Chapter 2 The Starting Point of Destiny

[You are not suitable for magic research, Weber, if you daydream all day long. ]

    Thinking back to the scene in the classroom, it was probably the most humiliating moment in Weber Velvet's life. He will never forget the mocking expression on Kenneth El-Melloi Archipelago's face when he tore up the thesis he spent four years writing.

    For this reason, when he heard that Kenneth was going to participate in a magic ceremony called the Holy Grail War in the Far East, he made an unspeakable determination.

    At midnight, Weber, strolling in the Great Library of the Clock Tower, was still trying to find information about the Holy Grail War.

    As for how many books the Clock Tower Library has, the various books of different sizes placed on the shelves of various bookcases can easily answer your question.

    Small labels divide each bookcase into several categories, from magic overview to practical applications to history and even novels based on history.

    The Clock Tower library can be said to be the largest treasure trove of books in the whole of London. Even a rough estimate is that there are more than 100,000 books. Although it is not too difficult to find documents related to the Holy Grail War, it is by no means simple, especially since such documents are not easy to classify.

    However, after searching through the bookshelves in these areas, Weber finally found it before dawn.

The so-called Holy Grail War originated from a place called Fuyuki City in the Far East. It is a magic ritual created by the magic families collectively known as the Asters. It is said that the spiritual veins there will continue to accumulate spiritual power. About every sixty years, the accumulated powerful spiritual power will form something called the Holy Grail. Its powerful power is said to be enough to realize any wish. For this reason, magicians collectively known as Asters will summon their own servants to fight and kill others to compete for the Holy Grail to realize their wishes. This is called the Holy Grail War.

    Weber, who closed the notebook in his hand that had already shown a considerable age and was about to leave the library before dawn, suddenly heard a crisp question.

"Student Weber, you seem to be very interested in the Holy Grail War?"

    This sentence from behind startled Weber, but he quickly calmed down. Thinking carefully, the fact that the lecturer was going to participate in the Holy Grail War was probably already a hot topic in the Clock Tower. After all, it was not a secret.

    "Well, I am very... interested in this." Weber looked back while speaking, and saw the girl next to him. He couldn't help but be surprised, and even dragged out the words he just said in a funny way.

The girl looked about 16 or 17 years old, with short light golden hair, which was so soft that even the sunlight could penetrate it. Her face was very white and tender, giving people a sense of purity. She was wearing a blue and white dress. If you look closely, it must be Manaka Sajyou.

    "Student Weber, you look strange." Manaka Sajyou narrowed her eyes slightly, tilted her head, and showed a confused expression on her face.

    "Wow! Yes, yes, it's Manaka, why are you here, ah, no, no, how do you know my name." Hearing Manaka Sajyou's question, Weber finally came to his senses, and at the same time, a feeling that he couldn't explain quietly rose in his heart.

After all, on the surface, Sajyou Manaka is a magician who is close to the color level (

    and) at a young age and is also a famous magician. She is also a dazzling magic genius in the Clock Tower, while Weber Velvet is just an inconspicuous youngest (fra) level in the Clock Tower, and his family is just a magician who has been passed down for three generations.

    "Ah! Weber is really strange. Weren't we in the same classroom some time ago?" Sajyou Manaka covered her mouth and laughed softly.

    "Is it like this!" Weber murmured in a daze, and it seemed that he heard the sound of something breaking in his ears. After a while, he showed a look on his face that he didn't know whether it was relieved or lost.

"Classmate Weber... Classmate Weber." Seeing Weber standing there in a daze, Manaka Sajyou could not help but frown slightly.

    "Uh... yes, yes." Weber straightened his back immediately after hearing the voice.

    "It's not a good thing to be in a daze in front of a lady." Manaka Sajyou reminded with a bright smile.

    "Uh." Weber shook his head awkwardly, his face flushed, and forcedly changed the topic: "By the way, Manaka, are you interested in the Holy Grail War?"

    "Well, I'm quite interested in this!" Manaka Sajyou did not expose the other party, and asked a question that he already knew the answer to with a half-smile.

"The so-called Holy Grail War, actually..." Weber nervously talked about the literature he had found recently. After all, it was the first time for Weber to talk to such a beautiful girl, so he couldn't help but feel a little awkward.

    .........

"So, Mr. Weber wants to participate in the Holy Grail War!" Manaka Sajyou looked at Weber, who was becoming a little excited, tilted her head, and said in a positive tone.

    "Ah! Of course! If I can win the Holy Grail War, I can prove my ability!"

    [El-Melloi II is still a little naive now. ]

    "Really! Then I wish you success." Manaka Sajyou looked at Weber's expression, said, and turned to leave the library.

    The girl slowly walked out of the British Museum located in the base camp of the Clock Tower, glanced at the sky where snowflakes had begun to float, and suddenly felt that this trip might not be smooth.

    .........

    Three days later.

We arrived at Fuyuki City at around 4pm. As the giant steel bird slowly landed, people walked out of the airport.

    Shinto, the park square in front of the station.

    "The next stop should be the Magic Workshop!" Manaka Sajyou, who had already left the Clock Tower, ignored the surprised eyes of the passers-by around her and muttered softly.

    Although it is not difficult for this enhanced version of Manaka Sajyou to tear up the Heroic Spirits with bare hands, if she is serious, it is not impossible to end the Holy Grail War within a day. After all, as the Princess of the Root, the girl is a synonym for "eternity", and can even be said to be the humanization of the Root.

But considering the bad premonition before, the girl still chose to build a magic workshop. Hmm... This may be the common trait of the time travelers being cautious (fear of death)!

    Speaking of building a magic workshop, this is basically the basic skill of the magician in the Moon World, just like the warrior's normal attack. For the magician, the workshop is their most important and final battlefield. Of course, this is except for those who are more like warriors than magicians.

    What are you looking at? I'm talking about you, Red A... Ahem.

    And Caster among the Seven Knights has the ability to make a battlefield. It is precisely because of this skill that other servants except Saber, who has high anti-magic, dare not easily attack Caster's base camp, which allows Caster, who can be said to be the second to last in combat power, to have a small chance of winning.

"Enzou?" Aika Sajo glanced at the hill in the distance and decided on the location for the magic workshop.

    Manaka Sajyou gently stopped a taxi and started moving towards her target location.

    Enzou, which has a large natural cavity, is the first spiritual vein in Fuyuki City.

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(End of this chapter)