Fate Zero 16 The End of Honor

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Risei:
My apologies for keeping you waiting. As you can imagine, things have been rather hectic this evening.

Kayneth:
Huh huh huh huh… I’m sure it couldn’t be helped. Given the extraordinary situation, it’s going to be rather difficult to cover all that up.

Risei:
Well, perhaps. What has happened is far too much for the Holy Church to handle by herself. And so, we’re accepting any and all aid proffer for assistance in this effort.

Kayneth:
Now then, down to business… Regarding my request, I’m curious as to what's your decision is, Father? I speak of course of the reward offered for Caster’s defeat.


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Sola-Ui:
This is wonderful… Once I receive the Command Seal for killing Caster, Diarumuid and I will finally be truly connected forever…

[Maiya sliced off Sola-Ui’s Right hand]

Sola-Ui:
Agh?! AAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!! My right hand! It’s gone! It’s gone! My right hand! My right hand! I need it… or I… I cannot call Diarumuid… I won’t be able to make him care for me… my right hand… my right hand! MY RIGHT HAND! MY RIGHT HAND! MY RIGHT HAND! Hand… my right hand…

[Sola-Ui collapses]

Maiya:
Success. I had secured Sola-Ui over a New Town. I removed the Command Seals on her right arm.

Kiritsugu:
Fine. Get out of there immediately. Lancer should be returning in any time now.

Maiya:
Roger.

[Gunshot]

Kirei:
I saved Kariya Matou. Without doubt, he could threaten my master. There’s no excuse… this is an act of rebellion! But… What is this I’m… feeling? It is not regret. Could it be that I’m excited about this?

Risei:
Of course it’s true that in the defeat of the Servant Caster and his Master, Servant Lancer played an important part in the overall conduct of the battle. A fact verified by a number of reports from various observers.

Kayneth:
Then it’s clear. As Master of Lancer, I have the right to receive one of the Command Seals.

Risei:
It’s not that simple. Load Kayneth Archibald, I am unsure of whether it is at all appropriate to consider you a Master at this point.

Kayneth:
Father, my pact with Lancer… was from the outset executed jointly by myself and my fiancée Sola-Ui.

Risei:
And this Sola-Ui not the one currently supplying Mana to the Servant? And is she not also acting as de facto caretaker for the Command Seals?

Kayneth:
Yes. That’s true. I‘ve temporary given her the custody of the Command Seals. However, the rights accorded by the pact still legally reside with me. After all, Father, the petition I submitted to the church to be consider the Master was filed in my name and did not include Sola-Ui.

Risei:
Very well, I agree… your right as a Master shall remain intact. Now, Load Archibald, extend your hand, please. “Take this and drink from it. This is my blood. The blood of the everlasting covenant which will be poured out for you and for all mankind. Do this in my memory”.

[One Command Seal was transferred to Kayneth’s hand]

Risei:
I hope you will continue to fight a noble battle for the Grail as a worthy Master.

Kayneth:
Yes, of course, Father…

[Gunshot]

Kayneth:
I’m down to a single Command Seal. My situation remains dire. I cannot allow the other Masters an opportunity to acquire an additional Seal… Not if I intend to possess the Holy Grail!

Lancer:
Augh… Mistress Sola-Ui!

Kayneth:
You complete incompetent… you useless bumbling fool! You couldn’t even protect a single woman from being attacked?! Huh! I’m sick of all your talk of chivalry.

Lancer:
I am grievously sorry, Master.

Kayneth:
She may have been a mere substitute, but you even fail to protect your own Master from nearly being killed! What good are you as a Servant I ask you? I’m amazed you had the unmitigated nerve to return here you alone!

Lancer:
Please understand, my Master. Mistress Sola-Ui and I never entered into a proper pact. And as such, we could not sense each other’s presence.

Kayneth:
That’s no excuse! You should’ve taken special care to ensure her safety!

Lancer:
My Master… fret not… Mistress Sola-Ui yet lives. She continues to supply me with Mana.

Kayneth:
That’s irrelevant! You are not her Servant! And therefore you cannot discern her location! So it doesn’t matter in the least whether or not you know if she is alive! Ah, Sola-Ui… I should have never given you those Command Seals…

Lancer:
I could not dissuade her, Master. I share in a responsibility.

Kayneth:
I really can’t believe you have the nerve to say that… Don’t try fooling me, Lancer. It was you who encourage Sola-Ui to become ambitious.

Lancer:
I would never do that, Master!

Kayneth:
It’s just as it was in the legend. Are you truly incapable of seeing Load’s fiancée without attempting to seduce her?

Lancer:
My Master… Please retract those words… right now…

Kayneth:
Ha! Have I struck a nerve, Lancer? You’re nothing but a beast who sworn oath of eternal loyalty to his Master and then gave into prurient rust when the moment suited him!

Lancer:
My Master… My load… Why would you not understand? Master… I wished only to defend my honor. To fight well in noble battle and achieve victory on your behalf.

Kayneth:
Don’t you ever speak to me in that manner! Servant! Understand your place. You’re nothing but spectral ghost granted form in substance by magic! You dare to sit there and lecture your Master?! It is absurd and unacceptable!

Lancer:
Ugh…

Kayneth:
If you are so dissatisfied, I believe you have but one option available. Use your precious pride to resist my Command Seal. Huhuhuhu… You’ll never win. You Servants are mere puppets and this Seal is the string that controls you.

Lancer:
Load Kayneth… Master…

Kayneth:
What now? Don't tell me you still have something to say to me?

Lancer:
No, that isn’t it… Something is approaching this building.

Irisviel:
Look, Saber. It’s just as Kiritsugu said… there are traces of a magical barrier. But it’s very strange. It hasn’t been properly maintained. It’s already starting… to… fall apart…

Lancer:
I did not expect to see you here, Saber.

Saber:
Well, my… um… allies found this place and informed me. They said that this is your location.

Lancer:
You would not happened to know where my Master’s betrothed is, would you? Saber? My Master has not heard from her.

Irisviel:
Un?

Saber:
No, I do not. What of it, Lancer?

Lancer:
Never mind. Forget it. Anyway, are you sure about this? I am certain you did not come to engage in idle chit-chat. After all, you must be completely exhausted after employing that technique against Caster.

Saber:
No more so than all the other Servants. I’m certain. None of them would be fighting further tonight. They will focus on defense. That is why we needn’t worry about being interrupted.

[Saber gets armed]

Saber:
Dawn is nearly upon us. But this may be the vest night... for us to finally finish our battle. What’s say you, Lancer?

Lancer:
Hum… Brave Saber. The only thing in this world that still grants my heart peace, is your honor. And the purity of your fighting spirit.

[Saber vs. Lancer]

Lancer:
Her attacks are too weak… Saber, why? You’ll not use your left hand?

Saber:
Don’t get the long idea, Lancer. If I use my left hand here, the shame is certain to dull my blade. Against your powerful spear, a dulling such as that would be fatal.

Lancer:
Saber…

Saber:
Therefore, Diarumuid… this is my best strategy. The path that will allow me to defeat you.

Lancer:
Haha! Pride is in a blade of chivalry. Saber, I am glad that I was able to meet you! I am first spear of Fianna, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne! I come for you!

Saber:
Splendid. For this night, Aruturia Pendragon accept your challenge. Come then!

Kayneth:
Why does he not win?! If he has no certain pact of victory, should he not escape with his Master instead of risking defeat? Right now, our highest priority should be to locate and rescue Sola-Ui! Why can he not understand even that simple concept?! He is a useless Servant! Uh?

[Kiritsugu appears with unconscious Sola-Ui]

Kayneth:
Why him… of all people…?

[Kiritsugu throws a scroll]

Kayneth:
This is… a Self-Geas scroll! A powerful magical item that have been used throughout the ages to forge an absolutely unbreakable pact between one mage and another. “Binding spell: affected party Kiritsugu Emiya, the crest of the Emiya Family…”

Kiritsugu:
“Binding spell: affected party Kiritsugu Emiya, the crest of the Emiya Family orders the following actions. The pledge is to be obeyed by the affected party upon fulfillment of the terms described here in. Pledge: that Kiritsugu, son of Norikata fifth heir to the house of Emiya will be forever forbidden from harming Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald and Sola-Ui Nuaba-Re Sophia-Ri or from intending to by his hand, harm or injure them or cause them pain in any way whatsoever”.

Kayneth:
“Or from intending to by his hand, harm or injure them or cause them pain in any way whatsoever. Terms:…” Hagh?! In principal, the curse of the Geas cannot be removed by any means known to the mage world. Even if you forfeit your life. As long as the magic crest exists, it will bind your soul, even in death… It’s true that if I do what’s written on this scroll, he cannot kill me. But under these terms, my fight… the fight which I prepared my entire life… will end here… the Grail… and the Archibald family pride… he asked me to throw it all away?

[Kiritsugu points a gun at Sola-Ui]

Kayneth:
Huh?! [sniveling] Sola-Ui…

[Lancer stabbed himself]

Kiritsugu:
"Use your remaining Command Seals to compel your Servant to commit suicide". The terms of the agreement have been met.

Lancer:
AAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!! You wanna win… you wanna win so desperately?! You desire the Grail so desperately?! You have crushed… you have crushed my sole remaining wish! And you just stand there! Do you not feel any shame at all?! I will never forgive you! I will never forgive any of you! You inhuman monsters who have ruined the honor of a knight… let my blood taint your dreams forever! May the Grail be cursed! May the wish it grants bring disaster! And when you fall into a silly pits of hell, you will remember the hateful rage of Diarmuid!!!

[Lancer disappeared]

Kayneth:
So, now the Geas binds you…

Kiritsugu:
Yes, with this sealed, I can no longer kill you or Sola-Ui.

[Maiya shoots Kayneth and Soa-Ui]

Kiritsugu:
“I” can’t… but…

Kayneth:
[Groaning] Kill… me… kill me now…

Kiritsugu:
Sorry. Our pact forbids me to.

[Saber kills Kayneth]

Saber:
Kiritsugu Emiya… I finally recognize you as the lowly beast that you are! I believed that our paths differ but we shear the mutual goal! I was fool to think this… until now, I placed my faith in Irisviel’s words and thus did not doubt your intensions. But now, I can no longer believe that your desire for the Grail has anything to do with salvation. Answer me, kiritsugu! What is the true reason you desire the Grail?! Even should my sword at the end of this war win the Grail. If that means I must yield it to you, I must… I…

Irisviel:
Answer her, Kiritsugu. At your everything that has happened, you owe her an explanation.

Kiritsugu:
You know… this incident is the very first time. You’ve seen how I kill, Iri. If you only eliminate a Master, the Servant may intern to a pact with another party. So I had to eliminate the Master and the Servant simultaneously.

Irisviel:
No, Kiritsugu. Not to me. Talk to Saber. She is the one who needs to hear your words now.

Kiritsugu:
No. "Honor", "Glory"… there’s really no point in speaking to a killer who extolls the virtues of such things.

Saber:
You would even insult chivalry to my faith, monster?!

Kiritsugu:
The knight cannot save the world. Knights call certain methods of fighting good, and another’s evil. Acting as if the war is some sacred novelty to the battlefield. Such illusions created by heroes throughout history have let countless young men to their bloody death. All for the sake of this “Glory” and “Honor” they all extolled.

Saber:
They are not illusions! Even the taking of a life in battle, has an act of the human being, must have ideals! Otherwise every war would bring the very fires of hell to this world!

Kiritsugu:
And there you go, you heard her, Iri. Our Heroic Spirit over there considers a battle field to be better than hell. What a joke. A battle field is hell itself. There’s no hope to be had on one. There is nothing but unspeakable despair. Just a soulless crime we call "Victory". Paid for by the pain of defeated. But humanity has never recognized this truth. And the reason is that in every era, a dazzling hero has blinded people with their legend. And kept them from seeing the evil of bloodshed they bring. True human nature has not advanced a step beyond the stone age.

Irisviel:
Tell me this, Kiritsugu. Do you force Saber to endure such humiliation because of your hatred for the Heroic Spirits?

Kiritsugu:
Of course not. Personal feelings don’t enter into it. I will win the Holy Grail and save the world. And I will wage that war for the most appropriate weapons I have in my disposal. "Justice" and "Righteousness" cannot save the world. I care nothing for such things.

Saber:
Kiritsugu… don’t you understand? If you do evil to stop evil, that rage and hatred would give right to a new conflict. Kiritsugu Emiya, I do not know what betrayed you, or what has caused you to lose all hope. But your sorrow and rage... for found only in those who had onetime sought for "Justice". Kiritsugu, in youth, your truest self, wish to be a "Hero" did it not? A hero to save the world. You believed in that. You desired it more than life. Am I wrong?

Kiritsugu:
Humph… I will break this endless cycle. The Grail will make that possible. I’ll ensure that the blood I spill in Fuyuki is the last that humanity would ever shed. If that means I must stain my hands with every evil in the world, I don’t care. If that will save the world, then I’ll do it gladly.

[Kiritsugu left]

Irisviel:
Kiritsugu has left… hasn’t he?

Saber:
Irisviel?

[Irisviel collapses]

Saber:
Irisviel!

The End of Honor



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Tokiomi:
This cannot be allowed!

Saber:
An alliance? At this stage?

Kirei:
Let me tell you the truth behind the Holy Grail War…

Irisviel:
Go and tell them, we accept…

Maiya:
Die… to make his dream a reality.

Archer:
Ha, such a boring end.

Rin:
I'll see you soon, father.

Next Episode: The Eighth Contract