Why are all the people in my chat group rumored to be from the outside world?

A hidden path winds its way deep into a forest.

Hidden among them is a quaint two-story villa, standing alone as if forgotten by the world.

"How...did you find this place?"

Sakura's smile deepened, filled with anticipation for approval: "Because doesn't my older sister like quiet the most?"

Her voice was as soft as if she were telling a secret: "So, I spent some time searching every corner of Fuyuki, and finally found this special place. How does it feel?" She tilted her head slightly, waiting for the judgment.

Aige looked around.

She was enveloped in the unique tranquility of the forest, the hustle and bustle of the city in the distance was blocked by the layers of branches and leaves, leaving only the whisper of the wind blowing through the treetops.

Indeed...it suits her taste perfectly.

"It's really great, thank you Sakura, you still understand me just like before," Aika praised.

Sakura's face lit up with an even brighter smile after receiving the praise.

"Then you can stay here peacefully from now on, sister!"

"Don't worry about food at all. I'll come over every day to prepare three meals for my sister myself. Who knows if food from outside is clean? Besides... who in this world knows better than me what my sister likes, dislikes, and those subtle preferences? Right?"

"That would be too troublesome. And if you keep coming to my side, Father and Ayaka will definitely notice something's wrong with you. They might even think you've secretly gotten a boyfriend outside," Ayaka Sajou said with a slightly teasing tone.

Sakura shook her head vigorously almost immediately, her long black hair swaying as she said, "I won't have a boyfriend. My sister is enough for me."

Sajō Aika didn't take that statement seriously, since the other person had been saying it since childhood.

She walked past Sakura to the door, placed her hand on the doorknob, and with the turn of her magic, the door made a crisp sound. Under Sakura's gaze, Aika Sajou walked into the villa.

"...Heh, my sister is still as confident as ever, facing everything without fear. But then again...that's what makes her so charming." Thinking this, Sakura looked towards a certain spot.

"The Holy Grail War... You'd better really be an omnipotent wishing cup, otherwise... hehe."

"Sakura, could you please tidy up my room a little for me?" Ai-ka's voice came from inside the villa, interrupting Sakura's thoughts.

Sakura put her docile mask back on and called out, "Leave it to me, sister! By the way, you're still as lazy as ever. If Ayaka knew, she'd definitely nag you again."

"We'll see when the time comes. Flying is tiring, and I want to get some sleep early."

"Then you can go back to your room and sleep first. I've already tidied it up for you. You can take a nap up there first, and I'll leave by myself after I'm done tidying up."

Sajou Aika nodded, yawned, and started walking towards the room.

"Then I'll leave this to you. Oh, and please don't tell Father or Ayaka about what happened to me."

"Don't worry, sister," Sakura's voice was full of absolute assurance.

As soon as Saya Aika stepped into the room, she remembered something and immediately stopped in her tracks, turning around to look at Sakura, or more precisely, at her arm, where there was something that looked like a birthmark.

"It seems a choice has been made in this Holy Grail War, but you don't need to worry too much, I will handle everything."

Faced with Ayaka Sajou's confident, even arrogant, remarks, Sakura simply smiled and did not respond.

After the other person closed the door, and soon heard even breathing from inside, Sakura quietly finished the final tidying up. Then, she picked up the bag containing the cleaned-up waste, silently left the villa, and gently closed the door behind her.

Standing outside the villa, the cold wind brushed against her cheeks. Sakura did not leave immediately, but instead raised her head and stared at the closed window of the bedroom on the second floor.

"...Sister is really confident." Sakura's lips slowly curved into a smile.

"Perhaps... it was precisely because of my sister's absolute confidence that I was given... that tiny, insignificant possibility."

For Sakura, Aika Sajou was an angel, an angel who saved her from despair.

He is the savior who pulled me out of the mire.

Sakura admires, worships, and loves an individual named Sajō Aika.

Such feelings grow stronger with age.

After being pulled away from that hell by Aika, Sakura felt happy.

A kind adoptive father, Ayaka who grew up with her, and that unique angel who illuminated her entire world—Sajō Aika.

She naively believed that this happiness, bathed in the light of angels, would last as long as an eternal spring.

Until that day. Suddenly, the angel said that she had to leave, that she wanted to fly to see farther places.

She wants to... leave me.

At that moment, Sakura's world seemed to collapse instantly. The angel... had left?

How could she...leave me? No...no!

No...that's not right!

[Angels are free... She should soar freely in the wider sky... I cannot... bind her...] Another voice, the voice of reason, struggled bitterly.

Two completely opposite thoughts were tearing and colliding wildly in her mind, but in the end, reason prevailed.

She chose to remain silent.

Choose to let go.

She watched helplessly as her god, her salvation, her only light—dragged his suitcase—disappeared into the distance.

That's fine... this is fine too...

She kept repeating it to herself, trying to convince herself.

But after letting go, she felt a sense of emptiness; her life seemed to be missing something, and the void in her heart was gradually widening.

Until the item she gave to the other party was detected, indicating that the other party was on their way back to Fuyuki City...

The emptiness in Sakura Sajou's heart was magnified infinitely.

Now that you've already shown me the light, how can you expect me to endure the darkness?

An unprecedented and incredibly clear desire coiled around her heart like thorns!

My angel... since you have chosen to return.

Then... stay by my side forever!

forever!

In the instant that twisted desire reached its peak, a scarlet light burned brightly on her arm—it was the mark of the Command Seal, the ticket to a miracle.

The Holy Grail answered her call.

Or rather... it was the abyss of love deep within Sakura Sajou's heart, a depth capable of devouring light, that led her to choose the Holy Grail!

With light steps, Sakura left the villa she had prepared for her older sister.

Inside the villa, the blonde girl had her eyes closed, clearly in a dream, but soon Aika Sajou opened her eyes and looked at the unfamiliar ceiling above her.

"...What's going on? Why would I have such a dream?"

Aige silently sat up in bed, held her head, and recalled the dream she had just had.

In her dream... the invincible her... was defeated.

He was defeated by his younger sister, Sakura Sajou, and then... he was imprisoned in this room by her.

Was this a precognitive dream?

Sajou Aika considered the needs and finally came up with an answer.

Traveler: "Hey everyone, is anyone free? My sister seems to be having some problems, and I'd like to get some advice from you guys."

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Aigo: I never thought I'd be...

Volume 1: Chapter 92 Love Song: I'll Conquer Sakura

When a group member is in trouble, everyone naturally helps. After receiving Ayaka Sajou's request for help, some people with jobs stopped what they were doing, while others who were unemployed clicked to apply to enter the world. Soon, everyone in the chat group was sitting on the smooth floor in the room, listening to Ayaka Sajou on the bed recounting the bizarre dream they were in.

After hearing the other party's explanation, the expression on the second-dimensional ember's face became increasingly strange.

Wait, sister? How come you have a younger sister named Sakura Sajou?

What does it mean to be defeated and imprisoned in a house by your sister in a dream?

cherry?

She defeated you, the Princess of the Roots? Really?

Will it win?

Isn't it usually a guaranteed win? How could you possibly lose?

"In short, that's how it is. The dream was vague and strange. It seemed unreal because I didn't see the future, but my intuition told me that it should be real."

After finishing her story, Ayaka Sajou looked at the various expressions on everyone's faces and finally asked, "So, does anyone have any different opinions?"

Ember raised his hand: "I have an opinion!"

Sitting on the bed, Aika Sajou pointed and said, "Please state your opinion."

Ember: "How did you lose? Did you get caught up in men and get betrayed?"

"I don't know either," Ayaka Sajou said matter-of-factly.

"...Are you serious? Didn't you say you were defeated by your sister? How come you don't know what you said?" Yu Jin looked like an old man taking a phone to the subway.

Sajo Aika spread her hands and shook her head: "I said those images were blurry. I only saw some segments and a certain moment at the end. I definitely failed."

“Um…” Mei raised her hand and said uncertainly, “Could it really just be an ordinary dream? After all, isn’t Aika able to see the future? But she didn’t see the future and these scenes appeared instead.”

"Indeed, could it be that you've been thinking about it during the day and then had this dream?" the doctor joked.

Sajou Aika shook her head.

"That dream felt incredibly real; it was the first time I'd ever encountered something so bizarre."

"It's better to believe something exists than to believe it doesn't, especially when it comes to something like this."

After saying this, Kevin looked at Aika Sajou and said, "But she is still your sister. Did she defeat you and just imprison you in this room? Did she do anything else? Did you see it in your dream?"

In response to Kevin's question, Ayaka Sajou answered him clearly: "It's pretty much like trapping me here and keeping me like a pet, or a canary?"

tear!

Everyone gasped. Is this...is this right?

What does it mean to imprison someone and keep them as a pet?

"Ahem, anyway, the problem lies with your sister, right?" Xing said.

"Isn't this kind of problem simple? Just solve your sister's problem. Of course, I don't mean the kind of solution. Your situation should be considered a family emotional issue, right? Maybe if you talk to her a little more, you can avoid ending up in the basement."

“But the problem is, what is Aika going to say to her sister? Also, is this the future or a dream? We haven’t figured it out yet, have we?” Mei had a different opinion.

Both of them made sense, but Yu Jin really couldn't understand how Sajou Aika could lose to Sakura. This didn't fit the Type-Moon theory at all!

A princess who is the root of all things.

At best, it's just a Black Grail; you can't exactly claim to be the BB, can you?

So... was this just an ordinary dream?

Yu Jin looked at Sajou Aika, who was sitting on the bed without any worry and even had a smile on her lips.

Sajō Aika noticed Yu Jin's gaze, looked at him with a smile, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It just seems like you're not worried at all."

After hearing Yu Jin's words, the group that wanted to discuss and think about it turned their attention to the smiling Ayaka Sajou.

"Hmm... well, you can't say that. I was a little groggy when I first woke up, but then I thought about it..." Sajō Aika tilted her head.

"It's still impossible, isn't it? Sakura defeating me seems like a pipe dream."

Doctor: "Then why did you call us over?"

Sajou Aika's smile deepened, and she clasped her hands together, a hint of apology in her voice: "Um... I was just wondering if everyone would help me if I needed it."

“Isn’t that a given?” Xing gave a thumbs-up and laughed.

“We’re all bound together by fate! How could we just stand by and watch you send out a distress message?”