[FZ] Bewitched

Patriarch Tohsaka, who was wearing a well-tailored burgundy suit, exuded an arrogance just by standing there.Complementing his elegant posture is the man's outstanding handsome appearance; the alien blood integrated into his blood makes him have slightly curly brown hair and blue eyes that seem to contain the light of a lake.

Only at this moment, the elegant demeanor he never discarded showed signs of breaking.There was disbelief in his beautiful blue eyes.

"Are you bad eyesight or forgetful? You can't even recognize me."

The familiar mocking tone brought Tokiomi back to his senses.Tohsaka Tokiomi was all too familiar with that sharp attitude that had never changed since childhood.It was indeed Matou Kariya who stood waiting inside the church.

However, the current situation is different from what the disciples said.According to Kirei's plan, Kariya would be led to this trap around midnight, and he was already ready to face it.

Not flustered because the development of the situation exceeded expectations, Tohsaka Tokiomi stood at the door of the church with a calm attitude.However, the surprise in his heart was revealed when he opened his mouth: "Matou... Kariya."

Matou Kariya raised his eyebrows mockingly at Tokiomi, but the next moment he smiled mischievously, his long and narrow eyes bent into a soft crescent shape.That expression almost reminded Tokiomi of his childhood. "Tokiomi, didn't you trick me into fighting with you? Why are you more surprised than I am? Or are you withdrawing without a follower? Don't worry, if I summon Berserker now, I'm afraid I don't have the strength to fight you."

Although he was an enemy, the intimacy from the opponent made Tokiomi's uneasiness disappear without a trace.

Previously, Tokiomi proposed to Archer to let the other party come to the duel together, but was rejected by the other party on the grounds that they "wouldn't fight dirty rabid dogs".But now, Tokiomi didn't think that was necessary.The abnormally pale young man in front of him was much weaker than the bamboo horse in his memory; Kariya dared not summon the Berserker here, otherwise he would probably be unable to fight.

Then, use the orthodox magician duel to kill the old enemy.Tokiomi stepped into the church. "You're still so unlovable, Kariya."

"In terms of being annoying, the two of us are each other." Kariya stood on the spot with his arms crossed in front of his chest, watching Tohsaka Tokiomi walk towards him, and finally stood still ten meters away.

For ordinary people, this is probably a safe distance that can completely avoid each other's violence.It's just that the magic used by the two people present is suitable for long-range attacks; they all know this well.

"Although I met you in this life-and-death duel situation," Tokiomi looked at Kariya with a look of pity, standing in a perfect posture with no dead ends, "but I am very happy to see you standing here , Kariya. You, who have always been careless about magic, finally fought for the glory of the family..."

"And you, who have always been overconfident, are still using your thinking to deduce the reasons for my actions." Kariya said in a deep voice, with a touch of sarcasm in his voice, "I don't care about the so-called 'root of magic' at all. .I just want to win the Holy Grail War."

Because he was refuted by the other party too many times in the past, Tokiomi was not even moved by these remarks. "So, you also joined the war out of greedy and stupid selfish desires? You have fallen, Kariya. I never considered this possibility before, because you would not do it for your own selfish desires... No, the you I know, Never a dirty selfish desire."

Kariya shrugged his shoulders and said with a light smile, "You have a good opinion of me." Suddenly, he raised his voice, "I joined the war to make Sakura happy."

"Sakura?" Tokiomi frowned.The last time they met was for adopting Sakura, it ended with Kariya scolding Tokiomi and promising to treat Sakura as his own daughter. "What's the connection? The highest happiness that my daughter can have is to inherit the magic way and become the head of the Matou family."

"So, walking the path I have walked again is what you are looking forward to, Sakura's happiness? After a year, do you still think so, Tokiomi?" Kariya Matou murmured Soliloquy.Rather than asking rhetorically, he seemed to be chewing on the other party's answer.

Same as last answer.This is predictable.Tohsaka Tokiomi is a "qualified" orthodox magician who abandons emotions for the sake of magic.It can't be said that Tokiomi was wrong; as he went deeper into the field of magic, he has seen too many magicians with noble and cold-blooded pursuits.It's just that I can't agree with the other party.

Kariya raised his head.The moment his gaze collided with Tokiomi took a step back uncomfortably, his body tensed up, forming a posture of preparation for battle.

In Tosaka Tokiomi's memory, Matou Kariya was an awkward young man who was gentle to others but prone to blow up in front of himself.At that time, if Kariya had a verbal disagreement with him, he would have argued violently, and maybe he would have jumped up and tried to punch him in the face.

The person opposite should have such a childish reaction.However, the other party just stared at him with calm eyes without warmth.And I already felt the raging killing intent.

When the buzzing sound behind him became louder, Tohsaka Tokiomi raised his cane and silently chanted a spell.As the light filled the gem, the stone glowed red like a flame.

Tohsaka Tokiomi waved his cane.The glowing red gem cut a bright arc of light in the air, and the flames from there burned the approaching swarm behind him.

Turning his head and glanced at the worm corpses that fell on the ground, Tokiomi turned around and shook his head at Kariya who raised his right hand. "This is a moth to a flame, Kariya."

It does seem so.Gemstones that store a lot of magic power can ignite a fire that is brighter than the sun at any time; the insect technique that can be completely restrained by fire magic cannot make Kariya retreat completely.

But as if to refute Tokiomi, as soon as he finished speaking, a powerful shock swept through the church: the colorful rose window was smashed and turned into a pile of fragments, and the only entrance of the church was covered by a black cloud. The impact, the wide-open door panels buzzed because of the invaders from the sky.A staggering number of beetles gathered in the air and poured into the church in a storm.And the sound outside the church, like thunder, conveyed such a message - there are still a surprising number of worm familiars to drive.

"If the Matou family's magic is really vulnerable, you, Tokiomi, will be the most disappointed." Enduring the pain of being bitten by the engraved insects in his body, Kariya smiled at Tokiomi with a sly look, "I, But the head of the Matou family is famous for driving insect swarms. As an insect envoy, how could it be possible that he only has such a small power of control."

The astonishment faded in an instant, and Tohsaka Tokiomi returned a cold smile to his opponent.

Will it be the endless black cloud of insects that will devour him, or will the bright red lotus fire burn Kariya to ashes first?

In any case, the one who wins must be a magician with higher attainments.Tokiomi thought, gripping his stick tightly.The jeweled end of the staff burst into red light, like a flame bursting.

The fateful confrontation with the enemy and friend kicked off in this church.

The two who devoted themselves to the duel ignored the most crucial point - the instigator who brought them here did not appear.

When Patriarch Tohsaka and Master Matou were fighting to the death, in the dark corner on the second floor covered by the curtain, someone was quietly watching the development of the battle.His tall body was completely covered by black.

The shadowy spectator kept frowning, distressed by the situation beyond his control; when he saw Archer's gleaming golden figure stepping into the church, he was so shocked that he almost crushed the red wine glass in his hand.

Archer, who appeared at the door of the church, did not affect the two people in the battle.Tohsaka Tokiomi just nodded hurriedly to his servant before turning his attention back to Kariya.

So far, the war situation can be said to have entered a deadlock.The barrier formed by the red lotus fire wrapped around Tohsaka Tokiomi's body perfectly defended against the attacks of insect arts, and those hard beetles that fed on flesh and blood could not even get close.However, whenever he launched an attack, the magic-shaped fire dragon could not break through the flowing protection formed by the swarm.

The magic power stored in the gem, which should have been sufficient, was about to be used up by himself, but Tokiomi didn't panic about it.In his opinion, Kariya's situation was worse than his own, and it was impossible for him to lose with Archer by his side.

The guy on the opposite side who seemed to be restless had actually been trying his best to conceal the fact that there was blood pouring into his mouth.Tokiomi had guessed a long time ago that Kariya's seemingly endless magical power was at the cost of the backlash he had suffered, and the smell of blood wafting in the air confirmed his guess.

Quickly glanced in the direction where the servant was, Tokiomi noticed that Archer was leaning against the door, his closed eyes and frowning gesture announced the other party's impatience.

Indeed, he should make a quick decision and give Kariya a fatal blow.This is what should happen between them.

At the same time, Matou Kariya was very calm.The magic power was draining rapidly, accompanied by bone-eating pain; but he knew that he would never lose.

The accident happened at this moment.Kariya, who was enduring the pain and tried his best to drive the swarm, suddenly felt warm liquid flow out of his left eye.He raised his hand and wiped it.

Sure enough, it was his own blood.It was a rather inappropriate moment when the aftereffects of mana draining too quickly hit.

Gently wiping the blood-smeared left eye, Kariya did not activate the engraved insects to treat the left eye.Because, his mortal enemy had already stood in front of him.In the posture of a victor, Tohsaka Tokiomi pressed the red-glowing jeweled cane to Kariya's neck.

Just by reciting a spell, Tokiomi can tear or even break that slender and fragile neck.However, he didn't act immediately, but just stared at Kariya's face. "Your eyes... no, hair color too, could it be..."

"As you guessed, it's all due to the magic of the Matou family. You don't know Matou's magic way, and you didn't ask questions before to avoid suspicion; so, I can't blame you for not knowing. But," stared straight at The person in front of him, Kariya made him look directly at his bleeding eyes and strangely colored hair, "Seeing my monster-like appearance now, do you still want Sakura to be my heir, Tokiomi!"

Tohsaka Tokiomi was silent for a few seconds, apparently needing to digest the shocking facts he heard from Kariya. "Inheriting the way of magic is the destiny of the son of a magician. Kariya, you are excellent, and I believe that Sakura will become the leader of Matou even better than you." He raised his cane shining bright red, intending to give The opponent gave a fatal blow, "I will definitely put you to death. This is the fate of a magician, you should understand."

"Yeah, I understand." Kariya replied softly, and suddenly there was a burst of evil spirit in the gentle and harmless voice, "berserker, give me a hand!"

Matou Kariya's eyes staring at him were already covered with coldness, and the flames gushing out from the cane were extinguished instantly before engulfing the opponent.Tohsaka Tokiomi only had time to take these into his eyes, and then he was deprived of his ability to think by an astonishing fact.

——I was pierced through the chest from behind.

Why?If Berserker was here, it would be impossible for him not to see the materialized Heroic Spirit.

Turning his head with the remaining strength, Tohsaka Tokiomi saw the attacker clearly.It was Archer; or rather, it was the heroic spirit he thought was Archer.

This Heroic Spirit wielding a huge black sword with maddening red eyes is a Berserker in disguise.

Only had time to think about this, Tokiomi fell to the floor.Blood pooled under him and spread out.

"Good job, disappear." Although he realized that the sneak attack made the servant dissatisfied, Kariya, who had no time to care about the other party's mood, simply dismissed the other party with a tone of praise.Walking to Tokiomi's side, he slowly squatted down.

Use Lancelot's perfect camouflage ability that can only be used once to get rid of Tokiomi—this was decided by Matou Kariya early in the morning.Caressing the back of his hand that was slightly aching from losing a spell, Kariya fixed his gaze on the bloody enemy.

Probably because the berserker still had a little bit of sanity, the berserker who obeyed the knight's morality avoided the vital points of the victim.But in Kariya's view, with this amount of bleeding, if he didn't care about it, Tosaka Tokiomi would definitely die from excessive blood loss.

What would happen if Tosaka Tokiomi was killed here?Kariya thought seriously for a while, then shook his head with a wry smile.

Tokiomi's death was unlikely to change anything.Miss Aoi, whom she once admired, only regards "being by Tokiomi's side" as a blessing in this life, and Sakura's freedom and happiness can only be guarded by herself.

However, Tokiomi, who has the strongest Servant, must be driven out of the Holy Grail War.Thinking of this, Kariya pulled out the dagger hidden under the belt of the kimono.With a rare ferocious gesture, he swung down the sharp cold weapon in his hand, and nailed the opponent's hand engraved with the curse mark to the ground.

The sound of bones breaking was very clear.Matou Kariya was convinced that the opponent's wrist had been severed.Holding the handle of the dagger tightly, he injected destructive magic power until the red mark on the opponent's back completely disappeared.

Destroying part of the master's magic circuits, thereby disqualifying the other party from driving followers - this is what he learned from Zouken.In his opinion, this is enough: Tokiomi will withdraw from the war, and the ownerless Archer will disappear in the near future; it is unlikely that the proud Archer will find someone who can bear him in a short time—or he can endure— — master.

As for Tokiomi himself... the damage he caused to the opponent right now is almost irreversible, but the opponent probably has the ability to repair the magic circuit and become an excellent Tohsaka Patriarch again, it just takes some time.

Wiping away the blood overflowing from the corner of his lips, Matou Kariya coughed a few times.After that, he used the little magic power left in his body to heal the huge wound on his back for his old enemy.

Tokiomi will not die.This is the greatest kindness I can do for Xiao Lin and Miss Kui.

After that, he had to fight with a more ruthless attitude. Most likely, Archer would not seek revenge on himself, since he was no longer within the range of threats.Next, just try to stir up the conflict between Saber and Rider, so that these two powerful heroic spirits can lose both; of course, it would be even better if we can seize the opportunity to get rid of Weber, then only Saber will be left in the battle , and Berserker...

Matou Kariya, who planned secretly, had a penetrating chill in his eyes that he hadn't even noticed.The gloomy and vicious gaze froze suddenly when he raised his head inadvertently.

The woman he once loved, Aoi Tohsaka, was standing at the door of the church.The other party looked shocked, and he didn't know how long he had been standing there.