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"Then you should work hard... If you happen to bring the Holy Grail back, then that little girl Sakura will be useless to me."
Dim lights flickered in the gloomy courtyard.
It illuminated the smile on Matou Zouken's face inside the gloomy house.
Beside her was a petite little girl, too terrified to speak.
"Sakura, it's time to get ready to go to the insect hive..."
"Yes...Grandpa..."
What can a child resist? He can only sink deeper into fear and despair.
The blonde girl stood quietly on the roof of the house in the courtyard.
Modern magic poses no threat to Fujimaru Ritsuka, so even if she were to break in, no one would notice.
Even if someone notices, no one will make a sound.
Should we get involved...?
This is a problem.
Because this is a singularity, the ending will not change regardless of whether you choose to save the enemy or not.
However, just looking at it like this isn't Fujimaru Ritsuka's style.
Even if it ultimately turns into a dreamlike illusion, it's not entirely meaningless.
"Senior, that Servant...could it be—"
Mashu suddenly sensed something; the spirit origin reaction was so familiar that she could recognize who it was without even looking at them.
"Hmm, Lancelot."
Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded: "But it should be in a berserk state. I wonder how much of its rationality it has retained."
Mashu suddenly realized, "So that's why we came to the Matou family first. If we could get help from that berserk bastard, Old Man Tate, our conquest of the singularity would be much easier."
"That's secondary... If a real fight were to break out, Mash and I could easily wipe out the other seven mages and Servants in one night."
Fujimaru Ritsuka raised his head.
The cool moonlight shone down, and as a True Ancestor, her power was undoubtedly able to be better exerted under the moonlight.
"Yes, the key is that the Fuyuki Grail might be a bit special... Although we don't know its specific manifestations, minimizing the number of Servant deaths is the best option right now."
"Wait a minute...don't interfere."
Suddenly, a voice came from Fujimaru Ritsuka's mind.
"I never expected to end up in this place... It really is fate's guidance... Heh..."
Mashu was stunned.
Whose female voice is that?!
There's a master inside that senior's body!
"This sound is..."
Fujimaru Ritsuka immediately froze.
Blue flames gathered, like a beautiful flower in bloom.
A snow-white demon king has appeared.
Chapter 223 A Fiery Hell Without Redemption or Ideals
"don't want..."
"No, no..."
"How scary, really scary... Oh my god!"
The petite girl's hands trembled, and her face showed fear and terror.
Children's minds are not fully developed, and they are not capable of turning sadness into anger.
Unable to risk one's life to fight against fate... such extreme situations can easily stifle the spirit.
However, at the same time, it is also very easy to fall into further depravity.
For a fallen demon king, it is the best vessel.
Kariya's body was being devoured by parasites, and his entire nervous system had become a breeding ground for them... But he also knew that he was partly responsible for Sakura's suffering.
Go to the insect hive...?
Damn it, even though he's faced with this situation, he can't do anything about it.
Even risking your life doesn't guarantee you can save the future...
He could only watch helplessly as Sakura was sent into the insect hive...
An incompetent uncle, a loser who can't do anything.
That's probably what they mean by "people like this."
and many more?
Soon... Matou Kariya's eyes widened, revealing the only eye he could still see.
Something's wrong...
Flowers actually sprouted from the filthy insect silo at this moment!
No, is this reasonable?
What exactly happened...?
The Matou family's insect nest was dark and damp, filled with a nauseating stench and the chirping of insects.
Sakura's small body trembled like a leaf falling in the wind.
However, at this moment.
It was as if something had suddenly changed...
"interesting..."
The girl who entered the insect pod revealed a cruel smile.
A red light flickered in the little girl's eyes.
"what happened--"
Zouken Matou's hand, which was holding a cane, suddenly tightened, and disbelief was written all over his gaunt face.
"Oh dear, don't you recognize me? Grandpa~~"
The girl's hair turned snow-white, and her original purple clothes were transformed by magic into a glossy, even slightly transparent fabric.
Her small legs were wrapped in dark purple stockings that ran all the way to her snow-white toes.
"You are... Sakura?!"
"You could say that... or you could say that, but with Grandpa's outdated intelligence, he probably wouldn't understand, right?"
A cold and indifferent voice echoed in the secret room.
The white-haired girl smiled sinisterly, her scarlet eyes fixed on the hunched old man.
Matou Sakura... or rather, at this time, she was still Tohsaka Sakura. Although she had excellent magical talent, she was just a callow child.
Zouken Matou forced himself to calm down, then questioned her sharply.
"What, you want to get me into the swarm and then modify my magical properties? What a selfish and disgusting ideal."
"Sakura, what are you saying?"
Zouken Matou narrowed his eyes and suddenly slammed his cane on the ground. Black demonic insects slowly crawled out of the deep pit of the insect nest.
"Grandpa looks so calm... Does he mean he's planning his future developments? But... hehe..."
Sakura, with her white hair, curled her lips into a smile.
She gently reached out, and a flower-shaped bow appeared on her small hand, as delicate as lotus petals.
"Grandpa, someone's here to kill you."
"Grandpa, I'm right here...Are you happy?"
Happy?
Zouken Matou is not happy right now.
These insects were his most prized possessions; they were lewd creatures he bred, creatures that craved human bodily fluids, brain marrow, and bone marrow.
Men parasitized by this insect will become like Kariya Matou, like living corpses, living a life worse than death, turning into complete waste.
If it's a woman, it will parasitize her body, control her nerves, devour her uterus, and turn her nerves and blood vessels into a craving for pleasure.
This should have been a good thing.
The Matou family has a successor, and his eternal wish will finally be fulfilled.
But... who exactly is this girl in front of me?
"Ah... I used to wonder what the meaning of the flames of anger was, but now, seeing Grandpa, I think I understand. Shiva's heart contains anger and a desire for destruction—"
"what are you talking about?"
Zouken Matou couldn't understand Sakura's words, and only felt a chill run down his spine.
The little white-haired girl raised her hand, then conjured an arrow with shimmering flower stamens and shot it towards Zouken Matou.
Suddenly, the arrow pierced the air and landed somewhere in front of the damp house.
Zouken Matou was not shot.
He stared intently at the white-haired girl and asked once again in a hoarse, decaying voice, "What exactly are you doing?"
"Shh-"
The white-haired girl placed her snow-white, slender fingers to her lips.
"Haste is no good, Grandpa."
"After all, I must repay Grandpa's kindness properly."
A sinister smile continued to appear on her exquisite face.
"repay?"
"What exactly do you want me to repay... this is!"
Zouken Matou frowned.
In an instant, he discovered that right after [Sakura] fired that arrow, the entire insect burrow was covered with green vines and snow-white flowers.
"This is... a mere flower petal, my old insect could instantly—hmm?!"
Zouken Matou was stunned.
He suddenly realized that his body seemed unable to move, and the petals and vines sealed off the entire space like ropes!
"Could this be... a barrier?!"
The old insect's astonished expression.
The white-haired demon standing in front of him covered his mouth and burst into maniacal laughter, revealing a villainous, lowly grin.
"Oh ho, hehehehehehehehehehehehe—!"
From Fujimaru Ritsuka's perspective, they were just considered "minor miscellaneous fish."
However, to Zouken Matou, that smile, that girl's laughter, was more chilling than the chirping of insects.
hum!
"Grandpa, don't you understand why I need to create a flower-covered barrier first?"
The white-haired girl gently raised her hand, and then, under the influence of divine power, a large number of demonic insects burst open like berries, spraying out purple acid.
“What do you understand…” Zouken Matou’s voice trembled.
His vocal organs had long since turned into worms, so it was clear that the worms inside Matou Zouye's body were experiencing fear.
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