Shirou, who returned from the Fairy Kingdom

The magician frowned: "Hmm... perhaps the opponent used a special skill or treasure, making it impossible to confirm their status parameters."

Therefore, regarding who the Servant is... are you able to confirm this on your end?

Danic inquired about the other Masters of the Yggdrasil family.

"No, Uncle... We've tried to observe as well, but we can't confirm which side is the Servant."

As if representing the opinions of everyone, Fiore, a girl with brown hair and a gentle face sitting in a wheelchair, responded to the leader, Danic.

"Hmm? Berserker? What are you staring at on the screen? Is there someone you care about?"

The bespectacled boy, who gave off a somewhat timid impression, struck up a conversation with the girl next to him.

Although the girl is called a berserker, she is wearing a dress that resembles a wedding gown.

"Hmm~? Eh—ah—"

The pink-haired girl shook her head absentmindedly, her eyes still glued to the screen.

To be precise, it was the red-haired boy who was being stared at.

Volume 5, Chapter 199: Shirou: What? I'm a dragon too?

The first to launch the attack was a golem constructed using Kabbalah techniques and made of rock and bronze.

Golems are fully formed at birth; they are artificial weapons created for battle, for destruction, and for death.

Despite its enormous size, it leaped up after stepping on the ground, using Asashirou and Aika's foothold as a springboard.

The overwhelming aura that swept over them made one certain that the golem didn't even need to wield a weapon; its sheer mass was enough to crush the foolish boys and girls who had trespassed into their private territory.

"—"

Shirou stared at the colossal bronze shadow descending from the sky.

He could have chosen to fight back, but he didn't.

For Shirou, the safety of his Master, Ayaka Sajō, is the most important thing of all.

He reached out and grabbed Aika's slender waist, then jumped backward the instant the golem landed, landing on the roof of a building.

The powerful impact was so strong that even people sleeping soundly in houses hundreds of meters away could probably feel it.

"I see……"

Shirou narrowed his eyes.

The golem's performance far surpasses that of an ordinary magician, clearly not the work of a Master, but rather a masterpiece created by a Servant.

It's Caster, right?

Bronze golems of this caliber require more than just the resources of the Yggdrasil; they also require genius-level technology.

Even Orange and Pearl would be amazed if they saw this; only a Caster-class Servant could do something like this.

"That...Saber?"

Looking down, Shirou noticed that his Master in his arms had flushed cheeks and was looking at him pitifully.

Shirou sensed confusion and unease in Aika's expression, so he moved the arm that was wrapped around the girl's waist.

He gently patted her shoulder to comfort her, and spoke in a gentle yet firm tone.

"Master, please give your instructions."

Shirou asks Sajō Aika for permission to fight, but does the girl really understand?

She simply gazed at the red-haired boy's face with rapt attention, and then gave the following command—

"Saber, don't let go of me..."

"...?"

The unexpected request left Shirou stunned.

He originally planned to send Aika to a safer, higher place before going to fight the guys from the Thousand World Tree, but he was asked to keep holding her like this.

Fighting with Aika wrapped around his arm would only restrict Shirou's movements... She couldn't possibly not understand this.

Were they intimidated by the enemy's numbers and momentum, and unwilling to separate from us?

This is really a headache," Shirou said with this expression.

“Saber… I’m begging you.”

Sajō Aika grabbed Shirō's collar, her beautiful pupils trembling slightly, and tears welling up in her eyes.

At this moment, Shirou was surprised to find that Aika did not have a Command Seal on the back of her right hand.

Where did her Command Seals go?

No, now is not the time to dwell on such trivial details.

Indeed, leaving Ai Ge aside carries a high risk.

"I understand, Master."

As Shirou nodded, he gripped Aika's waist even tighter than before.

……

……

On the streets that had been turned into a battlefield in the dead of night, a boy in black sped past.

Faced with a number of achievements dozens of times greater than his own, Shirou Amamiya, carrying the girl, darted through roads, walls, and rooftops, perfectly dodging before launching a counterattack.

Whenever he swings his right arm, the invisible weapon generates a powerful storm filled with the purest true ether.

Even when the androids raised their axes and spears, they could not withstand the onslaught of wind pressure, and large numbers of them were cut down. Even the massive bodies of the golems were easily pulverized.

Crushed, crushed, crushed continuously.

The bronze golem, which could easily fetch an eight-figure price at a magician's auction, was utterly vulnerable in front of the boy.

From giant to scrap metal, from scrap metal to fragments, and finally to dust.

The scene could only be described as "overwhelming".

The offensive of the Yggdrasil Clan's army quickly weakened.

Their initial aggressive encirclement turned into a passive defensive battle.

This is a manifestation of fear that arises involuntarily, whether it is a golem with only simple thought processes or an artificial life form with little emotion.

A body honed through countless trials and tribulations, extraordinary eyesight and intuition, coupled with the abilities (Skills) bestowed upon Shirou Amamiya by the Holy Grail after he manifested as a Servant—

"Dragon's Hearth EX".

Now, the heart beating in Shirou's chest is still a human heart, but it has inexplicably acquired the concept of a dragon.

He speculated that this was probably the effect of him appearing in the world in place of King Arthur.

Because the King Arthur of this world is Artoria, she naturally possesses the heart of a red dragon.

Incidentally, in that book, "The Road to Shining Light ~ The Legend of King Arthur", Arthur gained the concept of dragons by consuming Albion's heart after killing him.

The black color of Shirou's emanating magic might be a result of the story of King Arthur devouring Albion's heart.

……

……

—In the city of Mirenia, the Masters and Servants of the "Black" faction watched the devastated battlefield.

The red-haired youth transformed into a battlefield star, galloping through the night.

Not only the magicians, but even the Servants showed expressions of disbelief.

"...That's truly amazing."

Vlad III, the "Black" spearman on the throne, couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

This statement also expressed the feelings of the other Servants.

They were certainly aware of the disparity in combat capabilities between the two sides.

Servants are the strongest familiars in the world of magic.

Even if they sent out combat androids that could frustrate ordinary magicians, or their proud army of golems, they anticipated defeat.

However, the fighting prowess displayed by the black-clad, red-haired youth was extraordinary even in the eyes of these battle-hardened heroes.

Holding his Master, he traversed the streets with the agility of a whirlwind, cutting down any androids that surrounded him as he passed by.

Despite being equipped with armor far exceeding the strength of steel, the golems created by the "black" sorcerer were sliced ​​to pieces every time the boy swung his sword.

Originally, the androids and golems were just pawns used to test each other, but the situation has become so one-sided that no information can be gathered at all.

In fact, there was a reason why the Yggdrasil Clan launched attacks without warning.

Shirou and his companions were unaware that they had already been identified as the enemies who stole Sagara Hyoma's Command Seals.

In the Holy Grail War, there is a magical artifact called the "Spirit Plate," which the Church's overseers use to monitor the Servants' situations in real time.

Father Kotomine Shiro, sent by the Holy Church, had it, but the Thousand World Tree faction also obtained the "Spiritual Artifact Plate" through their own channels.

Thanks to the dozens or even hundreds of subspecies Holy Grail Wars that have occurred to date, they have no shortage of channels to purchase this item.

The "Spirit Artifact Plate" shows that the boy and girl who have now entered Tulifas are the last members of the "Black" camp.

Then, the red-haired boy who is now clearly a Servant—

The rank field displays "???"

The Masters of the "Black" faction were puzzled by the red-haired boy's class: the invisible weapon he was holding, judging from the way he was wielding it... was it a sword?

So he is Saber... no, that's the only thing that's absolutely impossible.

To say why-

"Saber, can you identify what kind of weapon he's using?"

The voluptuous alchemist, Gold, turned and asked.

Gold instinctively assumed the red-haired boy was using a sword, but...

If he uses a sword, then the strongest Servant he has ever drawn is—

What about Siegfried, the great hero of German legend and the dragon slayer?

"Excuse my bluntness, but the weapon that boy was using was probably a sword."

The "Black" swordsman said without hesitation.

Siegfried, the dragon-slaying hero with swordsmanship surpassing human abilities, would never have missed some details of the boy's battle.

He is definitely a swordsman, and a swordsman whose swordsmanship is beyond imagination, perhaps even reaching the realm of gods.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Gordes, along with the other Masters and Servants, all wore expressions of confusion.

Are there two Sabers in the "Black" faction?

Or perhaps the boy was a "Red" swordsman?

Regardless, the strength he displayed was astonishing.

Danic began to regret that he might not have started fighting with the other side in the first place.

The Magic Association is clearly the real enemy we need to be wary of, yet we've offended a formidable foe.

While everyone was focused on the black-clad swordsman's performance on screen, only one person... no, only two people noticed a crucial detail.

"Did you notice it too?"

The "Black" Cavalryman—A cute girl with pink hair walks to the side of the berserker in the wedding dress, gazing at the heroic figure of the young man in the picture.

"Just as I thought, even though the golem was completely destroyed—"

Astolfo said with a curious expression: