Sajyou Manaka planned to summon none other than King Arthur.
Arthur Pendragon, the strongest Saber, who was said to be equivalent to victory if summoned in a Sub-Holy Grail War.
However, Sajyou Manaka did not care about the Servant's strength.
She had not gone to such lengths to obtain the scabbard for that reason.
Nor was Sajyou Manaka a fan of King Arthur.
Until three years ago, her knowledge of the legends of the Knights of the Round Table had been limited to stories she had heard in childhood.
The reason she chose King Arthur as her Servant was that the girl had happened to catch a glimpse of—
The future in which she would fall in love.
After being born into this world, the first thing Sajyou Manaka saw was not her parents' faces, but a darkness as profound as the universe.
Within that absolute darkness was a vortex like the center of all creation.
She did not know what "that thing" was—the thing she saw whenever she closed her eyes.
That was until Aika's father began teaching her magecraft—
It turned out to be the origin of all things, known as the "Root."
From that day onward, Sajyou Manaka became the embodiment of truth.
After understanding that her body was connected to the Root, she became capable of doing anything in the world.
If there needed to be life—she made a wish, and life sprang forth.
If there needed to be death—she whispered, and death spread.
It could be said that the world was connected to her, and she was connected to the world.
Sajyou Manaka became an omniscient and omnipotent being.
Anything could be manipulated, accomplished, or destroyed at her whim.
And so, the girl, unable to find any joy, set a single rule for