In fact, in the Holy Grail War, even if you have a holy relic as a medium, there is no guarantee that you will be able to summon your favorite servant.

For example, if the wreck of the Agol achieved by the Greek heroes is summoned as a medium, it is impossible to know whether it will appear before the summoning of the great hero Hercules, the traitorous witch Medea, or Asclepius, who is known as the god of medicine.

Of course, at least the relics can limit the summoned Heroic Spirits to a certain range.

And summoning without a medium is not completely without benefits, because the Heroic Spirit itself has more in common with the summoner on the spiritual level, so it can establish a relationship of trust between the master and the servant in a short period of time.

After all, in the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City, the discord between the master and the servant was equivalent to holding a deadly time bomb, so there were countless situations that led to tragic endings.

Of course, for some people with special spirits, there are also cases where servants with similar spirits to themselves cannot be trusted, and these all depend on the individual.

Generally speaking, although the compatibility between each other is a factor that cannot be ignored, if you are not prepared for any medium, the risk of just gambling is too high.

Therefore, if you have to choose, most people will still choose to find a more suitable holy relic as a medium to summon.

Belfenbon stood up, took an ebony box from his desk drawer, placed it on the table, and opened it with a cautious expression.

Inside is a piece of wood with traces of processing, and it doesn't look like there's anything particularly noteworthy.

"What is this?"

Although it didn't seem to be anything special, when the Lion Tribulation Realm left the mouth, he still felt that his voice had an inexplicable high-spirited mood, as if that piece of wood had some special attraction.

"The 'round table', in the past, many knights who could be a hundred have gathered around this round table to communicate, in order to protect their homeland Britain, not with swords, but with words to fight each other."

"Britain's Round Table...... Could it be King Arthur?! ”

The Lion Tribulation Realm almost couldn't help but reach out and touch it directly, but hurriedly stepped on the brakes himself.

Knights of the Round Table, it is no exaggeration to say that each of them is a legendary hero, not to mention King Arthur himself, the other Knights of the Round Table under his command are also unimaginably strong, and in terms of summoned servants, each of them has impeccable strength.

And most importantly......

"Doesn't it point to a single knight, but a round table that represents all the Knights of the Round Table? It seems that the clock tower really wants to win this time. ”

If it is pointed to a single knight, there may be a problem of personality inconsistency, but the twelve knights of the round table plus King Arthur, each of them has their own unique characteristics, as long as they are not too extreme people, they can basically find a heroic spirit that matches their personality.

It is no exaggeration to say that this relic is a first-class medium that has been fully considered in terms of strength and phase.

"That's natural, we spent a lot of thought in order to solve the guy who made the association lose face." Belfenbon sat back in his chair, "Judging by your expression, can the old man think that you are willing to take the commission?" ”

The Lion Tribulation Jieli only hesitated a little and nodded, of course, in addition to the generous reward, the most important thing is that the Lion Tribulation Jieli has a wish that needs to rely on the almighty wish machine to achieve, and Belfenbon also knows this very well, so he will choose him.

In other words, all the magicians employed by the clock tower have this same trait.

The Lion Raider took a deep puff from lighting a cigarette, enjoying the pleasure of the poisonous gas filling his lungs, and Belfenbon looked displeased...... He hates cigarettes.

"Then the deal between us is settled, now you can prepare to go to Dongmu City, the old man will contact the overseer of the Templar Church and the other masters, and when you arrive, others should take the initiative to contact you."

"Don't worry, old man, pay me half of the remuneration first, as long as you accept it, we will sign the contract."

The lion's words made Belfenbon's wrinkled face tense.

"Isn't the upfront deposit already paid? According to the usual rules, shouldn't the rest of the remuneration be paid after the work is done? ”

"The survival rate of this mission is too low, of course, you have to take a sum first while you can still get it."

"Well, you have a point, so what do you want?"

The lion robbers got up from the sofa, walked to the side of the display shelf without hesitation, and brought the hydra hatchlings above.

"This."

“…… That's a fake, are you really sure you want it? The corners of Belfenbon's eyes already twitched.

The Lion Tribulation Realm did not speak, but nodded without hesitation.

So Belfenbon's face immediately sank, because the things soaked in the jar of formalin were genuine, and even if the lion robbery world was bankrupt, I am afraid that it would not be able to take thirty percent of the value of this hydra.

"Thanks!"

The Lion Tribulation Realm took the things with a happy face, and took the box containing the holy relic, preparing to leave the place immediately before Belfen Bang could react.

"By the way, the old man just forgot to mention, because the situation of this Holy Grail War has changed too much, so there is no guarantee that you can indeed become a candidate for the Master. For this reason, we hope that you will be able to get to Fuyuki City as soon as possible. After all, the sooner this kind of thing happens, the better, in case you go too late and all the places under the Master are divided, all your rewards will have to be returned. ”

Just as the Lion Tribulation was about to leave the room, Belfenbon finally reacted, reminding in a cold voice.

"Tsk, got it. By the way, what is the name of the overseer sent by the Templar Church? ”

The reason why the Lion Tribulation Realm would raise such a question was because if there was a case related to this kind of war, it was very likely that the Sheng Shengtang Church would send someone from the Eighth Secret Sect to come forward, so that it might meet someone they knew.

"I haven't seen it directly, but I remember that the document says ...... It's a priest named Shiro. ”

It's a shame that it's a name I've never heard of.

Immediately after leaving, he boarded a plane from London to Japan, but fortunately, when he accepted the commission, he had already anticipated that this might be some kind of hunting work, so he had already prepared for the battle in advance, so he didn't need to waste time going home.

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……

The next day, the lion woke up from a group of graves in the suburbs.

There were no accidents at the end of the night, and the vigilance technique was not triggered, but this was also a matter of course, after all, in a place like this, no one would usually come over to disturb him.

After moving forward quickly for hours avoiding the crowd, the Lion Raider took a deep breath as he looked at the city in front of him.

Although the old guy in Belfenbon advised him to come to Winterwood as early as possible, the Lion Raiders thought that his brain was not rusty, and of course he wouldn't really be stupid enough to fly here.

Judging from the information he has inquired about during this time, the other party has been mercilessly obliterating the magicians who dare to enter Fuyuki City, and it seems that he has done whatever it takes to prevent him from having an overly powerful opponent.

In this case, even if you are a fresh face, you just swagger to come to this city by plane, it is quite a death-seeking behavior.

Therefore, the Lion Raider decided to be as safe as possible, sneaking into the confines of Fuyuki City from the mountains and forests, and only after obtaining the qualification of the Imperial Master and waiting for him to summon his servants before choosing to show up.

Anyway, the Lion Raiders is good at necromantic magic, and my favorite place to stay is all kinds of inhabited cemeteries, so it's a big deal to find a hidden tomb to squat and hide before the summoning begins.

As for saying that such an act will make his movements too slow, and what if he finds that the qualification of the Imperial Master has been filled after arriving in Fuyuki City?

The Lion Tribulation Realm said that there was now the person who summoned the Heroic Spirit in Fuyuki City who was constantly hunting the Master, and there was no need to worry about the Master's qualification being filled out.

"But luckily I arrived early, and according to the old fellow in Belfenbong, about a week ago, the man who had been hunting the Master suddenly disappeared. I don't know if I was secretly ambushed and waited for enough prey to catch them all, or if I was really stumped by something. The Lion Tribulation Realm looked at the information displayed in the magic book in front of him and wiped his cold sweat.

"It's been so long, and the start of the Holy Grail War is approaching, so the magicians who didn't dare to come here because of the risk are probably ready to move. It seems that the timing of my arrival is just right, and if it is a little later, there is a real possibility that I will not be able to grab a place. ”

While secretly rejoicing, the lion robbed the world and quietly touched a corner of the cemetery next to a suburban church.

At that moment, he felt a paralyzing pain pass through his arm.

Looking down, a tattoo-like pattern appeared on the back of his hand, which meant that the Holy Grail recognized that the Lion Tribulation Realm was the Master, so the spell was revealed.

"Luckily, the next step is to find a summoning location, it's better to have some spiritual veins, right?"

Put on your gloves and cover the spell on the back of your hand.

The Lion Tribulation Realm searched around the location he sensed, and the place where he buried the corpse was the most suitable for him, so as long as there were one or two scattered spiritual veins under the cemetery, he could use it.

"For the Servant, waking up in the grave shouldn't be very happy......

……

……

"Mom, so I really won't have anything to do, Mom, you're just too troublesome, give me a good refuge! When my father participated in the Holy Grail War, I didn't see you so stubborn. Rin Tosaka shouted disgruntled at her mother.

Despite this, Aoi Tosaka still stood in front of the door of the corridor, looking at her daughter uneasily.

Aoi Tosaka doesn't really know exactly what will happen to the Holy Grail War, but the only thing she understands is how much damage the last Holy Grail War caused.

Whether it's a port that needs to be rebuilt after being completely destroyed, or a hill that has been directly destroyed by a sudden fire.

Such a natural disaster can be regarded as bad luck in any city, but Aoi Tosaka knows very well that these are not natural disasters, but real man-made disasters.

The so-called Holy Grail War was so tragic that human beings had no power to fight back in the face of such a disaster, and Aoi Tosaka was a little helpless at the thought that her husband had actually participated in such a war before, and now her daughter was also going to participate in such a war.

Today is the day before the start of the Fifth Holy Grail War, and in fact, since last week, Rin Tosaka has been urging her mother to evacuate quickly.

Originally, the person who wanted to participate in the Holy Grail War of the Tosaka family was actually still Tosaka Tokitoki, but because of the Ahad incident of the Einzberen family, in order to prevent the Gosan family from having any incomprehensible manipulation again, the clock tower very simply put Tosaka Toshitomi under house arrest in the clock tower, so that he lost the possibility of participating in the Holy Grail War.

After learning about this, Rin Tosaka resolutely took his father's original place and decided to represent the Tosaka family in this Holy Grail War.

But I didn't expect Aoi Tosaka to have an accident here.

Because her husband is not here, Rin Tosaka does not have any majesty in the eyes of Aoi Tosaka as a "child", so Aoi can still say her inner thoughts to the fullest.

She actually very much hopes that her daughter will not participate in this kind of terrible thing, anyway, the current Tosaka family is also doing well, and Tosaka Rin can maintain the dual relationship between magicians and ordinary people very well.

Whether it's studying at school or using gem magic with ease, Rin Tosaka is able to find the right balance between two very different lives.

Such a peaceful situation made Aoi Tosaka, who knew how cruel the Holy Grail War was, began to have the idea of resisting his daughter's participation.

It's a pity that although Rin Tosaka is not very old, he is determined enough, and it is the common wish of every magician to go further, even Rin Tosaka is not immune.

So when a spell suddenly appeared on the back of Rin Tosaka's hand, Aoi Tosaka knew that she couldn't stop her daughter.

"That'...... You still have to pay attention to safety, even if you can't get something like the Holy Grail, it doesn't matter, after all, even if you don't have the Holy Grail, you're doing well, aren't you? If you really encounter an irresistible danger, even if you surrender and admit defeat, it is acceptable......"

"Mom, you're too long-winded!"

Rin Tosaka pushed his mother out of the door, and Aoi Tosaka could only helplessly pick up her luggage and prepare to leave in the car.

"Is it the time of rebellion? It always feels like Rin is starting to dislike me. ”

"No, Mom, you misunderstood, I'm just busy!"

"Well, since it's Rin's own decision, then I won't say much, I can only offer you my blessings. Also, if you really encounter something that can't be solved, it's good to ask for help from the church, and if you really can't do it, it's not bad to ask for help from the young man from the Emiya family, and my mother is very satisfied with him......"

"Mom, what are you talking about?!" Rin Tosaka screamed, and her face turned visibly red.

Forcefully stuffing his mother into the car, Rin Tosaka returned to the room and her mood was visibly low.

In fact, she didn't tell her mother that the reason why she wanted to participate in the Holy Grail War was because of the fate of the Tosaka family, and there was no escape.

Originally, in order to ensure that their descendants could always be eligible to participate in the Holy Grail War, the Imperial Three Families added a back hand to the small Holy Grail.

As long as you are still a member of the three royal families, then the Holy Grail War will automatically come to the door, and even if you don't want to participate, you will be arranged to be the master because of the bloodline of the three royal families.

As long as it is still the bloodline of the three royal families, no matter how you veto it or how you escape, you will eventually become a sacrifice in the Holy Grail War until someone reaches the third magic position.

In fact, the previous actions of the Clock Tower gave the Misan family a chance to break free from such a cage of fate, but Ahad destroyed this opportunity with his own hands.

Now that he participated in the Holy Grail War and changed back to the fate of the three families, it is inevitable, and this fate will not change unless it is completely separated from magic.

After a while, Rin Tosaka picked himself up again and ran to the underground laboratory to check if there was anything wrong with the summoning circle depicted.

Tonight is the best time to summon a servant, although because of the suddenness of the incident, Rin Tosaka did not prepare a more suitable holy relic as a summoning medium, but she herself did not plan to use the holy relic to summon a specific servant.

Rin Tosaka himself also has his own pride, in the last Holy Grail War, although his father made all the preparations, he still lost, Rin Tosaka. Of course, she didn't think it was her father's fault, but she felt that her father was taking it for granted.

Rin Tosaka thinks that his father's biggest mistake is that he mistakenly thinks that the stronger the Servant, the better, but he ignores the personality of the Servant himself.

Just like Sakura and the Berserker she summoned in the last Holy Grail War, although Rin Tosaka hates that Berserker, she has to admit that the spirit between him and Sakura is quite compatible, so this should be the reason for their victory.

Rin Tosaka has always thought so, so she also believes that it is better to be a servant who is in line with her spirit than a powerful servant.

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……

"I'm back!"

Happily pushing open the door of the Emiya Mansion, Elia looked at the two androids inside with her eyes shining.

"Welcome home, you seem very happy today, did you meet anything happy at school?" The android maid, who was cleaning, bowed to Illia.

"Look, Serra, it's great that I've finally been chosen as a candidate for the Lordship, I thought I was disqualified." Illya happily showed the tattooed spell on the back of her hand to the android maid.

Illya was also reluctantly relieved, obviously hearing that the Holy Grail had released the restrictions of the Master, but the Holy Grail had not found her for a long time.

Even her own brother had been chosen by the Holy Grail but she was not chosen, so that Illya fell into deep self-doubt, and now the appearance of the spell finally put her mind at ease.

Speaking of which......

"What about Shirou? Where did he run away again? I'm going to show it off to him! Illya threw her bag on the couch.

Seira smiled: "Miss, Shirou hasn't finished school yet, the high school is a little later than the elementary school, and he seems to have said that he will go to the church to work after school today." ”

"Ahhh Damn, he's obviously a younger brother, why did he go to school earlier than me! Also, how do you feel that Shirou has been going to work at the church lately, is there anyone in the church who attracts him? ”

Faced with her own young lady's words, Sierra could only smile helplessly.

"Miss, if you look at the age of your body, your physical age is actually younger than Shirou, and it is normal for you to go to elementary school."

At the beginning, Zheng Shu and Emiya Kiritsugu went to Germany to kick the door of Einzbelen's house, and in addition to bringing Ahad back to Fuyuki City to restore the Holy Grail, they also brought Illya back.

However, as a child born to androids and humans, Illya was born with no fewer flaws than those androids.

Whether it's the magic circuits that ordinary creatures can't bear on her body, or the unknown flaws in her soul, it makes it difficult for Illya to survive for too long after losing the technology of the Einzberen family.

In order to keep her daughter alive, Emiya Kiritsugu and Alice Phil run to Zheng Shu's residence together and ask him to help treat Illya.

Zheng Shu didn't care about this kind of thing that could be done casually, but considering that Illya herself also had a lot of flaws in her soul. If he chose to use the same method as he had treated Alice Phil before, it was likely to fail, so Zheng Shu chose a more secure method.

He changed the recipe of his potion to make it more slower, but gentler.

However, the downside is that in order for Illya's body to slowly undergo transformation, she must fall into a deep sleep for a while.

And because of the large number of magic circuits on Illya's body, the transformation time is extremely long, so when Illya wakes up, she has changed from the original sister to a younger sister in the Emiya family.

"In addition, the reason why Shirou has been going to church frequently lately seems to be because there is a new priest in the church, and I heard Shirou say that the other party's philosophy is very similar to his, so he has been going there to learn from him."

"The ideas are similar? Could it be that there is a second fool in this world who wants to be a partner in justice? Illya was a little confused.

And the two androids could only hold back their smiles in the face of her words, after all, Emiya Kiritsugu is also one of this kind of stupid.

Not wanting to correct the topic about his master, Serra diverted Illya's attention: "By the way, I just received a zip code, it seems that Mr. Emiya Kiritsugu sent it from abroad, and it seems that the content is a holy relic found in the course of the investigation, and it has been placed in your room, miss, do you want to take a look?" ”

"Really?! Great, I knew my dad was going to help me! ”

With a cheer, Illya happily ran towards her room.

Looking at Illya's happy departing figure, the two androids also showed a gentle smile: "What, isn't this still a child?" ”

(PS: The foreshadowing is complete, and we will continue to pay off the debt tomorrow!) ）

Push book: "I'm fishing, what are you fishing?" 》

There is a portal underneath

(End of chapter)