Chapter 211: Seek Guidance
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Haru sat on the sofa, looking at Kirei Kotomine, who knelt before him in a posture of prayer.
"I seek guidance, Lord," Kirei murmured, his face a mask of pious devotion, like a lost lamb seeking its shepherd.
Haru, thanks to his memories of the original Fate storyline and the information gleaned from Gaia and Alaya, knew Kirei's nature intimately.
The man held no secrets from him.
He knew of Kirei's twisted sense of morality, his inherent defect. What others found tragic, he found joyful. What others found repulsive, he found beautiful.
But his father, Risei, had instilled in him a more conventional set of values, befitting a man of the cloth.
This conflict, this constant struggle between his desires and his ingrained beliefs, had left Kirei lost and confused, a puppet acting without true purpose.
Kirei was a double-edged sword.
He craved the misfortune of others, even Haru's, but his power was insignificant, unable to even scratch Haru.