script. The Day - prologue.

Aug 16, 2010 22:51

"You seem down, Master. Where are your high spirits? Don't tell me you got scared by that one fight. If you so order, I am ready to go battle Lancer again right now."

Archer protests silently that we should do so.
... I see.
I guess I look depressed.

"Of course not. I'm staying in only because I don't want to do anything pointless."
"Hm? Anything pointless...?"
"Well, all the Master's aren't present yet, right? Tonight couldn't be helped, but I wouldn't start fighting before we get the signal. My father told me this is one of the rules of the Holy Grail War."

"... I see, so your father was also a Master."
Archer nods understanding.
-Then.
Archer makes a troubled face and starts to ponder something.

"What? Do you have something you want to say?"
"Yeah, there's something I forgot to ask.
Rin, you've been raised since you were small to be a Master and you've accepted that, right? So you've expected to be a Master from the beginning."

"Of course. Well, there are certainly Masters that are suddenly appointed, but I'm different. For the Tohsaka family, the Holy Grail has been our earnest desire for many generations."

"I thought so. So having been raised to become a Master, you must have a purpose.
I forgot to ask about that. I cannot swear my sword to you unless I know my Master's wish.
-So Rin, what is your wish?"
"Wish? I don't really have one."
"-What?"
Oh, Archer's making a funny face.

"T-That can't be true! The Holy Grail is an almighty grail that grants wishes. Becoming a Master means obtaining the Holy Grail, so how can you say you have no wish to grant...!?"
"-"
Archer is asking with a serious expression.

... Oh, I see.
The Master's wish after obtaining the Holy Grail isn't irrelevant to the Servant.
But it's strange. Father said that Servants have wishes as well, but that is only their wish.
I don't think Archer should be concerned because I don't have any wishes.

"All right, if you don't have a specific wish, why not wish for something ambiguous? Like ruling the world?"
"Why? The world is already mine."

"-"
"Hey now, Archer. The world is just another word for the things you value around you, right? That's something I've had since I was born. If you tell me to rule such a world, I already rule it."

"-"
Archer looks at me with a troubled expression.
I'm amazed. The guy really is hard-headed.

"Ridiculous. The Holy Grail is a power to grant wishes, a power to obtain the world. Are you saying you're seeking it, yet you have no wish?"
"But ruling the world would be so troublesome and there's no point in wishing for something so pointless. You seem to lack imagination."
"... I don't understand. For what then, do you fight?"

"I fight because there's a battle, Archer. And I'll take whatever I can get. I don't know about this Holy Grail thing, but I can just use it when I find something I want, right? As a human, there are infinite things I might want in life."
"-So, you're saying..."

"Yes. I'm fighting to win, Archer."

"-"
Archer's shoulders slump.
Maybe he's disappointed in my opinions, but it seems he's finally relaxed.

"... I give up. You're certainly a worthy master for me."
-Ugh.
... I find it hard to deal with that kind of comment, so I wish he'd stop saying such things...

"... Huh. A Servant has no right to choose their Master, but I'll ask for the heck of it. Why am I a worthy Master for you?"
"It goes without saying. You're unmistakably the strongest Master.
No one would be a better master to serve than you."
"Oh, thanks. It doesn't sound like flattery when you say it."
... I look away because I'm embarrassed.

I find it hard to deal with Archer because he speaks frankly like this even though he's so cynical.
... But, well, I'm honestly happy that he trusts me.
I trust Archer and he trusts me.
I don't think this sense of solidarity is a bad thing.

"Well then, let's take a break. Even if the seventh Master is going to appear, it won't be right now- wait a minute, Rin. What happened to that jewelry of yours?"
"You mean my pendant? Oh, I forgot it. It's out of power, so there's no use for it, right?"

"That's true, but... well, if you say so."
"Yes, it's a memento of my father, but it's not like it's my only memory of him-"
"-That's no good. You don't have to be that strong, Rin."
So saying,
Archer takes out the pendant I left at school.

"Oh... you went and picked it up for me."
"... Don't forget it again. It only looks right on you, Rin."
As if he's embarrassed, Archer looks away as he hands me the pendant.

"-I see. Thanks."
I accept it.
To be honest, I don't know if I should be embarrassed or cool about it.

The pendant is as it was.
... As expected, there's no magical energy left in it.
Empty of magical energy, it's just an expensive but ordinary jewel, and it doesn't hold any power.
But, as Archer would put it.
Even if there's no power left in this pendant, it still has meaning as something my father specifically left for me.
Then... maybe I can just laugh off the fact that I helped that guy by sacrificing my trump card.

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