"Shirou, you're going to be late!" Shirou heard his mom say to him as he looked at the three lines that had appeared on his right hand.
He could feel them pulsing as they sent energy through his nerves, he regretted agreeing to that man's request, but the guy was paying him and all that he had to do was say that he was ready.
A long time ago, or maybe it wasn't too long ago, it depended on who one asked, there used to be magic in the world, but it stopped working when Humans began to understand how everything worked.
His family was once a family of Magus, but ever since magic left the world they had changed their way of doing things like everyone else.
He exited the bathroom and headed towards the kitchen, his house, or better said his apartment wasn't the biggest but it wasn't small either, so he had more room than most people.
He began to imagine the conversation that he would soon have, and how he would explain to his family that he was now a part of something that he didn't understand.
His heart began to beat faster than it ever should have been possible because his grandfather was sitting with everyone else and he wasn't alone, his dad was there too.
"Shirou what's wrong?" his mom asked him, but he just shook his head and said that he was surprised to see his grandfather sitting with everyone.
Shirou watched as his mom gave him a playful smile before she sat next to his older sister, who despite her age looked younger than he did. This was something that annoyed him because she liked pretending that she was younger than him and used it to keep girls away from him.
As he sat down he decided that it was better to say something now before things got out of hand.
"Mom- Dad, grandpa remember how I asked all of you to teach me how to do Magecraft." he said to them and noticed his parents worried expressions.
"We already told you that it's pointless to try, that stage of human history is over." his father said to him. with the same voice that he uses whenever he is talking to a client or one of his superiors.
"Yeah, a funny thing about that." He said to his dad as he lifted his right hand and showed everyone the command seal that was pulsing with power.
Shirou can only watch as his dad- mom and older sister run toward him and grab his hand, he can see the shock in their eyes, he watches as their shock is replaced with fear, as they look at him with worried-filled eyes.
"Explain now." his grandfather orders him, the man's voice has enough power to force his entire family to step aside and leave room for him and his grandfather to see each other.
"There isn't a lot to say. I found a poster that said that someone was looking for people to help him cast one last spell, and since I was always interested in magic I went to see if what that guy said was true."
"There were a lot of people, but the poster said that the guy was offering money so I wasn't surprised to find the bar filled with people, but almost everyone left when he began to explain his plan.'
"Which was?" his grandfather asked him as he didn't care for the minor details and just wanted to know how Shirou was able to obtain something that shouldn't have been possible anymore.
"I figured out a way to tap into the power of Wonder, not Mistery but Wonder."
"Now because this is something that has never been done before, I have no way of keeping the energy going. At best, all of the powers that existed in this world will be recharged until my plan is complete, and then that's it, they're gone," Shirou repeated the man's words.
"This spell will connect to every reality and it will take whatever power fuels it and use it to keep itself going. It will travel through time, grab onto whatever power existed back then, and maybe if we are lucky it will travel into the future and grab onto whatever is over there."
"The prize is a single wish."
"Think about it, the power to undo all the damage done to the world, or get whatever we want and the only thing that any of us have to do is be the last one standing." Shirou said to his grandfather who quickly stood up and walked towards his office.
Not knowing what to do or if he's allowed to do anything, he can only stare at his grandfather's empty chair, before he hears his grandfather's footsteps returning.
"Use this to summon your hero." his grandfather said to him as he dropped a large box in front of him, the box made a loud thump the moment it landed on the table.
"Kiritsugu deal with the other masters, Irisviel help him however you can." Shirou watched as his grandfather ordered his dad and mom before turning to look at him and Illyasviel who was eating her breakfast despite everything going on around her.
"You are involved in something greater than you can ever imagine boy, so you better not fail us.' his grandfather said to him before he opened the box and showed Shirou the sheath that was inside it.