In mid-March, spring is in full bloom.
It was during the spring break. After ten years of polishing and growth, Kariya, who had short white hair that looked like he had been permed and dyed in a barber shop, and an increasingly majestic look on his face, stepped onto the lawn in the park filled with the warm spring sunshine.
Wherever you look, the place is full of parents looking at their children with smiles, and the park square with a fountain not far away is also a good place for citizens to take their families to relax.
Kariya stopped to search, until he saw the gentle figure holding a book and enjoying the cool under the shade of a tree, the majesty on his face was replaced by a gentle smile.
"Koi-chan..."
Kariya Just as he raised his hand to say hello as before, another beautiful red figure with two twin tails, who seemed to have been waiting for or ambushing him, rushed in front of him and wrapped his arm around him.
"Uncle Kariya~"
Looking at the girl with ponytails in front of her who will be a senior in high school after school starts, Kariya also smiled helplessly. She knew exactly why she was acting so coquettishly.
"Hiding it in the same place, be careful not to let your mother know."
Hearing the sound, Lin's eyes lit up, and she almost wanted to hug this affable uncle and kiss him twice.
The old place refers to the two people's little secret - under a certain tree where the check is buried.
Rin was also extremely satisfied with this uncle.
This uncle's family is rich and powerful, and every time he needs a gem, he will be able to use it like a baby! The check that was secretly given to him every time was worth tens of millions!
I once secretly asked this world-famous entrepreneur uncle who often appeared on TV how much money he had, but the other person said that he might not be able to calculate it.
Because of this, Rin sometimes feels that her sister is luckier than herself and never has to worry about not having enough money to spend.
"Rin, you are not a child anymore. You can't be as naughty as before."
Hearing her mother's accusation, Rin let go of Kariya at the right time, bent her eyes and responded obediently.
"Hi, Mom."
On the lawn, Rin, who was thinking about an excuse to leave the place and dig out the pocket money his uncle gave him, suddenly thought of something.
"Uncle Kariya, where is Sakura?"
"Oh, I heard that Shinji is going to have a social gathering today, so I'm warming up at home."
"Shinji Matou..." Rin felt a little helpless and shook her head, "I hope my legs won't be broken by Sakura."
"Don't worry, I've told Sakura not to do anything. If you do, just knock her out and bring her back."
Listening to this increasingly outrageous conversation, Aoi on the side looked more and more helpless, but when she thought of the protagonist in the topic - Sakura and the boy who seemed to be Sakura's crush and whom she had met before and was supposed to be Sakura's brother, she smiled slightly.
It seems that I don't have to worry about the children's affairs anymore.
As she thought about it, Aoi thought about the collapse she felt when she saw her husband's body at the end of the war ten years ago.
The heavy responsibility of Tohsaka Residence suddenly fell completely on him, and the heavy burden of Magecraft family completely crushed him.
The responsibility mentioned by the association is only the lowest level of responsibility. I don't even know the state in which I attended her husband's funeral.
Moreover, people in the association said that the person who killed his husband turned out to be his disciple, and his disciple was killed by others in Holy Grail War.
Sad and angry, desolate, hopeless, and lost hope.
That's how I felt at the time.
However, at that time, a man showed up at the funeral, bringing with him another daughter whom he missed so much.
After leaving the unfamiliar daughter to him after being separated for a year, the thin and thin figure began to help take care of some funeral matters for her husband.
Although he was a little rusty in doing things, even some procedures were wrong, and there were many mistakes, but the figure still tried his best to help him take care of everything.
Even tell yourself: Don't worry, I will help you.
Of course, there was also the handsome man he brought with him who left a deep impression on him. He was polite, elegant in conversation, capable in handling things, and handsome in appearance...
"Yan...Kariya, that Officer Lan recently..."
Looking at Aoi, who turned away and looked a bit shy like a young woman but hesitated to speak, Kariya couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth, and scolded the eldest nephew in the ordinary world for not respecting martial ethics. He went down with a hoe - the bamboo shoots were over!
This pit was discovered by Shinji about half a year after he returned. By the time he discovered it, it was already too late.
As for why I didn't discover it in time, it was because I was still sorting out the plans left by my eldest nephew and learning various professional financial knowledge, so I didn't notice in time what was wrong with the Servant that my eldest nephew left for me.
By the time I realized something was wrong and looked through the information and found Diarmuid's past, it was already a little late.
But... Kariya later figured out that his eldest nephew used this method to let him let go of the small piece of hidden selfishness. Only by letting go of his selfishness can he grow up and truly protect the future of the person he wants to protect.
So far, Kariya has truly given up. It would be great if we could protect their future and prevent them from being separated from each other.
This was originally my original intention.
As if she saw something, Rin sighed and said quietly, "Mom, you don't know, Uncle Kariya is now rated as the number one man in Asia who she wants to marry..."
Kariya waved his hands and laughed and cursed, "Don't talk nonsense, Rin, those are just random comments in magazines."
"No, I really agree! Uncle Kariya, if you don't get married, I will be an adult already! Or are you just waiting for me to become an adult?"
Seeing the malicious look on Rin's face, Kariya laughed dumbly, shook his head, and looked far away at the sky. "Don't make fun of me, uncle. Anyway, I don't have any plans to get married yet. Let's wait a few more years."
Rin noticed something at the right time and asked, "Uncle, have you let go of the person (my mother) in your heart?"
"Don't think too much and just go play."
"I don't agree!" Rin suddenly became excited, stood up and clenched his fists, speaking passionately, "How can you give up?! How can you be so cowardly?! Man, you have to persevere!"
Subtext - I don't want to lose a rich stepfather!
"Rin, why are you so excited? What's wrong? Girls can't yell like this, and they're outside."
Aoi, who was just thinking about Officer Lan in her mind, was interrupted by Rin's voice, and she also started to educate her daughter in a serious way.
"Uncle, I support you from the beginning to the end! Come on! There is also the curse of Lancer's tear mole. I will help mom get rid of it right away!"
After whispering this in Kariya's ear, Rin stood up, lifted up her skirt, bent her eyes very gracefully... and left.
Looking at Rin who turned around and ran away, Kariya also smiled helplessly. This Rin's personality was completely different from Sakura's. She didn't know who she followed, but she definitely didn't follow Tokiomi.
"It's been ten years..."
Kariya suddenly sighed.
"Yeah... it's been ten years..."
Aoi brushed the hair on the side of her ear and sighed softly.
Both of them were lamenting the passage of time, but they were lamenting about different things.
As soon as he finished speaking, Kariya suddenly noticed a strange sight and felt a familiar magic power. He looked up and saw a bat familiar stopped on a branch.
"Miss Aoi, I'm leaving now. See you later. You also remember to go back early."
After leaving such a kind reminder, Kariya resigned.
Looking at Kariya's back, a trace of loneliness flashed in Aoi's eyes and she whispered.
"Have you given up yet..."
In fact, at this age, even if you think that Officer Lan with the tear mole is really handsome, your heart will beat faster.
But deep down in my heart, after ten years of silent protection, the shadow of this still somewhat thin man has already entered the depths of my heart.
It's just that... the other party didn't speak for a long time!
For ten years, I haven't done anything out of bounds or said anything, I just silently protect myself from a distance!
Is this emotional intelligence too low?
Could it be that you want a woman to speak?
On the cover of the book in my hand, the big black words on a white background that say "If you love her, you must confess it boldly" are not visible or something?
"Hey~ Do we still need to let the juniors match up?"
After shaking her head helplessly, Aoi put away the novel in her hand and stood up slowly.
Matou Residence's secret room was transformed from the former basement.
There were three people and one Servant in the small secret room, namely - Kiritsugu Emiya, Irisviel and Kariya Matou, Diarmuid.
In fact, this thing is very interesting. Ten years ago, Kiritsugu Emiya bought a blank doll from a puppet master after spending all his savings so that he could resurrect his wife.
Later, Kiritsugu took the well-educated Miyu and his wife to Germany. However, because he failed in Holy Grail War, Ahlad refused to open the barrier and refused to return Illya.
Kiritsugu, who failed to break in for the first two times, knew that the chances of winning were slim. At the same time, he also learned that Shinji was dead (went back) and the lancer stayed with Kariya Matou, so he thought about it and decided to take a gamble.
Kiritsugu, who returned to Fuyuki, found Kariya, hoping to get the lancer to help him. Kariya understood the pain of separation of flesh and blood, so he agreed to act as a lobbyist without thinking.
After lancer learned about it, although he didn't like Kiritsugu, he thought that his master (Shinji) would do his best to help the separated mother and daughter after knowing this kind of thing, so after thinking about it, lancer also agreed.
Later, with the lancer, Kiritsugu easily picked up Illya, and the friendship with Kariya Matou began from that time.
Since then, the Kiritsugu family has settled in Fuyuki, and even the money to buy a house was lent by Kariya to Kiritsugu.
(In the original world line, Kiritsugu bought the house after the Fourth War. During the Fourth War, it could only be regarded as a rental.)
"What's going on?"
Kariya gets right to the point.
Kiritsugu didn't waste any time and directly laid out the map on the table. "Recently, something is wrong with Fuyuki's spiritual veins. Holy Grail Foundation, who should have stopped absorbing magic power, started acting strangely. The speed of absorbing magic power. Holy Grail War may only start again in a few years! And at this speed, the spiritual vein itself will be damaged. Fuyuki This city may..."
"Why does this happen?" Kariya asked.
"I don't know, but we need lancer's help. If possible, we need lancer's help. His Crimson Rose of Protection may be able to block this strange situation."
"I will help, but only because I, Diarmuid, promised the Lord before my grave to protect the peace of this city we once guarded together. It is definitely not because of masters like you Magecraft!"
Looking at the Lancer with firm eyes and a loud landing, Kiritsugu really wanted to tell what happened to him at that time, and wanted to expose what kind of evil person the other party thought the Lord was, but after thinking about it, he decided not to believe it, even if he told the other party, he wouldn't believe it.
Not to mention... what if that guy jumps out again? Moreover, Parallel World's daughter is very close to him! If he takes revenge on his daughter, he won't be able to get over it!
Afterwards, after several days of careful investigation, an expedient solution to the matter was devised. The lancer left Crimson Rose of Protection in the center of Holy Grail Foundation to temporarily cut off Holy Grail Foundation's ability to draw magic power from the earth veins.
This is just a temporary measure. As for a complete solution to this matter, Kiritsugu is still looking for it.
As for what is going on, it may be because Justicia in the basic formula feels that he was deceived by Shinji. He has been contaminated by Angra Mainyu in ten years, so he may want revenge.
possible! It's just possible!
Of course, Shinji does not feel that he has deceived Justicia. He said he would complete Great Holy Grail and he really completed Great Holy Grail. He never said he would complete Third Magic.
You are right! Um!
While Kariya and the others were busy dealing with this kind of thing, the beginning of school season for students had also arrived.
In front of the door of Hohzuki High School, where cherry blossoms were flying, seventeen-year-old Shinji Matou stopped his best friend, a boy named Shiro Amada, on the shoulder. He squeezed his eyes and said in a low voice, "Amada, are you going to have a social with the first-grade girls tonight? I just got a large amount of pocket money from my uncle!"
The red-haired boy shook his head helplessly, and then looked at a black-haired girl who was walking towards the blue-haired boy with an expressionless face but had not yet been noticed by the blue-haired boy.
"Shinji, I don't think your friendship can continue."
"What are you talking about? I have already invited several new people that I found very cute..."
Before he finished speaking, Shinji Matou suddenly felt a chill in his back and immediately changed his words: "Hahahaha! Amada, didn't we make an appointment to go to your house to study together today? I'm looking forward to it!"
"Brother..."
After hearing such a voice behind him, Shinji Matou turned around pretending to be calm, looked at the already well-established black-haired girl in front of him, and said with a smile, "It's Sakura, good morning."
"Brother..."
Looking at the girl's indifferent expression, the smile on Shinji Matou's face was a little hard to look at, but he still pretended to be calm and asked, "What's wrong?"
This time, before the girl could say anything, Shinji Matou lowered her head and admitted her mistake in a low voice. "Anyway, Sakura, please. Give me some face outside."
"Brother..."
"... How about we go home if we want to beat or kneel down?"
"Brother..." Sakura's eyes became colder and colder.
"I was wrong!! I don't dare to do it anymore!!" In the end, Shinji Matou knelt down to the girl Dogeza.
Looking at the boy kneeling in front of her, the girl let out a long sigh, then passed the boy and headed towards the school.
Sakura unhurriedly took out a student handbook that seemed to be a few years old from her pocket. She looked at the boy above who had the same name as the boy and had an unusually warm smile, and she also let out an unusually helpless sound.
"Why don't you look like anything except your face?"
In the end, the girl named Sakura Matou took her little secret back into her pocket and made up her mind.
If it doesn't look like it, then continue with the adjustment... transformation!
"Hey Amada, has Sakura left?"
Shinji Matou, who was still kneeling on the ground, asked.
"It's gone far."
Hearing the sound, Shinji Matou stood up and patted his chest.
Watching Sakura's leaving figure, Shiro Amada suddenly thought of something and said, "Shinji, I heard that you and Sakura have been engaged since childhood. This is why Sakura was sent to your home when she was very young and changed to your family name. So, you will marry Sakura in the future."
"What nonsense are you talking about?! How could I possibly talk to Sakura..." Shinji Matou immediately became anxious, but then he realized that his voice was a bit loud, so he quickly lowered his voice and said, "To tell you the truth, Amada, I am saving money, and I will escape overseas after graduating from high school and entering university."
"Overseas? The whole world is your family's company. I feel like you would be found by Sakura even if you fled to the ends of the earth. Speaking of such a beautiful fiancée, someone else would have been enjoying it secretly."
"Are you having fun? You don't know her at all..." In the end, Shinji swallowed the words that Sakura was afraid that she would be beaten to the point where she could no longer take care of herself, and then changed the subject. "Anyway, I want to run away! I will never stay here! I will never marry Sakura! Even if I have no money, I will escape! Even if I die, I will not marry her!"
"Well..." Shiro Amada thought for a moment, then patted his best friend on the shoulder and entered the school gate, "Anyway, come on."
"Hey, hey, it doesn't look like you're cheering me on anymore!"
"Didn't I already cheer you up?"
"It looks more like a casual approach without any hope!"
"That's what it is."
"Amada...!"
Amid the quarrel between the two boys, a new semester began with cherry blossoms flying.
At the same time, many people were looking up at the falling cherry blossom petals in the city.
Kariya was immersed in company documents at home, Aoi was sitting on her balcony reading a book, a family of three... four (Kiritsugu's family) in a Japanese-style house, and Diarmuid was sweeping the grave of his master in the cemetery...