The journey of dragon transformation starting from Demon Slayer

In Japan, most people's hair color is brown or black, and only a very small number of foreigners have hair of other colors.

However, the man standing in front of Sakura at this moment had a stunning head of white hair.

They fell like snowflakes, gently brushing his fair cheeks, giving people a dreamy and dreamy feeling.

Slowly, a breeze blew past, ruffling Tatsumi's white hair and revealing his crystal clear blue eyes.

A wisp of misty white fog surrounded his pupils, which were like two bright sapphires, emitting charming light.

They are like the endless blue sky, pure and deep, and like the blue sea, triggering people's endless imagination.

Among them, the most eye-catching thing is the beautiful cross-shaped emblem in his pupils, which is shining like stars in his eyes and is very charming.

With fair skin, a high nose bridge, a delicate and handsome face, an upright figure and outstanding temperament, he looks like a god who has fallen into the mortal world, exuding an otherworldly feeling from head to toe.

"Hmm? What's wrong? Sakura..."

In an instant, the noble god took off his veil.

Noticing Sakura's daze, Tatsumi took two steps and stopped in the garden, then tilted his head in confusion.

Tatsumi's actions bring his affinity to the extreme.

At this time, Sakura still looked like she was about to burst into tears.

The little girl's big eyes showed a dull look, which was so cute in Tatsumi's eyes.

She is like a puppy, making people want to bully her and protect her.

If not so many things happened today, he might have already started touching his head.

Tatsumi thought he had no resistance to cute things.

In an instant, the painting styles of the two began to become cute.

Tatsumi quietly waited for the little girl's answer.

In this warm atmosphere filled with pink light, Sakura responded blankly, "Onii-chan... you're so beautiful..."

"..."

Tatsumi fell silent.

What a nice view?

Shouldn't he be handsome?

A drop of cold sweat dripped down Tatsumi's forehead and his eyes twitched. He felt helpless about the little girl's words.

Forget it, it’s beautiful so what, children can say whatever they want.

Thinking of this, Tatsumi scratched the back of his head with his other hand, but didn't take it to heart. He simply carried the girl and continued walking out of the ecological park.

After getting rid of the bugs in the bug warehouse, he and Sakura exchanged names, deepening the contract between the two parties and giving the little girl a clear understanding of the person she summoned. Calling him Onii-chan is also a short name.

In response, Tatsumi said he enjoyed it very much.

Oh, by the way, let me talk about the magic barrier he just released.

His barrier involves functions such as "life detection", "space blockade" and "terrain detection".

Just like a missile guidance system with satellites, he used his ability to accurately kill all the insects in the entire Matou mansion, leaving not even a mosquito except for humans, including the butterflies in the ecological park.

As a large number of bugs were killed, thanks to this, the feedback speed of perception was very fast. Tatsumi immediately understood the specific situation of the Matou residence.

The Matou residence is located on a hill. In the mansion, besides Matou Zouken, a centenarian made of insects, there is also a man, several maids, and several bodyguards.

The one standing in the room on the third floor of the mansion should be the one in charge, so Tatsumi then locked on the target and took Sakura straight to the room where Matou Tsuruno was.

......

Matou Tsuruno stayed in the room alone for a long time, but never received any response from Matou Zouken.

There was a dead silence all around him, as if a raging fire was mercilessly burning his willpower; and the foul smell lingering in his nose made his stomach cramp.

There is no doubt that all of this stems from Matou Zouken's extremely twisted and perverted bad habits!

This man seemed to have an almost pathological obsession with torturing others, and he always deliberately created such a weird and gloomy atmosphere and scene.

In such a breathtakingly quiet environment, Zang Yan can indulge in the endless pleasure of manipulating people's minds and destroying their wills.

Sometimes, he would suddenly appear and scare people; but at this moment, he chose to remain silent, silently torturing Matou Tsuruno's already fragile heart.

But in comparison, the current situation is relatively merciful.

After all, whenever Matou Tsuruya made mistakes in the past, he was often tortured by this "immortal old man" who used the swarm of insects to inflict torture on him.

Although Zōken did not train him as the legitimate successor, as an assistant he had no human rights at all.

After many painful experiences, Matou Tsuruno has deeply learned the cruel methods of the so-called "father".

Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!

Abruptly.

The rhythmic knocking on the door sounded beside his ears, which frightened Tsuruno.

Heye was confused and looked back with some puzzlement in his eyes.

It's already this late, who's outside the door?

Full of suspicion, He Ye first looked around the room, and after a few seconds, he slowly turned around and walked towards the door.

One step, two steps, each step Tsuruno took was on the beat of his heartbeat...

The air around him was unusually quiet, so quiet that he could only hear his own nervous breathing and the increasingly clear footsteps.

When He Ye finally arrived at the door, he was surprised to find that his entire body was already soaked with a layer of fine sweat.

He took a deep breath and put his hand on the doorknob with trembling hands. With a slight "click", the door was gently opened.

When he saw the figure appearing in front of the door, Tsuruno was stunned, with an expression of indescribable astonishment and confusion on his face.

His eyes first landed on Sakura, who looked terrified, and then moved to the white-haired man who held Sakura in his arms.

There was a flash of surprise in He Ye's eyes, and he thought to himself that this person was so beautiful, but at the same time a hint of doubt arose in his heart.

Foreigner?

There shouldn't be such a person in the Matou family, right?

Whether it was a servant or a bodyguard, Tsuruno was sure that he had never hired anyone like this before.

So, why would such a special person appear in the Matou family?

"Um... who are you?" He Ye couldn't help but ask. But the other party remained silent.

next second.

"I am the Heroic Spirit summoned by Sakura. You are that old man's assistant, right?"

Finally, the other party spoke, but this sentence made Tsuruno stunned.

Heroic spirit?

When he first heard this word, He Ye didn't react, but in just a moment he remembered where this term came from.

As Zouken Matou's assistant, he has learned a lot about the upcoming Holy Grail War through close observation over the years.

To a magician, a heroic spirit is not only a familiar, but also a terrifying monster that can take the lives of others.

By then, the entire Fuyuki City will become a battlefield between Heroic Spirits and Magicians, and he...

Tatsumi frowned slightly, somewhat dissatisfied with Tsuruno's distraction.

Soon, Tsuruno realized his mistake. He nodded and said, "Yes, yes... I am Matou Zouken's assistant and the current head of the Matou family, Matou Tsuruno..."

"Excuse me...what can I do for you..."

Matou Tsuruno looked very cautious.

Seeing that Matou Tsuruno looked confused, Tatsumi simply told him the whole story.

From the beginning when he was summoned by Sakura, to the conflict with Zōken, and finally until he killed all the magic barriers and insects in the workshop, and then brought Sakura to him.

After listening to the whole story, Tsuruno showed an expression of disbelief on his face.

He first looked back at the dead remains of Zang Yan, and remained in this position for several seconds before he reacted belatedly.

Zang Yan is dead.

That shame of Matou, the inner demon hanging over his head is dead!

Suddenly, Tatsumi's calm voice woke Tsuruno up.

"I told you that you'd better not misunderstand me. I only killed my clone..."

Tsuruno murmured, "Doppelganger..."

"Yes, clone..."

As he spoke, Tatsumi looked through the gap and took in the mess in the room.

"That old guy is very smart. I don't know why he didn't leave his body in the workshop, but to me, it's no different from being dead..."

After saying that, Tatsumi looked at Matou Tsuruno, with a hint of coldness in his blue eyes.

"And how are you?"

"Do you want to follow in his footsteps, or..."

......

"This is..."

"Is that so... I was killed by that 'Adventer'..."

The old voice echoed in the darkness, and a bug as big as a football slowly woke up.

The sound of falling water could be heard occasionally, and a cool chill spread in the air.

This is the underground space of Ryudo Temple, also known as "Ryudo Cave", which is a large natural cave in Enzo Mountain.

Enzoyama is located west of Miyama-cho in Fuyuki City and is an important place where the main body of Matou Zouken is located.

Zouken Matou who was defeated in the workshop was nothing more than a collection of insects.

The old magician's real body, the possessed being that allowed his soul to remain in the world, was sleeping in the safest place.

I'm afraid no one could have imagined that the great magician Matou Zouken would place his true body deep underground. And it was under the ground of "Enzoyama", one of the four sacred places in Fuyuki City.

The reason why the original body of the Zangyan is here can be traced back to hundreds of years ago.

In the 19th century, Matou, Einzbern, and Tousaka, as the "Three Founding Families", established the "Holy Grail War System" in Fuyuki City.

Among them, "Tōsaka" provided the land, "Einzbern" was responsible for building the Holy Grail War system. And "Matou", who was good at creating familiars, planned the "familiar system" in the Holy Grail War, that is, the "Servant" system, and invented the technique of binding servants with Command Spells.

In order for the Holy Grail system to operate successfully, they needed a stable source of magic power, so finding a suitable spiritual land became their primary goal.

There are four sacred places in Fuyuki City.

Among them, "Enzoyama" can be said to be the largest sacred place located in Miyama Town, Fuyuki City.

"Enzo-san" - As the name suggests, this is a huge mountain.

Because there is a natural cave here - the "Dragon Cave", and this is the place where spiritual power gathers most densely. In addition, the mystery needs to be hidden from the public, so they placed the Holy Grail system here and made a special contract under the witness of the Magic Marshal.

The "Holy Grail System" is hidden within the mountain. It is also a secret altar known only to the heads of the three great families.

Because of the secret barrier, there is no way for ordinary people to get in. Only the three major families know the correct location and how to remove the barrier.

Originally, this place belonged to the Tousaka family.

However, the magic power in Mt. Enzo was too strong and too dangerous to train the next generation of magicians. Therefore, the Tousaka family settled in the second most spiritual vein in Fuyuki City, which is now the "Tousaka" mansion.

The third spiritual vein of Fuyuki was given by the "Tousaka" family to the "Matou" family who immigrated from foreign countries.

Although the third spiritual vein is far away from "Yunzang Mountain" and is located on the outskirts of Xindu on the other side of the river, its spiritual level is no less than the first and second.

However, because the spiritual power there was not compatible with the attributes of the Matou clan, Matou built his mansion somewhere else.

Due to the departure of "Matou", the original spiritual vein was occupied by the "Church of the Holy Land" that intervened later.

The hill where the current "Fuyuki Church" is located is the third sacred place of Fuyuki.

Finally, there is the fourth spiritual vein.

The original fourth spiritual vein did not exist in this land before. It is a distorted source of magic power that flows out from the three major spiritual veins after being processed by magic.

It has accumulated and gathered at one point over more than a hundred years, and gradually evolved into what it is today, which is the so-called "late-developing spiritual place".

This sacred site is located in the center of the new residential area. The Shinshin Citizens' Hall is built here, and it is relatively close to the "Matou House" located in the high-end residential area.

Of course, this closeness is only in an objective sense. The location of the Matou residence is actually the same as the Tousaka residence, located on a hill and near the suburbs.

All in all, this is the general situation of the spiritual land. Now let’s talk about why the main body of the Zangyan is placed here.

As mentioned before, the base of the Holy Grail is located in this natural "Dragon Cave" underground in Mount Enzo. Only the Three Great Families know about this place, and it is a top secret among the top secrets.

As a family with a long history and prominent status, the Tohsaka family's mission is to take charge of all affairs within its territory.

They knew very well that every piece of spiritual land contained endless mysterious power and precious resources. If these spiritual lands were damaged or lost in any way, it would bring disastrous consequences to the entire family.

Therefore, the Tohsaka clan always adheres to the principle of being cautious and protecting to the end in treating the spiritual land under their jurisdiction.