Sakura Matou continued.

"Rider is at school, and his brother might be at that school too."

"At school, after all."

Otosaka Souji scratched the back of his head and said in a somewhat embarrassed tone.

"School is not a good place to fight."

"Looks like I'll have to ask Caster to come along."

That's right, Otosaka Souji isn't planning to bring the mysterious heroine X along this time.

Because if a battle were to occur and be witnessed by ordinary people, Medea, as a mage from the Age of Gods, would be well able to handle it.

Using forgetting magic to make ordinary people forget what they have seen.

Of course, the mysterious heroine X, who is an assassin, wouldn't possess such a forgetting magic.

Otosaka Souji, who considered himself neither a good nor a bad person, was naturally unwilling to slaughter ordinary people over trivial matters.

With Caster by your side, some trivial and troublesome things won't happen.

As for the mysterious heroine X, she should stay at Ryudouji Temple and guard the crystal.

"Medea, come with me to the school."

"Assassin, you can stay at Ryudong Temple to guard it and prevent anyone from raiding the house."

Medea was overjoyed to hear that she could go out with Otosaka Souji.

"Yes, Master."

The mysterious female protagonist, X, pouted with a displeased expression.

"Master, I'm so bored being here all by myself."

While it's not impossible for three people to go together, the base would be left unguarded.

If someone were to launch a sneak attack, all of Medea's preparations would be rendered useless.

Furthermore, Matou Sakura also needs someone here to help look after her.

Therefore, Otosaka Souji can only take one person out with him, and that person must be a caster who knows magic.

"You're all alone there now. Isn't Sakura here too?"

"With Sakura by your side, you won't be bored."

Seeing that her explanation couldn't fool Otosaka Souji, the mysterious heroine X could only give up in frustration.

"Okay, okay, I got it."

The mysterious heroine's tuft of hair on her head also drooped down, mirroring her dejected mood.

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School.

As soon as he entered the school, Otosaka Souji was stopped by Medea.

"Master, wait a moment."

Medea took a step forward and touched it gently with her hand.

A barrier appeared in front of us.

This barrier enveloped the entire school.

“Master, this is a barrier; it surrounds the entire school.”

"I don't yet understand the specific function of this barrier, so Master, we need to be careful."

Otosaka Souji had a guess about this barrier.

This might be one of Rider's Noble Phantasms, "Seal of the Other: Temple of Blood".

It is a barrier that transforms life force into magic.

Because Shinji Matou lacks magical talent, he cannot maintain the magical power required for Rider's daily activities.

Therefore, Shinji Matou had no choice but to order Rider to activate the Noble Phantasm "Seal of the Other: Temple of Blood".

Through the Blood Temple that shrouds the entire school, a portion of the students' life force is converted into magic to sustain the Rider's daily activities.

Of course, Otosaka Souji wouldn't go into detail about these things; he told Medea everything.

Because Otosaka Souji is lazy, it feels like it would be too troublesome to explain.

Furthermore, Rider's Noble Phantasm "Seal of the Other: Temple of Blood" posed no threat to Otosaka Souji and Medea.

Students whose life force is partially drained will only develop a fever or cold, but will not die.

This isn't because Rider's Noble Phantasm is weak, but because Rider is still very kind.

If they were to go all out, ordinary people would certainly have no chance of surviving.

Rider didn't want to cause mass deaths, so he didn't unleash his Noble Phantasm at full power.

Otosaka Souji nodded and said

"This must have been caused by the rider."

"Medea, can you break this barrier?"

Medea answered without hesitation.

"Yes, but we need to find this barrier node, destroy all the nodes, and the barrier will naturally collapse."

"The nodes are relatively easy for me to find."

Otosaka Souji pondered Medea's plan.

The discovery was feasible, but it was also quite time-consuming.

Just finding the nodes takes up a lot of time.

Otosaka Souji felt it would be better to find Rider, defeat her, and force her to remove the barrier herself.

To catch the thief, first catch the king.

The quickest way to break up a conspiracy is to find the mastermind behind it and take him down.

"Let's ignore the barrier for now and find Rider first. Once we defeat Rider, the barrier will naturally dissipate."

"Understood, Master. Now, watch my moves!"

After saying that, Medea used magic to summon thirty familiars.

Medea planned to use these thirty familiars to conduct a thorough search.

As long as you're still in school, you can't escape.

"Go, find Rider."

At Medea's command, the thirty familiars surged toward the school building, the playground, the archery range, and other places.

Chemistry lab.

Finally, Medea's familiar found Rider in the chemistry lab.

"Master has been found; he's in the chemistry lab."

"Very good, Medea, thank you for your hard work. Let's go over there quickly."

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