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Iri's storehouse
Mirror of Kibisis
Reopening
Persimmon cooking
Rider, bicycle, and the jealous Sakura
The King's clothes are a swimsuit (waterfront king: prologue)
Saber lately
Afternoon light
The battle of today's menu
Sakura-san lately
Fuji-nee's persimmon feast
Towards the "splash"
That past is already
Caster's shopping (hobby edition)
Quo Vadis
Lancer
Lancer's Heaven I
Lancer's Heaven II
Lancer's Heaven III
Wabi-sabi-tsumami
Horn (definitely)
Horn (no echo)
Matou residents
After coming back
Return of the wise man
The big three female Servants' super-battle
Sea of memories
Bridge of eternity - right
Warrior's knowledge
Murder at the Twin Mansion
Spearman at work (flower shop edition)
Her holiday villa
For your forgetful self
Murder at the empty mansion
Caster's delivery
Illya strikes back!
Rider and the sandwich
The light on the way home
Great problem at the archery club
How about a training camp?
Crest fever
Sakura and deluxe lunchbox
Sisters' lunch
Educational guidance
The student council chairman is still going strong.
Let's go for lunch!
Fuji-nee's teacher form
Cat-tiger family rampage
Rin and Mitsuzuri on campus
On the verge of a dream
Plushie
Potato sorrow
Marron pie temptation
Rider, reading, and the jealous Sakura
Light-hearted promise
A guest from 5 years back
The trap of high-class ingredients
Sugar candy teatime
This is not Heaven.
Rider's errand, no return
Cleaning alone
Cleaning with everyone
Caster's shopping (good wife edition)
Mimic Tohsaka Lvl 1
Mimic Tohsaka Lvl 2
Mimic Tohsaka Lvl 3
Familiar kid
Angel and a diamond
Visitor
Suspicious pair
Makidera and Rin's pendant
Loitering on the way, main road
Towards the cultural festival
Caster's cooking practice
Dowsing housing
100 views of corpses
Respecting the countless servants
Iron and the second button
Gorgon's cellar
Selected for the King
Pool tickets and a threatening letter
What kind of wedding?
Sakura's memories
Autumn, sky, and a golden taste
Because I groom it twice a week
Mitsuzuri visits
Rin and high tech
Three girls one day
Killing and a fancy bear
Persistent cooking Caster
Successor
Bridge on an ordinary night - left
Two detectives
Mitsuzuri's revival
Himuro Kane's inquiry
Smuggling, fishing boat, round-the-world trip
Rin's magic lesson
Invisible servant
Sakura, Mitsuzuri, and the archery club
Mitsuzuri Minori
Snake princess in the evening sun
Lunch with the track-and-field club
Day of the festival
Praying Fuji-nee
Rider investigates
Adventures of Himuro Kane
A samurai and a wild flower
Dragon trance military history (??)
Pool and the Mystic Eyes seal
Penguin-shaped shaved ice machine
Level up?
Tohsaka exploration party
The secret to finger pressure massage is devotion.
Dreaming cooking Caster
Gossip between the two
Anachro-analog Rin
Border
Adventures around the maid
Sakura and Caster, united edition
Shin-chan and the sea
Blue Panther vs. Black Panther
Big trouble! The ancient legend of the resurrected supreme king inscribed in stone
Big pursuit! Two teachers, an elf, and an apprentice
Flip-flop 2
Flip-flop 3
School maid
On the way home
Crosswords and shogi problems
Training camp, approval
Justice and the kitten
That night: ghost stories
Curse collector
National treasure
A cat, a priest, and a stubborn teacher
Rin at the temple
monster
Ath nGabla
Final night
Good night
Hero of the bath
Sisters' crisis
The future is now
Airmail
Emiya massage
Quartet overture
Stray tiger
Dead Bridge (I)
Dead Bridge (II)
The things that suit Rider
In London
Peace and quiet (I)
Peace and quiet (II)
Peace and quiet (III)
Peace and quiet (1)
Peace and quiet (2)
Peace and quiet (3)
Ritual window
Kagetsu Tohya
Awakening (fake)
Awakening (not yet)
Silver thread
Decisive battle
Temple guardian
End of the four nights
Cruel teacher
One last drink
Execution appreciated
Those that give and take
The shore where he stayed
Choice sake - proof of the wild
Streets at night (patrol)
Streets at night (battle)
Haunted mansion
Tohsaka's advice
Haunted night
Good night - Illya
Good night - winter
No trespassing
Ghost Gossip
Ghost Gossip Glamorous
Hotel Einzbern
Memory
Twilight castle
Not yet
Reopening
A moment in the morning
Rin comes back
Wish.
Sisters' summer (apple)
Sisters' summer (lemon)
Medical medicine
A siblings' game
Waterfront king
Heaven's dress
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unlimited blade works
heaven's feel
Caren I
Caren II
Caren III
Caren IV
Caren V
Caren (?)
Spider ladder
Spiral ladder
Reverse Moon
Holy Grail
Heaven's Feel Backnight 1 (church)
Heaven's Feel Backnight 2 (rooftop)
Heaven's Feel Backnight 3 (Dialogue Möbiuslink)
Heaven's Feel Backnight 3 (out on the town)
Heaven's Feel Backnight 3 (love)
Heaven's Feel Backnight 4 (Endless)
Heaven's Feel Backnight 5 (Void)
Heaven's Feel Backnight 6 (arm)
Heaven's Feel Backnight 6 (church)
Heaven's Feel Backnight 7 (Cradle Hollow)
Chaldea
Accel/Zero Order
Unlimited raise/dead
Let's Tell a Tale of World Salvation
4 - The Third War
A voice reads the words over a deathly silence. In the broadcast, there is a woman with long white hair, standing at the end of a dark red summoning circle, most certainly made of blood. At the centre is a stone tablet - though it's ancient and worn, there is clearly discernible writing in a strange language on it. Over the tablet is a pillar of bright white light that shoots upwards, but there's a slight indication of something wrong: a shadow is beginning to pulsate within it, pluming out like a drop of ink in water. Wherever it starts to swirl out of the pillar, it fades for a moment, as if merely existing takes more strength than it possesses. At the centre, however, it's coalescing more and more, taking on a vaguely humanoid shape.
Though the darkness eventually starts to have enough presence to stretch outward without fading, the light itself seems to be unwilling to let it escape, flickering with something like static that makes it coil back in. This strange push and pull continues for some time, but finally the shape in the middle seems to have enough of a form that gravity pulls it down to the ground. It lands softly on its knees, still without any sound at all, but - even though it has emerged from the shadows, they still seem to cling to it, making it a featureless silhouette only barely recognisable as anything remotely human.
The woman is addressed by someone off screen, sounding like an older man: "What is that? With a catalyst this strong, it should have materialised properly."
Another voice, a younger man: "I'm surprised we managed to summon anything at all. I still can't believe something like this could be a Heroic Spirit."
The first voice, again: "If it is what we wanted, it should be worth the cost. Homunculus, show us your results."
The woman - doll-like in her appearance and movements, red eyes looking as if without any life in them - speaks, voice soft and emotionless. "Announce yourself, my Servant."
The shadowy figure raises its head, apparently looking up at the woman. When it speaks, the voice is strange and distorted, as inhuman as its appearance:
"▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓▓. Avenger."
The woman doesn't blink, doesn't move in response; in the first place, it doesn't seem like she's meant to be anything at all but the physical labor for the task. From off-screen, the voices speak again, the younger first:
"My god, it really did work..."
"Yes. Not only have we acquired a Servant outside of the seven classes, but the very first Heroic Spirit to bear the name Avenger. This War is ours."
"I'm still unsure if-"
He's cut off by a sudden movement- the shadow is lunging forward, now looking more like some kind of monstrous animal, baring its claws at the speakers. A sharply spoken word in German and a flash of light push it back with magical force long enough for the older man to call out to the woman:
"Don't just stand there - use the Command Spell!"
The woman, who's been watching with her eyes only slightly widened in surprise, raises her hand to show a red mark.
"Avenger. By the power of my Command Spell, I order you: do not disobey me. Now stand down, do not attack these men nor myself."
As she speaks, a part of the red mark disappears from her hand with a flash that seems to push Avenger back even further. It backs away slowly, returning to the circle and taking on a more humanoid form once again. After a moment, when the shock has worn off, the men speak again:
"...Why did that work? Such a general command should be extremely ineffective."
"I am starting to think the mighty ▓▓▓▓▓ ▓▓▓▓▓▓ might not be all that his legend claims. Even so, that aggression should prove useful when channeled in the right direction. Homunculus, take Avenger to his designated quarters. Make sure he stays there. You are dismissed until we have confirmed the beginning of the War."
There's the sound of shuffling as the conversation returns, fading off as the men exit to a different room, and finally, the woman - the homunculus - moves forward, hesitantly approaching Avenger.
"...Come with me." She doesn't appear afraid, as such - perhaps she doesn't know how to express such an emotion.
All signs of hostility now gone, the shadow follows her out of the room, leaving it empty and silent.
What follows is a montage of scenes from the following few days, passing by in a blur. Questions are asked-
"Servant, describe your Noble Phantasm."
"Don't have one."
"Tch. Useless."
Snippets of conversation are overheard-
"-two!?"
"You weren't aware? The Edelfelts always split their headship between two sisters. It's only natural for them to summon two aspects of the same Servant."
A view of a castle, standing incongruously in the middle of a thick forest-
The homunculus woman, sitting quietly and staring off into space-
And then, suddenly, it's the fourth night and the first battle has begun. Avenger faces a small figure wearing a skull mask. He raises his strange, claw-like dagger, but-
It's already over. Before he's had the chance to strike a single blow, without even seeing what's killed him, Avenger fades away into the nothingness he came from.