Abnormal month

When I opened my eyes, I saw a prairie fire in front of me.

The flames spread all over the mountain, and the fire light shot up into the sky, dyeing the already dark and turbid sky orange-red, making it look as beautiful and shocking as burning clouds.

Okita Souji came to his senses and looked around in confusion.

"This is……?"

Looking around, everything you can see is high-pitched and beating flames.

She remembered that she had just been summoned, defeated a difficult modern magician, and then followed the Master back to his home.

Although she had many doubts in her mind, it was already getting late and the Master looked tired, so she let the Master rest.

Then what?

Then, she also began to close her eyes to rest... When she opened her eyes, why did she appear here?

Okita Souji raised his feet and wanted to observe his surroundings.

With a "click" sound, a crisp cracking sound came into my ears.

She looked down and saw a charred corpse at her feet.

I don’t know how long I have been roasting in the fire. My whole body has been charred. There is no good skin and I can’t even see my face clearly.

She looked around and saw bodies scattered in twos and threes on the ground.

There were a large number of corpses that had been charred by the flames, and their appearance could no longer be seen. They only knew that there were men and women, old people with stooped backs, and children of seven or eight years old. Roughly counting, there were about thirty.

Without exception, all were silent.

Judging from their appearance, they must have all been burned alive, and must have experienced unimaginable pain before they died.

Snap, there were footsteps coming from the front.

"……traitor!"

A figure staggered in front of Okita Souji.

The man was wearing tattered armor and his whole body was wrapped in bandages. His face could not be seen clearly, only his voice was as old as an octogenarian.

The man stared at Souji Okita with eyes full of hatred, as if he wanted to cut her into pieces.

"You traitor! Our family has dedicated all our efforts to you, knowledge, strength, loyalty, and even the magic seal! They are all given to you! However, is this the answer you gave me?!"

The man pointed at the corpse on the ground tremblingly and roared at Souji Okita.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Okita Souji suddenly covered his head and let out an angry sneer.

She quickly realized that no, this was the behavior of someone experiencing this.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!"

"Yes, this is the result of your five years of raising me. Are you satisfied, you old man? It's a pity that I can't see your face twisted with anger, which makes me a little unhappy!"

Someone raised his face, and the laughter that seeped out of his palms was as evil as a demon from hell.

Okita Souji could feel that the person he was possessing was feeling excited from the bottom of his heart and was trembling uncontrollably.

This man was rejoicing, happy and happy at the massacre of dozens of members of this clan.

Delights in death, rejoices in destruction.

Like a real devil.

…………

Okita Souji opened his eyes.

What came into view was a spacious Japanese-style mansion, with the word "Aozaki" written in large letters on the doorplate in front of the courtyard.

This is the Master's home.

After leaving Mount Enzo last night, the two of them returned to Aozaki House without stopping. The master went to rest, while she jumped to the roof alone, closing her eyes and concentrating while looking at the wind.

As a result, I accidentally fell asleep.

Okita Souji looked at the sky. Although he couldn't see clearly because of the dark clouds, there was still some sunlight seeping through. It was probably already sunrise time.

"It's incredible. Servants obviously don't have the ability to sleep."

Okita Souji stood up from the eaves quietly without waking anyone.

"Is it a sequelae of being forcibly summoned by the Master controlling the Great Holy Grail? Moreover, this dream just now... is this a dream, or is it reality that someone has experienced before?"

Souji Okita was a little confused.

If it was just a dream, the feelings in the dream would be too real.

"Saber, what are you doing standing there?"

While he was thinking, a voice came from under the eaves.

Okita Souji came back to his senses and looked towards the front yard, just in time to see Roy coming out of the house.

Although it was a winter morning, the boy still went his own way, wearing a simple T-shirt and windbreaker, with his white hair flying in the morning breeze.

Roy raised his head and looked directly at Okita Souji with his blood-red pupils, his eyes as cold as winter.

"I'm keeping an eye out to prevent anyone from sneaking up on me!"

The young swordsman jumped down from the eaves and ran to Roy happily, the dull hair on her head swaying in the wind.

"Saber."

"yes!"

"You are not allowed to materialize until the Holy Grail War officially begins."

"……Eh?"

Okita Souji's brain shut down for a moment, but she quickly reacted.

"Master, don't you want people to know that you were the one who broke into the underground cave last night?"

Right.

At this time, Bazett has probably woken up and reported what happened last night.

Although the Master's appearance has not been exposed, she has truly fought against Bazett. Her face must have been exposed. Once she comes forward, it will be equivalent to clearly saying that Roy is the prisoner who broke into the Big Hollow last night. It will cause Roy a lot of trouble.

"That's just part of it."

There was no wave on Roy's face.

"I told you not to expose yourself because I have other plans. This shouldn't be a difficult task for you."

"I understand."

Okita Souji nodded, not quite understanding.

Although I don't know what other plans the Master has, it's just that I can't materialize. Although it's a pity that I can't happily travel around this era, it's not a difficult thing.

Anyway, there are only a few days before the start of the Fifth Holy Grail War as told by the Holy Grail.

As long as I don't expose myself before then, it's easy.

"Then let's start from now."

Roy nodded and turned to walk into the house.

Okita Souji agreed obediently.

Just as she was about to transform into a spirit, she suddenly remembered the dream she had just had.

The dream in which a huge fire covered the entire mountain and burned dozens of lives to ashes.

The Master and the Servant are not only connected by magic and contracts, but also by cause and effect.

The common sense obtained from the Holy Grail states that as the connection between the Master and the Servant deepens, the Master may experience the past experienced by the Servant in a dream and understand the Servant's past in the form of a dream.

Servants don't have the ability to sleep, so naturally there is no such thing as dreaming.

After all, they are already dead, and their current bodies are just magical bodies, constructed with the basic particles of the magic world - spirit particles. Once the magic supply is lost, they will disappear immediately.

So the dream she had should only be the dream of the master who signed a contract with her, right?

So, was it a dream, or...

"Master..."

She blurted out.

"What?"

Roy turned around.

"... No, nothing."

Okita Souji paused, shook his head, and then disappeared in spirit form.

Seeing her disappear without a word, Roy raised his eyebrows slightly, and walked towards the kitchen without asking any more questions.