Shirou nodded as rapidly as a bobblehead.
Sakura spoke calmly as she pulled out a black blade.
It was Gan Jiang.
In Sakura's hands, it had most likely been Archer's handiwork—perhaps something he had casually projected.
But pulling that thing out at a time like this was a little terrifying.
Could that be... the legendary hatchet?
"Senior, do you understand?"
Shirou nodded even faster.
Just kidding—if he did not nod now, he would be dead.
Chapter 4: Interstellar Player Lord El-Melloi II
"So, you need our help, is that it?" Rin crossed her arms over her not-so-large chest and sighed. "I'm really sorry, Shirou, but I can't help you with this. The situation you described is simply too serious."
Luviagelita shrugged. "Indeed. Though that flat-chested girl is usually rather useless, what she says does make some sense at times like this."
"Luviagelita...!"
For magi, the depletion of the Great Source was something they hardly dared confront directly, yet had no choice but to face.
For modern magi, Mystery was declining more and more severely. Faced with such a situation, even genius magi like Tohsaka Rin and Luviagelita could do nothing.
More accurately, no magus had much of a solution. Otherwise, there would be no need for the Modern Magecraft Department.
Shirou bit his lip unwillingly.
Was he really supposed to stand by and watch the humans of another world die?
Angelica, who sat to one side as someone in the know, asked, "But what if the depletion of that Great Source is not actually a normal decline of Mystery?"
"What do you mean?"
"That world is not normal. It cannot be measured by common sense. From what I know, our family, the Einzbern, most likely took part in the depletion of that world's Great Source many years ago. I think