"Kayneth."
Sola's voice came from behind him.
"You're going to waste a Command Spell on something like this?"
Kayneth turned to see his fiancée leaning against the doorframe, arms folded, watching him with that indifferent gaze.
"It isn't just a Command Spell. It's a mage's dignity."
Sola said, "If you need a Command Spell just to order your Servant around, how are you any different from all those other useless fools?"
Kayneth's face went from red to purple, then from purple to white.
He lowered his hand.
The Grand Duke sat on the sofa, the faintest hint of a smile appearing on his lips.
"A wise choice, Master."
He paused. "I appreciate wise people."
Meanwhile.
Somewhere in Fuyuki City, in a private home.
Ryunosuke Uryu hummed as he slit the last adult's throat with a knife.
Blood spurted out, splashing his face.
He stuck out his tongue and licked it.
"Ah... it tastes especially good today."
He looked around.
Two corpses lay in the living room: a married couple. The man had fallen in the entryway, the woman beside the dining table.
When Ryunosuke killed them, the man had tried to protect his wife and daughter, and the woman had tried to protect her child.
So touching.
So delicious.
In the corner, a little boy huddled up, watching everything with wide eyes.
His mouth was taped shut, leaving him able to make only faint whimpers.
"Easy, easy~"
Ryunosuke walked over, crouched down, and stroked his head with a blood-covered hand.
"I've got something nice to show you."
He pulled a book from inside his clothes. He had found it among his grandfather's belongings, and it supposedly could summon demons.
"If I summon a demon and let him feast on you..."
He opened the book and drew a summoning circle in