It's normal for an evil god to raise an Abyss.

"Did I make you angry? Sorry, I will respect your position. After all, I was summoned to bring victory to the Master. Naturally, my victory is yours, and all the gains from the battle belong to you. Is that okay with you? Leave the rest to me, and you just need to consider your own safety. I don't expect you to help with anything else."

“…………Ahhh, I can’t stand it anymore!”

Finally, Toosaka Rin's anger reached its limit, and she revealed the Command Seal on her hand.

"Since you said so, don't blame me for being rude! ——【Announcement】——"

"Wait, wait, could it be..."

The man began to panic.

“That’s the [Could it be]! Declare to the Command Seal and follow the rules of the Holy Grail—”

"No, are you serious, Master? How could anyone use a Command Spell for something like this!"

But Toosaka Rin, who was furious, didn't care:

"——I will punish the person in front of me, my Servant! Listen carefully, you are just my Servant, so you should obey my words absolutely!"

As the Command Seals were used, Toosaka Rin seemed to have consumed her Chi along with the Command Seals.

"Huh... Let's talk somewhere else."

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After a while.

"...Do you understand the importance of the Command Seals? The effect of the Command Seals on vague orders will also be weakened. Even if you have more Command Seals, you can't make someone obey everything you say."

The man explained the importance of the Command Seals in this way.

"That means that the Command Spell I just cast is meaningless?"

"That's generally true, but it seems that your ability as a magician is different from that of an ordinary person. Your words now have a strong coercive force on me. It's really a headache..."

"Therefore, I retract my previous words, Master. Although you are young, you are an outstanding magus. It was a rash judgment on my part to humiliate you as a child and want to keep you away from the battle. I apologize for my rudeness."

"It's too late even if you say nice things now~"

Toosaka Rin turned her head away proudly, as if accepting the apology.

"Come to think of it, aren't you Saber?"

The man shrugged:

"Unfortunately, I don't have a sword."

"So you are Archer?... What a failure. You spent so much effort to summon someone but the one who came up with it is not Saber."

"It's not Saber, I'm so sorry..."

Archer said,

"But I will definitely make you regret what I said just now. By then, it will be useless even if you apologize~"

"Then please make me regret it, Archer~"

Toosaka Rin said this with a smile.

"When the time comes, I will sincerely apologize to you."

"Don't forget it then, Master."

Archer responded at the same time.

"Oh, yeah, I almost forgot to ask, where are you from?"

In response to Toosaka Rin's question, Archer remained unusually silent.

"…Archer?"

"…I'm sorry I can't answer your question…After all, even I don't know."

"Ah? What is this? Are you kidding me?"

"I don't mean to insult you, Master. This is the result of your incomplete summoning. My memory is still very confused, and I am not even clear about my name and origins. But this shouldn't be a big problem, so don't worry about it..."

Chapter 125 Preliminary Investigation

Archer's words left Toosaka Rin speechless. She couldn't help but complain:

"But I would care! If I don't know what kind of Heroic Spirit you are, wouldn't I have no way of knowing your strength?"

Archer didn't care:

"These are just minor issues. I am the Servant you summoned. There is no reason why I cannot be the strongest."

Archer's tone was full of confidence.

"..."

Such a self-evident and irrefutable statement blocked Toosaka Rin's thoughts.

"Forget it. Anyway, it is an indisputable fact that everyone's identity is unknown. I won't ask about your identity for the time being. So, Archer, about your first job——"

"So soon? You really are belligerent. So who is the enemy...?"

Before Archer could finish his words, he saw a broom and a dustpan flying towards him, and Archer caught them instinctively.

"——Clean your room and take responsibility for cleaning up the mess you made~"

Toosaka Rin said with her hands on her hips.

Archer glanced at the cleaning tools in his hand and asked helplessly:

"I say, what do you think of a Servant?"

"A familiar, I guess~ Although it's a bit cocky and hard to command~"

"...I understand. Please go to hell, Master."

After complaining silently, Archer went to clean up.

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The next day, Toosaka Rin took a day off and spent the entire day traveling around Fuyuki City taking notes in order to more clearly confirm the terrain of each place and prepare for possible battles that might occur later.

This is understandable. In a battle, whether you understand the terrain and can use it to your advantage is sometimes enough to tip the balance of victory or defeat, so it is necessary to know this information in advance.

"Well, I should be able to see it clearly from here."

Toosaka Rin stood on the roof of a tall building in the new city area and looked down.

Under the night sky, the neon lights of the high-rise buildings in the new city and the traditional courtyards in the old city, the lights of thousands of homes come together to form a star-studded night scene.

"If we had come here earlier, there wouldn't have been any need to wander around."

Archer appeared from his spirit form.

"All you can see here is a panoramic view of the street. How can you understand the structure of the street if you don't go there?"

"Not really. The Archer class is not just a name. People with poor eyesight can't be archers... For example, I can still see the number of tiles on that bridge."

"You really gave me a shock. Archer is indeed Archer."

Toosaka Rin exclaimed slightly.

"Rin, this might be my illusion. Are you looking down on me?"

"How is that possible~"

"There's something I forgot to ask,"

Archer's tone became serious.

"Rin, you have been trained to become a Master since you were young, and you have been thinking this way all the way, right?"

"Yes, for the Tohsaka family, the Holy Grail is the long-cherished wish that has been passed down for generations."

"Then you must have had your own purpose. If I don't understand the Master's wish, I can't become the Master's sword. Rin, what is your wish?"

"Wish? I don't have any wish."

Toosaka Rin answered without pretending.

"What? That's impossible."

Archer was a little surprised.

"The Holy Grail is the universal cup that can fulfill all wishes. It is the power that can conquer the real world!"

Toosaka Rin said nonchalantly:

"Because conquering the world is a hassle, there's no point in wishing for something like that~"

"That's really confusing. So what are you fighting for?"

"Of course, the battle is there, Archer. I'm only fighting to win."

"...I really admire you. You are indeed qualified to be my Master."

Archer went from being surprised to smiling bitterly, and finally to understanding and relief.

"You are undoubtedly the strongest Master. There is no one more suitable than you to serve me."

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Since she only took one day off, Toosaka Rin still had to go to school the next day.

"It's hard to deal with surprise attacks at school."

Following beside Tōsaka Rin, Archer, in spirit form, reminded her using a magical communication method that others could not hear.

"It's okay. Fights between Masters should be kept out of sight, right? Then we won't be ambushed in a school with so many people."

"It's just a hypothesis, but what if the enemy shows up in a safe place?"

"That shouldn't be the case. The only families of magi in this city are the Tousaka family and another one (the Matou family). The family heritage of that family seems to have disappeared, so it's impossible for a Master to appear."

"But Rin, there are always exceptions. If there is a magician in the school that you don't know about..."

Archer didn't continue, but the meaning was clear enough to remind Toosaka Rin not to take it too lightly.

Toosaka Rin's thoughts were normal. As far as she knew, there were only two magician families in Fuyuki City: the Toosaka family and the Matou family. In the Holy Grail War ten years ago, the head of the Toosaka family, Tokiomi Toosaka, was killed, which was a huge loss. However, the loss of the Matou family was even more serious. The entire family foundation was burned up by an unknown force.

Toosaka Rin herself never had any hope that the Matou family would have an heir, so she was a little surprised when she saw Sakura reappear a few years ago. However, when she found that Sakura seemed to have left the path of a magician, Toosaka Rin did not disturb her peaceful life.

So in her opinion, the Tousaka family is indeed the only one left in Fuyuki.

Archer's worries were actually quite reasonable. After all, Toosaka Rin would never have thought that her sister had become a Master before her, and there were also things about Einzbern that she didn't know about, and - on Mt. Enzang, the scenery of the Kunlun Fairy Mountain, and Xue Yue who was hidden behind the scenes.

At this moment, Xueyue, who was on the fairy mountain, was watching from a distance, the bright red barrier covering the entire school, and - Toosaka Rin who was about to step into the campus.

The first conflict of this Holy Grail War is about to come.

Chapter 126 Blood Barrier

In fact, Toosaka Rin is indeed an excellent magician.

As soon as she stepped into the campus, she felt a slight sluggishness in her breathing, followed by some slight stress reactions in her magic circuits. There was no doubt that someone had set up a barrier on campus.

"This is no longer a matter of heavy air. I didn't expect someone to have set up a barrier here?!"

During the break between classes, Toosaka Rin hid in an empty corner and began to communicate with Archer.

"Although it's not complete yet, the preparations have already begun. To be able to achieve this level means that he is a very capable person."

Archer commented.

But Toosaka Rin denied Archer's statement:

"You're wrong. The other party is a rookie. A barrier that makes others feel abnormal is just a third-rate thing. If you want to do it, it's first-rate if it makes people unaware until it is activated. But——"

"Whether the other party is first-rate or third-rate is none of our business. Anyone who dares to release such a tasteless thing in my territory will be defeated without further ado."

"Listen, Archer. After school, first investigate the barrier. Once you figure out what kind of barrier it is, then decide whether to destroy it or leave it alone."

Suddenly, there was a sound of papers falling on the stairs. Toosaka Rin looked in the direction of the sound and saw the figure of the purple-haired girl.

"Archer, see you later."