The world of Type-Moon starts with saving Altria!

"We tried many ways to remove the magic spells on the armor, but found that it was impossible."

"It seems to have been cast there by a very powerful magician, for the purpose of protecting the integrity of the armor."

"But don't worry, Kiritsugu."

Irisviel walked back to Emiya Kiritsugu and took his hand.

"We've tested it in other ways - it won't affect the summoning!"

"..."

Emiya Kiritsugu frowned slightly, as if he wanted to say something.

Irisviel also quickly noticed her husband's abnormality and immediately asked:

"Kiritsugu, what's wrong?"

"..."

After hesitating for a moment, Emiya Kiritsugu looked at his wife beside him and expressed his inner thoughts.

"Ellie."

"I wonder if there are other relics I can use."

"I... don't really want to summon King Arthur."

"Eh?"

Irisviel had never expected that her husband would make such a request.

But she soon realized there had to be a reason for it—he wasn't the type to make decisions lightly.

"Why do you think so?"

"I... don't quite understand."

"It's very simple." Emiya Kiritsugu's eyes fell on the intact knight armor in front of him.

"Ally, I think you have heard of the legend of King Arthur?"

"This one……"

Irisviel put her finger on her chin, looking like she was thinking seriously.

"I remember that she seemed to be a female knight who fought in the name of the king for a long time, but in the end she gave up the throne to her sister."

"As for what exactly led to this outcome, there is still no conclusion."

"Yes." Emiya Kiritsugu nodded, "Eri, you are right."

"so--"

"That's why I don't want to make this summoning."

"I felt that her being a woman didn't give me enough of a chance to win."

"Besides, if it's a knight..."

"Ok?"

Irisviel tilted her head slightly, seemingly waiting for the second half of her husband's words.

But Emiya Kiritsugu did not continue speaking. Instead, he stopped talking and returned to his original intention.

"Anyway, I don't really want to make this summoning."

"Ally, do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand." Irisviel agreed with her husband, but her expression looked quite embarrassed.

"but--"

"Kiritsugu, we don't have time to prepare a second relic now."

"..."

Emiya Kiritsugu looked at his wife and knew that she was not talking nonsense.

She wouldn't lie about something like this.

He thought about it for a while and seemed to have found a solution that could have the best of both worlds.

"I understand."

"In that case... Ellie, I think maybe we can do this."

"Oh?"

Irisviel raised her head and looked at Emiya Kiritsugu, with a hint of anticipation in her eyes.

"What is the solution?"

Emiya Kiritsugu's gaze once again fell on the knight's armor on the table.

"Since summoning is inevitable, why don't you become the acting Master?"

"Thus……"

"The relics you prepared in advance wouldn't be wasted, and I wouldn't have to worry about how to get along with this Servant."

“Eh?!” Irisviel pointed her finger at herself, looking a little surprised.

"Do you believe I can do such a thing?"

"Of course I believe it." Emiya Kiritsugu rarely smiled, "This kind of thing should be a piece of cake for you."

"Besides -"

The man's eyes replayed the scene of arriving at the castle.

"If there was a Servant to accompany you instead of me, you wouldn't be so lonely, right?"

“Mmm?” Irisviel made a cute sound from her throat.

"It sounds really good when you put it that way."

"All right--!"

Irisviel supported her waist with both hands, showing a confident look.

"Let me be the acting Master!"

"Well, that's fine if you want."

After reaching a superficial agreement with Irisviel.

Although he still had countless grudges in his heart, Kiritsugu Emiya still started this servant summoning.

Inside another basement in the German castle.

An extremely complex summoning array was faintly flashing blue light.

Emiya Kiritsugu placed the knight armor he was holding into it, then looked at Irisviel beside him and spoke softly.

"Ellie, I'm going to start."

“Yeah~” Irisviel nodded, “Then let’s get started.”

"..."

Emiya Kiritsugu looked at the summoning circle in front of him, his emotions were extremely complicated - if possible, he absolutely did not want to summon King Arthur.

But the current situation forces him to do so.

I just hope I'm not as resistant to her as I think.

Emiya Kiritsugu thought so, then stretched out his hand and began to summon his own servants.

however--

The man underestimated the incompatibility between himself and Altria.

When the summoning circle began to flicker, Emiya Kiritsugu felt a strong sense of rejection coming from his body.

That was a resistance that came from the heart and could not be ignored.

This made Emiya Kiritsugu feel extremely uncomfortable and nauseous.

So after the Servant had been basically finalized and confirmed to appear by his side, Emiya Kiritsugu simply picked up his clothes and left the basement without saying a word.

"I came here to follow the call."

"Let me ask you, are you my Master?"

Hearing this voice, Irisviel became a little nervous.

Although she had agreed to Emiya Kiritsugu to be the acting Master, she didn't know whether the other party would recognize her.

The sound faded away, and the servant's figure appeared in the basement.

But the first one to exclaim was Irisviel.

"Wow--!"

"So young!"

The one who appeared before Irisviel was not the legendary heroic female knight in thick armor, but a young girl in her prime.

The beautiful white dress she wore was elegant and practical, perfectly reflecting the beauty of her age.

This is Altria, the owner of the knight's armor, the old king of Britain.

Facing Irisviel's exclamation, she subconsciously took a few steps back, then realized that this seemed a little rude, so she added.

"Please do not do this."

"We're just meeting for the first time."

"Oh, that's it~"

After hearing Altria's "warning", Irisviel immediately began to tidy up her clothes.

"Cough cough."

"Hello, my name is Irisviel von Einzbern."

"For the sake of convenience, you can also call me Airi like Kiritsugu."

"..."

Although she still seemed a little confused, in response to this polite greeting, Altria still nodded politely and responded to Irisviel.

"Hello, I am Altria Pendragon."

"Although it may be a bit presumptuous to say this now, but Miss Airi, you are not my Master, right?"

"You can see it~"

Irisviel clasped her hands together, looking very happy.

"Indeed, I am not your Master."

"but--"

"The person who summoned you, my husband, Emiya Kiritsugu, has given me absolute authority to act as your agent."

"How about it? Do you want me to call him back to prove this to you?"

"..."

Altria shook her head.

"Since you said so, and you appeared at the summoning site at the same time... I believe you did not deceive me."

"And since the Master doesn't want to see me, there's no need to force him to do so."

“I see.” Irisviel smiled calmly.

She seemed to quite like the feeling of being trusted by someone other than her husband.

“Then—” Irisviel stretched out her hand, “Let’s cooperate well from now on, right?”

"Ah."

Altria took the hand that Irisviel extended and completed the formal confirmation of the proxy.