[FZ] Bewitched

As in previous years, light snow arrived as scheduled, covering Fuyuki City in late autumn with icy hoarfrost.

The cold wave, which is no different from the past, only urged people to put on thick clothes, and did not seriously affect people's daily life.According to the original rhythm, the city is still running in an orderly manner.

What most people don't know is that the Fourth Holy Grail War is about to kick off here.In order to realize the most important ideal in their hearts, people who practice the unknown magic way will compete and kill each other here.

The young current head of the Matou family is one of the participants.As early as half a year ago, he was selected and got three curses, but unlike his family, he himself didn't seem to be enthusiastic about the Holy Grail War.At the moment when the Servant summoning ceremony was about to be held that night, the young magician was not even busy reciting spells and drawing magic circles, but was struggling with his upturned hair.

Near his forehead there was always a little lock of hair that was happy to stick up high.Not wanting to make his hair sticky or limp, Matou Kariya adopted the simplest method; he tried to use his warrant to make his upturned hair obey him and lie down obediently.Unfortunately, after much effort, the lock of hair was still stubbornly standing on the top of the head, which was very annoying.

"Daddy," the girl drinking milk whispered, "you have hair on your head!"

Matou Kariya sighed and gave up his unfinished business. "Sakura, if you don't drink it quickly, the milk will get cold."

"Hmm." The girl responded obediently, and continued to ask questions after drinking all the milk, "Is there anything going on tonight? I haven't seen Grandpa all day, and you seem to be worried, Dad."

This child...is really as sensitive as in the previous life.

The surprise in Kariya's eyes was fleeting.He sat down next to the girl. "It's nothing. It's just that Dad is going to the underground room tonight." Seeing that the girl became nervous instantly, Kariya comforted him softly: "Don't worry. Dad has done this kind of thing many times, it's not a big deal."

The girl stared at Kariya, obviously not believing his words. "However, even if it's an important business, even if this is my father's home, the room full of bugs is still terrible! Last time, grandpa just showed me at the door, and it scared me to death! Go in there. If it's inside, won't Dad get hurt? I'm scared. I don't want Dad to become someone Sakura doesn't know."

——Uncle Kariya, you seem to have become a different person that I don't know.

Similar words that the girl said in the previous life resurfaced in her mind.

Matou Kariya clenched his fist, and then slowly let go. "It won't change," he said.

Because of Matou Kariya's tough attitude against Zouken and doting on his daughter, Matou Sakura basically retained the most innocent and lively appearance that Kariya wanted to protect.However, this girl with extremely keen senses showed a serious expression that did not match her age at this moment.

"Then, please make a promise with me." She stretched out her little finger, "Don't change, don't get hurt, don't be separated from Sakura. Even if you have to go far away, father must come back."

Suddenly, my heart ached.Matou Kariya closed his eyes.

Can you come back?Relying on this body that possesses great strength but is getting weaker and weaker due to overdrawn energy?

Moreover, who can say for sure what will happen after the Holy Grail War.

Erasing the confused thoughts that shouldn't arise from his mind, Kariya smiled and hooked Sakura's finger. "Okay. Daddy assured Sakura."

After putting Sakura down, Kariya tidied up his attire and stepped on the escalator leading to the worm warehouse.

For the Holy Grail War, Matou Kariya is neither enthusiastic nor afraid.He had already experienced it once, and he knew that the legendary Holy Grail that could make people's dreams come true was actually a dirty thing, and he also thought that he, who was not a half-baked magician in this life, would never end up in the miserable end like his previous life.

more importantly……

The door to the worm store is just around the corner.Matou Kariya stopped and took a deep breath.

"Sakura, I will protect you this time."

In the previous life, because he hated the Matou family's disgusting magic way, he escaped from fate.It is precisely because of this that Sakura fell into such a miserable situation, and the opportunity she humbly begged from Matou Zouken was nothing more than making herself a ridiculous and pathetic clown.

When she was exhausted and collapsed in the firelight, the numb eyes that Sakura looked at her were still vividly engraved in her mind.That gaze made me decide to enter the magic way the moment I opened my eyes on the eve of leaving.With a feeling of redemption, he agreed to Zouken and inherited the magic of the Matou family.

If you have no strength and are not strong enough, it is impossible to protect your beloved.No matter what way, as long as he can protect Sakura who is still innocent and smiling happily, that's enough.

The so-called magic, even if I practiced it to the point where I achieved a little success, I just no longer hated it; and the way of implanting bugs to expand the magic circuit also seriously affected my health.But so far, my efforts have been worthwhile.

Although Tohsaka Tokiomi, who held the belief that "the children of a magician must become a unique magician", still adopted Sakura to the Matou family, he was negotiating face-to-face with his new head (and was scolded by himself for a long time. Fan) later.Even though the Matou family is still ruled by Zouken, but with a certain amount of power and the title of master, he has the capital to negotiate with the other party.

An agreement has been reached with Zouken.As long as she can win this Holy Grail War... no, as long as she can survive to the end and continue to play the role of the qualified head of the Matou family, Sakura can be spared the fate of being tortured by Zouken.

"Then, let's get started." As if encouraging himself, Kariya smiled and stretched out his hand to open the door.

"It's such a long wait for the old man, Kariya." The old man's voice in the darkness was as piercing as an old door hinge was moving, and it carried a decaying breath.

"They said they would let me join the war without any worries, but they didn't even prepare a decent relic for me. Under such circumstances, I, the current head of the Matou family, should have the right to express my dissatisfaction. " Kariya countered.

"Hmph. It's just a dog for the old man to drive." Matou Zouken mocked him, "Have you memorized the summoning spell yet?"

"Of course." Kariya nodded, looking at the soles of his feet.Those disgusting creatures in the worm warehouse always swarm up when they feel the breath of living people, trying to peel the living food, tear apart the bones, and suck up the flesh and blood.But now, under the shock of his magical power, the swarm did not dare to approach, and squirmed and stayed a few meters away from him.

"That's fine. But you know that among the masters participating in the battle this time, there are many powerful ones. If you can't defeat the enemy as a magician..."

"You need to use the berserk spell to increase the combat strength of the servant. In this way, you can see me being sucked up by my servant and dying on the street. It doesn't matter, summoning the Berserker was originally my plan." Kariya took over the words, At the same time, he glanced at Matou Zouken.

As he expected, the old man was as keen on torturing himself as he was in his previous life.However, using the Berserk spell seems to be the only option.In his previous life, his berserker, Lancelot, fought Gilgamesh with vivid memory; he had no doubts about the excellence of his servant "Knight of the Lake", but he also knew that without the spell of madness, Lancelot would It is impossible to draw a tie with Gilgamesh.

Fortunately, I now have more abundant magic power, this helpless and dangerous choice should not be fatal.

Matou Zouken was taken aback, apparently he did not expect Kariya to make such a decision when he knew the ending.Zouken, who was happy to see Matou Kariya in pain, was extremely dissatisfied with this ending. "Since you are determined to do so, then this old man is looking forward to your tragic death. But, Kariya," the old man showed an extremely malicious smile, "you can continuously obtain abilities from the outside world. That's old man The excellent sympathy I gave you when you were a child..."

"If that disgusting thing can be considered sympathetic, then why don't you use it yourself? Or, your inhuman face made you lose your courage?" Kariya's face darkened, "If not Worried about destroying the magic circuit, I have already expelled them from my body!"

Pointing at each other, both of them know it well.In Matou Kariya's view, it was an even more serious insult to have the bug that humiliated women implanted in his body.Matou Zouken tortured him like this when he was weak and weak, and he could only comfort himself with "at least it's better than using it on Sakura".

"Now is not the time to worry about this." The old man who poked Kariya's sore spot opened his withered lips further, "As the master of the berserker, let's start the battle."

"You don't need to say that." Jiantong Yanye raised his hand and said solemnly, "I declare—"

As the taboo spells poured out of the mouth, black mist appeared in the room without warning, gradually forming a turbulent vortex, and the space around him seemed to be distorted accordingly, with icy cold wind gushing from the cracks in the space enter.

The excruciating pain caused by the engraving worm's activities is no longer important.After ten years of practice and torture, Matou Kariya at this moment can almost ignore the severe pain of bone erosion.At this moment, without blinking his eyes, he stared at the black shadow gradually emerging from the black vortex, waiting for the moment when the identity of the servant was revealed.

"The summoning was successful." Matou Zouyan murmured softly behind Kariya, with a trace of extremely rare approval in his tone, "You can still stand under such strong pressure, it should be said that your control over magic power has already Does it exceed the expectations of the old..."

Matou Kariya did not respond.He adjusted his shortness of breath while raising his head slightly, looking at the armored servant who was much taller than him.

The figure in the mist looked very thin, and because of the lingering black mist, it seemed indeterminate, as if it would disappear in the next moment.But this seemingly weak figure Matou Kariya is too familiar, so familiar that he firmly believes that the opponent can stretch out dangerous claws to push back or even tear him apart when facing a strong enemy.

Complicated emotions are intertwined in my heart.In the end, Matou Kariya only showed a calm to cold smile. "I'm afraid there are more things than you expected, Zou Yan."

Obviously so many things have been changed, but in the end you still appeared in front of me.Then, please continue to fight for me, Lancelot!