"Ugh..."
Issei Ryuudou rubbed his head and sat up in a daze.
Where... was this?
What... was going on with him?
This was... school?
The scene before him was still blurry. A dizzying sensation surged from the depths of his mind into Issei Ryuudou's consciousness, and he nearly collapsed again, but he managed to steady himself.
If this was school...
Then what... had happened?
With one hand against the wall, Issei Ryuudou glanced at the window with a huge hole smashed through it.
—Wait, school?
I'm at school?
Something seemed to click in his mind, and Issei Ryuudou instantly became fully awake.
He hurriedly climbed to his feet and began sorting through what had happened.
Although it was absolutely unacceptable for a student council president to take leave so frequently, his circumstances had truly been beyond his control. Issei Ryuudou had originally intended to take another day off and find a way to deal with his problem.
But from the moment he got dressed that morning, it had felt as though none of his actions were under his control, as if he had become muddle-headed and dazed.
—That woman!
The culprit behind it all immediately became clear.
That strange woman who called herself Shuten Douji had controlled his mind and manipulated him into coming to school.
—But what was her purpose in coming to school?
After thinking for a few seconds, Issei Ryuudou understood.
When she had come looking for him a few days ago, she seemed to have told him something.
She had said that he was not the only Master in this school. Other Masters were hidden within it as well.
And the final victory in the Holy Grail War—required eliminating all six other pairs of Masters and Servants.
She intended to use him as bait to lure