Chapter 104

“What’s wrong, Rin? You seem distracted, which isn’t like you at all.” Before the Holy Grail War officially begins, I have something to take care of, and it’s related to the Tohsaka family, so I’ve been paying close attention to their movements lately.

Seeing that Rin Tohsaka was acting strangely, I knew that something was about to happen.

“N-nothing…it’s just…” Upon hearing my words, Rin Tohsaka raised her head, looking as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

“Rin, you look fine like this? I don’t believe you. What, you don’t trust me at all?” I squatted down in front of Rin Tohsaka, who was sitting in a chair, and looked into her azure eyes.

“Okay… I’ll tell you then,” Rin Tohsaka said after looking at me for a while, then turned her head away slightly. Then, perhaps feeling a little weak, she turned her head back, though her face was a little red.

“Isn’t it true that a family of magicians can only have one person inherit the magic crest? And the current inheritor of the Tohsaka family’s magic crest is me, and Sakura also has quite a bit of magical talent. It just so happens that the Matou family’s magical talent has been mediocre for the past two generations, so…” Rin Tohsaka paused here.

“So?” I reached out and took Rin Tohsaka’s small hand in mine. Rin moved her hand slightly and then let me hold it.

“So that’s it, Sakura is to be adopted into the Tohsaka family.” Rin Tohsaka waved her other small hand, her voice trailing off as she finished the sentence.

“No wonder you’re like this, Rin.” I thought this was going to happen in the next few days, and it has indeed come.

“And then?” Rin Tohsaka waited for a long time but I didn’t say anything, so she couldn’t help but ask.

“What then?” I pretended not to understand. I’ve always enjoyed teasing the tsundere Rin.

“Are you just going to ask and then leave it at that?” Rin Tohsaka pulled her small hand away and angrily slapped my big hand. What was she expecting when she said it?

“Otherwise, this is your family matter, Rin. If you have no objections, I have nothing more to say.”

“Who said I didn’t…” Rin Tohsaka blurted out her inner thoughts without thinking, and quickly stopped herself when she realized what she had said.

“So, Rin, you have a problem with this?” Seeing Rin’s reaction, her true thoughts were completely exposed. After all, she’s still a child. Although I wouldn’t have let Sakura go to the Matou family in the first place, I might as well increase Rin’s favorability.

“But… Father said it’s for Sakura’s own good, after all, she still has some decent magic…” Her father’s long-standing authority prevented Rin Tohsaka from daring to disobey him. Just like when she heard this news, she knew it would benefit Sakura, but…

“So Rin, you have a problem with that, don’t you?” Seeing that Rin Tohsaka was not being sincere, I abruptly interrupted her.

Even so, as Father said, the family of those skilled in the art of membrane manipulation did not inherit it…

“So Rin, you have a problem with that, right?!” This time, I interrupted her before she even finished speaking.

“And Mother agreed, and Uncle Kariya can take care of the Matou family…” Rin Tohsaka’s voice trembled slightly.

“So…” Just as I was about to interrupt her again, Rin Tohsaka shouted out loud.

“Yes, I have a problem with it. I don’t want to be separated from Sakura. We’re clearly sisters, why does it have to be like this? Family of magicians, magic crests and all that… she’s my sister…” Tears welled up in Rin Tohsaka’s azure eyes.

“That’s more like it. Although I like the tsundere Rin, the frank Rin is also cute. And keeping your feelings to yourself and saying things you don’t mean isn’t tsundere. I don’t want to see that kind of Rin.”

I stood up slightly, stroking Rin Tohsaka’s black twin tails with one hand, and wiping away her tears with the other.

“I’m… not… being a tsundere…” Rin Tohsaka raised her head, her eyes slightly red, her thin cherry lips parted slightly, and she retorted in a soft, choked voice.

“What?” I asked, pretending not to hear.

“I’m not a tsundere at all!” Rin Tohsaka lightly tapped my lower abdomen with her small hand, then buried her head in my stomach.

“Hey… Jian, you’ll help me, right?”

“Yes, of course. Since you’ve said so, I’ll definitely help you.”

“You bad guy… Ken, you must know what I’m thinking… I just want people to say it out loud… Ken, you’re such a bad guy…” Rin Tohsaka said softly as she hugged me tightly with her slender arms.

I didn’t say anything, but just held Rin Tohsaka’s small body and gently stroked her back to comfort her. As expected, the tsundere Rin is really too cute.

“So what do you plan to do?” With my comforting words, Rin Tohsaka gradually calmed down.

“Hmm… we can just snatch Sakura away then, and then you sisters can continue living together.”

“Huh!? I thought you had some good ideas, like negotiating with Father or something.” Rin Tohsaka stared at me with wide, azure eyes, her face full of disbelief.

“Rin, I’m your Servant, a Heroic Spirit, and I’m very strong. You don’t need to say so much. I’m already being generous by not beating up your father.” I pinched Rin Tohsaka’s cute little face to remind her if she had forgotten my identity. Although it was fake, my strength was real.

“But this is too simple and crude.” For Rin Tohsaka, who has always been taught to act with elegance, this is anything but elegant.

“But it works, doesn’t it?” In the cold and indifferent world of magic, the survival of the fittest is a common phenomenon.

“If I do this, my mother and father will have to…” Since Rin Tohsaka didn’t have any better options, she had no choice but to listen to me.

“You don’t need to worry about your father. If he tries to send Sakura away again, I’ll teach him a lesson. As for your mother, I’ll take care of her. I’m sure she doesn’t want to send her daughter away either.”

“Okay, but I get the feeling you just want to beat up my father…” Rin Tohsaka nodded, reluctantly agreeing to my plan, and I ignored her subsequent grumbling.

“Anyway, leave this to me, Rin, you don’t need to worry. By the way, where are your mother and Sakura? Aren’t they usually here?” I stood up and ruffled Rin Tohsaka’s hair.

“Stop it! Don’t think you can do whatever you want just because you’re helping me.” Rin Tohsaka grabbed my mischievous hand with her small hands, it seems she has basically recovered.

“Sakura is in her own room. Her mother said she would spend more time with her these days, so she is in her own room as well.”

“Then let’s go to Sakura’s room. You play with Sakura for a while, and I’ll talk to your mother.” After saying that, I picked up Rin Tohsaka’s small body and left her bedroom amidst her complaints, “I’m not a child anymore, you don’t need to be carried, okay?”

Soon, I carried Rin to Sakura’s room. After knocking on the door and hearing Aoi say “Come in,” I led Rin into Sakura’s room. Sure enough, as soon as we entered, we saw Aoi talking to Sakura.

“Sister, Uncle Jian.” As soon as she saw us, Sakura Tohsaka greeted us politely, but we could still detect a hint of sadness in her soft, childlike voice that she didn’t usually show.

“Sakura, hello there. I have something to talk to your mother about. Why don’t you play with Rin for a bit?” I put Rin down, walked over, and patted Sakura’s head.

“Mmm.” Sakura Tohsaka obediently agreed, and Rin Tohsaka took her sister’s hand and led her to the bed to play. I winked at Aoi Tohsaka and left Sakura Tohsaka’s room, with Aoi following behind.

“Ken, is there something you need?” Tohsaka Aoi followed me to a guest room not far away. After I closed the door, she asked me, but judging from her slightly flushed face, she probably thought I had come to do *that* kind of thing.

“Aoi, I heard about Sakura.” But just as she thought, it’s common for me to talk about things with beautiful women, and then it often comes to bed. So now I’m already skillfully holding Aoi Tohsaka’s curvaceous body on the bed.

“Did Rin tell you this?” Aoi Tohsaka’s expression froze, and her slightly flushed cheeks dimmed a little.

“Mmm.” I took a deep breath of the fragrance from Aoi Tohsaka’s fair neck.

“Really? I didn’t want to tell you, so as not to cause you any trouble. After all, it’s the Tohsaka family’s home… um…” Before Tohsaka Aoi could speak, there was a “smack” sound as I slapped her firm, round buttocks.

“Aoi, given our relationship, Sakura’s affairs are my affairs, so why should I be bothered by them? And what about the Tohsaka family’s affairs? It seems I need to teach you a lesson.” I rolled over and pinned Tohsaka Aoi beneath me. Her soft body made my large penis practically pop out of my pants.

Tohsaka Aoi blushed deeply at my words. She could no longer deceive herself with the excuse of replenishing mana regarding her current relationship with me; she was falling deeper and deeper into it and could no longer extricate herself.

“But from a magical point of view, being adopted into the Matou family would be a very good choice for Sakura.” So Aoi Tohsaka could only explain the benefits of Sakura Tohsaka’s situation from another angle.

“As expected of mother and daughter, Aoi, your story is just like Rin’s.” I gently nibbled on Aoi Tohsaka’s white earlobe and whispered these words in her ear. My warm breath tickled her sensitive ear.

“What problem did I bring up?” Coming from a family of magicians, Aoi Tohsaka was deeply influenced by the rules and regulations of the magic world, as evidenced by her own marriage into the Tohsaka family.

“I’m not from the magic world, so I won’t do things the way the magic world does. Besides, were you happy before you met me, Aoi, by the way the magic world does?” My words left Aoi speechless. If she was happy, why would she be like this with me now?

“Sakura is the same. Whether it’s good or bad, only the people involved know the truth, right?” Seeing the silent Aoi Tohsaka, I lovingly kissed her cheek.

“Anyway, I will get involved in Sakura’s matter. I will show you some things then, and you will understand. Now, let me bring you happiness (sexual happiness) first, Aoi.” After saying that, I kissed Aoi’s thin, moist cherry lips, and Aoi obediently closed her pale blue eyes.

“Ah… hot… semen… is coming in…” With a loud, lewd moan, Aoi Tohsaka reached another climax as I ejaculated.

Because Rin and Sakura Tohsaka were probably still waiting for us to return to their rooms, Aoi Tohsaka and I didn’t last long this time. After bringing Aoi to orgasm two or three times in an hour, I ejaculated into her vagina and uterus.

While Aoi Tohsaka was panting and calming down from her climax, I helped her put on her clothes. To avoid arousing suspicion from Rin Tohsaka and the others, I took out a simple long dress of the same style. Underwear was optional.

“Aoi, let’s go back.” With my careful help, Aoi Tohsaka quickly got dressed, and her breathing was no longer as rapid as before.

“Wait a minute… I feel my face is still a little red.” Although Aoi Tohsaka’s breathing was no longer so rapid, the flush on her face had not yet subsided.

I naturally had no objection to this. I pulled the beautiful woman onto my lap and sat her down, whispering sweet nothings to her. After nearly ten minutes, we returned to Sakura Tohsaka’s room.

“Too slow, what did Mother say?” As soon as I returned, Rin Tohsaka quickly pulled me aside and whispered to me.

“Under my persuasive and reasoned approach, your mother has tacitly agreed to my intervention regarding Sakura.” Seeing Rin Tohsaka’s adorable, cautious demeanor, I couldn’t help but lean down and deliberately speak very close to her ear.

“Wow, I know, it’s too close.” Rin Tohsaka’s ears turned red, and she quickly pushed me away. Her big reaction made Aoi Tohsaka and Sakura Tohsaka, who were by the bed, look over curiously.

“It’s nothing, Rin is just shy again.” Hearing my words, Aoi Tohsaka and Sakura Tohsaka both nodded knowingly and didn’t pay any attention to it.

“It’s all because of you, and what about Mother and Sakura’s reactions? It’s like I do this all the time.” Aren’t you always the one I tease like that? Hmm, to prevent the tsundere Rin from getting embarrassed, I’d better not say anything.

“In short, I can handle Sakura’s situation without any problem.”

“Well, it’s up to you now.” When it came to business, Rin Tohsaka stopped being arrogant and just twirled the ends of her twin tails with her small hands, looking a little embarrassed.

“Okay, don’t worry, I won’t let you down, Rin.” Seeing Rin looking so cute and charming, I couldn’t help but pick her up and kiss her soft cheek, followed by a playful fight.

As night deepened, I returned to the Einzbern residence and silently entered Sakura Tohsaka’s room. When I arrived at the bedside, the little girl was already asleep, breathing steadily. However, upon closer inspection, her adorable sleeping face was broken by a slight furrow in her brow.

“Sakura… Sakura…” In her sleep, Sakura Tohsaka seemed to vaguely hear a sound, so she opened her eyes and, not yet adjusted to the darkness, vaguely saw a figure.

“Uncle Jian…” After her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she could vaguely guess that the person in front of her was her sister’s teacher, an uncle whose relationship with her mother seemed rather strange, but who was also quite kind to her.

“Yes, it’s me.” I turned on the bedside lamp so that Sakura Tohsaka could see me better, then sat down on the edge of her bed and smoothed her slightly messy hair with my hand.

“Uncle Jian, what brings you here so late?” Sakura Tohsaka asked, her little hands gripping the edge of the blanket as she looked at me with a puzzled expression.

“Sakura, do you like this home?” I smoothed Sakura Tohsaka’s hair and then touched her soft, egg-white cheek, feeling the wonderful touch.

“Yes, I like it.” Although I didn’t know why I suddenly asked this, Sakura Tohsaka nodded.

“That’s fine then. Here, Sakura, this is for you.” I took out a small pendant from my other hand.

“Huh? All of a sudden, why?” Sakura Tohsaka blinked her big eyes in confusion, she was a little bewildered.

“Hmm… Uncle Jian, is it alright if I want to give Sakura a talisman?”

“Of course not.” Sakura Tohsaka immediately shook her head. I often bring small gifts for the two sisters. Sakura was just wondering why I came so late. After I said that, she didn’t think much of it.

“Then I’ll put it on you, Sakura.”

“Hmm.” Sakura Tohsaka raised her little head, and I pulled the red string of the jade pendant and successfully put the pendant around Sakura Tohsaka’s neck.

“Thank you, Uncle Jian.” The jade pendant felt comfortable on her body without any discomfort; in fact, it gave her a sense of comfort. She wondered if it was just her imagination.

“Oh, right, this pendant really does act as a talisman. It will protect you when you’re in danger.”

“Huh? Is this some kind of magic prop?” Sakura Tohsaka looked at me with some surprise. It turned out that it wasn’t her imagination; it really was a magical pendant.

“You could say that, Uncle Jian made this pendant to protect your safety.” Seeing Sakura Tohsaka’s adorable reaction, I couldn’t help but flick her delicate nose with my finger.

“Ah, thank you so much, Uncle Jian.” Sakura Tohsaka, who thought it was just a small gift, quickly continued to express her gratitude.

“No need to be so polite with Uncle Jian.” After all, I can be considered your father, though of course I can’t say that.

“Alright, I won’t disturb your rest any longer, Sakura. Go to sleep.” I gently laid Sakura Tohsaka down after she had sat up in bed and pulled the covers up.

“Mmm.” As soon as she finished speaking, Sakura Tohsaka felt a wave of sleepiness wash over her, and she fell asleep again in no time. I kissed her smooth forehead and then quietly withdrew.

The preparations are almost complete. I learned from Aoi Tohsaka that Sakura will be sent to the Matou family in about two days, so in addition to teaching Rin Tohsaka, I have been closely monitoring the Tohsaka family’s activities these past few days.

Sure enough, not two days later, Tokiomi Tohsaka was about to send Sakura Tohsaka to the Matou family. It seems that the old man in the Matou family is quite impatient, huh? In a hurry to send her to her death.

“Sakura, be good when you get to the Matou family. Mom will miss you.” I stroked Sakura Tohsaka’s head and hugged her tightly. Although I knew what I was going to do, I didn’t say anything in detail. This made Aoi Tohsaka feel a little hopeful, but she still took the matter of sending Sakura Tohsaka away seriously.

“Sakura…” Rin Tohsaka, who was standing to the side, knew that I would take Sakura Tohsaka back, but in this atmosphere of parting, her azure eyes were already wet with tears.

“Hey, Ken, you’re here, right?” Through our contract, Rin Tohsaka can communicate with me telepathically. Although I haven’t appeared today, Rin knows I’m definitely watching from the side.

“Hmm.” I patted Rin Tohsaka’s head to let her know I was there.

“Ken, you have to bring Sakura back!” Rin Tohsaka had some reservations about my simple and crude plan before, but now that she saw this scene, she had no complaints at all.

Watching Sakura being carried away by her father, Rin Tohsaka, whose thoughts I had already seen through, wished she could rush forward and keep Sakura there. She realized that all her previous ideas about magical families and magical talents were rubbish.

Are these things more important than one’s own sisters? I was such a fool before, an incurable fool. This is probably the first time Rin Tohsaka has said this to herself in her heart. Thankfully, she’s come to her senses now. Thinking of this, and thinking of me beside her, if it weren’t for me, Sakura might really have…

“Ken, thank you so much, so please.” Rin Tohsaka is different from Aoi Tohsaka. She has only recently entered the world of magic, and some of her concepts have not yet taken shape. Under the impact of my directness and the scene before her eyes, some of her concepts of magicians have naturally been shattered.

“Of course, leave it to me. Rin, go back to your room first. I have something to tell you.”

After Sakura and Tokiomi Tohsaka had disappeared for a while, Aoi Tohsaka led Rin Tohsaka back into the Tohsaka residence. As soon as they entered, Rin greeted them and went to her room. Aoi didn’t think much of it, probably because she was in a bad mood and felt terrible herself.

Aoi Tohsaka stayed quietly in the living room for a while, then got up somewhat absentmindedly and went to Sakura Tohsaka’s room. When she opened the door, she saw a figure sitting on the bed.

“Ken, you’re here. What do you want?” Tohsaka Aoi walked briskly to my side, trying to sound cheerful. She’d been keeping up with what I’d said the other day, so she must be here to do something.

“That’s right, I’m here to solve Sakura’s problem.” I nodded, and of course, the problem with Aoi Tohsaka was also solved at the same time.

“Sakura’s problem? Here? But Sakura isn’t…” My words made Tohsaka Aoi somewhat confused. Thinking that Tohsaka Sakura had already left, her forced spirits inevitably sank again.

“Yes, actually, there’s still your question here, Aoi.”

“My problem?” Tohsaka Aoi hadn’t expected that it would include her as well.

“Actually, as Sakura’s mother, you didn’t want to send her away, but as someone from a family of magicians, you thought it was the right thing to do. With Tokiomi Tohsaka’s decision, you chose to agree to let Sakura be adopted into the Matou family.”

“Doesn’t this kind of conflict make you feel bad, Aoi?”

“I…” Tohsaka Aoi, who had just been exposed, didn’t know what to say. Of course she was upset; her heart was breaking.

“Alright, that’s enough. Time is tight. Let me show you something first.” I pulled Aoi Tohsaka to sit down on the bed. Today she was wearing a light-colored sleeveless dress, and with her slightly sad expression, she looked quite pitiful.

“What are you looking at? Ah… isn’t that… Sakura?” Tohsaka Aoi looked at the projected image in front of her in surprise. It was indeed the figure of Tohsaka Sakura and Tohsaka Tokiomi. The two were gradually approaching a mansion. When they reached the gate of the courtyard, they saw the nameplate with the name Matou.

“That’s right, Aoi, you should know that the magic world has a dark side.” I held Aoi Tohsaka’s delicate hand in mine, warming her slightly cold hand.

“This… I know a little about it. Magicians sometimes do crazy things to achieve their goals. Why bring this up? Could it be…” Thinking of the image of Sakura Tohsaka that I showed her, Aoi Tohsaka suddenly felt uneasy.

“You’ll see as you watch. Don’t worry, I’m here, aren’t I?” I patted Aoi Tohsaka’s fair hand. My words eased Aoi’s unease slightly, and she stared intently at the scene before her.

Sakura Tohsaka followed her father with small steps to the front of a mansion. In front of the courtyard gate stood a hunched old man with a cane. She and her father went up to the old man.

Sakura Tohsaka glanced up at the old woman and immediately lowered her head. For some reason, just looking at her made her feel uneasy and afraid. This was different from the unease she felt from being away from home; it was a more dangerous feeling.

“Mr. Matou, I have brought my daughter with me. I look forward to your guidance from now on.” Even though he was going to be an opponent in the Holy Grail War, Tokiomi Tohsaka, who always prided himself on his elegance, still treated Zouken Matou with the utmost courtesy.

“Very good, very good. He is indeed a very talented child.” A hoarse and unpleasant voice came from the old man, Matou Zouken, as if he were an old man about to die, but he had actually lived for hundreds of years.

“That’s right. So, in order not to waste my daughter’s talent, and because of Mr. Matou’s sincerity, I have decided to have my daughter adopted into the Matou family. She will certainly not disappoint you, after all, she is my daughter, Tohsaka Tokiomi.” Tohsaka Tokiomi gently pushed Tohsaka Sakura forward, as if displaying a product.

“I’m really looking forward to it. Come here, child. Your name is Tohsaka Sakura, right?” Feeling the old man’s gaze on her, Tohsaka Sakura could only nod timidly, but she didn’t take a step. Instead, she gripped Tohsaka Tokiomi’s hand even tighter.

“Go on, Sakura, don’t be afraid. That will be your home from now on.” Tokiomi Tohsaka assumed that Sakura was just nervous and uneasy about going to an unfamiliar environment. After offering a word of comfort, he still pulled his hand away from Sakura’s small hand.

After standing there for a while, just as Tokiomi Tohsaka was about to speak, Sakura Tohsaka took a few small steps forward before turning around and standing opposite her father instead of standing with him.

“You can rest assured that you have your daughter in my care, Head of the Tohsaka family. I will treat her well.” Seeing Tohsaka Sakura approach, Matou Zouken smiled with satisfaction, but his wrinkled old face looked even more terrifying when he smiled.

“I’ll leave my daughter in your care, Master Matou. I’ll take my leave now. Goodbye, Sakura. Be good and you’ll definitely become an excellent magician in the future.” Tokiomi Tohsaka knew that staying would make his daughter even more reluctant to leave, so he decided to take his leave.

“Well, take care, Head of the Tohsaka family.” Tohsaka Tokiomi nodded to Matou Zouken before turning and leaving. Tohsaka Sakura watched her father’s retreating figure, her heart sinking.

“Let’s go back too.” Zouken Matou didn’t even glance at Sakura Matou, and walked home with his cane. The “thump-thump” of the cane seemed to strike Sakura Tohsaka’s heart, as if a sense of malice lingered around her.

Sakura Tohsaka had no choice but to follow Zouken Matou. Her intuition told her that even if she didn’t leave, the terrifying old man in front of her would forcibly take her inside. The increasingly intense sense of unease made Sakura Tohsaka’s small hands unconsciously clutch to her chest, where the pendant I had given her was.

With a “click,” Sakura Tohsaka entered the Matou family home, which would likely be her future residence. For some reason, the malice she felt upon entering the house intensified.

“Come with me.” After entering the house, Zouken Matou waited for a moment, and only after seeing Sakura Tohsaka follow him in did he go further into the house.

Sakura Tohsaka hesitated for a moment, but eventually followed. She held the pendant tightly in her small hand. After walking for a while, the scary old man stopped in a corridor, tapped his cane on the ground twice, and suddenly a passage entrance appeared on the wall.

“Let’s go in.” This time, Zouken Matou didn’t lead the way. Instead, he pointed with his cane into the dark passage and said to Sakura Tohsaka.

“Can…can we not go?” The passage gave Sakura Tohsaka a very bad feeling, as if she would be doomed if she went in, so she mustered up her courage and spoke to the old man for the first time.

“No, now that you’re a member of the Matou family, you have to listen to me. I don’t want to repeat myself. Go inside.” The old man’s aura suddenly emanated, filled with a malice that was rotten and unbearable.

“Ugh…” Sakura Tohsaka, still a little girl, instinctively trembled her shoulders and took a difficult step, slowly entering the passage that seemed like the gaping maw of an abyss. Zouken Matou followed slowly behind.

Only the dim white flames on both sides of the passage brought a sliver of light to the dark passage. In the silent passage, there were only the sounds of her own footsteps and the sound of her cane behind her. This made Sakura Tohsaka’s small hands sweat slightly. “Uncle Ken…” she murmured her name in her heart.

She didn’t know how long she had walked; it felt like an eternity to Sakura Tohsaka. The pressure in her heart, combined with her young body, made her feel like she couldn’t go on any longer.

“Child, just a little further on, we’ll be there soon.” Zouken Matou’s voice suddenly came from behind, startling Sakura Tohsaka. She could only grit her teeth and continue walking.

With Sakura Tohsaka’s gritted teeth and perseverance, they finally reached the exit of the passage. A dim yellow light emanated from the exit, but it did not bring Sakura any light. Instead, the rustling sound made Sakura stop in her tracks.

“What’s wrong? We’ve arrived. Now is not the time for you to stop.” With his goal almost achieved, Zouken Matou didn’t want to dawdle any longer. He casually performed a small magic trick, and Sakura Tohsaka, who had stopped, only felt a gust of wind push her forward from behind, and she was pushed out of the passage.

A disgusting sea of ​​insects came into view, and the rustling sound seemed to be right next to her ears. The sight made Sakura Tohsaka instinctively want to retreat, but she was immediately enveloped by a malice that made her unable to move.

“It’s time. This is a ceremony I’ve carefully prepared for you. Go down now, and you’ll truly become a qualified member of the Matou family.”

“No…don’t…” Sakura Tohsaka struggled to utter the words of refusal. The fear in her heart and the oppressive aura made it difficult for her to even speak.

“Enough with the nonsense. Now that you’ve been adopted into the Matou family, you’d better behave yourself. Have you forgotten what your father said? If the current generation of Matou family heirs weren’t all useless people with no magical talent, I wouldn’t have to go through all this trouble.”

“So, you can’t waste my time. If you don’t want to go down, let me help you.” Zouken Matou slowly extended his withered hand and approached Sakura Tohsaka. He watched with interest as the little girl looked at his fearful and helpless expression.

“No…no…Uncle Jian…Uncle Jian…” The old man’s vicious voice and the disgusting sound of insects echoed in Sakura Tohsaka’s ears. Helpless, she could only clutch the pendant on her chest and murmur my name in her small mouth.

“Still making pointless prayers at a time like this? This is actually giving me some amusement. It’s quite nice to watch someone slowly sink into despair, isn’t it?” Zouken Matou laughed wickedly, enjoying the scene before him.

“Alright, go down now, Tohsaka, no, you should call me Matou Sakura now.” When Matou Zouken’s hand was only centimeters away from Tohsaka Sakura, the little girl suddenly shouted, making him pause.

“No, Uncle Jian said he would protect me!”

“Interesting. Still clinging to futile expectations. Let me see what you look like when you’re completely desperate.” To his surprise, Sakura Tohsaka would still retort to him under these circumstances, which only made him more curious to see if the little girl could continue to hold onto her illusory hope.

Just as Zouken Matou pushed forward with his withered fingertips, about to touch Sakura Tohsaka and push her into the abyss, a burst of white light suddenly emanated from Sakura Tohsaka’s tightly clenched chest.

“Ah…” Zouken Matou’s hand, which continued to move forward, was gradually dissipating with each step. Though the distance was minuscule, he could never touch it. Even more unbelievable was that the damage to his physical body brought him excruciating pain, causing him to let out a cry of agony he hadn’t heard in a long time.

Before this, Aoi Tohsaka, who had been watching Sakura Tohsaka’s movements from her room, felt an increasingly strong sense of foreboding after Sakura entered the Matou family. When she saw Sakura Tohsaka and Tokiomi Tohsaka parting ways, she gripped my hand even tighter.

“Ken, why don’t you bring Sakura back right now?” At this moment, Aoi Tohsaka’s maternal instincts, filled with worry for her daughter, completely overwhelmed her, making her want to bring Sakura back.

“And then adopt Sakura into another magic family? Would Tokiomi Tohsaka even agree? He might just turn around and send Sakura back to the Matou family.”

“But… now…” After I said that, Aoi Tohsaka’s mind was in turmoil again. Seeing her hesitant look, I knew I needed to push her a little harder.

“Let’s keep watching, maybe it’s nothing.” I gently patted Aoi Tohsaka’s back. Unsure of what to do, Aoi could only continue to stare intently at the scene before her.

When Zouken Matou asked Sakura Tohsaka to enter the dimly lit passage, Aoi Tohsaka stood up and stepped forward to stop her. However, after her body passed through the image, she realized that it was just an image and immediately turned around and quickly came to my side.

“There’s definitely something wrong, Ken. Stop looking at it. Bring Sakura back first, okay? If… if…” Tohsaka Aoi looked at me pleadingly. At this moment, her maternal instincts had completely taken over, but it wasn’t enough. I needed to break the shackles in her heart. Besides, Tohsaka Sakura had the pendant I gave her, so I didn’t act immediately.

As Sakura Tohsaka moved forward, the scene followed suit. Aoi Tohsaka, standing beside her, could only watch the changes in the scene while shaking my arm and pleading with me.

“No!” But all of this was shattered again when Tohsaka Aoi saw the scene at the exit of the passage. It was clear that the Matou family member was definitely going to do something bad to Sakura, and she, as her mother, was now an accomplice pushing her daughter into the abyss.

“Ken, go and bring Sakura back quickly. If we wait any longer, Sakura will…” Tohsaka Aoi cried weakly on my lap. Seeing Tohsaka Sakura being driven to the brink of despair, Tohsaka Aoi was on the verge of collapse.

“Aoi, I know that the views in the magic world are not all bad, but I don’t like you being bound by them. Sakura is your daughter, and you love her very much, but you still choose to support sending her away. Aoi is in pain because of this, and I don’t like it either.”

“So from now on, Aoi, don’t think about the magic family anymore, and don’t let those things bind you. Be a good mother to Sakura and Rin, my good woman, okay?” I lifted Aoi Tohsaka’s pretty face and wiped away the tears that kept sliding down her smooth cheeks with my hands.

“Mmm…mmm…mmm…” Tohsaka Aoi sobbed, unable to speak, and could only nod desperately, her dark green hair swaying up and down.

“That’s good. It’s the Aoi I like. I’ll be right back and bring Sakura back.” I gave Aoi Tohsaka a light kiss on her slightly pale lips and disappeared from the room. Aoi Tohsaka knew that I was going to bring Sakura back, and she quickly turned to look at the image in the air.

“Changing other people’s names randomly isn’t a good habit, right, Sakura?” In the continuous white light, Sakura Tohsaka felt herself being embraced by a warm embrace.

“Uncle Jian, Uncle Jian, Uncle Jian, I knew you would come.” Sakura Tohsaka buried her head in my arms, shaking her little head incessantly, as if confirming my presence.

Zouken Matou, who had already retreated to the side, cautiously watched the suddenly appearing young man. His right hand, which was half gone, still felt like it was burning his soul. The fact that even a magic tool could cause him such damage made him, and he, who valued his life, had to be careful.

“It’s the Kiri family’s internal affair, and outsiders shouldn’t interfere.” Zouken Matou gripped his cane tightly, secretly manipulating the swarm of insects, preparing to launch an attack at any moment.

“I’m sorry, Sakura. Uncle Ken was late because of some things, which made you scared for so long.” I ignored the old man over there and hugged Sakura Tohsaka’s trembling body tightly, comforting her.

“Um… I was so scared… I kept hoping Uncle Jian would come quickly… I was really scared just now… but the pendant Uncle Jian gave me protected me… and now Uncle Jian is here… so Uncle Jian doesn’t need to apologize… it’s enough that Uncle Jian came… really… Uncle Jian… it’s so good that you came…”

Sakura Tohsaka finished speaking haltingly, her voice trembling with tears. I could feel her tears falling like broken beads onto my chest.

“Sakura is such a good girl.” I kissed Sakura Tohsaka on the forehead. It was really my fault for making her so worried. I’ll make it up to her later.

“Aren’t you all showing me too little respect?” Originally, Zouken Matou wanted to negotiate with me and see how things went, but being ignored like this made the old man unable to hold back.

“You’re right, it seems the old guy still has some self-awareness.” Needless to say, Sakura Tohsaka was also immersed in my warm embrace and the joy of being rescued, and she couldn’t care less about the old guy. Anyway, she believed that I would definitely handle it.

“What an annoying little brat.” As soon as I finished speaking, swarms of Crest Insects rushed toward me, but when they were a meter away from me, they gradually disappeared from head to tail, just like Zouken Matou’s right hand.

“How old are you? Still playing with insects. Besides, I’m much older than you, you rotten old man.” Layers of marking insects surrounded me, but a vacuum zone formed within a meter around me. I approached Matou Zouken step by step.

Seeing that the Crest Worms, which used to be so powerful that they could completely destroy people, were completely ineffective and could not even get close, Zouken Matou gripped his cane tightly and fused a group of Crest Worms into a giant demonic insect. Its ferocious shell made it look very imposing.

“So you’ve switched from playing with small insects to playing with big ones? What a boring hobby.” Watching the demonic insect flap its wings and charge at me, I took out my black sword and, without pausing for a moment, cleaved the insect in half with a single strike, causing it to vanish into thin air.

“Such formidable strength! Could you be a Heroic Spirit?” With my overwhelming power, Zouken Matou couldn’t fathom where the Tohsaka family got such combat strength. He could only imagine that the Tohsaka family had somehow managed to deceive the Church and summon a Heroic Spirit ahead of time.

“None of that matters. I’m here to kill you, it’s that simple.” Soon I was less than a meter away from Zouken Matou.

“Your Excellency, truly…” Seeing this, Zouken Matou knew he was no match for the young man before him. Just as he was about to say something to distract me and feign death to escape, I swiftly swung my sword, piercing his chest.

“Did you think everything would be fine just because the brain worm wasn’t in your decaying body? You’ve already forgotten what happened to your right hand so quickly. It seems you’re not only disgusting, but your brain isn’t working properly either. Zouken Matou.”

“This…this…how could this be…” Zouken Matou loosened his cane, feeling a tearing sensation in his chest. His soul was being eroded and dissipated little by little, and his brain worm life was gradually disappearing. The tearing sensation in his soul was more painful than having his heart pierced by ten fingers.

“My master sister knows quite a few special skills. This kind of conceptually fatal skill is one of them. I’m not aiming at your heart, but at your soul. It’s not difficult for me to directly destroy your soul by following your consciousness.”

“Moreover, I deliberately slowed down the process so that you could fully enjoy the feeling of your soul being torn apart and feel yourself slowly dying. This must be the best torture for someone like you who is willing to abandon your human body and try every means to survive.”

“…Ah…Ah…” The tearing sensation in his soul left Zouken Matou only able to let out hoarse cries.

“That’s really awful. You look so rotten right now, even Justeza in the Greater Grail wouldn’t want to look at you.” Although I don’t know if Justeza in the Greater Grail exists, I might as well use it to provoke Zouken Matou.

“Ah…you…” Zouken Matou’s eyes widened, and he managed to utter a single word with difficulty, because of the person I had mentioned. But the dissipation of his soul prevented him from saying anything more.

Under my indifferent gaze, Zouken Matou, the first head of the Matou family who had lived for hundreds of years, died a painful death, not only from his brain worm but also from his soul.

“Alright, Sakura, let’s go back.” With the matter resolved, I naturally had no interest in lingering here. With Sakura nodding gently, I led her back to her room in the Tohsaka family home.