The Boy from Croydon

Fujimaru Ritsuka led four Servants toward Barking. Meanwhile, in Croydon.

A young boy was walking step by step along the streets of Croydon.

His pace was slow, his eyes vacant and filled with fear.

His trembling hands slowly rose before his eyes, then gradually moved to his head, clutching it.

"Why... was I summoned?"

"Why me... and why London?"

Tears filled his terrified eyes as he gritted his teeth in despair.

"Ah... ahhh..."

He stopped walking, seeming to suppress something.

"Not... me?"

A trace of confusion appeared in his eyes.

"No, I have to keep it under control." The boy gritted his teeth, breathing rapidly and heavily as he wiped the fine sweat from his face. "I didn't come here... to go mad."

"But..."

He closed his eyes and took deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down. Yet the tears still streaming down his face showed that his mental state remained unstable.

Opening his eyes again, the boy pressed one hand to his chest and ran quickly through the district.

What he did not know was that directly ahead of him lay one of the "blank points" mentioned by Chaldea.

It was also where one of the five vessels—the "Gem Tower"—that Adelson had placed on the ground for the entire Great Magic Mirror Barrier was located.

And he had already triggered the warning detection spell Adelson had set up.

"Tch, aside from the east, has someone found the Gem Tower in the south too?" He frowned.

After pinching his chin and thinking for a while, he suddenly slammed his fist down on the table.

"One after another, all of you have to disrupt my plans. I just... I just want Father to see Mother one more time, is that so wrong?" He spoke through gritted teeth, his voice choking. "Father