Despite the lingering doubts in his mind, Kariya Matou did not let them show, knowing he was the weaker party.
After confirming that he could visit at nine tomorrow morning, he turned and left.
Once Kariya was gone.
“Besides that kid, is there anything else going on?”
Returning inside, Byakuya looked at Morgan.
“If I say no, are you going to leave again?”
“Time is life, Miss Witch,” Byakuya nodded.
“There’s nothing particularly important for me to do here anyway.
I might as well head back and improve myself.
At least for now, the food over there still provides some benefits…
But based on your tone, is there actually something else today?”
“There is.”
Morgan looked toward his chest.
“I want…”
“No, you don’t.”
Knowing exactly what her next words would be, Byakuya cut her off.
Although the requirement had shifted from a whole “slice” to just a tube of blood, Byakuya had been extremely cautious about this for over seven years.
He didn’t even trust modern magi, let alone an Age of Gods witch like Morgan, who could hand-craft homunculi.
In all these years, the only person he had ever given his blood to was Alice Kuonji.
She had used it as a base to create a PLOY specifically for him—one that granted a massive buff upon activation.
He had kept that item with him ever since, never letting it leave his control.
“What a pity.”
Sighing, Morgan moved on to the main topic.
“The thing we discussed yesterday has a result.”
“Yesterday…
already?”
Byakuya was surprised.
The topic had come up the previous night.
After updating his intelligence, Byakuya hadn’t left immediately but stayed to chat with Morgan.
The conversation had drifted toward a specific maneuver performed by the Caster, Medea, in the Fifth Holy Grail War—specifically, how Medea, as a Servant, had analyzed the rules of the Grail system to summon an additional Assassin.
After hearing the general concept, Morgan had found it interesting and said she would look into it.
Byakuya didn’t doubt her ability.
Both were legendary witches from the Age of Gods who possessed magecraft that could crush anything in the modern era.
Even if Morgan’s specialties differed and she couldn’t replicate Medea’s work exactly, she certainly wouldn’t be stopped by it.
Still, he assumed it would take some time to see results.
What was with this “results the very next day” nonsense?
“As a magus from the post-Age of Gods era, the one who researched ‘Boundary Record Belts’ to such an extent was indeed a talent,” Morgan said, pointing to several books found in the Matou library on the coffee table.
“However, it’s primarily because we are currently in the middle of a Holy Grail War.
If the Greater Holy Grail hadn’t already been activated, it would have taken considerably more effort to turn these theories into reality, even with these materials.”
“Meaning, if we wanted to, we could initiate a new summoning right now?” Byakuya confirmed.
“I can’t help but feel that your interest in the act of ‘summoning a Servant’ is even greater than your interest in the ‘Holy Grail War’ itself.”
Morgan looked at him thoughtfully.
“…That’s a Given.”
Byakuya curled his lip.
“I already told you that the Grail was corrupted by ‘All the World’s Evil’ during the last war.
Don’t tell me you haven’t checked that for yourself over the last few days.”
“I feel there is more to it than that.”
Morgan was not fooled by his smoke screen.
“Hmm~ Care to guess?”