清晨夜色最深沉的时刻,紧闭门窗的自家仓库里只有昏黄的照明亮着。
“Shut.Shut.Shut.Shut.Shut.”
口中一边念着,一边用白色的粉笔给召唤阵画上最后一笔。虽然已经在草稿纸上练习了很多次,实地画起这么大的召唤阵来还是会很紧张。
“Fulfill the sigils, repeatition as Five,And Make it be annihilated instead.”
放下手上一小截粉笔头,然后仔细拍干净了手上的白灰,将一个小小的钥匙扣放在了召唤阵中。
那是和社团的学姐一起出去买社团用品时,从学姐那里拿到的,在街边的扭蛋机里抽到的金色宝石状的钥匙扣。实在不知道是不是该说是正合心意——“那么我就不客气了。”——当时作为能在召唤中派上用场的圣遗物,心中暗自高兴地收下了。
一切准备就绪后,站定在召唤阵前,慢慢地深呼吸两次后,伸出手开始低声吟诵早已背熟的咒文——
“Ye base, O Silver, O iron.
Ye foundation, O stone, O Archduke of the Contract.
And Ye origin, in the name of our great master Schweinorg.
Block the falling wind by wall.
Shut the gates in sides all.
From the cown, come forth.
Forked road leads to Kindom, follow and revolve.”
粉笔画成的召唤阵在昏暗的仓库中如同被唤醒般慢慢亮了起来。
看着伸出的右手手背上仿佛呼应召唤而来的光芒一样出现的红色的咒文,嘴角也不禁翘了起来。
“Set -
Let thy body rest under my will.
Let my fate rest in thy sword.
If thou heed the Holy Grail's call,
If thou obey this mind and reason,
Then, thou shalt respond.”
召唤阵的蓝白色的光芒确实地开始如同波浪一样盈满仓库阴暗的角落,沉闷的空气也开始流动。
“I hereby make my oath.
That I shall be all the virture of Heaven.
That I shall cover all the evil of Hades.
Thou seven heavens claded in a trinity of words.
Come past they restraining rings,
and be thou ——”
吟唱终于到了末尾,押上了所有的期待,喊出了最后一句。
“——the Guardian of Balance-!”