Abnormal Moon

Push hard.

With a grating, tooth-grinding creak, an arm was ripped off.

A pleasant malice permeated Roy's face.

Unable to scream.

Unable to resist.

Like a death row inmate facing his end in a countdown.

…………

More than ten minutes later.

With a creak, the shelter door reopened.

Roy, wearing glasses, walked out of the shelter with a smile on his lips.

"...How are you feeling?"

Only Rin Tohsaka was outside the door. When she saw Roy come out, she looked at him with a complicated expression.

"Extremely refreshing!"

Roy let out a heavy sigh, as if he wanted to expel all the negative emotions that had been building up in his heart.

"Where are the refugees? Let's go, the sun's almost up. I haven't slept all night, I'm exhausted. Let's finish the servant paperwork quickly and go home to sleep!"

Before leaving, Rin Tohsaka glanced inside.

There is no blood.

There is no residue.

They didn't even have clothes.

All that remained was a thin layer of gray, scattered here and there.

Rin Tohsaka's heart felt as heavy as lead.

"Sometimes, I can't help but wonder if you're a murderer."

"How rude of me, I deeply love humans."

Roy's smile was completely genuine.

Chapter 52 Seven Daughters in the Family

Aosaki House.

Before dawn, Kasumigaoka Utaha was forced to get up.

The reason is that last night, Roy, the master who went out to hunt corrupted Servants in order to ensure the safety of Fuyuki City, returned.

"Lord Roy, it's good that you're alright."

When Kasumigaoka Utaha saw Roy return with a nonchalant air, the heavy weight on her heart finally lifted.

She looked around the living room.

In front of the fireplace, a little girl with white hair and red eyes, who looked very much like Roy, was lying down.

Beside the table sat two identical sisters.

Mayor Tohsaka, whom I had met a few times before, was sitting there drinking plain water.

Kasumigaoka Utaha was at a loss for words to describe her feelings.

Undeniably, a pang of bitterness rose in her heart.

It was at this moment that she had to admit it.

She unconsciously developed a vague affection for Roy, who saved her in her time of crisis.

Kasumigaoka Utaha is a woman who doesn't deceive herself. She is very straightforward about her feelings. Knowing that she has feelings for Roy, she thinks that if she stays here for a few more months and gets to know Roy more fully, she might actually confess to him.

but now.

Kasumigaoka Utaha glanced at Tohsaka Rin, then at the white-haired loli, then at the twin sisters, and finally at Hayasaka Ai who was cooking in the kitchen.

She remained expressionless and silent.

What is this?

Rin Tohsaka is one thing.

Why are there three strange women in the house after she only slept there for one night?

Upon closer inspection, there are already six women in this household!

No, if you include that strange and very counterintuitive female servant, Okita Souji, then there are seven!

"Shiyu, let me introduce you."

Roy waved to Kasumigaoka Utaha.

“This is Ilya, Illyasviel von Einzbern. I rescued her from a corrupted Servant, and she will be living in my house from now on. Just treat her as my… well, my little sister.”

"It's my sister!"

Ilya lifted her head from in front of the kotatsu and protested defiantly.

"I was born much earlier than Roy, shortly after the Fourth Holy Grail War ended. Roy should call me older sister!"

"Okay, okay, it's your older sister, alright?"

Roy shrugged helplessly.

His words revealed a tolerant and doting attitude towards the white-haired loli.

Kasumigaoka Utaha's expression was subtle.

No matter how you look at it, this white-haired little girl looks only eleven or twelve years old. What makes her claim to be Roy's older sister, who looks sixteen or seventeen?

However, manufacturing?

what does that mean?

The Fourth Holy Grail War, wasn't that ten years ago?

That said, Einzbern is a name that sounds quite familiar.

It seems to be one of the three families that Roy had told them about before, the ones who created the Greater Grail?

Because of the creation of the Greater Grail, he was punished by the Mage's Association and forced to hand over the android technology...

Artificial humans?

manufacture?

ten years ago?

Sister...brother?

Kasumigaoka Utaha suddenly raised her hand and gently rubbed her temples.

She suddenly understood many things.

On the night she first arrived at the Aozaki residence, she sensed something amiss about Roy's face after he had taken a bath.

She didn't understand it then, but now she finally understands the source of that sense of incongruity.

Roy's face was too artistic, as if it had been artificially created. Every part of his body exuded a sense of meticulous craftsmanship. This kind of exquisite detail in his body was far beyond what a normal person could achieve.

Because every normal person has some rough spots on their body.

But Roy didn't.

That's the source of the sense of incongruity.

Ah, and there's also the Magician rank...

Why didn't I think of that?

Roy's magical abilities are so strong that he can easily infiltrate other people's mansions covered by barriers, and Roy himself has told her about the treatment of androids.

To her utter surprise, Roy's magician rank was only the lowest level because of this.

"These two are Nakano Ichika and Nakano Miku. They are refugees who appeared outside the city. They were captured by corrupted Servants but were rescued by us. They are now my servants. Miku is temporarily under Tohsaka's name. They will also be living here from now on..."

Roy saw Kasumigaoka Utaha's expression become several times more complicated in that instant, smiled, didn't care, and began to introduce the two sisters.

"Hello."

Ichika Nakano seemed much calmer.

On the way back to the Aozaki residence, Ichika carefully apologized to Roy for refusing Atram without her permission in the name of his servant. Of course, Roy was not angry about it and comforted her for a while, which put Ichika at ease.

"Hello..."

Nakano Miku next to her looked much weaker, her eyes were red, as if she had been crying before.

Its timid and hesitant appearance was like that of a little rabbit.