"Three minutes until two," Rin Tohsaka said, glancing at the time. "At two in the morning, my magical energy will reach its peak, but... is it really okay without a Holy Relic?"
Rin Tohsaka unconsciously looked toward a box not far away.
Inside was a shattered fossil—the Holy Relic her father, Tokiomi Tohsaka, had used in the previous Holy Grail War.
To buy it, Tokiomi Tohsaka had spent all of the Tohsaka family's magical assets.
"I can do this! According to what that guy Kirei Kotomine said, the only classes that haven't appeared yet are Archer and Saber. They're both extremely powerful classes, so there shouldn't be any weak Heroic Spirits. And with my level of magical energy... even without a Holy Relic, I can definitely summon Saber!"
Rin Tohsaka encouraged herself for quite a while. With only two possibilities, she really did have a high chance of summoning Saber, the strongest class.
That was, provided she wasn't wearing the Ruby Necklace passed down through generations of Tohsaka family heads.
Tap! Tap!
The instant the clock hand reached two, Rin Tohsaka, who had been waiting for so long, immediately poured all the magical energy in her body into the incantation she had prepared beforehand. She even used the Mana Gems she had stored away in daily life.
"Let silver and iron be the foundation."
"Let stone and the Archduke of Contracts be the cornerstone."
"Let my ancestor be my great master, Shubainaug."
"Let the gates of the four directions be closed."
"Let it emerge from the crown and repeat along the forked road leading to the kingdom."
"Fill. Fill. Fill. Fill. Fill!"
"Let each repetition be fivefold."
"Yet when filled, let it be cast aside."
"I proclaim—"
"Your body shall obey my command, and my fate shall rest within your sword."
"If you submit to the Holy Grail's call, to this will and this reason, then answer me."
"I swear here."
"I shall become one who accomplishes all good in this world. I shall destroy all evil in this world."
"You, clad in the Seven Heavens of the Threefold Word, descend here from the ring of restraint."
Guardian of the Scales!
The magic circle beneath her feet grew brighter and brighter as magical energy flooded into it. The radiance of the Five Great Elements flashed in turn before finally becoming a fiery red, the same color as the Ruby Necklace glowing faintly against her chest.
At that moment, Rin Tohsaka had no idea that the Mystic Code inherited by the Tohsaka family through the generations was also a Holy Relic—and one with the highest possible compatibility with the Heroic Spirit she was about to summon. It could practically be said to have been completely predetermined.
Boom—
The violent airflow reduced the entire basement to ruins. Yet instead of getting angry, Rin Tohsaka was utterly thrilled.
"This is perfect! I definitely summoned the strongest Heroic Spirit—"
Rin Tohsaka excitedly clenched her fists.