In Type-Moon, it all starts with adopting Sakura.

“Well… Miss Aozaki, I appreciate your kindness, but as your teacher, I can’t just leave my good-for-nothing student in a dangerous place like Fuyuki City. I have to go back and find him.”

"Just send Weber and Sakura back to England for me. Consider this a favor the El-Melloi School owes you."

Upon seeing Aozaki Touko appear, Kenneth's angry expression softened.

"Oh? It's a favor from the monarch? That's no cheap deal."

Aozaki Touko raised an eyebrow, and Kenneth couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief upon seeing this.

"That's good."

"teacher……"

Upon hearing that Kenneth was going to send him directly back to England, Weber stood there uneasily, neither daring to approach nor willing to leave.

"Weber Velvet!"

However, the next moment, the sharp and sarcastic voice made him subconsciously straighten his back.

"exist!"

At the last moment, Kenneth didn't say anything to Webber like, "Take care, live well," but instead spoke without hesitation.

"Do you know what? Your paper is garbage, it's utter nonsense."

Weber gritted his teeth.

Having experienced so much and witnessed so many amazing things, and seeing the gap between himself and geniuses in Loewy and Kenneth, Weber could no longer refute this obvious conclusion.

"I...I know..."

However, just as he was about to accept this cruel outcome, Kenneth suddenly changed the subject and interrupted him.

"Don't agree! You idiot! As a magician, what kind of talk is it if your target is distorted by others?!"

"Yes!"

"As a monarch, I possess numerous research achievements, but as a teacher, my research achievements are solely those of my students. Whether it's Luo Wei, you, or all the students in the classroom, you are all part of my research achievements."

“Love is undoubtedly my most successful and proudest work, while you are a complete failure to me, all you do is talk nonsense and dream unrealistic dreams.”

Upon hearing Kenneth's criticism, Weber clenched his fists and lowered his head without uttering a sound.

"Hehe, I know you must be very unhappy right now. It is precisely because of this unhappiness and resentment that you did the absurd thing of stealing the Holy Relic to participate in the Holy Grail War. But this is reality, this is what a magician is. If you want to debate whether something is right or wrong, then you should put your achievements and reality in front of others in a dignified manner. Your own achievements and talents will crush all doubts."

"If you are still very unwilling to accept this, then..."

Weber paused for a moment, then looked up at Kenneth, who was bathed in moonlight, with an incredulous expression.

"Go and show your results to all those who don't trust you!"

"Teacher Kenneth..."

“I know, I know everything… Loewe told me a long time ago that in the near future you would inherit my mantle and become El-Melloi II, and I would die in this Holy Grail War. I have known these things for a long time, but I have just been unwilling to face them.”

"And the reason you've been delaying and unwilling to find transportation is probably because you already knew about this, so you don't want me to go back and die, right?"

"I……"

Seeing that Kenneth had already seen through his thoughts, Webber nodded.

Yes, he did it on purpose. Knowing that Kenneth might die in the Fourth Holy Grail War, he was unwilling to let Kenneth return to the dangerous battlefield of Fuyuki City.

"As expected, Weber. You knew about this too. Haha, I originally just thought it was a joke."

Seemingly having come to some realization, Kenneth sighed deeply, then continued speaking to Webber: "But now I seem to understand the true meaning of what Rowe once said, which I took as a joke. I really might die, he might die, and you might indeed inherit my mantle..."

"So, Weber, you're trying to prove that the theory of bloodline is wrong, right?"

Kenneth narrowed his eyes, then looked at Weber behind him and asked.

At the moment of parting, the terrifying sense of oppression emanating from him made Aozaki Touko frown involuntarily.

"El-Melloi II? Him?"

She looked at Waver beside her, and no matter how she looked at him, she couldn't see any magical cultivation in him befitting a monarch.

but……

This time, Weber did not back down or show any fear, but solemnly answered the question he had always wanted to refute.

"Yes! I think my idea is correct!"

“Very well, although you are a naive fool, you are not mediocre. I admit that I misjudged you before, so…”

Kenneth frowned, then without hesitation manipulated the Moon Spirit Essence Fluid to perform the peeling surgery, perfectly removing the precious magic mark that had been passed down for nine generations from his own skin, and handing it over to Waver.

"Then go and start proving it! Challenge this genius to me! If neither Rowe nor I survive this time, you take this imprint back to the El-Melloi family. I've already left a will on it, instructing you to inherit my position and continue to complete the experiments and problems I didn't finish, which are stored within this imprint. This will be the best result you can produce to refute my theory!!"

"...Me, me?"

For a moment, Weber felt his breathing becoming increasingly difficult. What he had once dreamed of now felt so heavy as he finally achieved it, and he didn't know what to do.

"Similarly, this is the final assignment I'm leaving you."

"Teacher, I..."

Under Kenneth's reprimand, Weber unknowingly reached out his hand and accepted the precious engraving known as a treasure.

Having done all that, Kenneth seemed to have lost all his obsession, and under the moonlight, he actually rode the bicycle that Webber had pushed over, preparing to head towards Fuyuki City.

Weber watched Kenneth prepare to depart under the moonlight with a wry smile. He knew he might never return, yet he still went, maintaining the pride of a nobleman and the responsibility of a teacher from beginning to end. Weber wanted to speak up to stop him, but he couldn't utter a sound.

because……

boom!

His teacher had fallen to the ground.

Before Kenneth could even set off, he was dragged down by Aozaki Touko, who then delivered a karate chop to his neck, knocking him unconscious before he could even utter a word, and dragged him along the ground.

"Alright, have you two finished saying what you needed to say? If you've said enough about this touching farewell between teacher and student, then come back with me obediently."

After watching such a melodramatic scene of teacher-student farewell for so long, Aozaki Touko grabbed Kenneth, who was about to embark on a long voyage, and brought him back at the last moment before their parting, and even thoughtfully made him get a good night's sleep.

Although she didn't care much about Kenneth's life or death since she didn't have much of a relationship with him, Rowe had specifically instructed her beforehand that after taking Kenneth away from Fuyuki City, she should never let him come back under any circumstances, even if she couldn't send him back to England, she should keep him trapped somewhere else, even if it meant using violence.

So Aozaki Touko didn't intend to waste words with this guy at all. She'd just knock him out, tie him up, and take him away. As for this kid...

She then hoisted Kenneth onto her shoulder, turned her head, squinted at Webber beside her, and gave him a kind smile.

"Does this little magician want to come with me willingly, or do he want me to knock him out and take him away?"

"I'll go with you!!"

Seeing Kenneth's predicament, the astute Webber wisely raised his hands and chose to obediently leave with Aozaki Touko.

"Alright, in that case, let's take Sakura with us to my safe house first..."

Seeing Webber's cooperation, Aozaki Touko's tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly.

However, when she turned around, she found that Sakura, who had been following behind her, had disappeared without her noticing, which made her eyes widen in surprise.

"Huh? Sakura? Where's my child, who's all grown up?!"

……

……

At this moment, in a small alleyway somewhere in Kanbushi City.

A young and adorable little girl arrived here under some special guidance.

A few minutes earlier, Sakura, who had been placed a dozen meters away from Aozaki Touko, seemed to have noticed something and paused for a moment, then in a daze, she got separated from Touko.

"--elder sister!"

Sakura, all alone, was a little scared. She clutched the small designer bag that Scáthach had bought for her while they were shopping. Inside the bag were many snacks that Orange had bought for her along the way.

But soon, a somewhat unusual figure in the shadows of the alley caught Sakura's attention.

In a moist corner, leaning against a moldy wall, sat an elderly homeless man wearing a hoodie.

With its thick white beard and wearing only a thin, tattered black robe, it was a pitiful sight. Its solitary figure blended perfectly with the surrounding darkness, like an abandoned statue, left to quietly await decay in the alley.

If you don't observe carefully and stand still, it's hard to even notice his presence; this feeling can be described as extremely eerie.

And strange things attract strange things, and Sakura Tohsaka, who possesses the imaginary number constitution, is undoubtedly that so-called strange thing.

Seeing the old man remain silent, the girl named Xiaoying tiptoed towards him with quiet steps.

"Ok?"

Sensing the approaching presence, the old man slowly opened his cloudy eyes and spoke, only to find a little girl of about six or seven years old standing before him. He asked kindly, "What's wrong, little girl?"

"Um... I got lost from my older sister, that's why I found my way here." Sakura said nervously. She looked at the old man's thin body and his still tattered robes, thought for a moment, and then took out a few shiny colored gems from her bag and handed them to the old man: "Grandpa, this is for you."

These gems were given to her by an old man named Kenneth who called himself a master. Although Sakura didn't know how to use these beautiful stones, she saw that Scáthach had exchanged these sparkling gems for a lot of money, and she believed that these things would definitely help the old man.

As the old man opened his eyes, the darkness in the entire alley surged violently. The endless shadows around him twisted and turned, forming a deep abyss-like valley that completely isolated it from the outside world. Even though Aozaki Touko was less than a few dozen meters away from Sakura, she still couldn't detect her.

"Are these... gems?"

The old man stretched out his frail hand and gently accepted the gemstone from the small hand, then asked curiously, "Why are you giving it to me?"

"Because... the old man seems to need this more. Oh, and Sakura has some candy here that she can give to the old man too."

Seemingly feeling that these things were not enough, Sakura rummaged through her pockets again and found a piece of candy that she had left over from before. She handed it to the old man in front of her along with the colorful gem.

"Candy and jewels... I don't know their true value, but after meeting me, did they make the more reasonable judgment I needed? Whether it's jewels that can be exchanged for money or candy that can fill a stomach, they treat each other equally, giving me all the kindness they have..."

The old man raised an eyebrow, then glanced at the little girl whose fate had been drastically changed, and asked, "Little girl, have you gotten separated from your family?"

"Hmm, Sakura can't find Orange Sister."

Sakura nodded, looking at the dark surroundings with a somewhat frightened expression.

"In that case, stay by Grandpa's side for a while. While your family is looking for you, talk to the old man so you won't be scared by yourself."

The old man did not accept the gems that symbolized money, but he did not refuse the kind gesture either. He reached out his finger, gently picked up the colorful candy, and put it in his mouth.

The candy is very sweet...

And this kindness made him feel quite good.

So he reached out and gently patted Sakura's head a few times. Realizing that the environment was too dark and there was nowhere to stand, he simply tore off a piece of his robe and handed it to Sakura so that she could use it as a cushion to lean against him.

Sakura didn't look down on the disheveled old man. She took his robe, sat down obediently beside him, and her initial fear seemed to be replaced by a sense of security.