Higashino Kanade suddenly spoke up.
"What is it at a critical time like this?" Waver looked a little surprised.
"You participated in a Holy Grail War, so you should know that Command Spells can be transferred. Do you have a way to transfer control over a Servant?" Higashino Kanade asked an unrelated question.
"Why are you asking that all of a sudden?" Waver pushed up his glasses in confusion, but still explained seriously, "In theory, Servants are similar to familiars, so control can be handed over. But a medium is required."
"And there are many things that can serve as a medium, such as..."
Before Waver could finish explaining, a crimson bolt of lightning tore through the sky. A massive clap of thunder followed, interrupting him.
The once-clear sky had somehow become blanketed by dark clouds. Crimson lightning writhed through the clouds like frenzied pythons, while a powerful storm whipped everyone's clothes with a loud flutter.
"Master, something is coming!"
Grea cried out. Holding Add, she could clearly sense a mass of powerful Mana circling above them, lingering in the air as though inviting them up.
"Mana clouds?"
Higashino Kanade activated his Sharingan and discovered that the dark clouds overhead were formed from thin layers of Mana. At the center of the thunderclouds, a familiar mass of Mana was circling.
"So it really is Hephaestion." Higashino Kanade muttered in annoyance. The battle with a Servant was finally about to begin.
"You two wait down there. I'll go meet her."
After giving the order, Higashino Kanade leaped lightly onto the roof of the train car.
"Wait!"
Not to be outdone, Waver climbed up the ladder and said, "Since she's the thief who stole my Holy Relic, I naturally have to settle things with her too."
"I'd advise you to stay below.