The Fate universe.
The Tohsaka family mansion.
Using the oldest snake slough as a summoning medium, Tohsaka Tokiomi, who successfully summoned the most ancient hero king, has already popped the champagne.
“We won! We won this war! Kirei!”
Tohsaka Tokiomi, who embodies elegance, maintains his aristocratic demeanor even at such an exciting moment.
He straightened his expensive burgundy suit and confidently stepped forward to pay his respects to the king standing before him with his arms crossed.
“King Gilgamesh, I am Tohsaka Tokiomi, the magus who summoned you.”
Gilgamesh, who was actually the Heroic Spirit himself in the guise of a servant, glanced at Tohsaka Tokiomi kneeling on one knee.
A flicker of boredom flashed in his eyes.
Activating his EX-class千里眼 (千里眼), the Wise King, without any hesitation, easily saw through the true nature of the man in front of him.
‘He says he wants to be my servant, but he’s thinking about making me commit seppuku once he wins the Holy Grail War?’
‘Heh.’
‘If I were the younger me, I would have killed this reckless bastard right now!’
The reason why Wise King Gilgamesh is called the Wise King is because he had passed through his youthful, violent period and understood the weight of life.
This period of Gilgamesh could be said to be a truly perfect king.
He diligently served the people and loved them, was broad-minded, and tolerant.
Unlike the angsty younger Gilgamesh, who would get angry at the slightest provocation and call everyone a bastard.
That’s why the Gods made Gilgamesh descend in his older form.
To avoid any trouble.
“Rise.”
Not showing any killing intent, Wise King Gilgamesh didn't bother with Tohsaka Tokiomi.
Through千里眼, he had already seen the future of this world line.
The Holy Grail was already polluted, and even if he won, it wouldn't be able to achieve anything.
It would even bring about disaster!
In a way, it was a war where there were no winners.
Including Tohsaka Tokiomi, the seven participants in the Holy Grail War were nothing more than a bunch of jokes.
Wise King Gilgamesh wasn't going to engage with clowns who didn’t know anything.
Besides, it was still questionable whether this world would survive in the end.
“Where exactly did the anomaly occur?”
Ignoring Tohsaka Tokiomi, who seemed like he wanted to say something, Wise King Gilgamesh closed his eyes and organized the information fed back by千里眼.
The more he organized it, the more he felt something was wrong. The more he frowned, the deeper it went.
“Why is there no change?”
“Since the Evil God has already descended, it’s impossible for them to leave without doing anything, right?”
“I must have overlooked something…...”
Upon realizing this, Wise King Gilgamesh had a plan.
Without looking back, he said to Tohsaka Tokiomi, “Don’t follow me. I’m going out for a walk.”
“But King…...”
Tohsaka Tokiomi wanted to stop him, but before he could finish speaking, Wise King Gilgamesh turned into靈子 (靈子) and disappeared in front of him.
Should I use the Command Spells?
Looking at where Wise King Gilgamesh disappeared, Tohsaka Tokiomi struggled internally, but ultimately put down his hand.
He didn't know that the Command Spells were completely useless against Wise King Gilgamesh, who was the Heroic Spirit himself…...........
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On the other side.
In a residential building north of Fuyuki Bridge, the air was thick with the smell of blood.
The serial killer, Amagasaki Ryougi, struggled to carry the mistress's body and dragged it to the side.
Then, recalling the summoning formation he had seen before, he used the mistress's blood to draw it, stroke by stroke.
Five minutes later.
Amagasaki Ryougi excitedly wiped the blood off his index finger, admiring his masterpiece, nodding repeatedly.
“This should do it!”
“Hopefully I can summon a servant who can relate to me!”
“Right, what was the summoning incantation? Whatever, it’s probably about the same!”
As a self-taught magus, Amagasaki Ryougi’s skill level was atrociously low.
Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't be able to summon a servant, let alone a low-level familiar.
But it was the Holy Grail War period, after all!
All the Master had to do was draw a usable summoning formation, and the Holy Grail would take care of the rest!
As expected, Amagasaki Ryougi succeeded.
A petite girl, who looked to be around twelve or thirteen years old, appeared in front of him.
The girl was pretty with beautiful blue eyes full of confusion.
She even seemed quite scared when she noticed the corpse in the corner.
She looked exactly like the ordinary children Amagasaki Ryougi had killed before, nothing different at all.
“What the heck, I summoned a kid?”
Amagasaki Ryougi was extremely dissatisfied. He had thought that the Holy Grail ritual would give him a surprise!
But, he had already summoned her, and even if he was dissatisfied, there was no way Amagasaki Ryougi could return the goods.
He had no choice but to accept it.
He put on a friendly face and asked, “Little one, can you tell your big brother your name?”
“Abby.”
Although she was very scared, the girl still answered Amagasaki Ryougi. “My name is Abigail Williams.”
“So, Abby, would you like to join me on the path of pursuing art?”
“Art?”
“Yes, art! The art of death!”
Like a suddenly deranged mental patient, Amagasaki Ryougi stabbed the mistress’s corpse in the heart again, in front of Abby.
Blood splattered on his face, the still warm sensation making him even more delirious: “Look, Abby! This is art!”
“Would you like to explore the true meaning of art with me?”
Seeing this scene, Abby was dumbfounded.
She was just an ordinary little girl, after all!
Why was she being made to look at this?
She couldn’t even speak, and simply fainted.
Seeing this, Amagasaki Ryougi became even more dissatisfied.
“What the heck, is this even a servant? It’s no different from the children I killed!”
He crouched down beside Abby, knife in hand, and a bold idea suddenly popped into his mind.
——What would it feel like to kill a Servant?
The moment this thought appeared, he could no longer suppress it.
Amagasaki Ryougi slowly raised the knife in his hand, about to bring it down, when the unconscious Abby suddenly opened her eyes.
A keyhole appeared on her forehead.
Emitting a strange and ominous aura…...........
Half an hour later.
Abby slowly woke up lying in the park. She had lost her memories of Amagasaki Ryougi.
She only remembered that she seemed to be looking for something…...........
“What is it?”
Under the moonlight, Abby muttered to herself as she walked away.
Her shadow stretched out long, deformed and bizarre.
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