Chapter 584 The First Battle Begins

Lord Gawain, nephew of the great King Arthur, the most shining figure in the Knights of the Round Table, and the source of the term "Prince Charming".

[Gawain has three times the grace, glory and power at noon, which is a blessing given by three fairies]

This is the legendary mark that belongs to Gawain alone. He carries the blessing of the saints and is famous as an unparalleled knight in the daytime.

And there is only one possibility for such a heroic and brilliant knight to sense the connection with the traveler Shuoyue.

——That is the bond of being a member of the Round Table.

Unlike Assassin who gave up this skill, Shuoyue, who appeared in the world as an Archer, did not forget this skill, but it turned gray under the suppression of the Moon Spirit Crystal, which is why Gawain had a vague sense.

"What's wrong, Gawain?" Leo looked over when he noticed Gawain's abnormality, and Gawain reported his feelings to the Master without any hesitation.

"Hmm... Are you saying that you sensed a similar aura from Sakutsuki to your Knights of the Round Table?"

This time, even Leo was slightly surprised. He didn't expect that Sakutsuki would have an intersection with the heroes of a thousand years ago. Not only him, but also Rin and Shinji who heard Gawain's explanation, and even Hakuno, couldn't help but look at the calm young man.

Could it be that Sakutsuki looks very young, but is actually an old monster who has lived for a thousand years?

"No, it's impossible, right?" Rin laughed dryly, interrupting everyone's imagination, "It should be that he inherited the relics of the Knights of the Round Table, so he was contaminated with the aura? Just like the inheritance bacteria keepers of the old times."

"Indeed, this is also a possibility..." Leo pondered, and couldn't help looking back and forth at Sakutsuki, suppressing his doubts in his heart, and decided to ask his brother Julius to investigate when he returned.

You know, he is backed by the Western European chaebol, an organization that truly controls the earth, how could he not include files on the 'inheritance bacteria keepers'?

However, the spear of the vanguard, Longomyniad, has been lost, and the magicians who guarded King Arthur's tomb have also died in the disaster... By now, the relics of King Arthur should have been completely scattered.

I don't know where the moon came from, and even Gawain can sense the breath...

It's really interesting.

It's so interesting to meet such a mysterious opponent in this game.

The boy's eyes sparkled, but at this moment, a blatant cold sneer sounded beside him.

"Tsk..." Shinji with blue seaweed hair had a gloomy face and approached Leo unhappily, "You guy, you really dare to ignore this champion for so long!"

Talking to Rin, talking to Moon, talking to Hakuno... but only ignoring him who was also standing in front of him!

This kind of arrogance is exactly the same. Compared with completely ignoring his existence, Moon's poisonous attitude is even better!

"Let me say this first. I will be the winner of this game! Whether it's Harvey or something else, I don't know, but it's too arrogant!"

Frog in the well.

Faced with Matou Shinji's provocative speech, everyone who heard it couldn't help but look at him with pity, as if they were looking at a childish child who thought he was the best in the world after getting a certificate in elementary school.

Any magician who has stepped into the cold reality cannot ignore the mountain of Western European chaebols. Even if he has not become its vassal, all kinds of materials and documents about magic must be obtained through the various facilities of the chaebols.

Where exactly do these country people live that would bark and provoke a dozing tiger like a wild dog?

And the tiger just lazily raised his eyelids and was indifferent to the barking of the dog.

"I'm really rude. Sorry, I made you feel unhappy without intending to." Leo laughed, and there was no trace of being offended in his smile, "May I ask your name?"

This was the biggest challenge to Shinji's pride. In Leo's polite and distant smile, the string of reason in Shinji's mind broke.

The light suddenly appeared, and the red-haired female pirate wearing leather clothes and leather pants and with scars on her face opened her eyes and looked back with some displeasure.

"Shinji, I'm a hired pirate, and the fee for extra work is very high."

"As for the money, you can have as much as you want, teach that guy's servant a lesson!"

"Heh... Servant, okay." Drake looked back helplessly, and the flintlock musket embroidered with gorgeous patterns fell into his hands. With a crisp click, the originally peaceful cafeteria suddenly turned into a turbulent battlefield.

"Since you are a villain, you should do what you should do!"

Without hesitation, Drake raised his arms and pulled the trigger at Gawain. Then he kicked his toes and jumped out like a nimble cheetah.

"Idiot, you are planning to fight here...!" Toosaka Rin hurriedly dragged Hakuno away from the battlefield, leaving Sakutsuki alone sitting on the edge of the battlefield, and standing still with Leo, admiring the close fight.

Facing the incoming bullets, Leo just gave him a look, and Gawain's aura changed. He held the Holy Sword of the Sun, which is also known as the sister sword of the 'Sword of Promised Victory', in his hand, and then chopped it down with great force!

The evil wind instantly overturned the surrounding dining tables. He was the prince charming with a refreshing smile a few seconds ago, but when he wielded the holy sword, he seemed to hold the authority of the sun. His domineering and dazzling posture seemed to be able to cut off all the obstacles in front of him!

Such a gorgeous sword flash!

When people's vision was taken away by the sword light, no one noticed that the two bullets had been crushed into powder by the sword, and their owners passed by the dignified knight.

"Hmph." The cut red hair flew, and beads of sweat flowed down Drake's face. Looking at Gawain, whose expression had never changed since the start of the war, he turned his wrist, loaded new ammunition, and was about to launch another attack.

"Rin, if you don't stop them..." Hakuno looked at Tosaka Rin anxiously, but found that the girl was staring at the battlefield with a sharp gaze, without any intention of stopping or looking away.

Not only Rin Toosaka, but everyone present had only Leo and Gawain in their eyes from the beginning...

"Judging from the weapon, the job should be Saber."

"No way, does that mean Gawain's name is his real name?"

"It seems that he has no intention of hiding it."

"The countermeasure is..."

Amid the noise, Hakuno looked at Shuoyue helplessly, but Shuoyue also stared at the fight between Gawain and Drake, and seemed to have noticed the Master's anxiety, and he waved one hand behind him.

Don't worry, dare to fight in the cafeteria, do you really think the Moon Spirit Crystal is a decoration?

"Stop it, both of you."

The steady footsteps sounded, breaking the tense atmosphere between the two servants, and a man wearing a solemn priest's robe and a purple scarf, with a cross necklace swaying on his chest, came to the crowd.

"Although there were contestants who were in a state of disbelief during the preliminaries, private duels are prohibited in the finals. I hope you will exercise self-discipline."

However, the man simply glanced at him and invalidated Matou Shinji's magic.

"My name is Kotomine Kirei, and I am the NPC responsible for supervising this Holy Grail War." The man with a familiar name stood with his hands behind his back, announcing his presence to everyone in the cafeteria, "Fight with your opponents as much as you can on the day of the final battle, and do not fight at Tsukiumihara Academy, otherwise you will bear the consequences."

The invisible coercive force descended, separating the two servants. Shinji covered his arm that was in great pain from the punishment and gritted his teeth: "I saved my life, Leo, just wait and see!"

However, Leo did not reply. He just nodded to Kotomine Kirei and left with Gawain, who was unharmed.

"Shinji...are you okay?" Hakuno looked at this friend with some concern, but at this moment, she suddenly noticed Kotomine Kirei's gaze looking at her.

"By the way, Shinji Matou and Hakuno Kishinami, you are obviously enemies in the first battle, but it's ridiculous that you are still so close to each other, or are you secretly planning something?"

"...Huh?"

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"I'm back~"

The door of the room was opened, and the warm light was turned on by the young man, falling on the girl who fell on the bed with no motivation.

The turmoil in the cafeteria has ended. As the operator of the Holy Grail War, Kotomine Kirei's appearance is naturally not just because the two servants are fighting, but to announce a message to the masters-

After calculation by the Moon Spirit Crystal, the battle order of the first battle has been rearranged.

And Hakuno Kishinami's opponent is Shinji Matou, her friend whom she met in the preliminaries.

"You can't even find the reason and purpose, and you have to fight with your old friend?" The girl muttered incoherently, "It's just a nightmare..."

"It's not right to be so decadent, Master." The mattress sank, and Sakutsuki sat next to Hakuno. The moonlight outside the window reflected his calm cheeks, "You can't hesitate. The so-called answers and meanings can only be found by taking steps, right?"

"That being said." The girl turned over and stared at Sakutsuki's chin with her brown eyes, "Speaking of which, Sakutsuki, aren't you angry? Shinji said that?"

After hearing the news from Kotomine Kirei, Shinji was not shocked, but laughed as if he was sure of victory.

【Hahahaha, it's really LUCKY! Is the opponent of the first battle Hakuno? And a mere magician-turned-servant wants to be my opponent? Isn't this a sure win? 】

【Oh my, I can't wait to see Sakutsuki kneeling in front of me and crying! 】

That look doesn't look like what friends should do, right? Instead, it looks more like some kind of enemy.

But Bai Ye could feel that Shinji didn't have any intention to kill them. If that was the case, there was only one reason for him to say such a thing -

"Shinji, that idiot, wouldn't he still not know what the Holy Grail War means?"

"You can't expect a fledgling to learn to be strong before it leaves the protection of childhood and is beaten to a bloody pulp by reality." Sakutsuki sighed, "It's a pity that it just walked out of the greenhouse with great expectations, but faced the abyss of death. The price of this ignorance is too cruel."

"..."

Bai Ye's cheek was poked by a finger. She turned her eyes away in annoyance, but caught a glimpse of Sakutsuki's teasing eyes.

"Such a helpless look, oh, it's really enjoyable."

Appreciating the girl's weak look, Sakutsuki's expression became more and more cheerful, and he experienced the familiar fun.

You are hesitating, Bai Ye.

Is it because of the fear of facing your friend? Or is it the pity for the ignorant?

Or... have you begun to question the necessity of this battle?

"All we can do now is believe in the possibilities of the future and move forward, right?"

Touching Hakuno's cheek, Sakutsuki smiled softly, his golden eyes filled with moonlight: "Maybe, in the end, we will find that everything is solved?"

Knowing that this is just comfort, the warmth is transmitted through the young man's palm, causing the girl Hakuno to close her eyes and sigh silently.

"I hope so..."

So, the first round of the battle is so close. When she woke up the next morning, standing side by side with her friends in front of the finals, Hakuno still felt a little unreal.

"Welcome to the place of the final battle, it seems that you two are ready."

The priest who called himself Kotomine Kirei stood at the door, his face neither sad nor happy: "There is only one entrance and exit to the finals, and there is only one group that can return to the academy again. If you are ready, open the door."

Master Kishinami Hakuno stepped forward.

Master Matou Shinji stepped forward.

Two arms pushed open the door of fate.

The first round of the battle begins.