The Conspiracy Buried Deep in the Past

After Waver and his companion disappeared around the street corner, Tohsaka Rin approached slowly with Red Archer. A teasing smile played on her lips as she joked, "Well, Mr. Iori, I never expected you to run into odds like this. I really can't tell whether you're lucky or unlucky."

It was not unheard of for acquaintances bound by fate to meet during a Holy Grail War—for instance, Zhao Yun, who had once been summoned in succession by Adou during a certain Holy Grail War.

But without prior arrangements, it was still rare for two Heroic Spirits with little connection to one another to participate in the same Holy Grail War consecutively. After all, with thousands of years of accumulation across the world, there were simply far too many Heroic Spirits.

Iori shook his head, thinking, That's because you haven't seen the Holy Grail War from your original timeline. King Arthur appearing one after another, Emiya Shirou competing alongside his future self, a schoolteacher physically taking on Heroic Spirits, and the King of Heroes, who somehow survived the previous Holy Grail War alive... that was a real parade of demons and monsters.

There was even the worst possible timeline, where the Grail wish succeeded and [Angra Mainyu] cleansed the world, causing the entire timeline to be discarded.

Seeing Iori shake his head, a sly glint flashed through Tohsaka Rin's eyes. Seizing the opportunity, she pressed, "Since they already know your identity, then as your ally, I should be qualified to know about your circumstances too, shouldn't I?"

Iori nodded without hesitation and said calmly, "All right."

"Huh? Oh, all right, then I'm all ears." Tohsaka Rin froze for a moment, not expecting Iori to have no intention of evading the question at all. She hurriedly took advantage of the opening and