5th day of the Holy Grail War, Tatsumi POV

"Let's continue searching for Mary Berserker," I said while having breakfast. "You don't want to kill and I know that, Jekyll." I want to talk with other masters. I've only talked to Ruler's and Archer's. This is not like anime or manga that I've read. This is real life. I'm not afraid to die but what I'm afraid of is that I won't become a hero before I died. I might be able to become a hero if I'm in the Middle East or some wars. No, what was I thinking? Why am I thinking about taking lives?

"You, don't want to kill anyone. I understand. Jekyll. The current head of the Reiroukan might be a bad guy. He's even hiding murders. But we don't know what kind of guy he really is. Even so, you would be willing to kill a child for my victory, didn't you?" That's right. During the 3rd night, Berserker would have probably killed the little girl if not for Saber interfering with it. "But Berserker, if you kill a child, it is not justice," I told him. "Let's go, Berserker. Let's go to a place where a crime took place" urging Berserker to come with me to the place where men were killed during the first day of the war.

We quickly arrived at the scene. After seeing how he acts, I'm sure Berserker does not suit his class. Should I use my command seals? Should I make him lose his Mad Enhancement? I sent Berserker into the Hotel where the crime took place in a spiritual form so, I'm currently alone in the back alley. I heard a sweet voice when I was looking at my command seals and lost in thought. "The Command Seal? Are you going to use it?" That made me stopped my thinking and look at the girl who shouldn't be here.

I looked at the girl. Her age looks around mine. "Eh?" I let out my voice. What did she say? Her pretty voice. She surely said "Command Seals" right? She must be involved in the Holy Grail War. I must stay away from her. But suddenly, my head hurts. I must endure. I only have one command seal left. I've used one during Berserker's fight with Saber. The other one to have a Mad Enhancement on/off switch. If I use my final one to call Berserker to my side, our contract will wear off. I can't. He is my friend. I don't want to lose him.

Then I look at the girl again. She is wearing a white one-piece dress that clung to her body perfectly. But doesn't she feel cold? It's currently winter after all. She looks very beautiful. It's felt like she is bewitching me. I can't take my eyes off her. What am I thinking?! Berserker had told me before. How I would feel when I was being bewitched. Thank god I'm a magus. If I were a normal human, I would fell for the trap. She is someone who can seduce men. I see. It was her. She was the one that killed those men on the first day.

Was the magic being guided somehow in this extreme situation by the magic circuits that I had inherited through my blood, or, was it for the prana consumption that was there while continuing to surpass the maximum amount? It seems to be a miracle that I could open my mouth. "I… I was just trying to investigate something. So, I… I am not a pervert." I said while letting go of a binocular from my hand. "Since… I'm already done, tha-that's better if I take my leave now." I quickly tried to leave the place. I must leave NOW! I see the girl smiling at me. She seems to understand that I'm trying to leave this place.

"You're a master, right?" asked the girl. That sent chills down my spine. I tried using my right eye, but it won't be as powerful as before because I'm low on prana. And she seems to be resisting what my right eye is doing. It was as if she wasn't affected by it. Then, she's "a servant", I muttered. Berserker had told me before. Masters are my enemies. And also, servants. Especially, the latter as humans can't win against them. My magic eye was useless when I had fallen into a real state of emergency if I had maybe encountered one.

"Stay away," I muttered. Don't come near me. "Don't come near me." I've said aloud what I was thinking. No good. Anymore and I'll… "I don't want to use a Command Seal. If I use this…! My friend will immediately come... My, friend will... Surely, kill you!". She didn't take my bluff. There was a girl, before my eyes. She embraced me with all her heart with her brown body. Like she was wrapping me up, softly, flexibly. Her face was close. I think she is cute. She might've been pretty. Or both. The moment I thought, that it seemed like my breath had hung. Her lips... "I'm glad that you seem like a kind person", she said. Kind and loveably. I touched her lips here. I couldn't look away from it. About the same time, there was a wriggling and lukewarm sensation of something bewitching in her lipstick And... the merciless intoxication, which ran through me while melting everything from my spine to the brain. Hot and sweet. "I haven't told you my name. I'm Assassin. Everything from my body is poison."

That's when I knew that this is my final moment. There weren't many further things that floated into my mind. My new friend, my younger sister, my parents, my bad companions. Then a female classmate in the next seat which I secretly thought about confessing to someday, as she gave me that once every three-day smile. After that---

Vergil POV

"So, Tatsumi had died, huh?" I said while eating a pizza. "You sure you don't want to help him?" said Nobu who is sitting beside me and eating her own popcorn. "Nah, you know the rules. But it was a good show. Although I feel sorry for the boy. I might as well inform his home about his death. I might need to make things up. His family members don't aware of the moonlit world after all." I said while asking Nobu for a drink. We are sitting on the twin street light near the area. "You seem happy tonight", asked Nobu. "Of course. At least a servant will perish tonight after all. After finishing this war fast, I need to go home", I said while looking at Rider's Nobel Phantasm. That guy dared to ride that thing in front of mundane people. At least people won't see that ship unless they put real effort into it.

"The battle on Tokyo Bay is coming after this battle, huh? I'm looking forward to it." I've slash Yamato and prepare to go to the battle area.

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