Episode 1 - Chapter 1 | Fragments of Star Silver

The sound of cutting through the wind eases my mind as I stand out in the backyard, swinging my blade ten thousand times.

A door behind me slides open, revealing my little sister peeking her head out to catch a glimpse of me training.

"Good evening Yuki."

"Good evening Brother!"

Finishing my fourth rep, I put the wooden sword back onto the rack, walking over towards Yuki as she hands me my towel. 

"Brother… You should be more careful when training… If someone happened to walk past our backyard and you caught a glimpse of them, you might start having symptoms again…"

I finish wiping off the sweat on my body, giving Yuki a pat on the head.

"Don't worry about it. Besides, I feel happier when I can freely use my eyes around you."

"Hehe~ I feel happy when I'm with you too Brother!"

I turn back for a bit, taking a look at the worn down shed in the corner of our backyard.

"I'll shower once I finish cleaning the shed, okay?"

"Alright!"

I give Yuki a smile and another head pat before walking away from her and towards the shed. 

Haa… This small little shed holds so many dear memories to me… But it hurts to come visit it.

Big Sister Musashi… Why did you leave me this as a parting gift?

On the wall of the shed was a blade. Just the blade and unwrapped handle. 

This was the only thing you left me before you decided to leave this world with my parents… 

Everything you've taught me, everything you wanted to gain and accomplish. I'll follow after you. I'll find out the truth of what happened.

Because I alone will be the only one to rival the heavens and earth with pure swordsmanship.

Isn't that right Big Sis?

I continue to wander around the shed, looking around at the things in here reminding me of my past.

A majority of the items here once belonged to my father. He was a magus in the 5th Holy Grail War. The servant he had summoned was my big sister, Musashi. But to be clear, I don't have any biological family left alive. 

My younger sister Yuki is a childhood friend. Her parents decided to take me in when my parents had died and left me alone.

"Oh…"

The old TV and blue ray DVD player catches my eye. 

Whenever I was training in the sword to one day stand side by side with Big Sister Musashi, I would spend it trying to escape the harsh reality of my mother.

Whenever we would get into an argument, or whenever she got on my nerves, I would come into the shed and watch Saber Wars. 

I blow at the items, getting as much dust off of them as I can.

With the tap of my finger, I turn on the Tv, then the blue ray DVD player, putting a Saber Wars DVD into it.

Now it's about time I start preparing for summoning… You'll be the one I summon, right Musashi?

I sit myself down, working on a large piece of paper, drawing the summon circle that my mother had taught me.

As I would diligently work on the summoning circle, the blue ray DVD player would start to malfunction, spitting out the Saber Wars DVD. 

"No!"

Out of reflex, I throw the paper I had on my lap aside, diving forward to catch the DVD. But instead of catching the DVD, it gets knocked away by my hands and lands onto the sheet of paper I was working on.

"Phew… Thankfully it has no scratches… Ah."

Just then, I realized that the DVD had landed on the now complete summoning circle, causing a bright blinding light to take me by surprise.

Tumbling backwards, I hit my head on something hard and pass out.