Hellish Affairs

"Shirou, it's okay." Illya comforted softly: "Even after the Holy Grail War is over, I still survived, and my life span is less than half a year."

"Illya..." Emiya Shirou raised his head slightly, looking at the girl with white hair and red eyes in front of him.

Illya withdrew her hand and smiled: "So please don't be sad because of this, you just need to do what you want to do."

For a moment, Emiya Shirou only felt that the other party was as gentle as a sister treating a younger brother.

In the living room, Rin Tohsaka, who felt that she seemed a little redundant, didn't know what to say, so she had to remain silent.

Chapter 174 The tip of the iceberg

Even in the daytime, the Matou house reveals a gloomy atmosphere. It is often called the two haunted houses of Fuyuki by passers-by and the Tohsaka house.

In the underground worm warehouse, Matou Shinji, who had shouted until his throat was hoarse, was lying on the ground, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was being eaten by the swarm of insects like lifeless.

Countless flying insects condensed into an old figure and appeared in front of him.

Matou Zouken didn't expect that the saber would find him and kill him easily just by letting Assassin investigate the battle at Liudong Temple.

When that saber swung his sword without warning, even Assassin, who was very sensitive to murderous aura, didn't react.

Now that the Servant is dead, the only thing he can use now is this trash in front of him.

Because the black shadow had already appeared, Matou Zouken couldn't guess whether Matou Sakura had lost control, so he chose to use this incompetent guy to test it out.

"Shinji." Matou Zouken pulled an ugly smile on his face, "Go ask Sakura to transfer the Command Seal to you."

Matou Shinji didn't move, like a puppet that had lost its soul, just staring blankly ahead.

In the basement without a ray of light, it was filled with the sound of countless insects crawling.

Matou Zouken laughed darkly: "Go and take revenge with the rider's power, Shinji."

"Shirou Emiya's Saber has already left the stage." Matou Zouken whispered beside Matou Shinji like a devil: "Think about who made you end up like this? The old man just wants you to heal sooner, but Isn’t the culprit the Emiya Shirou who let his servants attack him?”

A moderately loud voice echoed in the empty worm warehouse, reaching Matou Shinji's eardrums.

Unspeakable anger, jealousy, and resentment welled up from the bottom of Matou Shinji's heart.

slap-

Like a dead soul crawling out of a pile of corpses, Matou Shinji, driven by hatred, struggled and crawled out from the pile of insects.

"I'm going to kill him, I'm absolutely going to kill him! Shirou Emiya! I'm going to..."

Matou Shinji's pale and bloodless face was flushed abnormally, and he let out a high-pitched voice like a crazy patient, his hoarse throat made his cursing suppressed and insane.

Seeing his completely broken performance, Matou Zouken, as a grandfather, did not feel sad at all, but the weird smile on his face became more and more intense.

"That's right, that's the way to go." The decayed old man continued: "Go, Shen Er, go for revenge."

Matou Shinji, who stepped on the corpse of the bug step by step, muttered to himself: "Revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge, revenge..."

The moment he walked out of the basement and saw the light, there was only one person left in his mind that could no longer think normally.

Emiya Shiro!

……

It was evening in a blink of an eye.

Tohsaka Rin went back to Tohsaka House to find books about the Holy Grail War in order to prevent Illya from being sacrificed.

After seeing Matou Sakura falling into a deep sleep, Emiya Shirou left the room, ready to go out to buy materials for today's dinner.

Ilya was also interested in this, so went out with him.

And for Illya, who only has a few days left, the time she can spend with her younger brother is very precious.

Rin Tohsaka, who was rummaging through books in Tohsaka's house, scratched his head irritably: "Ah, really! Isn't there nothing to do?"

Archer, who was drinking black tea, was sitting leisurely on the sofa.

This made Tohsaka Rin stare at him very dissatisfied: "You can help me too!"

"Unfortunately, I'm just an ordinary Archer. Even if I want to help, I don't know where to start." Red A shrugged, indicating that he was powerless.

Apart from knowing a thing or two about projection magic, he is just an ordinary third-rate magician.

"It would be great if this treasure can break the connection between Illya and the Great Holy Grail." Tohsaka Rin looked at Wanfu Bingying, who has not played any role so far.

But if you want to destroy the Little Holy Grail from Illya's body, it is basically tantamount to committing suicide. After all, Illya's body is covered with magic circuits, and she has been subjected to countless magical treatments since she left her mother's body.

Try to lift it casually, and don't know if this reprieve will become a dog on the spot.

"Archer, black tea." Feeling clueless, Tohsaka Rin had no choice but to let himself rest first, calm down and read the pile of materials as high as a hill again.

"Okay, okay." Red A who was summoned gave the girl a cup of black tea with a helpless expression.

Suddenly, Hong A, who had just put down the black tea cup, looked out the window, and saw a red-eyed flying insect flying in mid-air.

Tohsaka Rin followed his line of sight and found that it was the insect magic of the Matou family.

"What does Zouken mean?" Tohsaka Rin frowned, she didn't like the disgusting magic of the Matou family: "Is this a provocation?"

"Maybe it's an invitation." Red A projected a small knife and dealt with the flying insect with a wave of his hand, mockingly said: "But it's really timid to expel only one flying insect."

"Let's go, I remember Emiya said that the rider of Matou's family had been defeated by Joyas." Tohsaka Rin felt that he should go and see what Matou Zouken wanted to talk to himself.

She vaguely felt that the truth of that black shadow was close in front of her eyes.

Emiya Shiro and Illya, who were walking on the street, met an unexpected person—Gilgamesh.

Facing Emiya Shirou, who was obviously on guard, Gilgamesh stared at him with scarlet vertical pupils, showing a mocking smile: "Why are you so wary of this king? I thought that Joyas' stupid master is now what? I am so annoyed, but now I seem to be leisurely like an idiot."

I don't know why the other party started to speak harshly to himself as soon as they met, Emiya Shirou asked cautiously: "What do you want to do?"

"What does this king want to do? Are you too presumptuous, you idiot?" Gilgamesh narrowed his eyes slightly: "Do you think this king is looking for you on purpose?"

Just kidding, Gilgamesh has already figured out this city in the past ten years, and is in the game hall every day... No, it should be the territory of the inspector king.

Originally, he just planned to wait until nightfall to find Joyas again, killing time.

I didn't expect to meet the master of Joyas and the doll of Einzbern.

Feeling that the other party was like explosives detonated at any time, Emiya Shirou's forehead was covered with cold sweat: "Is that so..."

"Hmph, I'll tell you for Joyas's sake." Gilgamesh snorted coldly, "Kill that guy early, it's just dirty my eyes."

Then he left without looking back, leaving only a golden back.

Chapter 175 Everything I Hate

"That guy, who are you referring to?" Illya blinked her red eyes, and then pulled the corner of Emiya Shirou's clothes.

"I don't know either." Emiya Shirou looked at the figure walking away, lowered his head and smiled at Illya: "Let's go buy ingredients first, is there anything Illya wants to eat?"

"As long as it's made by Shirou, I like it." Illya thought for a while and added: "But it's too spicy."

Emiya Shirou nodded with a smile: "Okay."

Despite the smile on his face, the uneasiness in his heart became clearer and clearer, like peeking into the tip of an exposed iceberg, but the iceberg that cannot really be hidden under the sea is still undetectable.

What did Joyas really want to tell himself?

After returning home, Emiya Shirou immediately put down the ingredients and went to Matou Sakura's room to check the situation.

However, what was waiting for him was a room that was empty except for a faint smell of blood.

……

bang——

The sound of glass being knocked one after another sounded, and then fell into silence.

Matou Sakura, who was awakened by the sound of broken glass, opened her eyes. Although her body was still in pain, the girl sat up from the bed with difficulty.

Obviously, normally, no one would choose a broken window from the courtyard to enter their home.

So Matou Sakura, who felt that Emiya's family had entered an uninvited guest, was a little nervous.

"Boom, boom..."

The rhythmless footsteps of a drunkard resounded in the corridor outside the door, approaching step by step.

It was as if he had sensed Matou Sakura's fear sensitively.

The door of the room was slammed open, and a familiar figure slowly walked in: "Sakura..."

The other party's face was pale, his expression was numb, and his voice was as hoarse as metal friction.

But the familiar blue kelp head still let Jian Tongying recognize his identity at a glance, she opened her mouth: "Brother, brother?"

how is this possible?Didn't my brother get hit by a car and become crippled, with several broken ribs, so he should be recuperating at home now?

...Why did it appear here?

Looking at Matou Shinji who looked like a different person in front of him, Matou Sakura's purple eyes were full of confusion.

"Give me the Command Seal." Shinji Matou, who had only his body left, opened his mouth with difficulty.

"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Jian Tongying couldn't help asking.

She could find that Matou Shinji's state was very abnormal, just like a mirror reflecting her former self.

Matou Shinji just looked at her blankly, his blue pupils dimmed, and repeated: "Give me the Command Seal."

A kind of unreasonable fear seemed to hold Matou Ying's heart, making her breathless.

She and Matou Shinji were the only ones in the quiet and empty Emiya Mansion.

"Hurry up, Sakura." Matou Shinji's tone was flat, matching that expressionless face.

It's not like urging Sakura Matou at all, but like a machine completing a task.

Although she didn't know what Matou Shinji wanted the Command Seal for, Matou Sakura hesitated and slowly stretched out the right hand with the remaining two petals of the Command Seal: "Brother..."

The moment Matou Shinji saw the red Command Seal, he immediately rushed towards Matou Sakura, as if wanting to snatch the Command Seal.

"boom!"