Analysing one of its sources, they realise to their horror that, when complete, the field is intended to melt down the people within the field into magical energy, in order to fuel a Servant. Meeting Sakura, she asks about the unknown foreigner, but she brushes the matter off as someone who was lost and asking directions.Īfter nightfall, Rin remains at school to investigate the bounded field with Archer. Rin returns to school, but discovers that a Bounded Field has been placed over it, revealing another Master resides at the school. At home, Rin informs priest Kirei Kotomine, her mentor, former apprentice of her father and supervisor of the current Holy Grail War, of her summoning of Archer as the sixth Master. While returning home, they witness Sakura meeting with a strange blonde-haired foreigner. Rin spots a familiar face below, but brushes him off. While in Fuyuki Central Park, Archer reveals he knows of Reality Marbles, a taboo Magecraft, but they realise they are being observed before they can discuss further.įrom the tallest skyscraper in Shinto, they watch over the town from above. Rin explores the city, from the residential district, Miyama Town, to the newer district, Shinto, that had suffered a great fire ten years before.
Rin skips school to show Archer around her home city - Fuyuki City. Despite this, he swears to bring Rin victory. Archer and Rin reconcile and agree to work together, but Archer claims he has suffered amnesia from Rin's botched summoning, and is unable to recall his true identity. Enraged, Rin wastes one of her three Command Spells, the marks of a Master that can force up to three absolute orders of their Servant, to force Archer into obedience with a vague order. She meets her Servant in her destroyed living room - Archer.Īrcher turns out to be rebellious, and immediately plans to work independently from Rin. She performs the summoning ritual without a catalyst, only to discover too late she had missed the optimal time due to her mis-timed clocks. Completing her classes with teacher Souichirou Kuzuki, Rin returns home to prepare for her summoning, intending to summon a Saber-class Servant. The two argue, and Rin passes by fellow student Shirou Emiya, who is helping Issei with repairs. Leaving, she encounters her brother and archery club vice-captain, Shinji Matou, and rebuffs his advances.Įntering the school building, she greets English teacher Taiga Fujimura, and meets student council president Issei Ryuudou. Rin chats in the archery dojo, and greets club member Sakura Matou. She discovers that her clocks had wound back an hour early, suspecting it to be a trick devised by her father for when she opened his will. Having decoded her late father's will, she finds her family's greatest jewel and heirloom - a jewel pendant, containing a vast amount of magical energy.Īfter arriving at her school, Homurahara Academy, and meeting friend and archery club captain Ayako Mitsuzuri, she finds she is unexpectedly early. In present day, Rin prepares to participate in the Fifth Holy Grail War: a secret war between seven magi, Masters, who summon legendary Heroic Spirits from legend and history, Servants, as their familiars to fight to the death, with the goal of obtaining the wish-granting Holy Grail. Rin Tohsaka, young magus and successor to the Tohsaka family, reminisces of her late father, who had entrusted Rin with obtaining the Holy Grail ten years ago, before leaving to participate in the Fourth Holy Grail War, and dying during its events. Upon first starting the novel, a Prologue is shown, depicting the first three days of the Fate route from the perspective of Rin Tohsaka.