"At the convention, you ran into several groups of Servants, and even encountered Archer?"
Tohsaka Tokiomi's expression was exceptionally colorful.
While he had been busy gathering intelligence and setting up more necessary defenses around his residence, his disciple had already begun making direct contact with the other Masters and Servants?
Was this...
"The ones we encountered were the Rider group, the Caster group, and Archer. Through this, I also confirmed Caster's true name."
Beside the phonograph-like communication device, Kirei Kotomine stood next to his father, Risei Kotomine, reporting to Tohsaka Tokiomi.
"Caster's true name is Manlio Ferdino Springer, an architect active from the fifteenth to sixteenth century, and the sole student of Lawrence Anno Falgao, ancestor of the Matou Family."
".Looks like the Matou Family's luck still isn't very good this time."
Tohsaka Tokiomi said with a laugh from the other end of the line.
It was clear that he had initially tried to hold back his laughter, but failed.
As someone who had been so close to Matou Byakuya since childhood that they might as well have worn the same pair of pants, he knew the Matou Family's long-held wish. They participated in the Holy Grail War in order to summon their ancestor, Lawrence, but for inexplicable reasons, every summoning had failed to grant their wish. Each time, they summoned a Servant closely connected to Lawrence, yet never Lawrence himself. This time was no exception.
"Did anything happen after you encountered them?"
Setting Manlio aside, Tohsaka Tokiomi did not take Caster related to Lawrence seriously; their strength was generally not worth mentioning. He asked Kirei Kotomine about the other matters.
"Caster's Master, Matou Kariya, approached me and expressed his desire to form an alliance. After I left, he also met Rider's Master. They were probably discussing an alliance as