Behind the scenes

"Then, King of Knights, now we will be on our way. The next time we meet, I will incite all my boiling blood of the elect with you… Little Master, do you have anything to add to this order?"

However, the young man lying on the driver's platform at Ryder's feet did not answer. Ryder held the jacket talking and shook it, but the little child's eyes were offended back; he was already unconscious. apparently, Rider's power was too great when he suddenly attacked the Berserker.

"...This boy needs to learn how to be indestructible."

Rider sighed and picked up his Master, then adjusted the reins of the two divine bulls. The bulls roared, thundered, and shot lightning from their hooves as they soared into the sky.

"Farewell!"

Under the roar of thunder, the chariot raced in the southern sky.

Irisviel finally released and reduced the tension in the air she was holding back. When she looked around, she saw complete devastation. We expect this. The five Servants were gathered in one place, some of them relentlessly releasing their Noble Phantasms, accumulating at will.

"The first battle was fought with such an atmosphere. Has there been such a Holy Grail War before?"

Irisviel didn't care about the signs of destruction. The overseer of the Holy Church is in charge of the secret of the war. This place looks like it was hit by an earthquake. The overseer must look for those who work in the churches and carefully repair the large group.

Saber completely engrossed, staring at the sky as Rider flew by. The fine structure has no signs of agitation or fatigue in anticipation of a violent reaction, just standing firm and firm on the battlefield. This figure of a girl in armor was like a painting, a beauty that did not create an image of a place for desecration.

"...Thank you, Saber. Thanks to you, my life is safe."

Irisviel said, bowing her head. Saber responded with coming.

"I only fight on the front lines to protect you, Irisviel."

Irisviel is flowery again, as it pricked her; The strength, courage and gentleness of Saber.

More than a dozen years younger than her, with the height of a girl who will still be a woman - Such a thin figure, such a neat wrist, but she is a real knight, a hero.

"The war has just begun, Irisviel. Today's battle was the first of the first war to begin."

"...Yes."

"They are all characteristic enemies of a single greatness. Guest heroes from different eras... none of them can be easily deduced."

There was no worry or fear in Saber's voice. Before the onset of the storm, the heart of a warrior is both excited and calm. The soaring spirit and the boiling blood do not change in any time, in any world. This is the real investigation of the soul.

The girl fixed her eyes on the southern sky and proclaimed serenely.

"This is... the Holy Grail War."

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Seeing the end of the story, Kirei Kotomine ordered his Assassin to return from his place, and his general perception stopped.

When Kotomine turned off the ability, the smell of the wind blowing over the sea and the feelings evaluating the battlefield ceased; he returned to the basement of the church.

Risei Kotomine appeared out of nowhere and stopped in front of Kirei. He seemed to be listening to Kirei report the results of Tokiomi's battle. Once the battle was over, Kirei took up the position of regulator, quickly sending orders through his cell phone.

"...Mion District. Yes, the streets and warehouses by the sea. Huge destruction... Ahhh. All right. Mobilize the city guards to clear the battlefield... Use plan D... I will rely on you with estimates of the area ... "

Previously, they agreed with the police and local authorities. Perhaps tomorrow's morning newspaper will print a completely distorted and disfigured report on the tragic scene in the warehouses.

Watching his father with one corner of his eye, Kirei began to analyze the people who had taken part in today's battle.

The elite mage of the Clock Tower, El-Melloi, has lost the relic of Alexander that he once possessed.

Tokiomi's spy once reported this as well. Alexander entered the Grail War as a Rider-class Servant.

But - there is no doubt that Lancer's Master is El-Melloi. After Alexander's relic was stolen by a young man named Waver, he must have obtained Diarmuid's Heroic Spirit relic.

Now, however, El-Melloi was out of the equation. His Servant had already been defeated by a contingency.

Itsuki, at least as he introduced himself to Gilgamesh, was the boy who single-handedly killed Lancer. The mystery was his servant, who showed nothing.

Not knowing the power of Itsuki's Servant, Kirei and Tokiomi had to be careful when dealing with them, especially since it seemed like the Gate of Babylon hadn't done anything to Itsuki.

When Mato summoned the Berserker, Zouken informed his father about it. At the time, neither Kirei nor Tokiomi paid much attention to it. However, they did not expect Berserker's Servant's vast powers or his exceptional technique of using the opponent's Noble Phantasm. He was the natural enemy of Gilgamesh and Tokiomi.

In order for the battle to go over to Tokiomi's side... the other Servants must first defeat the Berserker. This task would have been best done by Lancer, but he was already dead. Itsuki emerged as a candidate capable of defeating Berserker, along with Saber and Rider.

With the exception of Berserker and Caster, all the other Servants have already revealed their real names.

Gilgamesh exposed his Noble Phantasms with great fanfare and put himself at a disadvantage, though he did not reveal his real name. Also, no one noticed that the Assassin remained alive. Thus, judging by the current situation, Tokiomi still had the most advantage.

Kirei calmly counted as he had planned, but there was not an iota of excitement in his heart.

According to the wishes of the church, Tohsaka Tokiomi must win the final victory. Kirei's mission is to help Tokiomi achieve this goal. He sees no big obstacles ahead of him. It was a mission with no real expectations. It was also the sum total of everything that had happened in the past three years.

"...Master Kirei."

Kirei tensed. A shadow appeared quietly beside him. Someone, a woman in a skull mask, completely wrapped in black; it was the Killer who was responsible for reconnaissance near the warehouse street.

"... What's happening?"

"I report. I found something strange outside the church."

The killer respectfully presented him with the corpse of a bat. Although the head was twisted and broken, it was slightly warm, indicating that she had died not too long ago.

- Familiar?

"Yes. Although he was outside the camp, apparently he was placed there to watch over the church."

"…"

The assassin's conclusions were unthinkable. The Church is neutral in the Grail War and cannot be challenged. Suppose someone dares to interfere in the affairs of the church. In this case, the regulator may punish them by lowering their command seals or temporarily removing their ability to fight.

There's no reason to take that much risk to keep an eye on the church. Until -

The story that Kirei lost an Assassin and is now under the protection of the church... Is there already a Master who doubts the veracity of this event?"

"…"

He took the bat's corpse from Assassin's hands. Kirei gazed at the strange object intently when he noticed that the bat's stomach was engraved with small electronic parts. A button-sized battery and... apparently a miniature wireless CCD camera.

If the bat was the mage's familiar, it was an odd combination. Kirei knew that most magicians despised and ignored world technology. Only his teacher, Tokiomi, fit into this group. This mage, on the other hand, not only uses magical vision, but also uses machines to record everything. It's not something a normal magician would even think.

"...Total indiscriminateness in his methods. Completely alien to the pride of a mage..."

Like lightning, Tokiomi's words flashed through Kotomine Kirei's mind as he remembered his mentor's words.

Kirei can't figure out which magician did this or why he did it. He looked at the small animal for a long time. In his heart, the answer to this riddle mattered more than today's battle between the Servants.

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With Kirei's thoughts, I end the prologue of this war. In the next volume, we'll see how we go deeper into the war along with the addition of Caster's Servant (who hasn't shown up so far).

Someone must be asking why I haven't posted a single chapter in the last two weeks, and I'm here to answer that question.

I just rested. I had a lot of work at the university, so I preferred to devote time to it, taking a break from writing. I no longer have a job at the university until the June exams, so I have time to write during that month and a half, so maybe you can expect more chapters in the coming weeks.