FATE: Target of Grand Master

Medusa was delighted and immediately did as she was told.

Kirei Kotomine knelt beside the bench, placed his hand on Sakura's forehead, and began the baptismal chant.

"Announcement."

I both destroy and I create.

I both harm and save the world.

No one escapes my grasp, no one is beyond my sight.

...

As the chant began, a holy white light appeared around Sakura.

As the chanting continued, bulges began to appear inside Sakura's body, moving around as if some creature wanted to escape the constraints of its cage.

Medusa was very anxious when she saw this, but she dared not make any rash moves, for fear of disturbing Yan Feng's purification.

As time went on, the struggling movements within Sakura's body grew weaker and weaker.

"I hereby swear that I have been forgiven, that I, who have received flesh, may be forgiven."

May the Lord have mercy on this sorrowful soul.

As the chanting ended, the white light reached its peak and then gradually dissipated.

Before Medusa could ask any questions, Kirei Kotomine began chanting another spell.

As Matou Sakura's pained expression caused by the struggle of the worms inside her body gradually subsided, her breathing became more steady.

After prying open Sakura's small mouth and pouring in a bottle of clear potion, Kirei Kotomine finally stood up slowly.

"Father, how is Sakura?"

Kirei Kotomine wiped the sweat from his forehead and straightened his clothes.

"Don't worry, she's fine now. The worms inside Matou Sakura caused great damage to her internal organs when they were struggling. I used a healing spell and medicine to help her repair them. However, since they have just been repaired, her internal organs are still quite fragile, so it's best to avoid strenuous exercise."

"Thank you very much."

Medusa bowed to Kirei Kotomine.

"No need to thank me. It's Matou Sakura's fate to be reborn. Go back and rest well. I look forward to your performance in the Holy Grail War."

Medusa picked up Sakura, said nothing more, nodded to Kirei Kotomine, and left the church.

After watching Rider leave, Kirei Kotomine sat back down on a bench in the auditorium and took out his favorite book to read.

Not long after, Kirei Kotomine in the church suddenly spoke up: "What day is it today? My church, which is usually deserted, is so lively."

"Hmph." Matou Zōken, formed from countless flying insects, revealed his physical form. "Not only did you order your servants to blow up my mansion, but you also cleaned out the insurance I stored in Sakura's body. And you still have the nerve to ask?"

"I don't know what you're talking about."

Kirei Kotomine's calm reply only fueled Reiken Matou's anger.

"Your Lancer has told me everything, are you still trying to deny it?"

"Would you believe me if I said I'm no longer Lancer's Master?"

"fart!"

Matou Ryouken slammed his cane on the ground, and countless flying and crawling insects appeared out of thin air, flying towards Kotomine Kirei.

"You underestimate the Church by using such petty tricks in front of clergy."

Kirei Kotomine didn't even move. He closed the book and began chanting. White holy light instantly spread, purifying all the flying insects around him.

Bang!

The church doors were pushed open, and countless corpses from the cemetery, manipulated by Matou Ryouken, crawled out and rushed over like zombies in a movie.

"Honestly. You're just adding to my workload."

Kirei Kotomine pulled out three red sword hilts in each hand, and instantly, sword blades formed from magical energy grew out of the hilts.

This is the black key, a type of equipment commonly used by the Holy Church.

With the black keys in hand, Kirei Kotomine unleashed his Musou mode inside the church, wiping out the zombies that stormed in one by one.

"That despicable proxy!"

Matou Ryouken conjured several enormous, terrifying spiders, which sprayed venom at Kotomine Kirei.

Chi!

The venom landed on Kirei Kotomine, emitting a puff of white smoke.

However, the venom did not penetrate Kirei Kotomine's outer garment.

"Tch, your robes are really sturdy. You're lucky, Kirei Kotomine. I'll settle this score with you another day."

Seeing that he couldn't do anything to Kirei Kotomine, Ryōken Matou prepared to leave first.

"Since you're here, don't leave."

Aiming his black key at the surrounding giant insects, Kirei Kotomine accelerated and arrived in front of Ryouken Matou, grabbing the old insect's withered face with his right hand and pressing it firmly to the ground.

—Announcement.

Without giving Matou Reiken any chance to escape, Kotomine Kirei performed a baptismal chant on his body.

"Damn it, let me go, you fake priest! I don't want to die, I don't want to die, ah!!! I don't want to... die..."

As the baptismal chant ended, the insects that had been transformed from Matou Ryouken's body were completely eliminated, and the surrounding zombies fell to the ground.

Looking at the corpses, insects, and pews scattered throughout the church, Kirei Kotomine shook his head.

"What reason can we come up with to appease the bereaved family? We can't exactly say there was a gas explosion in the cemetery."

"Hahaha. Kirei, I didn't expect you to be able to joke around."

A blond-haired, red-eyed youth appeared at the church entrance, laughing heartily.

"I'm not kidding, cleaning up the messes of these reckless Masters and Servants every day is a very tiring job."

Although Kirei Kotomine was complaining, his tone remained calm and composed.

"Then why not just not do it? Nobody's holding a knife to your throat."

"That won't do. How can I enjoy a pleasant scene if I do that?"

Thinking of the regret that his wife committed suicide to prove his love for her, and that he hadn't killed her with his own hands, as well as the pleasure he felt 10 years ago when he used the short sword given to him by Tokiomi Tohsaka to stab his teacher in the back, Kirei Kotomine was really unwilling to give up this opportunity to witness the misfortune of others in the Holy Grail War and thus gain pleasure from it.

"Hahaha. It seems you've become even more interesting since I gave you some pointers."

Gilgamesh grew to appreciate Kirei Kotomine more and more.

"Speaking of which, a lot happened tonight, but what confuses me the most is that I lost my contract with Lancer."

"Oh? That's quite an interesting thing."

For some reason, the image of Xia Yan popped into Gilgamesh's mind.

"Gilgamesh, judging from your expression, you seem to have some clue."

"No, I was just thinking, it must be quite interesting that there's someone who can confuse you, the overseer and cheater of the Holy Grail War."

"You really don't miss any opportunity to please yourself, Gilgamesh."

"Isn't this what the meaning of life should be?"

"That's true."

Kirei Kotomine took out a pair of gloves, put them on, and grabbed the two corpses as he walked towards the cemetery.

"Forget it, Lancer was just someone else's pet anyway. Considering he dared to let Lancer blow up the Matou mansion, let him go. As long as this new Master of Lancer can continue to provide more interesting performances for this Holy Grail War, that's fine."