Lost Narrative Poetry

In the early morning, in the dead of night, everything is silent.

After all, it is the end of January. Although the climate in Fuyuki Town can be considered relatively warm in winter, it is still chilly in the morning or late at night... But it is not just this winter night that is cold. And Tohsaka Rin’s cold heart.

Leaving the cold basement...

Walking up the cold stairs...

Back to the cold living room...

During this whole process, she was like a puppet who had lost her soul. Her face was dark, her eyes were dull, and her body was swaying. It seemed that she might lose her balance at any time and fall flat on the ground... ...It makes people very worried when they look at it.

But there is nothing we can do about it.

First of all, I basically didn't sleep last night. I was busy until dawn trying to interpret my father's last words. I also consumed too much magic power. I was exhausted mentally and physically. I almost couldn't get up to go to school... This was it. Bad enough.

After finally getting through the daytime, after returning home, she was not able to rest early. Instead, she immediately received a notice from the seemingly taciturn but venomous nun in the church.

The other party told her coldly——

"The deadline is until tomorrow", "If you want to give up the right to become a Master, you must make a choice within today", "If you are scared, run away quickly, you may be able to save your life"...

After saying so many sarcastic words, frankly speaking, Tohsaka Rin disliked her very much, just like her father who subconsciously rejected her at the beginning.

Although she was in a hurry, the girl had no other choice. Of course she couldn't give up this opportunity.

"Rin, the Holy Grail will appear one day. It is the Tohsaka family's duty to obtain it, and more importantly - if you want to be a magician, that is the inevitable path."

Because on that day, that person touched her head and said these last words, and then left forever. He participated in the Holy Grail War as a Master and never came back.

He left these words at the end, not as a father, but as a magician. So at that moment, Tohsaka Rin's life path was decided.

Ten years have passed since the winter when my father participated in the Fourth Holy Grail War. Something she had never forgotten for ten years, the fifth Holy Grail War was about to start again. How could she allow herself to back down?

So she decided to summon her servants tonight in perfect condition!

Then--

In the midst of anxiety, suffering, and sleepiness, she waited hard until two o'clock in the morning. Tohsaka Rin carved the magic circle on the basement floor. This was the time period with the best wavelength for her.

Originally, the summoning circle was supposed to be painted with blood, but she ended up extravagantly using dissolved gems. Because she didn't prepare any catalyst, not only her father died unexpectedly, but even her father's favorite disciple, Father Kotomine, didn't survive, and the information left behind was extremely incomplete.

Coupled with the influence of some factors that are difficult to describe, she had nothing to prepare. Although she continued to comfort herself, she still felt unsure. She could only work more in other aspects, hoping to make up for the lack of holy relics. is insufficient.

Even if it's just psychological comfort...

However.

Although all kinds of light and shadow special effects came out, the light of magic overflowed from the summoning array, and the fragments of the fifth element were flying everywhere, but when her vision returned to normal, the summoned servant did not appear in front of her. It was completely empty, except for herself.

After standing in front of the summoning array with an empty mind for another minute, Tohsaka Rin finally gave up.

"Two o'clock in the morning..."

Standing in the living room, the girl stared blankly at the time displayed on the clock on the wall, and suddenly remembered something.

Yesterday, after interpreting her father's last words, she finally found the family gem pendant, which has a history of at least a hundred years and is suspected to be a treasure left by the great master Gemstone Weng. Unfortunately, it is not a holy relic and cannot be used as a catalyst to summon followers.

And the worst thing is, probably because the magic power of this gem is too strong, the moment she took it out without knowing it, all the clocks in the whole house, whether they were alarm clocks or wall clocks, were disrupted. Yes, it has sped up by an hour...

I thought I was going to be late in the morning, but actually I arrived at school earlier than usual, that's why!

In other words, it was actually one o'clock in the morning. She simply got the time wrong. There was actually still an hour before she would be at her best!

But after a whole day, she completely forgot about it! So, is this the main reason for the mistake?

The cold truth was so cruel that it made Tohsaka Rin want to cry. He had obviously taken this matter very seriously and had spent half of the gems he had accumulated in the past. Financial failure was not allowed! But why, such a low-level error still occurred!

Why does this always happen? Obviously, I can do most things just like ordinary people. Even if I try my best, I can become a perfect top student with no faults in the eyes of countless people.

But there is only one curse that seems to be inherited.

That is, at the most important decisive moment, she will always lose her temper and do something incredibly stupid, just like she is doing now.

Just like that, the girl stared at the clock on the wall full of pain and resentment, as if this way she could force it to give in under pressure, and time would go back to the past, giving her a chance to do it again. But the result was natural, and the wall clock completely ignored her murderous eyes.

Time passed minute by minute, and in the end Tohsaka Rin could only turn his eyes back and face reality.

There's no other way, let's just see if we can have a chance to make amends tomorrow... It's not a problem to continue staring like this here now, it won't solve the problem, and her magic power is almost at its bottom, and her mental state Pretty bad too...

The lost girl tried to think calmly, turned around with slumped shoulders, and walked up the stairs.

One step, two steps, then paused.

Standing in front of the stairs, Tohsaka Rin even thought seriously for two seconds, then turned around and looked at the center of the living room. Is there a figure sitting on the sofa there?

Because it was late at night, there were no lights on in the living room. Only the faint bright moonlight from the window shone in, but it did not shine directly in the center of the living room. In addition, her mental state was extremely bad, and her focus just now was completely focused on Check the time and feel sorry for yourself.

So naturally, he didn't have the intention to observe the surrounding environment and take a closer look at this mansion that he had long been familiar with and could no longer be familiar with.

After squinting her eyes for a while, Tohsaka Rin was shocked to find that it was not her illusion. A trace of panic suddenly surged deep in her heart. After all, even a magician could not change the fact that she was still an underage girl first. thing, and I still live alone at home.

However, the panic only lasted for a short moment, and she immediately noticed the connection between her own magic circuit and the other party.

This is... a Servant?

A servant summoned by himself? Could it be said that although he made a mistake just now, he was not a complete failure?

Happiness came so suddenly, Tohsaka Rin's mind went blank for a moment, and he felt like he was almost suffocating, unable to breathe. There are no greater ups and downs in life than this. She covered her heart with her hands and gasped for air.

"W-who are you?"

"Well, are you asking me?" The magician, who was leisurely crossing his legs on the sofa, spoke lazily. This girl actually didn't notice herself until now, and her nerves were too rough.

"Yes, yes..."

The first time Tohsaka Rin heard this strange voice in the darkness, he subconsciously shrank and stuttered his answer. But then, she immediately felt that she couldn't weaken her momentum from the beginning, and quickly made up for it with a straight face -

"I mean, is there anyone else here?"

"Ha, who knows..." The stranger in the shadow chuckled, "But I'm just a passing magician, don't worry about it."

"magician?"

Is that the class of Caster? Damn it, it really wasn't Saber, it must be because the impact of the mistake was too fatal.

Tosaka Rin frowned slightly, and then he was keenly aware of the more important problem, so he asked uneasily: "Wait a minute, what do you mean by passing by? Aren't you here specifically in response to my call? Let me confirm first. For a moment, you are my servant, is this correct?"

"No." Xia Ranyan replied concisely.

"..."

"..."

"Lie, lie! Stop joking!" After receiving the unexpected reply, the girl was stunned for a moment, and then became angry and anxious. She glared at the strange figure in the darkness menacingly, "I'm still talking about you. Aren’t you going to admit this? The contract has obviously been reached!”

She had also heard a lot about Masters and Servants from her father, so she knew that it did not necessarily mean that such a combination would be a trusting partner. The personality concept of the servant, or the personality concept of the Master, is the key to determining whether they can get along well with each other.

If luck is particularly bad, the first thing the Master will have to deal with is not the threat from other combinations in the Holy Grail War, but the threat from the Servants summoned by himself.

What makes Tohsaka Rin shocked and angry is that it seems that she has encountered the worst situation now. The other party does not even intend to admit her identity as the master? !

"Contract? Haha, you may have made something wrong..." Xia Ran smiled slightly. He was just going to inform the girl directly that the Holy Grail War would not be held. "It's better not to have too much hope in such a whimsical thing. It's better to look forward to it, no one is qualified to take the initiative to become my master..."

This is natural. If one day he acts as a Servant, it will definitely be because he appears alone.

It wasn't that the Master summoned him, but that he found something interesting that he found, so he took the initiative to respond to the appearance.

"Who asked you if you are qualified? And isn't this Command Seal the qualification?"

This person really thinks he is not qualified! hateful!

Rin Tosaka clenched his fists tightly, revealing the magic tattoo emerging on the back of his hand. He spoke forcefully while glaring at him: "And I'm just asking you, are you my servant? Or are you really not planning to admit the truth?!"

She is not Tokiomi Tosaka, who can turn the slave into a master and regard herself as a servant. No matter what the Servant is like or his status, she will not give up! If the other party's attitude is tough, then your own attitude must be even tougher and you must regain the dominance!

"fact?"

"Contract! Do you dare to say that the connection between me and you is fake?" Rin Tosaka shouted excitedly and took a step forward: "Come and answer my question! What do you think? Do you dare to say it?"

"Contractual connection..."

Xia Ran glanced at her hand, and saw that the ball of information was still being held gently by her, and she couldn't escape no matter what.

He did not process this heroic spirit information, and the result was that Hassan failed to appear and was stuck in the last step of being summoned. But for the Great Holy Grail, it is only responsible for checking whether the amount of information borrowed from the Heroic Soul Seat meets the requirements.

The servant who was stuck in the bug did not really appear, but he was not eliminated. At least in the ritual mechanism of the Holy Grail War, Hassan's existence still occupies a position... So the result is that Tohsaka Rin can achieve the goal according to the contract. After making contact, I found that the magic thread was pointing to the person in front of me.

"Huh, forget it, this is not important, let's talk about other issues first..."

The magician rubbed his brows slightly and decisively changed the subject.

He wanted to explain it kindly and tell her the cruel truth, but he felt that bullying Tohsaka Rin in this way was a little too much——

According to the other party's summons, he locked onto this world and jumped in, intercepted the other party's summon signal, captured the other party's servants, and now he takes the initiative to explain this matter? No matter how you look at it, this is an act of making a fool of yourself. If things go wrong, Tohsaka Rin might be so angry that he might die on the spot.

After all, according to his observation, whether the opponent has a blue bar or a red bar, it seems that he is already in that dangerous state of redness.

Just like a person who has stayed up all night for several days, he may die suddenly at any time.

"Tell us about other issues first? Allow me to refuse, and don't try to change the subject!" Tohsaka Rin's face became increasingly dissatisfied, and she glared hard at the rude guy, "The master-slave relationship is the most important thing in a relationship. Something to figure out right from the start!”

After he hit the nail on the head and made the final decision, this guy with a bad personality couldn't answer and immediately tried to change the topic? How could you possibly succeed? You must pursue the victory and take advantage of this opportunity to force him to admit this basic fact!

"..."

"..."

The magician was silent for a moment, as if he was thinking seriously about something. After a moment, he sighed and stood up, turned around and walked towards the entrance.

"Hey! Wait, where do you want to go?!" The girl who was waiting for his answer was stunned for a moment. She didn't react until the other person walked past her, and she shouted excitedly and angrily.

"It's really annoying to visit you late at night. I'm really sorry. I'm going back first. I'll wait until you calm down and come to visit again..."

Xia Ran turned back to look at her, then showed a hearty smile, then waved to the girl, and said goodbye in a very considerate manner.

Probably because her condition is too bad, Tohsaka Rin seems to be having a hard time calming down and thinking rationally. If she continues, she may have to use a command spell on herself. So she ran away first. Continuing like this would only add fuel to the fire. Let's wait until her brain cools down before talking.

"You, you, you, you, you, this guy..."

Tohsaka Rin's voice was trembling with anger. She felt that she had reached her limit just now, but she still tried hard to restrain herself. As long as the other party could give in a little and admit that she was the master, she would not continue to be tough.

After all, if the servants refuse to cooperate, then what is the point of this Holy Grail War?

But although she had been trying very hard to suppress it, when she saw the other party's unscrupulous behavior, she didn't care about her own performance at all, and when she turned around to smile at the end, her too hearty smile seemed too hateful, and her face Abominable.

In short, it was silent ridicule and contempt, which finally made her anger level suddenly break through the threshold, and the rational string in her brain was directly broken!

"In the name of the Command Seal——"

"Huh?" The magician turned around, "Hey, wait, don't be so impulsive..."

I was obviously worried that this kind of thing would happen, so I showed my utmost kindness and didn't care about her at all? Couldn't she understand the true meaning behind her bright and cheerful smile, couldn't she feel her kindness at all?

"It's too late to regret now! You guy!" The girl glared at him and said loudly, the command spell on her raised wrist was faintly glowing, "Listen to me, as my servant, then you must Absolutely obey what I say!"

Pain spread across the back of his hand, and a command spell disappeared.

"..."

The magician watched this scene in silence, with a strange expression.

"Humph! You know me..." Tohsaka Rin seemed relieved, put down his hand angrily, stared at him and said through gritted teeth.

But before she finished speaking, she suddenly stopped, her body shook a few times, her eyes were filled with circles, and she fell head-on on the carpet in the living room.

"It seems that I have reached my limit..." Xia Ran felt a little pity. It was clear that all his physical strength, magic power and spirit had been exhausted, but he still forced himself so hard.

…

…

at the same time.

The other side of the city.

"Ten years have passed, are you still at Liudong Temple?"

Climbing along the cold and lonely mountain road, Arturia's figure, who had been asked to come back first to inform Medea and Sakura, appeared. She was as light as an elf under the moonlight. Soon she saw the figure standing on the mountain road above. The gate of Ryudong Temple at the end.

After thinking about it, she realized that Liudong Temple was still a good spiritual place, and the Great Holy Grail was always located below, so its geographical location was very important. It was natural for Medea and the others not to leave here. There was no better choice than this place.

"Well, the first day has just started, and you can't wait to come to the door? You are really arrogant..."

At this time, a strange voice came from the mountain gate, and a powerful magic reaction emerged at the same time.

The King of Knights was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the summoned servant had mistaken him for another group in the Holy Grail War and came directly to the door?