Chapter 540

[I hope I'm overthinking it.]

[The male and female voices disappeared together, replaced by the system's narration, and the screen began to appear.]

[Holy Grail War. That is the process of mages killing each other to realize their wishes. A war between seven mages belonging to the Angel class and seven Servants.]

[Heroic Spirits who 'died in vain' in the past regain the soul container called Servant and return to the world, gathering in one place with their Master mages, unfolding a fierce battle beyond human knowledge, killing until the last one remains.]

[Both mages 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: "Sure enough, it's another Holy Grail War."]

Tohsaka Tokiomi: "Tokyo?"]

Blonde Rin: "Oh oh, this time it's finally not harming Fuyuki City."]

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

Irisviel: "It seems to be another world with too much deviation from our world."]

Emiya Kiritsugu: "Mm, I just don't know what kind of development this world has."]

[The dazzling sunlight shone into the room through the gaps in the curtains, and an 8-year-old black-haired little girl woke up in a daze from the soft bed.]

[Checked the time, 6:14.]

[Just right, there was only one minute left before the alarm clock rang.]

[Got up, washed, tidied up, and Sajyou Ayaka went to her daily morning class.]

[Sajyou Ayaka, the second daughter of the Sajyou family, a prestigious Jewel Jewel Mage family.]

[The Sajyou family is a black magic family, but Sajyou Ayaka doesn't like black magic and doesn't even dare to kill the pigeons used for practice.]

[Her father, Sajyou Hiroki, is not too dissatisfied with this, because Sajyou Ayaka has an older sister, Sajyou Manaka, who is the heir to the family.]

[Even so, she still has to complete her daily black magic training.]

[The location of the morning class is the botanical garden in their home.]

[There are lush trees and flowers, dozens of species, and many pigeons.]

Rin Tohsaka: "Sajyou family? Father, have you heard of it?"]

Tohsaka Tokiomi: "No, never heard of it; it should be a family unique to that world."]

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

Caules: "A black magic family, that's really rare."]

[Mentioning black magic, he couldn't help but think of his own suicidal Celenike.]

["Father?"]

[As soon as she entered the greenhouse, several pigeons flew over and surrounded Sajyou Ayaka's feet as soon as they saw her.]

[They were all rescued and raised by Sajyou Ayaka; initially there were only a few, but under Sajyou Ayaka's feeding, they expanded to more than thirty.]

[Sajyou Hiroki is very dissatisfied with this; he doesn't want Sajyou Ayaka to invest feelings in these sacrifices, because they are a black magic family.]

[Looking at the empty greenhouse, Sajyou Ayaka was very strange.]

[Her father, who would wait for her here every day, was unexpectedly missing today.]

[Sajyou Ayaka suddenly thought that her father seemed to have said last night that something was about to begin.]

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

Waver: "Yes, born into a black magic family, but too kind..."]

Rin Tohsaka: "Begin, refers to the Holy Grail War, right?"]

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

[Before Sajyou Ayaka could think much, Sajyou Hiroki walked out, looked at the pigeons at Sajyou Ayaka's feet, and frowned as usual to criticize a few words.]

[This had almost become a daily habit.]

[Afterwards, Sajyou Hiroki told Sajyou Ayaka that there was no need for morning class today and let her go eat breakfast.]

[However, today, she went to eat with her sister Sajyou Manaka, and breakfast was made by Sajyou Manaka.]

[No wonder she felt today's breakfast smelled especially good.]

[Although Sajyou Manaka had never cooked since Sajyou Ayaka could remember, Sajyou Ayaka naturally believed that as long as she wanted to do it, she could make perfect dishes.]

[Because her sister, Sajyou Manaka, is a true genius.]

Conqueror: "A genius sister and a mediocre sister, quite a cliché combination."]

Kayneth: "Genius?"]

Kayneth: "Humph, the Jewel Jewel Mage's world is never short of geniuses."]

[Seeing Lord Kayneth at it again, Feng Xi secretly laughed in his heart.]

[I hope you can still be this calm after knowing Sajyou Manaka's talent.]

[Sajyou Ayaka's sister, Sajyou Manaka, is currently 14 years old, with medium-length silver hair, sky-blue eyes, and that light blue Lolita dress, like a flawless princess, dancing in the kitchen that had turned into a castle.]

[Sister is really beautiful.]

[Sister is a genius.]

[Not only magecraft, but other aspects are the same; in front of her, she is 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 was also her dark history.]

[It seems it's her turn to die socially this time.]

[And hearing Sigurd call Sajyou Manaka a child, Brynhildr gave a bitter smile.]

[I hope he won't be scared by this child later.]

[Sajyou Manaka looked exceptionally happy today and made a lot of food, each for six people, making people worry if they could finish it.]

[Sajyou Manaka also thoughtfully asked Sajyou Ayaka to taste it before it was out of the pot, and after getting a delicious evaluation, she looked very happy.]

[Sajyou Ayaka asked Sajyou Manaka if she used any ingredients, but Sajyou Manaka said that she added a kind of magic more powerful than magecraft.]

[The name of that magic is love.]

[But for the young Sajyou Ayaka, this is something difficult to understand.]

[Afterwards, Sajyou Ayaka discovered that Sajyou Manaka was a bit strange today, often whispering.]

[That feeling was as if she was talking to someone who couldn't be seen.]

[And the fact was exactly so.]

Rin Tohsaka: "This voice is the female voice at the beginning!"]

Blonde Rin: "It seems this girl named Sajyou Manaka is the heroine of this story."]

Zabiko: "At the same time, she is also the Master of this Holy Grail War."]