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[Video; filtered to Shirou]

Shirou. Could you come to my hotel room?

[Action]

[Unlike his typical daily assessment of the town, Kiritsugu currently allows himself an afternoon of waiting for his son. Things seem to be mellow enough to lend importance to a much more urgent situation, that of Shirou's participation in the Grail War.]

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[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

...

So you sacrificed them, for a Grail you destroyed yourself?

[What is there in Shirou's voice, in fact, was honest curiosity, with a hint of anger mixed inside.]

[maguskiller.livejournal.com]

For one I attempted to destroy. Since you participated in another War, the only conclusion is that I failed.

I know what you're thinking, Shirou, but if its destruction had succeeded... if the fire hadn't come to pass... then maybe my actions would have been justifiable.

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

...

[With that, it has been confirmed that Kiritsugu's attempt of destroying the Grail caused the fire.

...Shirou stayed silent for a while.]

[maguskiller.livejournal.com]

...I regret taking part in it. Every day.

I've told you before, Shirou. To know magecraft is to know death. For this reason, I can't let you follow that path.

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

...

Sorry, but I'm not going back on my word.

[maguskiller.livejournal.com]

...

[Kiritsugu feels desperate. A feeling countless battles against magi could create is now caused by seeing Shirou follow the same path.]

At the very least, for now, stop being an acquaintance of Uryu Ryuunosuke.

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

...why?

[maguskiller.livejournal.com]

Among the Masters of the Fourth War, he's the one who accumulated the most deaths.

[He wants to call him a 'murderer', knowing how Shirou would react to that, but that may not be a great idea, considering his son knows he's one himself.]

...Your Servant never told you that?

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

No, she didn't.

[there's a shake of his head.]

All she told me was how you betrayed her.

[maguskiller.livejournal.com]

...I suppose I did. However, you won the War, didn't you, Shirou? You must have seen what the Grail was like.

I won't lie and say that I knew exactly what it was. I still don't. But... I couldn't allow something like it to be brought into this world.

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

...only someone like Kotomine would allow such a thing to exist in the world.

[maguskiller.livejournal.com]

[No.]

Kotomine... Kotomine Kirei?

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he was the supervisor of the war I was in.

[He looks a bit confused at the bewildered look his father is giving him.]

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[Seeing as he's the only person Kiritsugu has always been terrified of, he's surprised Shirou's still alive.]

He was a participant in the Fourth War. I didn't expect him to survive after our fight.

...He tried to summon it, didn't he? Did he succeed?

[Because he trusts you and everything, Shirou, but this is Kotomine.]

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

He did.

[...it was a very good thing Ilya survived that...]

...but I stopped him in the end, and destroyed the Grail with her help.

[maguskiller.livejournal.com]

[A relieved nod. Good to see Saber finally came to reason. Not that it helps his opinion of her that much.]

...The Grail required a vessel. Do you know who it was, Shirou?

[His way of saying 'please tell me she didn't become a Master.]

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

Ilyasviel von Einzbern, she was the master of Berserker.

[as well as his sister.

But he doesn't know that.]

[maguskiller.livejournal.com]

...

[You can pretty much feel the room's mood drop.]

Did she survive the War?

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

...she did, so don't worry about that.

[Should he tell him... how Kirei used her?]

[maguskiller.livejournal.com]

...Hm.

I'm sorry. For never telling you about her.

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

...you knew her?

[...this is. odd.]

[maguskiller.livejournal.com]

[Kiritsugu nods.]

From a long time ago... I suppose you could say she's family.

[Way more vague than he should be, but even with Shirou's right to know, he's still not comfortable divulging this.]

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

...family, huh?

[...even if it was a short time, he appreciated all the time he spent with Kiritsugu.

Except he can't visualize a younger Kiritsugu having one.]

[maguskiller.livejournal.com]

[Another nod]

Your Servant... she told you about me. Did she ever mention who I was working for ten years ago?

[fatestayhome.livejournal.com]

No, she did not.

[/shakes his head.]