"Th-this is..."
Shirou Emiya stared at the beautiful blonde female knight who had appeared before him as if by magic, his eyes filled with shock.
After that madman had come after him again, he could only instinctively follow Senior Xu Yue's instructions and head to the storage room to find the life-saving item Kiritsugu had left him.
Yet who could have expected that the moment he entered, he seemed to trigger something?
As the final Servant in the Holy Grail War, Shirou Emiya also possessed the Ideal Kingdom, the King of Knights' conceptual Holy Relic. Thus, he did not need to do anything else. The summoning activated automatically the moment he entered.
It summoned Artoria Pendragon, the Knight of the Sword and the theoretical victor of the previous Holy Grail War, into the World of the Living.
The instant she appeared, Saber struck Cu Chulainn back, sending the crazed pursuer flying. Only after driving back the enemy did Saber turn around, her armored skirt clinking with metal, and look down at Shirou Emiya on the ground.
"Answer me..."
"Are you my Master?"
That cool, gallant voice snapped Shirou Emiya out of his daze.
What?
This beautiful blonde female knight was the life-saving item Uncle Xu Yue had said Kiritsugu had left for him?
Well, she had indeed saved his life.
But why did this all feel a little strange? She called him Master?
Could it be...
A family-inherited maid?
Shaking the strange thoughts from his mind, Shirou Emiya was, after all, still a companion of justice overflowing with righteousness.
"Servant Saber, I have answered your summons."
"Master, please give your command."
"From this moment on, my sword shall be with you."
"Your fate shall coexist with mine."
"Thus, the contract is complete."
Seeing that Shirou Emiya did not react, Saber