"What do you think, Saber? Isn't this car fast!"
On the national highway farther west of Miyama Town, amid a quiet, undeveloped forest, a silver-white beast tore through the silence and the long night, hurtling down the road.
The beast was called the Mercedes-Benz 300SL Coupe. The graceful curves of its body resembled an elegant lady, much like the woman driving it.
In the driver's seat on the left, a young married woman confidently held the beast's reins-its steering wheel-and sent it racing along at a dangerous speed well over a hundred kilometers per hour.
Looking pleased with herself, Irisviel glanced at Artoria in the passenger seat, only to receive a stiff, forced smile:
"Y-your driving... is better than I expected... Irisviel..."
"So this is what a natural looks like! Now that's enough to get your blood pumping!"
Suddenly, accompanied by an excited shout, another beast, blue and silver, burst into their view from behind and to the side. The roar from its throat reverberated in their ears, even through the vibrating air and the car windows.
Half an hour earlier, at the exit of Mion River Harbor.
Sovell had barely climbed into the passenger seat when Artoria dragged him straight back out. The car they had brought was a two-seater Gullwing Coupe, which meant one of the three of them would have to go without a seat.
Faced with Artoria, who was still sulking, Sovell could only spread his hands helplessly and fetch his prized possession from the garage at the Matou Residence.
The blue-and-silver beast was called the Kawasaki ZZR1100, but after the King of the Wind's painstaking modifications, it had transformed into a mechanical monster with a 1,500 cc engine and nearly three hundred horsepower!
Magic power surged through the Kawasaki motorcycle as it pierced