Lancer looked at the lone hand that graced the fence, the cut off and shot hand of his master's fiancee, and he knew.
Cut off to deny lady Sola-Ui Nuaba-Re access to her command seals.
Shot to deny the command seals to any master who might come upon the hand.
There was only one who would do this. The stench of dishonor hung over the scene, and of the masters and servants who attended to this Holy Grail war... there were but two who would act thus; Caster and Saber's true Master.
The First of the Knights of Fianna did not deny that there were curs who would act in a manner that ran counter to honor and chivalry. Who would skulk in the shadows to murder.
His first reaction was to return to Lord Kayneth. To explain the situation.
But the anger in his heart burned strong...
And there was a pattern, it could be said, to the actions of Saber's master. Always lurking close in the shadows, waiting to strike like a viper.
Diarmuid could see it now; a return to where his master waited... an attempt at an explanation. And that was when Saber's master would strike from where he observed nearby in the shadows.
Much like he likely nearly had in that duel with Saber, or in the battle to defeat Caster and his demon.
No, let it not be said that Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, the First of the Knights of Fianna, could not learn. That he could not adapt.
With that, he released his body from its physical constrains and rushed to where his master waited.
Crippled, weak, and simmering with anger.
But also observed by Saber's Master.
And that was where he would go.
To find his lord's fiancee and to avenge the insults that the crass magus had given to the concepts of chivalry, fair fights, and to his master.
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Kiritsugu waited and Kayneth who was busy examining his right hand, which once more bore a command seal.
Given to him by Father Risei for the 'deed' of slaying Caster and his demon by Lancer. What a farce.
A joke. Politics and backroom dealing, truly, for Kayneth to gain a new command seal. But one that worked to Kiritsugu's advantage.
He had given the location of Lancer's master to Saber and Irisviel, he had Kayneth's woman, a self-geis scroll... and with Maiya waiting for the trap to be sprung.
It could be said that there would be one less Master and Servant pairing soon.
The only indication that there were any complication was when he heard the far too familiar sound of blood splattering and a ball-like object rolled up to his leg from the shadows.
A ball-like object that was no ball. But that of the head of Hisau Maiya.
Eyes widening, Emiya Kiritsugu invoked the innate time control of the Emiya magic crest, the countless generations of research by Emiya magus before him.
"Time Alter," Murmured words that allowed him to set up the temporal manipulation within his body. "Double Accel."
With that time accelerated within his body. The strain of moving thus was enough to prevent him from making full use of its ability... but the ability to move twice as fast... paired with the other tricks of prana that a magic user could do...
That allowed him to move and twist... just fast enough to avoid being speared in the heart from behind.
"Isn't this what you favor? Strikes from behind, Master of Saber?" The voice of Lancer was at once mocking and yet... cold. Cold with rage. So, it appeared that even chivalry only went so far for the hypocritical 'heroes'.
"Let it not be said that I am unable to learn. Unable to grow... angry. I had a simple wish, truthfully."
Even as Lancer spoke, Kiritsugu dodged further, a blur of grey and not quite silver as he moved swifter than was normal for humans of the current day.
And yet... as swift as he moved.
"I merely wanted a master to serve, chivalrous battles to fight... I had no greater wish."
It wasn't enough as the crimson lance, Gae Dearg, pierced his back...
And time splintered within the magus killer, as the bounded field effect of Innate Time Control was disrupted and with it... his control of prana surged within his body as it fed back into his nervous system.
Thus, he could not take advantage of Gae Dearg being pulled free of his body, before it parted his head from his body.
"But with monsters like you in this world, such a thing is difficult." As the world faded to black, he could only hear Lancer's words. "Thankfully, isn't that one of the duties of heroes? To slay monsters."
*** Bad End for Emiya Kiritsugu ***