Three Methods, Three Plans

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On a high slope in Fuyuki City stood a mansion comparable in size to a Western manor. Parts of the surrounding walls were covered in vines, making it seem as though it had seen many years.

At present, only one person lived in this mansion.

Compared to its size, the number of residents was pitifully small—so small that even calling it extravagant seemed insufficient.

This mansion was the residence of the Tohsaka Family—Rin Tohsaka's home.

The manager of Fuyuki City's Leyline lived here.

By now, night had completely fallen.

Inside the mansion, in the second-floor hall, Noah circled the vast Western-style room before finally stopping in front of a table and turning his gaze toward it.

There was a photograph on it, framed and displayed neatly.

What appeared in the photograph seemed to be a family portrait.

A handsome, refined-looking man.

A gentle, virtuous-looking woman.

And a little girl who looked very happy.

These three people made up the family portrait before Noah, displaying the entire composition of the Tohsaka Family.

Noah recognized her at a glance.

That little girl was Rin Tohsaka as a child.

Then, the man and woman beside her should have been Rin Tohsaka's parents, right?

Yet after entering the Tohsaka Family's home, Noah had not seen even a trace of those parents.

Clearly, Rin Tohsaka's parents were not here.

Where had Rin Tohsaka's parents gone?

Noah did not ask.

The reason was simple.

As members of a mage bloodline, Rin Tohsaka's parents were surely involved in the world of magecraft as well.

In a world filled with madmen, where even their values might be