Chapter 1025

I hope I'm just overthinking it.

【The male and female voices vanish simultaneously, replaced by the system's narration, and the visuals begin to appear.】

【The Holy Grail War. It is a process where magi slaughter each other to realize their own wishes. A war between seven magi, who hold the Class name of Angel, and seven Servants.】

【The Heroic Spirits who once "died an unnatural death" return to the present world by regaining soul containers known as Servants. They gather in one place alongside their Master magi, unfolding a cruel war beyond human knowledge, fighting until only one remains.】

【Both magi and Servants fight to realize their own wishes.】

【1991, Tokyo.】

【The latest Holy Grail War, the Fourth Holy Grail War, is about to begin.】

Zabiko: "As expected, it's another Holy Grail War."

Tohsaka Tokiomi: "Tokyo?"

Blonde Rin: "Oh, oh, finally it's not wreaking havoc on Fuyuki City this time."

Emiya Kiritsugu: "The Fourth Holy Grail War, in 1991..."

Irisviel: "It seems to be another world that deviates too much from our own."

Emiya Kiritsugu: "Yeah, I just don't know how this world will develop."

【Blinding sunlight shines into the room through the gaps in the curtains, and an 8-year-old black-haired girl wakes up dazed from her soft bed.】

【She checks the time: 6:14.】

【Just right, there is only one minute left before the alarm goes off.】

【After getting up, washing, and grooming herself, Sajou Ayaka goes to perform her daily morning lessons.】

【Sajou Ayaka, the second daughter of the prestigious Sajou magus family.】

【The Sajou family is a black magic family, but Sajou Ayaka does not like black magic; she doesn't even dare to kill the pigeons used for practice.】

【Her father, Sajou Hiroki, does not have much dissatisfaction with this because Sajou Ayaka has an older sister, Sajou Manaka, who is the heir to the family.】

【Even so, she still has to complete her routine black magic training every day.】

【The location for the morning lessons is their family's botanical garden.】

【There are lush green trees and flowers there, with dozens of species, as well as many pigeons.】

Tohsaka Rin: "The Sajou family? Father, have you heard of them?"

Tohsaka Tokiomi: "No, I have never heard of them; they must be a family unique to that world."

Kayneth: "I haven't heard of this family in the Mage's Association either."

Caules: "A black magic family? That's truly rare."

Mentioning black magic makes him involuntarily think of the self-destructive Sereinike.

【"Father?"】

【As soon as she enters the greenhouse, several pigeons fly over and surround Sajou Ayaka's feet the moment they see her.】

【They were all rescued and raised by Sajou Ayaka; initially there were only a few, but they expanded to over thirty under her care.】

【Sajou Hiroki is very dissatisfied with this; he does not want Sajou Ayaka to become emotionally attached to these sacrifices because they are a black magic family.】

【Looking at the empty greenhouse, Sajou Ayaka is very confused.】

【Her father, who waits for her here every day, is unexpectedly nowhere to be seen today.】

【Sajou Ayaka suddenly remembers that her father seemed to have said something last night about something starting.】

Shishigou Kairi: "Heh, this little girl was born into the wrong family."

Waver: "Indeed, born into a black magic family, yet too kind..."

Tohsaka Rin: "Starting, that must refer to the Holy Grail War."

Tohsaka Tokiomi: "It seems that in this world, this Sajou family is one of the participants."

【Before Sajou Ayaka can think too much, Sajou Hiroki walks out, looks at the pigeons at her feet, and frowns to criticize her as usual.】

【This has almost become a daily habit.】

【Afterward, Sajou Hiroki tells Sajou Ayaka that she doesn't need to do her morning lessons today and tells her to go have breakfast.】

【However, today she is to eat with her older sister, Sajou Manaka, and the breakfast was even made by Sajou Manaka.】

【No wonder she felt today's breakfast smelled especially fragrant.】

【Although Sajou Manaka has never cooked since Sajou Ayaka can remember, Sajou Ayaka naturally believes that as long as she wants to, she can make perfect dishes.】

【Because her older sister, Sajou Manaka, is a true genius.】

Iskandar: "A genius sister and a mediocre younger sister? A rather cliché combination."

Kayneth: "A genius, huh."

Kayneth: "Hmph, the world of magi is never short of geniuses."

Seeing Lord Kayneth at it again, Feng Xi chuckles to himself.

I hope you can remain this calm after knowing Sajou Manaka's talent.

【Sajou Ayaka's sister, Sajou Manaka, is currently 14 years old, with medium-length silver hair, sky-blue eyes, and a light blue Lolita dress, looking like a flawless princess as she dances gracefully in the kitchen that has turned into a castle.】

【Sister is truly beautiful.】

【Sister is a genius.】

【Not just in magic, but in other aspects as well; in front of her, she feels like an ugly duckling.】

Brynhildr: "It's her!"

Sigurd: "What's wrong, Brynhildr? Do you know this child?"

Brynhildr: "... I suppose so."

So it was what happened in that world.

That was a Holy Grail War she participated in before joining the group, and it is also her dark history.

It seems it's her turn to suffer social death this time.

And hearing Sigurd call Sajou Manaka a child, Brynhildr reveals a bitter smile.

I hope he won't be frightened by this child later.

【Sajou Manaka looks exceptionally happy today, having made a lot of food, each portion enough for six people, making one worry if it can be finished.】

【Sajou Manaka also thoughtfully asks Sajou Ayaka to taste it before taking it off the stove, and she appears very happy after receiving a compliment that it is delicious.】

【Sajou Ayaka asks Sajou Manaka if she used any special ingredients, but Sajou Manaka indicates that she added something more powerful than magic.】

【The name of that magic is love.】

【However, for the young Sajou Ayaka, this is something difficult to understand.】

【Subsequently, Sajou Ayaka notices that Sajou Manaka is a bit strange today, often whispering to herself.】

【The feeling is as if she is talking to someone invisible.】

【And that is indeed the case.】

Tohsaka Rin: "This voice, it's the female voice from the beginning!"

Blonde Rin: "It seems this girl named Sajou Manaka is the female lead of this story."

Zabiko: "And also, the Master of this Holy Grail War."