[FZ] Bewitched

Matou Kariya did not notice Kotomine Kirei's ignorant and malicious curiosity.

This was not because Kariya was defenseless.Having experienced a Holy Grail War, it is no longer possible for him to feel "trust" towards Kotomine Kirei.Rather than reassuring the other party, it would be better to ignore it.

The most important enemy in Kariya's heart, other than Tohsaka Tokiomi, is Saber's Master - the man who was chosen by the Holy Grail in the previous life in the war.

Or maybe, his biggest enemy is Zouyan.Matou Kariya thought about it, and unconsciously squeezed Matou Sakura's hand.

"Father?" The girl keenly sensed that something was wrong with the other party.

"It's nothing." Kariya smiled and shook his head.

Kariya, who returned to Matou's house with Sakura, frowned when he saw Matou Zouken waiting at the end of the corridor.He knew that the other party had something to say to him, and he could guess the content. "I'll take Sakura back to her room first."

"Grandpa." Sakura, who was deeply afraid of Zouken, bowed politely, and the hand that did not hold hands with Kariya tightly grasped the hem of the skirt.

In the past, Matou Zouken would abide by the agreement and stay away from Sakura; but at this moment, he is obviously very dissatisfied with Kariya.Turning a blind eye to Kariya's warning eyes, Zouken said leisurely: "Kariya, as the head of the family, you really neglect the honor of the family too much. This old man has high hopes for you and helped you a lot, but you are doing nothing in the Holy Grail War. What a shame! Disappointing to the old."

Matou Kariya almost sneered - he wished that the family that used the dirty insect technique would perish earlier.But in front of Sakura, he didn't intend to conflict with Zouken. "Right now, encircling Caster and obtaining additional Command Seals is the most important thing. Haven't I already destroyed Caster's workshop? As for the battle, I will strike when I can hit it with one blow."

"Hmph, do you want to take advantage when the enemy is weak? What a sinister person, don't forget the old man who taught you carefully." Matou Zouken, who understood Kariya's meaning, did not give up, but smiled twistedly, " However, such a policy is only used by mediocre magicians like you. Kariya, you are indeed talented, but not to the point of amazing aptitude. Moreover, you have been in poor health since you were young, and you have always worried the old man. "

Matou Kariya began to feel uneasy.Rather than genuinely worrying about himself, he felt that Zou Yan probably wanted to stir up some unpleasant topic.

"Sakura, do you have expectations for magic?" Matou Zouyan suddenly turned to Matou Sakura, "What do you think about learning the Matou family's magic?"

"I..." Matou Sakura hesitated.The reason why she was adopted was to inherit Matou's magic; but when she first visited this place, she was forced to "visit" a house full of worms by the old man in front of her, which made her doubt the truth of Matou's magic way in fear.However, being born in a magic family, she still solemnly said: "Of course I am willing to learn magic at the Matou family. I hope to become an excellent magician like my father, go to the clock tower to study and inherit the Matou family."

Because she believed in Kariya, Matou Sakura, who was suspicious, gave an affirmative answer at this moment.However, what she saw next made her truly see what the advanced magic of the Matou family looked like.

Matou Kariya still stood where he was, and didn't seem to have moved.But Matou Ying clearly saw that a cold light cut through the dark space and shot out like a sharp sword.

so fast.Sakura Matou sighed.Although the form of magic is different from that of his biological father, his father is indeed very powerful.

That is the swiftness that can only be obtained after countless times of practice and the ferocious killing intent to put the person in front of him to death.She is quite sensitive to magic, and she can fully understand the meaning of the attack just now.

After sighing, Matou Sakura belatedly realized that most of the head of the person opposite had been cut off.However, there was no cruel scene of blood splattering and brains flowing.All that fell from that astonishingly large wound were the corpses of a large number of dead bugs—

"Hmm!" Matou Sakura turned her back feeling disgusted.She almost wanted to run away, but the young man beside her knelt down with a pained expression on his face; this sudden situation made her stop worryingly.

This is... Dad was punished?Because of the offense just now?

Kariya Matou was indeed punished by Zouken.The engraving worm, which he had tried so hard to tame, became active due to the control of the original owner, biting his body, turning the host's flesh and blood into magical power to repair the body; and the intense pain from the heart, It made him want to tear out all the internal organs.

The pressure accompanied by pain made Kariya struggle desperately.However, the punishment from the old magician was impossible for him to get rid of even if he exhausted all his strength.

Already knew this would be the case.This old monster has lived for 300 years, and his magic attainments are beyond his reach.The rash attack hurt himself, and also provided the old man with a joke.

However, this is to protect Sakura.Only "protecting Sakura from harm", I must do it myself.

Spitting out the surging blood, Matou Kariya gritted his teeth and said, "You promised yourself!"

"Don't worry, this old man has never forgotten the agreement with you." Zou Yan smiled strangely, as if he was not irritated by the surprise attack just now, "Skip the step of 'driving the swarm' and directly use the condensed magic power to attack, can you Self-acquired this height, really amazed me. Kariya, you really look good as a master, just keep fighting like this.” At the end of the sentence, there was already a vibrato, obviously the desire to win the Holy Grail made him Excited.

Matou Kariya was about to respond forcefully, but unfortunately, he coughed repeatedly because of the blood in his throat.When he was almost recovered, Zouyan had disappeared from the corridor, leaving only Matou Ying staring at him worriedly.

"Father," Matou Sakura, who had been firmly protected by Kariya so far, saw the cruelty of Ling Magic for the first time.Although ignorant, she vaguely sensed one thing, "Since I came here, have you been protecting me? Even under the pressure from others?"

Matou Kariya was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and embraced the girl in his arms.

"Sakura, you... don't think too much. You won't be in danger, and I don't have any pressure. You can do whatever you want, even if you live like an ordinary child. If you like magic... I will too in the future Teach you." Matou Kariya said slowly.Tears were streaming down his face before he knew he was crying.

For a long time, I have been alone, walking the unknown road alone.

This was the case in previous lives.Because of the agreement with Zouken, he walked into the dark and terrifying insect warehouse, and because he didn't want Sakura to regard himself as a "savior" to hide everything, he licked the festering wounds all over his body alone, and died in rot.

Even if everything remains the same this time, as long as Sakura can be saved, it doesn't matter whether she becomes a monster practicing magic or has blood on her hands.

At this moment, I, who had already made up my mind to fight alone, felt the long-lost warmth from the girl who was eager to save.

The father and daughter remained silent for a moment while embracing each other.In the end, it was Sakura who broke the silence, "No matter what you are busy with, please take care of yourself. You cough a lot these days."

"Because the temperature drop was too sudden." Before letting go of Sakura, Matou Kariya had already wiped away his tears and put on a smiling expression.Not wanting the other party to know that he was coughing up blood frequently, he lied sincerely, "I just have a cold."

After this turmoil, Kariya felt that Matou Sakura was getting closer to him.Considering that Caster's master might still be killing and hurting children, Kariya made a familiar with his own magic power to protect Sakura, and taught him how to use it.After this encounter, he also thought of another child of the Tohsaka family.

Recalling his own affairs in the previous life, Kariya hesitated again and again, and finally released the familiar and sent a letter to the Chancheng family.

At this time in the previous life, Rin Tosaka, who had been brought back to Chancheng's house by Miss Aoi, returned to Fuyuki City alone for some reason, and was attacked by monsters.At that time, I went to Weiyuanchuan to try to join the ranks of conquering sea monsters, but accidentally rescued Xiao Lin.

Matou Kariya was not sure whether this would happen again, and he was unable to tell Chancheng Aoi about his prophet.He can only explain in the letter that Fuyuki City is in danger now, and he hopes that she and Xiao Lin can stay at Chancheng's house and not go out.

Kariya hoped that this time Aoi Chancheng would take good care of Tohsaka Rin and prevent that overly daring girl from leaving home.He has plans for the upcoming war to encircle and suppress sea monsters, and he doesn't want any accidents to happen because he went to save someone.

However, what Matou Kariya did not expect was that an accident happened before the sea monster was born, which even made him lose his balance.