All that is necessary for the
triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
***
The round yellow
fruit forms in the palm of my hand and places down in the pantry of the school.
Whether that
fruit was created with magic is up for debate. It may have been brought into existence
through entirely unnatural means, but the item I used to do so is the Holy
Grail. Therefore, whether I used magic or holy power is up for debate and it is
an accepted fact that those two things are very different things.
Very different.
As for how I got
my hands on the Holy Grail, the divine legendary artefact that has escaped the
clutches of the Magical Affairs for three centuries now, that is a long story. The
best place to start is with who I am.
And that is a
long story within itself and the best place to start is with the Fall of
Camelot.
And that is
another long story, but I’m going to start at the end of it otherwise we would
be here all day.
This world,
Earth Delta as it is known, was the fourth world to be invaded by the Magical Affairs. That was about three and a half centuries ago in 450 AD roughly. And of the
Eleven Worlds ruled by the Magical Affairs, it was still the hardest to conquer
to this very date.
Where the other
worlds fell within two decades at the most, it was almost a century before
Earth Delta was subdued by its conquerors. In general, it was due to this being
the only Earth to have its own magics to it.
And back then,
it was focused in the Forbidden Isles of Albion, where King Arthur of the
Fallen Kingdom of Camelot and his fabled Knights of the Round Table. To
summarise, King Arthur fought the Magical Affairs to a standstill for two
decades before falling at the Battle of Camlan. After that, the surviving
Knights of the Round Table rallied around their new Queen and continued to
fight for over half a century.
Ultimately, it
ended with the Isle of Albion being Sealed away by the Magical Affairs and the
rest of Earth Delta conquered. Half a dozen Knights of the Round Table were
alive at that point, but most of this world’s magical artefacts were lost or
hidden away.
Which brings me to my birth father and the Holy Grail.
Here it goes, I am the son of Sir Galahad de Luc, born as Arthur de Luc. But these days, I go has as Hiro Oshiro and before that, I was Dune Griffin.
And why is that? I was born in Japan to my birth father and local onmyouji called Moriko Oshiro. They were planning an uprising against the Magical Affairs, but were found by the infamous Freelancer known as Lucas Griffin. My adoptive father.
Leading an elite team, Lucas battled my birth mother and birth father when I was less than a year old. Only my adoptive father survived that battle and even then, it wasn’t in one piece.
It was then that he discover me, the Holy Grail and the Three Holy Blades, Curtana, Joyeuse and Durandal.
Those four artefacts have been in the possession of my birth father, where he had safeguarded them at the commands of King Arthur for almost three centuries.
Instead of handing over those prized items to the Magical Affairs, which had been searching for them for so very long, my adoptive father spiritually implanted them within me. And he adopted me.
I still don’t know why adoptive father did what he did that day. Neither do my adoptive mother and sister even if they only known about the last bit. They don’t particularly like me.
From there, I was raised by my father in Japan until I was six. Then he went off and would return every now and again, leaving me to live on my own and raise myself.
To avoid unwanted attention, I took another name from my mother’s side and pretended to be a mere mundane. I live amongst the locals of this broken land as they are raised to be nothing more than blindly obedient slaves and playthings of the Witches and Warlocks of the Magical Affairs.
Anyway, having those four magical artefacts within my body has shaped my magic amongst other things. Other things include healing from any injury, never getting sick or ill and never needing to eat or drink. I still have to sleep every now and again if not as often as a normal person.
As for my magic, I can use the Holy Grail to heal and create true food and drink. Furthermore, I can summon any of the three swords within me and attack on their Aspects. And my Speciality is also shaped by the blades within me.
Or maybe not. It is possible that I have had such a power naturally, but I find that too unlikely to be true.
How could it be mere coincidence that I have the abilities to forge weapons and armour of out the souls of others? After my own soul was forged into a weapon by the blades within me?
No, my Speciality was forged via the Three Holy Blades.
Beyond that, I have self-training in Ofuda and Shikigami while I have received limited instruction in the use of Reinforcement and Analysis magic by my adoptive father.
So
I, Hiro Oshiro, Dune Griffin and Amr de Luc, was not unprepared when three
Magicians and their Servants attacked my school as I was refilling its pantry.
