“Clang—clang—”

The sound of metal clashing rang out in the courtyard.

Emiya Shirou was awakened by the sudden loud noise and quickly got up and went outside.

He saw that the so-called Servant that he had inexplicably summoned yesterday was now holding the invisible object surrounded by strong winds, and was fighting quickly with a tall general holding a Fang Tian Hua Ji.

The two of them fought several times almost instantly, and the airflow generated by the collision made it difficult for Emiya Shirou to open his eyes.

Emiya Shirou was shocked.

After the air flow passed by him, he quickly opened his eyes and looked at the enemy who had inexplicably broken into his home.

"It's the heroic spirit who fought in the school yesterday!"

Seeing Lu Bu's majestic armor and attire, Emiya Shirou reacted instantly.

Recalling the night when Lu Bu stopped Lancer from chasing him, Emiya Shirou subconsciously stretched out his hand and shouted at the blonde girl with her back to him.

“Saber, stop!”

"The other party is not an enemy!"

“Buzz——”

As Emiya Shirou spoke, a red light lit up from the Command Seal on the back of his hand.

The blonde girl in silver armor who had just raised her sword suddenly froze in place.

"call--"

The pitch-black halberd came whistling and landed steadily on the girl's fair neck.

Lu Bu frowned, put away his Fang Tian Hua Ji, and looked at the boy behind the girl with some dissatisfaction.

"Young man, what are you doing?"

"Let her go quickly and let her have a good fight with me!"

“…”

Saber turned her neck stiffly, looking at Shirou Emiya with a look of disbelief, and said through gritted teeth:

"Shirou! Are you serious?"

"The other party is a heroic spirit!"

Seeing that both of them were staring at him with dissatisfaction, Emiya Shirou suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Just then, a sneer suddenly came from the roof.

Shirou Emiya quickly raised his head and immediately saw the girl with twin ponytails on the roof, wearing a red shirt and black skirt, with her hands on her hips, and the blue-haired transfer student who had just transferred to Hogunhara Academy.

"To...Toosaka-san?"

Looking at the stunned expression on Shirou Emiya's face, the girl in the red dress and black skirt curled her lips and immediately jumped down from the roof. Under Saber's vigilant gaze, she came in front of Shirou Emiya and her eyes moved down to the back of Shirou Emiya's hand.

"It seems that you don't know the effect of the Command Spell!"

"Command Spell?"

Shirou Emiya was slightly startled, raised his hand and looked at the red pattern on the back of his hand: "Are these patterns that appeared inexplicably?"

"You really don't know?" Toosaka Rin was full of surprise, and couldn't help turning her head to look at Saber, "As a Servant, it is your duty to let the unqualified Master know the basic rules of the Holy Grail War. Didn't you tell him anything?"

“…” Saber was silent for a long time before she managed to utter, “I only explained some of the rules of the Holy Grail War to him. I thought he knew these common sense questions…”

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire courtyard fell silent.

Toosaka Rin was speechless, while Tong Shen stood on the roof, looking at Emiya Shirou with a smile in his eyes.

As expected of you, Shirou-san, you have been professionally pitting your own Heroic Spirits for a hundred years...

Toosaka Rin shook her head, glanced at Tong Shen standing on the roof, and sighed helplessly: "I really didn't expect that among the seven masters, there is actually a guy who is even more ignorant than you..."

"Emiya-san, you have no idea what kind of dispute you've gotten yourself into, do you?"

Emiya Shirou nodded hesitantly, indicating that he really didn't know.

In fact, he had been in a daze since he witnessed the fight on campus that night.

Tong Shen jumped down from the roof and landed beside Lu Bu. He ignored Saber's vigilant gaze and smiled faintly: "Tell us, Emiya-san, I'm curious, how did you become a Master..."

"...Yes, tell me now!"

Toosaka Rin also nodded in agreement with curiosity.

Hearing what the two said, Emiya Shirou looked hesitant.

At this moment, Saber had just regained her ability to move. She immediately leaped in front of Emiya Shirou, holding the invisible sword in both hands and warily pointing it at the three people in front of her.

Emiya Shirou quickly said: "Saber, don't attack, they are my classmates, not enemies."

Saber remained unmoved. She turned her back to Emiya Shirou and said calmly, "It is indeed my fault for not letting you realize the importance and cruelty of the Holy Grail War. Now, I want to tell you that in the Holy Grail War, all Masters and Heroic Spirits are your enemies!"

“…”

Emiya Shirou stared at her back in a daze.

Toosaka Rin and Tong Shen looked at each other, and the latter nodded slightly.

Toosaka Rin understood, and immediately looked at Saber and said, "But a temporary truce and alliance should be okay, right?"

Saber frowned and asked seriously, "Can I understand that you intend to form an alliance with Shirou temporarily?"

Emiya Shirou reacted and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, we are classmates in the same school after all, of course..."

"Shirou!" Saber suddenly shouted, frowning, "Don't you realize that even if we form an alliance, it is only temporary? No matter what your relationship was before, as long as you participate in the Holy Grail War, you will eventually end up fighting to the death!"

"This... is the cruel Holy Grail War!"

After hearing Saber's powerful words, Emiya Shirou fell into deep thought.

Tong Shen's eyes swept across the faces of the two people, and suddenly waved his hand, chuckled and said: "Okay, let's talk about the rest later. Now, tell me about your experience, Emiya-san."

“…”

Emiya Shirou came back to his senses, sorted out his complicated emotions, and nodded.

"Would you like to come in and have a cup of tea? I can sit down and talk slowly..."

"No need!" Tong Shen shook his head and said, "Let's talk about it here. We still have things to do later."

Emiya Shirou was stunned for a moment, but nodded obediently and began to tell his experience that night.

"I was cleaning the archery club's grounds at school that night and ran into him by accident..."

Shirou Emiya glanced at Lu Bu and said, "In the battle with that Lancer, Lancer wanted to kill me, but was stopped by him. After I returned home, although I was a little uneasy, I still thought that the matter was over. Who knew that in the middle of the night, that Lancer suddenly appeared in my courtyard and tried to assassinate me."

"I managed to deal with him with the help of projection magic, and somehow I was able to summon Saber, becoming what you call a Master."

"Saber beat that Lancer away, and then told me some things about the Holy Grail War. I was still in shock at the time, so I didn't listen to her carefully..."

"The next day, I went to the school and found that all traces of the fighting last night had been covered up. The news reports were all about gas explosions and school engineering scandals, so the school building had to be demolished and rebuilt."

"Seeing this, I realized that things are not as simple as I thought, so..."

At this point, Emiya Shirou paused, glanced at Toosaka Rin, and said softly: "So I wanted to go find Toosaka-san and ask her - I recognized you that night and knew that you were also the so-called Master - but Toosaka-san was not at home. I had no choice but to take Saber to stroll around Fuyuki City for a day and didn't return home until the evening..."

“And then yours showed up!”

Hearing what Shirou Emiya said, Toosaka Rin and Tong Shen couldn't help but look at each other.

"You said Lancer came to kill you again in the middle of the night - how are his injuries?"

"It seems that he is not injured..."

Emiya Shirou said uncertainly.

At this moment, Saber beside him suddenly spoke: "Lancer does not have any wounds on his body, but his magic power is insufficient. It is obvious that he has just been through a battle, and the result was not very good. If I am not mistaken, he should have been defeated by you, right?"

After saying the last sentence, Saber turned and looked at Lu Bu.

Lu Bu nodded proudly and admitted it.

Toosaka Rin understood and said, "That is, after being rescued by the Master using the Command Spell, he was urgently treated for his injuries, and then sent out to hunt down Emiya-san."

Tong Shen said calmly: "It seems that the Master behind Lancer has a strong desire to kill the witnesses."

Toosaka Rin then complained: "And he has no mercy on his Servants, almost like he's using them as tools... Isn't he afraid that after all the Command Seals are used up, the Heroic Spirit Servants will no longer obey his orders?"

...That's because you haven't seen Kotomine Kirei's big flowered arms!

Tong Shen glanced at Toosaka Rin and answered silently in his heart.

Toosaka Rin looked at Emiya Shirou's expression and suddenly said, "That's great, Emiya-san. We are going to meet someone who knows a lot about the Holy Grail War. You can come with us!"

“…”

Emiya Shirou was stunned when he heard this.

Tong Shen smiled and said, "Yes, you are even more ignorant than me. You should brush up on your knowledge of the Holy Grail War."

"It just so happens that the three of us are classmates in the same school. In the early stages of the Holy Grail War, we can indeed form a temporary alliance. Once we have dealt with the remaining four unfamiliar Masters, we can then fight it out in a fair and square manner..."

Lu Bu looked at Tong Shen's profile in surprise, as if he didn't expect this kid to say such a thing.

Before leaving just now, this guy solemnly told him that they had to kill all six masters and win the final victory, and even if Toosaka Rin and Hong A stood in their way, they would defeat them without hesitation.

How come in the blink of an eye, this guy has started to treat his classmates as his family?

Facing Lu Bu's surprised gaze, Tong Shen's expression did not change at all.

Of course, there was a reason why he did this.

As the protagonist of the story, almost all the plots revolve around Shirou Emiya.

Encountering four Heroic Spirits in one night and engaging in battle with three of them was something that could only happen with Shirou Emiya around.

Even if it wasn't for the purpose of dealing with Gilgamesh, Tong Shen also planned to win over the ignorant Emiya classmate to his side, and use his protagonist's halo to meet other heroic spirits in Fuyuki City as soon as possible.

As long as they are dealt with, the remaining Toosaka Rin and Emiya Shirou can be dealt with at any time.

With this in mind, Tong Shen and Toosaka Rin extended a warm invitation.

The three of them had different thoughts, and thus, accompanied by the three heroic spirits, they came to the cathedral in Fuyuki City together.