Magical User Aozaki Aoko Case Files

Chapter 90: Summoning Heroic Spirits Part

“Declare:”

"The silver iron of the element, the contract of the earth stone, I am the descendant of the fifth one."

"The water has run dry, the road has been cut off, and the grace of the stars has been extinguished."

"The Last King, answer the call of the Holy Grail and respond to my will!"

“I am the one who accomplishes all the good deeds in the world, and I am the one who brings together all the evils in the world.”

"Entangle your three great words for seven days, and appear through the wheel of restraint, guardian of the scales!"

As Orange's chanting voice fell, a whirlwind suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Qingzi and Orange were right in the center of the whirlwind, their clothes rustling, but they did not waver at all, instead they focused on the scene in front of them.

Suddenly, a violent, crackling burst of magical lightning appeared on the summoning circle, and then a figure shining with golden light appeared from the center of the summoning circle.

Qingzi waved her hand gently, and a breeze blew by, blowing away the dust covering the figure.

The one who emerged from the summoning circle was a female heroic spirit with a two-handed greatsword hanging from her waist, wearing pale silver armor with mysterious fairy characters painted on the surface, a lion-shaped helmet decorated with golden fur, and a gorgeous blood-red cloak.

The height of this female heroic spirit is surprisingly similar to Aoko's, over 1.7 meters tall.

"Servant Saber, Artoria Pendragon, has responded to the call!" the female Servant said loudly.

"I ask you, are you my Master?"

Orange did not answer this question. She just looked at the heroic spirit she summoned with a little anger, because the heroic spirit's gaze did not seem to be on Orange, but on the face of Aoko who was standing behind Orange.

"Ah, this," Qingzi scratched her cheek, suddenly feeling a little embarrassed, "Although I'm a little embarrassed, it wasn't me who summoned you, but my sister."

As Aoko spoke, she patted the shoulder of the orange kid in front of her and gestured to Saber, this is your master?

"Has the world of the future degenerated to the point where children are required to participate in brutal wars?" Saber asked in a serious voice. Even through the helmet, one could sense an inexplicable pressure from her gaze.

"Ah, you misunderstood," Aoko quickly clarified the facts before Orange was about to explode, "Orange just rejuvenated for some reason. She is the top-level Grand Master magician, right?"

"I see," Saber said seriously, "I am guilty of the offense. I apologize, my Master."

Saber's voice was more mature than Aoko had imagined. There was a hint of hoarseness in her sharp female voice, which made people want to know what she looked like under her helmet.

"So, where are our enemies?" Sbaer Altria asked. "When should we strike?"

"The Holy Grail War has not officially begun yet, Saber." Orange replied in a somewhat dry voice, "Before it begins, we need to defend this position, which is our workshop."

"I understand." Saber nodded seriously in response, standing silently beside Orange, waiting for Orange's order.

Aoko noticed that Orange seemed even more unhappy, because Aoko and Saber were sandwiched between her, and both Saber and Aoko's headlights were large enough to cast a shadow that would obscure most of Aozaki Orange's vision...

"Okay, okay," Qingzi said as she ruffled Chengzi's hair, "Let's not just stand here like idiots. Dinner is ready, right? Let's go eat together!"

"Hunger is the enemy! Only when you have enough food can you win the battle!" Altria said very seriously, "Then I'll leave it to you, Master's sister."

After hearing what Saber said, Orange became even more unhappy.

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The food was delicious, just as delicious as what Aoko had cooked before, but Orange was staring at her servant in amazement.

"Please give me another bowl of rice." Saber Altria handed over the empty bowl of rice with a stern look on her face, with some rice grains still on the corners of her mouth.

At this moment, she had taken off her armor (including the helmet) and was wearing a dark blue female knight dress, revealing her true appearance.

This Servant has hair as golden as sand, carefully tied into a bun, and wears a golden crown on his head that looks like a string of stars connected together.

Altria was extremely beautiful, with green eyes, fair skin, an oval face and a mature and plump body. One could tell at a glance that she had been through a lot of exercise, but she didn't have overly strong muscles, which perfectly reflected the beauty of a healthy woman.

Aoko raised an eyebrow and snapped her fingers, and the invisible servant took over Saber's bowl and filled her with another bowl of rice very efficiently.

"It's a very amazing magic," Saber commented, "at least it's much better than Merlin's magic."

"I won't ask why you think her magic is better than Merlin's," Orange sighed, "Are you really King Arthur?"

"A knight never lies," Altria replied righteously, "Merlin would bite his tongue when he cast a spell. If you doubt my identity because of my gender, that's understandable."

"What do you mean?" Hearing this, Orange became interested in the historical secrets of Britain.

"I was born a girl, but Merlin used illusion to disguise me as a man so that I could succeed to the throne successfully." Saber said.

"Wait," Qingzi interrupted, "Since you, Altria, pulled out the sword in the stone when you were a teenager, your apparent age should be locked at fifteen. Why do you look like this now?"

"...I used the Holy Lance in the Battle of Camlan and won." Artoria said calmly, "After that, I wiped out all the rebels and unified Britain again."

"But the process of suppressing the rebellion was not easy. Half of the Knights of the Round Table left me and joined the rebels," Artoria recalled. "I spent seven years suppressing the rebellion and killed all the traitors. This is what I looked like after the rebellion was over."

"Wait, this is different from what is recorded in historical legends!" Orange said in surprise, "Didn't King Arthur die in the Battle of Camlan? Killed by your son Mordred!"

"It's probably a historical branch of a parallel world," Aoko thought, resting her chin on her hand. "The Throne of Heroes is a place beyond time, so it's not surprising that it summons different sides of the same person."

"The fall of the ancient British Kingdom is the key point for the official end of the Age of Gods!" Orange said seriously, "If King Arthur wins, what will be the end of her kingdom?"

"The land can no longer grow enough food, and my people are all starving to death," Altria said calmly, "In the last moments, I made a wish to God, hoping that my people would have enough to eat, so I answered the call."

Chapter 91: Summoning Heroic Spirits Part

"I don't want to discourage you, but I don't want to lie to you either, Saber," Orange said seriously, "I need to tell you something about the Greater Holy Grail."

"..." Altria thought for a moment and nodded, "Please go ahead, Master."

Orange explained in detail to Saber about the third magician, the wishes of the Einzbern family, Orange's purpose, and the mechanism of the Holy Grail.

Saber seemed to accept it all calmly, but the light in her eyes dimmed a little. But she quickly cheered up and regained her spirits.

"Master, I don't know much about magic," said Altria, "but if you want to make your wish come true through it, you need to know the method to make your wish come true, right?"

"That's right," Orange nodded and said, "The magic power stored in the Holy Grail is just pure power. The materialization of souls achieved through it cannot change the past."

"...I understand," Altria said firmly, "I will keep thinking and try to come up with a way to use this power to feed my people."

"Even if it is almost impossible?" Aoko asked, "You know, the Third Magic or the Greater Holy Grail alone cannot change history and save your people."

"You misunderstood, Master's sister," Artoria shook her head and denied, "My wish is not to save Britain, but to feed the people of Britain, even if Britain is destroyed in the end."

"I see," Orange sighed and said, "I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation this time."

After saying that, Altria smiled and took the initiative to hold her master's hand. Her beautiful emerald eyes made Orange's face blush.

"By the way, I'll give this back to you," Qingzi took Avalon from the side and handed it back to Altria, "It has been returned to its rightful owner."

"This is..." Altria took the golden scabbard and stroked the surface of Avalon with nostalgia. "I never thought that I would see Avalon again one day."

"It was dug out from Cornwall," Aoko said. "I'm afraid your sister hid it."

"Sister Queen..." Artoria sighed and continued, "Avalon can also be given to my Master to wear, so that she can heal quickly when she is injured."

"I don't need it," Orange rejected Altria's proposal straightforwardly, "The Noble Phantasm can only exert its greatest power in the hands of its original owner. Besides, it's not me who is openly participating in the battle, but her."

After saying that, Orange pointed at Aoko who was watching the show on the side.

"I see," Altria thought, "What a good plan. The older and more mature elder sister will be responsible for the battle, while the younger sister will hide behind the scenes and take care of other tasks. I really envy your sisterhood, Master."

Ah this.

After hearing this, although they were a little dissatisfied about who was the older sister, Orange and Aoko were a little embarrassed about Altria's judgment that they were "good sisters".

Why does it sound like the sister relationship between the Aozaki sisters is a bit similar to the sister relationship between Altria and Morgan?

At that moment, at this moment.

Everything was in the food, so the Aozaki sisters had no choice but to continue eating.

In order to enhance mutual understanding, the Aozaki sisters chatted about their stories with Altria, who was a little different from what Aoko remembered, while eating.

"...Then this Orange girl was unwilling to give up, and found a dog from somewhere to fight with me for the property of the Aozaki family," Aoko said in a light tone, "In the end, I beat her up, and then she became what she is now."

"Tsk!" Orange glared at her and didn't say anything else.

"You have a really good relationship," Altria commented with a smile, "Brothers and sisters fighting occasionally can also increase their understanding of each other, just like me and Brother Kai."

"Ah? You and Sir Kai also had a fight?" Aoko said in surprise, "I thought you, Altria, were a very serious person."

"Well, it's not quite accurate to say that we fought. I just forced Brother Kai to practice swordsmanship with me when he was not doing his job." Altria said with a nostalgic expression on her face.

At this time, not only Aoko, but even Orange had a strange expression after hearing it... This Sir Kai is a bit pitiful.

Before anyone knew it, the invisible servant had already started cooking the third pot of rice under Qingzi's control.

Although they were talking, Altria didn't slow down her eating pace at all. In order to eat, she even left the most important Avalon aside. She was worthy of being King Arthur who was worried about food issues.

Although Qingzi was mentally prepared for Wang Wei's reputation, she was still shocked when she saw someone actually eat the rice from the three rice cookers without changing her expression.

If her family didn't have quite a bit of wealth, she and Orange probably wouldn't be able to support the great god Altria just with the food expenses alone, right?

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Unexpectedly, the Matou family’s residence had been destroyed!

Da Zhuang hid on a roof near the Matou family, secretly observing the ruins of the mansion of the Matou family, one of the three great families in the past. As a magic pet of a wizard, he not only possesses extraordinary intelligence, but also has observation abilities that exceed those of ordinary humans.

The loyalty of a wizard's pet to its master is unquestionable, so Qingzi was not worried at all that Dazhuang would reveal any secrets without her permission.

So much so that she told Da Zhuang a lot of very important information so that it could perform its mission better.

In many things, Dazhuang is more reliable than Chengzi. (Laughs)

Da Zhuang, who knew every bit of information about Machiri Zorgen, fully understood how dangerous and difficult this magician was, so he observed the ruins of the Matou residence very carefully.

Judging from the conversations of nearby residents, it seems that the "current head of the family" Matou Tsuruno and his son Matou Shinji, who lived in the Matou residence, were burned to death in a sudden fire, and the old man in the family, Matou Zouken, "even his ashes were burned to ashes."

The deaths of Matou Tsuruno and Matou Shinji seemed to be credible, Dazhuang thought, but the lives of those two people were not important to Dazhuang at all. The most important thing was the whereabouts of Matou Zouken.

During the burning process of the Matou House, a violent explosion seemed to have occurred. The official explanation was that the fire triggered a gas explosion.

However, Da Zhuang believed that the more likely reason was the explosion effect created by Tohsaka Tokiomi's magic.

Due to the explosion, it became impossible to search the basement inside the Matou residence. After a final careful search, Da Zhuang took off again and headed for the next target location.

As for the life or death of Matou Zouken, let his master decide.