Takumi did not bring Irisviel or Illya with him. The former was exhausted from yesterday and needed to rest. Illya, on the other hand, was studying with Sakura and beginning to get familiar with her new life in Dimensional City. After all, once he finishes handling the affairs in the Type-Moon World, they will all move there permanently. Instead of moving after getting used to living in Fuyuki, it was better to move directly to Dimensional City now. Anyway, they could come over and visit at any time in the future, so there was no need to take the long way around.
After assessing the situation with the homunculus maids who stayed behind and confirming there were no accidents, Takumi asked them to bring the magic crystals to the large hollow of Mount Enzō. This is where the main system framework of the Great Holy Grail lies. Takumi then examined the Great Holy Grail while reviewing the information obtained from the Three Great Families. He discovered that it was actually very easy to manually fill the Great Holy Grail with magic power. As long as a one-way input bypass was built on the pipeline that the spiritual vein used to supply energy, the Great Holy Grail would automatically absorb this newly increased magic input.
After figuring it out, Takumi immediately started the operation. The bypass was quickly constructed, magic power was crystallized, and he began to fill the Great Holy Grail. "If it's not enough, bring in some more." Seeing that the prepared magic crystals were insufficient, Takumi opened a Dimensional Door on the spot, allowing the homunculus maids to continue transporting more from Dimensional City. At the same time, he joined in personally, using his own magic power to supply energy to the Great Holy Grail.
In this way, under the infusion from the infinite magic furnace and Takumi himself, it took only one day to fill the remaining one-year magic power requirement of the Great Holy Grail. The Great Holy Grail was officially launched, which meant the Fourth Holy Grail War was about to begin. Takumi quickly informed Tokiomi Tohsaka and asked him to spread the news that the Holy Grail War would begin in one week. Those who had obtained Master qualifications were to rush to Fuyuki to prepare.
"Only one week? Don't those damn locals know how valuable my time is!" In the Clock Tower, Kayneth, who had just obtained his Command Spells, couldn't help but curse when he heard the news. The preparation time was too hasty. In addition to obtaining a holy relic, he had to arrange his courses. Then, the holy relic he had rushed to acquire was stolen.
"The Holy Grail? I wonder if I can realize my ideal." A certain Magician Killer, who had just assassinated a magus, also received the news. He looked at the Command Spells on the back of his hand and fell into deep thought.
In Fuyuki Church, a young priest showed his father the Command Spells he had obtained.
While these people were making preparations for the hastily launched Holy Grail War, Takumi was also getting ready. After all, he had three spots on hand. Well, Tokiomi Tohsaka saw that there would be no traditional result in this Holy Grail War, so he gave his place to Takumi as well, indicating he would not participate. Moreover, he introduced Kirei Kotomine, who had just obtained his Command Spells, to Takumi.
At this point, Takumi held four Master positions. Kirei Kotomine was nothing to worry about; in fact, Takumi gave him a serving of abnormally spicy Mapo Tofu and left him to his own devices. Kirei knew this Holy Grail War was just child's play and had no intention of participating. Especially after eating that abnormally spicy Mapo Tofu, he awakened as a Mapo priest and only wanted to study Mapo cuisine. He took a flight to China to learn cooking, completely indifferent to the Holy Grail War. Before leaving, he handed over his Command Spells.
Including the quotas for the Matou family and Einzbern, there were four quotas in total. If you add in his special version of the Command Spell for unlimited summons, there would be at least five places. Takumi couldn't help but have a headache over what to do with the remaining four places.
"This is the situation. Do any of you want to participate?" Takumi asked the girls.
Hestia and Hephaestus said, "Are you sure that if we participate, we won't summon an alternate version of ourselves?" If that happened, it might be embarrassing and unfair to others.
Riveria was more direct: "I'm not free."
Lulacy: "Plus one."
"Same as above." The hunting team consisting of Kanae, Esdeath, Saeko Busujima, Rika Minami, Shizuka Marikawa, Shinobu Kochou, Kanao, Leah, and others abstained one after another. Ann and the others had just arrived and were not yet used to the work, so they were not about to join.
"Me me me! I want to participate!" Megumin raised her hands high and was the first to sign up.
"Well, I've decided on Megumin for now. Are there any others?"
"It seems interesting, so count me in." Frau was also very interested in this new activity.
"Okay, Frau counts as one. There are two left. Who else?" Takumi turned around and found that no one else among the girls around him was willing to participate. Irisviel wanted to stay and take care of Illya, so she did not participate. Takumi then went to the other girls to ask if they wanted to play.
"Wait, can I? I would like to participate if possible." As soon as Alice Nakiri heard there was such an interesting event, she immediately expressed her intention to take part.
"Okay, Alice counts as one. Does anyone want the last spot?" Takumi nodded and then asked the chefs, like Ryoko Sakaki.
"Let's forget it. If Alice leaves, the work will fall on us." Seeing this, Takumi didn't force it. Just as he was about to go elsewhere to ask, Asuna Yuuki suddenly raised her hand. She asked with some anxiety, "Well, can I do it if I don't have magic power?" Asuna was very excited, mainly because she wanted to see other worlds. But she was different from the others; she was not a member of the Dimensional City's core establishment, nor had she mastered extraordinary power. She hadn't signed up right away, but since Takumi was about to leave, she decided to try.
"It's okay. If it's magic power, you can use magic crystals instead, so I guess you're the last one." Takumi thought for a while and agreed. The main reason was that Asuna was different from the others; excluding her now would not be good for internal harmony. Secondly, he was too lazy to keep asking around.
Including Asuna Yuuki, four people were just enough. So, the four Masters on Takumi's side were decided: Megumin, Frau, Alice Nakiri, and Asuna Yuuki. Considering that among these four, except for Frau, the remaining three lacked self-protection abilities, Takumi equipped each of them with a homunculus battle maid and several life-saving props like talismans. Then they were brought to the Type-Moon World.
"Okay, let's start the summoning." After setting up an external magic supply device for Asuna Yuuki and having the maids help prepare the magic circle, Takumi took the lead. He took out Avalon as a holy relic and used his special Command Spell to summon.
"Declare!"
"Your body is entrusted to my command, and my destiny is attached to your sword! (I give you magic power and you work for me)"
"Respond to the call of the Holy Grail, and those who obey this will and principle, respond to me! (I was deceived by the Holy Grail. If you can hear it, and if you have similar opinions to me, just give me a shout)"
"I am the one who accomplishes all the good deeds in the world, and I am the one who brings together all the evil in the world! (But it's easy to say first, I may do good things, or I may do bad things)"
"Wait, is that what the spell originally meant?" Alice Nakiri said she couldn't bear to look at it, and Asuna Yuuki next to her nodded in agreement. After Takumi did this, both were somewhat disillusioned with the mystery. Megumin and Frau burst out laughing and rolled on the ground.
"That's pretty much it. Don't worry about it so much. Anyway, as long as the other person can understand it." Takumi, who was jokingly translating, waved his hands nonchalantly and then shouted the last chant seriously: "Surrounded by the three great words of power for seven days, cross the wheel of suppression and appear! Guardian of the Scales!"
Boom! Magic power erupted on the magic circle, and a dazzling light lit up. None of the people present were ordinary; even Asuna's physical level was far beyond a normal person by now. They stood up against the light, wanting to see the summoned Heroic Spirit. When the light dissipated, they saw a tall figure emerging.
This was a blonde woman with blue eyes, a figure that dwarfed them—a cold and charming woman wearing silver armor and holding a lance.
"Hm? Why isn't it the standard Saber version?" Takumi saw her and was stunned.
"I'm really sorry if I am too mature for you." The woman glanced at Takumi, responded quietly, and then bent down to salute. "Servant, Ruler, has arrived in compliance with the call. Please give me your guidance, Master."
Takumi was stunned again. "Ruler? Where are your bunny ears? And this spirit dress is wrong. Why are you wearing Lancer's armor?"
The Servant in front of him was indeed Artoria, King Arthur, but it was a mature version. Moreover, she was a Ruler-class "Bunny King" wearing a Lancer-level skin.
"Since it's all me, it's not strange what I wear, right?" Artoria looked at Takumi quietly and said meaningfully: "Besides, do you want me to go out dressed like that? If so, I can change back."
"No! This is fine! Ahem, keep the Bunny King outfit until I have time to look at it later this evening." Artoria was noncommittal and didn't say anything else.
"Um," Alice Nakiri and the others came up and looked at Artoria. "Is this King Arthur?" Alice was surprised by her presence.
"It's actually a woman?" Asuna Yuuki also expressed her shock. King Arthur was actually a woman, and such a beautiful one at that!
"Well, no need for you to worry about this. Many Heroic Spirits here have different genders than the legends," Takumi explained to them, then urged: "Okay, you've seen the demonstration, now it's your turn to summon."