In a hotel guest room, after setting up a barrier to seal off information, a beautiful woman in men's clothing methodically cleared the floor in the center of the living room and traced a summoning magic circle in mercury.
She had rose-red short hair and eyes, earrings engraved with runes hanging beside her ears, and black leather gloves on both hands. Rather than diminishing her stunning, icy beauty, the outfit gave her an added air of dashing toughness.
Though she uttered no unnecessary words, the way the red-haired woman's body tensed the moment the summoning circle was complete, and the almost imperceptible arch of her back, made it clear that she could react swiftly to any disturbance.
Yet this caution stood in stark contrast to her decision to perform the summoning in a hotel.
For a foreign mage, a busy place like a hotel not only made information easy to expose but also left her at a disadvantage against enemy attacks. Even a painstakingly constructed workshop would be little more than a castle in the air, liable to be breached by external force from someone with ill intentions.
No matter how one looked at it, hiding her tracks immediately upon entering Tokyo, finding an empty location, and setting up a workshop before performing the summoning would have been the wiser course.
Considering her age, there were only two possible explanations for such rash behavior.
Perhaps the red-haired beauty lacked experience, her youthful fearlessness leaving her unable to understand the cruelty of the Holy Grail War. Or perhaps the girl possessed extraordinary talent, which was why she employed such a bold strategy.
Naturally, such an outstanding woman could only be the latter.
Her name was-Bazett Fraga McRemitz.
Any rational mage who understood the significance of that name would never come looking