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

So even after searching for several days, Vivian found nothing.

Feeling the pressure growing, she finally chose a summoning method that did not require any relics - Compatibility Summoning.

of course.

Although there are no relics, it doesn't mean you can just find a small corner and start.

Vivian used the magic she had prepared to detect two places in Fuyuki City where spiritual veins were relatively active.

One is Yuanzang Mountain;

The other is the forest outside of Fuyuki City.

After some consideration, Vivian finally chose the forest - there would be relatively fewer visitors, making it easier to prepare.

In order to summon a powerful enough servant, this witch who spanned thousands of years chose an extreme method.

Her summoning circle will cover the entire forest!

In this way, the spiritual vein of the place can be completely wrapped up in this summoning!

To this end, Vivian spent quite a while to expand the size of the summoning circle to cover the entire forest.

everything's ready.

The witch finally got what she wanted.

however--

Vivian overlooked something quite important.

Since she can choose places with active spiritual veins to summon, other magicians will naturally think of this as well.

Unfortunately.

This quiet forest is the location of the castle that the Einzbern family built long ago in order to participate in the Holy Grail War.

And what's even worse is.

Due to the deaths of both Emiya Kiritsugu and Irisviel, no one knew that there was a holy relic here.

That is the legendary armor of King Arthur, and now it is in the basement of this castle in the forest.

And it was covered in the summoning circle!

Blue light converges.

The summoning circle that Vivian prepared began to take effect.

In the silent forest, particles formed by the dispersion of magic power began to float.

They were like morning mist, flying towards the sky in the sudden gust of wind and gathering into colorful pillars of light.

Looking at it, Vivian felt her breathing quicken a little.

She felt Ian approaching her.

however--

When the light fades and everything returns to calm.

In the center of the summoning circle that was mostly destroyed by the strong wind, Vivian saw an unexpected figure.

The servant summoned by the witch was none other than King Arthur Altria!

But at this moment, she was completely different from her usual heroic appearance of leading the charge with a sword in hand.

Not only was the girl not wearing that thick armor, she also did not disguise herself as a man.

She was riding a white horse and wearing a beautiful white veil.

She held a dilapidated sword in her hand and looked like a bride who had just escaped from a village.

This is indeed Artoria Pendragon, the legendary King Arthur!

but--

It’s her as a Rider!

only……

Vivian realized that she had never seen Altria in this state before.

"I came here to follow the call. May I ask..."

Altria was halfway through her words when she noticed that the Master in front of her seemed a little familiar.

She stopped immediately, observed for a while, and finally confirmed the other party's identity.

"Morgan?!"

"How could it be you?!"

The same surprise applied to Vivian—she never dreamed that she would summon Altria.

This is not her hometown;

Second, I didn’t prepare any relevant relics.

Why was she summoned out for no reason?

"Shouldn't I be the one asking you this?" Vivian responded to Altria with a puzzled look on her face, "Why would you respond to my call?!"

"..."

Altria didn't rush to answer the question.

Sitting on the white horse, she looked around and found that he also seemed familiar.

"Morgan...where is this?"

Sensing that Altria had observed something, Vivian didn't try to hide it and gave the answer directly.

"This is a forest outside of Fuyuki City."

"Have you...heard of this place?"

“Fuyuki…”

Altria silently repeated the name, and then suddenly remembered something.

"I see." the girl said.

"This is where I was summoned last time."

"Well...or should I say it's better to be near it."

"..."

After Altria's explanation, Vivian quickly understood why she was summoned.

It turned out that he had accidentally come to the place where he had summoned a servant before.

There must be some reason that can summon Altria here, but I haven't discovered it yet.

but--

There was no point in worrying about that kind of thing at this moment.

Vivian looked at Altria in front of her, and her expression gradually became serious.

The witch found that there was too much unknown information in the other party's words.

"Last time?"

"Have you already participated in a Holy Grail War?"

"Yes." Altria nodded, then dismounted gracefully.

"If my intuition is correct—"

The girl stretched out her hand and pointed towards the depths of the forest.

"I remember there should be a castle ahead."

"Morgan, do you want to go check it out?"

"Call me Master!" Vivian corrected Altria's address.

"but--"

“You can definitely go and have a look.”

"After all, if you still remember it... it means that place must have left a deep impression on you."

Altria didn't care too much about Vivian's attitude.

"Well, let's go, Master."

Ever since——

The two of them headed deeper into the cave.

Because of their reconciliation at the Holy Lake, Vivian and Altria are no longer enemies.

of course.

The relationship between the two has not recovered to the point where they can be like sisters.

Now that they met again due to various coincidences, the atmosphere naturally seemed a little dull.

but--

Neither Vivian nor Altria wanted to waste precious time.

Almost at the same time, the two of them spoke together:

"Master!/Altria!"

The new and old kings of Britain looked at each other, and finally it was Altria who gave in first.

"Master, you speak first."

"..."

Vivian thought about it for a while and didn't intend to be polite - after all, she did have a lot of things she wanted to ask Altria.

First and foremost, the most important point.

That is what level of strength Altria is at at this moment.

This will directly affect Vivian's decision-making in the Holy Grail War.

"Altoria." Vivian looked at the girl holding the white horse.

"If I understand correctly... you should be Rider."

"Yes, that's right." Artoria nodded, "In this Holy Grail War, I am indeed Rider."

"Wasn't it the last time?" Vivian asked.

“No.” The girl shook her head in denial, “That time I was Saber.”

"I see."

The witch's gaze slowly shifted to the docile white horse beside Altria.

"Then this horse is your mount, right?"

Rider is a very special class.

Its overall ability is slightly lower than that of the three higher-class knights (i.e. Saber, Lancer, and Archer).

But as compensation, Rider usually has legendary means of transportation, including but not limited to mounts.

And if Artoria was indeed summoned as a Rider—

Then confirming the horse's strength level is equivalent to confirming her capabilities.

"Yes."

Altria glanced at the white horse beside her, seemed to recall something, and her expression became a little shy.

"It is indeed my mount."

"What's the name?" Vivian asked again, "Can you tell me?"

"East Starion."