Aoi Tousaka and Rin will leave Fuyuki City and return to the Zenjo family the day after tomorrow.
A piece of news that sounded normal and did not raise any suspicion. Tousaka Aoi's original surname was Zenjo, and she was originally the daughter of the Zenjo family. It was normal for her to bring her daughter home from time to time to visit her parents and have a vacation.
However, normal news combined with a special time point seems less normal.
As early as three months ago, on the night when Scathach was summoned, Shinji had drawn up a flow chart. As a senior lunar chef (Type-Moon chef), Shinji was confident that his flow chart had an accuracy of more than 80%. One of the highlighted items was "Tousaka Aoi and Rin return to Zenjo's house."
The essence of the Holy Grail War is a ritual in which seven Masters and Servants fight each other to summon the Holy Grail. Although the ritual itself only requires the souls of the Servants, many Masters have died in the Holy Grail Wars. The reasons are as follows:
First, the servant's magic power comes from the master. If the master is killed, the servant will become weak.
Second, the master-servant relationship is not fixed. A servant who has lost his master can conclude a contract with a new master, including a master who has lost his servant.
Third, compared to Heroic Spirit clones, human Masters are easier to deal with.
Although Tōsaka Tokiomi is one of the best magi in this Holy Grail War, he is not sure that he can protect his wife and apprentice daughter, who are ordinary people, while protecting himself, so it is reasonable for him to let the two of them leave Fuyuki City for refuge.
When the Matou family received this information, it meant that the curtain of the Fourth Holy Grail War was about to begin.
"It's finally about to begin."
Shinji used his pen to draw a heavy stroke on a column at the beginning of the flow chart, with unspeakable emotions brewing under his drooping eyelids.
Since the day he killed Zouken, everything he did was to participate in the Holy Grail War.
Learning from Yustisa and receiving training from Scathach, all of this was for this day. Not only to fulfill the promise made with Yustisa, but also to live up to the opportunity given by God to travel to the Type-Moon world.
Shinji raised his head, sweeping away the silence of his studies, and the cheerful look that had been absent for a year returned to his face again.
From this moment on, he is no longer Scathach's disciple, Yustisa's student, or the child of the Matou family, but the master of the former, the contractor of the latter, and the person who decides the future of the Matou family.
"Master, Yustisa, call everyone to a meeting. The peaceful days are over."
The Queen of the Kingdom of Shadows stretched slightly, her figure blending into the shadows.
An unprecedented brilliance burst out from the golden saint's eyes, and she transformed into a golden spirit and disappeared.
... ...
Five minutes later, in the basement magic workshop of the Matou family.
Compared to three months ago, this old basement has undergone new changes. The ground, walls, and ceiling are all engraved with runes that look simple but actually contain mysterious power - runes.
In Germanic mythology, the god Odin hung himself upside down on the world tree for nine days and nine nights, losing his right eye in exchange for higher wisdom. When he came down from the tree, he understood the original runes.
According to legend, this sacred text can predict the future. Each word has its own power to protect the human soul. It can also be used to make amulets, record magic, and be engraved on stone, wood, shells or other natural materials to make runes.
In the hands of the gods, the original runes can exert power at the level of authority, and the heroes who are granted runes can also exert powerful strength.
However, as time went by, technology developed, and the mystery faded, rune magic gradually declined. First, the original 18 runes were developed into 24, which became less difficult to learn and far less powerful than the original runes. In modern times, the original 18 runes have all been lost, and only a small part of the 24 runes developed by humans remain, which has caused countless magicians to sigh.
However, in this inconspicuous place in the Far East, this legendary rune has been reproduced - not the rune magic that humans can learn and master, but the power that belongs only to the gods - the original rune.
Primordial Rune, one of Scathach's inherent skills, the level of which cannot be determined. Scathach possesses 18 Primordial Runes, which are considered power if used by the original body in the Land of Shadows. Even though it is limited by the Assassin's job, the effect is still amazing and is judged to be level A.
Scathach, who was summoned in advance, has not only been training students in the past three months. At Shinji's request, she spends some time every day to reinforce the Matou family's mansion. Now, the defense of the Matou family's mansion has reached a terrifying level, and the underground workshop as the core can be said to be impregnable.
On the day the reinforcement work was completed, Scathach declared that even if her sister and arch-enemy Eve came in person, it would take a lot of effort to break into the workshop.
After the rune in the underground workshop is activated, the entire workshop will be isolated from the outside world. There is no need to worry about being spied on by others, nor will there be any traces of magic leaked out and detected by others.
Shinji sat in the middle of the workshop and said in a deep voice:
"If nothing unexpected happens, the Holy Grail War will begin in the near future. From this moment on, the Matou family will enter the highest level of alert. Father, give the servants in the house a holiday for half a month."
"Understood." Tsuruno knew the importance of the matter and answered without hesitation, "I will try my best to handle business matters at home. If I need to go out, I will choose daytime and tell you in advance."
Everything related to magic is mysterious, and the fewer people who know about it, the better. Therefore, the Holy Grail War usually takes place at night and rarely during the day.
"Sakura, you should stay at home like your father from now on. Don't go anywhere. There may not be a safer place than home in Japan."
This is not just empty talk. The defenses arranged by Scathach, who possesses the power to kill gods, cannot be compared with even the headquarters of local magician organizations.
If it weren't for Scathach's arrangement, Shinji would have followed Tōsaka Tokiomi's example and let Sakura and Tsuruno leave Fuyuki City, or even leave Japan to go to a safe country to play for ten days or half a month, but now, there is no need for that.
"Okay, brother, you and uncle should be careful too." Sakura held Shinji's hand with her left hand and pulled Kariya's sleeve with her right hand, looking left and right. She didn't know much about the Holy Grail War, but she could feel the tense atmosphere at home with her delicate heart.
"Don't worry." Yanye held Sakura's small hand with his backhand, his eyes doting and his tone gentle.
In the end, Kariya did not accept his brother's suggestion to let Sakura call him "Dad", but in his eyes, Sakura is his daughter.
Sakura is also very dependent on her uncle Kariya. They are not father and daughter, but they are better than father and daughter.
"We will be very careful." Shinji rubbed Sakura's long hair habitually, "Uncle, have you obtained the stigmata?"
"Of course." Kariya pulled up his sleeves, revealing a dark red emblem that looked like three lightning bolts intertwined at 120-degree angles. "At the same time as I received that message."
Shinji held his arm calmly. This time, it was the turn of the Matou family to have two Masters.
The source of all mistakes, the king of taking the blame, Toosaka Tokiomi, can you still laugh
(End of Volume 1)
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