"This... is the country where Kiritsugu was born."
On the boarding stairs from Europe to Japan, the beauty dressed in white, with white hair and red eyes, gazed happily at the scenery outside.
"Saber, what did you think of air travel?"
She turned around and looked at the man in a suit following behind her.
"Nothing particularly noteworthy, but it was safe enough."
Anno was more interested in the aircraft itself than in the scenery outside.
Irisviel chuckled. "Saber, you always seem so calm and composed. I kind of want to see you looking more surprised."
"Did becoming a Heroic Spirit make even flying through the sky seem unremarkable?"
Irisviel was merely teasing him, as a friend would.
"Not at all. I never experienced flying in life." Shaking his head lightly, Anno descended the boarding stairs. "However, when Servants are summoned, the Holy Grail grants them the relevant knowledge of modern society."
"To be honest, rather than sitting in the cabin and only observing the outside through a window, I might prefer to try piloting this aircraft myself."
"Huh? Saber, you can fly a plane?" Irisviel blinked in surprise.
"Riding is one of my abilities. So long as what I am riding is not something beyond reason, like a phantasmal beast or divine beast, I should be able to perfectly control anything that possesses the concept of a 'mount.'"
"Heroic Spirits really are amazing, in a sense." Irisviel smiled kindly at Anno, who wanted to fly the plane. "All right, Saber. Let's leave the airport first."
"We've come all the way to Japan, so before the war begins, we have to eat and drink our fill and enjoy ourselves properly."
Anno opened his mouth, intending to remind her that the Holy Grail War had actually already begun, but—
Seeing Irisviel's