Chapter 712: Final Battle of the Holy Grail

Suiqunyuan College is a very normal private institution of higher learning. The school building was built 22 years ago and was renovated a few years ago, so the school building and playground look new.

There is no morning self-study here, so students only need to arrive at the classroom at 8 a.m. before the first class. If they join a club, they need to participate in the activity one hour in advance.

Hayakawa Tatehoshi did not join any clubs, so when Ji Xing arrived at the campus around 7:40, there were already many people in the school.

The youthful high school students were chasing each other on the playground, chatting in small groups about their vacation experiences and lamenting how quickly the vacation passed.

"The last time I was a student was the last time." Ji Xing sighed as he walked into the teaching building.

Class A of the second grade was on the second floor. As he walked up the stairs, he happened to meet a cheerful figure.

"Ah, Tachiboshi-kun? Good morning." Running down with arms spread like a bee was the 25-year-old C class teacher and Class A English teacher Taiga Fujimura: "How was your vacation?"

"Good morning, teacher, you're having a great time."

"Really? You must also remember to have a good rest and don't stay up late playing games all the time. You already have faint dark circles under your eyes." Taiga Fujimura said, suddenly getting close to Ji Xing and whispering: "What games does Tatexing like to play? Teacher He’s a master.”

"Hmm...Fate Grand Order? A little bit of a lot of fun."

"What is that?" Taiga Fujimura muttered, and Little Bee continued downstairs: "I know. I got an A in English at the end of the semester. The teacher can invite you to play games together. Come on!"

"okay."

Ji Xing smiled and continued upstairs.

You have to get used to the sudden 10 years. It seems like Fujimura Taiga was a crazy little girl one second ago, and now she has become...a crazy people's teacher? Well, Sakura must have changed even more.

Entering Class A of the second grade, Ji Xing greeted a few familiar faces. He quietly sat on the throne in the second-to-last row by the window, packed his schoolbag and desk alone, and observed his "classmates" .

Rin Tosaka hasn't arrived yet, and the most familiar faces now are the three girls two vertical rows apart, the track and field trio, Kaede Shidera, Bell Himuro, and Yuka Saegashira. With Kaede Shiji present, their position was also the most lively in the classroom, and the conversation turned to Ji Xing within a few words.

Kaede Shisi, who has slightly darker skin and a boyish personality, lowered his voice and said, "Hey, have you noticed the changes in Tachiboshi-san?"

"Change? Tatexing-san?"

"Ah, he used to just nod silently when greeting people, but he waved just now. Also, his hair style and school uniform seem to be much neater and neater than before..." Kaede Shisi said while performing his actions.

"You observe so carefully." grey-haired bespectacled girl Himuro Chung complained.

"Of course, I am the Black Panther of Suiqunhara, and my eyes are very sharp!" Kaede Shiji patted his chest proudly: "What are the reasons for boys to change? Hehe..."

Yuka Saeda covered her mouth in surprise. Bell Himuro also became interested and glanced at Ji Xing a few times: "Isn't it...in love? Tatexing-san? I can't tell at all..."

So chirping more closely.

High school girl... By simply adjusting the distribution of ear canal flora, Ji Xing's hearing was strengthened without the need for magic power output.

Within two minutes, Ayako Mizu, the head of the Kyudo club with heroic features and an appearance like a big sister, walked into the classroom, attracting the trio's attention elsewhere, and the classroom became increasingly lively.

It was not until 7:58, with only two minutes left before being late, that a figure hurried into the classroom and instantly silenced the classroom.

Her smooth and beautiful long hair is tied into twin ponytails on both sides and hangs down her shoulders. The red coat adds a touch of color to her perfect appearance. She has jewel-like black eyes. She is not tall but has a slim figure.

When she grew up, Tohsaka Rin was truly a beauty. No wonder she was the admired object of countless boys in the academy and was recognized as the 'school beauty'.

"Ah, really, I thought it was Mr. Kuzugi who came." It was Kaede Shiji who broke the silence: "Rin, I haven't seen you for a holiday, how come you have become more eye-catching."

"Perhaps it's because I haven't seen you for a holiday and my classmates have forgotten what I look like?" Tohsaka Rin turned around and walked to his seat with a polite but helpless smile.

Her seat was in the middle row by the window, just two seats in front of Ji Xing, so from Ji Xing's point of view, she could easily see the eyes of several boys moving with her. When Tohsaka Rin sat down and looked back, They quickly dodge and go about their own business.

"Alas~" Sighing, Rin Tosaka rested his chin with his hands and stared blankly, leaving Beauty alone.

‘Don’t you seem to be worried about attracting people, but are you worried about other things? ’ Ji Xing looked at her back, and the math teacher walked into the classroom.

Start today's class.

…

Tohsaka Rin is indeed troubled by something.

The story started about a week ago, when a magician from the Clock Tower Magic Association visited the Tosaka family, and then her father called her and Sakura over for a long talk.

"Rin, Sakura, you have all experienced the last Holy Grail War. There are some things that you can understand without saying much. The fifth Holy Grail War is about to begin, but this time, it is the final Holy Grail that our Tohsaka family cannot participate in. war'."

“Ten years ago, the Heroic Spirit Tong Yuan, who was contaminated by the Holy Grail, turned his attack target to the Clock Tower under the unknown intervention of Emiya Kiritsugu, and even destroyed the Clock Tower building, destroyed many magic materials, and caused immeasurable losses.

Afterwards, the Clock Tower originally planned to dig out the Greater Holy Grail directly, but due to the church, their own internal disputes, and some compromises between us Tōsaka and Einzbern, and the fact that the Holy Grail only needs ten years to charge magic this time, it was not achieved. The price is that our three major families will completely withdraw from the stage of the Holy Grail War, and even cooperate with the Clock Tower.

In the upcoming fifth Holy Grail Final Battle, the Clock Tower will send six people, and the church will send one person to supervise and participate. will leave any quota for other parties. Perhaps even the final winner has been "decided internally", and from any angle, we can't imagine it. "

When saying these words, there was a slight reluctance on the father's face, but he still emphasized to them afterwards: "As the daughters of the Tosaka family, you have the talent to become the master, but even if the command seal appears on the back of your hand, you must notify me immediately and never make any summoning attempts.

For your safety, and for... the inheritance of the Tosaka family. "

Tosaka Rin, who is already 17 years old, can understand that the Tosaka family is very small compared to the Clock Tower. The previous four Holy Grail Wars were only because the Clock Tower did not take it seriously, but now the other party has taken it seriously.

If you don't want to participate, then don't participate.

The shadow left by Kotomine Kirei 10 years ago made her not very interested in participating, but she could let it go lightly, but Sakura...

"Ah~" She sighed again.

"Tosaka Rin, is there anything difficult to understand in the teacher's content?"

"Ah, no! No... Alas~"

...

A morning passed in two classes.

Rin, who had been distracted for the whole morning, refused her classmates' invitation and went to the cafeteria alone.

Ji Xing, who had also been practicing on his own for the whole morning, glanced at his track and field trio and started to sneak a peek. After thinking for a while, he also went to the cafeteria.

The food in the private school is good. Ji Xing was not as frugal as the original boy. He ordered two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes and one soup, and found an empty seat near Rin, who arrived earlier.

Not long after, the girl with long blue hair appeared in Ji Xing's eyes.

Sakura Tosaka, who is studying in Class B of the first grade, is already 16 years old. Compared with her cute appearance when she was a child, she is only enlarged. The difference is that there is light in her eyes and a smile on the corners of her mouth.

"Sister, good afternoon." She took the meal tray and sat opposite Rin Tosaka.

Rin Toosaka also smiled at her: "Good afternoon, Sakura, how was your morning?"

"Well, everything is fine, but someone in the archery club has quit again, which is a headache for Senior Sister Mizue."

"Is Shinji still that annoying? Didn't he bother you again?"

"No..."

The two sisters chatted for a while and buried their heads in their meals. Not long after, Rin Toosaka suddenly raised her head and said, "Sakura, are you worried?"

Sakura Toosaka was startled: "What?"

"You can't hide it from me." Rin Toosaka sighed again: "You often get distracted after my father talked to us that day. And I saw the bamboo hat in the cabinet in your room... Although I don't know why that thing didn't disappear with that guy, you don't want to use it as a holy relic to summon that guy again, right?"

Tong Yuan's bamboo hat is still there? Is it because it is contaminated with the breath of the Holy Grail? Ji Xing, who was buried in his meal not far away, frowned and exclaimed in his heart.

Sakura Tosaka was silent for two seconds before shaking her head and saying, "I know, sister. We can't participate in this Holy Grail War, let alone summon Grandpa Tong Yuan. I know."

Rin Tosaka stared at her and nodded slowly: "Speaking of which, that person also saved me ten years ago, and I haven't thanked him in person yet. There will be a chance, but not this 'Holy Grail Final War'. With the bamboo hat holy relic, he will eventually find a chance in the future, but I don't know if he will have the memory of the last time."

"Yeah, I know." Sakura Tosaka smiled and nodded heavily to indicate that it was okay.

Rin Tosaka looked back suddenly: "I said, you three, eavesdropping there... huh?"

She felt the track and field trio and thought they were 'spying' on her as usual, but when she turned around, she saw that the three were looking at other places.

Following the gaze of the three people, the boy she saw made her mind turn around before she remembered that it was Hayakawa Rising Star. She looked puzzled and gave Sakura a gesture of "you eat first".

"You are not going to eat, what are you looking at here?" She walked towards the track and field trio.

"Shh~" Makishira immediately gave her a gesture to silence her, and pulled her to whisper.

Soon, Rin Toosaka looked up in surprise: "Tateshiro-san? Are you in love?"

"Yes! The more you look, the more obvious it is!" Makishira vowed: "Tateshiro-san used to be a little tight on food, but if you look at his plate today, it's obvious that he is 'confident'. And if you look closely, the faint dark circles under his eyes must be caused by staying up late and texting girls!"

She looked like a famous detective: "I just don't know if she is in the same year or the first year, or a senior? Outside the school? It seems that she still wants to keep it secret, and she didn't even eat together..."

Rin Toosaka looked at her, then at Jixing, and shook her head and said: "Boring, classmates, if you want to know, why don't you just ask him directly?"

"Ah? Eh... Hey!"

The threesome were in a hurry, but they couldn't stop Tohsaka Rin, who was also in a gossip mood about this kind of thing, from walking towards Ji Xing. Walking to the table and meeting Ji Xing's unexpected eyes, Rin smiled kindly and said: "Classmate Lixing, are you... in love?"

"Ah?" Ji Xing blinked, his expression was one part confused and one part stunned.

Tohsaka Rin's eyes twitched and he felt unmotivated and said: "It doesn't seem to be the case, Kaede, you are a guy who analyzes randomly but still analyzes it clearly!"

"How is that possible?!" Kaede Shisi shouted in dissatisfaction: "Then, that, that...Ritsoshi's clothes, hairstyle, and recipes today...why did there be such a big change in one holiday!"

It’s time to change someone!

Ji Xing's expression switched between three parts understanding and seven parts hesitation. Tohsaka Rin thought, "Hey, is there something going on?" She usually had nothing to do with the transparent boy in the class in front of her, but now that she looked up close... there seemed to be something different?

"Tohsaka-san, Shiji-san... do you think there are supernatural powers in the world?"

When Ji Xing asked this question with a hint of probing and a hint of reserve, Tohsaka Rin suddenly cursed in his heart, knowing something was different.

When Toshi Kaede and the others started laughing, she grabbed Ji Xing's right wrist and said, "Tachixing-san, come on!"

"Uh...hey?"

"You three are not allowed to follow us!"

The trio who were stopped looked at Ji Xing being dragged away by Tohsaka Rin and looked at each other in confusion.

There can't really be supernatural powers, right? !

"Sure enough, there are traces of magic." Tohsaka Rin, who dragged Ji Xing to the stairwell, had a headache on his face: "Which half-hearted magician brought you, the 17-year-old Tachiboshi-san, into the magic path? Even magic Didn’t you mention the secret principle? Were you just going to tell Xiao Feng and the others?”

"Uh, Tohsaka-san..."

"Yes, yes, I am a magician."

Rin Tosaka let go of Ji Xing's wrist, walked a few steps left and right, held his forehead and said, "Forget it, I'm sorry, maybe I was too nervous and scared you, Rin Xing.

Judging from your appearance, you probably only became a magician during the holidays. Are you a complete novice in magic? If you don’t even know the secret principle, and you don’t even have a teacher, what record of magic did you get by chance? "

Seeing Ji Xing's expression of surprise and surprise, she knew that she had guessed right again, and said speechlessly: "It's really messy, but it saves trouble. If someone guides you, you have to know whether the other party has ill intentions towards you... Forget it, let’s do it.”

She stretched out her hand and pointed at Ji Xing with two fingers: "Two things. First, don't reveal the magic to anyone, including you and me. Second, don't try it randomly, especially certain rituals, which will kill people. !Do you understand?"

"Let me ask you... Do you know! You know!?!" Tohsaka Rin repeated word by word.

"...Ah, I know, I know!"

"Well, let's do this for now. I'll come back to you after school or if I think of something else." Tohsaka Rin said, "Do you know what to do now?"

"...Go back to eat?"

"Bingo!" Tohsaka Rin snapped his fingers and returned to the cafeteria with a tired look: "There is another half-baked magician next to me. No, he is not even half-baked. It is at this time, Hope nothing happens.”

Ji Xing followed her, with a dazed and frightened expression on his face. He reached out and touched the wrist that Rin Tosaka had just grabbed, smiling inwardly.

He took the opportunity to steal some bacteria from Tohsaka Rin's hand and replaced part of his wrist.

The five-fold composite attribute is very good, much stronger than the single water attribute. Of course, Sakura's imaginary attribute is also good, but that is too special.

As for pretending to be cute and developing new dogs, it is a routine operation. You have to bear the trouble you got into last time. Before you can fight with the old man Gem Weng, you should not make a big show of acting abnormally, at least not too eye-catching.

Get some information from Tohsaka Rin and Tohsaka Sakura, and it will be your reward for saving your life.

‘Listening to their conversation, the Great Holy Grail is still in Fuyuki City, but has been completely taken over by the Clock Tower? There is no place for the Tohsaka family? Xiaoying still wants to summon me... This is not a problem. Tong Yuan has deleted his account and cannot summon me. ’

Next, do you want to grab a master spot among the people coming from the clock tower, or use illegal summons to summon someone of the eighth level?

Well, it’s not necessary to take the regular route, but I don’t know who will be dispatched from the clock tower.

…

Meanwhile, inside the refurbished clock tower.

In the room where the Minister of Science was summoned, Shishi Jiejieli frowned and looked at the old man opposite.

"It's a very strange composition. We have five hired magicians, one church member, and one Clock Tower Lord. How can we gather seven of these people to go to Fuyuki City to fight a Holy Grail War?"

The Minister of Summoning opposite laughed and said: "This is a compromise and balance with the church. If the six magicians all belong to the clock tower, the supervision and participation of the church will be meaningless. Of course, even so, the winning rate of our magicians It’s also infinite, but the scene is passable.

You don’t need to care about anything else, not even the identity of the Celestial Comaris Billy King. This is an upright competition. Even if you finally win the Holy Grail War, it doesn’t matter if you make any wish with the Holy Grail, but the subsequent Holy Grail The clock tower will be recycled. "

"Is this so..." Lion Jie Jieli looked thoughtful and played with the wooden box in his hand.

The wooden box contains a processed and modified wood piece, which is the corner of the famous round table of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table.

Using it, you can summon any Knight of the Round Table except King Arthur. It is also the top catalyst in the Clock Tower.

Thinking about the reward offered by the other party...

"I don't think I have any reason to refuse."

"Then the contract is concluded. Please arrive in Fuyuki City before the 20th to participate in the final battle of the Holy Grail."

"I see. Then I'll take my leave and go back to prepare." Lion Jiejie waved his hand and left the Summoning Department with the catalyst in his hand.

'No, there must be something unusual. The Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City, the collapse of the Clock Tower ten years ago... Alas, I feel like I'm involved in a big trouble. '

It took a lot of time to sort out the new plot and set up the new servants. I failed to update twice. 5k is sent. It has been sorted out. There will be two updates tomorrow.

By the way, I recommend a book-[Stars: Star Sea Overlord]: a pure interstellar war novel, without martial arts mecha.