juniperblooded:
The rumors about Caster and his master spread like wildfire. Both that incident and theirs occurred within the same general time period, if not their own being a little later. Despite the number of civilians involved on either case, it doesn’t make a difference to Assassin whether it was two or two hundred people murdered. Death is all the same to them.
The only thing Assassin is really concerned with is Caster’s identity. Or, in the case that he’s not the same person they’re both familiar with, who he represents.
“It’s merely jest, Master,” Wolfram says, even though all parties know that it had been anything but. In the versions of themselves the Grail had sampled, Ansel is the epitome of primal destruction. Any chance for him to act on those urges to raze, he will take. “We all know that we cannot fall out of line. We also will not do anything you dislike.” Their Master holds their unwavering obedience in that regard. “But we’ll certainly be on our guard. There’s already been preceding Holy Grail Wars that displayed misconduct within the Church. It would behoove us to practice caution.”
“Before I give up my command seal, however, I want to test them.” While nonsensical, and brazen on his part, he wanted to earnestly question them. Why was it beneficial if he let those men live? He couldn’t do it by his own means, entombing them in a eternal grave was the only way out. However surely, the association and church managed to pick up on some magical residue of their apparent crime. “Will you help aid me in my confession, Assassin?”
Unethical practices, illegal business – according to reports, those men were already wanted by the association for some crimes anyway. So what good would they be still alive? Unless they wanted to gather them for the means of information.
“I mean, those men...at the time, it sounded like you’ve met with them before or something.”
“Or perhaps....some people like them–– if I’m not mistaken? If they were bad then, they were far worse now....” It’s been bothering him since then, “It sounded personal to you as well...”
