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-Town of Fuyuki.
3rd POV*
Anastashia who was left behind immediately followed the two by using her Boots of Travel. "Hey! Why did you left me behind!" she complained pouting her cheeks. Lawrence slightly widened his eyes at the realization, "Oh, sorry Ana. I thought you were dozing off just now. I just wanted to show her how inconvenient my spells are" Lawrence said scratching the back of his head.
"That is even more reason you should bring me! But since its Lawrence talking about, I forgive you~" Anastashia smiled sweetly at Lawrence. Nero was dissatisfied with that, "Woman, don't disturb our training. This emperor doesn't want your presence here!" Nero said pointing at Anastashia who snorted. "Who said I need your permission? Strong you may be as a servant, do remember that I am still equipped with items" Anatashia raised her chin.
"Grrrr" Nero just growled at her with nothing to reply, Anastashia's words are a huge damage to her. "Master! I want some of those items! Like the most beautiful ones! Only those would suit my fine taste! Umu! That's right!" Nero throw a tantrum at Lawrence who just got troubled by it. "Oi, oi, let's talk about that later. The purpose here is to show you how amazing your spells right?" Lawrence said trying to diffuse the situation.
Hearing that Nero seemed to calm down. She also wanted to know why her master called her spells more convenient than his which are obviously more grand and marvelous. She simply cannot comprehend it. "Fine, but you promise!" Nero said staring at Lawrence. "Alright, alright" he sighed tired of this repetition.
Anastashi and Nero cautiously stare at Lawrence wondering what he will do. "I need to inform you first that my Sunstrike spell was minimized to the limit, I need to focus hard just to not let the control out of my hands" Lawrence said making both of the girl clearly shaken by it. 'That spectacular show was him constraining his strength? So cool!' Nero thought becoming even more excited.
She can't help but expect Lawrence's display of power right now. "Let me show you one of the spell in my pocket" Lawrence said controlling the orbs turning them into Wex, Wex, and Quas. He casted invoke creating the spell on his mind, Lawrence slowly raised his hand and casted the spell. "Tornado"
That was the beginning of catastrophe. The whole land seemed to scream in opposition, it wanted to send this spell of hell to the Reverse Side of the World to minimize its damage. The seas began shaking creating large tsunami in this particular country.
All birds flew sensing the predicament threatening their lives. Wind commenced havoc by becoming heavy. It started with a single spot being churned slightly. All of the air was sucked on a single spot as a Hellish Tornado was formed. That tornado spun around in high speed barely visible even for the likes of Nero.
Normally a Tornado should only uproot trees and destroy some structures when it is forming, however this particular Tornado was even worse than that. The whole land itself is being uprooted from the earth, the powerful force embedded on the Tornado managed to affect even the lives from 1000 miles away from their spot.
This crazy phenomenon could turn any Heroic Spirits into mincemeat as the Tornado breaks any defense.
The world was now accepting its end at the hand of this Tornado, life started losing essence, and any trees fell as they died in instance. Perhaps sensing this, Lawrence also cancelled the still forming Tornado ending the apocalypse of the world. Do notice the main word, it is FORMING. In other words, the thing that created such destruction was not even the complete form of the Tornado, it was merely the beginning.
Silence descended the area, even the sound of wind hitting leaves could not be heard. Luckily the place they went was a large vacant area where no one is living, otherwise the people would have been dead right now.
Lawrence patted his hand in satisfaction, he managed to control that spell just now. "Thankfully I limited it to 15% of its real capability. It would have churned the whole earth itself if I released it openly" he muttered shocking both of the observers. "W-Wait! You mean that it wasn't the strongest form?" Anastashia asked gawking at him.
It was far too illogical even for a magus point of view. "Hn? Nope, I didn't even let it finish forming as Gaia is already throwing a tantrum" Lawrence casually said ignoring the wrecked feelings of the two. Anastashia looked at Nero trying to find reason in this situation, she wanted someone to share her feeling of shock right now. Sadly Nero was not in the same category of shock as her.
"….. HAAAAH! That was so amazing!!" Nero shouted with all of her might. She was in awe experiencing that miraculous scene, it broke every perspective she has on the world! "Wait what?" Anastashia sounded confused hearing Nero's praise. She just then realized that this person is not normal at all! Nero is just someone who chase after art and that particular scene stirred something within her.
It didn't take long before a call entered their phone. Lawrence opened his revealing the name of Shiki. He accepted it and waited for her. "Lawrence! Are you alright?!" Shiki's concerned voice was heard. "Yes, we are fine. Did the Tornado perhaps reached that place?" Hearing Lawrence's question, Shiki sighed in relief. This could only mean that he was the one who created that mess.
The reason why Shiki immediately called Lawrence is because if there is trouble on that scale, it must be connected with Lawrence. A simple yet effective line of thought. "It affected the whole world. Just be careful, some beings might try to mess with you considering what you have done" Shiki said before hanging up the call.
Lawrence stared at his phone before sighing. "Then time for us to take our leave" Lawrence said as he used Boots of Travel to leave the place. The two girls followed his suit. Nero was already convinced why Lawrence seemed to envy her spells. His was too enormous to be used in a battle! One simple spell could spell the end of the world, Lawrence is probably dreading about the fact that he could not use magic.
This made Nero think about it, 'If Master envy me then doesn't that mean I am greater? Umu! That should be it! As expected of me!' Nero thought with a smile on her face. She is fairly satisfied with that conclusion. The three of them returned to Japan, not knowing that a troll old man just appeared on their previous spot.
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"So? How was it?" Shiki asked leaning on the wall. She was the first to greet them after they returned. "It was fun! That scene was too inspiring! I wish to be able to do that too!" Nero was the one who answered ignoring the fact that both of them just recently fought. Shiki raised her eyebrow at Nero who went in her own world thinking about stuff.
"Master, do you wish to eat breakfast?" Bea came from the side asking Lawrence. "Just perfect, I am also famished right now" he responded holding his stomach. They entered the house only to be greeted by the new presence of Kotomine Risei. Lawrence narrowed his eyes at the man trying to know what he wanted.
"To whom do I owe the pleasure?" Lawrence asked gesturing the others to not interfere. "May the God's Blessing be with you. I wish to talk Mr. Ranvil" Risei showed an amiable smile to Lawrence. "Oh? Is this about the Holy Grail War? Then I am open to discussion" Lawrence returned an affable smile of his own.
Risei smiled hearing his response, "I certainly didn't expect that the eminent Sun Magus would be chosen to fight in this war. This must surely be a work of the Lord" Risei said staring directly at Lawrence. He wanted to know if this young man can really hold on his own. He wasn't disappointed as Lawrence just returned the gaze as if challenging him to throw whatever he wanted.
"I was just lucky, my ambition must have reached the Grail for it to select me. Even I was surprised knowing it" Lawrence sipped on a coffee that Bea brew. "Oh, then perhaps you might not know some of the rules of the Grail, do you want me to state them for you?" Risei kindly opened his hands as if wanting to share some of his knowledge to someone who is lost.
Lawrence of course wasn't fazed by that, "That would be lovely. Knowing them will certainly give me more advantage" he said accepting the proposition. Risei then began talking about the genuine rules that Lawrence already know but he still kept an enlightened face to not create suspicions. Risei was also pleased seeing Lawrence listening carefully.
He concluded that Lawrence is really not aware of the rules, this made it easier for Risei to add some unnecessary rules on them. "The next one would be presenting yourself in the church to establish being a master" Risei said making Lawrence nod his head in understanding. "I'm sorry, I didn't know it so I wasn't able to report myself" Lawrence made a sad face convincing Risei.
Of course Risei is also cautious about his approach as it might trigger some kind of alert on Lawrence's side. "It's fine. Your thought also counts. Now let's proceed to the rule shall we?" Risei asked smiling at Lawrence. Lawrence also assumed a student like person nodding his head in anticipation. "This rule might offend some of the masters but it is just and impartial. We the church are of neutral stance so we don't interfere with the war"
Risei's warning made Lawrence raise his eyebrow, he don't know why but he has a gut feeling that the next rule would be something that is not in the original. "It is stated in the rules that a master must inform the mediator about who the servant they are having. All of the other masters already reported theirs and only you are the only one who hasn't" Risei said.
Lawrence made an amazed expression, "I see. I didn't expect that. This is really hard but for the sake of fairness I will reluctantly release mine" he said wearing a dismayed expression. Risei got even more excited but he hid it very well that no one in the room could perceive his excitement. "You truly are a kind person" Risei smiled kindly.
"My servant is a great person. She was hailed as a saint in France but sadly met her end being burned in the stake. She is Jeanne D'arc!" Lawrence grandly proclaimed as Nero wearing her bride outfit appeared. She has a tranquil look on her face while releasing an iridescent radiant from her body. "Oohhhh!" Risei went into one knee at Nero.
"To think I would have a chance to meet a saint. This life of mine is ready to take your embrace my lord" Risei dramatically said, he even shed some tears solidifying his position as a priest. "That should be enough right Mr. Kotomine" Lawrence gave a warm smile at Risei who cleaned his face using a handkerchief. "Yes, I thank you for your cooperation. I will now take my leave, thank you for having me in" Risei lowered his head a little bit.
Lawrence bid him farewell along with the girls.
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