But that was not human technology...
"That's far too extravagant. This kind of Mystery must continuously consume magical energy, right? What a waste..." Rin sighed.
This method of directly wielding Mystery was certainly convenient, skipping the process of magecraft, but it also truly consumed a great deal of magical energy.
"What is she, some Middle Eastern oil tycoon?" Rin quipped. "Or is there really something special about the Servant she summoned?"
"Probably not." Archer said. "The change in her was likely hidden inside her body. It simply hadn't manifested until now, but with the summoning of a Servant, whatever had been accumulating within her began to flow out... Put simply, it was like she had saved up ten years' worth of magical energy. But that accumulated magical energy was not a good thing—it was poison. In that sense, Saber's appearance may have saved her life."
"What an insightful observation, Archer. Don't tell me you're some kind of magus or something." Rin was astonished.
"Perhaps you could summon me as a Caster too," Archer teased. "As long as you don't mind that I can barely use any magecraft."
"I'll pass on that. Things are pretty good as they are." As Rin Tohsaka spoke, she suddenly realized that they had already reached Fuyuki Bridge.
"You've got to be kidding. We're really here?"
After accelerating, they had reached Fuyuki Bridge in no time.
The journey would originally have taken until midnight, but now it had not even taken half an hour.
"Seriously, you really don't know?" Rin asked again.
"Mm... How should I put it? If we count the previous purification as well, it kind of... maybe... perhaps had a bit of a Nordic feeling?" Archer was still thinking.
"Nordic?" Rin tilted her head.
"There are only some traces of it. It might