Chapter 30

"Why do I suddenly have a bad feeling?" Kiritsugu Emiya always feels the current situation is a bit wrong.

[The third day: Your father suddenly comes to your room and asks if you went to his laboratory last night. You shake your head and deny it. Your father frowns, then turns and leaves. He only reminds you not to go out today.

You do not listen to your father's words; you go to find Shirley as usual. However, you see the empty bottle of your father's research medicine in Shirley’s room! You feel a great sense of foreboding! Immediately after, you run out of the house, and subsequently, you see Shirley in the yard, pale, biting her own body. Her eyes are lost; she tells you that she stole your father's medicine and injected it into her body to complete the research. Now she has become a ghoul, and she throws a knife in front of you, asking you to kill her!]

"No!!!"

Instantly, Kiritsugu Emiya opens his eyes. He pulls Shirley beside him and looks at her nervously, saying:

"Shirley, promise me! Don't steal Father's medicine! And don't use yourself for experiments! Do you know!"

"Ah?" Listening to Kiritsugu Emiya’s words, Shirley is stunned for a moment. Her eyes are a bit evasive. After a long time, she says weakly: "Kerry, what are you talking about? How could I steal Teacher's medicine..."

Looking at Shirley’s evasive eyes, how could Kiritsugu Emiya not know what she is thinking! So he says very seriously:

"Father's research is only useful for plants; once a person takes it, they will become a ghoul! So, promise me! You must not do anything stupid!! If you really don't believe it... in a while, we will steal a little and inject it into a rabbit, and you can see for yourself, okay?"

Listening to Kiritsugu Emiya’s serious words, Shirley nods silently.

"Okay... I know. Don't worry, I won't do anything stupid."

Hearing Shirley say this, Kiritsugu Emiya nods with relief. He continues to look on.

[You look at the knife in your hand and cannot bring yourself to kill Shirley. Just as you are about to drop the knife and run away, a figure appears in your yard. He snaps his fingers, and the ghoul Shirley turns into flowers and disappears into the sky. Subsequently, a fainted Shirley appears in front of you.

You then know this man is named Lin Ye, who saved Shirley one step ahead. Thus, you and the awakened Shirley thank him profusely.

The third day, night: You and Shirley return home and tell Noritaka Emiya that the medicine will produce ghouls. You ask Noritaka Emiya to destroy the medicine, but Noritaka Emiya refuses your request, and at the same time, his eyes are full of disappointment when looking at Shirley.]

Seeing this, Kiritsugu Emiya breathes a sigh of relief.

"Great, this Lin Ye is truly my savior; I must repay him well in the future. However, why would Father look at Shirley with disappointment? Could it be..."

A bad premonition suddenly arises in Kiritsugu Emiya’s heart.

Could it be that his father deliberately let Shirley steal those medicines?

Kiritsugu Emiya cannot help but suspect this. Who is his father? A dignified elite mage. And Shirley is just an introductory magic novice; how could she steal such important medicine from his father?

Does his father not even put a magic barrier on such important medicine?

With this doubt, Kiritsugu Emiya watches on nervously.

[The fourth day: At night, you get up to find your father again to persuade him, but as soon as you push open the door, you see a group of people dressed as priests and a group of people in magic gear have already blocked your house. Your father, Noritaka Emiya, has been captured. Looking at your face, Noritaka Emiya smiles at you, then commits suicide on the spot!

You kneel on the ground and cry in despair. Looking at your sorrowful appearance, a woman in magic gear decides to adopt you. Having nowhere to go, you agree to her words. You also know her name: Natalia.

The fifth day: You pack your things and go to find Shirley, but you do not find her. She only leaves you a letter saying she doesn't want to disturb you from becoming an excellent mage, and asks you to come find her after you become a mage.

The tenth day: Through Natalia’s negotiations, you inherit your father's magic crest, but because of the content of the forbidden research, it is detained by the Mage's Association, so you only inherit half of it.

The first year: You learn magic and simultaneously learn firearm knowledge from Natalia.

The second year: You research "Time Alter," and simultaneously become proficient in firearms.

The third year: You research Origin Bullets. You and Natalia continuously execute missions. Because most of the people you kill are mages, you obtain the title: Mage Killer.

The fourth year: You and Natalia execute a mission to hunt down the "Bee Mage" Odd Borzak! Your foster mother Natalia boards the plane and kills Odd Borzak, but the opponent's zombie medicine infects all passengers on the plane except Natalia. You are under the plane, and at this moment, you have an RPG rocket launcher in your hand. You choose:]

[Option 1: Cannot fire, Natalia is your foster mother!

Option 2: Must fire, if the plane lands, the zombie virus will trigger a biochemical crisis!]

"This... this..."

Kiritsugu Emiya looks at this scene blankly. Why? Why let him choose such a difficult question!

On one side is Natalia, who is both teacher and mother; on the other side are innocent masses. Why let me choose such a thing!

Kiritsugu Emiya is Kiritsugu Emiya after all. He remembers the previous simulation where he couldn't bring himself to kill Shirley, almost triggering a biochemical crisis. This is the second time the same situation has fallen on him; he cannot make the wrong choice a second time!

"I choose... one... No! Choose two!"

[Selection complete.]

[You press the launch button in your hand! Boom! The missile is fired toward the plane.]

Fate/Zero period, Fuyuki City.

Looking at Kiritsugu Emiya’s choice, Lin Ye also feels very helpless. Originally, he thought that if he changed Shirley’s fate, Kiritsugu Emiya would not embark on this path, but he did not expect Kiritsugu Emiya to make such a choice in the end.

And Lin Ye cannot say he is wrong; after all, his choice did save many people in a realistic sense.

Of course, some people will definitely use the black mud two-choice segment to refute Kiritsugu Emiya’s point of view, but those who have studied sophistry know clearly that the black mud used typical sophistry at the time, using uncertain things to refute the other party's point of view across levels, a typical information-asymmetry sophistry.

It is actually more appropriate to use the Trolley Problem here; actually, it is not quite appropriate, after all, the answers to the Trolley Problem are mostly legal-level answers, and mages in the Type-Moon world belong to law enforcers themselves, although they enforce their own laws.

[The missile destroys the plane, and all the ghouls are also destroyed. Looking at the plane disappearing into the sea, your eyes lose their light.

Your teacher, your mother, the only family you have now, has been killed by your own hands.]

"Ah!! Bastard! I am a bastard! How could I do this! How could I do this!"

Tears flow from Kiritsugu Emiya’s eyes. Is this the ally of justice?

He raised the missile, the sky was full of circling seagulls, the sky was as bright as if washed; under such beautiful scenery, what greeted him was the death of his relative. How could he not be in pain?

["If being an ally of justice makes you so painful, why not live for yourself once?"]

Just as Kiritsugu Emiya continues to be in pain, Lin Ye’s figure appears behind him, and in his arms is precisely Natalia!]

"What!"

[You excitedly go to greet Natalia, and looking at you rushing over, Natalia first gives you a hard slap, then hugs you deeply.

The end of the fourth year: Natalia tells you she has nothing left to teach you, so she lets you finish your apprenticeship.]

Kiritsugu Emiya: "It's revenge, right! It's definitely revenge! This is not trusting me anymore!"

Kiritsugu Emiya cannot help but complain, but thinking about it, it is right; after all, who would be willing to keep someone who might kill them at any time by their side?

"Forget it, leaving is leaving. I was 19 at that time, and it was time to leave."

[The beginning of the fifth year: You save a woman named Maiya Hisau on a battlefield. You see she has nowhere to go and decide to take her in as your assistant.

The end of the fifth year: You are 20 years old this year. At this moment, you receive a letter from the Einzbern family. The other party tells you they have decided to recruit you as a son-in-law, and then you will represent the Einzbern family in the Holy Grail War. At the same time, Shirley sends you a letter saying she has been waiting for you. You choose:]

[Option 1: Agree to the Einzbern family's request; the Holy Grail can save the world!

Option 2: Go back to find Shirley; why not live for yourself once?]

"Ha? What is there to struggle with?"

Kiritsugu Emiya glances at Shirley, who is still driving beside him, and then, decisively chooses two!

Who would like a woman they have never even met!

[The sixth year: You return to Alimango Island and see Shirley. She has indeed been waiting for you.

The seventh year: You and Shirley get married. You have a boy; you name him:

Shirou Emiya!]

Lin Ye...

Ha!

Shirou Emiya has become his biological son! Forget it, it doesn't matter anyway; after all, the relationship between Shirou Emiya and Kiritsugu Emiya was better than biological even if it wasn't biological.

Fun fact: During the Fourth Holy Grail War, Illya was eight, Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka were seven, and Sakura was only six.

Wait?

If calculated this way, Irisviel is only one year older than Illya!

What kind of strange mother-daughter relationship is this?