I broke up with Merlin [Comprehensive]

When Matou Kariya woke up, Cyril was brewing medicine.

The wooden spoon evenly stirred the black and shiny potion in the crucible, and the strange smell exclusive to potion immediately filled the whole room, causing the faces of those who smelled it to distort——

Ah, what a familiar opening.

Replace Matou Kariya with Uchiha Izumi, which is exactly the same as the beginning of the previous story.There is no way, whoever makes his customers look extremely miserable at the beginning.

"who is it?"

Except for the hoarse, hoarse male voice, there was not much shock or doubt.

It's like he just asked a question mechanically, it doesn't matter whether the other party answers or not, it's like a pool of stagnant water flowing through, only life has nothing to love.

When Cyril heard this, he couldn't help frowning.

"I'm Cyril, the owner of the White Rose Potion Store. Mr. Kariya Matou, whose online name is 'An Unremarkable Man', you bought a bottle of insect repellent at our store on xx, xx, and then ,Leaving a negative feedback the next day.”

After introducing himself and narrating the previous situation as usual, Cyril put the boiled potion into a container, and because it was still very hot, he put the bowl aside and prepared to serve it to customers later.

During the waiting period, he moved a chair and sat beside the bedside of Mr. Customer who was still lying motionless and just opened his eyes that were still in a pool of stagnant water. He looked at his expression at this time and said, "I'm sorry to disturb you." You, the insect repellent I made did have quality problems, so I would like to sincerely apologize to you here..."

Cyril finished what he had prepared, the cause and effect, the tinge of the curse in the insect repellant, and his never-shirking responsibility to do his best to re-satisfy the customer.

but,

The customer on the bed reacted coldly, and Cyril didn't know whether he listened to it or didn't listen at all. In short, Mr. Kariya Matou was still so unlovable.

Oh, he still said a few words:

"Really... I've become like this, it doesn't matter anymore, nothing matters anymore. I blame myself for being useless, I can't hold on to the strength I finally got, and how dare I try to save her... Ah, what else can I do?" ..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, it was this lifeless tone.It can be seen that Mr. Kariya Matou, who did not know what happened, suffered a very heavy blow.

He initially blamed the misfortune on the owner of the insect repellant shop, but it didn't take long before he turned to self-pity.

Even if Cyril's potion temporarily replenished Matou Kariya's vitality, the spirit that had flown along with what he called "strength" was still not so easy to come back.

Matou Kariya had already given up.

This kind of person who has given up on himself from the bottom of his heart cannot be saved or awakened by others.

So most of the time, he can only let himself be immersed in the depressed world.unless--

Unless, he happens to meet a person who hates such a situation the most and who likes to meddle in other people's business.

Most coincidentally, Cyril falls into this category.

Seeing that there was no light in Matou Kariya's eyes, as if he had written "Let me fend for myself", Cyril: "..."

The actual age of this person is actually not very old, he is still very young, but when he saw him at this time, he looked like an old man with gray hair and haggard appearance.

Matou Kariya's original hair color should not be white, but it will turn into this murmured expression, which obviously has a deep secret.

After understanding this.

Cyril: "What did you say just now? I'm sorry, I didn't hear you clearly. How about this, you sit up first, let's talk slowly—"

He got up directly, grabbed Matou Kariya's hand, and forcibly dragged him off the bed.

"…………what?"

When he fell to the ground with a thud, there was still a hint of confusion flashing across Matou Kariya's numb face.

It hurt a little bit this time.

But it just so happened that Matou Kariya's trance consciousness was thrown into a little sobriety.

"...uh, uh, this is... where... who are you?"

He reluctantly raised his body, raised his eyes to see the completely unfamiliar environment around him, and then saw the blond young man in his field of vision. He was startled, and asked the question he had asked before.

Cyril took the trouble to answer again.

This time, Matou Kariya seemed to be able to listen to his words.

Although the expression of the white-haired man still looked numb, and the light in his eyes was quite dim, it was much better than before.

Moreover, Mr. Matou Kariya's brain circuit does not seem to be in tune.

When he heard Cyril say that he was here to solve the bad review, the man opened his mouth, and what he said subconsciously was: "This—I'm sorry, I was too excited at that time... It affected you very badly Okay? Me, I'm going to delete that comment now?"

"Ah, I want to ask you to withdraw that bad review, but not now." Cyril laughed a little, but felt warm in his heart.

Just relying on this conditioned reflex, it can be proved that Mr. Kariya Matou is a kind and good person himself.

It's just that it will drive such a kind and good person who is worried about strangers to a dead end...

Thinking of this, Cyril's expression turned slightly cold.

"I'm really sorry, I used a little more strength. Come on, I'll pull you up, let's sit and talk, okay?"

He stretched out his hand and pulled up the man who was still unclear about the situation.

After Matou Kariya sat down uneasily, Cyril did not sit down in a hurry.He brought over the almost cold medicine and handed it to Kariya Matou.

The man looked at the black potion with a strange smell in his hand, struggled for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to drink it in one gulp—then he was choked and coughed violently.

Cyril patted him on the back and said at the same time: "Mr. Matou Kariya, I want to know what happened to you."

"When I found you, your condition...was pretty bad."

Just "terrible" is not enough to describe it.

Matou Kariya's situation at that time, even though Cyril was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but be taken aback after investigating clearly.

As mentioned earlier, at that time, the unconscious man's body was exhausted and empty.

To be more specific, the organs in his body were all mutilated, as if they had been bitten by insects, it was horrible.

In addition, Cyril also found many traces of the magic engraving in Matou Kariya's body.

Matou Kariya's talent as a magician should not be very high, because his magic circuits are quite narrow and not many.

Today's Cyril can tell at a glance that someone has used means to forcibly transform the magic circuit of Mr. Matou Kariya, who is not suitable to be a magician, so that he can use magic. The magic power he possesses after transformation can even——

Summons a powerful being similar to a familiar.

"I……"

Kariya Matou was hesitating.

Cyril, who claimed to be the owner of the potion shop, was just a stranger to him.As soon as Moshang came up, he asked questions that touched privacy, which really made him wonder whether he should answer or not.

However, Cyril seemed to see through the man's thoughts, and he smiled slightly: "Please don't be nervous, I'm here to solve the problem. In order to help you better, I need to have more information."

"Are you—are you worried about someone?" He suddenly mentioned another matter: "When you were unconscious, I heard you silently chanting someone's name, it seems to be... Sakura?"

As soon as the voice fell, the man's haggard face suddenly turned pale.

"Sakura! Sakura!" He didn't know what to think of, he covered his face, and cried very sadly in front of Cyril.

For such a big man to hide his face and cry like a child at this time, the scene may seem somewhat ridiculous.

However, Cyril didn't smile at all.

He waited until Jiantong Yanye cried bitterly for a long time, and his numb emotions from grief eased a little, then he walked in front of the white-haired man.Suddenly leaned over, and pressed the man's skinny shoulders with both hands.

"I can understand that you want to save her, and you are willing to give everything for the beauty in your heart. This feeling makes me feel the same..."

--wrong!How can someone who has not experienced despair and understands it all feel the same way?

Matou Kariya originally wanted to cry out in such grief and indignation.

However, when the man, who seemed to be irritated by Cyril's words, looked up and saw the expression of the blond young man who was bending over and staring at him, Matou Kariya was stunned.

The words of rebuttal got stuck in his throat, and the man couldn't say the words "unrelated people can't empathize with him".Because, the expression and eyes of the other party all told that they did have similar experiences.

"……How are you?"

The last thing to say is the caring in which the position is reversed.

"You don't have to worry about me." Cyril smiled again, "Can I say it now? I assure you, I will do my best to help you and fulfill your wish, which naturally includes—to help you save your wish. Saved the girl."

"..."

Matou Kariya was quiet for a while.

Now that he speaks again, the hostility and depression on the man's body seem to have dissipated a little, and it was the key content mentioned by Cyril that moved him: "That's right... Even people like me who are destined to die can be saved, Your Excellency, you It’s definitely not an ordinary person, maybe there’s a way—”

The light of hope falteringly ignited, Matou Kariya seemed to grasp the last straw, and as Cyril wished, he narrated all his experiences one by one.

Cyril's originally calm and indifferent expression gradually changed as the man said.

At first, he just raised his eyebrows, but later, his expression sank.In the end, after being shocked, it turned into a scene of horror.

"How could someone use such a cruel method against an innocent little girl?!"

He couldn't believe it.

But Matou Kariya smiled wryly: "Yes, this is the real magician. When I first heard about it, I was still glad that I was just a useless ordinary person, but... I couldn't help but hate myself later, why was it just a magician? A useless piece of trash! Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough!"

Speaking of excitement, the man coughed up a puddle of blood.

Cyril's eyes darkened, and he was brought hot water again, Jian Tong Kariya drank it, and his complexion improved a little, but the sluggish look already showed depression.

"I'm about to die, but I haven't been able to save Sakura yet, no matter what, I'm not reconciled."

"You will not die." Cyril emphasized: "You will not die. The current weakness is the effect of the curse. As long as you get rid of the deepest obsession in your heart, you will get better. And your obsession... I think I don't need to ask."

'This time the task should be easier to complete than the last one, but... there are a lot of troubles. '

Cyril thought to himself, the lines between his brows hadn't stretched yet.

Matou Kariya's obsession is to rescue the girl he keeps nagging about, Matou Sakura.

Originally, Cyril thought that Mr. Customer's experience was absolutely miserable, but he didn't expect it—it was too miserable.

The insect repellant bought from his shop, Kariya Matou said in embarrassment that he didn't read the name of the medicine clearly, and only saw the description of the medicine's effect before placing an order.Moreover, he really drank it himself.

This was originally bought for Sakura in his mouth, but the man was worried that there might be problems with the medicine, so he tried it himself first.

Only took a sip.

All the bugs in his body were wiped out in one fell swoop by the amazingly effective insect repellent, leaving not a single bug that slipped through the net.

Therefore, Matou Kariya was dumbfounded in the face of such an overkill effect, and was then driven crazy.

Bugs, um, are all the bugs you can think of.It's just not an ordinary worm, but an engraved worm that has been transformed by magic.

The origin of the incident must start with Matou Kariya's family, the Matou family.

The Matou family is a family of magic that gave birth to worms, and it can be passed down to this day, with very few talented successors.In Matou Kariya's generation, there are no descendants with enough magic talent.

For this reason, Matou Zouken, the patriarch of the Matou family, adopted the second daughter Tosaka Sakura, who was unable to inherit the position of patriarch, from the Tosaka family, which is also a magic family, and raised Sakura as the heir of the Matou family.

On the bright side, this is a good thing that both races can be happy with.

Even if a child without inheritance rights has outstanding talents, he will be lost to everyone because he cannot get the family inheritance.Letting Tohsaka Sakura inherit the Matou family will not waste her talent, and it will also allow the child to achieve something. This is the idea of ​​the Tohsaka Patriarch.

However, he never imagined that Zouyan Matou got Sakura who was renamed Matou, but he tortured her with extremely cruel means.

On the first day when the five-year-old girl came to Matou's house, she was thrown into the underground wormhole and was overwhelmed by countless ugly bugs.

Matou Zouken uses the engraving worm to forcibly transform Matou Sakura's magic circuit into a style that is more suitable for the Matou family's magic.

The specific method of its transformation...

Unable to speak.

No one with a conscience could describe such a cruel thing with his own mouth.

This is also an important reason why Matou Kariya, who was originally an ordinary person at ease, almost went crazy on the spot when he accidentally discovered what happened to Sakura.

Sakura is the second daughter of Tohsaka Tokiomi, whom Matou Kariya pursued unsuccessfully when he was young.

Xu is Aiwujiwu, Matou Kariya is also very fond of those two lovely girls, when Rin and Sakura were young, he often took them to play together.

Who would have thought that during the period when he could not bear the indifference of the magician family and ran away from home, the innocent and lovely little girl in the past came to his unbearable home and suffered inhuman torture day and night.

Matou Kariya thought he had a nightmare.

He begged his father not to treat Sakura like this, but Matou Zouken treated him as nothing and ignored him at all.

In desperation, Matou Kariya thought of the Holy Grail War.Instead, he asked Matou Zouken to transform himself with the engraving worm, let him participate in the Holy Grail War as a representative of the Matou family, and exchanged Sakura with the universal wishing machine that the winner can only get.

Seemingly holding the idea of ​​using him as a trial product, Matou Zouken agreed.

Thus, Matou Kariya accepted the transformation.

The imprinted worm expanded his narrow magic circuit, and the price was that once he used his magic power, he would suffer the severe pain of being bitten and devoured by the bug, and his lifespan would be greatly shortened.

But Jiantong Yanye did not hesitate, and still insisted on enduring it.

In order to save the little girl who had suffered an indiscriminate disaster, this ordinary man broke out with astonishing perseverance, and insisted on sustaining until the beginning of the Holy Grail War, and summoned the heroic spirit with the class of Berserker.

On the other hand, although Matou Kariya pinned all his hopes on the upcoming Holy Grail War, he still had some distrust towards Matou Zouken.

He couldn't bear the pain that Sakura had to endure for so long, and wanted to quietly remove the worms transplanted into the girl's body.

Just at this moment, the website of White Rose Potion Store appeared mysteriously. Kariya Matou accidentally clicked in, and his eyes lit up when he saw the description of the insect repellant in the corner.

As long as it is an insect, it can be eliminated in a second without leaving any residue, it is guaranteed to be harmless to the human body, and there will be no sequelae - what he wants is this!

Regardless, place an order immediately, and as shown above, try to use the "medicine" on yourself first for insurance...

With this test, the engraved worms in Matou Kariya's body disappeared completely, along with the magical power that had been expanded with great difficulty.

The moment he discovered such a tragic situation, the despair in the man's heart can be imagined. He never expected that he would be cheated by himself like this.

Without the engraving worm, he is inferior to ordinary people, how can he participate in the Holy Grail War, how can he drive the heroic spirits, and exchange the Holy Grail for Sakura's happiness?

——No more, there is no other way!

That's why, when Cyril came, the desperate man murmured like this.

"..."

"There is a way." Cyril rubbed his aching brows, calmed down some turbulent emotions, and tried to calmly say: "I understand, the most important thing right now is to get that girl named Sakura save me, right?"

"Yes, but—"

"I'm going to save her. Matou Kariya-san should stay here and have a good rest. I'll talk about the rest after I bring Sakura back. For example, I want to ask you about the Holy Grail War and Heroic Spirits that you just mentioned. Ask for more details."

Cyril had stood up again at this time, ready to go out.

Matou Kariya (confused): "...huh?"

Before Cyril left, he helped him to the side of the bed and told him to sleep peacefully.

Matou Kariya (sluggish): "...Huh???"

"Wait? Is this so fast?!"

Matou Kariya felt that he should emphasize the Matou family—mainly the danger of Matou Zouken. If he could take Sakura away so easily, he wouldn't be struggling so desperately.

However, Cyril did not give him the opportunity to emphasize.

He boiled medicine, cut off the water, and helped people to bed. He hurriedly walked around the small room several times, which actually caused the restlessness of a certain dark object that was originally huddled in the corner.

This pitch-black object... I'm sorry he used an imprecise description.

Well, this black armored knight is the "heroic spirit" summoned by Matou Kariya, and he is temporarily called Berserker.

Berserker, as the name suggests, is an irrational berserker.When Matou Kariya summoned him, he also used a spell to increase the degree of berserk, making the berserker's consciousness even more unclear.

However, I don't know how Cyril provoked him. The heroic spirit was bound into a ball and thrown into a corner, unable to move, and struggling to let out a piercing roar:

"A...A...Arthurrrrrrr!!!"

Arthur, Arthur.

This familiar name moved Cyril slightly.

But he doesn't know anything—please believe it, he just doesn't know anything—to deal with the unknown heroic spirit who would waste Mr. Customer's already thin magic power if he doesn't move, of course he must take measures.

So, in front of the stunned Matou Kariya, Cyril walked to that corner, raised his hand, and took off the helmet of the armored knight with a bang.

The helmet was placed on the ground by him, and he, smiling... pressed the head of the blue-haired man that appeared from under the helmet from both sides.

"What is your name, sir?"

"..."

"Did you admit the wrong person? Well, my name is not Arthur."

"..."

The heroic spirit who was still howling before suddenly became quiet.

Part of the reason may be that he regained his sanity a little and found that the only two features of the young man in front of him were blond hair and blue eyes, which matched the "Arthur" he called.

There is a more straightforward reason.

Yingling was murdered.

The blond young man who was smiling and pressing his head was smiling, but it gave people the illusion that he was about to slap Yingling's head flat like a watermelon in a second.

Mr. Matou Kariya, who was watching by the side, was about to tremble with fright when he saw it.

However, the weirdest thing is.Even though he sensed the strong hostility, the berserk heroic spirit, who is not afraid of such arrogance, should have counterattacked immediately.

But he didn't.

Heroic Spirit was still quiet, motionless, only opened a pair of cloudy eyes, staring blankly at Cyril.

It's not fear, it's not shrinking...

Then there is only "guilty heart".

It seems that even if he is delirious, Mr. Knight still has a deep impression on certain things.

Cyril withdrew his hand, but his face remained unchanged.

"Then." He smiled softly and brightly: "I'll go out first and come back later."

Matou Kariya, who was stunned, said, "Good-bye?"

Cyril: "Okay, see you later."

He is out.

The door closed softly.

The person behind the door walked away lightly.

Inside the house, there was silence.

Matou Kariya: "..."

What kind of development is this? It's too unpredictable. He is in a trance, always feeling that he is still dreaming... No!

"Berserker?"

Matou Kariya called out tentatively.

Unknown armor knight: "... Aww."

The armored knight squatted in the corner, with a shadow of loneliness all over his body.Together with the bewildered Master, he fell into a silence where no one could speak.

*****

"Looking at it this way, Mr. Matou Kariya's obsession is much easier to eliminate than Mr. Quanna's. As long as the child is rescued and her body is restored, it should be almost the same."

After leaving, Cyril thought again, and he still felt that the task this time was very simple.

It will not take a few years, if it is fast, it can be done in a few days.

However, the problem is that it can be said in theory, but inexplicably, his intuition told him: things must not be so simple!

There must be some unforeseen troubles that would forcefully increase his workload.

For example, the Holy Grail War mentioned by Kariya Matou...

"..."

He shouldn't have thought about it.

Think what comes.

Noticing something strange, Cyril stopped and raised his left hand.

With the help of the moonlight, he could clearly see that there was a blood-red mark on the back of his left hand out of thin air.

Coincidentally, not long ago, Cyril saw similar marks on the back of Mr. Matou Kariya's hand.

This imprint seems to be a unique status symbol for the Holy Grail War participants selected by the Holy Grail.

Cyrillic:"……"

He looked at the extra Command Seal imprint on the back of his hand, and was speechless for a moment.

At this time, someone's voice suddenly appeared from behind: "Master who wants to participate in the Holy Grail War, do you need a Heroic Spirit? The ready-made Heroic Spirit, the strongest Caster, can be used as a Saber when necessary. There is no Master yet. Don’t miss it when you pass by!”

"..."

Cyril didn't even look back, he just raised his legs and walked forward.