"Fill. Fill. Fill."
"Let your body serve beneath my command, and let my fate rest upon your sword."
"Answer the Holy Grail's call. If you accept this will and reason, then answer my summons."
A low chant rang out in the dim room. The magic circle on the floor glowed in response to the magical energy, gradually growing brighter. Its light illuminated the surroundings inside the gloomy castle. Besides the girl operating the magic circle, two others stood farther away.
As the final syllable of the chant fell, the magic circle blazed with light. A powerful radiance shone from it, leaving all three people in the room barely able to open their eyes.
When the light faded, the purple-haired girl standing before the magic circle slowly lowered the hands covering her eyes, then opened them and looked at the circle before her.
"How could this..."
The sight before her was unbelievable to the purple-haired girl. Two figures had appeared inside the magic circle.
On the left stood a mature woman with long purple hair, though she wore a blindfold that blocked her vision and held a short sword attached to a chain. Her exquisite figure and cool demeanor instantly drew the purple-haired girl's attention, but she then shifted her gaze to the other person in the magic circle.
He wore modern casual clothes and had golden hair, but his looks and bearing particularly caught the purple-haired girl's attention. As though they contained magic, they drew her attention without her noticing, leaving her unable to stop herself from gazing intently at the man's face.
"Why are there two Servants? Sakura, nothing went wrong with the summoning just now, did it?"
The old man watching from a distance slowly descended the stairs. His steps were much slower than those of an ordinary