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Chapter 1: Another Grail?

"Shut (fill). Shut (fill). Shut (fill). Shut (fill). Shut (fill).

Repeat every five times.

Simply, shatter once filled."

At night, In a deep forest somewhere in Japan, a suspicious person could be seen chanting some words. The person in question is a woman with bob cut and is wearing black slacks, a wool vest and a tie underneath it.

Her name is Waver Velvet, a small, wimpy looking person even for a girl. She is curently trying to summon her servant, who she wishes would be Saber who is called the strongest servant of the Holy grail war.

She could still remember why she, a cowardly and weak woman would participate in such a bloody tournament in the far east that costed lives of many skilled magi.

She was a third generation magus, shallow by Clock Tower standards, that is talented in multiple fields but is unappreciated. Despite the bullying, she still continued, learned and surpassed others but one day, she wrote a revolutionary thesis about how effort, skills and experience can make a person stronger magically rather than genetic lineage but was dismissed by his lecturer, Lord Kayneth Archibald El-Melloi, a renowned, high-ranking member of the Clock tower.

Even worse, it was ripped in front of the class, she was humiliated in front of her peers. She became a laughing stock in the whole class after the event. She was isolated and mocked my many.

She stormed out the room after that humiliation, silently vowing to take revenge but in in the hallway, she encountered a delivery man that is delivering an artifact to the lecturer whom humiliated her. In the heat of the moment, she stole the artifact that was to be delivered.

The artifact that she borrowed for an indefinite amount of time was a shard of the Dragon Slaying Sword of the legendary Saint George, the《Ascalon》, bathed in the dried blood of the dragon he slew. She can imagine that the shard was priceless and very hard to obtain, a fact that made her question as to why her lecturer would want the shard other than for research purposes.

After that, she learned from rumor mills that her lecturer is planning to participate in the Fourth Holy Grail War that would happen in Japan ( Her lecturer is arrogant and foolish enough to announce his participation in the event).

She spent hours in the library to get every information available about the Grail war. She then contemplated whether to use the shard to participate or not...

Perhaps it was to achieve something where other failed in for the Mage Association to recognize her or was it to humiliate Kayneth Archibald by defeating him in the tournament? she was not sure but she still booked a flight to the far east.

After arriving, she hypnotized an old Canadian couple to see her as their granddaughter, took residence in their house and then travelled to a secluded forest with high amounts of natural mana in preparation for the servant summoning ritual. She drew the summoning circle with chicken's blood with precision and skill, it was exacly like the book stated.

All doubts in her mind was purged, there was no going back now, Kayneth would never forgive her for stealing his artifact no matter how much she beg but she could not help but be nervous about the upcoming war.

" ――― declare,

Your self shall serve under me.

My fate shall be with your sword,

In accordance with the beckoning of the Holy Grail.

If you abide this will, this reason then answer.

Here is my oath,

I shall be the one who becomes all the good of the world of the dead

I am the one who lays out all the evil of the world of the dead

From the seventh Heaven attended to by three great words powers,

Come forth from the ring of restrain, O protector of balance ――― !"

Blue light then erupted from the summoning circle, blinding her with bright light. She was also knocked down to her rear by the force generated from the ritual.

Soon, the light faded and the smoke dissipated enough to see a figure standing over the magic circle.

The figure has brown hair, red eyes and a face with some asian features. He wears pants and a cloak of foreign design, both of the crimson color. He exudes an aura authority and charisma, like those of kings in myths and legends alike.

Waver cannot help but gawk at the person in awe and shock.

The man closed his eyes.

"Another Grail? This is the now fourth of those troublesome cups..." He stated.

The man examined his surroundings and then his gaze landed on poor Waver who was very nervous.

"I am Servant Rider. Now, if I may ask, are you my master?"

~Figure POV~

I am confused. That is a fact.

I did not expect to be summoned by anyone. While I do have experience of being summoned by magicians, I, somehow, know this is different.

Suddenly, a torrent information of foreign source invaded my mind. I did not see it as a threat so I just let it pass.

I closed my eyes as I thought.

Akasha, root... Akashic records.

History... slight difference in some places...

A lot of modern knowledge that is completely unnescessary, I already know most of it.

Mage's Association... an association of magi- no mage-craft practitioners.

Church is different... there are no Devils or angels and fallen... though there are demons, vampires and other mythological creatures.

Gods are gone... age of Gods has already ended... currently the age of man.

The Holy Grail that is different from the Sephiroth Graal I know...

This Holy Grail is an omni-potent miracle machine.

A War... a battle royale over the ownership of the Grail in question...

Fuyuki city... an area of high amounts of magical energy provided by leylines... I would have remembered it if this city existed...

Servants... or Heroic Spirits of legends summoned by 'Masters' to participate in the war...

I am a Servant... Rider to be exact... summoned to battle in the 4th war...

"Another Grail? This is the now fourth of those troublesome cups..." I muttered up.

To honest I do not know what is worst a nigh omni-potent wish-granting cup or a cup that can interpret the property of the souls and principles of life and death.

I can still remember how much trouble that cup gave us. Evil dragons and their mass-produced counterparts, Vampires with no weakness, insane Devil, etc.

But the fact that I am in another dimension doesn't really concern me. Rizevim already proved the existance of alternate universes and if the information is correct then this 'Second Magic' allows traversing to parallel dimensions. Even God implied it's existence...

Ah God... he sent me here. How, you ask? I do not know. But he did warn me about a danger...

~Flashback Initiated~

I am dead, my godly luck ran out. I know that when Devils or Angels of both fallen and pure die they do not go to Heaven, hell, paradise or afterlife. Nobody actually knows where we go after death, except for Gods of course.

I seem to be in some sort of an dimension filled with blurry purple and blue aurora like strings.

I have already lost track of how long it was since I sacrificed myself to seal Trihexia. Thousands died that day... including my dear Rias...

"Red Child..." A voice called out, a familiar one.

I turned around to see a familiar sight.

"God..."

The being Is twice as tall as a normal adult and has a long golden hair with bangs that covers his eyes. He wears a plain white robe and a golden sash.

It was the Biblical God from the Bible. I met his spirit inside 《True Longinus》 when he helped me seal Trihexia. I got the 《True Longinus》 from Cao Cao after defeating the Hero Faction.

"I am merely an essence of the original."

"…"

"Do you know where you are, Child?"

"…" I did not reply but I sent him a questioning look.

"You are in the expiatory space or the Purgatory."

Purgatory? That's where we go? Wait, if this is where we are sent when we die then where are the others?

"Why am I the only one here?"

"Ah... but there are other present isn't there?" He answered while smiling coyly.

I looked around to double-check... yep, I am the only one here.

"There's no-one else here."

"Are you sure?"

I am really getting irritated. Why won't he just give me a straight answer... damn him and his cryptic words.

"Yes."

"There others here, you just cannot see them or sense them properly."

"...The blurry blue lines."

"Yes, they are souls and spirits." He explained.

This line of inquiry would yield nothing. There are more important things to ask.

"Why am I here?... or rather why are you here?" The last time we met was seconds before Trihexia was resealed. Why would he bother meeting me?

"A chance, Child... give me a chance to repay you for what you have done for the world."

I clenched my hands hard and clenched my teeth in anger.

"…A chance to repay me, you say? Can you bring Rias back?" I asked in a low voice.

"I'm sorry..." He seemed to expect my response but was still sad.

"I'm sorry? I'm sorry!? Do you know what I felt when she layed there lifeless!?" I snapped.

"…" God remained silent.

"Do you even know what it feels like to lose someone you hold dear!?"

His eyes glowed. "Enough, you go too far!" He yelled, surprising me that the normally calm and collected being snapped.

"…"

"I... I have watched my children kill eachother! I have watch my children rebel and commit crime in envy! I have watched my children lose themselves in sin!" He continued. "I have watched while my sacred treasures are misused, I watched when my Artifacts are used to unseal my nemesis!"

"…"

"I watched all of it... yet I cannot stop it... this made me into a failure of a father..."

With my anger forgetten felt sorry for him... wait, commit crime in envy? Lucifer? Lose in sin? Azazel? I guess that he still sees Devils and fallens as his children.

"I'm sorry, I lost control over myself..." I apologized solemnly. I have gone too far, I didn't think it through, he must have also lost a lot in the war.

"…It's fine, your fury is understandable."

*Sigh*

*Sigh*

Both of us let out a sigh, I was weary from yelling earlier.

"…So what is this chance you were speaking of?"

"Another life in another place."

Another life? Well, isn't he generous.

I narrowed my eyes. "What's the catch?"

He chuckled.

"That world would soon be in danger..." He trailed.

"And you are asking me to save it?" I half-asked half-concluded.

He smiled. "I am not asking you to do anything, I am simply repaying my debt to you. As to what course of action you would take depends on you, It is your choice... it has always been."

My choice... thay's right it has always been my choice...

~Flashback End~

Heh... God that manipulative guy... he knew that I would save the world from this 'danger' regardless of whether he asks me or not.

But enough reminiscing, I have something important to do.

I looked around. I seem to be in a forest and I am currently stepping on a magic circle that is possibly made from the blood of the chicken on the side.

I then stared at the other person present besides me. It was a girl on the ground, a girl with a short black hair that reaches her cheeks. She is wearing a wool vest and a tie, overall, she looks like a researcher or a college student.

The best thing I can do is to play the game.

"I am Servant Rider. Now, if I may ask, are you my master?" I asked with a smile.

Though it was quite obvious that she was my master, seeing that she is the only person present aside from me. I only asked for formality's sake and to properly establish our contract.

It took her 4 seconds to wake up from her stupor, 3 seconds to comprehend my words and another 3 to formulate a response...

"Ttt-that's r-right you are my s-servant, I am i-indeed you m-master. I-I am W-waver Velvet!" She proclaimed while blushing.

How cute... just like Ravel...

"Contract established then-" I cut myself off as Waver fainted in exhaustion, this day's event were to much stressful for her.

Ahhh... there is a lot to do.

~Line Break~

Waver did not have a library, she did not even have a house.

I just walked with the unconcious Waver to the closest house and there, a hypnotyzed old couple called her their granddaughter. I sincerely doubt that she is their granddaughter but meh... it's not like we have anywhere else to stay.

I took the liberty to search her things and was currently skimming through her books. The information the Grail provided was illuminating but it was still not enough.

I also read about the previous Grail wars. This is fourth one now and there is still no winner, I am now getting suspicious. God stated something about a 'danger', is it the Grail or is it a participant or is it completely unrelated to the Grail wars... nah, knowing my luck, i has everything to do with the Grail.

The Vampire are also worrysome especially the 'Apostle Ancestor', an aristocratic sub-class of elite Vampire. There are 27 positions with some missing, killed or sealed, they are very hard to kill so sealing is the best solution to neutralizing them. They are more powerful than our Vampires even when they are enhanced by the grail, they are easily Ultimate-Class.

Next are Mythological Creatures, they seem to have migrated when the Ag of Gods ended. Only a few legendary one are left in the world and most are only Chimera's. Dragons are still revelled for being the strongest even here, but most are slain or missing.

Lasty, the Mages or Magus as they call themselves. They are weak, weaker than our magicians but still better in a few ways. The are declining, every year, less and less children capable of magic are born. Unlike us who contributed to develop new technologies, they abhor modern technology and see them as inferior so they are quite ignorant in these matters, a weakness that can easily be exploited.

Fortunately, my master is not one of those people who have pole sticking up their rear. Based on her research notes and journal, she is quite talented and bright, only unappreciated.

I suddenly felt something stirring inside me.

"[Uggghh... partner? What happened? The lt thing is saw was…]" a voice said.

Now that is a voice I haven't heard in a long time. It brings me happiness to hear the voice of my faithful companion that stood with me for years.

"I'll tell you the whole story later, but first... welcome back Ddraig." I smiled.

"[Ah... I don't really understand but... i'm back Issei.]"

Author's note: This is my first fate fic and it only serves as a prototype to test myself in my future fics. review please if you want it to continue but no flames pls, I am a beginner in writing.

Inform me if there are plot holes or false info. I am not that knowledgable in nasuverse.