In the Land of Demons, the moment Saber appeared in the world, the newly appointed Shrine Maiden Miroku turned her head toward Kirigakure. "Rider, that presence just now... it was a Servant, wasn't it?"
A scattering of blue motes suddenly emerged behind Miroku, and a green-haired young man appeared, looking toward Kirigakure with her.
"Yes. However, there were two of them. I just don't know what classes they were."
"Two?" Miroku glanced in surprise at the green-haired young man behind her—Rider. "I saw a blond young man wielding an invisible sword. He was incredibly powerful, and he killed more than a dozen Kirigakure Anbu with a single strike!"
Rider frowned slightly. "An invisible sword? That's not much information. I don't know who he is either, but he should be Saber. Of course, it's possible his sword is only meant to mislead us."
"Is that so? Then this really is troublesome. And there's another Servant we know nothing about at all. God, this Holy Grail War is way too hard!"
Miroku heaved a long sigh toward the sky. She was starting to regret taking this matter over from her mother.
Rider smiled faintly and did not take it to heart. Miroku had said things like this many times already. Every time she finished complaining, she would then very seriously study their tactical arrangements.
"By the way, Master, I've always been curious. How do you know information about the other Servants?"
"Oh, that. It's a special ability of our Shrine Maiden lineage. We can see through the future. Before, we could only see things related to death, but later, with someone else's help, Mother successfully developed the abilities that came after. I suppose it let us shake off some unpleasant reputation."
Rider did not ask what unpleasant reputation she meant, because no