"Caster, was there something over there just now?"
Rin Tohsaka looked at Lu Minghao with a puzzled expression. She clearly hadn't seen anything just now, and what exactly was this 'mongrel king'?
"A little surprise. You'll find out later."
Looking at the innocent Rin Tohsaka in front of him, Lu Minghao didn't tell her what the mongrel king was. Moreover, rather than telling her about the events of the previous Holy Grail War, including how her father was betrayed by his own disciple,
Lu Minghao preferred to wait for Rin Tohsaka to learn about it through her own efforts later on. After all, the expression on Rin Tohsaka's face would definitely be interesting then.
"Hmph! Fine, don't tell me then! I'm going back!"
With a huff full of tsundere pride, Rin Tohsaka swung her pigtails and walked towards the stairs of the building. However, when Lu Minghao was behind her, Rin Tohsaka's tsundere little expression could no longer be maintained, and her teeth gnashed.
She hated guys who only said half of something, stopping just when they had piqued her interest.
"Heh."
Lu Minghao watched Rin Tohsaka's departing back, chuckled softly, and followed. And as Lu Minghao expected, they encountered Sakura Matou, who was talking to the mongrel king, on the way back, just like in the original story.
Unfortunately, Rin Tohsaka, faced with her younger sister who had been sent away since childhood, immediately pulled Lu Minghao into a corner and hid, only daring to come out after the mongrel king and Sakura Matou left.
She even explained to Lu Minghao with a tsundere face that she didn't go to school today and didn't want Sakura to see her.
To this, Lu Minghao, knowing the reason, just smiled perfunctorily, indicating that whatever makes his Master happy is fine.
.......
The next day.
Rin Tohsaka, having changed into her school uniform early in the morning, ignored Lu Minghao, who was lying on the sofa eating her snacks and watching TV, and walked to the telephone to dial a familiar number.
"Kirei? It's me. I formed a contract with Caster yesterday. Please register me as a formal Master."
"Alright, but what do you plan to do? Aren't you planning to come here? There are things left behind by your parents."
"Are you talking about my father's last words? I've already deciphered them, so it's fine."
After speaking, Rin Tohsaka hung up the phone directly, then looked at Lu Minghao lying on the sofa.
"Caster, let's go. I'm going to school."
"Understood, but Master, you've already joined the Holy Grail War. Once you win and obtain the Holy Grail, you can make any wish. So why are you still going to school? As long as you obtain the Holy Grail, the entire world can be yours."
On the sofa, Lu Minghao turned over and lay on the backrest, asking Rin Tohsaka with a seductive voice. After all, logically speaking, most people would choose to temporarily not go to school after joining the Holy Grail War and start fantasizing about the wishes they would make with the Holy Grail.
"For the Tohsaka family, the Holy Grail is the long-cherished wish that has been inherited for generations."
"The family's long-cherished wish, huh? Then what about you, Master? What wish do you want to use the Holy Grail to fulfill?"
"Wish? I don't have any wishes. Although the Holy Grail has the power to conquer the world, such a thing is also very troublesome. It's meaningless to make a wish for such a thing."
"Then why are you participating in this war?"
Speaking of this, Lu Minghao stood up from the sofa and walked in front of Rin Tohsaka, staring at her with his eyes, but the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
"Isn't the reason for fighting right there? For victory!"
"Ha... Hahaha... For victory, what a great reason!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Minghao could no longer suppress his laughter, but the laughter was full of mockery. He wondered if the ancestors of the Tohsaka family, who initially established the Holy Grail descent ritual, would jump out of their graves in anger if they knew that their descendants were only participating in the Holy Grail War for victory.
The Holy Grail War was initially established by the Three Families: the Tohsaka family, the Matou family, and the Einzbern family, who created it.
As for the reason why the Three Families established the Holy Grail descent ritual and started the Holy Grail War, Lu Minghao found it incredibly ridiculous. It was actually for the so-called world peace, a laughable dream.
This kind of thing, the three people who initially created the Holy Grail War, after foreseeing that they could not realize this dream, placed the hope of this dream on the Holy Grail, wanting to realize it by relying on the Holy Grail connected to the Root.
This kind of thing, in Lu Minghao's view, is simply a joke. If you want world peace, unless you erase all life in the entire world, then there will be a truly peaceful world without any war, hatred, or hostility.
Otherwise, it will never be possible, because as long as there is intelligent life, then regardless of whether it is for profit or their own inner greed, competition will occur. This is the inferiority of life, and it is also the instinct for life to thrive and grow... greed!
Just like the beasts of nature, if they want to grow their tribe, they must expand their territory and obtain more food, and expanding the territory will inevitably lead to competition.
World peace, in Lu Minghao's view, is as ridiculous as Shirou Emiya's so-called hero of justice. Shirou Emiya, who will become a guardian of humanity in the future, still has to make the so-called choice of sacrificing the few to save the many.
As a result, his future self descended to this era through the Holy Grail, wanting to kill himself at this time.
"Caster! You better tell me what you're laughing at! ?"
Facing Lu Minghao, who suddenly burst out laughing, the veins on Rin Tohsaka's fair forehead bulged, and her right hand, engraved with the Command Seals, was also quietly raised. If Lu Minghao didn't give her an explanation, Rin Tohsaka, with her tsundere personality, wouldn't mind using the Command Seals again.
"I'm just very happy that my Master is at least a pretty good guy. Compared to your ancestors' ignorant and ridiculous dream, you're really great."
"Is... is that so?"
Faced with Lu Minghao's sudden praise, Rin Tohsaka lowered her raised hand unconsciously, flicked her head with pigtails, and said in a delicate tone, then walked directly towards the door, ignoring Lu Minghao.
However, her lovely face carried a hint of a smile. After opening the door, Rin Tohsaka even felt that the morning sun was much brighter.
"Hey! Caster, what are you doing? Hurry up and follow me."
"Coming, coming, what a difficult Master to serve."
Under the sunlight, Rin Tohsaka, exuding the youthful气息 of a girl, stood at the door with one hand on her hip. Seeing this, Lu Minghao spread his hands and walked to his tsundere Master's side, merging into her shadow.
"Hmph, Caster, you're not allowed to peek."
"Understood, besides, who would be interested in peeking at such childish things as blue and white stripes."
"Huh?"
Just as Lu Minghao's voice fell, Rin Tohsaka's cheeks visibly turned red, and her hands instinctively pressed down on her skirt, her shamefully angry eyes staring at her shadow.
"Caster, did you see it?"
"Hey! Caster, answer me!"
"........"
A few minutes later, looking at her shadow, which was still motionless, Rin Tohsaka had to try to take small enough steps towards the school, after all, it was almost time for class. As for Caster, she would teach this guy a lesson tonight.
More than ten minutes later, Rin Tohsaka walked into the school amidst the strange gazes of other students. Many students familiar with Rin Tohsaka began to speculate whether she was feeling unwell today, as her cautious gait clearly indicated something was wrong.
"!! Caster."
Just then, Rin Tohsaka, who had just entered the school, suddenly froze in place, her beautiful eyes filled with shock. The surrounding air felt incredibly heavy in her perception, indicating that someone had erected a bounded field within the school.
"Don't worry, I'm here. Besides, this bounded field has only just been prepared and hasn't been activated yet, so there's no need to worry."
"Truly inept. Where did this guy come from? A bounded field that makes people feel abnormal is just third-rate. If you're going to do it, you should at least make it undetectable until it's activated to be considered first-rate."
"What does Master plan to do?"
"Hmph! I don't care if he's first-rate or third-rate. Anyone who dares to release such tasteless things in my territory, there's no need to say more, just defeat them directly. As for the bounded field, I'll investigate it thoroughly after school and decide whether to destroy it depending on the situation."
After speaking, Rin Tohsaka pretended not to have noticed anything and walked towards the school's interior.
After that, throughout the entire day, Lu Minghao stayed within Rin Tohsaka's shadow. Due to excessive boredom, he could only admire Rin Tohsaka's beautiful legs, which even Lord Guan would praise, for the whole day. During this time, when Rin Tohsaka was helping Sakura Matou gather scattered documents in the hallway, Lu Minghao even observed her slightly.
Honestly, Lu Minghao actually thought Sakura Matou was quite suitable to be his host. After all, with the experience of being sent to the Matou family from a young age, Lu Minghao had full confidence in completely corrupting Sakura Matou and completely controlling her.
But for now, forget it.
In the evening, inside the empty classroom, Rin Tohsaka stood by the window, watching the last students leaving the school gate below. Then, she turned around and walked towards the node of the magical bounded field she sensed, beginning to investigate the effects of the bounded field.
Half an hour later, on the rooftop, Rin Tohsaka looked at the bright red runes that had appeared on the ground, her expression becoming somewhat unpleasant. She didn't recognize a single one of these runes.
"This is troublesome... I can't handle this kind of bounded field on my own."
Looking at the runes that had once again concealed themselves, Rin Tohsaka frowned and looked around. Now, she had roughly figured out the effect of the bounded field, but it was precisely because of this that she felt so overwhelmed.
"Caster, you should already know the purpose of this bounded field. Do you have any solutions?"
"Yes, I already know. I used to use this kind of bounded field often, but the guy who set up the bounded field is really wasteful."
From within the shadow, Lu Minghao's body gradually emerged. Then, he raised his head, looked at the school enveloped by the bounded field, and said with a hint of disdain on his face. The effect of this bounded field, once activated, would literally dissolve the people within the bounded field.
Their entire bodies would dissolve into useless blood, and the remaining souls would be collected by the bounded field and converted into magical power.
It could be said to be a rather brutal thing, but for Lu Minghao, it was a bit too childish, even a bit disdainful. It could only collect souls, but the value of the physical body was not utilized at all.
Trash!
"Used to use... Oh right, you're a Demon King."
Beside him, Rin Tohsaka, who had been looking solemn just a second ago, looked at Lu Minghao with a grimace upon hearing that he used to use this kind of thing often. Then, she remembered that when she first met Lu Minghao, he had said that he was a Demon King.
For a Demon King, using this kind of bounded field seemed to be a very normal thing.
"What do you plan to do, Master? Although I don't need you to provide magical power, if we're aiming for victory in the Holy Grail War, taking all these souls for myself and increasing my magical power storage would also be a good choice, especially with a ready-made bounded field."
At this moment, Lu Minghao suddenly approached Rin Tohsaka, asking with a smile close to her face. Lu Minghao really had such an idea regarding this matter. After all, his current form was only a Heroic Spirit, and compared to his main body's abyss-like magical power, it was simply insignificant.
If there was an opportunity to increase his magical power storage, Lu Minghao wouldn't mind doing so.
"Caster, that statement really irritates me. Also, you're not allowed to say that again in the future, and you definitely can't do that."
Opposite her, Rin Tohsaka's expression turned cold after hearing Lu Minghao's words, her tone filled with determination. Although she understood that such things were normal for Lu Minghao, who was a Demon King before becoming a Heroic Spirit, and that doing so would be a beneficial decision for them to win the Holy Grail War.
However, her inner kindness and insistence made Rin Tohsaka absolutely unwilling to allow Lu Minghao to do so.
"Fine, anyway, the soul quality of ordinary people is too poor. This little bit isn't even enough for me to release a fireball."
Looking at the resolute Rin Tohsaka, Lu Minghao gave up on the matter. After all, a school's worth of souls, at most less than a thousand people, and all ordinary people, the magical power condensed wouldn't even be enough for Lu Minghao to cast a large fireball.
Of course, if it were the entire Fuyuki City, then Lu Minghao would definitely not give up.
"Well, in any case, let's destroy this bounded field first, and then find the guy who set it up."
"Regarding that, the guy who set up the bounded field is right there. Am I right, the guy with the spear and E-rank luck?"
As he spoke, Lu Minghao looked towards the water tower on the side. There, a handsome man in blue and white armor, carrying a bright red spear on his shoulder, was squatting, his scarlet eyes scrutinizing Lu Minghao and Rin Tohsaka.
"What, you already found me."
On the water tower, the lancer slowly stood up, his handsome face showing a hint of ease, seemingly not taking the two of them seriously at all.
"...Did you do this?"
"No, scheming is the job of a magus. We only fight according to orders. What do you say, little brother over there?"
"Are you looking down on magi?"
Suddenly, Lu Minghao's voice rang in the lancer's ear. By the time he reacted, a fist was reflected in his eye socket. In haste, the lancer only managed to block the spear in front of his chest, followed by a powerful force that directly sent him flying.
"Caster!"
"Alright, now it's battle time. Master, just stay here and watch the battle."
After speaking, Lu Minghao raised his hand and aimed at the flying lancer, launching several three-meter diameter, platinum-white fireballs. Lu Minghao's body also followed closely behind, rushing up.
"Caster! Tch, what's going on!"
Watching Lu Minghao leave, Rin Tohsaka could only shout in annoyance and run towards the edge of the rooftop. However, before she could run two steps, a series of explosions rang out, and Rin Tohsaka's body was directly blown away by the shockwave.
"What!"
When Rin Tohsaka got up from the ground, she only saw that the entire school had turned into a raging sea of fire, and several buildings had turned into ruins in the previous explosions.
"Are you kidding me? This is a fireball?"
