Type-Moon, the Path of a Magician

"Oh, it's you! Although I have seen your name in the records, I didn't expect you to be such a young magician. In this case, I hope you can tell me everything that happened in the Fourth Holy Grail War."

"I really want to know what happened in that strange Holy Grail War. It actually made my father, who was originally so cold and indifferent like a zombie, become such a terrible person now."

The little girl with silver hair came closer to Xia Yuan.

Her angry yet cute look made Xia Yuan and Kotomine Kirei beside her feel helpless.

In order to impress Xia Yuan, she even used a powerful skill called acting coquettishly.

"Well...that's a long story. If you have time, it would be better to let your father tell you in person." Xia Yuan looked at her with a smile.

"Don't be ridiculous Kallen, I'm fine and I've never been better."

"I just found some of the feeling of being a human being."

"Woooa ...

Kotomine Kirei touched her head and said calmly, and then, amid Kallen's exclamation, she tried to turn her head and distance herself from her father. She looked so cute, like a frightened little white rabbit, but she was caught back by a big hand.

"See, it's like this again. If I hadn't secretly taken your hair and taken it to the hospital for a paternity test, I would definitely have suspected that some magician was pretending to be my father."

Obviously, during this period of time, her daughter was completely unable to adapt to the huge changes that had taken place in Kotomine Kirei.

"There are guests here, stop messing around, Kallen."

Kotomine Kirei lifted Karin by the collar and put her back in her seat. He then looked at Xia Yuan and said helplessly, "I'm sorry, this is my daughter, Karin. Because I haven't disciplined her, she might be a little too lively..."

It's lively indeed.

Xia Yuan glanced at Karin, who was still a little girl. He could see some of the mischievous side of Lannis in her. Although she liked to play, she knew her limits.

As long as they were not particularly annoying, he was very tolerant towards children. Xia Yuan nodded slightly.

"It doesn't matter. Children are always more active. It's natural for Karen to be playful at her age."

"I'm glad you didn't take it to heart."

Kotomine Kirei glanced at Kallen, nodded slightly, and then turned his gaze back to Xia Yuan.

He asked, "What's the matter with you returning to Fuyuki City this time? Or are you just here to visit us?"

"Well, it's both. I do have something I want to ask you for help with. However, I also want to visit you to confirm your current situation."

"Our living conditions..."

Xia Yuan picked up the cup of iced tea, put it into his mouth, and then sighed.

"That's about it. This time I came back to visit all the Masters who participated in the Holy Grail War and are still in Fuyuki City. Except for Matou Kariya who is still traveling, those who stayed in Fuyuki City, including Tōsaka Tokiomi, Emiya Kiritsugu and you, I paid a visit to them all this time."

Is Emiya Kiritsugu back too?

Hearing this name, Kotomine Kirei felt a little surprised.

"How are they now?"

"Well...it seems to me that both of us have found the life and goals we want."

This time when he returned to Fuyuki City, in addition to meeting Kiritsugu Emiya by chance, Xia Yuan also paid a visit to the Tosaka family, the managers of the spiritual veins in the Fuyuki City area, and visited as a direct disciple of the monarch of the Clock Tower's Mineral Department.

Although Toosaka Tokiomi was not familiar with Xia Yuan, he only knew that such an ordinary person had infiltrated the last Holy Grail War. Since he quit halfway and did not know the subsequent direction of the Holy Grail War, he naturally did not know Xia Yuan's identity as a magician or the winner of the Holy Grail War.

As someone who had lived in Fuyuki City for a long time, he naturally had no idea what changes had taken place in the Clock Tower. However, in his eyes, the identity of being the direct disciple of the Clock Tower monarch was already very important.

As the manager of the spiritual veins of Fuyuki City, he deserves to be treated with the best etiquette. He is also curious about this young man who was just an ordinary person who accidentally entered the Holy Grail War half a year ago and has now become the monarch's disciple.

At the same time, he also felt a little regretful. The fact that Lord El-Melloi accepted him as his disciple meant that his magical talent was unquestionable. Moreover, he was a first-generation magician. He did not expect that there was such a genius in the Fuyuki City that he managed. Of course, he felt regretful that he did not discover him.

However, now that things have come to this, there is no point in regretting. Xia Yuan was just paying a visit this time. As a magician from the Clock Tower, he entered the area of ​​Fuyuki City and visited the local spiritual vein manager. This serious attitude also made Toosaka Tokiomi very happy.

He immediately arranged a tea party at home and discussed the matter with Xia Yuan.

During this visit, Xia Yuan also saw the changes that had taken place in Toosaka Tokiomi. Although he still had some paranoia and arrogance as a magician, Toosaka Tokiomi was no longer as obsessed and delusional as before. He gradually stepped out of his identity as a magician and was trying to move towards the nature of an ordinary person.

Nature has changed.

This change is good. It seems that the beating given by Matou Kariya was indeed effective.

He also saw Toosaka Rin and her sister Toosaka Sakura. After experiencing the incident with Matou Zouken and the Holy Grail War, Toosaka Tokiomi was no longer obsessed with letting his daughters follow the path of magic.

However, Sakura Toosaka's virtual physique is still a big problem. For this reason, Tohsaka Tokiomi used magic to temporarily seal Sakura Toosaka's characteristics, wanting to let his daughter live as an ordinary person.

After experiencing this Holy Grail War, he lost a lot and also understood a lot. He no longer wanted his daughter to go to Finland and no longer thought about adoption. The best thing was to see Sakura staying with him safely, so he sealed his daughter's virtual physique.

However, Xia Yuan noticed something wrong in this matter.

With Toosaka Tokiomi's attainments in magic, even special magic cannot completely seal the imaginary characteristics of Toosaka Sakura. The physical strength will become stronger as Toosaka Sakura grows older, and finally the seal can no longer impose any restrictions. I believe that Toosaka Tokiomi, as the sealer, is well aware of this.

But even if he knew, he had no way to solve it. That was the limit of Toosaka Tokiomi's ability.

Once Sakura Toosaka's innate powerful qualities are exposed, it will inevitably attract many mysteries and the prying eyes of magicians.

So he didn't dare to ask the Lord of the Clock Tower for help, fearing that they would know Sakura's potential and then take her away from him. His small Tohsaka family could never compete with a real mage aristocratic family.

When he saw Xiaoying, Xia Yuan felt a little touched.

For this miserable girl, who was rescued by himself and the Count, he didn't mind showing her a way out.

Of course, it was not sent to any monarch faction, but the old man Bao Shi was contacted directly. The old man Bao Shi, who had a close connection with the Toosaka family, was more suitable to handle this issue than anyone else.

His way of asking was also very simple.

Ask Bao Shi Weng directly: "Are you short of magical girls? I have a high-quality magical girl seedling here, do you want one?"

As a result, the old man Bao Shi Weng answered him as he expected: "Of course I need it. If you have any, I will take as many as you can. But I don't want those that are too old or of low quality."

"..."

This answer left Xia Yuan speechless.

Why do I make myself look like a human trafficker?

"I guarantee you'll be satisfied. You'll know when you come and see for yourself."

"Then keep it for me. I have made a major breakthrough in my research on the magical girl transformation device. All I need is a suitable user."

So after the two of them discussed it, they decided that after Jewel-o-chan finished dealing with the matters over there and came back, they would go to Tōsaka Tokiomi to inspect the goods and see if she was a good candidate to become a magical girl.

At that time, we can just let him, the teacher of the ancestor of the Toosaka family, come and talk to Toosaka Tokiomi.

After that, after a brief greeting, Xia Yuan left Tōsaka Tokiomi's residence.

However, Tōsaka Tokiomi's hand never left the ruby-encrusted cane.

"Has everyone found it?"

Kotomine Kirei clasped his hands, with some emotion in his eyes: "I did have some different experiences, but the feeling is still vague, but I can feel that it does exist. So in the next period of time, I want to verify this feeling again."

"Do you also want to travel like Matou Kariya?"

"Perhaps. The Church did not pursue responsibility for the Fourth Holy Grail War, all thanks to you. You used the power of the Holy Grail to smooth out the disturbance caused, causing most people to have no memory of those days, so it was easy to suppress it. The final verdict was that my father and I were dismissed from our positions as agents."

"So you want to train your daughter to take your place?"

Xia Yuan glanced at the little girl in his arms.

"Yes, I brought her here so that she can get familiar with this city."

Kotomine Kirei picked up Kallen, ignoring her struggles, and placed her on his lap with a look of regret on his face.

"But because of the angels, the church is wary of this city. This Fuyuki City Church has become a symbol. It is unknown how many dead apostles, magicians, and agents are hiding in this city. Although various forces have signed a secret agreement to keep each other in check and prevent anyone from doing anything wrong, this balance is ultimately too fragile."

"I became an agent just to find emotions in this way, so that God can make up for my shortcomings. But now it seems that I lack piety to God, so God will not help me find emotions as a human being."

"What about Kallen? Are you going to leave her alone in Fuyuki City in this situation?"

"I do not know."

Kotomine Kirei glanced at Kallen, and the gloomy expression on his face gradually relaxed a little.

"Until now, I still find it difficult to feel sympathy for my daughter, but when I try to get along with her like a normal father and daughter, I feel that such a relationship is not as boring as I imagined."

"I want to try my best to love her and gradually regain my identity as a human being, but no matter how hard I try, I feel like it's still a little short of what I need. So I don't know if it's right to continue to stay by her side."

He sighed and continued, "I will stay in Fuyuki City for another two years and work as a housekeeper for my teacher. Or it would be nice to be a ramen shop owner in this city. I found that mapo tofu and ramen go well together and I think it must be a good business opportunity."

"I've said too much nonsense. Anyway, when Kallen can control the situation independently, I will leave here and find my own way. Then you must come here to find me again. I will treat you to the most delicious mapo tofu."

"That's a great idea. I believe you will be able to find what you lost by then."

Xia Yuan nodded upon hearing this, and took in all the changes in Kotomine Kirei. At this point, he knew that this man had found his own way, and it was only a matter of time before he was redeemed.

"I'll try the mapo tofu you make then."

"Thank you for your kind words. By the way, you just said you came here to see me for something, right? If there is anything I can help you with, just let me know."

"Yes, I am visiting you this time to ask you to help me prepare some things."

“These things can only be produced by your church.”

Originally, Xia Yuan wanted to call Kotomine Kirei and Emiya Kiritsugu to go to Misaki City together.

Kiritsugu Emiya is a professional killer who is extremely proficient in both the Internet and modern firearms. Combined with the inherent time system, it will definitely be of great help to him.

There is no need to say more about Kotomine Kirei. As an agent, he is proficient in Black Keys, Baptism and Blessing. He is also very good at fighting and is an expert in exterminating creatures such as Dead Apostles. With him following, there will definitely be no small amount of trouble left.

But seeing that he was busy teaching Kallen, Xia Yuan didn't bother him any more. As a second choice, it would be a good idea to ask him for some special weapons.

"Please say."

After briefly explaining his needs to Kotomine Kirei, the other party did not hesitate at all and immediately took out many pairs of black keys and a large amount of holy water from the church with Kallen, as well as the black robe symbolizing the identity of the agent, as well as a special Bible and a cross.

“Will this be enough?”

Looking at the mountain-like amount of stuff piled up in front of him, Xia Yuan even felt that Kotomine Kirei was giving him all the reserves in the Fuyuki City Church.

But he did not delay at all and collected all these things.

"That's totally enough. It's a great help."

"It's okay. The church still has a lot of these things. Just apply for them."

Then Xia Yuan pulled out a note from his pocket, wrote his contact information on it, and handed it to Kotomine Kirei.

"Here's my contact information. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, please use this to contact me. This is my return gift."

"It's a favor? What's the return gift? Actually, it's not necessary."

Although he said so, Kotomine Kirei did not reject Xia Yuan's kindness. He folded the note carefully and put it away.

"I'm glad to talk to you about this, but I still have to teach Kallen about the precautions of being a church administrator in Fuyuki City, so I'll leave now. If there's a chance, come back and find me next time."

"Farewell."

Seeing Kotomine Kirei thanking his visitor, Xia Yuan did not stay any longer. He put away the weapons specially designed to deal with Dead Apostles and left.

When leaving, he could still see a lively Kallen hiding behind Kotomine Kirei and making faces at him.

Xia Yuan smiled slightly at this.

As expected, compared to the quiet Grey, this is really an unlovable little kid. Karen’s personality cannot be said to be very similar to that of Lannis, but it can be said that they are exactly the same.

But he doesn't hate it either.

"Goodbye, lost sheep."

Looking forward to seeing you next time.

I hope that when we meet next time, you will be able to find the meaning of your life, and I wish you can live the rest of your life in peace.

Mr. Kotomine Kirei...

Chapter 105: You can only kill one person in your lifetime (two in one)

Time: Five days later.

Location: Guanbuzi City.

Outside the huge conference hall, Xia Yuan frowned slightly.

"A puppet exhibition... Aozaki Touko is a real restless person. I just helped her to remove the seal, and she dared to show up in such a high profile."

"This is too arrogant..."

Aozaki Touko, this is a name that is well-known in the magic world, not only because of her last name "Aozaki", nor her ridiculous family experience, but the recognition of her powerful abilities.

He has mastered and extended puppet magic to the point that he was given the title of "Grand Puppeteer" in the magic circle. His talent is outstanding even in the entire magic world.