Issei Ryudou—had been controlled!?
Shirou Emiya looked at the girl's narrowed eyes and instantly felt a chill crawl up his entire back.
This woman—she was a Servant!
A dangerous Servant who had killed her own Master, fled and hidden herself in Ryudou Temple, and dragged Issei Ryudou into the Holy Grail War!
—Run!
That thought instantly surfaced in Shirou Emiya's mind.
Servants were monsters beyond all reason, beings ordinary people could never hope to fight. And this was a school—though it was still early, other students had already arrived. But the problem now was—
How was he supposed to run?
Looking at the Servant disguised as a girl, separated from him by only a single flight of stairs, Shirou Emiya wanted to flee, but his legs felt as though they had been frozen solid, utterly unable to move.
—What... happened?
"Are you trying to escape from me?"
Shuten Douji released the female student's collar. The girl's eyes had rolled back, and she had clearly lost consciousness. The instant Shuten Douji let go, she crumpled to the floor, her limbs still twitching slightly. At the same time, an alcohol-scented mist spread out from the Servant at its center.
The girl wore an intoxicated yet terrifying smile.
"Isn't that a little too wishful of you?"
"Hm?"
As soon as the words left her mouth, Shuten Douji suddenly sensed something... discordant?
She lowered her head and looked by her feet.
What was this?
A... frog?
Ribbit—
A bluish-green frog had somehow appeared by her feet. Its belly swelled, and it looked... lifelike?
Shuten Douji frowned.
Why would there be one here—
As she stood there in slight confusion, the frog's belly suddenly expanded at high speed.
Bang—!!!
The frog exploded, and another kind of presence spread out, directly dispersing more than half of