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Day Two y “It’s me. I’m sure you know, but tomorrow is the deadline, Rin. It’s a problem for me if you take it easy. There are only two remaining seats. I must ensure all the Masters are arranged quickly.” This priest shows no mercy as he gets right to the point. “If you wish to abandon your right to become a Master, contact me today. It takes some time to dispatch a substitute magus.” Liar. Someone like you would be able to arrange a substitute in no time. “You already show signs of the Command Spell. Quickly, summon your Servant and open the Command Spell. Unless, of course, you’re not planning to be a part of this Holy Grail War. If you value your life, you should run to the church quickly.” The message ends there.…His words are concise. He’s telling me that if I am to fi ght, I should get ready by today and if I’m not going to fi ght, I’m an eyesore and should just retire quickly.“…Heh, you don’t have to tell me that.” Well, it can’t be helped. My preparations are ready. I have fi nally fi nished decoding my fathers will, prepping me for the event. The requirement to enter the Holy Grail War. That is to summon a familiar called a Servant, and to form a contract with it. No matter how great a magus a person is, one is not considered a Master until he has a Servant under him. Servants are beings very different from normal familiars. The methods of summoning and controlling them are different as well. A magus planning to enter the Holy Grail War usually prepares a catalyst to summon a Servant, but… “…Really, I wish Father could have left me something with a connection to Saber.” I don’t have anything with any connection”. The town’s sacred ground is under our jurisdiction. As the daughter of the Tohsaka family which has protected this town through the generations, I will not lose to magi from elsewhere. But that said… I guess you can’t go to sea without a compass. Or perhaps I should say things are completely unplanned? I’ve always preferred ‘up shit creek without a paddle.’ “Anyway…Servants are attracted to symbols. If you want to summon a Servant, you need an object that has a connection to that Servant.” “In other words, a sword, armor, talisman, bone of that Servant, or something like that… something valuable beyond belief.… I was hoping there’d be something like that in Father’s will, but… No, this is a great trump card too. But still…” The pendant I found last night in the basement is one of the best Artifacts in its class. It’s great in its own way, but it won’t help me to summon my servant. “…Huh! It’s fi ne. I can do it without help from that sort of thing. After all, there can’t exist any Masters capable of handling Saber other than myself.”All right, I’ve decided. I don’t want to make Kirei complain any more by postponing it any longer, and it’s not like me to wait until the last second. It’ll come down to just trying it. I’ll face the summoning tonight with full power and obtain Saber by force…! Late night. The clock strikes two. This is the best time frame for my magical energy. Since this is my fi rst and my last chance, I cannot afford any mistakes. If I do, I am not allowed to participate. 7.

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