Heroic Spirit: I, Shinji, have tried my best.

...In the quiet corridor, two men in black stood in front of a closed door.

The two men had serious expressions and did not say a word... they looked very cold. Suddenly, there was a noise coming from the door behind them.

"boom!"

The sudden noise broke the quiet atmosphere, and then a young man's voice came from inside the door:

"...Yo! Are you two the only ones here?"

"..."

"Why aren't you talking? You brought me here all of a sudden, and then you don't say anything."

"..."

"...Why don't you just let me go? It's boring to stay here."

"Humph...if you have that ability, just leave!"

"Don't talk too much."

"...Really? Then I'm really leaving!"

Through a tightly closed door, voices could be heard from inside the house, trying to communicate with the two guards at the door, but the other party's response was very cold.

In the end, he felt that what the person inside said was ridiculous, so he responded sarcastically, but stopped immediately.

indoor

Shinji tilted his head and looked at the door handle in front of him. After briefly observing the restrictions on it, he reached out and grasped it.

As soon as the hand touched the handle, the door lit up... but it only lit up for a moment, and then it turned back into an ordinary door, and then...

"Click..."

"..."

“!!”

"!?"

Shinji turned the doorknob gently and the door opened from the inside, allowing him to see the corridor outside and the two guards clearly.

As for the two people outside the door, they turned their heads and looked back when they heard the noise behind them, and they almost popped their eyes out:

"How...how did you get out!?"

"I opened the door and came out. How else could I get out?"

"No, that's not what I'm talking about... How did you open this door!?"

"? It opened as soon as I hit it."

Shinji couldn't help laughing as he looked at the two frightened men in front of him, as if he had done something terrible.

"In that case, I don't want to waste time with you guys anymore. I'm leaving now!"

"Wait! You can't leave!"

The two men who were in charge of guarding Shinji were so anxious that sweat broke out on their heads. They hurriedly took a step back to block Shinji. They didn't expect that the other party could escape so easily. Now they might have to find reinforcements...

"...What are you guys doing here?"

At this time, another voice came from behind. After turning around and seeing the face of the person clearly, they immediately showed joy.

"Lord El-Melloi! You're here!"

El Melloi?

Shinji heard this name and felt familiar with it, but he couldn't remember it at once...

"It's the Second Generation! Second Generation...Okay, so what are you doing in this situation?"

"Your Excellency, the other party somehow broke through the restriction on the door and walked out. Fortunately, you arrived in time, otherwise he would have escaped."

"Oh, that's how it is."

Waver looked at Shinji calmly... From the information he had obtained, he was not surprised that the other party had such ability.

It’s just that this is the first time we meet each other, so why do we always have an inexplicable sense of familiarity?

"...Okay, leave this to me, you two can leave for now."

"Yes."

After hearing that they could leave, the two guards immediately made way, as they also wanted to stay away from this weird guy.

At this time, Shinji was still thinking about the name "El-Melloi". Where had he heard of it before?

Suddenly, her eyes met the man in front of her in mid-air. He was silent for a while, then said to her:

"Let's go inside and talk."

"Ok?"

A few minutes later, Shinji and the other person sat opposite each other on the sofa. Seeing that the newcomer seemed unusually polite, Shinji had no reluctance.

Anyway, the reason why he was approached at this time was nothing more than the arrangement of those people in the Clock Tower. It was a good opportunity for him to hear how the Clock Tower planned to deal with his anomaly next...

"...First, let me introduce myself. I am El-Melloi II, one of the twelve current monarchs of the Clock Tower."

"And I am currently serving as a teacher in the Minerals Department, and your friend Toosaka Rin is one of my students."

"Rin's teacher? So what do you want to do by establishing this level of relationship?"

"Ah~"

Seeing Shinji still looking doubtful, Waver felt somewhat helpless and continued:

"First of all, there is one thing I hope you can understand, Mr. Matou... that is, your actions just now are indeed against the rules of the academy, and you did admit that you wanted to take your opponent's life in the duel."

"Yeah, that's right! But I'm not the first person to show murderous intent... I have no interest in joining in the quarrels of children."

"I know this too. Someone is secretly behind this incident. We will investigate this carefully."

"As compensation, we will offset your punishment. After this conversation, you can leave at your own will..."

"Oh? Is that all?"

Shinji raised his eyebrows and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him who looked familiar with a strange expression.

"You're going to let me go so easily? Don't you know what happened to me?"

"Well... Actually, this is the second thing I want to say."

"...You know about the Fifth Holy Grail War, right?"

"Oh! I've certainly heard of this..."

Seeing Shinji still pretending, Waver didn't pay much attention. This kind of reasonable defensive psychology was understandable, and he had already thought about how to deal with it:

"To be honest... the reason why the Clock Tower gave this matter to me is probably because we have something in common..."

"...Actually, I once participated in the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City."

"...Um!?"

Holy Grail War? How come I don't remember meeting you?

When Shinji heard the other party say that he had participated in the Holy Grail War, his first reaction was the fourth and fifth Holy Grail Wars that he had personally experienced.

However, he did not remember any Master who could fight against the man in front of him. However, he took into account that the life of a magician might not be restricted due to various circumstances, which meant that the guy in front of him might be an old man who was hundreds of years old.

Therefore, the other party might have participated in several previous Holy Grail Wars.

Seeing Shinji's silence, Waver thought he didn't believe him, so he immediately gave a more detailed introduction:

"The Holy Grail War usually takes place every sixty years, but the fifth Holy Grail War was only ten years apart from the last one... and I was one of the Masters who participated in that Holy Grail War."