Behind-the-scenes video of the beginning of Honkai.

As if he had read Kotomine Yang's mind, Ryoma told him without asking.

“This is exactly what I hoped for. The servant I recruited is that famous Holy King. I doubt there are many among all the Heroic Spirits who can rival him.”

Ryoma Tohsaka smiled smugly, clearly very satisfied with the Servant he had chosen.

"Let's hold the summoning ceremony tonight. Since there are no other Masters watching us yet, Yang, you should come and watch too, and invite your father as well."

"Is Father coming too?"

"Yes, if we can successfully summon him, we can say that we have victory in our grasp, and I want to share this joy with everyone."

Kotomine Yang was also stunned by Ryoma Tohsaka's arrogance at this moment, but despite his astonishment, he couldn't help but admire him.

At this moment, Yanfeng Yang also noticed that the writing on the paper showed no signs of stopping.

"It seems there's more to come!"

"Hmm? Ah, that's about another aspect of the investigation. Not the recent news, but about that man who might become the representative of the Einzbern family. I've also commissioned someone to investigate him."

Information about the Einzbern family, who were cut off from the outside world, was difficult even for the Clock Tower of London to obtain. But Ryoma had been paying attention to that Master for a long time, and as soon as the paper fell on the desk, he picked up the report, the ink still wet.

"About nine years ago, the Einzbern family, which prided itself on its pure bloodline, suddenly welcomed a magician from outside to marry into the family. There were quite a few rumors within the association, but I'm afraid only the Matou family and I truly saw through the truth of the matter."

"The Einzbern family magicians, who have been immersed in the art of alchemy, have basically no fighting power, and this is the whole reason why they failed in the Holy Grail War. Now they should be getting restless. Since they have brought in outside help, they must have real skills."

As he spoke, Ryoma Tohsaka glanced at the printed paper briefly before handing it to Young Kotomine.

Yanfeng Yang was also drawn in by the title "Investigation Report: Emiya Siegfried," and he narrowed his eyes.

"I've heard of that name before; it seems to belong to an extremely dangerous person."

"Huh? You've even heard of the Holy Church? Speaking of the magician assassin Emiya, he was infamous back then. On the surface, he was a lone wolf with no connection to the Association, but the higher-ups used him to do a lot of shady things."

"Like an enforcer in the church?"

"It's even worse. He's a bounty hunter assassin who specializes in targeting magicians. As a magician himself, he understands magicians very well, and he hunts them down using methods that magicians would disdain... He's the kind of person who openly fights in a despicable way."

Hearing Ryoma Tohsaka say this with a tone of disgust, Kotomine Yang didn't say anything. The reason he cared about Siegfried Emiya was because of the Emiya surname.

He had heard rumors about Emiya Siegfried before, and it seemed that he had clashed with the Church in the past. He also remembered hearing advice to be wary of this man.

However, the reason he was concerned about Siegfried Emiya was because his close friend Dio had mentioned the surname Emiya three years ago when he came to see him, and it seemed that Siegfried was Dio's nemesis. It seemed he should ask his close friend about it.

"Could I borrow this document for a few days?"

"Ah, that's fine. Help me figure it out. I'm busy with the summoning ritual tonight."

After leaving the underground workshop, when Kotomine Yang returned to the surface and was walking down the corridor, he happened to encounter a girl who was struggling desperately with a huge suitcase.

Good morning, Mei.

After a simple greeting, the girl named Tohsaka Mei in this parallel world stopped pulling her suitcase and looked at Kotomine Yang with her big eyes.

Under this roof, Tohsaka Mei had been living with this father's apprentice for three years, but she still couldn't shake the suspicion in her eyes when she looked at Kotomine Yang. She always felt that he was hiding something, and she never knew what he was secretly doing.

Chapter 95: All Parties Begin Summoning Servants

"Good morning, Yang."

Her voice was slightly stiff, but Tohsaka Mei still greeted him politely. Despite her young age, she already exuded the air of a lady.

As Ryoma Tohsaka's daughter, she has already shown a level of maturity that is hard for other elementary school students her age to match.

"Is this Ya, Yi, you when you were little? You had such a great presence!"

Kiana's eyes lit up when she saw Mei as a young girl in the video, as if she wanted to hold this little Mei in her arms and get close to her.

"It's nothing much, just basic etiquette from before!"

After all, Raiden Mei was formerly the young lady of ME Company and often accompanied Raiden Ryoma to various banquets, so she still needs to learn some etiquette.

“My dear niece, when will you learn from Mei and become a lady?”

Theresa also said to Kiana, "Look at how ladylike Mei is, and then look at you. It must be that Siegfried who corrupted Kiana. It's all Siegfried's fault."

"Are you going out? You have such a big suitcase."

"Yes, I'm going to stay at my maternal grandfather's house temporarily starting today, and I'll take the subway from there to school."

Before the Holy Grail War began, Ryoma Tohsaka also decided to move his daughter to his wife's family home in a neighboring town.

Leaving their daughter in Changkong City, which is about to become a battlefield, would be tantamount to exposing her to danger, which is a perfectly understandable concern.

However, his daughter, Mei Tohsaka, was quite indignant. Although she appeared polite, her cute lips betrayed her displeasure.

Although she is destined to be the future Queen of Thunder, she is still a child and cannot yet be completely mature.

"Yang wants to stay by her father's side and fight alongside him."

"No, the Holy Grail War is too dangerous. I can't let my teacher's daughter be in danger."

Mei Tohsaka is not some young and ignorant child. In order to train her to be the successor of Tohsaka Magic, Ryoma Tohsaka has already begun to give her elite education.

She already had a general understanding of the Holy Grail War that was about to break out in the sky, and she could accept the reason why she had to seek refuge in her deceased mother's family home.

Her main dissatisfaction stemmed from her reluctance to leave Yan Fengyang, whom she felt was suspicious, by her father's side after she left.

"Yang, can I trust you? Can you swear that you will protect Father until everything is over?"

“That’s impossible. If the battle were peaceful enough to warrant such an oath, your father wouldn’t have needed to send you to seek refuge.”

Contrary to his relaxed demeanor, Kotomine Yang spoke seriously in a calm tone. There was something else he didn't say: even if the Holy Grail War went peacefully, he would still disrupt it.

This made Tohsaka Mei even more dissatisfied, her eyes becoming more stern as she stared intently at her nominal senior.

However, Mei didn't say anything more in the end. She got into the car driven by the driver and left the Tohsaka residence.

Kotomine Yang watched Mei leave, then returned to the empty mansion.

Ryu Tohsaka hadn't come out of the underground workshop yet, and Yang Kotomine was occupying the empty living room all to himself, studying the report about Siegfried Emiya word by word from beginning to end.

Meanwhile, at the Matou residence, after Seele was trapped in the Sea of ​​Quanta, Bronya was still determined and underwent the X-10 experiment. Unfortunately, Bronya failed, and her emotional center was damaged, but at least her legs were not crippled.

Afterwards, in order to enhance her strength, she underwent intensive training and met the conditions for summoning the Holy Grail, and is preparing to begin summoning it tonight.

The Holy Grail War is now in its final countdown. Once all seven Servants are summoned, the war will begin immediately.

In a corner of a remote mountain town in Changkong City, in a clearing in a mixed forest, after carefully confirming that no one was watching her, Himeko Velvet began preparing for the summoning ritual.

The three chickens that had been struggling and crowing all day, constantly tormenting Himeko's nerves, were also sent to meet their demise by her in a cheerful mood.

While the dripping blood was still warm, they drew magic circle patterns on the ground.

The sequence has been practiced countless times, and the four fading arrays are engraved in the middle of the summoning array, so there are no errors.

"Be full, be full, be full, be full! And so it goes, and then five."

As Himeko chanted the incantation, she carefully sprinkled her blood onto the ground.

Meanwhile, in the underground workshop of the Tohsaka Mansion, also located in a deep mountain town, the same ceremony was being prepared.

"However, the moment of fullness is the moment of abandonment. I declare that you obey my command, and my life is one with your sword!"

Ryoma Tohsaka chanted aloud as he simultaneously set up a magic circle. The magic circle wasn't drawn from the blood of the sacrifice, but from dissolved gemstones; Ryoma used all of these external things without hesitation.

Watching from the side were Kotomine and his son. Kotomine Yang stared intently at the sacred relic placed on the altar.

At first glance, it looked like an ordinary ring, nothing special. However, the thought of summoning a heroic spirit with such a thing made Kotomine Yang shudder. This was troublesome. If they summoned this spirit, their plans would be in jeopardy.

He finally acknowledged Ryoma Tohsaka's unwavering confidence, but the fact that this guy had been brought out was very disadvantageous for him and his best friend.

Meanwhile, at the far end of the continent, in the city of Einzbern, Emiya Siegfried was checking the completion status of the magic circle in the center of the chapel.

"Such a simple ceremony is enough?"

Cecilia watched from the side, seemingly finding the preparations rather simple.

"While we cannot relax, the summoning of Servants does not require a particularly large-scale ritual."

While checking whether the lines drawn with mercury were distorted or uneven, Siegfried Emiya explained.

"In reality, it is not the caster who summons the Heroic Spirits to the human world, but the Holy Grail. As Masters, we only need to keep the Heroic Spirits that appear in this world and provide them with the small amount of Honkai energy needed to maintain their physical form."

Satisfied with the result, Emiya Siegfried nodded and stood up, placing his relic, the scabbard of the legendary holy sword, onto the altar.

"Okay, that's perfect."

"You must have memorized the summoning incantation before you came, right?"

Bronya nodded in the darkness upon hearing Cocolia's confirmation. This was the Matou Residence, which stood atop the hill in Deep Mountain Town.

“That’s good, but add two additional verses in the middle of that incantation.”

"why?"

Bronya asked casually, and Cocolia answered.

"Why? It's simple, Bronya. You should know that you only caught up as a magician this year, and you're far behind others. So the basic abilities of the Servants you summon are also lacking."

"Furthermore, Servants are very uncontrollable. Therefore, the only option is to choose Berserker-class Servants. This way, we can not only compensate for the lower base stats by adjusting the Servant's class, but it also makes it easier to control the Servant."

Chapter 96 Servant Arrival

The class is determined by the arrangement of the summoning incantation.

At this point, the video begins to explain that, usually, when a summoned Heroic Spirit is assigned a Servant class, it is inevitably determined by its own attributes.

However, there are two exceptions, which can be decided in advance by the summoner.

One of them is the assassin. The heroic spirit corresponding to the assassin has been fixed, and it is one of the group of assassins who inherited the name of Hassan Sabbaha.

The other profession, on the other hand, allows for the application of specific additional factors to all Heroic Spirits, thus making them correspond to this profession.

"To summon a berserker, we need to add the 'Berserk' attribute to the summoned servant."

Cocolia explained to Bronya, "Bronya, as the Master of the 'Berserker,' you must control the Servants you summon."

On this day, in different places and to different people, the incantations sung were uttered almost simultaneously, a consistency that went far beyond mere chance.

Regardless of who performs the spell, their ultimate wish is the same.

A miracle is about to happen to one person, and they are willing to fight tooth and nail to obtain it.

To the heroes far beyond time and space, now, across the land, the aria of prayer from several people resounds simultaneously: "Alas!"