Across the heavens, I am the Avatar Sword Master

On the east side of the Miyuan River, in the suburbs of Shinto, the Fuyuki Church stands quietly.

This was the third largest spiritual vein in Fuyuki City and was also the place where the Holy Grail Descent Ceremony was held during the Third Holy Grail War.

It’s a pity that there was no real winner in that war. In the end, the Holy Grail War failed because the Small Holy Grail was destroyed, resulting in the Holy Grail not actually coming.

Now it is where Kotomine Risho, who oversees the Holy Grail War, lives.

It is responsible for supervising the secret progress of the Holy Grail and protecting the Masters who were defeated in the Holy Grail War.

The church was originally located in a remote area, and in order to gather the Master, the believers were asked to leave in advance.

Inside the church hall, the originally peaceful atmosphere had been replaced by a thick layer of gloom, like the quiet before a storm is about to come.

More than an hour had passed since the signal to summon Masters was issued, and no group of Masters had actually appeared in front of Kotomine Riki.

Even his old friend Tōsaka Tokiomi only sent a familiar to find out the situation.

The same is true for most of the Masters in other groups.

Only Matou Kariya was too lazy to even send his familiars, and simply ignored the church's order to summon the people.

Watching five familiars of different appearances gathered together in the church of the "Lord", sitting in the believers' seats like small animals in a zoo.

Kotomine Risei laughed helplessly.

It seems that no one cares much about their attitude toward the church on the surface.

This was also within Kotomine Risei's expectations.

After all, the church itself has a burial agency specifically responsible for branding miracles or mysteries outside of the church as heresy and expelling them.

In other words, the church had an obligation to combat blasphemous practices like magic.

If it weren't for the long and bloody struggle, the two major organizations, the Holy Church and the Magic Association, would have reached a reconciliation and are currently in a state of truce.

It is also impossible for Kotomine Risei to serve as the supervisor of the third and fourth Holy Grail Wars.

Magicians are afraid of the church, so it's normal that no one comes in person.

"I had prepared some pleasantries, but since there aren't many people here today, I'll just make it short."

After a brief opening statement, Kotomine Li continued speaking facing the empty seats of believers under the gaze of a group of inhuman familiars.

"I regret to inform you that the Holy Grail War, which was supposed to fulfill your long-cherished wish, is now facing a serious crisis. After the church's professionals investigated the Holy Grail ritual in the Great Hollow inside Yuanzang Mountain, they finally found that, as Caster's Master said, the entire Holy Grail system was abnormal. It has been confirmed that the Holy Grail ritual has been contaminated."

"Although the church was hesitant about what Caster said at first, after Assassin's defeat, some strange traces appeared in the Holy Grail ceremony and were discovered by the church's detectors. After tracing the source, we can only regretfully tell you -"

"The Einzbern family should bear the main responsibility for the previous servant, Avenger Angora Mainyu, who was summoned in violation of the rules. After his defeat, the 'evil of this world' contained in his soul contaminated the Greater Holy Grail. Of course, the church, as the supervisor, is also to blame for not discovering the truth about the contamination of the Holy Grail in time, which led to the entire Holy Grail ceremony being completely eroded by evil forces over the past sixty years. Now the properties of the magic power accumulated in the Holy Grail have been changed, which has seriously threatened the safety of Fuyuki City."

"So I must use my extraordinary supervisory authority to suspend this war. Before the entire magic circle of the Holy Grail ceremony is purified, I hope that all Masters can temporarily put aside their grudges and prevent the mysterious leaks due to accidents, which would cause a greater tragedy!"

Kotomine Ri was announcing a ceasefire in a serious voice, and then added.

"If anyone has any questions please ask them here."

As Kotomine Li finished speaking, there was a commotion in the audience.

"Question 1: Will the contamination of the Holy Grail affect its function as a universal wish-granting instrument?"

"Yes, but not completely. As a wish-granting instrument, it still retains the ability to fulfill wishes, but Masters, please note that the originally colorless magic power has been tainted with evil attributes, and the way wishes are fulfilled will naturally be added with 'evil'."

“Question 2: Does the Church have a way to purify the contaminated Holy Grail and restore its original pure function?”

"The church naturally has the ability to purify the Holy Grail ceremony, but the time... is still uncertain. After all, this requires the mobilization of more professional personnel. But we can guarantee that we will purify the entire Holy Grail ceremony as soon as possible to ensure that the Holy Grail War can proceed normally."

Having said that, Kotomine Risho didn't think so in his heart.

Even if the matter is reported to the church and more professional personnel are sent to purify the entire Holy Grail ceremony, the time, financial resources and material resources consumed will be a considerable burden on the church.

Moreover, this Holy Grail Ceremony was originally initiated jointly by the three great magic families of Tousaka, Einzbern and Matou.

This is the magi's business, and informing them is just fulfilling their duty to supervise the Holy Grail War.

But asking the three great families to adjust the Holy Grail ceremony or rearrange the Holy Grail ceremony would be too much to ask.

After all, hundreds of years have passed, and the three great families have all declined to varying degrees. Tōsaka Tokiomi does not have the talent of his ancestor Tōsaka Nagato, and the Matou family can even be said to have lost its magical heritage.

Even though the Einzbern family, which currently appears to be the more powerful of the three families, does not have the ability to undertake the task of recreating the entire Holy Grail ceremony.

If it wasn't necessary to ensure that the entire Holy Grail War took place in secret, Kotomine Risei would not want to take over the mess left behind sixty years ago.

After all, the church had sent people to find out a long time ago that the Holy Grail that appeared in Fuyuki City was not the holy object left by the "Son of God", but was just a replica of the Almighty in the "Taoyuan Township".

At best, it is just a giant piece of magic polymer, and the way to make the wish come true is just to compress the time it takes for a huge amount of magic to reach this wish.

If it really is the relic of the "Son of God", how can the Cathedral Church be content to be responsible only for "supervision"?

Even if it means violating the truce agreement, we must snatch it back from Magic.

Even if it means going to war with the Magic Association again.

The Holy Grail ritual was contaminated, and it was more in the church's interest to destroy the entire Holy Grail ritual than to go through the trouble of purifying it.

After all, the Church sent itself to oversee the Holy Grail War in order to control the damage caused by the Holy Grail War to the greatest extent possible and conceal the existence of the Holy Grail War from the outside world.

The previous remarks were just a delaying tactic to paralyze the other party.