In the world of Type-Moon, start by becoming Morgan's husband!

Akagi Hinako got up from the ground.

Waves of red light emanated from those eyes, like the most bloodthirsty wolf.

She no longer cared about her image and shouted directly at Ophelia.

"Can't you totally fix these problems?!"

“Why did it become like this?”

This scene seemed like Akebato Hinako's unreasonable behavior, but Ian keenly noticed a small detail.

That's when she cried.

Although the marks were obviously concealed, there were still some tears in the corners of her eyes.

Ian felt that the Servant she wanted to summon was very important to her.

but--

This was no reason for her to get mad at her sex partner.

Ian stood in front of Akagi Hinako and protected Ophelia behind him.

"Akagami Hinako, don't get excited yet."

"Maybe something went wrong, which led to this situation."

"Don't forget, this time it was you who volunteered to release the sword."

"..."

Aku Hinako stared at the man in front of her, silent.

But such behavior was enough to show that she had calmed down temporarily.

Taking advantage of this time, Ian turned around and looked at Ophelia who was protected behind him, and asked calmly:

"Ophelia, is there something wrong with that link?"

Ian's original intention was actually to find a way to save the magician.

After all, if she made up a reason, she would probably have a chance to send Ake Hinako away.

however--

Ian underestimated Ophelia's obsession with this kind of thing.

She shook her head, looked at the man and Akagi Hinako in a very serious manner and tone, and answered the question:

"Do not."

"There will be no problem with my summoning circle, and there will be no problem with the steps I just taught you."

The sparks of quarrel were ignited in an instant.

"Then how did it become like this?!"

Aku Hinako pointed at the summoning circle that had completely dimmed, and she looked very excited.

"Where is my longed-for Servant?"

"If you have no problem, shouldn't he be summoned?!"

At this point, Ian knew that it would be difficult to get away with it this time.

He had no choice but to trust Ophelia and let her explain things herself.

And this talented magician was indeed not nervous at all.

She walked to the summoning circle, squatted down, and began to analyze the problem.

"Although I don't really want to ask you what kind of Servant you plan to summon...but I have to ask a question about this now."

"Akabe Hinako."

"Is this sword of yours really the holy relic of that heroic spirit?"

Relics are the key to summoning.

If it has defects or is even a fake, it will naturally affect the entire summoning.

"Yes."

Aku Hinako answered the question directly without any hesitation.

"I can confirm that it is the holy relic of that heroic spirit."

"Really?" Ophelia's eyes were full of doubt.

"real."

"because--"

Aku Hinako glanced at Ian beside her, hesitated for a moment, and then continued:

"This is... the sword he left behind."

"The sword he left behind?"

Ophelia looked surprised.

This is the most accurate positioning possible - how did Akagi Hinako know it?

Is it Saber that was summoned?

Just when the top student magician wanted to ask a few more questions about this, he was stopped by Ian.

"All right, Ophelia."

"Since Akagi Hinako is so sure...just believe her."

"I don't think she would go out of her way to make a fake sword to fool us about something like this."

Although I had many doubts in my heart, I knew that what my sex buddy said was true and it made sense.

Ophelia also accepted this explanation.

"Well."

"I will assume that this sword is exactly as you described it, the sword of that Servant."

Ophelia's eyes fell on the literary girl in front of her.

"So--"

“That’s another possibility.”

"What's possible?" asked Aku Hinako.

"Well... you might be a little angry if I tell you this." Ophelia stood up.

"That is the Servant you want to summon... He is not strong enough to become a Heroic Spirit, or should I say, he is not qualified to be a Heroic Spirit at all."

"So you can't summon it."

"of course."

"It is also possible that your strength is not enough to make him want to appear, so you cannot summon him either."

As soon as Ophelia finished speaking, Ake Hinako directly denied these statements.

"Do not."

"He must have become a Heroic Spirit... He is a hero who can move mountains and rivers... And it's me, he won't be unwilling to appear!"

I felt that what Aku Hinako said was no longer making sense.

Ian leaned close to Ophelia and whispered.

"Be careful not to irritate her."

"but--"

"Ophelia, are these the only possibilities?"

"There is another possibility."

The top student magician frowned slightly.

“But I don’t think that’s realistic.”

“Not very realistic?”

"Yes." Ophelia nodded, "That means we may have just performed a possession summoning."

"Possession Summoning... What is that?"

“It’s a form of calling.”

Ophelia began to explain.

"It may be complicated to explain... The simpler understanding is that the Heroic Spirit itself does want to respond to the summons."

"But due to various reasons, they don't want or can't fully manifest themselves in the world as 'Servants', so they use their consciousness or body as a substitute."

"However, this method often causes various changes in the subject, such as the acquisition of memory or physical improvement."

"Unless you have a way to control the possessed Heroic Spirit, such as a bloodline that is consistent with him, or your ancestors have restrained themselves, but——"

"Do you think any of us three can do this kind of thing?"

Ian knew that what Ophelia said made sense.

It was unlikely that the three people present, including myself, could do such a thing.

In comparison, the previous explanations are obviously much more reasonable.

But at this moment, these explanations obviously cannot appease Aku Hinako.

Ian gently stroked Ophelia's hair and asked again:

"That--"

"Is there any explanation that can give Akagi Hinako a little hope? If this continues, I'm afraid it will never end."

Ophelia glared at Ian.

"You want me to lie about this?"

"I can't do it."

"But..." The top student magician's tone softened a little.

"It's not like we really failed this time."

"I don't think there's anything wrong with what I did, and she sticks to her story... Let me think about it."

"Well, please."

Following the common idea of ​​the two, Ophelia explained to Akechi Hinako again.

"I said...can you give me a moment?"

"I think there should be no problem with this summoning, but there may be something that we haven't noticed."

"Are you serious?" Aku Hinako asked cautiously.

"Yeah." Ophelia nodded.

"In the name of the Clock Tower."

"Give me some more time to study it."

"..."

Aku Hinako looked at the iron sword lying quietly in the summoning circle.

"Can I take it back with me?"

"Or... do you want me to stay here for you to study?"

"Take it back." Ophelia raised her hair.

"You seem to care so much about it. If it were me, I'm afraid you would bother me several times a day."

"it is good."

There was a last bit of hope left in Aku Hinako's eyes.