Homurahara Academy
Tohsaka Rin stood on the rooftop, continuously spreading her magical energy to scan the area around the school building.
"Archer, have you found any hidden barriers?" Tohsaka Rin asked Red Archer, who stood on the rooftop opposite her.
"No. It seems the Heroic Spirit your sister summoned is not a Caster-type, or perhaps she has no intention of fighting you at the academy." Red Archer stood on the other rooftop, searching the surroundings.
"That's good. Since Sakura has no intention of starting a fight here, I don't need to worry about the battle affecting Mitsuzuri and the others." Tohsaka Rin let out a slight breath of relief. Her brows relaxed a little, though she remained vigilant.
Though the Holy Grail War followed the principle of secrecy and tried to avoid involving innocents, in reality, countless people had died from causes such as "gas explosions."
Even innocent people she knew had not been spared from getting caught up in it.
During the previous Holy Grail War, one of her classmates had been abducted because a Servant was a pervert who liked using children as sacrifices.
At that moment, a teasing voice shattered the silence on the rooftop.
"What? I thought you were setting up an ambush here. Turns out you were just checking the place?"
The speaker was a man clad in a blue bodysuit. He crouched atop a pillar, his spear resting across his shoulders, smiling broadly at Tohsaka Rin.
Tohsaka Rin's heartbeat abruptly quickened. Instinctively, she leaped to the left, putting distance between herself and the source of the voice.
Red Archer in the distance instantly turned into spirit form and rushed over.
"My, my, what a blunder. Looks like I shouldn't have gotten the sudden urge to come over and strike up a conversation."
The man