Called

Tokie managed to pull himself together, and took the girl from Madara's Susanoo's palm. She held back the nausea and peeled off the gray feathers on Zouken's body to cover the girl. The girl who was out of trouble turned to Madara and Shi Jiang.

"Who?"

The girl has dark purple hair, which looks even more pitiful when matched with eyes of the same color. Facing Madara and Shi Jiang, she seems to have forgotten the instinctive fear and vigilance of a human being—the master’s response to intruders.Perhaps it was because of being infested by insects for so long that he lost his emotional expression.

"Don't worry, we are not bad people." Shi Jiang said softly, her face was still covered with terrible bloodstains, but the kind smile made the girl feel a lot easier.

Matou Zouken froze in place because of Madara's illusion. Although she couldn't express her emotions, she was sensitive as a child, and she realized that the two intruders in front of her were not malicious to her. Not only that, but she also saved her. she.

"Thank you." The girl whispered thanks.

"Little girl, where is the place with the most books in this house?"

If looking for a place, it would be more effective to ask the owner directly.Although most of them stay in the wormhole, this house is basically open to Sakura, and she probably knows the location of the study.

"I'll take you there."

Dragging his half-dead body, Kariya finally returned to the Matou Mansion. In the previous battle with Tokiomi, he was almost burned all over his body, and Berserker was also killed by the opponent's heroic spirit. Thinking of this, he clenched his fists in pain , but the implicated wound made his face contort in pain.Fortunately for Tokiomi's arrogance and optimism, he never thought that Kariya would survive under such circumstances, so that if he didn't check it out, there would be no such thing as that man saving him——Tokiomi His disciple, Kotomine Kirei.

Leaving aside guessing what the other party was thinking, Kariya struggled to enter the room.How should I put it, there is an unknown premonition in essence, if Zou Yan sees him like this in normal times, he will immediately greet him with cynicism.Very unusual.

Kariya decided to go to the wormhole first to see how Sakura was doing.Before that, there was a loud sound of something hitting the ground from upstairs, and the sudden sound echoed in the corridor, which made him stiffen. There is only one possibility—the Masters!

cherry!He quickly moved his body towards the wormhole, which was only a little faster than the speed of a turtle, the more Kariya became more anxious, the worms buried in his body also moved faster, swelling from under his skin, very fast The transfer of positions, eating away vitality.

"Wow—!" Physical strength could no longer support his body, Kariya threw himself on the ground, vomited blood with worms, he turned his eyes away in disgust, wanted to get up but was powerless.This body has almost reached its limit. Even if Kotomine Kirei treats it, it may not last long. The months predicted before may not even last a few days.Sakura... Kariya called the girl's name in a trance.

"Uncle Kariya——!"

Like a dream, he heard the girl calling urgently, as if something small was crawling on his chest.Kariya reluctantly opened his eyes, and what he saw was her purple hair, and her concerned eyes, these eyes were as inorganic as a doll, revealing a strong sadness.

"Are you going to die, Uncle Kariya?"

"Sorry... Sakura..." The man slowly covered the girl's face with his hands, his expression of guilt twisted, and his voice was so soft that it was almost inaudible.

It wasn't that Shi Jiang wanted to break this touching and warm scene, but it was clear that Kariya was powerless, so what to do about the child's future, at this time, she was surprisingly sensible.

"You are the guardian of this child?" Madara asked Kariya, "It doesn't look like they are related by blood."

Only then did he notice the two extra people in the house, Kariya struggled to keep Sakura behind him, but the girl held his hands down: "They are not bad people."

"?!"

"That's it, Mr. Matou, we don't have any malicious intentions. We just came here to visit and just happened to save this child."

Who would believe such words!Kariya complained in his heart, but since Sakura had already said that, he really had no reason to refute.Kariya gritted his teeth and remained silent, suppressing the desire to cough desperately. When did this body start to scream, but not yet, at least not in front of Sakura.

"This child..." He hesitated, not knowing whether to trust the two people in front of him.

Of course, Madara would not give him more time to think: "Besides believing, you have no other choice—or hold this child and your body, stay here, and we have no obligation to take care of the future."

His meaning was already very clear, and Madara realized that Kariya had reached his limit, but maybe this man was the only one here who really cared about the girl, so after his death, what kind of fate the girl would have would be tragic, or be killed. The offspring of this family continued to be humiliated...or sent to an orphanage, but the girl transformed by the worm was no longer an ordinary person, and she couldn't survive well in the orphanage.

He saw the girl's future, so he was willing to lend a helping hand. Shi Jiang lowered his head, glanced at Madara's direction, and couldn't help holding his breath, but the sound of his beating heart became more obvious.What a gentle person.

Kariya couldn't help but understand, he was too aware of how dark this place called home was. "Sakura's biological father...is Tohsaka Tokiomi..." He spat out the man's name unwillingly, "But he is absolutely unbelievable!! This man is an indifferent guy!! Give Sakura back to Aoi-san , that is the mother of the child, let her take Sakura and Rin away!"

The agitated Kariya finally couldn't help coughing up blood, Sakura leaned against his chest sadly, this sensitive child may have sensed Kariya's tragic fate from the very beginning, but apart from being sad, she didn't have any more strength.

"I see..." Shi Jiang patted Sakura's shoulder to comfort him, "Then you?"

"Don't worry about me... hiss..." He grabbed Shi Jiang's clothes with all his strength, only a blurry shadow could be seen in his almost blind eyes, Kariya's misty pupils reflected his belief, "Sakura, please I'm begging you...!"

He lay quietly on the ground, and only slowly got up when Shi Jiang and Madara's footsteps could hardly be heard.Because of Zouyan's personal hobby, there are many wooden furniture in this house, and the worms cultivated are all flammable items.Wherever Kariya did not go, a fiery fire was bound to be ignited.

He was originally a timid man, because he hated the magician's world and left to become an ordinary person, but because of this, Sakura suffered the pain that should have been his, even though he chose to save her and participate in the Holy Grail battle, it didn't help .Evading, escaping, this time, Kariya finally decided to face up to his own path when he was dying—let him and Matou turn into dust together.

The crackling flames kept burning, and soon the entire Matou was engulfed.Shi Jiang wanted to cover the girl's eyes softly, but she blocked it. Crystal tears rolled down her cheeks, but she still stared stubbornly.Thank you, Uncle Kariya.She said so in her heart.

"spot……"

"……What's wrong?"

"I don't think it would be useful to return Sakura to the Aoi-san that Kariya-san said, and it is impossible for a woman who has not refuted her husband's decision to 'send her daughter to the Mato House'." You took your daughters away and flew away, right?"

"Don't you already have the answer in your heart?"

Sure enough.Shi Jiang smiled lightly, if he asked Madara, he would definitely make his path clear.There was no time left for Sakura to grieve, Shi Jiang pulled her shoulders and said seriously: "I'm sorry, Sakura, I still want to send you to your father. If he is really untrustworthy as Mr. Kariya said Otherwise, I will not hand you over to him!"

Sakura nodded, agreeing with Shi Jiang's opinion.

***

Solving yet another servant clearly put Tokiomi in a good mood, and even specially opened a bottle of red wine to celebrate.This man is optimistic by nature, and he thinks he has a chance to win.

Kotomine Kirei stood under the tree in the garden, as if he could see the scene of the teacher inside through the wall.After Archer's previous teaching on so-called pleasure, he clearly understood that he was interested in the miserable man Matou Kariya, that is to say, he felt happy in other people's misfortune.But this happiness was also ruined by his teacher Tosaka Tokiomi.

He was no longer worth fighting, but Kirei still saved Kariya, hoping that he would bring him new joy.The rest—probably is the happiness of the mentor and his family.

Kirei was still a little fuzzy about this happiness, he was hesitating whether he wanted to do this, or in other words, whether he wanted to save this happiness for the last and enjoy it slowly.

He walked slowly to the door, knocked on the door: "It's me, Teacher Tokiomi."

Regarding Kariya's arrival, Tokiomi showed a surprised expression, but it was quickly replaced by joy: "You came just in time, Kirei."

He took Kirei into the study room, the room was cleaned clean, the mahogany furniture in the middle was polished shiny, and a beautifully shaped gift box was placed on the tea table.After inviting him to sit down, Tokiomi handed Kirei a full glass of wine.

"We have finally come to this point." Tokiomi said happily to his disciple, "Now there are only Saber and Rider left. Although they are both troublesome Heroic Spirits, they still fall short of my king."

Kirei, who couldn't understand the teacher's joy at all, replied perfunctorily: "Congratulations, teacher."

Tohsaka Tokiomi himself was self-respecting and proud, not to mention that under such circumstances, he was not aware of his disciple's double-mindedness at all.Instead, she lightly patted him on the shoulder.

"This is also inseparable from your help, thank you Kirei. This is a gift for you, open it and have a look."

Kirei put his eyes on the box, and after lifting the cover, a sharp dagger was revealed. The blade of the sword shone with silver light, and the hilt was inlaid with a good-quality ruby.Although it is a sword, it is not used for slashing, but exists as an increase in magic power.

"The name of this sword is [AZOTH]. This sword is very popular in the Magic Association. It is a gift from teachers or parents to students at coming-of-age ceremonies." Tokiomi explained, "Without a doubt, Kirei , you are already an excellent magician."

"This is really... Thank you very much, Tokiomi-sensei." Kirei stroked the cold blade and said.

From Tokiomi's point of view, this might be because his disciple was too happy and became agitated.He happily patted Kirei's shoulder: "Enjoy the relaxing time, then... I will go to prepare for the next battle first."

Turning around, Tokiomi didn't see his disciple's expression becoming gloomy, his fingers slid to the hilt of the sword, and then he held it tightly.

"...Slow down, teacher."