Fate/Magus Path

11 Regret

A few months later, the Holy Grail War is about to begin.

...

Fuyuki City.

In a fairly spacious room, several faint blue lights flickered gently. From his fingertips, vague outlines slowly took shape in the void.

"Hmm... not bad at all. You've managed to grasp the basics of Makiri Zolgen's butterfly magecraft in such a short time."

Watching the pale blue butterfly made of magical energy resting in Roy's hand, the Count nodded slightly.

Although he had promised his Master to successfully rescue the girl named Sakura Tohsaka, this time, he had also brought along a bit of his own selfishness.

Before killing Matou Zouken, he had first tortured him severely, successfully peeling the magic crest of the Matou family from his skin to bring back for Roy. Then, he obtained some magical books related to the Matou family from Zouken's study, enabling his Master to formally enter the realm of magecraft.

To become an outstanding magus, three essential elements are required: magic circuits, magic crests, and magical aptitude.

As for Roy's aptitude, that's beyond his control, but the first two elements are manageable.

His magic circuits had already been opened up by another version of himself in the Prison Tower. Although their quality was decent, the quantity was not impressive since he was a first-generation magus. However, it was much better than before; at least he had the ability to convert magical energy and the qualification to learn magecraft.

But to become an excellent magus, it's not enough to have just magic circuits; exceptional magic crests are equally indispensable.

In this regard, Roy was very clear about himself.

As a first-generation magus, the magic circuits he had opened were only eighteen in number, at most placing him at a mediocre level. Compared to the other first-generation magus Shirou Emiya, he was lacking by nearly ten circuits. Although he knew that Shirou was a genius in the realm of magecraft, chosen by Alaya as a Counter Guardian, the gap between them was still too large. Most magus could easily outclass him in terms of the number of magic circuits.

Moreover, as a first-generation magus and a recluse, he had no means to obtain precious magic crests. Instead, future generations were still waiting for him to leave behind a legacy of magic crests.

It's important to note that every magic crest is a mystical imprint that a magus spends their entire life training and solidifying, serving as an essential inheritance for forming a magical lineage.

The value of such crests in the magical world is immeasurable. The longer the lineage of a magic crest, the more precious it becomes. Magic crests contain the research achievements from the very beginning of the magus's ancestry up to the present... what should be inherited.

He did not know that the Count had originally planned to use the wealth he accumulated through the Golden Rule in the current world to help him acquire a magic crest from some fallen magical families. But upon hearing his Master's intention to attack the Matou family, he suddenly became invigorated.

Compared to the magic crests that had only been passed down for three generations or less, the Matou family's magic crest lineage is undoubtedly historical, with an embedded value that is a treasure hard to overlook in the entire magical world. Tokiomi Tohsaka had even gone so far as to have his daughter adopted into the Matou family for her to inherit their magic crest. This illustrates the lethal attraction that it holds for magus; even someone like Tokiomi, a master of magecraft, could not resist.