A Core Ship From The Start
/ A Core Ship From The Start Chapter 1121
Chapter 1121: 768 Chapter 1121: 768 The girl had a dream.
She still remembered that time when her father's retreating figure was disappearing into the distance, and she just stood there dumbly, completely unaware of what had happened.
Had she done something wrong?
Why would her father abandon her?
The girl couldn't understand, but soon, a hunched and emaciated figure appeared before her.
“From today onwards, forget your mother, your sister; you have no home to return to, this is now your home,”
the old man's withered voice echoed in the girl's ears, instilling fear, and making her shudder, wanting to curl up into a ball. But she couldn't escape, no matter what; darkness seemed to envelop her with the old man's voice, almost completely swallowing her up… However, at that moment, a large and warm hand reached out, touching the girl's head. She opened her eyes and saw that tall figure…
“MASTER?”
“Uh…”
The sound that reached her ears made the girl groggily open her eyes and look out the window to see the sky still shrouded by white clouds.
“What's wrong? Did something happen, ASSASSIN?”
“No, it's just that you seemed unwell… Is there a problem with your body?”
“No, just a nightmare.”
The girl–Sakura shook her head, then sat up and looked out the window. Through the window's reflection, one could clearly see a beautiful girl with long, soft, dark purple hair, no longer the clueless little girl she once was. The current Sakura had grown up a lot. Both her appearance and figure far exceeded what they had been before.
“The plane is about to land, isn't it…”
As she murmured, Sakura turned her gaze back inside and closed her eyes with a long exhale.
Eight years had passed.
For Sakura, and for the El-Melloi Family, these eight years could neither be called good nor bad. In the beginning, when they learned that Duanmu Huai and others had left the Clock Tower for some investigation, the Monarchs were able to remain calm, but as time passed day by day, they slowly began to lose patience and started probing the bottom line of the El-Melloi Family.
In the end, the Monarchs invoked their Crown Position to seize control of the El-Melloi Family's Archaeology Department under the guise of safekeeping, turning it instead to the Modern Magic Department. Of course, on the surface, it was just temporary custody, but Reines, Sakura, and Fiore all knew that if Duanmu Huai and the others didn't return, they would lose control over the Archaeology Department forever.
However… El-Melloi II did quite well.
At first, Sakura had some concerns that the man looked too frail to deal with the deceit and cunning within the Clock Tower. Fortunately, although the man himself did not possess strength as great as her brother Duanmu, he did indeed have an excellent teaching talent. Reines, Sakura, and Fiore all benefited significantly from his teaching.
By the way, one reason the El-Melloi Family still held a place in the Clock Tower, in addition to the networks left by the Tribunal, was through the efforts of Reines, Fiore, and Sakura.
Fiore had skills in Spirit-falling Technique and human anatomy that were not inferior to those of a top-rank lecturer at the Clock Tower, and Sakura, due to her rare Imaginary Attributes and the careful instruction of Medea, also had abilities worthy of the title “Crown Position.”
Even though Reines was the least talented among the three, her skills in political negotiation were unmatched. Because of this, the trio was known inside the Clock Tower as the three pillars of the El-Melloi Family. It was due to their existence that the El-Melloi Family was able to maintain its position even after the loss of Duanmu Huai.
But competing with the Monarchs was still too difficult.
And they were also waiting, waiting for the return of Duanmu Huai… After all, he had said he would come back in eight years, and Sakura hoped to show her growth in front of Duanmu Huai and Lorena.
But then… some unexpected things happened.
Thinking of this, Sakura looked at the Command Spell on the back of her hand and sighed with resignation. Indeed, this Command Spell had appeared on her hand one day when she woke up. At first, Sakura was also confused, but in the end, she decided to participate in the Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City.
On one hand, for Sakura, it was an opportunity to bring closure to her past. On the other hand, she also wanted to investigate what exactly was going on. Because Sakura clearly remembered, Duanmu Huai had said that he and Medea had dismantled the Great Holy Grail in Fuyuki City, and after that, according to Reines's investigation, the Magic Association did indeed send people to investigate Fuyuki to see if they could replicate the Holy Grail Ceremony's Heroic Spirit summoning process, but they returned without success.
Logically, this should mean that the Great Holy Grail had already been dismantled, so why did it resurface after ten years?
This was also the focus of Sakura's investigation, after all, she was no longer the powerless girl of the past, but a rare “Color” magician within the Clock Tower. In fact, in the eyes of those within the Clock Tower, Sakura had already become an even more prodigious existence than the former Monarch of the El-Melloi Family, Kenneth.
After all, Kenneth had reached the “Color” rank only in his twenties, whereas Sakura was just 16 years old. With her age and the special Imaginary Attributes, coupled with being the direct disciple of Medea, it was not entirely impossible for her to achieve the highest “Crown Position” within her lifetime.
Of course, Kenneth was also a “Color” magician at the start, hmm… he still ended up dying in the Holy Grail War…
Actually, at the beginning, Reines and Fiore wanted to accompany Sakura, but Sakura still declined their kindness. On one hand, both of them being the heads of the El-Melloi and Furvidge families respectively, could not leave their territories for long. On the other hand, in Sakura's view, this was her private matter, and it didn't feel right to have her friends risk their lives on such a dangerous adventure.
After all, not only had Kenneth not come back, but his fiancee Sonia hadn't returned either.
Sakura herself now had a status akin to a freeloader within the El-Melloi Family, so it didn't matter much for her, but if both heads of the El-Melloi and Furvidge families were to encounter mishaps, even Duanmu Huai's return would be in vain.
By the way, it's said that El-Melloi II also seemed to want to participate in the fifth Holy Grail War, which Sakura found somewhat incomprehensible. After all, the other party had already participated in the fourth Holy Grail War and knew all too well how cruel it was, yet he still wished to participate… Well, it's difficult to understand.
Although dissuaded by Sakura not to come along, the two still prepared a lot for her. Fiore prepared for Sakura something called the “Imaginary Ring” and the “Connection Strengthening Defensive Bundle.” The former could better trigger Sakura's Imaginary Magic Power, and the latter would automatically guard Sakura against attacks. According to Fiore, she had heard of a magician who could destroy an opponent's activated Magic Circuit merely by touching it. Therefore, to be on the safe side, she specially created this defensive bundle driven by animal spirits, so that even if Sakura were to be attacked, she wouldn't have to worry about any problems with her own Magic Circuit.
Although Reines did not possess Fiore's abilities, she also used her own connections to provide Sakura with information about two Masters–the enforcer sent by the Mage's Association to Fuyuki City for the war was from the Mage's Association Seal Designation Enforcement, Bazett Fraga McRemitz.
The other was a wealthy Middle Eastern magician named Atram Galiasta.
Of course, while it would be impossible to investigate things like the magics and trump cards the two were proficient in, just being able to identify the identities of the two Masters was already a considerable gain.
No, for Sakura, it might be three.
“Will sister also participate in this war?”
Although she voiced a question, Sakura knew it was not an actual query. After all, her father had chosen her sister over herself as the heir, so as the inheritor of the Tohsaka family, her sister would naturally not miss the ritual of the Holy Grail War.
So, how should she meet with her sister?
Thinking this, Sakura reached out and stroked the headband tied in her hair. It was the only gift she received from her sister before she left home. So, what had become of her sister now? Would she, like their father, become a cold-hearted magician who would sacrifice everything for the pursuit of the Root?
Sakura wasn't quite sure how to imagine her sister who had grown up, but in fact, she herself had changed quite a bit, too. Due to the awakening of Imaginary Attributes, Sakura's hair had begun to transform into a strange purple color.
The Tohsaka family's rule was to be elegant–though it didn't matter much to her now that she had left the Tohsaka family and taken up the El-Melloi surname.
“MASTER, the plane is about to land, please be prepared,”
“I know, thank you, ASSASSIN.”
As she heard the voice again, Sakura sat up straight. This time her luck was not very good; the one she summoned was ASSASSIN, but somewhat atypical from the general ASSASSINS–well, at least Sakura felt that even as an ASSASSIN, they could fight on equal terms with other Heroic Spirits.
The plane slowly touched down, and Sakura stepped off the gangway, looking at the city before her that was both familiar and unfamiliar, feeling a surge of myriad emotions.
This was her hometown, her place of origin. Sakura had never thought of leaving here in the past, and now she had never thought of returning here either.
But still, she had come back.
“What should we do next, MASTER?”
“First, secure a base, and then… let's go see the situation with the Great Holy Grail. I'm really curious, how has the Great Holy Grail, which was supposedly dismantled, reappeared?”
Indeed, inside the Clock Tower, it was rumored that Medea had not left, but had disappeared. This also meant that the Spiritual Bodies summoned by the Great Holy Grail also had their limits. However, whether this was indeed true, even Sakura did not know. She remembered that Duanmu Huai and the others had spoken of leaving with the casualness of someone going on a long journey.
If something had happened to Miss Medea, he wouldn't have shown such a simple expression, would he…?
With this thought, Sakura pulled herself back from her reverie and looked ahead.
“Let's go.”
Having said that, Sakura pulled her suitcase and stepped onto the land of her hometown.
Chapter end
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