Three days later, in the afternoon.
[Magic Circuits (Green) (/)]［AFK…
(Click to claim 166 Growth points)］
[Magic Power (Lv.4) (/)]［AFK…
(Click to claim 81 Proficiency points)］
[Rune Magecraft (Lv.5) (/)]［AFK…
(Click to claim 0 Proficiency points)］
After finishing Morgan’s final lesson on Runic glyphs, Byakuya casually claimed his AFK rewards.
Knowledge that had been half-understood during the lesson was instantly completed by the “experience,” becoming crystal clear in an instant.
Scaling from Lv.5 to Lv.6 required ten million proficiency points.
Relying purely on AFK, that would take 115 days, 7 hours, 46 minutes, and 40 seconds.
Even though he already had over 270,000, it wouldn’t even cover a fraction of the first five days.
Consequently, after claiming the rewards, Byakuya returned the AFK slot from [Rune Magecraft] back to [Unity of Heaven and Man].
As for the displaced Rune Magecraft…
he could just practice that manually, along with Meditation and the Hundred Arts.
“Any word on those two names I asked you to track?”
Byakuya asked as he dialed a number.
“I’m sorry, but my friends at the immigration registry and the airlines haven’t sent any news regarding those two individuals yet,” Tsuruno Matou replied from the other end of the line.
“Would you like me to contact them again?”
“No need.
Just call me once you hear something.”
Byakuya hung up.
For this Holy Grail War, in addition to himself and Sakura Matou, the Master eligibility of Tokiomi Tohsaka and Kirei Kotomine was certain; Sakura had seen their Command Spells back when she lived with the Tohsaka family.
Furthermore, as one of the three founding families, the Einzberns were guaranteed a slot.
This left only two of the seven participants remaining as unknowns.
The two names he had Tsuruno Matou keep an eye on were “Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald” and “Waver Velvet”—the Masters of Lancer and Rider from the original Fourth Holy Grail War.
Although this Holy Grail War had begun a year ahead of schedule, Byakuya recalled reading online discussions about Kenneth before he transmigrated.
Some joked that Kenneth’s death was a locked quantum record, while others argued that Kenneth *had* to die so that Waver could eventually become El-Melloi II…
He wondered if the netizens were simply memes or if there was some truth to it.
Even if it were just a joke, instructing Tsuruno Matou to monitor those two names only took a single phone call.
If he bet right, the payoff was huge; if he bet wrong, he would have guarded against an “unknown variable” in advance.
It was a win-win.
“Any activity at the Einzbern castle?”
Byakuya looked toward Morgan.
On the first night he summoned her, he had explained the basic situation of the Holy Grail War, and the Einzbern castle, located in the forests of the southwestern suburbs of Miyama-cho, had naturally come into her sights.
And it wasn’t just the Einzbern castle.
Tokiomi Tohsaka’s estate and the Fuyuki Church, where Kirei Kotomine occasionally appeared, were also under Morgan’s observation.
Whether it was personnel entering and exiting or the appearance of Magic Power fluctuations of a certain scale, she could detect it immediately.
“None.
They likely haven’t arrived yet,” Morgan shook her head.
“Hiss…
they aren’t actually planning to wait until the very last day of the window, are they?”
Byakuya clicked his tongue, glanced at the group chat interface, and suddenly thought of something.
“If I were to leave this world, would it affect you, given the state you’re currently in?”
“The Second Magic?”
“No, a place far beyond the limits of what the Second Magic can reach.”
“Farther…”
Morgan frowned in thought.
“While I can extract the necessary Magic Power directly from the Great Source without needing you to provide it, the contract you used to summon me to this world is, after all, the foundation of my existence…
Since I have never encountered this situation before, I cannot give you a definitive answer.”
“What if I only leave for a short while?” Byakuya asked.
“Then there would be no problem,” Morgan answered directly this time.
“Using the Matou family’s library, I have already completed a partial analysis of the ‘Servant System.’ A break in the contract for a day or two wouldn’t be an issue.
If it truly comes to that, I could even establish a temporary contract with Sakura; after all, the Servant System’s settings don’t restrict a single Master to only one Servant.”
“Huh?
Me?”
Sakura Matou, surprised that the topic had suddenly shifted to her, looked up in shock.
“Why?
Do you not like me?” Morgan looked at her.
“No, it’s just…
this…
I…”
Under the gaze of her teacher, Sakura Matou stuttered, unable to find her words.
“Alright, stop teasing her.”
Byakuya patted the young girl’s head.
“This is just a backup plan for if things get desperate…
Normally, it shouldn’t come to that.”
After a pause, he said to Morgan, “Let’s test it, then.
We’ll see if my departure has any effect on you.”
With that, his figure vanished from the spot, only to reappear a second later.
“How was it?” asked Byakuya, who had used a bug in the group missions to teleport to another world and back.
“It’s a bit strange…”
Morgan’s tone held a hint of bewilderment.
“In the second you vanished, our contract was clearly severed due to the ‘distance,’ yet I didn’t feel the repulsion from the physical world that should, logically, have occurred.”
“In other words, in a situation like that, as long as the Holy Grail War is still underway, my absence—no matter how long—won’t affect your ‘existence’?” Byakuya confirmed.
“Yes,” Morgan nodded.
“I see…” Byakuya paused, lost in thought.
It seemed the Super-Dimensional Mutual Aid Group he had joined a few days ago had a rather positive “relationship” with the worlds—or at least, the worlds the group members originated from.
“Since it doesn’t affect you, I’ll have to trouble you to keep an eye on things here for a while,” Byakuya said, snapping back to attention.
“Of course, I’ll return every few hours.
Even if the Holy Grail War suddenly erupts while I’m away and we happen to become targets, with your abilities, you should be able to hold out until I get back.”
“…Rather than worrying about that, you should worry about how long the other five teams can last once *she* decides to get serious,” Morgan replied, shaking her head.
“Fair point,” Byakuya admitted, speechless.
The “she” Morgan referred to was, naturally, Kama.
As a Beast, regardless of her current state, the Fuyuki Holy Grail War was a conflict where the ceiling for every Servant was locked by the Spirit Foundation provided by the Grail.
Unless the World’s Will intervened, the probability of anyone posing a threat to her was effectively zero.
Speaking of Kama…
“Where is she?
I don’t think I’ve seen her since last night.”
“Uh…
Kama-chi seems to really love that game console you brought out yesterday, Byakuya-niisama.
She’s been playing it since yesterday; I’ve even been bringing her meals,” Sakura Matou answered.
Byakuya looked puzzled.
“Meals?”
Sakura Matou’s voice dropped several decibels.
“Potato chips and cola…
but Kama-chi said, ‘I’m full either way, so why can’t these be called meals?'”
“…”
Whatever.
If she wanted to be lazy, so be it.
Having a Lack of Motivation and just wanting to play games and eat snacks was far better than her suddenly remembering she was a Beast and deciding to cause a global catastrophe.