I'm Shenji, what are you doing?

Tohsaka Aoi and Rin will leave Fuyuki City and return to Zenjo's home the day after tomorrow.

A message that sounds normal and does not raise any suspicion. Tohsaka Aoi's surname is Zencheng, and she is originally the daughter of the Zencheng family. From time to time, she takes her daughter home to visit her parents. It is only human nature to take her daughter on vacation.

However, normal news coupled with a special time point seems not so normal.

As early as three months ago, on the night when Scathach was summoned, Shinji had drawn up a flow chart. As a senior moon chef (type moon chef), Shinji is confident that the accuracy of his flow chart is more than 80%. One of the items that was highlighted is "Tohsaka Aoi and Rin return to Zencheng's house."

The essence of the Holy Grail War is that seven masters and servants fight each other to summon the Holy Grail. Although the ritual itself only requires the soul of the Servant, many Masters have died in previous Holy Grail Wars for the following reasons:

First, the servant's magic power comes from the master. If the master is killed, the servant will become weak.

Second, the master-slave relationship is not fixed. A slave who has lost a master can conclude a contract with a new master, including masters who have lost their slaves.

Third, human masters are easier to deal with than servants of heroic spirit clones.

Although Tokiomi Tohsaka is one of the best magicians in this Holy Grail War, he is not sure that he can protect his wife and apprentice daughter while protecting himself, so it is reasonable for them to leave Fuyuki City for refuge.

When the Matou family receives this information, it means that the Fourth Holy Grail War is about to begin.

"It's finally about to begin."

Shenji used his pen to mark a certain column at the beginning of the flow chart. There were unspeakable emotions brewing under his drooping eyelids.

From the day he killed Zouken, everything he did was to participate in the Holy Grail War.

Studying with Justisa and receiving training from Scathach, everything is leading to this day. Not only to fulfill the agreement made with Justisa, but also to live up to the opportunity given by God to travel to the world of Xingyue.

Shenji raised his head and swept away the silence in his study. The high-spirited look that had been absent for a year returned to his face again.

From this moment on, he is no longer Scathach's disciple, Justeza's student, or a child of the Matou family, but the master of the former, the contractor of the latter, and the person who determines the future of the Matou family. .

"Master Craftsman, Justina, summoned everyone for a meeting. The peaceful days are over."

The Queen of the Kingdom of Shadows stretched slightly, her figure blending into the shadows.

The eyes of the golden saint burst out with an unprecedented look, and she turned into a golden spirit and disappeared.

Five minutes later, the Matou family's underground magic workshop.

Compared with three months ago, this ancient basement has undergone new changes. The floors, walls, and ceilings were all engraved with runes that seemed simple but actually contained mysterious power - runes.

In Germanic mythology, the main god Odin hung himself upside down on the World Tree for nine days and nine nights. He lost his right eye in exchange for higher wisdom. When he came down from the tree, he understood the original runes. Word.

According to legend, this sacred text can predict the future. Each word has its own individual power and protects the human soul. It can also be used to make talismans, record magic, and be carved on stones, wood, shells or other natural materials to form runes.

In the hands of the gods, the original runes can exert power-level power, and the heroes who have been granted runes can also exert powerful power.

However, as time goes by, technology develops, the mystery fades, and rune magic gradually declines. First, the original eighteen runes were developed into twenty-four. The difficulty of learning decreased, and the power was far from the original runes. In modern times, all the original eighteen runes were lost, and the twenty-four developed by humans were also lost. Only a small part is left, leaving countless magicians sighing.

However, in this inconspicuous land in the far east, this legendary rune has been reappeared - not the rune magic that humans can learn to master, but the power that only belongs to the gods - the original rune.

The original rune is one of Scathach's inherent skills, and its level cannot be determined. Scathach holds eighteen original runes, which are powers if used by the body in the Kingdom of Shadows. Even though it was limited by Assassin's job placement, the effect was still amazing and it was judged to be grade A.

Scathach, who was summoned in advance, has not only been training and teaching students in the past three months. At Shinji's request, she spends some time every day reinforcing the Matou family's mansion. Nowadays, the defense of the Matou family's mansion has reached a terrifying level, and the core underground workshop is even more impregnable.

On the day the reinforcement work was completed, Scathach declared that even if his sister and old enemy Eve came in person, it would take a lot of effort to break into the workshop.

After the runes in the underground workshop are activated, the entire workshop will be isolated from the outside world. There is no need to worry about being peeked by others, and no traces of magic will be leaked and detected.

Shen Er sat in the middle of the workshop and said in a deep voice:

"If there are no accidents, the Holy Grail War will begin in the near future. From now on, the Matou family will enter the highest level of alert. Father, give the servants a holiday for half a month."

"Understood." Heye knew the importance and replied without hesitation, "I will handle business matters at home as much as possible. If I need to go out, I will choose to go out during the day and tell you in advance."

Everything related to magic originates from mystery, and the fewer people know about it, the better. Therefore, the Holy Grail War usually takes place at night and rarely during the day.

"Sakura, just like your father, you stay at home from now on and don't go anywhere. There may not be a safer place in Japan than home."

This is not an empty talk. Even the headquarters of the local magician organization may not be able to compare with the defenses deployed by Scathach, who possesses the power of killing gods.

Without Scathach's arrangement, Shinji would have followed Tokiomi Tosaka's example and asked Sakura and Tsuruno to leave Fuyuki City, or even leave Japan to go to a safe country for ten days and a half, but now, there is no need for that.

"Okay, brother, you and your uncle should be careful too." Sakura held Shenji's hand with her left hand, and tugged on Kariya's sleeve with her right hand, looking left and right. She didn't know much about the Holy Grail War, but she felt the tense atmosphere at home with her exquisite heart.

"Don't worry." Kariya held Sakura's little hand with his backhand, his eyes loving and his tone gentle.

In the end, Kariya did not accept his brother's proposal to let Sakura call him "dad", but in his eyes, Sakura was his daughter.

Sakura also relies heavily on Kariya, her uncle. The two of them are not father and daughter, but more like father and daughter.

"We will be very careful." Shenji rubbed Sakura's long hair out of habit, "Uncle, have you obtained the stigmata?"

"Of course." Kariya pulled up his sleeves, revealing a dark red coat of arms that looked like three lightning bolts intertwined at an angle of 120 degrees. "At the same time I received that message."

Shinji calmly held down his arm. This time, the Matou family had two masters.

The source of the mistake, Tokiomi Tosaka, the king of scapegoating, can you still laugh?

(End of Volume 1)

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