The world of Type-Moon starts with saving Altria!

On the table were two cups of steaming barley tea - this was something Vivian had specially prepared after their first meeting.

She took a sip of tea, and then said with a smile:

"I appreciate your kindness...but as for the gift giving, let's stop here."

"I don't need these things, and they will just go to waste in the end."

"Is that so..."

Feeling that her teacher really didn't like it, Toosaka Sakura quickly nodded.

"Got it. I will never do this again."

"That's good."

Vivian put down the teacup in her hand and looked at Tousaka Sakura.

"correct--"

"Have you heard that anyone in your family is going to participate in the Holy Grail War?"

"Holy Grail War?" Toosaka Sakura blinked, "What is that?"

"Hmm... a magician's way of praying."

“Everyone who comes to the Clock Tower will have some ideas in this regard to some extent - of course, whether to do it or not is another matter.”

Vivian didn't want to reveal her intentions directly.

The witch did not directly express her desire to have Sakura Tousaka participate in the Holy Grail War.

Instead, we should observe the attitude of this little Loli from another perspective - the Edelfeldt family.

As expected, Toosaka Sakura was completely unprepared.

"I do not know."

"Because Sister Luvia never told me such a thing."

Listening to Tosaka Sakura's answer, Vivian knew that she did not doubt her words, so she took this opportunity to put forward another hypothesis.

"Sakura, if every magus is likely to end up on this path."

"That--"

"Would you resist participating in the Holy Grail War?"

"Eh?"

This is a question that Toosaka Sakura has never thought about.

But she didn't hesitate for too long and gave her answer directly.

"that……"

"If I need to do this, I will accept it."

"But what if it's dangerous?" Vivian continued to ask.

"This one……"

Toosaka Sakura pondered for a while before answering her teacher's question.

“Then I guess I’ll do it.”

"After all, if everyone is doing this, then I don't want to avoid it either."

Hearing this, Vivian realized that Toosaka Sakura might be a very controllable person in nature.

With just a little bit of reasoning, he could make her follow his own ideas and participate in the dangerous Holy Grail War.

The thought in the witch's mind that had just been suppressed for a short time was rekindled once again.

Meet him!

Must meet him!

I must keep him by my side forever!

Didn't I leave Camelot just to use magic to find a way to get to the place where the fairies gather and bring him back?

Although that approach failed.

But isn't the Tousaka Sakura in front of us the perfect substitute? !

Of course, this is definitely not possible now - it is too absurd to let a child of a few years old participate in the Holy Grail War.

So until the right time comes, I have to continue training her.

Vivian had no idea that she had gone insane.

"Teacher, what's wrong with you?" Toosaka Sakura looked at Vivian's expression and became a little worried.

"Oh... nothing."

The corners of Vivian's mouth rose slightly.

"Sakura, let's continue learning magic today."

"Good~"

The witch of old has been completely bound by the pain of the past, with only instinct driving her body's actions.

She will intervene in a Holy Grail War at the right time.

【You don’t know all this. 】

[You just feel like something is wrong with Vivian.]

[But seeing how Tousaka Sakura was being taught by her seriously, you decided to ignore this abnormality. ]

【At the same time, the undercurrent of the Fourth Holy Grail War continues to surge. 】

In the boreal forest of Zugspitze, Germany.

A huge castle stands deep within it.

A man named Emiya Kiritsugu came here.

"I actually found King Arthur's armor..."

The man muttered these words and walked into the castle.

279. The Coming of Artoria, Another Possibility for the Four War Servant (4k)

It was as cold inside the castle as ever.

Walking in this long corridor, Emiya Kiritsugu felt that every breath of air he inhaled could lower the temperature of his blood by a few degrees.

but--

This is actually a great thing for him at this moment.

As a participant in the Fourth Holy Grail War, Emiya Kiritsugu has absolute awareness.

He knew that he had to stay awake at all times in this brutal war in order to maximize his chances of winning.

Maintaining this state, Emiya Kiritsugu finally stopped in front of a door somewhere in the castle.

He reached out and gently pushed open the door in front of him.

What caught his eye was a beautiful woman with fair skin wearing winter clothes.

Her name was Irisviel von Einzbern, and she was Kiritsugu Emiya's nominal wife.

but--

The word "wife" alone cannot fully summarize her extremely complex identity.

In essence, it is an artificial human prepared by the Einzbern family for the Fourth Holy Grail War and has extraordinary significance.

She married Emiya Kiritsugu several years ago, and has lived in this castle in the German forest ever since, never leaving.

you could put it that way.

Emiya Kiritsugu is Irisviel von Einzbern's only means of contact with the outside world.

Because of this, she loved her husband very much and was even able to give him everything unconditionally.

Seeing her husband coming, Irisviel's face suddenly showed a little more smile.

She stood up from the bed and walked quickly to Emiya Kiritsugu's side, her tone becoming much happier.

"You're finally here~"

"How many days can you stay this time?"

"..."

When he heard his wife's perfectly normal question, Emiya Kiritsugu's expression became extremely complicated.

In the end, he only gave a vague answer.

"A week at most... maybe just three days."

"Eh--!"

Irisviel showed a sad expression.

"So little? The last time there were still ten days!"

"Then was then, and the present is now."

Emiya Kiritsugu looked at his wife and gave a reasonable but somewhat sad response.

"You should know... that the holy war in Fuyuki City is about to begin, right?"

"If you keep dawdling, someone else will probably get the upper hand."

"so--"

"Ally, please show me what you have collected."

Hearing this, Irisviel puffed her lips, looking very unhappy with Emiya Kiritsugu's answer.

However, she did not throw a tantrum in front of her husband, but nodded quickly.

"Okay, come with me."

Under the guidance of Irisviel, Emiya Kiritsugu followed her to a basement in the castle.

In the flickering light of the surrounding torches, he saw the holy relic that his wife had mentioned through her familiar earlier - King Arthur's knight armor.

I saw that it was a suit of silver-white armor, lying quietly on the table in the basement.

According to common sense, this is something from thousands of years ago and should have been corroded and weathered long ago.

But what is surprising is that there is no damage on its surface at this moment. It looks exactly the same as new, as if it was just made not long ago.

This made Emiya Kiritsugu feel a little confused.

"Ellie."

"Are you serious?"

"King Arthur lived at least a thousand years ago... How could her armor be preserved so well?"

"It is true in theory."

Irisviel replied to her husband as she walked towards the armor.

She just waved her fingers and used some special magic passed down in her family.

The moment his fingertips touched the armor, the originally harmonious blue light instantly turned into red.

"This……"

As a participant in the Fourth Holy Grail War, Emiya Kiritsugu naturally knew what this meant - someone had cast additional magic spells on it.

This also means that King Arthur's knight armor was preserved by unconventional means, so it is as intact as it is now.

"Who does this kind of thing?"

“I don’t know.” Irisviel spread her hands, “It was already like this when I dug it out.”