It has been three years since the Fourth Holy Grail War began.
Italy, Turin.
"Fighting each other in order to obtain the Holy Grail that can grant wishes. Do you want me to participate in such a battle?"
The man named Kotomine Kirei looked at the strange man brought here by his father with some confusion, that is, the current head of the Tohsaka family, Tokiomi Tosaka.
On the back of his hand, there were three strokes of the Command Seal. This was also proof that he had been chosen by the Great Holy Grail as the Master.
"Actually, I'm a little surprised about this."
Tokiomi Tosaka gently touched his chin with the knuckle of his right index finger. There was also a Command Seal on the back of his right hand, which showed that like Kotomine Kirei, he was also a Master chosen by the Holy Grail.
.
"Generally speaking, the seven masters selected by the Holy Grail for the seven servants should all be magicians. But someone like you, who has nothing to do with magic, is actually chosen so early. I am also the first one.
An encounter.”
"Follower."
Kotomine Kirei lowered his head, glanced at the command spell on the back of his hand, and frowned slightly.
"Summoning heroic spirits as familiars and fighting each other."
This was the first time he had heard of such a thing.
"Because the previous Holy Grail War was held secretly, this is something that all the Masters participating in the Holy Grail War have tacitly understood, so it's normal that you don't know about it, Kirei."
Standing behind him was his father, Kotomine Rimasa. Kotomine Rimasa walked up to him and spoke to him.
"I understand that it may be a bit sudden for you to accept this immediately. After all, bringing together great men from all eras and countries to fight together does not sound realistic in itself."
"But... it's just that it really happened."
"The meaning of this ceremony is an experiment. In order to maintain its secrecy, we from the Holy Church will send personnel to supervise the Holy Grail War." Kotomine Risei nodded, wearing a priest-like attire.
Of course, the same goes for his son Kotomine Kirei.
"We will be the referee of the magician's battle?"
With furrowed brows, Kotomine Kirei looked at Kotomine Rimasa with a rather puzzled expression.
"Because the Magic Association itself cannot make the most fair judgment on this matter, it appointed the Holy Church. Your father served as a referee in the Holy Grail War sixty years ago. Of course, it will be the same this time.
." Tokiomi Tosaka poured himself a glass of red wine and said with a smile.
"This is because my father, as a blood relative of me, a participant, still serves as the referee, isn't it?"
Listening to Kotomine Kirei's words, Kotomine Rimasa and Tokiomi Tosaka glanced at each other, and both showed a tacit smile.
"Then, Tohsaka-kun, please tell Kirei the real situation." Kotomine Risei nodded and put his hands behind his back.
"Then, I will say it."
"About this [Holy Grail War]."
After taking a sip of red wine, Tokiomi Tosaka began his "explanation" with a confident and proud smile on his face.
For this [purpose].
One year has passed since the start of the Fourth Holy Grail War.
"Holy Grail War? To be honest, I have some interest in that kind of thing, but fundamentally speaking, the selection of the Master this time has already ended."
Matou House.
Sitting in front of a table full of precious stones and utensils was a child.
A six-year-old child.
"In the next Holy Grail War, maybe Shinji you will have the opportunity to participate, but the greater possibility is that it should be your son or daughter." Matou Kariya sat on the stool next to him with a contented expression.
"After all, the next Holy Grail War will be sixty years later."
The still young Shinji Matou glanced at his uncle, a little curious.
"Uncle Kariya, the Holy Grail War involves the risk of death. It will be held next year. Aren't you afraid?"
Although the Matou family has always summoned servants to unravel the secrets of their ancestors, this is after all a Holy Grail War.
It is a deadly and cruel war.
Moreover, Kariya's ability as a magician is not particularly strong.
Because of generational magic, every other generation of the Matou family will inevitably have a special [gem attribute magic] offspring. This special genetic magic acts on the Matou family's bloodline, and its developers are none other than the Matou family.
Ancestor, a magician named Olga Falgo.
Olga Falgao is the granddaughter of Lawrence Anno Falgao, the daughter of Adrosson Falgao, and the wife of Makiri Zolgen. Of course, she is also a junior.
After all, Machili himself is Lawrence's godson, and he and Adrosson should be brothers. He also became a student under Adrosson, but in the end he fell in love with Olga. I can only say that the relationship is a bit...
chaos.
But all in all, Lawrence, Adrosson, Monile, Machili, Oga, and Takayuki Matou are all the proud ancestors of the Matou family.
As the second son of the previous head of the family, Matou Zouken, Kariya is not within the inheritance range of generation-shifting magic. He himself has not been able to "live up to his ambition" like Shinji and rely on himself to obtain gem-attribute magic power, so Matou Yan
Night is just a magician with water-based magic.
"That kind of thing is meaningless." Kariya just smiled and shook his head, "Even if you fail, you can still seek refuge from the Holy Church."
"Have you already acquiesced that you will lose? Yes, if it is Lawrence's ancestor, the strength of becoming a servant may indeed be insufficient."
After all, Lawrence's ancestor was not a magician who studied magic, but a simple artist and medical scientist.
Even though Lawrence was great, his fighting ability was definitely quite weak. What's more, Lawrence had a record of fighting with people and weapons during his lifetime, and almost died from blood loss.
Incidentally, Lawrence wrote this down himself.
"By the way, where is father today?"
Matou Shinji suddenly remembered something and asked his uncle.
"Ah, brother, he should be over there at Tohsaka now."
"Let's talk about something with the Tohsaka family head."
Kariya sat up straight and said with narrowed eyes.
"Master Tosaka, Tokiomi Tokiomi?" Matou Shinji closed the book in his hand, his face expressionless, and he remembered the appearance of the Tosaka family he had seen before, and frowned slightly.
"I don't like this person."
"What a coincidence, I don't like it either. It seems that our uncle and nephew have a tacit understanding." Matou Kariya said with a smile, "But what can I do? He is still the head of the Tohsaka family, and incidentally he is also my enemy.
"
Looking at the command spell on the back of his hand, Matou Kariya murmured.