"Kirei? It's me. I formed a contract with Archer yesterday. Please register me as an official Master."
There was a stretch of silence from the other end, making Rin feel a little nervous.
"Very well. So what are you going to do, never come here even once? There are things your parents left in my care. They asked me to give them to you once you became a Master, or before you came of age—"
"—Ah, you mean Father's last words?" Rin interrupted Kirei. "I already obtained those through deciphering, so there's no need. Well then, I'll come bother you whenever I feel like it—ah, wait. There's one more thing!"
Rin nearly hung up.
But then something suddenly occurred to her.
"—You know, don't you?"
"What?"
"There are other magi in Fuyuki City."
"Hoh?"
The scene suddenly shifted to a priest inside a church. The corners of his mouth curled upward, and he looked thoroughly delighted.
[Delight!]
[Priest Mapo: So you finally noticed, huh? 233]
[I'm dying, I bet Mapo knew all along and waited until now just to see Rin's expression.]
[Mapo's magecraft isn't that impressive, though. Could he really notice?]
[Mapo might not, but Golden Flash is beside him.]
"Why ask that all of a sudden?"
Kirei Kotomine asked in return.
"My Servant said the entire Fuyuki City was unnaturally 'clean.' Other than someone purifying this land, there was basically no other possibility."
—And it definitely couldn't be you, you fake priest.
But Rin did not say that last part aloud.
"Very well. Then I'll tell you. Indeed, as far as I know, there is something living in Fuyuki City akin to a 'witch.'"
"A-a witch?! You mean, one connected to the First Magician...?"
Rin's words came out in a jumble, and even her drowsiness seemed to lessen