Type-Moon, isn't this really the other world?

Feeling the hot breath exhaled on his earlobe and the soft touch of her cherry lips, Lin Jiu'an's body trembled uncontrollably.

I've fucking had enough!

You're all like this, who's the blond guy, me or you guys?!

After speaking, Artoria slowly rose, looking at Lin Jiu'an's expression of extreme grief and indignation, yet forced to lie there humiliated due to his lack of strength. A satisfied smile appeared on her face as she slowly raised her upper body, and then...

Who says a knight isn't a knight?

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Sanctuary Church, Fuyuki Branch.

Kotomine Ryougi stared at the corpse of Tohsaka Tokiomi, who had just been brought over, his eyes filled with resentment and anger, and remained silent for a long time.

The opponent's Command Seals and the magic crest passed down through generations of the Tohsaka family have been taken away.

After a long while, Kotomine Risuke sighed, "I never expected things to develop like this?"

They summoned the most ancient hero king, Gilgamesh, whose strength was enough to take on six opponents in this Holy Grail War.

It also had the covert support of the Holy Church.

And there's also the full support of his son, Assassin Master Kirei Kotomine.

Even Kotomine Risei had no idea how Tohsaka Tokiomi could possibly lose.

but now.

Tokiomi Tohsaka died, becoming the first Master to leave the Holy Grail War, and even his Magic Crest was taken away.

"Could the Holy Grail really be a curse?"

aside.

Kirei Kotomine listened to his father's lamentations and silently gazed at his teacher's corpse.

"After all, we were master and disciple. Kirei, pack up for your teacher. I'll go inform Mrs. Tohsaka about this."

"Yes, father."

Kirei Kotomine arrived at Tokiomi Tohsaka's corpse.

Looking at his unseeing eyes in death, I suddenly felt a little amused for some reason.

Kirei Kotomine didn't laugh. Such a thing would be a desecration of his teacher and his identity as a member of the church. He maintained an indifferent expression as he disposed of Tokiomi Tohsaka's body, but his wide-open eyes could not be closed no matter what.

"..."

Just then, Kirei Kotomine suddenly heard a faint, ethereal voice.

"Who?!"

Kirei Kotomine's pupils contracted as he warily surveyed his surroundings, his body tense, ready to engage in battle at any moment.

As a former leading advocate of the Holy Church, he would never believe he was hallucinating.

But there was no one there. He was the only one in the room where the bodies were being collected. If you counted the dead, then there would be another Tohsaka Tokiomi, but that was clearly not Tohsaka Tokiomi's voice just now.

"..."

Just then, the voice came again.

Kirei Kotomine lowered his head; the voice seemed to be coming from underground.

Kirei Kotomine remained absolutely silent, holding his breath.

A few seconds, or perhaps ten seconds later, the voice came again. It was an ethereal voice filled with tension and fear, as if some terrifying beast was about to devour it. It came from the depths of the earth and reached his mind.

The content of that sound was...

"help me."

Chapter Twenty-Four: The Holy Grail/Curse

The call that Kotomine Risuke made to Mrs. Tohsaka was answered after ringing a few times.

"Hello, this is Aoi Tohsaka. How can I help you?"

Hearing Aoi Tohsaka's gentle voice, Risuke Kotomine sighed inwardly.

He and Tokiomi Tohsaka's fathers were old friends, and three years ago the Church of Tokiomi Tohsaka was chosen as the victor of the Fourth Holy Grail War to support. He had a close relationship with Tokiomi Tohsaka, the Lord of Fuyuki, and would often visit the Tohsaka family.

I often see Aoi Tohsaka.

To her, she was a perfect wife who deeply loved her husband.

She would be heartbroken if she knew about her husband's death.

Kotomine Risei hesitated for a moment before speaking, until the voice on the other end of the phone asked again. Then he said, "Mrs. Tohsaka, this is Kotomine Risei. I have something I want to tell you."

"Oh, it's Director Kotomine. What's the matter?"

"It is like this. I am sorry to tell you that your husband, Tokiomi Tohsaka, has just been found dead, and the Tohsaka family's magic crest has also been lost."

silence.

Shock, grief, collapse, screams—none of the emotions Kotomine Risei had anticipated occurred.

There was only a deathly silence.

What was even more chilling than the deathly silence was the completely indifferent, even breathing on the other end of the phone, as if the person hadn't heard their beloved husband die at all.

"Mrs. Tohsaka?"

"I'm here. Is there anything else, Director Kotomine?"

Kotomine Risuke felt a chill run down his spine and his throat go dry.

“Your husband is dead, and your family’s magic seal, which has been passed down for hundreds of years, has also been lost.”

Kotomine Ryomasa only hoped that the other party was simply too incredulous or hadn't heard him clearly.

But the reply was an unusually bland "oh".

Oh?

How can you be so indifferent?

Kotomine Risho didn't know where this fear came from. Even when he was young and fought against a Death Apostle for the first time, he was overwhelmed by a sense of fear. It was like when he woke up and learned of Tohsaka Tokiomi's death from his subordinates. He felt a strange unease and fear that things were beyond his control.

"Mrs. Tohsaka, aren't you surprised by your husband's death?"

"An accident? Why would it be an accident?"

Aoi Tohsaka's voice remained calm, but then she seemed to understand something from the slightly trembling tone of Risei Kotomine's voice.

He explained softly, "Tokiomi's Command Seals and the Tohsaka family's Magic Crest are both in my possession."

'boom!'.

Kotomine Risuke's mind went completely blank, as if it had been struck by a giant hammer.

The receiver fell to the ground.

"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up now. I need to prepare breakfast for my daughters."

Aoi Tohsaka's gentle voice came through the phone, as if it were something that the most ordinary, gentle, and greatest mothers would do again and again every morning, rather than the voice of a vicious wife who had just murdered her husband and plundered everything from him.

Until the receiver kept giving a dial tone for a long time.

Kotomine Risa finally came to her senses, looking at the landline phone suspended in the air by the string, her pale lips trembling.

Even though it was daytime, Kotomine Risuke felt a chill run through his body.

"What kind of evil is this?"

"What an evil curse this is?"

Kotomine Risuke suddenly snapped back to reality.

He almost staggered as he ran back to the room where Tokiomi Tohsaka's body was kept.

"Kirei!"

Kirei Kotomine turned to look at his father. The panic, fear, and helplessness on his father's face were things he had never seen before in this man who was always so composed and seemed to have everything under control.

"Tokiomi Tohsaka was killed by his wife, Aoi Tohsaka."

"The teacher's wife?"

Kirei Kotomine was taken aback, and the image of Aoi Tohsaka flashed through his mind, but then he realized something and felt relieved.

When the teacher asked him to kill that boy, he probably never imagined that this day would come.

"That woman is insane!"

"The Holy Grail is a curse!"

Kotomine Risa gripped her son's arm tightly, her expression resolute.

"Kirei, we absolutely cannot let that evil thing fall into the hands of others, especially Aoi Tohsaka. She has completely gone mad!"

We must stop them!

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Aoi Tohsaka hung up the phone.

Seemingly imagining her two daughters coming downstairs to have breakfast with her later, Aoi Tohsaka was in a good mood, a gentle smile on her lips.

Tokiomi Tohsaka is dead.

No one can hurt Sakura and Rin anymore.

The only regret is that Jiu'an isn't here.

But it doesn't matter. Tonight, she and Gilgamesh will kill that wretched woman who dared to steal her Jiu'an again, along with her servant. After that, no wretched woman will ever steal her Jiu'an again or destroy her family.

"Mother?"

Tohsaka Aoi looked towards the living room doorway.

Sakura Tohsaka was holding her older sister's little hand, looking up at her with curiosity.

Rin Tohsaka looked at her mother with curiosity, remembering that she had never seen her mother so happy before.

My mother used to always smile, and she would show a gentle smile when she faced them, but this was the first time she had ever seen such a genuinely happy smile.

"It's Sakura and Rin. Please wait a moment, breakfast will be ready soon."

"Ok!"

soon.

Aoi Tohsaka then set up breakfast, and the family of three sat down at the table.

"Mother, when will Brother Jiu'an come back?" Sakura Tohsaka asked.

"There was a little accident last night, but it's okay. When Sakura wakes up tomorrow morning, she will be able to see Brother Jiu'an."

"really?"

Compared to Sakura Tohsaka's excitement, Rin Tohsaka was quite depressed.

Last night, she had planned to sneak out to find her father after Sakura fell asleep.

In the end, he couldn't outlast Sakura and fell asleep first. He didn't know what happened to his father...

As Rin Tohsaka was thinking, she suddenly noticed the bright red mark on the back of her mother's right hand, who was holding chopsticks, and was stunned.

That is.

Command Seal?

Rin Tohsaka's pupils contracted, and her hand holding the chopsticks trembled slightly.

Father, is he dead?

But why is the Command Seal in the mother's possession?

Looking at her mother's smile, which was gentler than ever before and radiated genuine joy and freedom, Rin Tohsaka suddenly felt a sense of estrangement and fear. 'Why are Father's Command Seals in Mother's hands?' She couldn't bring herself to ask such a question.

Rin Tohsaka doesn't know the details of the process, but she can guess the ending.

question?