Did the Heroic Spirit I conquered become a reality?

It was like the suffocating calm before a storm.

Yu Tohsaka changed into a black trench coat that allowed him to move around easily. Beside him, Artoria, who had deactivated her spirit form, also changed into a smart black suit that was perfectly in line with the times.

Without uttering a word, the two silently slipped through the streets, as if blending into the shadows, and crept towards the port warehouse district filled with the scent of the sea breeze.

The Fifth Holy Grail War...

Yu Tohsaka gazed at the distant harbor, which lay sprawled like a steel behemoth in the twilight, and thought to herself.

Let me start the show.

……

Fuyuki Port.

The sea breeze, carrying a salty, fishy smell, stirred up the still-wet water on the ground, making a "whooshing" sound, like a ghostly whisper.

Yu Tohsaka and Artoria, like two shadows blending into the twilight, stood silently atop a tall shipping container, looking down over the vast and empty battlefield.

"What should we do next? Wait for the enemy to show themselves?" Artoria asked softly.

“Just waiting is too passive.” Tohsaka Yu smiled brightly. “I just want to give those equally impatient ‘guests’ an invitation they can’t refuse.”

After saying that, he slowly closed his eyes.

The next second, an immense and incredibly pure magical power, powerful enough to shake the very space, erupted from his body like a dragon awakening!

The magic did not form any offensive spells; it simply transformed into an invisible yet clearly discernible pulse of magic, spreading recklessly from him to every corner of Fuyuki City!

This is an obvious signal, a signal brimming with absolute confidence and... provocation.

……

Almost at the same time, in the presidential suite of a high-end hotel in the new urban area.

As Sesshouin Kiara gracefully savored a top-quality red wine, her eyes, which always held a gentle, compassionate quality, suddenly lit up slightly without warning.

She slowly put down her wine glass, walked to the huge floor-to-ceiling window, and looked down at the city, which looked exceptionally quiet after the rain. A smile of immense joy and anticipation appeared on her face.

"Oh dear, what an impatient child! So soon... you want to start the 'game' already?"

Her voice was as soft as a lover's whisper: "In that case, I'll play with you for a little while first."

……

As the sun sets, the evening glow shines on the vibrant, youthful entrance of Suigunhara Academy.

Scáthach leaned listlessly against the trunk of a cherry blossom tree. She had deactivated her spirit form and was dressed in fashionable casual clothes that were perfectly in line with the times and exuded a mature and sophisticated aura, which attracted the attention of many passing students.

But she paid no attention to the curious and amazed gazes, and simply looked casually at the energetic young figures coming and going at the school gate with her beautiful wine-red eyes that always carried a hint of amusement.

This is... a little too peaceful.

The battle-hardened Queen of the Shadow Kingdom couldn't help but let out a dull sigh.

Since being summoned to this era last night, apart from sensing the auras of one or two other summoned Servants who were also quite good, the entire Fuyuki City seemed unusually calm, which made her heart, which longed for battle, feel a little... lonely.

However, at that moment, an immense and incredibly pure magical power, powerful enough to shake the very fabric of space, suddenly erupted from the port on the other side of the city without warning!

Scáthach's usually languid expression froze instantly.

She suddenly raised her head, and at that moment, her beautiful, wine-red eyes suddenly shone with the fiery light of the strongest warrior, full of soaring fighting spirit!

It's that little devil!

She recognized the aura almost instantly.

This was the very "brother" that her little Master had mentioned last night—the one she had longed for for nearly ten years, the one she had even asserted that "if he got serious, he wouldn't even be a match for her"...

Scáthach, who had initially found it somewhat boring, now felt as if a boulder had been thrown into a calm lake, instantly creating towering ripples!

She recalled the incredibly complex light that shone in her little Master's dark eyes last night when she mentioned him—a light filled with both obsession and love…

And that assertion, brimming with absolute confidence and leaving no room for doubt.

"Haha...Interesting."

A captivating smile, brimming with joy and anticipation, graced Scáthach's lips.

Without the slightest hesitation, her figure instantly transformed into a streak of purple light, rushing towards the source of that provocative and immense magical power—Fuyuki Port!

"Let me... see it for myself."

"Just how magnanimous is the man who could make my lovely Master so devoted to him!"

Volume 1: Chapter 92: Multi-Party Melee, Tiamat's Arrival (8K)

The massive magical pulse, powerful enough to make the entire Fuyuki City's spiritual veins tremble, flashed across the night sky and vanished without a trace.

The harbor has once again returned to its unique tranquility, mingled with the scent of the sea breeze.

Artoria's usually serious emerald eyes were now filled with solemnity. Looking at her Master, who had remained unusually composed throughout, she couldn't help but remind her, "Master, isn't what you're doing a bit too high-profile?"

"This immense magical power will inevitably attract the attention of all Servants. If multiple enemies appear at the same time, I may not be able to fully protect your safety during the battle."

Her words were filled with the most direct concern a Servant has for the safety of their Master.

Upon hearing this, Tohsaka Yu simply turned around, looked at her, and gave her a gentle smile: "I know what you're worried about, Saber. Your concerns are valid."

“But,” he paused, his usually gentle dark eyes now gleaming with an undeniable light of absolute confidence, “you seem to have forgotten, Master… sometimes, you’re not just someone who needs protection.”

He slowly raised his right hand, and a deep blue magical radiance, unlike that of ordinary magicians, filled with a primal and vast aura, quietly flowed in his palm.

"At least, I still have the ability to protect myself."

Artoria gave him a deep look, about to continue speaking.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, they subconsciously looked into the deep darkness ahead.

"Have they arrived...? The first guest of the night."

As the sound faded, a graceful figure dressed in an elegant nun's habit slowly emerged from the shadows of the warehouse area.

The newcomer was none other than Sesshouin Kihara.

She wore a gentle, compassionate smile, as if she were not there to participate in this bloody and bloody war, but simply a devout clergy member who happened to be passing by.

“I have no intention of taking action,” she said, looking at Tohsaka Yu, her gentle eyes, which seemed to see through everything, filled with a pure curiosity. “I’m just here to watch the show.”

"Watching the show?" Tohsaka Yu looked at her calmly. "Ms. Sesshouin, this is not a safe tourist spot."

“For souls seeking ‘salvation,’ everywhere is a training ground, isn’t it?” Sesshouin Kiara’s smile remained unchanged. She simply turned her gaze to the deeper darkness in the distance, as if she had already foreseen the “good show” to come.

She extended her pink tongue and gently licked her full, luscious red lips, then whispered in an expectant, almost dreamlike tone:

"I wonder how many people will be attracted here tonight?"

……

Meanwhile, on the other side of Fuyuki City, on the top floor of a luxurious building overlooking the entire city's night view.

A young woman with long, gorgeous blonde curls, dressed in an elegant evening gown, is gracefully enjoying a top-quality Western meal.

She is Luviagreta Edelfelt, a genius magician from a prestigious family of magicians in Finland, known at the Clock Tower for her "moving gem mine" and "lady in the ring".

She came to this small town in the far east from London for one purpose only.

That is... the Holy Grail.

Hearing that the Holy Grail of Fuyuki City would reappear, the woman, a magician who was also skilled in jewel magic, developed an extremely strong interest in this enormous source of magic that was said to be able to grant any wish.

"Hehe... It seems that Fuyuki will be quite lively tonight."

Luvia put down her knife and fork, picked up the wine glass on the table, and gently swirled it. Her blue eyes, which bore a resemblance to Rin Tohsaka's and were filled with confidence and arrogance, were watching with great interest the magical energy surge rising into the sky from the direction of the harbor outside the window.

Just then, a cheerful female voice, full of sunshine and vitality, seemingly able to dispel all gloom, came from the shadows behind her.

"Master! Have you finished dinner? How about we stretch our muscles a bit? Like... a good, satisfying Lucha Libre!"

As the voices spoke, a tall, fit blonde woman dressed in exotic white casual wear appeared silently beside the girl.

Her face, always radiant with a smile as bright as the sun, and her unique temperament, full of the passionate and unrestrained spirit of South America, all highlight her noble and distinctive status.

She continued, "It's quite lively outside tonight, Master."

……

The top of a towering church bell tower in Fuyuki City.

A figure clad in a wide black robe stood silently in the cold night wind, gazing at the battlefield in the distant harbor, shrouded in magical light.

She appeared petite, and the large hood on her head almost covered most of the girl's face, with only a wisp of soft, silver hair occasionally peeking out in the night breeze, appearing exceptionally pure and holy in the moonlight.

Beside her squatted a petite little girl who looked to be only seven or eight years old.

She was only covered by a few tattered black leather belts and fabric.

Despite the cold rainy night, her fair skin felt no chill at all.

The girl's eyes were innocent and clear, as if untouched by the world, but the menacing short blade she gripped tightly in her hand, gleaming with a cold light, revealed her ominous identity as an "Assassin".

"Go, assassin." The mysterious Master, clad in a black robe, spoke slowly in a calm voice devoid of any emotion. "Go and investigate the situation."

She paused, then added in an extremely solemn tone:

"But remember, do not harm Saber's Master."

"I understand, Master."

Assassin, whose real name is "Jack the Ripper," wore an incredibly innocent and carefree smile.

She tilted her head and said in her clear, melodious voice, "After all, you said before that you were participating in the Holy Grail War to protect his safety."

Having said that, his figure vanished from the spot like a ghost.

……

Einzbern Castle.

Deep within this ancient castle, in a vast underground stone chamber used specifically for the highest-level ceremonies, the air is filled with suffocating magical fluctuations.

On the ground, an incredibly complex and massive summoning array, carved with countless precious gems and mercury, was radiating a blinding crimson light.

Ilya von Einzbern stood quietly in the center of the magic circle at this moment.

She stretched out her fair little hand, and her innate, immense magical power, far surpassing that of ordinary first-rate magicians, poured into the magic circle beneath her feet like a flood bursting its banks!

“Declare—!”

With her tender and clear voice, she chanted the ancient incantation.

"You shall obey my commands, and my life shall be as enduring as your sword!"

"Respond to the call of the Holy Grail! If you wish to follow this will and this reason, then respond!"

boom--! ! ! !

As the last incantation fell, the light of the entire summoning circle reached its peak in an instant. A violent whirlwind of magic spread wildly outward from the center of the circle, making the entire stone chamber vibrate!

After the light faded, an enormous, incredibly powerful figure, brimming with overwhelming power and madness, slowly emerged from the center of the magic circle.

He was a man like a Titan from mythology, with bronze skin that looked as if it were carved from the hardest rock, and muscles all over his body like coiled steel, full of explosive power.

His eyes, which should have been filled with heroic spirit, were now covered by an ominous, blood-red light filled with tyranny and destructive intent, and he let out a low, beast-like roar that was not human.

The sheer aura of pure "power" that could distort space simply by standing there revealed his unparalleled and noble status as a "great hero."

However, just as Ilya was looking at the Berserker before her, a figure powerful enough to make any magician tremble, and preparing to issue her first command, an equally massive yet somewhat familiar surge of magical energy unexpectedly and clearly emanated from the direction of the port outside the castle.

She subconsciously raised her head, her ruby-like eyes seeming to pierce through layers of walls, gazing out of the castle.

This magical aura... is it my older brother?

To cause such a commotion on the very first night of the Holy Grail War... what is he trying to do?

Despite her thoughts, Ilya quickly gathered them up, turned her head, and looked at the Berserker beside her, who was filled with madness.

On the silver-haired girl's pretty face, which always carried a touch of innocence, a smile appeared that was incongruous with her age, full of joy and anticipation—a smile that belonged to the "Master."

“Let’s go,” she said softly, “let’s go play some Berserker.”

……

The night wind in the harbor seemed to grow even noisier at this moment.

A streak of purple light, like lightning piercing the night, appeared without warning on the top of another warehouse not far away.