Chapter 152 Proposal (Saber)

"Iskander is dead."

This was the first sentence that Tousaka Tokitoki heard after he walked into the room.

'Iskander is dead?'

Tōsaka Tokiomi thought, this is not good news.

Although he didn't know what his son-in-law was thinking, in Tohsaka Tokiomi's opinion, letting Iskandar leave first was not a wise choice.

From his perspective, Kenshin Matou and Iskandar have a good working relationship.

Since there is this relationship, it should not be wasted.

In Toosaka Tokiomi's opinion, the most sensible choice is for Kenshin Matou to first cooperate with Iskandar to eliminate Saber, whose strength cannot be ignored.

What he didn't know was that his good son-in-law, Kenshin Matou, had no intention of letting Saber leave.

What he didn't know was that Iskandar would never join forces with other Servants to deal with a single Servant.

Except Bluebeard, of course.

Losing one's mind and killing innocent heroes indiscriminately is obviously not what Iskandar insists on.

"is it?"

Although I had a lot on my mind, it didn't take very long.

Tousaka Tokiomi walked over to the sofa near Matou Kenshin and sat down, analyzing:

"Is Saber the only one left now?"

Tōsaka Tokiomi's tone was quite pleasant.

The current situation is that we have two servants, one is the current Master, and the other is Gilgamesh's former Master.

And the enemy to be faced is just a Master and a Servant.

Obviously, the advantage is mine!

There was no expression of joy on Jianchen Matou's face.

If this war is to end, Iskandar's departure is necessary.

Jianchen Matou was also helpless, although he gave Iskandar the best way to exit that he could think of.

But Jianchen Matou's heart is still empty.

"That should be enough energy for the Holy Grail, right?"

Thinking so, Kenshin Matou ignored Tōsaka Tokiomi.

He went out alone and headed to the basement.

After Kenshin Matou informed Tokiomi Toosaka, no one except Kenshin Matou has entered the basement of the Toosaka family for some time.

He opened the door and went down the stairs.

As usual, he lit the retro kerosene lamp, but this time, Jianchen Matou was not in the mood to appreciate the artistic conception brought by the kerosene lamp.

Mrs. Irisviel's breathing was lighter than the last time he came down...

No, it cannot be said to be lighter, because the breathing is already so light that it is non-existent.

Mrs. Alice was lying on the sofa, her silver-white hair spread out on one end of the sofa, some of it even slid to the ground along the sofa.

"on the ground?"

Kenshin Matou's expression was not very good.

The last time he went out, he had tidied up Mrs. Irisviel's appearance, and now...

"Did it move while I was out?"

He walked over to the sofa and sat next to Mrs. Irisviel.

The last time, Mrs. Irisviel was able to open her eyes and examine the soul of Kenshin Matou with her scarlet eyes.

But now...

I didn't even have the strength to open my eyes.

"In order to end the Holy Grail War, a ceremony must be held at one of the four spiritual veins in Fuyuki City..."

In the empty room, Kenshin Matou sat next to Mrs. Irisviel.

I said it to myself, and also to Mrs. Alice.

"The Cathedral Church is too far away, and I don't like that place. I'm not familiar with Mt. Enzo, so there's no need to go there. The same goes for the Fuyuki City Kaiminkan."

"Coincidentally, the Tousaka family's mansion is also located on a spiritual vein, Mrs. Irisviel."

Kenshin Matou raised Mrs. Irisviel's hair and tidied it skillfully.

"You know what? Emiya Kiritsugu should have been keeping an eye on the Tohsaka family."

"There are surveillance cameras all around the Tousaka family. I knew it clearly, but I didn't remove them. I did it to give him a chance, a chance to fight for the Holy Grail."

"Ugh…"

Matou Kenshin looked at Irisviel, who was no longer able to respond, and sighed.

He took out his cell phone, looked at it for a while, and finally threw it away.

There is still no news about Kenneth.

but,

There's no point in having news, there's no time left.

In the basement of the Tohsaka family, Kenshin Matou made a phone call.

"Hey…"

Looking at the incoming call number on his phone, Tōsaka Tokiomi was speechless.

He knew very well that Kenshin Matou had not left the Tohsaka family.

But he didn't remain speechless for long, as Jian Tong Jianchen's tired voice made him ecstatic!
"Prepare to meet the Holy Grail, Chrono."

·
Mrs. Alice had a dream.

Outside the castle, heavy snow was falling. People who had never seen snow might be surprised, but the people inside the castle would not.

Because this is the castle of Einzbern.

The falling snowflakes kept hitting the thick glass of the castle. The cold did not come in, but the sound slipped in silently.

If there were no mysteries in this world, if the Einzberns were not a family of magicians, if...

No if.

Mrs. Alice was sitting by the bed, where her lovely daughter lay.

Illya had tears in her eyes, her crimson eyes sparkling with tears. She grabbed her mother's hand and narrated the contents of her nightmare in fear and incoherently.

"Mom, I had a nightmare. In the dream, Illya turned into a cup, and then seven very large objects were stuffed into it. Illya was so scared, but she couldn't do anything..."

"It's okay, it's okay, I will never let this happen to you. Illya, you will definitely be freed from the shackles of fate..."

He was trying to comfort his daughter, but she disappeared from his arms.

Irisviel saw those "sisters" again, those artificial humans who looked exactly like her.

Everything around me was swallowed up by darkness, and I could see less and less.

The body that was gradually getting smaller in his eyes suddenly laughed!
"Ah~!"

Mrs. Irisviel screamed.

Everything in front of her eyes disappeared, leaving only liquid darkness, which continued to erode her.

"Inside the Holy Grail?"

……

……

Is human power ultimately limited?

Jianchen Matou did not agree with this statement.

He watched Mrs. Irisviel disappear before his eyes.

This feeling was terrible, but it was not the first time he had experienced it.

He left the room silently.
At the door, Kenshin Matou met Tokiomi Toosaka who was rushing over in a hurry.

Seeing that Tōsaka Tokiomi was about to speak and ask him something, Matou Kenshin shook his head, letting the other person's words remain in his stomach.

He made way for Tokitoki and the spirit form of Diarmuid to enter the basement.

He has already given respect to Tousaka Tokiomi. If Tousaka Tokiomi is not respectable, Diarmuid will help him to be respectable.

He squatted down and leaned against a wall, then stretched out his hand and grasped the sunlight which seemed to have only brightness but no warmth at all.

"Uncle Liu, please release Saber. It's time to end the Holy Grail War."

……

……

The magical power, as huge as a surging tide, spread out from the basement of the Toosaka family to the surrounding areas.

A flash of fluorescent light passed by.

Uncle Liu in cloth and Saber in a blue and white battle robe appeared in front of Kenshin Matou at the same time.

"The caster's master?"

After a moment of dizziness, Saber returned to the real world and raised his sword, somewhat alert.

Jian Tong Jianchen completely collapsed against the wall, apologizing a little tiredly:

"I'm sorry, Saber. I couldn't save Irisviel."

"What do you mean?"

Saber was worried about Irisviel's safety, but he didn't care about Uncle Liu who was beside him and whom he had no way to deal with.

She placed the sword in her hand on Jianchen Matou's neck.

Jianchen Jianchen, who had already planned to try again, was no longer as cautious as before. He just said calmly:

"The Holy Grail has arrived. Promise me one condition and I will give it to you."

The exhausted Jianchen Matou didn't want to say anything more.

Saber digested the information from Kenshin Matou and looked at Uncle Liu who had no way out for her.

Soon, she gave her answer:

"You said."

"Marry me and the Holy Grail will be yours." Jianchen Matou was in a bad mood.

He had imagined today's scene countless times, thought about how to persuade Saber to agree, and thought of countless words.

However, he never expected that his ability was so weak.

He was so weak that, after preparing for so long, he couldn't even save Mrs. Irisviel's life.

He didn't expect Saber to agree, he just said it tentatively with the idea of ​​leaving no regrets.

Jianchen Jiantou has always been very confident about himself.

Gilgamesh in the original work failed. What does he, an ordinary time traveler, have more than Gilgamesh?

Therefore,
No matter what Saber's answer is, Kenshin Matou will let her in.

Seeing that Saber had not responded for a long time, Kenshin Matou forced himself to stand up slowly with his back against the wall.

"You go in..."

"I promise."

"?" Jian Tong Jianchen suspected that he had heard it wrong, but he knew that he had not heard it wrong.

However, he soon felt relieved.

After all, the reality before him is not his future.

"What a surprise. In fact, I will give you the Holy Grail even if you don't agree. Be strong and face the Holy Grail, Saber. And remember, no matter what you encounter, I, Matou Kenshin, guarantee with my life that I will fulfill my wife Altria's unattainable wish in this lifetime."

"Go ahead, Saber."

Kenshin Matou felt surprised and delighted, but he also felt the responsibility on his shoulders.

There’s no need for a reason to pamper your wife, right?

As for how to realize Saber's almost impossible ideal...

If you can't reach the end, just keep moving forward.

Doing good deeds without asking for reward!
(A big tree attracts phoenixes: Don’t be afraid, Jianchen, your father will help you [laughs])
……

……

Saber went to see her Holy Grail, and Kenshin Matou also had his own things to do.

Now the Holy Grail has arrived.

If Emiya Kiritsugu did nothing, he wouldn't be Emiya Kiritsugu.

Holy Grail?

Kenshin Matou has never been interested in that broken cup.

He wanted the Holy Grail only as a proposal gift from Saber.

of course,

Although I'm not interested in the broken cup of the Holy Grail.

Kenshin Matou had no intention of letting Kiritsugu Emiya hold the Holy Grail.

Although it would be very pleasing to enter the Holy Grail with Emiya Kiritsugu's broken heart.

However, the regret of being out of reach and never being able to obtain it, and dying when the dream is within reach, is more in line with the ending that Kenshin Matou prepared for Emiya Kiritsugu.

right now,

Kenshin Matou is looking for Miss Rin and little Sakura. These two are the people he really cares about in the Tohsaka family.

As expected, Kenshin Matou met the person he wanted to see in the living room of the Toosaka family.

Mrs. Toosaka Aoi is knitting a sweater. Perhaps it is because she does not have to work and even the housework is contracted by Matou Kariya. Mrs. Toosaka Aoi has been very free in recent days, so she has picked up handicrafts again.

Miss Rin is practicing magic.

Although without the guidance of Tohsaka Tokiomi, Miss Rin's progress was much slower, but still could not resist Miss Rin's enthusiasm.

One of the most important reasons, Jianchen Matou believed, was himself.

That’s right, Kenshin Matou believes that a large part of the reason why Miss Rin is so enthusiastic about magic is due to himself.

This is not narcissism on his part, nor is it groundless speculation on his part.

It was by chance that Kenshin Matou turned around inadvertently and happened to see Miss Rin, who had learned attacking magic, grinning at him.

Although Miss Rin quickly restrained her expression, Kenshin Matou also pretended not to notice anything.

But Miss Rin's cuteness still made Kenshin Matou couldn't help laughing.

Little Sakura was lying in Mrs. Toosaka Aoi's arms, reading a book, enjoying the motherly love that she had lost and regained.

After seeing her brother, little Sakura was not in a hurry to leave her mother's arms. After all, the sensitive little Sakura easily discovered that her mother, the lovely Mrs. Toosaka Aoi, was jealous of her being too close to Kenshin Matou.

After looking at the person he cared about, Jianchen Matou shifted his gaze to the corner.

That was Matou Kariya, who had just finished cleaning the floor and was wiping the glass at the windowsill.

Ok,
When at the Matou family, Matou Kariya also knew how to clean.

But Jianchen Matou swore that he had never seen Jianchen Matou Kariya so serious.

I was slightly speechless in my heart, secretly sighing that the power of a bootlicker is truly endless. If scientists can extract abstract power, one bootlicker might be ≈ one perpetual motion machine?

Matou Kenshin smiled at his own thoughts.

He walked over to the sofa and sat next to Mrs. Tousaka Aoi.

Although Uncle Liu had turned into a spirit and had not spoken a word, perhaps because he was the master, or perhaps because Uncle Liu did it on purpose, Kenshin Matou was able to sense Uncle Liu's approximate location.

"Jianchen, would you like some tea?"

Mrs. Toosaka Aoi asked gently, putting down the needle and thread in her hands.

Jianchen Matou waved his hands hurriedly.

Although since becoming the seventh-generation head of the Matou family, Matou Kenshin has always regarded himself as a young master.

——The kind that never gets dirty.

but,
Although his previous life was too miserable and he indulged himself in this life, Jianchen Jiantong still knows the big picture.

It’s okay for Matou Kariya, he is from the Matou family.

Mrs. Toosaka Aoi can't do that.

That's my future mother-in-law.

Rejecting Mrs. Toosaka Aoi's kindness, Kenshin Matou stood up and opened the cupboard where Toosaka Tokiomi kept his treasured tea leaves.

Amid Mrs. Tousaka Aoi's laughter, four cups of hot tea were made.

Glancing at Matou Kariya who was wiping the glass and occasionally glancing at him, Matou Kenshin hesitated for a moment, but still poured him a glass as well.

"call…"

As she sipped the tea, she could hear her younger sister Sakura flipping through pages of a book, and in front of her was Miss Rin, who was pretending not to care, but her whole body looked very awkward.

Until this moment, the sadness of Mrs. Alice's departure had only slightly dissipated.

only……

"Ugh…"

Kenshin Matou thought of Illya.

According to the current development, although Gilgamesh's sincerity is no longer there.

But before summoning the heroic spirit, Illya still has to be tortured for a long time.

But that’s for later.

Now, Matou Kenshin was sipping tea and waiting for Emiya Kiritsugu.

·
Of course, Emiya Kiritsugu knew that Swordsman Matou was waiting for him.

After confirming that the Holy Grail had really arrived, Emiya Kiritsugu activated his last resort.

I don't know if this method will work, but...

He had no other choice.

Not far from the Tohsaka family, on the fourth tallest floor of a building, Kiritsugu Emiya put down the telescope in his hand.

The reason why I didn't choose the highest one was because I was afraid that Jianchen Jianchen would go fishing.

The reason for choosing the fourth tallest floor is that it is both hidden and not prominent.

It is neither the best position for attack nor the worst position for attack.

Emiya Kiritsugu, who had a Heroic Spirit but was unable to summon it back even after using the Command Seals, could only disguise himself and pretend to be an ordinary resident of Fuyuki City and came to the second to last floor of this high-rise building.

After staying here for about ten minutes and making sure that Jianchen Matou would not come to find him.

Emiya Kiritsugu used suggestion magic to expel all the citizens on this floor.

He opened the cabinet in the room, and inside the cabinet was a shoulder-fired rocket launcher that had been prepared long ago.

Coincidentally, Kiritsugu Emiya prepared bazookas on all five floors, and only the bazooka on this floor was the one he used to shoot down a plane and kill his master along with it.

Everything is fate~
He aimed at the Tōsaka family's position and loaded the shell containing his Origin Bullet into the Bazooka.

Emiya Kiritsugu, choose to fire.

·
The living room of the Tousaka family.

Uncle Liu, who had been in spirit form, suddenly revealed his figure before Jianchen Matou could react.

Everyone in the living room entered Uncle Liu's inherent barrier [Han Boundary].

Boom!

A small mushroom cloud rose over the Tousaka household.

The residents nearby were panicked and at a loss. Some screamed, and some notified the relevant personnel.

Emiya Kiritsugu took the weapons he had prepared in advance, left the tall building, and ran towards the Tōsaka family.

Before Kenshin Matou could recover from the dizziness from entering the inherent barrier, another wave of dizziness hit him.

He stood there in a daze, looking at the ruins of the Tohsaka family before him.

His face looked very ugly.

So much so that when the frightened Tohsaka Tokiomi and Diarmuid returned to the basement, he was still staring at the ruins in front of him.

"Emiya Kiritsugu!"

Matou Kenshin gritted his teeth and asked Diarmuid, "How is Saber?"

"Saber, Saber...she has entered the Holy Grail and has not come out yet."

(End of this chapter)