Space Ex# 12

Arriving at the Bus Station, I immediately feel the peacefulness of the Fuyuki City. The people seemed to be content and there is no fallen angel within my range. I also didn't sense any devil around the area which just shows that this is a human domain.

While there might not be any Fallen Angel or Devil in this city, I sense something in this city that emanates high mana.

As a Devil, I was able to sense a very eerie aura of death near me however I needed to postpone any course of action since I am still feeling some phantom pains in my right shoulder so a rest would be great.

So I went ahead a rode a taxi like any other tourist and headed to a nearby hotel.

I may be a tough man, but that pain was certainly severe. In my pain rankings, it would be placed behind when I activated my Chaos Gear and infront of the time I absorbed another Chaos Gear. Ofcourse the most painful being the time when I fused with Greed.

Arriving at the hotel, I immediately checked in for an average single room before teleporting to ARK immediately after locking my door.

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[Welcome Sir.] IRIS greeted

"Fill up the healing bed and set it to my desired temperature." I ordered as I sat down in the Captain's Seat

[Understood Sir.]

"Hey Greed, anything new about my soul?" I asked while putting my hand over my right shoulder

"There is indeed new about you soul. You now have a weird tatoo like structure around your body. It looks like a circuit that allow mana to move." Greed said with a surprise present in his voice

Greed then materializes infront of me in a form of a full armor and the raised the right sleeve of my shirt. "And as I suspect you now have a similar tatoo that was imprinted into your soul."

I immediately looked at my right should to see what the tatoo look like. I am not too much of a tatoo guy so I immediately see if it looks like shit.

"Hmm, that looks okay I guess. It looks like whatever that tatoo symbolizes have a high probability that it is connected to the event years ago and that weird feeling that is present in Fuyuki City." I whispered with tiredness before going to the resting area inside the ARK which I personalized for the best sleeping results

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While I was sleeping, I started to realize that I am dreaming. I am suddenly in a bleak space with only shadows coming and going from time to time.

Due to the nature of the place I am currently in, I can't discern the time but somehow I knew that it has been a long time.

In that land of shadows, a tear suddenly appeared. A beautiful woman with a cold expression walked from that tear and started to assault all the huge shadows.

She held a very beautiful s-----------

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Then I suddenly woke up.

Do you know the feeling that something tyou want right infront of you vanish when you are about to reach for it, yeah it feels bad.

"Damn that is so frustrating!" I said loudly before going to my dining area inside the ARK

"What was?" Greed asked with curiosity

"Well, I had this weird dream. I mean, I was in an unkown place when suddenly a very beautiful woman ,which I now can't seem to remember how she looks, appeared and started t attack the huge shadow like entities but I then suddenly woke up." I grumbled as I munch on a butter toast

"Damn, that really seemed frustrating. I mean that could have been an epic fight. Okay let's get to business right away." Greed said while materializing himself in the chair infrint of me

"So what do you want to talk about, Greed?" I asked while consuming my breakfast quickly

"Regarding the tatoo like thingies that appeared in your soul. It seems that it is a very magic related thing since it allows for your body to conduct magic easily." Greed said as he gobles down his own piece of toasted bread

"So is that a good thing or a bad thing?" I asked with wonder

"Well, I personally think that it is good.... kind of. you see when you were asleep, I controlled your body and tried to perform basic Magic that you learned in your Devil training." Greed said while looking at me

"The resukt however was that the new circuit like things works separately from the magic that we already know. I was only able to make the circuits to do anything through injecting a little amount of mana near the circuit like tattoo in your soul." Greed narrated

"Then what happened? Come on man, you can finish your toast after you tell me what happened." I said impatiently

"Calm down dude, nothing special happened. So relax as I continued my narration. The mana was absorbed inside the circuits instinctively by the circuits and started to circle through your soul. As the process progresses, a similar structure started to appear in your body." Greed said as he finished his last bread

"If my guess is right, there is a different form of magic related to those circuits. It have a high chance that we can find someone who can tell us what it is all about here in Fuyuki. I suggest that we linger around the area and look for any suspicious beings or places." Greed said with a speculative tone as he place his hand in his chin like a detective

"I think that you have a point there. I guess I could stay in here for a while to observe. If nothing happens withing 2 weeks, I would be leaving." I nodded to his proposition since my instinct also tells me that there is something more than meets the eye regarding this city.

Walking in the city was weirdly relaxing. The ascetethics of Fuyuki was very office like feel since there are no overly colorful buildings with most being colored with a hint of gray.

As I stroll around, I can sense that there are some teenagers that have above average mana signature. However I didn't pay any attention towards them since they are far too weak to even harm me.

After hours of walking around, I am starting to get bored of the monotonous colors of the building so I decided to walk towards the direction where I felt a very dense Aura of Death. While Aura of Death normaly occurs in graveyards and places of accidents, the accumulation of the Aura of Death is way too alarming.

"Did you come for the memorial?" Someone said as he sneaked up on me

*WHAT THE FUCK! WHAT WAS THAT! HOW WAS HE ABLE TO DO THAT! GREED FLEE MODE!* I shouted in my mind as he I deployed all I have in moving as far away as posiible

There are a number of people that can sneak upon me but if there is one thing in common all of them are way stronger than I am.

No normal human being can even sneak upon me even if they have virtually no mana or energy signatures.

"Oho! It seems like you have quite the power. However with that much you are still at a disadvantage." The man wearing a priest garb

"Who and what are you?" I asked with vigilance as I was ready to flee at any given moment

"No need to panic boy. I am not one of your opponents. By the way the name is Kotomine Kirei, the overseeing priest of this city." Kirei said as he bowed formally

"How are you related to the Exorcist?" I asked with caution since if he is someone from the Exorcist Faction of the Church I might die truly

"It seems like you are someone truly familiar with the supernatural side of the world huh. Well, I am indeed an Exorcist but I am different from the Exorcist you know." Kirei said as he walked towards the huge tablets filled with names

"You said one of your opponents, what does that mean?!" I asked as I remembered his words earlier

"Kukuku, it seems like you really my presence. As I said earlier I am an Exorcist, however I am not in the division which fights off Devil but rather tasked to be the overseer of the thing called Holy Grail War." Kirei laughed as he looked at me with interest

"Since you are clueless about the whole Holy Grail War, how about we go to the Church and have a good chat." Kirei continued

*Hey Greed, what do you think? Can we trust this guy?* I whispered in my mind as I stared at every movement of his

*I think the whole Holy Grail War thing might be related to that weird tatoo that placed itself to your shoulder when we arrived in this city.* Greed answered in which I can agree since there might be a connection between the weird tatoo and the appearance of Kirei

"I will go with you if you can tell me one thing." I spoke to Kirei as I unequiped Greed

"I see, go ahead. Ask away boy. It is still my job to guide all the participant of this Holy Grail War afterall." Kirei answered while waiting for my answer

"Can you tell me what is this thing?" I asked as I removed the jacket that I was wearing and revealed the maroon colored tatoo

"Ohhh, so you want to know about Command Seals. Those tatoo like thing are actually a sign that you are an official Master recognized my the Grail. In a simple explanation, the tatoo will give you three orders that your Servant wouldn't be able to fight against." Kirie said with an ambigous smile

*What is the Holy Grail? What is a Master? What is a Servant? So many questions poppong up just by his explanation!* I thought as I probably wore a complicated expression

"I can see that you have alot of questions. However I cannot answer those right now, not at least in this public area. Which is why I am inviting you for a talk over a cup of tea." Kirei said as he walked past me

With a mind full of questions, I decided that I would follow this guy so he can answer my questions. However once he did something with hostility, I am prepared to risk exposing ARK by teleport to it.

So without any choice, I followed Kirei walk towards a hill. Along the way, I saw various individual from different ages respectful greet Kirei.

*Master,I can feel a little hint of divinity from that guy. He might be someone talented since in this day and age, divinity is barely given by a diety* Fenrir communicated as I walked in a close proximity with Kirei

*This is a very risky thing to do!* I shouted in my head as I was contemplating wether I should be following this guy or be fleeing for my dear life

"And we are finally here." Kirie said as we arrived infront of a simple chapel