The crowned puppet master Aozaki Yuko is one of the most outstanding female magicians of our time. Her reputation has long been spread in the magic world.
Although he was defeated in a direct battle with his magician sister a few years ago, this did not damage Orange's reputation.
Magicians who control magic are inherently beyond common sense. It is said that Aozaki Yuko pushed her to the last step in the battle with her sister Aoko before losing. This is enough to illustrate her terrifying strength.
The crown is the highest rank among the Magic Association's assessment levels. Even Kenneth El-Melloi Archipelud, who has been known as a rare genius since he was a child, is still only in the second level of color, far away from the highest crown.
There is still a long way to go.
No one doubts that Kenneth, who is not yet thirty years old, will be able to achieve the title in the future, but as a peer of Aosaki Orange, the genius that Clock Tower desperately advocates is still more than one step behind Orange.
Since the Magic Association identified Chengzi as the author of the seal, Chengzi had been living in anonymity for these years. Even if he took advantage of Aletheia's convenience of hacking into the world's networks, it took several months to find any clues about her.
Lu Xiao shook her head helplessly: "Forget it, no matter what her real reason is, since she is willing to take the order, we don't need to pursue it too much."
"When will Aozaki Orange deliver the finished body? How can you contact us?"
Aletheia: "I have already submitted Sakura's body data, magic circuit and other relevant information to her. With an urgent request for three times the reward, she gave a reply within a week, at which time she will take the initiative to provide her contact information.
us."
"A week..."
Lu Xiao nodded: "Okay, let's change the order of the plan. We can use this week to deal with other things."
…
In the southern suburbs of Xindu, McKenzie House.
The McKenzie family from Australia are ordinary people who have nothing to do with the world of magic. It was just because of their foreign status that they were spotted by a magician from the UK. Through hypnosis, the McKenneys provided him with temporary housing.
"Ha~"
Weber Velvet, a spiritualist apprentice in the Clock Tower, is the heir to the Velvet family for only three generations.
Because the young and energetic Webb had a disagreement with his mentor Kenneth, he became vengeful and stole the holy relics that were supposed to be delivered to Kenneth.
In order to prove himself, he dropped out of school and came to Fuyuki City alone, preparing to participate in the upcoming Fourth Holy Grail War.
"What's the matter, kid? Sighing all the time is not a good habit."
A majestic man more than two meters tall was sitting in front of Weber's bed, with a generous smile on his face and vigorously patted Weber's shoulder.
"Who do you think this is all because of?"
Weber's weak little fist hit the strong man's chest "hard", causing the strong man to burst into hearty laughter.
"Hahaha~ Don't worry."
"Bump!"
After hammering his muscular chest twice, the strong man said confidently: "Since I, the Conquering King Iskandar, has participated in this Holy Grail War, the final victory will definitely belong to us!"
"Ha~"
Weber curled up on the bed as if he had no bones, staring at the wall with dull eyes: "Why is it like this..."
"Um?!"
The giant man who called himself Iskandar suddenly twitched his brows, retracted his previous overly bold style, and asked in a deep voice out the window: "Since the uninvited guest has already released his breath in advance, how about we go into the house to talk?
"
"It's better to obey orders than to be respectful, sorry for bothering you."
The sound coming from the window on the second floor of the small building made Weber jump up, hurriedly and timidly hide behind the strong man, and carefully stretched out his sight to look out the window.
"Click~"
A mysterious man wearing black leather armor and a hood of the same color walked through the open window.
A simple sheathed long sword hung on both sides of the opponent's waist, and a typical Japanese long sword was slung on his back.
Weber frowned in confusion. He had already confirmed that the other party was a heroic spirit through his ability as a master, but he found it difficult to understand the way this heroic spirit was dressed.
‘What kind of weird mix and match style is this? Which era’s heroic spirits would dress like this?’
"Ho ho?"
Iskandar looked at this uninvited guest with great interest. His posture seemed relaxed, but in fact he was already on guard.
"Interesting costume, please declare your name in front of the king first."
Lu Xiao politely stroked his chest and saluted Iskandar: "I am Assassin, and I apologize for interrupting you. My master, I have a deal that I would like to discuss with the two riders."
"trade?"
Iskandar pondered for a moment, then grabbed Weber who was hiding behind him and placed him in front of him.
"Boy, you are the master. It is up to you to negotiate with other masters. Don't be so timid and show courage."
With rider's encouragement, Weber stuttered and asked: "You...your master, what deal do you want to make?"
Lu Xiao took out a paper crane from his chest. After he poured magic power into the paper crane, the paper crane, which was originally a dead object, magically flew up.
"Both of you from the Rider Team, I'm sorry that I can only contact you in this way. I am the master agent of Assassin."
What came out of the paper crane was a voice that had been changed, and Kariya made this remote call with the help of Rin and Sakura.
"Mr. Weber Velvet."
"Ah? I'm here."
Weber did not expect that the other party did not come to Rider to discuss something, but instead came to him by name.
"I can form an alliance with the two of you as the Assassin Master in the upcoming Holy Grail War, provided that Mr. Velvet uses personal connections to introduce us to a mediator, Melvin Weinz."
"ha?"
Weber's whole body suddenly trembled, and his upper and lower teeth trembled as he asked: "You, you, you! How do you know about my interpersonal relationships? What on earth do you want to do?"
Lu Xiao and Iskandar looked at each other, both feeling helpless at Weber's timid character.
"Boy! Cheer up!"
"Crack!"
"Ah! It hurts like hell!"
Iskandar ignored Weber's protest, grabbed his thin shoulders and said: "If the Holy Grail War is really as tragic as you said, what's so strange about an intelligence war of this level? Cheer up!"
"Breathe~blow~"
After Weber took a deep breath, he managed to suppress his uneasiness: "I can indeed contact Melvin, but why should I believe what you say?"
"Based on this."
An ancient document was handed to Weber by Lu Xiao.
Although Weber's magic circuit is terrible, he is known as an outstanding talent in other fields besides spellcasting. Weber could see the origin of this document at a glance.
"Self-imposed certification?"
Weber unexpectedly glanced at Assassin who was right in front of him: "Are you serious? As magicians, you should know what the self-imposed certification means, right?"
The principle of self-enforced certificate is to use the function of magic seal to impose a curse on both parties who sign it.
Once the certificate is formally signed, both parties to the agreement must perform the contract in accordance with the content specified in the certificate.
Theoretically, no method can remove the effects of the curse, and the curse will even be passed down to the next generation along with the magic seal.
The name on the self-imposed certificate in Weber's hand is Matou Sakura, and there is also a part of the magic seal logo engraved under the name.
The first article of the certificate clearly stipulates that neither party shall reveal the identity of their respective masters to a third party.
Party A (Sakura Matou) formed an alliance with Party B (Waver Velvet) in the Fourth Holy Grail War, and they were not allowed to fight each other until the Holy Grail War was the only two sides left.
Party B needs to bring tuner Melvin Weintz to Fuyuki City to help Party A complete the magic seal tuning, and also comply with all the contents of the previous contract.
'Matō?'
Weber's eyes clearly showed doubts, 'Didn't the Matou family be destroyed by Assassin himself? Why is Assassin's master...'
Weber thought he had not been discovered and glanced at Assassin standing next to him, then lowered his head again and fell into deep thought.
'Do you want to sign it? With my relationship with Melvin, it shouldn't be a problem to call him over. At most, I can use Japanese beauties to seduce that unscrupulous guy. But what is going on with the Matou family and Assassin? I always feel a little uneasy.