Kiritsugu Emiya is waiting in the dark for the news, he has become a father. His wife Irisviel von Einzbern is so glad that their child is born, but Kiritsugu is not happy at all.
Kiritsugu and Irisviel have a strange relationship. First of all, Irisviel is not human, she is a humunculus, and her only purpose in life is to give birth to the ultimate humunculus. Kiritsugu is depressed, he feels unease about the future, but Irisviel tells him that everything will be alright and that in the near future, the Holy Grail will be able to save him as he wishes. And second, Kiritsugu is a reknown assasin.
The War of the Holy Grail is about to start, this is a contest in which seven magi are chosen to summon seven Heroic Spirits from the past and compete to obtain the power of the Holy Grail and obtain a miracle. The problem is that this is indeed a war with no kind of truce, where the winner has to kill to raise victorious.
Tokiomi Tohsaka is aware of the upcoming events and is clear that the Holy Grail will appear near the city of Fuyuki, the Church knows this and is scared that this magnificent relic falls in the wrong hands. After all, it gives the owner unlimited power.
The Tohsaka family and the Church are good friends and the Church members believe that the Tohsaka’s only wants to reach the root of all knowledge, that’s why they are planning to reach an agreement. In order to guarantee the success, Kirei Kotomine will be sent to Japan as Tokiomi’s student.
Kirei will do what the Church orders him, but inside, he is angry to be selected in this kind of war.
Now, the Einzbern, Matou, and Tohsaka families are preparing for the next chapter of their never ending war stories. The Einzbern have been defeated in the past and want to win at all cost, that’s why they brought Kiritsugu into the family.
Kiritsugu will find himself deeply torn between the love he has found for his new family and what he must do to obtain the Holy Grail.
(フェイト/ゼロ)
S2. “to the beginning” ~ Kalafina
S2. “Sora wa Takaku Kaze wa Utau” ~ Luna Haruna; “Manten” ~ Kalafina
