[FZ] Bewitched

Located on the outskirts of Fuyuki City, the house of the Matou family, which was transformed into a perfect magic workshop, still stands there after being attacked by modern thermal weapons, seemingly intact.

But only the outside is intact, the inside is a mess.The paper on the table that had been suppressed by the paperweight was flying in all directions, many bullet holes were added to the wall, and broken wood and insect corpses were scattered on the floor.In order to fight against the intruders, Master Matou had to use the insect technique, which made the inside of the house even more chaotic.

After repairing the magic barrier destroyed by Emiya Kiritsugu, Kariya Matou supported the wall and walked slowly down the stairs into the ground.

Although the enemy was repelled, Kariya was also severely injured.The wound on the shoulder was torn by a special bullet, and the bone was deep, and the extremely long wound exposed most of his collarbone to the air.Blood and sweat slid down, making him look like he was drenched in blood.However, his pupils are still clear, and his consciousness is still quite clear.

Does this Emiya Kiritsugu want to blow up the whole house?Or, this guy is pretending to cooperate and intends to take the opportunity to kill himself.

Complaining silently, Kariya came outside the Japanese room where Zouken practiced daily.Slowly, he opened the sliding door little by little.

The thin and shriveled old man was originally kneeling with his back to him, but now he stood up. "Has the intruder been driven away?" The old voice was unhurried, as if he didn't care about the fact that the house was invaded, "Which camp is it?"

"It's Saber's Master." Kariya wiped the blood on his face, revealing his pale face, "It could have been swallowed up by the wing blade insect, but..." Watching Zouken turn around, Kariya Ye showed a mocking smile, "The bugs you put in this body seem to have reached their limit."

The body transformed by the engraving worm already possesses rich magic circuits.The abundant magic power allowed Kariya to continue the activities of a magician, and also maintained the life of his thin body.However, frequent battles and summoning servants made the engraving worms in the body too tired in a certain sense, and finally all died in the duel between Kariya and Emiya Kiritsugu.

"Hmph, that's all a good word. So far, you haven't had the courage to kill even one person." Zou Yan retorted, condensing the magic power into a sharp blade in his hand, "Come here."

Kariya lowered his head and walked over, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, too fast to be noticed.He knew that Zou Yan would take out the worm corpses for him and implant new worms.

According to his current level of magic, even if there is no engraving worm in his body, he can still fight efficiently in a short period of time.But without the critters intensifying mana regeneration in a flesh-eating way, he would quickly run out of mana and die - if there were no external source.

More importantly, Matou Zouken threatened him with the imprinted worm implanted in his body and heart.Those were the shackles that Matou Zouken bound him.

Kariya knelt down in front of Zouken, using a posture that was at the same level as the opponent's short body, preparing to endure the coming pain.

Although he had high hopes for Kariya, Zouken didn't have much sympathy for his junior.He directly pierced Kariya's internal organs with the sharp blade of the magical form.

The pain of being pierced through the heart made Matou Kariya suffocate at that moment, and even had the illusion of imminent death.He fell powerlessly to the ground, and began to cough crazily.A large amount of blood surged out from the throat, mixed with broken insect corpses.

This is the first time I have experienced such pain.I wonder if Sakura, who was transformed and trained by Zouken in her previous life, has also experienced the pain of changing the engraved worm.

Thinking of the girl, Matou Kariya's originally scattered consciousness gathered together.He tightly grasped the blood-soaked skirt of his chest with his hands, and curled up his body to relieve the severe pain.

Looking down at the miserable young man on the ground, Zou Yan praised him in a happy tone: "Haha, I have suffered such a serious injury, but can I survive it without passing out? I can train you to be such an excellent magician, old man I'm so proud. It's a pity you're not a girl, otherwise I could use your body to conceive the Holy Grail container."

Knowing about the origin of the Holy Grail War and the way the Einzbern family made containers, Kariya, who had already relieved the urge to vomit, felt nauseous again. "Your compliments are not pleasant, old man."

Matou Zouken sized Kariya up.He originally wanted to admire Kariya's pain, so he stood by Kariya's injury; but the other party seemed to have lost too much blood, which made him worry that the other party would not be able to endure the process of implanting the engraved worm.

Pulling Kariya up, Zouken healed the shockingly huge wound on his shoulder.He was about to continue treating the critical wound, but the hand he stretched out stopped in mid-air.

Matou Kariya, who was supposed to be able to straighten up under external force, suddenly made a fierce attack, piercing the old man's rotten body cleanly with the dagger he had hidden in advance.

The moment he was stabbed, Zou Yan's body twisted strangely, his skin collapsed, his false flesh and blood showed his original shape, and he turned into countless flying insects, flapping his wings and spreading around.

Dragging his blood-soaked body, Kariya's eyes shone with a strong light.The magic power saved in the staged battle before was poured into the sharp weapon in his hand desperately at this moment.Trying his best to suppress the trembling of his body, he used all his strength to stab the sharp weapon to the floor——

The body of Matou Zouken was captured by him.The bodies forged with worms were gone, and the strangely shaped brain worms were deeply nailed to the floor by him.

Did you make it?

I've realized it in my previous life.If all the engraved worms in the body die due to rampage, then the "connection" controlled by Zouken will be cut off; however, if the magic power is exhausted and all the worms in the body die, their life will also go to the end. the end.

In order for Matou Zouken to take out the worm with his own hands, Kariya tried his best to set up the whole situation.It can be said that the strategies he used to assassinate the other party all came from the torture and "teaching" given to him by the other party; even the way to destroy the magic circuit was taught by the other party.

However, Kariya didn't hit the vital point as his judgment was affected by the severe pain.

will work.It's just a bug, as long as it is crushed, the old monster can be completely killed.After that, just use magic power to mend the wound in the heart.

Encouraging himself like this, Kariya adjusted the angle of the blade with great difficulty, trying to cut the writhing bug on the ground in two——

Pain and strength disappeared at this moment.Matou Kariya fell to the ground, unable to even feel the magic power that should have been sufficient in his body.From the corner of his eye, he saw the cerebrate worm that was the body of the Zangyan slipping from the blue-glowing blade.

"Why did you forget?" Matou Kariya whispered.

It wasn't until this moment that he suddenly remembered that not all the bugs in his body had been expelled.

The nipples transformed by Zouken enable him, as a man, to steal magic power from others; they don't usually occur, and Kariya even forgets that they are also tools used by Zouken to control himself.Insects that can provide magic power through "plundering" may also obey the master's order to cut off the host's magic power.

He laughed in despair.

However, this is not enough.The plan that could be successful in theory has been declared a failure because of mistakes.I am really unlucky.

In despair, Matou Kariya couldn't help but shed tears.

"Yo Kariya, I really want to look at you with admiration. The old man was almost killed by you."

A strange voice suddenly sounded and echoed in the room.It clearly appeared in the form of a bug, but this guy with superb magical ability and who has lived for hundreds of years spoke in the voice of a young man.

Kariya ignored the other party.Anyway, he was going to die if he couldn't fill the wound in his heart, he thought to himself.

"It's just that you are too bold. Aren't you afraid that I will throw Matou Sakura into the worm bin?"

"Do you think that I asked Tsuruno to take Sakura out to relax while he was on business in Tokyo, really just to make her avoid the Holy Grail War?"

It's great to be able to successfully kill Zouken in this desperate move, but if you miss, you can't implicate Sakura - this is Kariya's idea.With unprecedented sincerity, he begged Tsuruno to take Sakura away with him.In the event of an accident, Tsuruno will entrust Sakura to his magician friend living in Tokyo, and that person will take Sakura to the Clock Tower.Zangyan can only use his aging body to move, and it is absolutely impossible to chase him to a foreign country.

"Hahaha, I don't intend to wait for another reincarnation." With Kariya's familiar tone, the young voice let out a disgusting laugh, "Although you dare to disobey my order, you really have won The possibility of the Holy Grail, Kariya."

Hearing the slight rustling sound, Kariya knew that the bug was crawling towards him.He closed his eyes in disgust.

The annoying voice sounded again.

"Let me help you, Kariya."

In the evening of the next day, Matou Tsuruno returned to Fuyuki City with Shinji and Sakura.He Ye was almost stunned when he saw the tragic image in the house that seemed to have been bombed.

Sending the two children who were also stunned into the house, Tsuruno went back to the living room and sat beside Kariya. "Didn't you say that everything is fine?"

"Well," Kariya Matou replied in a normal tone, "The house hasn't been demolished, and I'm still alive, isn't that great."

Tsuruno stared at his younger brother suspiciously.Kariya, who was wearing a dark purple kimono and posing as the master, seemed to be the same as usual; but the other party's hand holding the teacup was a little stiff, and his bloodless skin exuded an ominous death.

"Where is Zouyan?" He Ye asked, "You really killed him?"

Kariya did not answer.Something alive inside his heart reminded him like a prohibition to keep silent.

The other party's silence made Tsuruno frown. "What the hell are you..."

Matou Kariya turned his head.The moment he looked at his younger brother, He Ye only felt horrified.

The opponent's originally pure black pupils turned into a strange deep purple, and a cold and sharp light bloomed in the seemingly calm eyes.He Ye even felt that under this calm skin, some dangerous and crazy emotions were about to erupt.

"Don't look at me like that." Kariya smiled softly, "There is nothing to be afraid of. Soon, everything will be over."

Although he failed to kill Zouken Matou, Kariya rekindled hope again: Zouken Matou told him the truth about the Holy Grail.Probably because he saw the potential in Kariya, Zouken implanted the main body in his heart.The cerebrum, which has accumulated hundreds of years of magical power, repaired his broken body and filled his body with magical power. At the same time, it also ate a big hole in his heart.

——"Bring me to the Great Holy Grail, or I will take your body and train Sakura to become the next generation of fighters. You don't want to leave your daughter and die so soon, Kariya? I can let Matou Sakura, Tsuru Wild, even you, are all set free. If only you win the Holy Grail."

The other party gave Kariya false hopes, but Kariya himself knew the reality very clearly: no matter what, when the Holy Grail War ended, he would definitely die.Regardless of whether Zouken was killed in the end, or he really gained immortality through the Holy Grail, the huge hole in his heart is absolutely incurable.

Even so, Matou Kariya felt very relaxed.

There is no extravagant hope of "living happily", just fulfilling the most important wish.

Must make Sakura obtain happiness and freedom.I can definitely do it myself.

"Has it gotten dark already, Tsuruno?"

"Ah." Matou Tsuruno, who was not good at caring for his brother, could only give up asking, although he felt uneasy, "It's almost winter, and it's cloudy again."

"Yeah." Feeling tired, Kariya pulled the blanket, planning to nestle on the sofa and take a nap.

Before the Holy Grail War is over, there probably won't be any real light.

But he still looks forward to the night receding and the dawn coming again.