Heroic Spirit: I, Shinji, have tried my best.

In close combat, Sister R has lost count of how many times she has been shocked by the man in front of her today. His body is as strong as a heroic spirit, and his moves are exactly the same as hers. You tell me that he is just a teenager?

The four swords were swung in the air by the two men, leaving afterimages. Finally, the sword in Shinji's hand could no longer withstand the pressure and broke into pieces...

Looking at the broken blade in his hand, Shinji threw it aside, stared at Sister R calmly and said, "Let's stop here for today!"

"Actually, Assassin is more suitable for you than Rider."

After receiving the order, Sister R also put away her weapon. After hearing the second half of the sentence, she replied, "The Assassin of this war has arrived. It should be that a more suitable Heroic Spirit than me has answered the call."

"So he has arrived! After all, the Assassin summoned in Fuyuki City can only be Hassan."

"Master, are you talking about the legendary assassin?"

"It's just a derivative. Apart from the troublesome ability to rip out the heart, it poses no threat... When the time comes, I'll leave it to you to deal with."

"There's nothing for you to do here, go back to Sakura,"

Shinji took another look at the exciting "ripped outfit" Medusa...

"Your figure is similar to Sakura's. Ask her to find you some clothes to wear."

……

Late night in Fuyuki City

A mysterious man in black and a purple ghost mask appeared on a street pole. A pair of bloodshot pupils in the mask's eye sockets scanned the sleeping Fuyuki City. A few crows flapped their wings and flew over. In a blink of an eye, the mysterious man disappeared, leaving only a few black feathers...

The next day, Shinji was dozing off on the table. He received a message last night saying that Kuzuki had gone out, so he hurried out to try to pick up some bargains, but there was nothing!

Fortunately, later on, Shinji found Caster standing there alone at the Oil Prince's place, and it seemed that he had a conflict with his Master. This made Shinji feel that he might meet his Servant tonight.

"Matou Shinji!"

"Um!?"

Shinji sat up in confusion. He seemed to hear the teacher calling him. That couldn't be right. He hadn't done anything...

"Matou Shinji, please stand up!"

"Not only did you fail to complete yesterday's homework, but now you dare to sleep in my class! Stand outside!"

"This old woman..." Shinji stood in the corridor, muttering, "Are all teachers nowadays so torturous? That Kuzuki is the same, why is she running around in the middle of the night..."

He leaned against the wall with half-closed eyes. Although he felt a little helpless, he did not hate his current peaceful life. However, he was afraid that he would never be able to calm down after tonight.

After getting through the morning classes, he took out the lunch box that Sakura had prepared for him to eat in the afternoon, but as soon as he sat down, a yellow-haired stray dog ​​ran out.

"Hey, isn't this the guy? He's standing here as punishment too!"

"Hey, hey! What are you doing...ah!"

I was thinking about what to do next, so I didn't have time to deal with the yellow-haired girl. I grabbed her carefully tied ponytail, pulled her aside as Yumiko screamed, turned around and walked out the door to the rooftop, leaving Yumiko with a red face and full of grievance...

Going up to the rooftop, Shinji was suddenly reminded of something by the interruption. It seemed that the school was often affected by the battles between Heroic Spirits in order to lure out other Masters. However, he did not intend to use the school as a battlefield, as the location of the battle would become uncertain, and the unknown meant that accidents were prone to occur!

"I was careless."

"It seems that we need to prepare a bait..."

in the afternoon

Shinji skipped the class without even leaving a clone, which gave his homeroom teacher a headache.

the other side

Shinji, wearing a baseball cap, stood in front of the Toosaka family's door. A magic barrier in front of him blocked him. After looking at it carefully for a while, he found out that this barrier was used for perception, which means that if he broke in, Toosaka Rin would notice it.

Shinji smiled and broke into the house without hesitation. Toosaka Rin, who was in class at school, was suddenly startled: "Someone broke into my house? Why at this time? Damn it... Don't let me know who you are!"

Shinji walked through the hall, looking around like a tourist, and suddenly saw a familiar place... He remembered that this should be the place to summon Red A.

It seems that Red A has not been summoned yet, but since we are here, we might as well keep some souvenirs!

Several pieces of paper suddenly appeared in his hand, with the word "explosion" written on each paper. Shinji casually pasted them in several conspicuous places. This time his goal was basically achieved, and he left happily looking at the masterpiece he left behind.

After school, Toosaka Rin did not go home immediately, but sat in the classroom looking at the tablet in her hand with a strange expression. I remember that this person was Sakura's brother, so why did he appear here?

After checking all the surveillance cameras in the house, I confirmed that this person simply walked around the house a few times, then put up some strange talismans and left.

Finally, my eyes stopped at the words on one of the talismans...

"It seems the use has been written down... That guy is also a magician!"

After much deliberation, I finally decided to go back, otherwise I would have no place to stay tonight.

She quickly came to the front door of her house and cautiously moved forward. This was clearly her home, but now she was sneaking around like a thief in her own home...

[That guy, I can't forgive him! ]

Finally, with the jewel shield on her head, Rin removed all the detonating tags along with the wall. Although she couldn't see what the paper was for, she still piled it up in a small warehouse far away from her home for safety reasons...

[Why do I suddenly feel like I've been played a prank? ]

"We can't delay any longer. Looks like we have to perform the Heroic Spirit Summoning Ceremony tonight!"

But Rin, who was relaxed, did not notice that a crow on the branch outside the window was tilting its head and observing her every move...

……

Into the night

In a forest outside the city, a woman in a cloak was walking unsteadily, with a few strands of dark purple hair stained with blood sticking to her face.

Medea, who had just fallen out with her master, didn't know what to do now. She might have to return to Valhalla soon due to lack of magic power. She didn't expect that she, a first-class magician of the Age of Gods, would have to leave without even seeing the other Heroic Spirits.

She didn't notice the tree roots under her feet and tripped to the ground. But she was too weak to get up. Her eyes gradually dimmed and her figure began to disappear...

"Good evening, poor Miss Witch!"

Hearing the name she hated the most, Medea wanted to look up to see which bastard came to humiliate her when she was dying, but her body could no longer hold on.

"It seems that you are unable to sign a contract now! Then, I will leave this book to you."

These were the last words Medea heard before she lost consciousness.