Having just returned home, Iori looked over the familiar furnishings with a touch of nostalgia. After resting briefly, he walked into the living room and prepared to use a Command Spell to call the Heroic Spirits back.
Just as he stretched out his hand, a stream of information suddenly flowed into his mind through the old contract.
He touched it instinctively and heard a clear female voice chanting loudly.
"Silver and iron. The Archduke of contracts bound to the cornerstone."
"Surging wind, held back by four walls. Close the four gates,"
"Release from the crown, and wander at the three-way crossroads leading to the kingdom."
"Fill. Fill. Fill. Fill. Fill."
"Repeat five times; yet when filled, let it be cast aside."
"I hereby declare."
"Your body shall serve under me, and my Fate shall rest upon your sword."
"If you heed the Holy Grail's summons, obey this will and submit to this reason, then answer."
"Here, I swear."
"I am one who accomplishes all good in the eternal world,"
"I am one who spreads all evil in the eternal world."
"You are the seven days clad in the three great Words of Power,"
"Come forth from the Wheel of Restraint, guardian of the scales—!"
Iori scratched his head in confusion. Wasn't that the chant for summoning a Heroic Spirit? And the one unique to the Tohsaka House, at that.
Could Tohsaka Rin be summoning me?
But how could she possibly have my Holy Relic?
[Forget it. I'll go take a look.]
[If it really is the Fifth Holy Grail War, I'm actually rather interested.]
[The head of an old acquaintance has been sitting on his neck for far too long. Perhaps now is the perfect time for me to take it off.]
[The only question is whether Fuyuki's Holy Grail