Clock Tower, old school building.
As the golden halo before her eyes faded, Jinako's vision cleared, revealing her familiar bedroom and a computer still glowing on the desk.
Jinako murmured groggily.
"We're back?"
"Mm..."
As the low, familiar male voice came from beside her, Jinako whirled around, looked up at Karna, and pounced on him in delight.
"That's great, Lancer! You're all right too!"
Her eyes shone with heartfelt relief as she clung to him excitedly.
According to the information she had looked up before, the Holy Grail War had always been notorious for its brutality. Whether Masters or Servants, their survival rate was basically below 50%!
Now that the conflict was over, it was incredibly fortunate that she and her Servant had both made it out unscathed.
Soon after returning to her residence, Jinako received another exhilarating piece of news from her perfectly intact personal computer and cheered again.
"My game saves! My game saves—and my thesis—are all still here!"
When the spiritual virus developed by Thousand Tree invaded, causing the temple to fall, many personal electronic devices inside had been almost completely destroyed.
Jinako, who had witnessed the battle firsthand, naturally knew the outcome all too well.
At that moment, the heartbroken hardcore gamer had only one wish: to preserve the game progress she had painstakingly grinded out.
Yet unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, everything she had saved on her personal computer had returned with her to her residence, completely untouched.
The Holy Grail!
Right, it had to be because we obtained the Holy Grail! This was God's reward!
With one hand holding Karna's beside her and the other flipping through the records of the game she had yet to clear, Jinako's little face flushed bright red with excitement. She practically wanted to cross her hands