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Lat te night. nig g gh ate night. ght. The clock strikes two.This is the best timeframe for my magical energy. Since this is my fi rst and my last chance, I cannot afford any mistakes. “Withdrawal within elimination, engrave four areas and surround with the summoning circle… right.” I engrave the circle onto the fl oor of the basement. You don’t need a large-scale summoning to summon a Servant. Servants are called forth by the Holy Grail. As the Master’s priority is to keep the Servant in this world and to supply them with enough magical energy to substantiate, the Holy Grail takes care of the summoning. “Bare and silver and iron. Stone for foundation and the Grand Duke of contracts. All for my great master Shveinorg the ancestor. A wall for the descending winds. The four gates shall close and come out the crown. Let the three-forked road to the kingdom’s known cycle.” Still, I continue with the greatest concentration. I draw the magic circle, normally written in blood, with my melted jewels.…I’m using half the jewels I’ve saved up, so I can’t fail for fi nancial reasons too. “Enclose. Enclose. Enclose. Enclose. Enclose. Five times for each repetition. Just destroy the enclosed time.” I fl ip the formless switch inside me. I feel a sensation as if the contents of my body are being exchanged. The usual nerves invert into circuits transmitting magical energy. From this point, Tohsaka Rin is not human. I shall become a part of the tool to attain mystic power. I am melting from my fi ngertips. No, I am being fi lled from my fi ngers. The mana I am taking in is so concentrated that the original senses of my body are being repainted. So, being fi lled is the same as being destroyed. The power that fi lls me is pure magical energy from the air. 9.

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