It was Wednesday night. Niccolo Visalli walked into his bedroom before checking to make sure neither of his sons were nearby. He walked into the room and closed the curtains over the windows before taking out his phone to call a contact.

"Hello?" the person on the other end answered, a thick Irish accent in his voice.

"Brother Jefferson? It's Visalli." Niccolo said. "Paradisum. Operation Galahad. Confirmation code: Ideo, si quis est in Christo nova creatio est (Therefore, if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation)."

"Confirmed. Confirmation code: De vetera transierunt ecce facta sunt omnia nova (The old has gone, the new has come)!" Jefferson responded.

"Confirmed." Niccolo replied.

"Amen." the two said in unison.

"What is the situation on your end?" Jefferson asked.

"I believe I have found another way to complete Paradisum's mission." Niccolo answered.

Paradisum was a catholic organization that operated in secrecy, though it was not an official branch of the Catholic Church. They were largely an independent organization with little to no actual association with the Vatican. And even then, it only extended to having agents placed there to preserve secrecy. The Pope had no clue that Paradisum existed. If the nature of the Holy Grail War was revealed, there would surely be chaos. And chaos would likely cause complications in achieving their goal; using the Holy Grail to reveal God's glory to the world.

Niccolo was a member of Paradisum who was in charge of the organization's activities in Philburg. He had known all along that his youngest son Dario was a Master, but his Servant was eliminated before Niccolo could speak with him about assisting Paradisum. However, the priest had a new idea.

"There is another Master who attends the church I am working at." Niccolo said. "He and his father are quite devoted to the faith, so I believe he might be a good option."

"His name is Louis du Bois. His father was a Master, but he died a few weeks ago. Louis inherited his father's Command Seals. I was thinking of requesting his assistance, but would like a second opinion on that thought before I act on it."

There was a thoughtful silence on the other end of the line. "...Do it. Request the boy's assistance in completing our mission."

"Thank you." the Italian responded. "Usque ad omnem gratiam videre Dei (Until all see the grace of God)."

"Usque ad omnem gratiam videre Dei."


Fate/new dawn
Chapter 20: What Do You Seek?


Louis was walking along the street that night with Rider following behind him in spirit form. He was devoting all of his time in the War to seeking out Assassin of Alpha and avenging his father's death at their hand.

"Boy, your methods amount to nothing more than searching for a needle in a haystack." Rider said. "If you believe that you will find a Servant whose appearance no one can remember for some reason by sneaking about aimlessly, you are a fool."

"Then what do I do to draw them out?" Louis whispered.

"Cause trouble for their allies. I have fairly well-rounded parameters and a good Noble Phantasm, so I could stand a chance against most of the Alpha faction's Servants." Rider then scoffed. "Their Berserker is another matter, however. I fought that maniac once and could barely do anything to hurt him."

"That makes sense. Cause enough problems for Alpha while making sure they see. Then, they'll send Assassin of Alpha after us, allowing us to possibly kill them." Louis replied.

"But be wary of Assassin, boy. Servants in that class are more suitable for killing Masters rather than Servants. Drawing them out would most likely backfire on you."

"I am going to avenge my father, Rider. Assassin of Alpha killed my father, the only family member that cared about me." Louis stated. "My other relatives wouldn't give a s*** about me. I was born because of an affair between my mother and father. Mother ran off after I was born."

"So, you're a b****** child..." Rider responded.

"Weren't you?"

"I was only considered one. Frankish custom allowed for polygamy, so technically I am a legitimate child. But my mother was not my father's first wife. I never really took it as an attack on me, though. No, they were dishonoring my mother by referring to me as a b******."

A sword came out of nowhere and flew towards Rider, prompting him to block with the head of his war hammer but slightly surprising him.

"Son of a b****..." Rider cursed. "It's Archer. He'll probably run away if we try to close the distance..."

Another sword shot out and hit Rider in the chest before another was fired, but Rider deflected it this time.

"He's a few kilometers away..." he grumbled. "Won't be able to reach him even if I gave chase. He'd flee long before."

"Calvary of Tours." Rider summoned a horse using his Noble Phantasm before mounting it. "We need to retreat. We won't be able to confront Archer at this difference."

Rider grabbed Louis and pulled him onto the horse before having it gallop away.

From his position on top of a far away building, Archer was preparing to use one of his Noble Phantasms, Hrunting. It was a modified version of a sword used by the Scandinavian hero Beowulf, which Archer had found in his lifetime. This version of Hrunting was modified into becoming a Broken Phantasm and was quite different in appearance, now being a pitch black weapon with a few small edges coiling around its thin core and somewhat curving outward. He took aim with his bow and the Broken Phantasm fly. Hrunting turned into a red bullet of magical energy flying at a speed of Mach-10 as it shoot out towards Rider and Louis.

Rider was able to sense an oncoming mass of magical energy and had the horse turn a corner in hopes of avoiding it. However, the magical bullet that was Hrunting curved its path and continued following.

"Rider, it's still following us." Louis said.

"Must be a Noble Phantasm..." Rider growled. 'If avoiding it won't work...'

Rider stopped the horse and turned it around, trying to face Hrunting so he could smack it with his hammer. But he didn't correctly anticipate how fast it was traveling and the horse was shot instead, sending it flying while knocking its riders off. The horse dissipated and the two members of Omega ducked into an alley that they hoped hid them from Archer's sight.

They were correct and Archer had to dismiss his bow before he could prepare to fire again. The tanned man then dematerialized and went to find other enemies to attack.


Assassin of Omega was silently patrolling the city on orders of his Master. His mission to eliminate Assassin of Alpha remained but he was recently given an additional objective; locate Caster of Alpha. Knowing how Casters worked, she was most certainly holed up in one area that was hidden from public view and fortified extensively.

Kiritsugu Emiya knew how magi worked. In life, he was a freelancer who was frequently hired by the Mage's Association to eliminate magi with Sealing Designations. And he excelled at it, for one is not given the title of "Magus Killer" for nothing. All of his targets would have their workshops hidden somewhere the general public would never look and would have Bounded Fields upon Bounded Fields defending it.

Personally, Kiritsugu found the world he was summoned into strange for its lack of magi. The government overseeing this War, something that the Mage's Association and the Church would have done back on his world, was another thing he found unusual.

But Frederick believed his Servant's world to be just as unusual. As was the same with all Masters in the Holy Grail War, Frederick had seen some of Kiritsugu's memories in his dreams. He admitted to his Servant that he was greatly disturbed by how amoral magi tended to be. It was to be expected of a non-magus, so the Magus Killer paid his Master's disgust no mind.

But Kiritsugu was certain that if Frederick found out that Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg dropped a magus in this world for whatever reason, the rich man would drop everything and have his Servant pursue the magus. He doubted that such a scenario would come to pass, but no could never predict what the Wizard Marshal was going to do. That he could access parallel dimensions as easily as one could cross the street and had an immense love of pranks made magi consider a bored Zelretch the single most terrifying thing in existence.

But back to the topic of his objectives in the War, Philburg being a large city made it quite difficult to find where Caster could be hiding. The fact that the siege on Caster of Omega's base was the first time anyone in the Omega faction had seen her only made it worse.

"Found anything yet, Assassin?" Frederick's voice rang through his connection to Assassin.

"Nothing so far, Master." Assassin responded.

"I see... I'd prefer that Caster's base be found tonight, but it's okay if you can't manage that." Frederick said. "We're pretty much looking for a needle in a haystack. It'd be better to keep our expectations realistic."

But Assassin did not find Caster's base that night.


Caster of Alpha was working on expanding the temple. As it was now, it wouldn't be able to handle an invasion, so she would need to better fortify it. It was something that she had planned for a while, but the problem was that she lacked the resources to carry it out.

What was once a small temple was now a sprawling complex more akin to a small three story castle. The Bounded Field had to be adjusted to allow for the expansion to not spill out and cause the temple to be seen by a random passerby.

"Caster, this is amazing!" Lily exclaimed.

"I'm glad that you appreciate it, Master." Caster smiled. "But there is one more thing that needs to be done before it's complete."

"What's that?" the blonde girl asked.

"What I have planned will require a second Bounded Field, but we will have to use measures to exempt our allies from its effects." the dragon woman explained. "This Bounded Field will be tied to my Item Construction Skill. When triggered, it will cause Dragon Tooth Warriors to appear throughout the temple."

"Dragon Tooth Warriors?" Lily said.

"A type of familiar manufactured and bound by dragon's fangs. They're more like golems than automatons though, and are meant to be mindless, disposable, rank-and-file soldiers. They can be quite overwhelming when in large numbers."

"I see." Lily said. "But will this end up like-"

"No. It won't end up like that swarm of homunculi Caster of Omega threw at us." Caster said. "Dragon Tooth Warriors are like skeletons and were never alive in the first place, really."

"Okay." Lily said.

"Let's talk about something else." the Servant of Spells and Sorcery switched the topic. "Do you have any plans on confessing to Ian?"

"E-eh?" Lily was taken aback.

"I'm only teasing." Caster smiled. "Even if I can tell you have feelings for him."

"B-But, Caster, what about Assassin?"

Caster sighed. "I suppose you're right..."

"But I pity that poor girl... Having spent an entire life having no one who loved her. It's a shame that she has fallen into senseless murder, but hopefully we can reach a peaceful solution."


Again, this is a calm before the storm type of chapter like the last one. The pace will start to pick up again starting next chapter. The most major thing to happen in this one is the reveal of a new party; Paradisum. Paradisum will play a larger part in the prequel. I've also been thinking of creating a sequel. If I go with it, Paradisum will play a fairly large role in it.

Now for the reviews.

Deadpool517: Simo Hayha (died in 2002) is a little too recent for my tastes. But considering that I readily accept the idea of Jack Churchill (died in 1996) as a Heroic Spirit, I might make that happen one day.

Devin sands: I already have made another Fate story unrelated to this fic. It's an XOver with Superior Spider-Man called Superior Emiya. Check it out if you're interested.

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