Since I've started to write it, I'll explain the main idea of this side story at the beginning.

This work is written to improve the missing childhood of Genno in the main story and some hidden settings.,For example, some of the plots that everyone will find very puzzled in the main story.,I'll explain it here.。

When Genno grew up, most of his childhood memories were false, and many of his childhood friends were forgotten by him, and this work was written to make up for this shortcoming.

Originally, I wanted to write about my childhood with "Red" as the background, but then I realized that instead of writing the story of waste red eight years ago, it would be better to write the story of Rin Tosaka and Sakura, which had a childhood version ten years ago.

Besides, the duel between the King of Conquest and the King of Heroes is quite interesting, and Saber's experience in the past is also very exciting, not to mention the joint appearance of Rin and Sakura, in Fate without Earth Dog, everything is so beautiful.

The childhood version of Genno will be outrageously strong.

After all, he will be extremely weakened in the main chapter, and he will not be arrogant all the time, so he has to be arrogant when he is young.

How strong is it—except for the Heroic Spirit, who is the strongest.

(Of course, the top ten of the Twenty-Seven Ancestors can't be compared, don't use those guys who can kill a group of heroic spirits to find fault with me)

The distorted reality of the first volume, the prologue of the war, the posture of each other

The thick mist that fills the ancient forest, this place with a great moisture content is a forbidden area for humans, and even if you step into it, your fragile body will suffocate to death due to the water brought in when you inhale.

However, in this inaccessible place, there is a small wooden house, which may have been the temporary residence of hunters or forest watchers, but the fire from this wooden house at this time indicates the existence of human beings here.

The silence of the "............" reigned in the wooden house, and the air inside seemed to stop flowing due to the heavy pressure.

"The one hundred and thirty-third trial, after this is over, you can go back." So said a deep, husky baritone, with power and oppression in his voice.

"Yes." A simple response, a childish voice, a stagnant calm, and then everything fell silent again.

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In the spring of 1990, the breath of winter was still hovering over the island nation in the Far East, and the ice hanging on the eaves outside the window was also a sign that the cold outside still ruled everything.

In this remote city, which is mainly characterized by cultivation and study, there are few public baths that are noisy all day long.

Wooden old houses seem to have existed for centuries and stand in the heart of the town, which is also home to residential areas and even a nearby school district.

The geographical location is superior, the towering chimney is like a lighthouse, and the large "soup" hanging banner at the door shows the business scope here.

Speaking of "ikeyu", almost everyone in the neighborhood knows that it is one of the favorite places for Japanese bathers: public baths.

As for the specific name of this bathhouse, which sells pure hot spring water, it is difficult for anyone to read the words on it due to the aging of the sign, but it is enough to know the name "Ikeyu".

(In terms of actual geography, it is indeed a place with many hot springs.)

This bathhouse is run by an old man who is said to have been a doer when he was young and used to travel almost all over the world.

However, after middle age, his physical condition deteriorated greatly due to overwork, so that he could only retire early and return to China.

While operating an ancestral bathhouse, he relied on hot spring water to recuperate, and decades later, as the small town grew, business grew.

Since a long time ago, the old man's family has been the de facto ruler of the place, managing order here and leading the nearby villagers.

But with the acceleration of urbanization, as early as a hundred years ago, the rights of the old people's families here began to decline significantly.

Today, apart from prestige, the glory and glory of the past are almost gone.

And the territories ruled by the two great families on the east and west were connected by the establishment of new cities.

The scope of the territory that the old man can take care of is actually the residential area near the ancestral house and the mountains and forests behind it.

But this is only on the surface, in fact, the forces under its control are far larger than everyone imagined.

The son of the old man who came back to visit the old man four years ago brought a child, who was the old man's own grandson.

People who even thought that the old man was not married before were shocked by this unexpected news.

But it didn't take long for the heat of this novelty to cool down as quickly as the weather here, and this is such a place.

Speaking of which, the area of the "Ikeyu" is a bit too large when measured by the size of the bathhouse.

There are even two building complexes, the front yard and the back yard, and the purely Japanese architectural style even makes people suspect that they are back in the Edo period.

And the location is quite close to the city center, so it's amazing that no one has come to trouble for so many years.

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At this time, in the separate courtyard behind the bathhouse, an old man was walking in the courtyard with his grandson.

"Ah, you're five years old this year, aren't you?" The old man smiled and stroked his grandson's little head, and he couldn't put it down.

"Grandpa, I'm six years old, you know, I'm going to elementary school soon." The child complained dissatisfiedly.

"Oh, Ah Ji is so old, I remember that I was walking here with you yesterday?" The old man frowned and pondered.

"No, if you want to say that, it was at least four or five years ago!" The child pouted angrily, looking quite cute.

"No, no, it was last night, you forgot? Are you really a grandfather? ”

"Grandpa, you really carried me out last night while I was asleep, no wonder I felt sore this morning!"

The smile on the corner of the old man's mouth was always uncontrollable, and in the four years since his grandson came to his side, the old man felt as if he could live another twenty more years.

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The old man has a prominent family background, or in other words, the old man's mother's family and his wife's family have a prominent family background.

But the old man prefers to enjoy the loneliness alone.

This also makes him have a high status among his relatives, but he has no prestige, let alone power and power.

Just live a life of solitude.

When he suddenly learned that his son had given birth to a grandson for himself, the joy made the old man feel a little inexplicable until now.

But the old man never thinks deeply about happy things, so he is always happy.

In the years with his grandchildren, the habits of the old man have almost all changed.

The poker face that used to be unsmiling is now no different from that of ordinary old people.

This also makes it easier and easier for the people who depend on him to live.

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"Hello Grandpa Fujimura!" Seeing an old man walk into the old house, the child immediately greeted him, so the old man with a kind smile suddenly smiled even more happily.

"Let me see if our subtotal has gained weight...... Oops, the subtotal has become heavier, and grandpa can't even hold it! "The old man named Fujimura came to the old man's side after putting down the child in his arms.

"Big brother, you look very good." The visitor greeted.

"Fujimura, why did you come here, your granddaughter kicked your potted plant down again?" The old man joked with a smile.

"I'm so sorry that my grandson's naughtiness has made you all hear, but now that she's older, she hasn't done it again in a long time."

"Hehe, child, if you don't be naughty, you won't be called a child, but I heard that your child is still very energetic, so we old guys feel young."

"You're exaggerating, by the way, I'm here to say something else," the old man named Fujimura whispered in the old man's ear, "...... Emiya Kiritsugu is ready to return. ”

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"Nai, Nai, grandpa, who is that person called Emiya Kiritsugu?" After the old man Fujimura left, the child who had been playing alone in the water dozens of meters away ran to the old man's side and asked curiously.

That distance, according to human hearing, is completely impossible to hear, which is why the old man named Fujimura lowered his voice.

- But, oddly enough, the old man was not surprised.

"Hehe, my good grandson, come to Grandpa's arms first, and Grandpa will tell you."

The old man who smiled and hugged the child into his arms smiled a little lonely.

"That's grandpa's apprentice, a young man who grandpa had great expectations back then......"

In the old man's narrative, it was a very gentle man.

A man who has great ideals and runs around for them, a man who is so selfless that he doesn't think about himself at all.

It's just that the man has a mental illness with a crippled personality.

Because of this, this man's thinking has become quite extreme, and he pays attention to rationality and logic like magic, which also causes this person to gradually become cold.

“…… However, this time this man heard that he would be coming back with his wife in half a year, and I hope he can still come to see me, an old fellow. ”

The old man ended the story with this sentence and fell into deep thought.

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At dinner, there were only two people in the small Japanese-style room, the old man and the child.

There are also young girls dressed as maids who bring in the food, but they leave quickly.

In this room, there is no TV, only knife holders and hanging paintings at both ends of the room.

The elderly and children sit opposite each other and eat quietly.

After the meal, it is time for the old man to chat with his grandson.

"Ah Ji, how about we guess a riddle?" The old man said to the child.

"What mystery? Are there any prizes? ”

"Well, if you're right, how about grandpa take you to meet your past playmates?"

The old man looked at the child who followed him all day, and not only wanted to find a few children for him to play with.

"Good! Grandpa, ask. The child shook his head with joy.

"Okay, so grandpa asks you, how many people are in this house at the moment?"

"Do you mean just this room, or the whole house?" The child confirmed.

"It's a whole building!" The old man blinked his right eye as if he was deliberately embarrassed by his grandson.

…… This kind of question is simply raised for the sake of embarrassment.

But......

"Really, such a simple question, in addition to the two of us, there are thirteen people!" The child blurted out without hesitation.

"Oh, not Meng?"

"Of course not!"

"Then can you tell me why there are thirteen of them?"

"Because you can see with your eyes that there are thirteen clouds of smoke that are constantly changing, and if you listen to the sound of breathing, you can hear it!"

The child complained innocently, but this is simply what non-human beings can see and hear.

"Ah Ji is really good, then tomorrow grandpa will take you to find the children." The old man smiled unusually proudly.

"Can I ask what the man's name is?" The child leaned over to the old man's side and asked.

"His surname is Jian Tong, he is the grandson of an old rival of his grandfather, and he should be the same age as Ah Ji."

"That's right...... the child smiled happily as he thought about tomorrow's game......

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