Honkai Summoning.

Of course, looking at the appearance of this heroic spirit, Su Mo felt it was better to simply treat it as a reserve of souls. However, he was somewhat interested in the magic book that could summon and command monsters from the deep sea—the Snail Annihilation City Manual.

"Let's find a time to take it down," Su Mo thought to himself.

"You... have already dealt with him?" Artoria looked at the mysterious Heroic Spirit King Aiguo in front of her.

In that instant, the power it unleashed far exceeded the power the berserker had just displayed.

Chapter Sixty-Eight: It's Great to Be Handsome

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"Hmm." Su Mo nodded. Although the Heroic Spirit Magician is not completely dead yet, he is not far from it.

He had no interest in explaining his special qualities to Artoria in detail.

“Little Ai is really amazing,” Irisviel said from the side.

Su Mo smiled and accepted the praise without question. Meanwhile, Artoria rested her chin on her hand, seriously considering her chances of winning against Wang Aiguo.

Incredible strength, speed that the eyes can't keep up with, strange skills, and a Noble Phantasm that has basically never served its main purpose.

This heroic spirit is truly powerful!

"By the way, Xiao Ai, let me drive later," Irisviel suddenly said to Su Mo.

"Ok?"

Artoria's serious expression froze instantly. She immediately looked at Su Mo, her eyes conveying the message, "You'd better refuse quickly."

Su Mo hesitated. To be honest, it was quite rare for King Arthur to show such an expression.

"Hey, doesn't Xiao Ai allow me to drive?" Irisviel asked Su Mo.

"Don't even mention driving, Madam doesn't mind speeding!" Su Mo immediately said.

"Great!" Irisviel cheered, jumping to the car door, opening it, and getting into the driver's seat.

"...Why did you agree?" Artoria began to communicate with Su Mo through her eyes.

"Can we refuse to become an agent for Mastera?"

"Even Kiritsugu Emiya hasn't seen you act according to his wishes!"

"Emiya Kiritsugu is a man."

"..."

The two chatted as they got into the back seat of the car.

As soon as Artoria sat down, she suddenly screamed, jerked her body up, knocked over the roof of the car, and then covered her head.

"What's wrong with Saber?" Irisviel asked, turning around with a puzzled look.

Artoria blushed slightly and pulled a lollipop from under her bottom, asking, "Why do you have this? Do you like candy?"

"No, this was bought for a little girl, it probably got lost here," Su Mo said.

"Hmm?" Irisviel and Artoria both showed expressions of interest.

"This afternoon, Lao Li and I took down Zouken Matou and rescued a little girl. She's currently being cared for at a sanatorium. Would you like to go and see her?" Su Mo said.

"Matou Zouken?" Irisviel murmured the name, seemingly finding it somewhat familiar, before finally asking, "Is he from the Matou family?"

“Yes, the head of the Matou family,” Su Mo said.

"..."

"..."

A moment of silence fell over the car. The Matou family was one of the three founding families, and its status was actually similar to that of the Einzbern family.

The Holy Grail War was dominated by these three families. Kiritsugu Emiya was recruited by the Einzbern family to achieve victory in the Holy Grail War. In a sense, people like Kiritsugu Emiya and Irisviel were pawns used by their families to complete the Holy Grail War.

Servant Heroic Spirits are essentially pawns of their Masters—though these pawns are not easy to control.

However, it's not so difficult to control them that they could directly kill one of the founding three families, the head of the Matou family!

While others are still fighting for the Holy Grail, you've already taken down someone of the family head's caliber. What are you trying to do?!

"Won't this cause any problems?" Irisviel asked with some concern.

"Probably not. The Matou family has already been mostly defeated. I'm not saying this to target anyone, but apart from that old man Zouken Matou... everyone else is useless," Su Mo said. "By the way, that Berserker's Master is Kariya Matou."

"Then wouldn't he come looking for you?" Artoria analyzed based on basic common sense.

"Matou Kariya likes Tohsaka Tokiomi's wife, and because of that, he's also very good to her daughter," Su Mo said.

Through his interactions with various people, he gradually recalled the events of the original story. Matou Kariya's participation in the Holy Grail War was essentially to prevent Matou Sakura from suffering further torment.

If he could, he himself would like to kill that old man, Zouken Matou. Unfortunately, he left the Matou family because he hated magic, which made him pitifully weak now. He could only let Zouken Matou plant insects on his body and fight with his life on the line—but he couldn't even beat his love rival and was easily beaten half to death.

He can be described as a truly tragic figure.

"What does that have to do with this?" Artoria asked, puzzled.

"This is the story of a pitiful backup who gave everything for his goddess, and in the end, he even gave up his own life to protect someone else's daughter..." After briefly recounting half of the story about Matou Kariya, Su Mo said in a distant tone, "It is a very sad and sympathetic story."

“I don’t hear any sympathy from you,” Artoria said.

“Oh, that’s because I usually play the role of Zouken Matou in stories like this… Of course, I have no interest in laying a hand on cute little lolis. Lolis are such adorable creatures that they are meant to be pampered.” Su Mo turned his head and looked at Artoria with a half-smile.

"All right."

Before the atmosphere turned awkward, Irisviel quickly started the car. "Let's go see that little girl named Matou Sakura."

Upon hearing Irisviel's words, Artoria didn't have time to clash with Su Mo's values. Instinctively, she tensed up and reached out to grab the handrail above her head.

A car was wobbling along the road at an alarming speed. Both Altria and Su Mo looked rather unwell.

Su Mo underestimated Irisviel's driving skills—after all, they were driving an old car in the castle, and the area wasn't very spacious.

Now, it's as if the sky's the limit, the sea is wide enough for birds to fly freely, and a four-door sports car on a wide road... even Su Mo, who considered himself as steady as Mount Tai, began to change his expression.

"I told you not to let her drive!" Artoria glared at Su Mo with a look of reproach.

“I’ve never driven this fast before!” Su Mo replied with his eyes.

"The car used to be bad!"

When Irisviel arrived at the sanatorium according to the navigation, Su Mo and Artoria got out of the car, their legs slightly unsteady. If they weren't both physically strong, they might have already vomited.

The group walked to the outside of Matou Sakura's room and unexpectedly saw Emiya Kiritsugu's partner, Hisau Maiya.

She saw several people, but remained expressionless, simply nodding. Irisviel, however, smiled and began talking to her.

"This woman is really bold. This is your husband's mistress." Su Mo thought to himself, "Emiya Kiritsugu is still lucky. At least he had one. He was a popular guy. He's much better than Matou Kariya. He's always the backup."

Artoria glanced at Hisayuu Maiya, then suddenly remembered something, and angrily pushed open the door and went into the room.

Based on her understanding of Kiritsugu Emiya—a ruthless man who would even release his own wife as bait—he was very likely to exploit the poor child in the room.

From Wang Aiguo's description, controlling this child is equivalent to controlling Matou Kariya, and controlling the Berserker. This is a huge asset!

For Kiritsugu Emiya, who was single-mindedly focused on victory, how could he possibly let go of such a good opportunity?

However, when Artoria entered the room, she saw Kiritsugu Emiya trying to make Sakura Matou laugh with a strange expression.

"..."

Upon hearing the door open, Kiritsugu Emiya's expression immediately changed, reverting to his usual deadpan look. He glanced coldly at Artoria and said, "You've come." It was as if the person who had just been there wasn't him at all.

"Oh, you're all here."

Just as Artoria stood there, stunned and unsure of what to say, Li Yunlong's voice came from outside the door.

A surprised smile appeared on Matou Sakura's face. She jumped off the bed, holding the puppy, and ran towards the door.

“Sakura…” Li Yunlong also showed a fatherly smile, then the smile froze. He saw Matou Sakura walk past him and run to Comrade Wang Aiguo’s side, freeing one hand to tug at his clothes.

"Why, Sakura, weren't you supposed to come out to greet me?" Li Yunlong asked, holding a late-night snack, feeling very disappointed.

These days, even little girls know to befriend handsome older brothers! What happened to the saying that little girls would obediently follow you as long as you feed them and treat them well?

Isn't it all about looks now?! This world is hopeless!

Seeing Matou Sakura, whom he had teased for a long time before becoming a little closer, snuggling up to the strange Heroic Spirit King Aiguo, Emiya Kiritsugu almost had the same feeling as Li Yunlong.

"Since you're all here, let's go. Saber, you stay here and protect them," Kiritsugu Emiya said to Artoria, straightening his clothes.

"What are you going to do?" Artoria asked.

"We've found the Lancer Master's lair." Kiritsugu Emiya said succinctly, then walked out of the room. Hisayu Maiya nodded to the group again and followed Kiritsugu Emiya.

Li Yunlong placed the late-night snack on the table and followed.

Su Mo was about to leave when Matou Sakura grabbed his clothes and wouldn't let go. She even threw the puppy in her arms aside and grabbed Su Mo's clothes with both hands, clearly indicating that she didn't want Su Mo to leave.

Kiritsugu Emiya stopped and turned his head slightly, saying, "You stay and protect them."

"Old Wang, they're all in your hands now," Li Yunlong said.

"Isn't there still Saber-no-Mao? It doesn't matter whether I stay or not," Su Mo said, but still picked up Matou Sakura.

This child, he was so cold when he left, why has he suddenly become so warm now?

"It must be because I'm handsome," Su Mo thought happily. Sure enough, when someone is handsome, all sorts of troubles come their way.

On the other side, Matou Kariya, who had seen Matou Zouken's corpse, found no trace of Matou Sakura. The Crest Worms on his body began to stir, and terrifying blue veins "wandered" all over his body.

"cherry……"

A low growl, like that of a wounded beast, came from his mouth.

Chapter Sixty-Nine: Land Confiscated from Local Tyrants and Distributed to Local Powers

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Inside the sanatorium, Su Mo spent a quiet night with Matou Sakura... his expression showing some disappointment.

Unfortunately, he really hoped to spend time with the adorable Irisviel. However, Artoria was always inseparable from Irisviel, which made Su Mo wonder if the two of them... were actually quite a good match.

The next day, as dawn broke, Li Yunlong and Kiritsugu Emiya arrived at the sanatorium looking somewhat tired, but Maiya Hisau was not present.

"What's wrong?" Irisviel was concerned about everything her husband valued.