"A tavern?" Matou Sakura blinked at Skadi.
"Or... somewhere with lots of people?" Skadi tilted her head.
Chapter 1290: Skadi Said Nothing, Then Used Tsunami Wave Strike on You
The strings began to play softly on the street.
The tranquil sound lingered in the air.
Like a morning tune awakening the weary, it made people stop in their tracks.
Even hurried office workers would turn their ears toward the music upon hearing it.
"Upon the parched earth, within the scorching hell, stands a castle of ice."
"Let me tell you that distant, ancient tale."
The language of the lyrics was one no one had ever heard before.
Yet the meaning behind those words seemed to seep directly into everyone's hearts.
This was a wandering singer, telling an ancient story.
"The castle is forever cursed by ice, and a maiden is forever sealed in ice—"
"O lonely maiden—"
"This... is a language I've never heard before. What is it?"
Using the information relayed by his familiar, Tohsaka Tokiomi opened a book and searched for the language she was singing in.
It was clearly an uncommon language. If he could decipher it, he would be able to learn this Servant's identity.
"Rider!"
On the other side of the street corner, Waver was tugging at the hem of a burly man's clothes. Unfortunately, his efforts did nothing to halt the man's advance.
Waver Velvet was a student from the Clock Tower and the disciple of the Clock Tower's genius, Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald.
After being harshly rebuked by his teacher over his thesis, he stole the Holy Relic Kayneth had prepared in a fit of anger and came to Fuyuki.
As the descendant of a newly established mage family that had only lasted a few generations, Waver wanted to prove that one's future could