My mother's love song

“…………Wha, wha, wha, wha!”

In an instant, Elsa's beautiful face was dyed with a brilliant blush, turning into the same deep red as her hair.

She lowered her eyes and stammered, "Ka, Karen, don't tease adults!"

"Elsa, Rhodes, I'm going out. Don't come into my room."

Staring at Karen's small back, Rhodes took a deep breath in his heart: ...This is 5 years old?

Dong, the door was closed.

As soon as Karen left the house, Rhodes also stood up from the sofa.

"Well, it's about time for me to leave. The 9: a.m. Shinkansen."

"I'll drive you to Xindu later."

After a few seconds of silence, Elsa suddenly spoke.

Rhode, who didn't understand what she meant for a moment, smacked his lips and said, "Huh? That would cost a lot of money for gas."

"But... we can't let that child down."

With a charming look, Elsa grabbed Rhodes' wrist and pulled him back to her.

Then, the former mother pushed the boy, who was a head shorter than her, down on the sofa.

Elsa's tongue gently swept across her red lips, and she blew a slightly warm and moist breath into Rhodes' ears.

"I have been waiting for this moment for a month..."

Chapter 006 Deal with the Devil

It was almost evening when Rod arrived in Fuyuki City.

"The total is 14700 yen."

The taxi driver said to him through the rearview mirror.

"OK, wait."

Japan is probably the only country in the world where taxi drivers charge more than call girls.

While secretly smacking his lips at the Japanese taxi fares, Rhodes took out two large bills from his wallet.

"Okay, thank you. Please take care."

Rhodes stepped out of the automatically opened car door and walked to a lifeless mansion in the orange sunset.

This is the Type-Moon world's number one time traveler check-in holy place, the Matou Mansion.

A Type-Moon time traveler may not go to the Clock Tower or Chaldea, but he cannot not go to the Matou family!

A mummy-like old man stood in front of the gate of the Matou mansion amid the sound of insects.

There was a sharp look in his sunken eye sockets, and his thin body exuded a disproportionate sense of oppression.

"Long time no see, Rod."

"Oh, Machili." Rhode waved his hand at him frivolously, "It's better than anything to see that you are still in good health."

The old man's name is Matou Zouken, the owner of this mansion and the head of the Matou clan of the Fuyuki Three Houses.

He was one of the creators of the Holy Grail War and the inventor of the Command Spell system.

Machiri Zorgen was once an accomplished magician, but now he is just an ugly old monster who has survived for five hundred years by sucking human blood.

It cannot even appear in the sunlight and is a veritable inhuman monster.

After exchanging a few simple greetings with Zouken Matou at the entrance, Rhodes soon walked through the gloomy corridor of Matou Mansion and sat on the sofa in the reception room.

“The qualification has been obtained.”

Rhodes raised his right hand and showed Matou Zouken the three scarlet holy marks that appeared on the back of his hand when he entered the Fuyuki area two hours ago.

"Wow, this is really... an interesting pattern. This Holy Grail War will be worth looking forward to.

But Rhode, you didn't come to me today just to talk about this, did you? "

"As expected of you, Machiri. Yes, I'm here today to say my final goodbye to Sakura."

Matou Zouken stared at the boy with his cloudy eyes: "In other words?"

"In other words, according to the covenant we once made, please plant the cresting worm in Sakura's body tonight." Rhodes said lightly.

Hearing this, Matou Zouken's body trembled slightly, and a cruel arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Humph. I really didn't make a mistake about you. You are such a pleasant man."

"Hahaha...same here."

In the dark reception room, the handsome young man and the ugly old man looked at each other and revealed chilling, vicious smiles at the same time.

The setting sun shone through the curtains onto Zouken Matou's face, making his thoughts become hazy.

The old magician's memory went back to the day he met Rhodes.

……

A year ago, a few days before the Matou family welcomed the second daughter of the Tousaka family into their home.

The first time he saw Rhodes, the 500-year-old monster seemed to feel that his subjective time had stopped.

Standing in the darkness, his short and slender body exudes a powerful presence that is inconsistent with his physique.

That face, so beautiful that it seemed like it did not belong to a human, had a fake smile on its face.

What made Matou Zouken feel most depressed was Rod's dark and cold pupils.

Just by looking into those eyes, the old magician felt as if he had fallen into a black hole of absolute zero.

What kind of monster is this that appears before his eyes? This was his first thought.

"I am a demon."

The old man immediately accepted the boy's self-introduction.

Matou Zouken is a bug that degenerates by constantly devouring human souls, while Rod is a dragon that can evolve by devouring souls.

As life forms of different sizes and completely opposite natures, they have one thing in common

That is the evil nature hidden beneath the human skin.

A year ago, Rhodes came to Matou Zouken and proposed a deal to him: "I will participate in the Fourth Holy Grail War on behalf of the Matou family.

In contrast, the date for embedding the worms in Sakura's body will be postponed by one year.

Don't do anything to her during this year. I will come to Matou's house occasionally to play with her.

Don't worry, I have no interest in that girl. She is still the property of the Matou family.

The one-year period is up, and the daughter of the Tohsaka family is at your disposal."

"what is your purpose?"

Matou Zouken, who was completely puzzled, asked subconsciously.

"I just want to get along well with the daughter of the Tohsaka family."

Rhode said with a cold smile: "... before she was trained by the bugs."

"...!!!"

After realizing his true intention, the old magician's eyes widened.

The young man in front of him was a monster beyond Matou Zouken's imagination.

Rhode wanted to first build a trusting relationship with the daughter of the Tohsaka family, and then completely betray and harm her.

After lifting an ignorant girl to the sky, he threw her hard to the ground.

It is conceivable how desperate, disgusted, painful and sad Sakura would be at that time.

Looking at the beautiful boy with black pupils, Matou Zouken felt fear from the bottom of his heart: he was a true monster who fed on and felt pleasure from human negative emotions.

The deal was made, and the magician and the devil made a contract.

Matou Zouken will guarantee Sakura's safety and life for one year, until the day when Rod decides to "enjoy" her.

Rhodes will represent Matou in the Fourth Holy Grail War, and if he wins, he will hand over the Holy Grail to Matou unconditionally.

Of course, the contract also stipulates that they cannot harm each other and so on.

That was the man who constructed the Command Spell system.

In terms of attainments in contracts and restraint magic alone, Matou Zouken can be said to be the best in the world.

No matter how powerful Rhodes is, he cannot disobey it, just like a Heroic Spirit cannot resist the Command Spell.

Matou Zouken was very satisfied with this deal that was guaranteed to make a profit, and he also developed admiration for Rhodes.

In the year that followed, Rod traveled back and forth between Tokyo and Fuyuki every three weeks.

Every time he would bring expensive gifts and souvenirs that could only be bought in the capital to Sakura Matou, just to make the girl smile.

The Matou Mansion is so gloomy and cold, it is definitely not an environment suitable for young children to live in.

Rhodes naturally broke the girl's defenses and became her spiritual support.

Sakura Matou shyly calls Rod "brother" and opens her heart and smiles at him.

Perhaps it was because she had left the protection of her capable sister, Sakura had even become more cheerful and outgoing than when she was at the Tohsaka household.

Matou Zouken saw all of this and was happy about it.

“Hehehe… Is this what they call ‘If God wants to destroy a person, he will first make him crazy’?”

And just like that, the one-year period was up.

Rhodes informed Matou Zouken half a month in advance to prepare the inventory for the insect cave.

Two demons disguised as humans are preparing a grand blood ritual for the pure girl living in her dreams.

Just tonight.

Chapter 007: Rhodes scolds Matou

"At this time, Sakura is outside playing with other children. She won't be back until dinner time, so you can wait here for a while."

Matou Zouken changed the subject and said slowly, "Come to think of it, Kariya came to visit me again yesterday.

He is still saying his old clichés about wanting to join the war as the second master of the Matou family."

Just like in the original "F/Z", the news that Sakura was sent to the Matou family by the Tōsaka family reached Matou Kariya's ears nearly a year ago.

As the second son of the Matou family, he is of course very aware of the nature of his family's magic.

So Matou Kariya found Zōken and volunteered to fight on behalf of Matou, on the condition that he would release Matou Sakura if he retrieved the Holy Grail.

There is also some desire to take revenge on Tōsaka Tokiomi in this.

But on the other hand, the power of the Matou family is no longer what it used to be.

Zouken Matou has signed a contract with an alien monster magician and no longer needs a waste like Kariya. The old magician rejected Kariya's request without hesitation.

From then on, Kariya stood at the door of the Matou family every now and then, hoping that the old bug would change his mind.

He had also met Rhodes before, and the two had only one conversation.

……

"Are you a magician?" Rhodes asked him.

Matou Kariya: “I think I am.”

Rhodes sneered and shook his head, then turned and entered the Matou residence.

……

"Rod, what do you think? Although this unfilial son, Kariya, has never received any training in the way of magic, he does have the minimum qualifications to be chosen by the Holy Grail.

He himself also agreed to plant the seal bug in his body, so his strength as a master is more or less guaranteed."

For Matou Zouken, this time can be said to be the closest he has ever been to the Holy Grail.