Nefere's Master Game

Nefele, a high school student, hasn't been sleeping well lately.

He grew up an orphan in a nursery, and when he reached high school, he received a sponsor and left the nursery.

But every one of Nefele's sponsors is strange.

Although they provide him with plenty of material comforts, Nefele can't bring himself to think of them as his parents.

When Iman comes to see him, he takes the opportunity to teach him something he calls magic. Mahir has taught him all sorts of bizarre scientific knowledge. When Nefele runs out of living expenses, he gets in touch with Gais, but Gais is nowhere to be found most of the time, and Nefele has no idea what he's busy with.

Many of his sponsors are like Gais. They care for him and look after him, but each of them seems to have some mysterious business to take care of.

Nefele is occasionally curious, but he still gives them the respect they deserve and doesn't want to pry.

One day, after Javad picked Nefele and Alumina up from school, Nefele rubbed his temples, dark circles under his eyes, and told Javad from the back seat of the luxury car:

"Lately, I keep seeing a pair of blood-red eyes in my dreams... It seems someone keeps repeating in my ear that he'll find me."

Nefele didn't understand why Javad interrupted him in sheer terror that day, or why everyone acted as if his nightmares were too frightening to speak of.

Confused and bewildered, he carried on with his usual life.

Until one day

Several red lines suddenly appeared on the back of his hand, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't rub them off.

A man in a blue robe, a pattern painted between his brows, appeared before him and greeted him with a mysterious smile.

"May I ask, are you... my Master?"

*Cosmic safety notice:

1. This is a story about a modern high school student Master and a hundred Altus from the Throne of Heroes joining forces to save the world.

2. Switch pairing, Altu and Nefele switch roles as you see fit. Since Jinjiang only allows very clean content, you can read them as unaligned too, right?

3. The main pairing is the Sultan and his Servants, but there are Type-Moon jokes in lethal doses.

In theory, you should be able to read this even if you haven't played FGO. The author isn't exactly a Type-Moon historian either, and will do their best to explain things before making stuff up wildly.

4. Aside from the interactions between Master and Servants, there'll also be ordinary high school life. Expect plenty of chaotic ensemble-cast antics.

5. The author is completely immersed in their own artistic vision. If there's any part of the hundred Altus' characterization that you can't accept while reading, feel free to decide for yourself whether to keep going!

Theme: A grand destiny order, Sultan's Game edition