Abnormality In Type-Moon: Madness Of Animeverse

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In the northeastern corner of Fuyuki City, there's a gently sloping mountainous area.

Ten years ago, this land belonged to the Holy Church, and a cathedral stood here. Naturally, that church was burned to the ground during the Great Catastrophe of a decade ago.

However, this was prime land—one of Fuyuki City's four spiritual veins. Not long after the cathedral was destroyed, magi sent by the Mage's Association forcibly took over the area and established a branch office here.

Of course, they didn't pay a single coin for it.

Their excuse? "Since the Tohsaka family caused the Great Catastrophe, giving up one spiritual vein is a light punishment."

In truth, the Mage's Association didn't stop at just this punishment. But for those magi, paying for land seemed pointless when they could take it for free.

Why buy when you can seize?

At that time, Tohsaka Tokiomi had just passed away, and Rin was still young. No matter how talented she was, she couldn't stand up to the many powerful families within the Mage's Association. She had no choice but to swallow the humiliation.

With a loud bang, the main door of the association's branch office was slammed open.

A girl with twin tails, her face frosty, stormed into the hall with a presence so intimidating it made others take a step back.

The dim lighting, wholly inadequate for the spacious lobby, barely illuminated the large, empty space. The hall was devoid of decoration, save for the cold winter wind howling by the windows, lending the atmosphere an eerie chill.

Several magi stood in the center of the hall.

Perched around them on poles were various birds—owls, bats, and crows—watching, mostly motionless, though occasionally a few shifted their eyes.

The scene was unsettling.

"So, the little Tohsaka girl finally shows up," said one of the crows, its beak parting to utter human words as it watched Rin push open the door.

"Once, twice—you're always late to the party. How about you retire and hand over the mayor's seat of Fuyuki to us?"

Rin smirked, her eyes narrowing into crescents as she covered her mouth with her hand, the corners of her lips dripping with malice. "You know, you might want to lighten up a bit. Clinging to greed like this—who knows, you could end up keeling over from a heart attack one day."

The more enraged Rin was, the brighter her smile became.

Her gaze shifted past the perched birds and locked onto the magi standing in the middle of the hall.

These magi were members of the escort team that had taken the miners out of the city that morning.

As soon as they returned to Fuyuki, they came directly to the association's branch to report, completely ignoring her.

The only reason she managed to get here so quickly was because someone had used a familiar to send her a message.

If those magi had listened to her even a little, she wouldn't have been so late.

Her eyes landed on a young man with white hair and red eyes among them.

Roy was one of the magi standing in the hall.

It made sense for him to be there—after all, he was part of the escort team, and he was the first to notice something was wrong.

"I agree with Mayor Tohsaka's proposal," Roy said with a smile, raising his hand.

The other magi lowered their heads, pretending not to hear.

"Shut up! Who gave you the right to speak here?" the crow snapped harshly. "You're only standing here because of someone else's favor. Know your place and stop making such presumptuous comments!"

"Got it," Roy replied cheerfully, adjusting his glasses with a childlike innocence.

Rin's smile turned cold, dripping with sarcasm. "As soon as you mention relinquishing power, you all start joking around. Seems like the nobility of the Clock Tower is just getting worse with age."

"Enough. Now's not the time for this," a bat chimed in, attempting to mediate.

"All this bickering is a waste of time. The real issue here is figuring out what kind of enemies are lurking outside the city walls. Does anyone have any clues that might speed things up?"

The magi exchanged looks, but in the end, all shook their heads.

They had fled faster than anyone—what clues could they have?

"Did none of you send familiars to investigate?"

"Of course we did! But familiars take time to track things down..."

The hall descended into noisy chaos.

Roy yawned.

He found these ancient relics insufferably boring, so he turned and headed for the door without a word.

"Hmph," one of the birds scoffed coldly as they noticed him leaving.

Roy ignored the magi and beckoned to Rin with a flick of his hand.

"Excuse me," Rin said politely to the magi, flashing a quick smile before turning to leave as well.

She didn't bother sparing the birds a glance.

So polite, Roy thought to himself, feeling a bit sheepish.

Not like him—he hadn't even said goodbye.

As they stepped outside the association's doors, Rin quickened her pace and caught up to Roy, walking shoulder to shoulder with him.

"Calling me out like this—what do you want to talk about, Mr. Roy?" she asked.

"I've got a lead," Roy said.

"Oh?" Rin gave him a surprised look. "Then why didn't you say something back there?"

"You know how it is—I can't stand those old men either," Roy smiled innocently. "Compared to them, I much prefer Mayor Tohsaka's style."

"Well, I appreciate the compliment," Rin said with a genuine smile, her earlier formal expression replaced by one of pure joy.

The difference between her earlier forced smile and this real one was striking.

"So, what did you discover?"

"Our attackers were corrupted Servants," Roy replied without any pretense, revealing the answer immediately.

"Really? Which ones?" Rin's expression turned serious.

"You should be asking, which ones didn't come."

"Wait... you mean there was more than one corrupted Servant?"

Rin's face darkened.

"There were five, by my count," Roy said thoughtfully, rubbing his chin.

"There are only six corrupted Servants, right? The remnants left over from the last Holy Grail War, ten years ago."

"Exactly. In the last Holy Grail War, all the Servants except Archer were corrupted. No one knows the exact cause, nor how things ended up that way."

Rin's expression grew somber as she remembered. It was during that war that her father had lost his life.

But she quickly shook off the sadness, her mind focusing on the problem at hand.

"If five of the six corrupted Servants have gathered outside Fuyuki City, then if your sensing is correct, we might just know why."

"The Fifth Holy Grail War is about to begin, and their target is undoubtedly the Grail itself."

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