"The Holy Grail War has begun. In this Holy Grail War, the Tohsaka and Holy Church's Kotomine Risei have colluded. Kotomine Risei's son, Kotomine Kirei, is also a participant this time. He is Tohsaka Tokiomi's disciple and has summoned Assassin. This Assassin is quite special; Tohsaka Tokiomi will have Kotomine Kirei feign betrayal, then have his Servant fake death, and then enter the Church seeking sanctuary under the pretense of having lost his Servant and needing protection."
In just over a hundred characters, the amount of information contained was extremely vast.
Although Kariya was not familiar with the magical world, he had thoroughly studied various subjects during the past year. Just as one would cram knowledge of famous historical figures before participating in the Holy Grail War, he had also crammed a lot of knowledge about magic in the magical world.
"Future Sight!?"
A type of Mystic Eye system in Type-Moon, Future Sight, although having various principles, its effect is always to see the future.
"No, you can think of it as observing parallel worlds."
Takatsuki shook his head and explained, but what surprised him was that Kariya didn't seem to be very familiar with parallel worlds, or rather, his understanding of parallel worlds came from the science fiction novels he read during his years as a runaway.
Takatsuki then realized that although everyone in the Type-Moon fandom knew that the Jewel Mage's Second Magic was parallel worlds, for the people of this world, this didn't seem to be common knowledge.
Even someone like Kariya didn't even know what True Magic was.
"In any case, just remember what I said. As long as we don't interfere, these things will happen. However, due to the butterfly effect, some things might change."
Tohsaka Tokiomi and the Kotomine father-son duo's plan didn't greatly affect them. On one hand, Tokiomi wanted to display Gilgamesh's strength to deter others, preventing them from making him their primary target and avoiding unnecessary probing and battles. On the other hand, he wanted to hide Kotomine Kirei as a chess piece, embodying a spirit of caution.
"However, apart from the Assassin's surveillance and attacks that Kotomine Kirei might arrange, there's nothing else to worry about. Kotomine Kirei's Assassin has the ability to create clones, but the more clones there are, the weaker they become, far inferior to other Servants, so only one Servant needs to stay and guard the home."
Of course, Medea can't...
Although she has started constructing a base using her class skill, Base Construction, Medea doesn't know any offensive magic. At most, she can create some items, and her item creation level isn't very high.
So, basically, her combat power can be ignored.
If it were a normal Holy Grail War, summoning this Medea would mean losing half the battle from the start, even if she is cute.
"Kariya, your Servant Lancelot, while he can usually follow orders, will go berserk when he sees Saber. So, for this Holy Grail War, you stay here and guard the house. Durandal will disguise herself as the Berserker class."
Durandal and Takatsuki are not regular participants in the Holy Grail War, so theoretically, they can disguise themselves as any combination.
However, there's a big difference between the composition of a Servant and a real person. Ordinary people might not notice, but powerful mages can tell at a glance.
So, Takatsuki's original plan to disguise himself as a Servant fell through, but Durandal is fine. Although he doesn't know how the system did it, she is genuinely a Servant's body.
But it's not without a solution. Takatsuki only needs to wear Lancelot's helmet, which can barely hide him. However, after thinking about it, Takatsuki decided to save this hidden trump card for when he needs to hide his identity to do other things later.
"Miss Durandal? I have no problem, but she doesn't look like a Berserker at all."
Kariya's understanding of Berserker was still limited to being completely irrational.
Takatsuki shook his head, "That's because you know too little. In reality, almost any Heroic Spirit can be a Berserker, but not all of them will lose their minds and become like Lancelot."
"Depending on the reason for becoming a Berserker, the level and effect of the Mad Enhancement bestowed are also different. Generally speaking, there are many situations. If Durandal wants to disguise herself as a Berserker, there are two methods. One is if the Mad Enhancement level is too low, usually E-rank, or if the Heroic Spirit itself is extremely compatible with Mad Enhancement. In this case, they can retain their sanity, but will still be affected, such as becoming more belligerent. The other is if their thoughts become paranoid, with an obsession for something that surpasses all else. Normally, no problems are visible, but when a certain keyword is mentioned or a certain key person is seen, they will go berserk and lose their minds."
Takatsuki looked at Durandal, "Which one do you think is better for you?"
Durandal had been listening without interrupting. Only after Takatsuki brought up the topic did she speak, "You can arrange it. However, if possible, I want to fight against those historical heroes."
After fighting Lancelot, Durandal realized how powerful these historical heroes were. Moreover, according to Takatsuki's previous statement, Lancelot had not reached his peak strength due to the insufficient magical energy provided by Kariya.
Although her martial arts were preserved, Berserker doesn't use tactics. So, if possible, Durandal wanted to personally face those complete heroic figures.
She also came to terms with it. In this world, there was no connection to her own world, and the Holy Grail couldn't help her. The wish Takatsuki promised her was also something she didn't need for now. So, the best option was to use this experience to improve her own strength.
"Then let's go with the first type, E-rank Mad Enhancement. It retains sanity but amplifies the desire for battle. Maintaining this persona will be fine."
Durandal nodded, having no objection to Takatsuki's plan. Kariya, who was beside them, also agreed.
If he could, he wouldn't want to participate in any Holy Grail War. In fact, he wished he could leave this world of mages far away.
But he had no choice.
He was even willing to give everything for the Old Bug's words, so he naturally agreed to follow Takatsuki's command to fulfill his wish. Moreover, he had also noticed something.
That is, Takatsuki is not a Servant, and he won't stay in Fuyuki for long.
Although he felt confused about Durandal's true class and even realized that her identity might be problematic, he didn't care.
What about the Holy Grail War? What does it have to do with him?