In the world of Type-Moon, it all begins with becoming Morgan's husband!

Vivian felt increasingly remorseful as she thought about this.

She doesn't blame Ian for doing that.

After all, he no longer remembers himself at all.

As a Servant, one naturally has the duty to obey the Master's orders.

Besides——

Even in this situation, he still had the desire to take care of his own feelings.

Vivian knew she had made a mistake.

The happiness that once belonged only to her has now been transferred to someone else.

So sad.

The witch clutched her chest, feeling as if her heart was about to tear apart at any moment.

She took several deep breaths to calm her agitated emotions.

No.

Can not give up.

We have to take him back from Sakura Tohsaka!

With this belief, Vivian felt herself gradually recovering.

Carrying a bag full of magic props, the witch who has traveled across millennia begins her solo journey.

Although I am indeed very sad inside.

but--

Realizing there was no way to retreat, Vivian found her mind to be much clearer than before.

She spent an entire night researching and figuring out the true nature of the Holy Grail War.

Finally, the new king of Britain realized the crux of the problem.

That is, the outcome of the Holy Grail War is definitely not simply determined by the magician or the Servant themselves.

If the magician is powerful while the servant is weak, the potential of the combination will be lowered.

If it were the other way around—if the magician were weak and the servant were strong—it would turn into a situation where the magician becomes a burden.

As for the situation where both are weak...

Then they'd be no different from cannon fodder.

now--

Vivian is convinced that she is a powerful magician.

The task then becomes summoning a powerful Servant.

In this way, he could be in an extremely advantageous position in the Holy Grail War.

But having said that.

Summoning a powerful Servant is no easy task.

Even a magician of Vivian's caliber would have to carefully consider the actual situation at this moment.

after all--

She originally didn't intend to perform any summoning; instead, she wanted to replace Sakura Tohsaka as Ian's Master.

Therefore, she did not possess any sacred relics.

Under these circumstances, Vivian knew she could only try her luck and see if she could find something in Fuyuki City that could serve as a relic.

However, this is not simple.

Ultimately, there are quite a few magicians lurking in Fuyuki City.

If there really were relics, they would have been taken long ago.

So even after searching for several days, Vivian found nothing.

Feeling the pressure mounting, she ultimately chose a summoning method that didn't require artifacts—affinity summoning.

of course.

Even without artifacts, it doesn't mean you can just start playing from a quiet corner.

Vivian used her prepared magic to detect two relatively active spiritual veins in Fuyuki City.

One is Yuanzang Mountain;

The other location is the forest outside Fuyuki City.

After some consideration, Vivian finally chose the forest—there would be relatively fewer visitors, making preparations easier.

In order to summon a sufficiently powerful Servant, this witch, who spanned a thousand years, chose an extreme method.

Her summoning array will cover the entire forest!

In this way, the spiritual veins in that area can be completely enveloped in this summoning!

Vivian spent a considerable amount of time planning to expand the summoning circle to cover the entire forest.

everything's ready.

The witch finally got what she wanted.

however--

Vivian overlooked something quite important.

She can choose to summon from places with active spiritual veins, so other magicians will naturally think of this as well.

Unfortunately.

This secluded forest is the site of the castle that the Einzbern family built long ago to participate in the Holy Grail War.

And even more unfortunately...

Because of the deaths of both Kiritsugu Emiya and Irisviel, no one knew that there was a relic here.

That is the legendary armor of King Arthur, now in the basement of this castle in the woods.

And it was covered by the summoning circle!

Blue light converges.

The summoning circle Vivian prepared began to take effect.

In the silent forest, particles formed from the emanation of magic began to float.

Like morning mist, they flew towards the sky in a sudden gust of wind, converging into a beam of light as bright as a rainbow.

Looking at it, Vivian felt her breathing quicken.

She sensed Ian approaching her.

however--

When the light fades and everything returns to calm.

In the center of the summoning circle, which had been mostly destroyed by the gale, Vivian saw an unexpected figure.

The servant summoned by the witch was none other than King Arthur, Artoria!

But at this moment, she was completely different from her usual heroic demeanor, wielding a sword and leading the charge.

The girl was neither wearing the thick armor nor disguising herself as a man.

She was riding a white horse and dressed in a beautiful white veil.

She held a worn-out sword in her hand, looking like a bride who had just escaped from some village.

This is indeed Artoria Pendragon, the legendary King Arthur!

but--

She is a Rider!

only……

Vivian realized that she had never seen Artoria in this state before.

"Having come at the call of sages, may I ask...?"

Artoria was halfway through her sentence when she noticed that the Master in front of her seemed somewhat familiar.

She immediately stopped, observed for a while, and finally confirmed the other person's identity.

"Morgan?!"

"How could it be you?!"

The same surprise applied to Vivian—she never dreamed she would summon Artoria.

This is not her hometown;

Secondly, I didn't prepare any related relics at all.

Why was she summoned for no reason?

"Shouldn't I be asking you that?" Vivian replied to Artoria with a puzzled look. "Why is it you who answered my summons?!"

"..."

Artoria didn't rush to answer the question.

Sitting on the white horse, she looked around and found that the surroundings also seemed very familiar.

Morgan...where is this?

Sensing that Artoria had observed something, Vivian didn't try to hide anything and gave the answer directly.

"This is a forest outside Fuyuki City."

Have you... heard of this place?

"Fuyuki..."