Preparing

"Haaaa… this is life."

I release a pleasant sigh as my body gets soaked by the warm water. My companion and I decided to get back to the hotel after we explored Akihabara the entire day. From buying anime-related items to buying magical items.

We spent a whopping ten million yen. Most of the items we bought were magical items like Grimoire and Scroll. Shirou also wants to buy some metal for his experiment, and he is an exceptional blacksmith. Sadly, Shirou can only make weapons and nothing else.

He can make armor, but the quality is not good. And it was a trash tier compared to the sword he made.

The most expensive thing we buy is a feather from Fenghuang or Ho-o. One of the feathers cost me one million yen. Fenghuang is an almost extinct race of firebirds. They are the cousins of Phoenix who got extinct after being hunted down by many people who want to attain their immortality.

They did not have the power of immortality like Phoenix, but they still have a high regeneration power.

Hermione wants this feather to make a new staff for herself. Phoenix feather is the second core she is compatible with, as the other one is Dragon heartstring. Dragon heart is even more rare than the feather, and she did not want to get caught by the dragon that lived in the underworld for possessing a dragon heartstring.

The other expensive thing is the Grimoire for Sakura. It was a Grimoire written by a rather famous magician called Giovanni D'Antoni. He is a high-ranking magician in the Rosenkreuzer Magician Organization. This cost me three million yen.

The merchant can guarantee that the Grimoire is worth the money. I don't really trust the merchant, but when I see Sakura seeing the Grimoire, I cannot help but buy it.

Right now, the Grimoire is in Medea's hand. She wants to make sure there is no curse in the Grimoire. While she did not have a Magic Resistance skill, Medea has a spell that has a similar effect.

"Riser"

I snap from my thoughts when I hear Shirou's voice.

"Hmmm?"

"I think we should get out of the bath."

"How long have we been here?"

"Fifteen minutes."

"I see. Yeah, you are right."

I got up from the Onsen and put the towel around my waist before walking away. A few minutes later, I am fully dressed in Yukata and walk to the dining room, where I see many assortments of food ready to be eaten.

I can see my female peerage member and my mother have already arrived in the dining room. Huh, it looks like my mother has arrived in the Ryokan.

"Mother, I did not know you had arrived."

"Fufufufu, the meeting between Yasaka and I took longer than I like, but luckily it finished before dinner."

"I see. What about little Ravel?"

"She is currently sleeping inside her crib in the castle. I already told the servant to inform me if she wakes up."

"Ahhh."

I nodded my head in understanding.

"Anyway, how is your shopping tour, dear?"

"Awesome!"

Before I could say anything, Rias decided to interrupt me by shouting what was inside her mind.

"Really?"

"En! We visited so many places! I can see many cosplayers walking around the street! I took a photo with them."

"I see."

"I also met someone wearing a Pure Magica Girl, Magical Girl! She is really cute, and I really want to become like her in the future."

"Oh? I think Lady Serafall can help you with that."

"Ohhhh!"

I shake my head in amusement. I know that Lady Serafall will be delighted when she hears about this news, and I already can see the embarrassed face of Sona when she sees the photo of her best friend in a magical costume in the future.

"Anyway, let us eat before the food gets cold."

My mother decided to say that to stop Rias from getting out of hand. She is in a sugar rush as Shirou cannot handle both puppy dog eyes Rias throws at him. Combined it with Illya's own puppy dog eye? He will get a heart attack if not for Sakura stopping both of them.

Anyway, I sit down on the tatami and take the chopstick.

~Two days later~

"Alright. Hermione, did you bring the potion set?"

"Yes. Healing potion, Healing paste, and other types of potion."

"Good. Medea, how is the teleportation spell?"

"I'm ready."

"Very well. Let's go."

A few seconds later, we arrived in the middle of Antarctica. The reason why we go to this place? It is time to summon Kara to this planet.

Rin and Medea had already prepared a shelter using their magecraft. Rin uses her jewel to make a strong foundation and make an igloo made of ruby. Medea, on the other hand, makes an underground base beneath the Igloo.

I create a flame around me, warm up and get inside the Igloo. When I get inside, I quickly dispel the fire. Huh, surprisingly, the Igloo is really warm even when it was made of a jewel. I really thought that it would be colder.

"I engrave some runes around the dome to make it more durable and warm."

"Huh. Yeah, I can see the rune from here."

The rune is located above my head. It was engraved on the center point of the Igloo. Other than the Norse rune, I can see a few symbols I did not know.

"What kind of rune is that? The one that connects Anzus and Isa?"

"Ah, that is the Japanese runic character. Many Youkai use it in their spellcraft. Youkai is the one that can cast a spell using this runic character. While a human cannot use it, this runic character is a perfect connector as it did not absorb mana from the other rune."

"Ohhh"

That is really interesting. I really wanted to learn about Runecraft, but I decided to do it after puberty hit. A devil will get a boost in Demonic Energy when they reach puberty. I did not want to mess up with rune because it needed control.

While I have great control right now, it will break when I reach puberty. Right now, I will focus on my bloodline power and my study. Not a magical study but a general study. I need to go to school in a few months.

"Master"

I snap from my thoughts when I hear Medea calling me.

"Are you changing your mind, master?"

"No. Nothing."

After saying that, I followed my peerage member inside the basement. A few seconds later, I arrive in what looks like a lab filled with many kinds of items, from dried lizard skin to uncut diamond.

"You guys made this base as your workshop as well?"

Medea nodded her head before saying.

"Yes. I have some ingredients that need an intense cold to survive."

"Why not use some rune?"

"Too much hassle. Not only does it take a long time to engrave them, but I also need to recharge them every day. Seeing that we have a base here, I decided to move all those ingredients here."

Rin nodded her head in agreement and said.

"The same for me. Some of the Gems need cold energy, and natural cold energy is the best."

"Fair enough."

I place down my bag and take out the beacon from my bag. The beacon looks like it has the shape of a virus… I forget the name. It has a 1d20 dice as its head with a tube body and has eight legs.

"Alright, let's do this."