'But that Lord of the Department of Law actually helped me?'
Alvin raised an eyebrow, then quickly relaxed.
'Looks like the Jewel Old Man must have already gone to Barthomeloi and explained some special circumstances.'
Thinking of that, when he saw Reines' worried little face, Alvin couldn't help smiling as he comforted her, "Relax. I know what I'm doing."
Reines slowly shook her head, "If you can say that, it only means you don't actually understand what kind of person Barthomeloi really is."
The matter of the King of the Moon was no small thing. With Barthomeloi's personality, how could she possibly return and then go against everyone else to protect Alvin at all costs?
In Reines's view, that Lord of the Department of Law was probably planning something dangerous.
Seeing this, Alvin reached out and gently rubbed Reines's soft, smooth hair, smiling again, "Relax. I know what I'm doing."
"You've always had this weird, blind confidence in yourself. You're exactly like my brother," Reines couldn't help complaining.
Then, feeling the warmth of the boy's palm, her cheeks flushed. She brushed his hand away and said, "You're a married man now, watch your boundaries a bit."
Alvin lowered his head and looked at her, "Isn't it allowed?"
"That's not what I mean, it's just…"
As she spoke, Reines seemed to grow irritated and stomped her foot, "Anyway, don't get handsy in the dorm room. If my roommate comes back and sees it, it'll be troublesome."
'Why does that sound a bit tsundere?'
Alvin smiled and said, "Oh right, have you seen Teacher? I have something I need to talk to him about."
Hearing this, Reines looked at Alvin in surprise, "You still don't know? My brother already left the Clock Tower on a night flight yesterday."
Alvin froze, "Where did he go?"
Reines raised her head, thought for a moment, and said, "I heard he went to a place in Japan called Fuyuki…"
Alvin's smile instantly stiffened.
'Fuyuki?'
'Why did Kayneth go to Fuyuki again on his own?'
When he heard Reines's words, Alvin's first reaction was complete confusion. Not long after he first transmigrated to the Clock Tower, in order to save Kayneth, he had already exhausted every effort, and he had indeed dispelled Kayneth's thoughts about the "Holy Grail War."
Yet now, without a word, he had gone to that so-called peaceful city?
"What did he go to Fuyuki for?"
After a brief silence, Alvin finally couldn't help asking.
Reines clearly hadn't realized anything yet. After hesitating slightly, she said in a low voice, "I heard that my brother's teacher was a bit opposed to that engagement."
"My brother wanted to prove his own ability, and just happened to hear that the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki was about to begin, so…"
'Kayneth's teacher?'
'Oh, that gloomy old man from the Department of Spiritual Evocation,' Alvin reacted immediately.
'Speaking of which, Kayneth's fiancee, Sola, is that old man's daughter. Looks like the old man opposing the engagement probably has something to do with me as well,' Alvin thought to himself.
He wasn't stupid. When Reines mentioned Eulyphis opposing Kayneth's engagement to his daughter, he had already vaguely guessed something.
There was nothing that could be done about it. The pressure brought by the King of the Moon was simply too strong. Eulyphis was a refined egoist to begin with, and he had never thought Kayneth was an especially outstanding "son-in-law."
If not for the fact that Kayneth was still the head of the El-Melloi family, perhaps Eulyphis wouldn't have married his daughter to him at all.
If one could obtain the omnipotent wish-granting device, or even use it to reach the "Root," then even Eulyphis would probably have to look at him in a new light, right?
Perhaps Kayneth went to Fuyuki for that very reason.
It was just that Kayneth probably never imagined that such a small place like Fuyuki was actually full of hidden monsters. Not long after arriving, he suffered setback after setback.
And in the end, he even died in a foreign land.
Who would have thought that after all his efforts to stop Kayneth from participating in the Holy Grail War, Kayneth still went in the end. Was this the convergence of worldlines?
Alvin felt his mind descend into complete chaos.
Flying from Britain to Japan, then taking ground transportation to Fuyuki. All of that together would take an unknown amount of time. What's more, there were no flights tonight anymore.
Even if he wanted to set out for Fuyuki right now, it was probably already too late.
By the time he arrived, he might just make it in time to collect Kayneth's corpse.
Perhaps in Kayneth's eyes, a small place like Fuyuki was nothing to worry about. But only Alvin knew how many "monsters" were lurking there.
A magus's aptitude might not be particularly impressive, but one had to remember this was the Holy Grail War. What truly decided victory was the Servants summoned by the Masters.
The stronger the Servant, the greater the chance of winning.
For example, in the original story, the Gilgamesh summoned by Tokiomi Tohsaka. If that golden one had seriously used his full power from the start, the Holy Grail War might have ended in a single night.
In short, no matter how powerful a magus was, it was absolutely impossible to contend with a Servant.
'I need to think of a way. Is there any way to reach Fuyuki before tonight ends?'
At that moment, Alvin began an intense brainstorming session.
He didn't consider himself a good person, and Kayneth was indeed quite harsh to many people. But at the very least, when it came to teaching him, Kayneth had truly done his duty. Even just for that reason, he had to bring Kayneth back to the Clock Tower alive.
"What's wrong? Why does your face look so bad?"
At this moment, Reines waved her hand in front of Alvin, concern showing in her eyes.
Alvin reined in his thoughts and shook his head, "It's nothing. I was just thinking about which relic Teacher prepared for this trip to Fuyuki."
At the mention of this, Reines couldn't help sighing softly, "Don't even bring that up. The relic my brother originally prepared was stolen. What he prepared instead is another relic."
"I don't even know if it's reliable."
'It definitely isn't reliable,' Alvin complained inwardly.
Having read the original work, he naturally knew that Kayneth would die in the Fuyuki Holy Grail War. On one hand, it was because of his own arrogance. On the other hand, it was actually also related to the Heroic Spirit he summoned and his fiancee.
Of course, there was no point explaining all that to Reines.
Just as Alvin was thinking this, he suddenly saw a line of small text quietly appear in his field of vision.
[Detected new CG in Fuyuki that has not been unlocked. The host may choose whether to go unlock it.]
[Yes / No]
'A brand-new CG in Fuyuki?'
'If I remember correctly, this period in Fuyuki should be the "Fourth War" stage. Most of the Servants in the Fourth War are male characters, right?'
Most of the CGs he had collected were related to pretty girls, 'Has the system changed its tastes?'
Even though countless question marks popped up in his mind, Alvin still chose "Yes."
And in the very next moment, he suddenly felt his body grow light, as if floating. Faintly, it seemed like he heard some kind of chanting by his ears.
After listening carefully, Alvin's heart quickly surged.
He remembered what this chanting was.
The incantation for summoning a Heroic Spirit.
That's right, even if going to Fuyuki directly might be too late, what if he accepted a Heroic Spirit summoning as the "Watchamn of Britain"?
"Alvin, where are you going?"
Seeing Alvin turn around and prepare to leave the room, Reines shouted from behind him.
"To Fuyuki," Alvin said.
Reines blinked, then her pupils slowly widened, "Eh! Eh?"
She quickly reacted and instinctively asked, "What are you going to Fuyuki for?"
'If I don't go find your brother, you might never see him again in the future,' Alvin said,
"I'm going to clear my head a bit. There's been a lot of turmoil at the Clock Tower lately anyway, so I can also avoid the spotlight for a while."
"But even if you go now, it should already be too late. By the time you get there, the Holy Grail War might already be almost over," Reines said subconsciously.
"If I rush to Fuyuki right now, it would definitely be too late."
Alvin revealed a bright smile, "But there's a way for me to arrive in Fuyuki before the Holy Grail War even begins."
Reines lightly frowned, "Stop being mysterious. Just say it."
Alvin only put on an enigmatic expression and said, "I'll tell you after I come back."
Without giving Reines any chance to speak again, Alvin immediately turned around and left, passing through one teaching building after another before returning to his own room.
———
Then, he opened the system interface.
On the CG interface of the system, a line of special text was quietly appearing in his field of vision.
[Fuyuki CG Prologue unlocked]
[Next, please proceed with caution, and make victory in the Holy Grail War your objective.]
'If I remember correctly, aside from one golden one and one Lily, the other Servants in the Fourth War Fuyuki aren't especially strong, right?'
Who would have thought the system was actually pretty considerate, even going out of its way to remind him.
Though that reminder wasn't really necessary.
After all, even without using his full strength, Alvin didn't think he would lose the Holy Grail War.
At the end of the day, his purpose this time was just to ensure Kayneth's safety. Whether he won the Holy Grail War or not didn't really matter.
As if thinking of something interesting, an amused smile appeared on Alvin's face.
At that moment, another line of small text quietly appeared before his eyes.
[Detected a summoning from a Holy Grail War participant. Accept the summoning?]
Alvin couldn't help freezing for a moment.
'Logically speaking, shouldn't it still be the eve of the Holy Grail War right now?'
Who would have thought that before it even started, someone would already be breaking the rules and summoning him early?
'Who could it be?'
'Tokiomi Tohsaka? Or Kayneth?'
Anyone who could summon Alvin would definitely either have a connection to him, or possess a relic belonging to Alvin.
In Alvin's view, the only ones who met those conditions were those two.
However, before Alvin could react, he saw yet another line of small text quietly appear before his eyes.
[Detected a summoning from a Holy Grail War participant. Accept the summoning?]
"…"
For a brief moment, Alvin even suspected that the system had glitched.
'Didn't this prompt just pop up?'
'Why again?'
But before he could react, several more notifications popped up one after another on his personal interface.
[Detected a summoning from a Holy Grail War participant. Host, do you accept the summoning?] x3
This time, Alvin could be completely sure. This wasn't a system malfunction. Rather, in less than a few minutes, from faraway Fuyuki, more than five people were consecutively attempting to perform a Heroic Spirit summoning on him.
'Looks like there are quite a few transmigrators over in Fuyuki,' Alvin thought thoughtfully.
After all, the "Watchman" was a special existence that belonged only to Britain. Only transmigrators who had previously gone to Britain would have a chance to obtain relics related to the "Watchman."
Even so, he still hadn't expected so many people to summon him at the same time.
'Are all of you White Dragon fans or what?'
While complaining inwardly, Alvin silently stared at the five system notifications floating in his vision and fell into deep thought.
So now the question was, which person's summoning should he accept?
Whether a Servant was strong or not in the Holy Grail War was actually also related to the Master's own magic circuits.
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