saber) so...I guess Gilgamesh just wandered off somewhere...and
IN CONCLUSION, THESE TWO
ARE THE SCARIEST BOYFRIENDS EVER. ♥♥♥
ALSO I am weeping in laughter at the Ufotable Cafe changing to a Kirei/Gilgamesh theme starting today (it was a Kirei/Assasin & Tokiomi/Gilgamesh theme a few days ago lmao):
Everything is so cute eeee. THAT TINY GIL WITH HIS WINE AND SHIT. AND THAT TINY KIREI CLEANING UP ALL HIS SHIT GHEGUEHGEUGH.
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