Chapter 105
This evening at Homurahara Academy was unusually lively. Groups of curious girls and boys were looking towards the entrance to the academy grounds, where a very unusual girl stood, who immediately stood out with her figure and beauty, however, it was not this that attracted the most attention, but how the girl, dressed in obviously expensive black jeans, a shirt and a jacket thrown over her shoulders, held an oddly large katana next to her, which, combined with an eye patch, would allow her to be mistaken for a cosplayer, but the extremely unusually colored raven sitting on her shoulder, for some reason made one think that one should not treat this girl dismissively. Some of the bolder guys even tried to approach her to get acquainted, but as soon as the girl looked at them with her blood-red eye, this desire immediately disappeared and they pretended that they were just passing by.
However, this did not last long and probably the most popular girl in this educational institution, Tohsaka Rin, came. She was dressed in a red coat over a school uniform, and her dark wavy hair was braided into two braids, however, what attracted the boys' glances most were her hips, which stood out especially thanks to the skirt and short stockings, leaving a strip of soft white skin visible. She immediately noticed the reason for such activity among her classmates, and being part of the sublunary world, she quickly realized the unusualness of the culprit of the commotion, however, knowing that the Holy Grail War was approaching, the presence of third-party mages is not so unusual, and she herself still had a lot to prepare for the war, so she planned to go straight home.
- Tohsaka Rin. - I immediately perked up seeing the one I had been waiting for all this time.
- Yes? - the girl responded slightly surprised, looking at me.
- My name is Gojo Emi and I have a business proposition that will definitely interest you. - I approached her holding my katana by the sheath.
- And in order to demonstrate the seriousness of my intentions, here is a small gift in honor of our acquaintance. - I stuck my free hand into the inside of the jacket hanging on my shoulders and pulled out a small bag filled with precious stones.
Although wary, she took the bag from my hands, after which I felt a slight surge of magic, and she finally decided to look inside.
Literally for a moment, greed appeared on the girl's face, and precious stones seemed to sparkle in her eyes, but Tosaka pulled herself together too quickly and, hiding the bag in the inside pocket of her coat, answered me.
- I suggest we discuss everything at my place.
- Hah. Okay then. - I grinned, perfectly understanding what she was thinking. It is not for nothing that it is considered that attacking a mage in his workshop is tantamount to suicide, but frankly speaking, even if she had a gem sword, which essentially gives limited access to the second magic, she would not have been able to defeat me, so by agreeing to her offer I am only showing politeness and giving her a false sense of security.
We walked to her house for about 5 minutes. And all this time I could feel how tired Oz was of remaining silent, pretending to be an ordinary obedient raven.
Therefore, only once inside the Tohsaka estate could he breathe a sigh of relief.
"Well, finally we are away from the eyes of ordinary people," Oz grumbled.
"He talks?!" Tohsaka exclaimed, immediately jumping away from me.
"Of course. He is my familiar, after all." I answered as if it were a matter of course.
"Milady, allow me to introduce myself. I am Ozvaldo Hrafnavins. The great chronicler of Nirvana Night, and also the familiar of the princess of condemnation. - the raven introduced himself, bowing gracefully.
- I am also pleased to meet you. How about some tea? - Rin suggested.
- I will not refuse.
- And Ozvaldo-san?
- I have no need for either drink or food, since I am the living embodiment of a part of my mistress's power.
- Please wait a few minutes.
I watched the girl's back as she left the room and, frankly, I could not help but think that I would have preferred to see her true attitude. That Tsundere girl who tries to act like a ruthless mage, but is too kind and compassionate.
She was gone, as she said, literally a few minutes, but when she returned with a tray on which there were 2 cups of tea, there was one important change. She clearly had a couple of enchanted stones with her.
- I must admit, a commendable precaution. - I smiled, taking the cup from Rin's hands. - But if I wanted to harm you, then most likely even a servant would not have saved you.
- Is that a threat? - the girl asked coldly, and an enchanted ruby immediately appeared in her hand.
- No. - I shook my head, not at all worried. - Just a statement of fact.
- However, as I already said, I came with the intention of making a deal, which, frankly speaking, will be more profitable for you, Tohsaka-san, than for me.
- I'm listening.
Seeing how the girl calmed down and was already calmly sitting opposite me, in a businesslike mood, I got to the point, still smiling.
- The essence of the deal is extremely simple, I need knowledge of the ritual of summoning a servant, as well as your help in changing it so that the summoning is not connected with the grail, but completely depends on the master. In turn, I will repay you with a considerable amount of precious stones.
- Do you want to summon a servant without the support of the grail? Are you completely crazy? If you try to do such a stupid thing, you will simply die from a lack of the required amount of magical energy, or you will remain a cripple, no longer able to engage in magical craft. It is not so easy for the Grail to accumulate energy for literally decades at the intersection of ley lines. - Tohsaka said excitedly.
- You are a kind girl Tohsaka Rin. However, I know very well what I want and I also know very well what I am ready to give for it. - Saying this, I took out a pre-prepared bag of precious stones from my inventory and threw it on the floor to the side of the table, allowing some of the stones to spill out.
- This is… - Rin's jaw literally dropped from the amount of precious stones.
- Prepayment. - I simply said. - Once everything is ready, you will receive the same amount.
- I agree! - Tohsaka Rin literally jumped up excitedly.