The Exorcism Tale of Hachiman

No matter what he did that was despicable, he was still Sakura's father.

Even though Sakura seems to hate Tokiomi Tohsaka to the extreme right now, he can't be sure what her true feelings are deep down.

"Sakura, I'm taking her with me..."

After hesitating for a moment, Hachiman Hikigaya defiantly grazed Tokiomi Tohsaka's neck with a sword aura, then returned to Sakura's side, took her hand, and walked away into the distance.

Tokiomi Tohsaka stood quietly, watching as Hachiman Hikigaya took his daughter away.

After the battle, he realized that he was no match for Hachiman Hikigaya, and continuing to obstruct him would only make him look foolish.

"Teacher, should I send an Assassin to take him out?"

After an unknown amount of time, Kirei Kotomine suddenly appeared behind Tokitomi Tohsaka.

As Kirei Kotomine finished speaking, another masked figure in black quietly appeared on the street.

"No need. Let Sakura stay with him for now."

Tokiomi Tohsaka shook his head, rejecting Kirei Kotomine's suggestion to use a Heroic Spirit to kill Hachiman Hikigaya.

He had received a message from Kotomine Risei and assumed that Hikigaya Hachiman was just a third-rate magician, which was why he decided to kill him and eliminate an opponent ahead of time.

However, since Hachiman Hikigaya has already demonstrated exceptional combat abilities and is also a participant in the Holy Grail War.

Let's settle all those grudges once the Holy Grail War begins.

After all, out of respect for Sakura, he might choose to join forces with me in the end...

"I see. I understand."

Upon hearing Tokitomi Tohsaka's words, Kirei Kotomine nodded.

He then gave Assassin a wink, and Assassin instantly disappeared into the night.

...........

"Didn't they catch up?"

After carefully assessing his surroundings, Hachiman Hikigaya breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that the person who had been hiding in the shadows during his battle with Tokiomi Tohsaka hadn't caught up.

"That must be a Heroic Spirit, right?"

With his tense nerves relaxing slightly, Hachiman Hikigaya's thoughts began to stir.

Completely different from the feeling Tokiomi Tohsaka gave him, the sense of crisis that felt like a thorn in his back forced him to think and maintain the highest level of vigilance.

We must leave Fuyuki City immediately!

Although he didn't know why Tokiomichi Tohsaka wouldn't let his Heroic Spirit fight, Hachiman Hikigaya, who didn't think he was a match for that Heroic Spirit, was already feeling a huge sense of crisis.

Arriving at the bus station in Fuyuki City, Hachiman Hikigaya used the remaining money he had borrowed from the thugs to buy two tickets before leaving Fuyuki City with Sakura overnight.

Chapter 208 Summoning of Heroic Spirits

One year later, in a remote town in Hokkaido.

"Is it time?"

In the study, Hachiman Hikigaya, who was flipping through a magic book he had just obtained from the black market, suddenly felt the curse seal on his hand become burning hot.

At the same time, an urgent message urging him to summon heroic spirits to rush to Fuyuki City to participate in the battle automatically surfaced in his mind.

They're really in a hurry...

Sensing the messages in his mind, Hachiman Hikigaya shook his head helplessly and then walked out of the room.

"elder brother!"

Upon entering the living room, Sakura, who was sitting on the sofa watching TV, immediately stood up obediently and greeted Hachiman Hikigaya.

After being taken away from Fuyuki City by Hachiman Hikigaya, Hachiman Hikigaya decided to temporarily adopt Sakura.

As the two spent more time together, Sakura's way of addressing Hachiman Hikigaya changed from "Mr. Hikigaya," "Hikigaya," and "Hachiman" at the beginning to the more affectionate term "older brother."

Just a casual mention.

Hachiman Hikigaya never expected that he had such a talent for business.

After leaving Fuyuki City, he originally opened a convenience store in Hokkaido simply to make a living.

However, for some reason, since the supermarket opened, customers have been coming in droves. After a year, the small supermarket has become a well-known chain supermarket in Hokkaido.

With a large source of money, Hachiman Hikigaya easily solved his problem of being an unregistered resident and also changed Sakura's identity.

However, what troubled Hachiman Hikigaya was that Sakura seemed quite clingy to him.

Not only did she refuse his offer to go to school, but she would also look at him with a resentful gaze whenever he had to go out to handle supermarket matters.

On the contrary, if I spend every day at home with her, even if we don't chat at all and just stay together, Sakura seems very happy.

"Yes, Sakura, it's time."

After more than a year, Sakura has grown a little taller.

Especially after learning that Hachiman Hikigaya liked long hair, she grew her hair, which originally barely reached her shoulders, to her waist.

"He stroked Hachiman Hikigaya's long, smooth, cherry-purple hair and said."

"Eh?"

Upon hearing Hachiman Hikigaya's words, Sakura hesitated for a moment, then grabbed his hand and anxiously asked...

"Does my brother really have to go?!"

"Of course."

Understanding that Sakura was worried about him, Hachiman Hikigaya sighed and said in a rather helpless tone.

"For over a year, I've tried every possible way to transfer the spell to someone else. But it's like a piece of chewing gum; I just can't get rid of it no matter what I do..."

"If I want to go back, I have to participate in the Holy Grail War!"

"Is it because there are people your brother cares about in another world?"

Upon hearing Hachiman Hikigaya's plan to return to his original world once again, Sakura's face instantly fell.

"Yes, but don't worry, I'll bring Sakura back with me..."

Komachi is someone that Hachiman Hikigaya could never abandon, and he has to go back no matter what.

Seeing Sakura's dejected appearance, Hachiman Hikigaya thought she was worried that he would abandon her or be indifferent to her after returning.

He quickly made a promise.

"I believe you, brother, won't abandon me..."

Sakura looked up and gave Hachiman Hikigaya a sweet smile.

"only......."

"only?"

"No, it's nothing... Brother, are you hungry? I'll go to the kitchen and get something to eat..."

After saying that, without waiting for Hachiman Hikigaya's reply, Sakura ran into the kitchen on her own.

Looking at Sakura's retreating figure, Hachiman Hikigaya had no further suspicions.

After all, Sakura had been very well-behaved and sensible throughout the past year, and had hardly caused him any trouble.

She even tries her best to help with household chores.

"I have this feeling that if Sakura gets any older, I'll have absolutely nothing to do..."

Suddenly remembering that his family's Komachi always treated him like a lazy bum, Hachiman Hikigaya couldn't help but wonder if Sakura would become a lazy bum if she moved into the Hikigaya family in the future?

He shook his head, dismissing the strange thought.

He then left the house and went to the warehouse next door.

The warehouse was originally filled with various odds and ends, but Hachiman Hikigaya cleaned it up after realizing that the Holy Grail War was about to begin.

At this moment, all the miscellaneous items are neatly piled up in the corner.

Hachiman Hikigaya, having practiced countless times with the magic book he bought from the black market, skillfully began to draw a magic circle for summoning Heroic Spirits on the open ground in the center of the warehouse using mercury.

As the magic circle was completed, the magic began to circulate on its own, and the entire warehouse instantly lit up with a silver light.

Without preparing any relics to summon a specific Heroic Spirit, Hachiman Hikigaya stood directly in front of the magic circle and began chanting the incantation for summoning a Heroic Spirit recorded in the book.

"I declare that you obey my command, my life is one with your sword, and you answer the call of the Holy Grail. If you wish to follow this will and this righteousness, then respond. I swear here that I will accomplish all good deeds in the world, and I will eradicate all evil deeds in the world. You are the Seven Heavens, bound by the three great incantations, the guardian of the Wheel of Restraint and the Scales!"

As Hachiman Hikigaya finished chanting, the mercury magic circle on the floor lit up with a dazzling light.

At the same time, Hachiman Hikigaya frantically drew spiritual energy from his body and poured it into the magic circle.

As the magic circle began to slowly activate, in the distant Hall of Heroes, a man with gray-white hair and clad in golden armor slowly opened his eyes...

At the same time that Hachiman Hikigaya began summoning Heroic Spirits, the other four contestants from around the world were also performing the same ritual.

In the Einzbern Castle in Germany, the magic assassin Kiritsugu Emiya simply drew a small summoning circle with mercury and placed the legendary Arthurian sword sheath, 'Avalon,' inside.

At the Clock Tower, Kenneth, who had to use spares due to the theft of his relic, reluctantly placed the relic in the mercury array and nodded to his fiancée Sora.

On the outskirts of Fuyuki City, after carefully placing the fragment of the legendary government king's cloak that he had stolen from his teacher, Waver cautiously retreated outside the magic circle. Because of his insufficient magical power, he had to wait until midnight when his magical power was at its peak before he could begin the summoning.

In the Tohsaka family residence in Fuyuki City, after placing the skin shed by the world's first snake in the study, Tokitomi Tohsaka nodded to the Kotomine father and son beside him, and began chanting with a confident smile on his face.

...............

In the warehouse of the Hikigaya family in Hokkaido.

As the dazzling light gradually subsided, a figure suddenly stood before Hachiman Hikigaya.

"Servant, Lancer! My true name is Karna. Nice to meet you."

Chapter 209 The ice cream is delicious

[Servant: Karna]

[Strength: B]

Durability: C