Abnormal Moon

Why did the conversation suddenly turn to her?

Kasumigaoka Utaha also looked completely bewildered.

"Hayasaka? Can I borrow you for a few days? Why?"

Rin Tohsaka looked at Roy with a puzzled expression.

Are you in dire need of servants?

Or is it that you've finally reached puberty, awakened your lust, and one beautiful girl can no longer satisfy you?

"My attendant, Shiyu, probably has never done this kind of work before. She's a bit rusty and doesn't know how to do things properly. She's still in a very awkward stage."

Roy looked up and gestured to Kasumigaoka Utaha behind him.

“I see that your attendant, Miss Hayasaka Ai, seems very professional. How about asking her to help train Shiyu? Don’t worry, she can go back anytime once Shiyu is proficient.”

Kasumigaoka Utaha silently lowered her head and began counting how many lines were on the floor.

"Hmm, Hayasaka, what do you think?"

Rin Tohsaka pondered for a moment, then looked at Ai Hayasaka.

She has no objection, but the key is to see what Hayasaka Ai herself thinks.

Can you refuse?

I don't want to do any off-field work!

Hayasaka Ai felt disgusted, but a perfect smile appeared on her face.

"No problem. It's my honor to share Lord Roy's burdens!"

My damn maid instincts!

"As long as you want."

Rin Tohsaka nodded, as if she had remembered something.

"Hayasaka, come with me for a moment, I need to talk to you about something."

"Yes."

Rin Tohsaka led Ai Hayasaka out of the living room and found an empty room where no one was.

"Hayasaka, Roy is generally easy to get along with, especially when he wears his glasses. He's very easy to talk to and very tolerant. Even if he's a little lazy, it's fine. Once he takes off his glasses, try not to talk to him."

Hayasaka Ai listened to Tohsaka Rin's warning, becoming increasingly alarmed.

Roy sounds like he has a split personality, which sounds really dangerous!

Can I retract my statement and go back?

"While you're with Roy, there's only one thing you need to pay attention to."

Rin Tohsaka's expression turned very serious.

"Don't bring up his past from three years ago!"

"That's a taboo topic for Roy. Any discussion involving that topic must be stopped as quickly as possible. If you can't stop it, then get away from Roy as quickly as possible, understand?"

"……Yes."

Hayasaka Ai was speechless and choked with emotion.

Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, I miss you so much!

Chapter 15 The Truth from Ten Years Ago

"Lord Roy, may we begin the lesson?"

After Rin Tohsaka left alone, Ai Hayasaka sighed resignedly, patted her cheeks, and skillfully assumed the posture of a maid who would die for her country, before going to the living room.

She wanted to train Kasumigaoka Utaha quickly so she could return to Rin Tohsaka's side. However, upon returning to the living room, she saw that both Roy and Kasumigaoka Utaha were preparing to go out.

"Teaching isn't urgent, let's go to the commercial street first."

Roy changed out of his loungewear and put on a trench coat.

"Shiyu just came to my house yesterday. There are many things we need that we don't have at home, so we need to go and buy them. Hayasaka, you'll be staying here for a while too, so we need to buy some things for you."

Kasumigaoka Utaha also changed into a new office lady outfit.

She secretly wondered to herself, how many identical office suits does Aozaki have in his family?

"...There's nothing we can do about it."

Hayasaka Ai nodded in agreement.

Soon, the three of them were ready, locked the courtyard gate, and headed towards the commercial street.

Fuyuki City, or rather, New Fuyuki City, is not very large.

The old Fuyuki City was almost completely burned down on the day of the cataclysm ten years ago, and the current Fuyuki City was rebuilt on the ruins of that time.

Today, Shin-Fuyuki City, one of the four remaining base cities in Japan, has a population of about 200,000. The number of high-rise buildings is far less than before, and even the most prosperous commercial area is like a small, third-tier town. Fortunately, the goods are still relatively complete.

"Lord Roy, may I ask you some questions?"

As she walked toward the shopping street, Kasumigaoka Utaha tentatively glanced at Roy.

"Sure, I'll answer whatever I can."

Roy walked at the front without turning his head, speaking in a friendly tone.

Hayasaka Ai glanced at Roy from behind; he was wearing glasses and seemed easy to talk to.

She had only recently transmigrated here and knew very little about this world, so she couldn't help but prick up her ears.

"Is Misaki City, which you mentioned to Mayor Tohsaka earlier, one of the four base cities now?"

"Yes, Fuyuki City, Misaki City, Tokyo City, and Kanbuko City are Japan's four base cities."

Both girls were caught in confusion and deep thought.

They were very familiar with Tokyo; it must be the original Tokyo Metropolis.

However, the names of the three base cities—Fuyuki City, Misaki City, and Kanbuko City—were completely unfamiliar to them. They had never even heard of them before. In their world, such place names probably didn't exist. Is this the difference between worlds?

They wondered if any of the people they knew had also come into this world.

It's hard to say about other places, but there might be clues in Tokyo.

Kasumigaoka Utaha secretly prayed that her family members, whose home was in Tokyo, hadn't been transported to this strange world.

"I have a rather presumptuous question... What is the Holy Grail War?"

Hayasaka Ai nodded secretly.

She also felt that Kasumigaoka Utaha's question was indeed very presumptuous.

She had been by Rin Tohsaka's side for more than ten days, and out of caution, she never dared to ask any in-depth questions. She never expected that Kasumigaoka Utaha, who had only been there for a day, would dare to bring up such a sensitive topic.

But she had to admit that she was also very curious about the Holy Grail War and wishing, so she took this opportunity to listen to it, albeit tentatively.

"The Holy Grail War is a magical ritual."

"You all know about the Holy Grail in a broad sense, right? It's the cup that Christians sing about, the cup that Jesus used to hold wine. Believers believe that the cup has incredible power, which has given rise to many legends. However, there are more than two hundred cups that Jesus used in Europe, and each church believes that its Holy Grail is the real one. Even Jesus himself might not be able to tell which one is real."

"The Holy Grail that appears in the Holy Grail War truly possesses power similar to the Holy Grail of Jesus. As long as you obtain the Holy Grail, you can even fulfill any wish, including immortality."

"In order to obtain this opportunity to make a wish, seven chosen Masters and summoned Heroic Spirits fought each other until only the last Master and Servant battle remained, which is known as the Holy Grail War."

Kasumigaoka Utaha and Hayasaka Ai almost suffocated.

The Holy Grail can grant any wish, even immortality. The chosen Master summons Heroic Spirits to fight against them.

Because of its fantastical elements, they found it very difficult to accept this setting all at once.

"Of course, that's just the surface-level statement. The Holy Grail does possess great power, almost to the point of being omnipotent, but it's not omnipotent. That's just a deception spread by the three families who created the Holy Grail War ritual—the Einzbern, Tohsaka, and Matou."

"Furthermore, the Holy Grail no longer has the function of granting wishes. As evidence, the Fourth Holy Grail War held in Fuyuki City ten years ago was the culprit of the Great Cataclysm."

"The culprit?"

Kasumigaoka Utaha quickly realized what was happening, and her heart skipped a beat.

"Lord Roy, you mean that the Holy Grail War is the cause of this cataclysmic event that turned the world into this?"

Hayasaka Ai's temples throbbed.

What do you mean?

What has the Holy Grail War turned the world into?

And the last Holy Grail War was held in Fuyuki City, right here beneath their feet?

Wow, my feet feel so hot, like they're being roasted by fire. I can't sit still anymore!

"Yes, the Fourth Holy Grail War is the origin of the Great Cataclysm; this is the current consensus in the magic world."

Roy nodded and continued, "Because the Holy Grail was twisted into the Black Grail, turning from a wish-granting device into a destruction device, and then someone made a wish to the Holy Grail to 'destroy the world,' in short, the Holy Grail really did destroy the world once."

That was the source of the catastrophe that swept the globe ten years ago, and the fires that burned for a whole year.