The nearby police officers and Ayaka expected Saber to follow up with another strike, but he stood the giant beast’s claw on the ground, still holding onto it, and, in a clear voice, asked the behemoth a question.
“O watchdog, guardian of the bottomless pit! Listen, if you have sense! And answer my question!”
“Huh?”
“. . .?!”
Ayaka let out a baffled exclamation, and Vera, John, and the other police officers stared wide-eyed at Saber’s face.
Saber paid them no mind and bellowed as if he were exchanging introductions with an enemy general on the battlefield.
“We are not souls who turn our back on the underworld and struggle against judgment and tranquility! We are living men who will one day meet our deaths as we walk the righteous path! You may judge me, a Heroic Spirit, to be a soul escaped from death if you will! The rest, however, are undeniably alive! If you are the sworn and loyal companion of the lord of the underworld, I ask that you do your proper duty! What say you?!”
He cut an impossibly majestic figure.
Even the bewildered Ayaka was almost drawn in by his performance in an instant.
His bearing was just that regal. He was showing a different side of himself than when he had discussed whether to kill a little girl or when he had sworn to protect Ayaka.
If she had to compare it to something, it was closer to when he had given his speech on top of the police car, but the fact that he was giving a speech in such a dangerous situation and to a titanic beast that might not even understand words set it apart.
Despite that, Saber’s attitude was so dignified that it almost forced Ayaka and the police officers to believe that it was the only proper thing to do.
“. . .”
Kerberos stared suspiciously at Saber and slowly brought its faces closer to him.
“Hey, it stopped attacking.”
“Don’t tell me it really understands language . . .”

Fate/Strange Fake: Volume 6, Interlude ("As Dream and Reality are Both Illusion II")