"Ishari-kun, I'm sorry to bother you, but now there are two ...... Or three Servants, and seven or eight humans coming up. ”

On Saturday night, Yanagito Kazunari, who had been inexplicably embroiled in the Holy Grail War, had planned to sit in meditation in the Buddhist hall, but before he could get rid of the distractions in his head, Medea, the servant of Soichiro Katsuki's brother, quietly appeared in front of him and told him the news he least wanted to hear.

"How...... So fast......"

After stopping his meditation and getting up from the ground, Yanagito Kazunari sighed with a rather complicated expression. Medea, who had rewrapped her body and the upper half of her face in her hooded cloak, replied in a slightly admonishing tone, even though she knew that the young man who had been living in a peaceful world was not actually speaking to her:

"During the Holy Grail War...... Even at any moment, the enemy could hit the door. Hunters always want to take advantage of their prey when they kill it, and the goddesses Artemis and Orion that you have summoned are the best of the hunters.

I know you're having a hard time adapting, but if you don't adapt right away, you're going to die unnoticed at some point.

You may be able to hide yourself from participating in a war that is supposed to be yours, but without the support of three spells with a lot of magical power, even Artemis may not survive to the end.

Or ......"

At this point, Medea visibly hesitated, as if she was worried about what she was going to say next. But she only hesitated for a few seconds, and then continued in a flat and slightly distant voice:

"It may be a misunderstanding for you to say this to you alone, but if you really can't get into the role of MASTER quickly, I advise you to transfer control of Archer to me. As the Witch of Betrayal, I have the means to break your contract without any damage to either of you. ”

"Oh...... Rest assured, I won't misunderstand you.

I'm a little sorry for Artemis and Orion when I say that, but it's a relief for me to give up my MASTER status. ”

Medea had just finished speaking. Wearing glasses and seeming to be very smart, Yanagito Kazunari immediately understood her concerns, and simply affirmed her suggestion, which was very suspicious of deception.

But as a "brainy" boy who can fight with a certain "female fox", Yanagito Kazunari may not fully believe Medea's words, or he may really not intend to give up lightly, in short, his next words immediately changed again, and said to Medea solemnly:

"Thank you for your kindness, but I don't have any intention of running away - even if I'm just suddenly pulled out.

Brother Soichiro also became your MASTER temporarily, even if I am not as good as Brother Soichiro, but I can't help but want to see the sages.

And I can't unilaterally abandon Artemis and Orion, unless they also think I'm up to the task. Otherwise, I wouldn't have left them alone. ”

"I'm sorry, but it looks like I'm underestimating you.

In that case, please join Soichiro-sama as soon as possible. Although the other party broke into the door without permission, the Servant who walked in the front played the banner openly, and there was no idea of converging the signs to come to sneak attack, so there might not be a real fight tonight. ”

It wasn't until Yanagito expressed her determination to stay the course that Medea told her more details, which made her proposal more like a deception. Although Yanato Issei was not angry because of this, he also frowned and clearly expressed his dissatisfaction:

"Miss Caster. I don't care if you underestimate me, after all, I'm just a junior high school student.

But I want you to be able to say everything and not deliberately say half and leave half to mislead me. Of course, I don't think you're trying to trick me into giving up my MASTER status, but you have a little bit of that in mind! ”

"Huh...... That's true. If you choose to give up, it's great for me. But neither I, nor Soichiro-sama, nor even the goddess Artemis, Orion, and Marta believe that you should be involved in this war that is not yours.

Of course. That's just my personal statement, they never meant it.

And it is not a bad thing that you yourself insist on being involved, in our time. Almost every man can take up arms to hunt or go to war. ”

I don't know if Medea's frankness at this time is also part of her acting skills, at least Yanato Kazunari chose to believe her, and there was no mustard because of this.

As a young man who has been practicing martial arts for many years, although he has never used his martial arts in actual combat, he has also fantasized that he can make achievements on the battlefield with his skills. After being truly sensible, although he was no longer interested in a war full of violence and blood, he would not choose to run away.

If there is any real meaning in the fact that he was innocently involved in the Holy Grail War, then it must be a test sent down by the Buddha. In fact, he has vaguely felt since he was a child that this world may not be as simple as ordinary people know, and "something" should also exist.

It's a pity that his spiritual power is too weak, and he doesn't have any real magic inheritance in his own family, and his father and eldest brother never even think that there are real spells in this world, and naturally they don't think that the Buddha really exists.

He tried to "make a pilgrimage" to other temples, shrines, and dojos in the city and even in neighboring cities, including the shrine he told Kishiba Shirano, who was still a high school student at the time, but he never gained anything, so he gradually stopped thinking about practicing magic, and regarded his spiritual power as a "scientific phenomenon" similar to superpowers, but took this opportunity to practice karate by the way.

Now that there is such an opportunity for him to intervene in "that world", he doesn't want to back down so easily, even if he knows that there is danger. If he chooses to give up without even daring to look at it, he feels that he will definitely regret it later.

Then, no matter whether the group of people who trespassed on the mountain gate were friends or foes, and whether their Servant was weak or strong, he who was unfortunately or lucky enough to be involved would fight side by side with Soichiro's brother who had the same fate! Even if they are ordinary people, they can't deal with either the Servant or the magicians among the humans, they also have the heart of a strong man who will not flinch and escape! (To be continued.) )