Under Rin's urging, Tohsaka Aoi finalized Rin's enrollment with Yashirodai Elementary School as quickly as possible. The mother and daughter only stayed at Zencheng's house for less than a week before returning to Fuyuki City.
Tokiomi Tosaka, who was busy investigating the transportation route of the Matou family's sacred relics, had no time to care about Rin's affairs for the time being.
Tokiomi was a little surprised to learn that Rin wanted to move to Yatsudai City to live and enroll in school in advance, but considering that Assassin had arrived early and Fuyuki City was about to become unsafe, he agreed to his daughter's request.
During the time when Rin returned to Tosaka Mansion to prepare for the move, Lu Xiao did not take the risk of sneaking into the mansion to meet his little Master. Instead, he focused most of his energy on purchasing real estate and familiarizing himself with the terrain of Fuyuki City.
There are still some undead marking bugs in Sakura's body, but without Zang Yan's control, these marking bugs behave relatively calmly and just follow Zo Yan's last order to silently transform Sakura's magic circuit.
Sakura's original magic attribute was an extremely rare imaginary number, and even Tokiomi Tosaka didn't know how to teach her.
After being adopted into the Matou family, Zouken decided to transform Sakura into the water attribute passed down from generation to generation in the Matou family so that she could better pass on the bloodline to the Matou family in the future.
During the transformation process of the magic circuit, Sakura still had to endure a lot of pain, but compared to the painful torture of being thrown into the insect warehouse, this pain was still bearable for Sakura.
Lu Xiao originally planned to summon a helper of his own in advance while other masters had not yet summoned their servants.
But considering the difficulty of implementing the plan, he could only shelve the idea temporarily.
After summoning a servant, a magician needs to provide magic power. The only magicians Lu Xiao can find now are Rin and Sakura. Moreover, the magic education they receive is far from enough, and they cannot be considered orthodox magicians.
Rin has already signed a contract with Lu Xiao, and it is difficult for Rin, who has not yet fully grown up, to afford the magic power consumed by Lu Xiao during his activities.
Fortunately, Lu Xiao came in his true form. In order to relieve Lin's burden, most of the magic power he used came from himself.
The Moon World is a world with a great source, and the magic power is more abundant than in the Sekiro World, so it will not be difficult to replenish it after it is consumed. Rin can barely afford the consumption of Lu Xiao, a "heroic spirit".
Kariya has never experienced the transformation of the Marking Insect, and has long since left the path of magic. He only retains the basic theoretical knowledge of the Matou family's magic, and is not a real magician at all.
Not to mention Sakura, even if she completes the transformation of her magic circuit, it will be difficult for her to afford the consumption of regular heroic spirits with her weak magic power.
As for going to London's Clock Tower to find a suitable candidate, it's even more nonsense.
Magicians are all selfish creatures. No one can guarantee that they will definitely form an alliance with Lin and Lu Xiao's camp after summoning the heroic spirits. The all-purpose wishing machine is too tempting, and the risk of forming an alliance with an unfamiliar magician is too high.
Rather than betting on an uncertain future, it is better to let the original plot continue for the time being, which at least allows Lu Xiao to make some relevant preparations in advance.
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Kariya led Xiao Ying, who was still trembling, and followed Lu Xiao. Both of them looked at the overgrown Japanese garden in front of them with curious eyes.
Most of Japan's population is concentrated in the capital, causing housing prices in the capital city to remain high.
In comparison, housing prices in the small town of Fuyuki City are much cheaper.
Due to the development of the modern urban area of Shinto, many Fuyuki residents left Miyama Town, which was close to the mountains, and moved to the more fashionable Shinto.
The vacant old house will naturally be put up for sale by its owner, and Lu Xiao has plenty of alternative targets when choosing a base.
"Are you sure you want to choose this place?"
Yanye turned to look at Lu Xiao, who was wearing casual clothes. According to this heroic spirit whose job was to be an assassin, the modern clothes he wore were a deception created by illusion.
Lu Xiao cannot transform his body and armor into spirits like regular heroic spirits. He can only use this method to hide his true identity so that he can walk on the streets of Fuyuki City openly.
Under the variant application of breath blocking, ordinary magicians cannot feel the magic fluctuations caused by Lu Xiao's illusion.
Even if you are face to face with the magician, it will be difficult for the other party to discover the details of Lu Xiao's illusion as long as he does not use special means to investigate.
There are overgrown weeds everywhere in the long-abandoned courtyard. The entire wooden building looks very old, and some places are even beginning to show signs of decay.
Lu Xiao thought about it for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "Just choose this place."
The Japanese-style courtyard chosen by Lu Xiao is not far from Yuanzang Mountain where Ryudou Temple is located. Because it is close to the mountain, the location is relatively remote and it is not easy to attract the attention of interested people.
According to the information Rin received from Tokiomi, there are four major spiritual veins in Fuyuki City.
The Tohsaka family's mansion sits on one of the spiritual veins, Fuyuki Church and Shinto Citizen's Mansion each occupy one spiritual vein, and the last spiritual vein is located in Ryudōji Temple.
In Lu Xiao's camp, Kariya, Sakura and Rin are only half-qualified magicians, and he can only build the magic workshop.
The new stronghold is near the spiritual veins of Ryudou Temple. As long as the magic power of Enzo Mountain is intercepted without leaving any trace, the magic workshop will be able to have a sufficient supply of magic power.
After the final decision was made, Lu Xiao asked Yanye to take Aletheia's forged bank card to withdraw money from the Japanese headquarters bank of ****, find the owner and buy the mansion.
Lu Xiao is now very happy that he did not kill Yan Ye on impulse.
Rin and Sakura are both minors, and as a heroic spirit, Lu Xiao cannot show up at any time to avoid causing complications.
Kariya's personal information has been tampered with by Aletheia, and now his name is Daisuke Yamashita, an ordinary name that cannot attract anyone's attention.
With Kariya's efforts, this mansion, which had been abandoned for several years, began a large-scale renovation.
The weeds in the mansion were eradicated by a decoration company, and the entire wooden mansion was completely renovated.
With the incentive of extra overtime pay, the renovation of the entire mansion was completed in just over a month.
However, because of the anti-corrosion paint applied on the inside and outside of the new home, it must take a certain amount of time to ventilate it.
During this period, Lu Xiao and others temporarily lived in seclusion in a hotel in the residential area of Miyama Town.
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Six months before the Holy Grail War officially started, Tokiomi Tosaka finally couldn't sit still due to Assassin's early summons.
Although Assassin has not acted since the night of the Matou family fire, as the manager of Fuyuki City, in order to curb the "atrocities" that Assassin may commit again in the future, he plans to obtain a controllable chess piece in advance.
Thanks to the clues provided by Matou Tsuruno after being hypnotized, Tokiomi Tosaka quickly tracked down the sacred relic purchased by Zouken from abroad and cut off its beard in advance.
This holy relic is a black ancient helmet. The surface of the helmet is stained with rust, and it is difficult to see its original appearance.
A short-haired young man wearing a church cassock and with dull eyes stood next to Tokiomi Tosaka. He was Tokiomi's disciple, Kotomine Rimasa's only son, Kotomine Kirei.
"My master, after the appraisal of the Eighth Mystery Society, this holy relic belongs to the chief knight of the Knights of the Round Table, Lancelot."
"Knight of the Lake, Lancelot?"
Tokiomi held his chin in his hand and hesitated. Kotomine Kirei, who was good at reading people's hearts, asked tentatively: "My master, do you want to use this to summon heroic spirits?"
Tokiomi Tosaka closed his eyes and thought for a while, and finally shook his head and said: "Forget it, although the Knight of the Lake is also a powerful warrior, there is still a big gap compared to the one I selected."
"Kirei, it's up to you to summon Lancelot."
Kotomine Kirei was a little surprised: "Me?"
"Yes."
Tokiomi Tosaka smiled confidently and said: "The androids sent by Einzbern have been circling around Cornwall. I suspect that their target is also a member of the Knights of the Round Table. It is just right to use the chief of the Knights of the Round Table to counter them.
suitable."
Kirei nodded and said: "So, what job should we use to summon Lancelot? Saber? Rider?"
"No."
Tokiomi Tosaka's eyes flickered when he looked at Kotomine Kirei: "What we need is not a noble and honest knight, but a chess piece that can effectively carry out all orders."
"Kirei, add a spell to make the heroic spirits go crazy in the summons, and let Lancelot come as a berserker."