"--!!!"
At last, she saw what was before her.
It was a blue, alien lifeform.
It looked like some kind of marine creature.
It seemed somewhat different from the phantom-like crimson body behind her.
Her entire body was frozen, and she could not even cry out.
Rin was a smart child.
But this terror, unbearable even for mages, bore down on a young girl like Mount Tai.
The cold despair pressing against her heart made Rin feel as though her five senses were falling apart.
Closer.
It was getting closer and closer.
Those crimson eyes murmured behind her, letting out beast-like growls.
Her vision began to darken, and her steps gradually became unsteady.
"Tap--tap--tap--"
Yet at that moment, Rin Tohsaka seemed to hear a sound.
For some reason, hearing it gave Rin a subtle sense of reassurance.
Her eyelids grew heavy.
Then, Rin saw a pair of white boots.
She struggled to lift her head.
Then she saw the crimson dress.
Ah... she was not a mage.
She seemed to be nothing more than an older sister.
"Dangerous... don't come closer..."
Rin murmured.
Her body swayed.
But just as Rin was about to fall, she felt someone catch her.
"Yawn..."
Irisviel yawned.
For some reason, she felt very tired.
Even though it seemed that night had only just fallen.
She had been planning to wait for Emiya Kiritsugu to return.
"The weather is very abnormal, Irisviel." Artoria had not been greatly affected, and she was also looking up at the sky.
Today's weather was highly unusual, and an unsettling presence was drifting over from the direction of Fuyuki.
"Yes. This Holy Grail War seems to have had something wrong with it from the very beginning." Irisviel sighed. "At first, I thought it was merely my imagination, but now it seems