On the street late at night, Kurino wrapped his collar tightly. Although it was technically early spring, the biting cold wind was still biting, and even wearing a heavy cotton windbreaker was difficult to resist.
"Will this really work?"
Drake's voice rang in her ears. In order not to reveal the identity of the master of Kurino Tamaki, her current spirit child state was protecting her.
"Theoretically it's possible, but in practice it requires some luck."
Kureno Tamaki shivered and secretly used the heating magic. Even children can use this magic. Its only function is to increase the temperature of objects, but how much it can be increased depends on the magician's personal attainments.
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The increase in the temperature of the underwear drives away the cold, at least the body is no longer so stiff.
Of course, she wasn't worried about exposing herself if she used heat magic. Heat magic was more like a trick than a formal magic, and she only used weak magic power.
Magic is the vitality of life. It exists even in ordinary people, so it is not surprising.
"Luck, that kind of thing is indeed quite important, although I have never believed in luck. After all, for people like me, if I believe in luck, it is equivalent to putting my life in the hands of others."
Derek's voice sounded in her heart again.
"But now we can only rely on luck."
Kurino Tamaki sighed softly, then looked up at the bright moon hanging in the night sky, half obscured by clouds.
The reason why she walked through the streets in the middle of the night was to meet the other Masters and Servants of this Holy Grail War, to be precise, Archer and his Master Elsa.
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After graduation, she became a private detective, so that her income was not too small and she had enough free time to investigate matters related to her brother.
By chance, she met Elsa through a journalist friend. She was an outstanding war reporter who reported on many war-torn countries. She won multiple Pulitzer Prizes and was a role model in the journalistic industry.
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Because both of them were magicians, they had a common topic until they talked about Kureno Tamaki's surname. After all, the surname "Kurano" is still very rare, and from the appearance of Kurano Tamaki, Al
Sha also saw some similar shadows.
He was a young man with justice in his heart, but after that night, there was no news. Elsa also tried to find his whereabouts, but unfortunately found nothing, only a pistol stained with dried blood.
That pistol was the one she gave him for self-defense, and the dried blood stains on it matched the blood type registered by Tsumi Kurano.
As expected, that righteous partner should have died, and even the body did not know where it went. This is the cruelty of the Holy Grail War. Elsa can only express deep regret and sigh for this. As a loser, she can survive.
The fall was the result of Archer Arash's sacrifice of himself.
But facing Kuruno Tamaki in front of her and her hopeful gaze, Elsa couldn't bear to tell her the result. She could only give a tactful explanation and did her best to provide information about the Holy Grail War.
Let Tamaki learn a lot from this.
Although the time of contact with Elsa was not too long, the two became good friends and had an understanding of each other.
It is still unclear why he came here, but there is no doubt that it is related to the Holy Grail War ten years ago. However, with Kurino Tamaki alone, there is still a slim chance of winning the Holy Grail War.
At this time, strong allies are needed, and Elsa is the ally chosen by Laiyehuan. From Yehuan's understanding of Elsa, at least Elsa will not do anything to harm her allies, and archer Arash is also the one.
An upright and powerful hero, he is perfect in every aspect.
Of course, Kurino Tamaki also considered that "Elsa" in this world might change. Drake was her protection. Although Archer Arash was very strong, she believed that her servants would not be weaker than him.
According to Elsa's description, she had slain a monster called the "Death Apostle" in Akihabara in the early days of the Holy Grail War, which was the culprit who attacked and killed passers-by in the news.
If I'm lucky tonight, I might be able to meet a Dead Apostle and lure Elsa out.
However, after wandering around the streets for several hours with a goal in mind, I still haven't achieved my goal. Not to mention Elsa and Archer, I haven't even met a Dead Apostle.
Kuruno Tamaki couldn't help but feel a little anxious. Although the amount of magic consumed by the fever magic was very small, it lasted for several hours and his body's magic power was also consumed. If it continued to be consumed, there would not be enough magic power reserves.
You are in danger yourself.
But if you don’t use heating magic...
She let out a long sigh and released the fever magic. If it was colder, just be colder. At worst, she gritted her teeth and persevered. What could the mere cold wind do to her?
She shivered while silently recovering her magic power.
There's no way around it, it's the darkest time of the night and the coldest time of the day, and the chilly early spring wind is no joke to others.
【Damn——】
She complained in her heart, not knowing whether she was blaming herself or others.
Suddenly, the night wind brought the rustling sound of footsteps. She perked up and turned to look in the direction where the footsteps came from.
It was a slightly bald, middle-aged man with a slightly fat figure and a slightly hollow look in his eyes, walking toward him unsteadily.
However, when he noticed Kurino Tamaki not far away in front of him, his dull eyes suddenly lit up with a coquettish and strange red light, and his movement speed also accelerated, erupting with a force that was completely opposite to that figure.
That is definitely not a speed that normal humans can achieve. It is even one minute faster than the fastest creature, the cheetah, and the distance of half a street only takes a blink of an eye.
【Is this the Dead Apostle?】
Kurano Tamaki thought to himself, staring at the fat middle-aged man in front of him, his eyes intensified by the injection of magic power.
But even so, it was only able to capture the trajectory of his movements, but if it was to avoid the middle-aged man's attack, it was more than enough.
This made her feel relieved.
As a magician, Tamaki Kurino has naturally heard of the monster called [Death Apostle]. Even a low-level Death Apostle is not something that ordinary magicians can contend with, and it is said that the most powerful one among the Death Apostles is
Known as the [Ancestors of the Dead Apostles], each one has the power to destroy a large city.
The man in front of me was not a Dead Apostle, but a ghoul or something like that. Otherwise, I would have died long ago, of course, if Drake didn't help.
With the idea of giving it a try, Kurino Tamaki decided to try to fight the middle-aged man in front of him alone.