The girl had a dream.

She still remembered her father's back when he was gone, and she stood there in a daze, completely unaware of what had happened.

Did you do something wrong?

Why did a father abandon him?

The girl couldn't understand it, but soon, a rickety, thin figure appeared in front of the girl.

"From today onwards, forget your mother, your sister, you have no place to go back, this is your home."

The old man's thin voice echoed in the girl's ears, making her fearful, trembling, and wanting to shrink into a ball. But no matter what, there was no escape, and the darkness seemed to come from all directions with the voice of the old man, almost swallowing the girl completely......... However, at this moment, a large, warm hand reached out and touched the girl's head, and she opened her eyes and saw the tall figure.........

“MASTER？”

"Woo..............."

The sound in her ears made the girl open her eyes in a daze, and looked out the window, and there was still a sky shrouded in white clouds.

"What's wrong? Did something happen? ASSASSIN？ ”

"No, it doesn't seem like you look very good...... Is there a physical problem? ”

"No, it was just a nightmare."

The girl shook her head ——— Sakura, then sat up and looked out the window. Through the reflection of the porthole, you can clearly see the figure of a beautiful girl with long and silky dark purple hair, not the dazed and ignorant little girl before, Sakura has grown up a lot at this moment. Whether it is the face or the figure, it is far beyond the imagination of the past.

"The plane is about to land..............."

As she whispered, Sakura withdrew her gaze and let out a sigh as she closed her eyes.

It's been eight years.

These eight years are neither good nor bad for Sakura and the Ermelo family. At first, I learned that Duanmu Huai and the others left the clock tower because they had something to investigate. The monarchs were able to remain calm, but as time passed, they began to slowly lose patience and gradually test the bottom line of the Ermelo family.

Eventually, the monarchs took back the power of the Ermelo family's archaeological discipline in the name of custody in the title of the crown resolution, and transferred it to the modern magic department. Of course, on the surface, this is just a safekeeping, but whether it is Rhaenys, Sakura, or Fiore, they all know that if they don't come back, then they will lose control of the archaeology discipline forever.

But......... That Ermelo II did a good job.

At first, Sakura was a little worried about whether the man would be able to handle the tricks of the clock tower because of the weak look he looked. But fortunately, although the man himself is not as powerful as Brother Duanmu, he does have a very good talent in teaching, and Rhaenys, Sakura, and Fioret have also been taught by him, and it is indeed very effective.

By the way, the reason why the Ermelo family is able to occupy a place in the clock tower now is because of the efforts of Leenys, Fiore, and Sakura, in addition to the connections left by the original Inquisition.

Fiore's ability in séance and ergonomics is no less than that of a first-level instructor in the Clock Tower, while Sakura also has the ability to be named "color bit" because of her extremely rare imaginary number attribute and the careful teaching of Medea.

Although Rhaenys is the least qualified of the three, she is unmatched in political negotiations. It is also for this reason that the three of them are referred to as the three pillars of the Ermelo family in the clock tower. It is precisely because of their existence that the Ermelo family can still maintain the status of the clock tower after losing Duanmu Huai.

It's just that it's still too difficult to fight the monarch.

And they are also waiting, waiting for the return of Duanmu Huai......... After all, the other party said that she would come back in eight years, and Sakura also hoped to show her growth in front of Duanmu Huai and Lorena.

But......... But there were some surprises.

Thinking of this, Sakura looked at the spell on the back of her hand and sighed helplessly. Yes, the spell had been on the back of her hand when she woke up one day. Sakura was also confused at the time, but in the end, she decided to go to Fuyuki City to participate in the Holy Grail War.

On the one hand, for Sakura, it's also an opportunity to put an end to herself and the past. On the other hand, she also wanted to investigate what was going on. Because Sakura remembers very well, Duanmu Huai once said that he and Medea dismantled the Great Holy Grail of Fuyuki City, and after that, according to Leenys's investigation, because of Medea's existence, the Magic Association did send someone to Fuyuki to investigate to see if it could replicate the ritual of the Holy Grail summoning the Heroic Spirit, but the result was also in vain.

Logically speaking, this means that the Great Holy Grail has disintegrated, why did it reappear after ten years?

This is also the focus of Sakura's plan to investigate, after all, she is no longer the powerless girl she was back then, but a rare "color bit" magician in the clock tower, in fact, in the eyes of the clock tower, Sakura is already a more genius existence than Kenneth, the ———monarch of the Ermelo family back then.

After all, Kenneth was already in her twenties when she reached the color position, and Sakura was only 16 years old, with her age and special imaginary attributes, plus she was still a personal disciple of Medea, it was not completely impossible to reach the highest "crown" in her lifetime.

Of course, Kenneth was also a color magician, well......... As a result, he died in the Holy Grail War.........

In fact, at the beginning, Rhaenys and Fiore wanted to accompany Sakura, but Sakura declined their kindness. On the one hand, as the heads of the Ermelo and Fervegi families, they could not leave the territory for a long time. On the other hand, Sakura thinks it's her own private matter, and she's embarrassed to let her friends follow her life and death adventures.

After all, not only did Kenneth not come back, but his fiancée Sonia did not come back either.

Sakura herself is only a diner at the Ermelo family, so it doesn't matter, but if something happens to the head of the Ermelo and Velveji families, it will be useless for the locust to come back.

By the way, I heard that Ermelo II also seems to want to participate in the Fifth Holy Grail War, which Sakura doesn't quite understand. After all, the other party had already participated in the Fourth Holy Grail War, and knew how cruel it was, but they still wanted to participate......... Well, how to say it, I don't quite understand.

Although they were persuaded by Sakura not to come with them, the two still prepared a lot for Sakura. Fiore prepared a name for Sakura called "Ring of Imaginary Numbers" and "Connection Enhanced Defense Dress", the former can better trigger Sakura's imaginary number magic, and the latter can automatically protect Sakura from being attacked, according to Fiorei, she once heard that a certain magician would use a means that can destroy the magic circuit in the opponent's activation just by contact, so just in case, she specially created this defensive dress driven by animal spirits, so that even if Sakura is attacked, You don't have to worry about your magic circuit.

Although Rhaenys does not have the ability of Fiore, she also used her skills to provide Sakura with information about the two masters——— the Magic Association sent to Fuyuki City to participate in the battle, the executor of the Magic Association's Seal Designated Bureau, Bazet. Fraga. Mark Remis.

The other is a wealthy magician from the Middle East, Atram. Gary Asta.

Of course, although it is impossible to investigate such things as magic and aces that the two are good at, it is quite rewarding to be able to know the identities of the two masters.

No, maybe three for Sakura.

"Will my sister also participate in this war?"

Although there was a question coming out of her mouth, Sakura knew it wasn't a problem. After all, his father gave up on himself and chose his sister as the heir, so as the heir of the Tosaka family, my sister naturally would not let go of the ritual of the Holy Grail War.

So, how do you meet your sister?

Thinking of this, Sakura reached out and stroked the headband tied to her hair. That was the only gift her sister gave her before she left home. So, what has become of my sister now? Will she be like her father, a cold-blooded magician who will give up everything to find her roots?

Sakura doesn't know how to imagine her sister when she grows up, but in fact, she herself has changed a lot, because of the awakening of the imaginary number attribute, Sakura's hair began to turn into a strange purple,

The family rules of the Tosaka family are elegant——— but it has nothing to do with the fact that he has broken away from the Tosaka family and has taken the surname Ermeiro.

"MASTER, THE PLANE IS ABOUT TO LAND, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION."

"I KNOW, THANKS, ASSASSIN."

Hearing the voice in her ears again, Sakura also sat up straight, this time her luck was not good, it was ASSASSIN who was summoned, but it was a little different from ordinary ASSASSIN——— Well, at least Sakura felt that even if it was ASSASSIN, she could fight with other Heroic Spirits.

The plane slowly landed on the ground, and Sakura walked down the gangway, looking at the familiar and unfamiliar city in front of her, and her heart was full of mixed feelings for a while.

This is her hometown, her hometown, Sakura had never thought of leaving here before, and now she never wanted to return here.

But she came back anyway.

"What's next? MASTER？ ”

"First secure the stronghold, then ......... Let's take a look at the situation of the Great Holy Grail, I'm really curious, how did the Great Holy Grail, which has been dismantled, reappear? ”

In fact, in the clock tower, many people rumored that Medea did not leave, but disappeared. This also means that there is a limit to the spirits summoned by the Great Holy Grail, but if this is really the case, even Sakura doesn't know. Because she remembered that when Duanmu Huai told herself and others that she was leaving, her tone was relaxed as if she was going to go far away.

If something happened to Miss Medea, he wouldn't have shown such a simple expression.........

Thinking of this, Sakura retracted her thoughts and looked ahead.

"Let's go."

After saying this, Sakura pulled her suitcase and stepped on the land of her hometown.

(End of chapter)