Since it wasn't a bug, it had to be an ally.
"Hey! Little girl inside! Did you summon a Heroic Spirit?!" Ternan twisted around and shouted toward the warehouse behind him, which had fallen back into pitch-black silence after the golden light faded.
"Can you come out and lend a hand? Against demonic heretics like Oswaldo, there's no need to play fair. Let's gang up on him!"
Inside the warehouse, amid the darkness.
Firefly stood beside the empty Summoning Circle, her eyes blank for a moment.
Hearing Ternan shouting outside, Firefly naturally wanted to rush out and help.
After all, there were two Heroic Spirits outside.
One was a true Nameless Guest who believed in friendship and bonds, someone who never forgot his companions even unto death.
The other was a former Nameless Guest who led the notorious Market Expansion Department within the infamous Interastral Peace Corporation, became an even more notorious director, and had just chased her down like a mad dog.
Was there even a choice to make?
"I... I want to help too..."
Firefly looked around, and the confusion in her eyes gradually turned to disbelief.
She was certain she had completed the summoning ritual. The Command Spell had flashed as well.
But the problem was...
"Where's my Servant?!"
"Where did my huge, glowing Servant go?!"
"Don't panic! Don't panic, Firefly! You're a professional!" Firefly anxiously patted her chest, forcing herself to calm down.
"Think carefully. What did Instructor Rin Tohsaka say in that elective class... What should you do in this situation? And what could have caused it?"
Instructor Rin Tohsaka, who claimed that long illness had made her a doctor, had covered many classic cases of summoning mishaps during the Holy Grail War.
And Firefly, as an outstanding student and a novice Master about to