012 people came to play (Ch 012)

The next day, Shinji learned that his grandfather was traveling abroad.

The Matou family was able to restore peace for a short time.

For the next period of time, Amemiya Shirou continued to stay at the Matou residence.

Under the arrangement of Matou Tsuruno, he obtained his identity certificate and entered Fuyuki’s elementary school, becoming a classmate of the Matou brothers and sisters.

During the day, I go out with the Matou siblings to school to learn about this world.

At night, through the “Magic Terminal Machiri”, mysterious information about pan-human history is obtained.

Soon, Amamiya Shirou learned about the secret ritual called the Fuyuki Holy Grail War.

And the deeper, darker story behind it.

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Holy Grail War.

A secret magic ritual that is performed every sixty years, based on the vast spiritual veins of Fuyuki City.

The participants of the ceremony are seven magicians and seven heroic spirits (Servants) who appear through the ritual of summoning spirits.

These seven pairs will fight to determine the final winner.

The core of the magic ritual is the Holy Grail known as the “Universal Wishing Machine”.

This is the superficial intelligence.

Then, Amamiya Shirou also obtained deeper top-secret information through the “Magic Terminal Machiri”.

That is the truth of the Holy Grail that only the three magic families that founded the Holy Grail War, Einzbern, Matou, and Tōsaka, know.

The “Universal Wishing Machine” is nothing more than a lie spread to conceal the value of the Holy Grail War and reduce the number of powerful opponents.

The three great families founded the Holy Grail War in order to sacrifice all seven heroic spirits and reach the Root Vortex.

The so-called root vortex refers to the origin coordinate where all things happen.

The throne of God that records everything in the world from the beginning to the end.

“Cause” gives birth to “effect”.

“Cause” contains “effect”.

Therefore, as long as we reach the “cause”, we can know and manipulate all the “results”.

For a magician who longs for the truth, reaching the root is the only and ultimate wish.

It was because the three Fuyuki families concealed the information that “the Holy Grail can open the way to the root”, that the Fuyuki Holy Grail War was not taken seriously by the magic world.

“I see. The Origin Vortex… Morgan and I have talked about similar topics before…”

Shirou suddenly realized, that’s why she named my eyes “The Mystic Eyes of Endlessness”.

“Reaching the origin” and “Reaching the end”. 2

These two seemingly opposite words have the same meaning on a magical level.

“But then again, the fairy world doesn’t even have magic civilization, so how could Morgan know such advanced information?”

Even though he would never meet her again, Shirou still felt a little awe towards his savior.

“It’s me, Matou Tsuruno.”

In the evening, Matou Tsuruno came to the study where Shirou often stayed recently.

Ever since that night, he no longer thought of Shirou as a normal 7-year-old kid.

To him, Matou Zouken is a terrifying and absolute symbol of authority.

However, the monster that dominated the Matou family for centuries was destroyed by a 7-year-old boy near his own workshop.

Shirou Amamiya is undoubtedly the more terrifying monster that devoured the monster…

Although he said that Matou Tsuruno would be in charge of the Matou family from now on, the man couldn’t really believe that.

In fact, he used to work as Matou Zouken’s secretary. His current job is the same as before, except that he has added one more thing –

Teaches Shinji and Sakura the basics of magic.

This was the only mission given to him by Shirou Amemiya.

Although it may be a bit strange for a biological father to say this, but is there really any point for Shinji to learn magic?

I really don’t understand his thinking.

It seems that the real head of the Matou family will be chosen from between the two of them.

Shinji is a son with absolutely no talent.

The daughter of the Toosaka family is a rare genius that only appears once in a century.

There is a huge difference between the two, but——

Who will become the next head of the Matou family, at least for now, all depends on Amamiya Shirou’s decision.

“So, what are you going to do?”

“ah?”

Matou Tsuruno quickly added: “I’m talking about the upcoming Fourth Holy Grail War.”

“Oh, by the way, Matou is one of the three great families, so we must respond.”

The red-haired boy looked at the man, “Zou Yan is no longer here, Tsuruno, do you want to join?”

Matou Tsuruno shook his head suddenly: With his magical talent, there is a high probability that even the Command Seal will not appear.

“Then no one from the Matou family will participate.” Shirou said regretfully.

To be honest, he was quite interested in the Holy Grail War.

The “Holy Grail” that can fulfill any wish, the almighty wishing machine, the Root Hole… it’s really uninteresting and boring.

Shirou was mainly interested in the being called the Heroic Spirit.

Matou Tsuruno tried to guess the boy’s thoughts and whispered, “Can’t you attend in person…?”

Shirou laughed: I don’t have any wish that I want the Holy Grail to fulfill, so the Holy Grail won’t choose me… 3

“Shirou! Come play! I bought a new card game!” 1

“Shirou-nii! Where are you?”

The voices of Matou Shinji and Matou Sakura interrupted his thoughts.

Alas, elementary school students still look a bit like elementary school students. Just enjoy your childhood.

Shirou walked towards the siblings, just then, there was a “bang!” at the door.

“Zhuangyan!!! Get out of here!!!”

A young man in sportswear roared at the entrance of the Matou family.

Shirou protected Sakura and Shinji behind him, speechless in his heart: What happened this time?

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The young man who stormed into the mansion aggressively was named Matou Kariya.

Although he does not have the kelp purple hair of the family’s anti-counterfeiting trademark, he is a genuine descendant of the Matou family, although he ran away from home and severed all ties ten years ago.

“Huh? You said that shady old vampire went on a trip abroad? Can you fool me with such a lie, Tsuruno!”

“Believe it or not! Could you please stop making so much noise at the door? How dare you come back after all this?”

The two brothers Matou Kariya and Tsuruno started arguing as soon as they met.

“Sakura!”

Matou Kariya noticed the girl hiding behind Shirou, pushed Matou Tsuruno away, and rushed over here.

“Ah!”

Matou Kariya’s expression was too ferocious and excited, which frightened Shinji so much that he let out a strange cry.

“Sakura! Zouken didn’t do anything to you, did he?”

The young man knelt on the ground and held the girl’s arm tightly.

“Oh, Uncle Kariya… it hurts…”

Sakura Matou showed a somewhat painful expression.

At this time, a hand gently placed on the young man’s shoulder.

“I understand how you feel. Sakura is fine. Just calm down first.”

Shirou said, blinking rapidly.

After seeing what happened just now, he probably understood what was going on.

For Matou Kariya who has now awakened his passion skill, no matter what you say, it will probably be useless, so let ‘s use a more radical method——

Shirou exerted the power of suggestion in his words.

“OK……”

The young man nodded blankly, then followed him to the reception room.

There, Matou Kariya, who had been forced to calm down by magic, listened to the explanation of what had happened.

Sakura Matou was not harmed.

Then, the evil spirit that was hanging over the Matou family – Matou Zouken was exorcised.

“How is it possible…”

Even though he had fallen for the hint magic, Matou Kariya still couldn’t believe it.

How can I believe that the immortal monster lost so easily to a 7-year-old kid?

“Kukuku… You’re still the same as always, looking like a disgusting lost dog, Kariya.”

Just when Matou Kariya’s mind was blank, a wet and eerie laugh was heard in the room.

“!!!”

The young man stood up suddenly and looked around as if he was facing a great enemy.

“Stop playing tricks on me. Where are you? Get out here! Matou Zouken!”

He will never forget this voice, which comes from the monster’s “father”——

“Don’t be surprised. Even I am ashamed of you.”

The sound came from the toy yellow duck on the table.

Matou Kariya: “???”

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