Chapter 173: I'm in Fuyuki, just got off the plane

There were gusts of cold wind at night in Fuyuki City.

Illya held her mother's hand and stood in front of the gate of the Matou family, her little head full of doubts.

Thank you!

I'm in Fuyuki, just got off the plane. My real name is Illya, I'm not anonymous.

"..."

For Illya, today, a day that couldn't be more ordinary, seeing her mother whom she had only been separated from for less than a day should have been a happy thing.

It would be better if there wasn't a grandpa with a cold face.

What I just experienced was like a dream. Although the scenes in the dream had been experienced, they were so unreal.

I was alone in the castle, bored, looking at the scenery outside the window.

Then, I met my mother.

Then, I saw my grandfather with a cold face.

then……

Illya didn't remember the details. She only remembered that her mother seemed to be arguing with her grandfather. After the argument failed, her mother came to her room and hugged her in her arms.

With a rumbling sound, Altria walked into the room. She was Kiritsugu's Servant, and Illya knew her identity.

After that, he left the Einzbern castle with Sera and Lijelit, blindfolded, in his mother's arms.

This was Illya's first time leaving Einzbern, her first time boarding a plane, and her first time coming to a strange city with a strange boy who was almost her own age.

On the plane, Illya had a conversation with Kenshin Matou and learned that she would have to stay in the Matou family for a long time. Although she didn't know how long a long time was, Illya was still looking forward to leaving Einzbern.

The only thing that puzzled her was why her mother was the only one who went home?
Where is Emiya Kiritsugu?
Mrs. Alice remained silent for a long time and did not give an answer to this question. In the end, she just evaded the question.

Fortunately, although Illya is very talented, she is still a child.

At this moment, standing in front of the gate of the Matou family, her heart was filled with curiosity about the new house, as well as excitement and confusion about coming to Fuyuki City.

"Let's go."

The swordsman Matou, who was standing behind Illya, walked in front of Illya and took the initiative to push open the door of the Matou family.

After opening the door, he stood by it, looking at the new member of his family that was about to arrive.

Illya, and——

Saira and Lijelite!
Illya was fine, she was wearing a pure white down jacket, not the purple one.

As for Sera and Lijelite...

Alas, it’s okay not to mention it.

While Kenshin Matou was looking around, following behind the current head of the Einzbern family, Mrs. Irisviel, Illya and two maids also officially entered the Matou family.

It was already evening, and although Illya had many aspirations for this strange city, that was tomorrow's matter.

The most important thing to do is to welcome them with a delicious dinner.

Also, let the cute Illya and Sakura, two little lolis of the same age, meet each other.

After all, we will be family in the future.

……

……

In the restaurant.

Matou Kirei shuttled back and forth between the kitchen and the dining room. Because Matou Kenshin had reminded him in advance, every dish in today's dinner was his specialty.

It can be said.

In Matou Kariya's opinion: the kitchen is a battlefield!

Now, he finally finished serving the last dish and sat down at his seat, waiting for the comments from today's 1, 2, 3, and 4 guests.

Mrs. Irisviel's sitting posture was relatively relaxed. After all, she had a candid "doctor-patient" relationship with Kenshin Matou.

The lovely Illya, on the other hand, was sitting next to the cute little Sakura, looking a little nervous.

After all, before today, she had never had the experience of being a guest, and this was her first time visiting a stranger's home.

Opposite Sakura and Illya were Sayla and Lizzelite, two pretty maids wearing clothes that ordinary people couldn't appreciate.

The dining table was rectangular, and several beautiful ladies were sitting on one side of the table.

Matou Kenshin, the master of the Matou family, sat opposite his servant, Mr. Liu, on the narrow side of the dining table.

"Let's eat."

Looking at the people around him, except Uncle Liu who was eating voraciously, no one else had picked up their chopsticks.

Jianchen Jianchen nodded and said.

Seeing this, everyone was still a little hesitant.

Sakura, one of the owners of the Matou family, sat next to Illya. She was still very nervous because she hadn't interacted with people of her own age for a long time.

The same goes for Illya, and it's even more serious.

Sakura just took a leave of absence from school, and now is a special period of the Holy Grail War, so she hasn't interacted with her peers for a long time.

Illya is different.

As a humanoid who has been burdened with the fate bestowed by Einzbern since she gained life, the lovely Illya has never seen anyone outside the Einzbern Castle since she became conscious.

Emiya Kiritsugu is an exception.

At this moment, Kenshin Matou, the head of the family, spoke, but Sakura, the second person under the head of the family, was still hesitating.

However, someone stood up!
It’s not King Arthur Altria, nor is it the decadent middle-aged uncle Matou Kariya.

But the great, Mrs. Irisviel!
She calmly raised her chopsticks, flicked her hair, and said:

"Let's eat, Illya, Sera, and Lijelite."

Thus, the members of the Einzbern family, under the order of Mrs. Irisviel, who inherited the position of head of the family after Ahad's death, began to have dinner tonight.

Matou Kariya's craftsmanship is still pretty good, it's a bit of a pity to let him retire just like that.

Most importantly,

Matou Kenshin couldn't stand it. As the head of the family, he worked so hard for the family, while Matou Kariya, as an adult, had to live a life of idleness and wait for death under the protection of his nephew.

For the first time, Jianchen Matou was eating without using the beauty beside him to accompany his meal.

Instead, he looked at Matou Kariya with ill intentions, lowered his head, ate silently, and had a cautious, mouse-like look.

“Kareya~”

The head of the family, who couldn't bear to see others doing well, spoke up.

Matou Kariya looked up, waiting for his nephew's next words. The people of the Einzbern family at the table also raised their heads, and were very interested in what Matou Kenshin was going to say.

After all, it is human nature to eat melons and join in the fun.

"Tomorrow, you will take Sera and Lijelite to get familiar with the Matou family. Um... you should also reduce your work appropriately."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Matou Kariya had a lot of things he wanted to say, but he didn't dare to.

'How to reduce appropriately? ' This is a very serious question.

In particular, the decadent middle-aged uncle Matou Kariya saw through Sera and Lijelite's strange clothes and saw their beautiful essence.

Matou Kariya has a good idea of ​​his nephew's character.

Putting aside his subjective opinion, we can tell something from the fact that the number of people in the Matou family is increasing and they are all beauties.

With a slight understanding in his heart, Matou Kariya nodded to Matou Kenshin.

He is very sensible.

Although he was a failure in love, Matou Kariya discovered with some sadness that when it came to serving people, no, to put it more nicely, he was good at guessing people's intentions.

Do you seem to be very talented?

Knowing that Sera and Lijelite were maids, it was natural for Matou Kariya to understand that he should assign some of his work to them.

I have to get up early every morning and go to the market to buy the freshest ingredients. This kind of tiring work cannot be delegated.

Matou Kariya was well aware of this.

Although those two maids were maids and their profession also had the word "servant" in it, Matou Kariya knew that the focus of this profession was never the "servant" after maid, but the "girl" in front of maid!
The job of buying groceries is still yours, and the job of boiling water should also still be yours.

The yard cleaning job cannot be neglected, and the basement cleaning still needs to be done by the owner.

"..."

"Just leave the dessert, afternoon tea, and room cleaning to me."

Knowing his nephew's purpose, Matou Kariya thought of finding something for the pretty maids to do rather than asking them to do their duties. In just one dinner, he had thought of a plan for tomorrow.

The Matou family's chief steward——

Matou Kariya, great victory!

……

……

The next day.

The weather in Fuyuki City is better than it has been in a long time, very suitable for going out.

Kenshin Matou stood in front of the window, breathing in the air outside and looking at the rare good weather outside.

I became even more eager to end the Holy Grail War.

Although he now has the same "open-minded" ability as Uncle Liu, and has Artoria, who has no shortage of magic power, as a means of attack, but...

Who would be willing to take a gamble when you can hold on to secure happiness?

Today is the second day since his appointment with Kenneth. After a day, which is the day after tomorrow, he will go to the big hotel in Fuyuki City to visit Kenneth who has traveled across the ocean to participate in the Holy Grail War.

As a family that was one of the founders of the Holy Grail War, and as a famous and prestigious family in Fuyuki City, this was the proper etiquette.

Toosaka Tokiomi didn't show up because he was a coward. He cared about the Holy Grail War and felt that reaching the root of the Toosaka family's long-cherished wish was more important than anything else.

Jianchen Matou is different.

The Holy Grail is just something that can be ignored.
Now the new Holy Grail container is still placed in the basement of the Matou family and will never see the sunlight.

Therefore, the reputation of the magician family in Fuyuki City still has to be carried on the shoulders of Kenshin Matou.

That guy, Tousaka Tokiomi, is good-looking but useless~

While Jianchen Matou was thinking about things, below the window, in the courtyard of the Matou family, a depressed middle-aged decadent man with two pretty maids was walking and talking about something.

Jianchen Matou narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at him with interest.

In the courtyard.

Matou Kirei got up early today, and after buying fresh ingredients from the vegetable market, he hurriedly started making breakfast.

After finishing his breakfast in fear, he had to act awkwardly and at a loss, with the help of Mrs. Irisviel, taking Sera and Lijelite with him, following the look in his nephew's eyes.

At the moment, he was leading two pretty maids to familiarize themselves with the scenery and layout of the Matou family's house.

"These soil pits are very important. If you have nothing to do, you can water these places. They contain seeds planted by the Sword Minister himself. He cares about them very much."

As a large family, it is very abnormal for the Matou family to have only flowers and plants but no trees in its courtyard.

Although Sayla and Lijelite didn't say anything, Matou Kariya still took the initiative to explain.

As a native of the Matou family, and as the heir of the Matou family, Matou Kariya naturally lived in the Matou family before he abandoned magic and fled Fuyuki City.

Among all the people alive today with the last name of Matou, no one knows the past of the Matou family better than Matou Kariya.

Perhaps after the death of Matou Kariya, the past of the Matou family will also disappear.

After all, even if history books really want to record the Matou family, they should start from Matou Kenshin.

Although the achievement of creating the Holy Grail War looks and sounds good, it is ultimately just a small-scale fight in a small place.

But Jianchen Matou is different.

Although it has not yet been realized, anyone with a discerning eye will notice a problem after the Holy Grail War ends.

That is, the three major families in Fuyuki City may become a thing of the past and will never appear again.

The first clue is that the Einzbern family, one of the three great families, still has a head of the family, Mrs. Irisviel;

There are family members - Saira and Lijelite;

There is the heir of the family - Illya.

But this is only on the surface.

Now, Einzbern exists in name only.

Mrs. Irisviel has not yet reached an agreement with Kenshin Matou, not even a verbal agreement.

But the act of living in the Matou family has already explained everything indirectly.

Einzbern will disappear completely after Illya grows up and has children.

All of this was accomplished in a manner that was not secret, but much more secretive than the premise that the Holy Grail War had to be conducted in secret.

The head of the Tohsaka family, Tohsaka Tokiomi, was still in the basement of his home, drinking expensive red wine and inquiring about the news of the Masters and Heroic Spirits participating in this Holy Grail War.

When he was feeling complacent and opening champagne in advance because the supervisor of the Holy Grail War was his guardian and his servant was the famous hero king Gilgamesh.

Einzbern had been quietly annexed by the Matou family.

What Toosaka Tokiomi didn't know was that not only was her little daughter his, but she was now a member of the Matou family.

In the foreseeable future, Miss Rin is destined to be a member of the Matou family, but Toosaka Tokiomi is still unclear about all this. He is still immersed in the joy of fulfilling his family's long-cherished wish.

Standing in front of the window, feeling the cold wind.

Jianchen Matou hesitated for a moment, looked at the two pretty maids in the courtyard for a long time, and finally gave up the idea of ​​going out.

"There's no rush for the next two days."

"but……"

Staring at Sera and Lijelite's clothes in the courtyard, Jianchen Matou thought he should do something.

He took out his cell phone and contacted the merchant who delivered the lion suit that Miss Altria loved so much to her door.

(End of this chapter)