"Th-then, the last thing... you must have some other purpose for helping me, right? Like certain conditions or something."
"Well, if I had to say, there is indeed one." Shinji nodded lightly. "Aside from hoping to use this opportunity to keep my sister and me from being dragged into the war, there is another condition."
A trace of disappointment suddenly flashed through Bazett's heart. This man really did have some other motive for helping her. To put it bluntly, he merely wanted to use her.
"The Tohsaka Residence will also participate in the Holy Grail War. When you face the Tohsaka Master, Sister Bazett, I hope you'll spare her life."
Hearing that, Bazett froze, looking somewhat incredulous, as though she were saying: ...That's all?
"I can't help it..." Shinji sighed again, his expression carrying a hint of helplessness. "After all, she's the older sister my little sister cherishes. If she really dies in the Holy Grail War, Sakura will definitely resent me."
"S-sister?" Bazett was puzzled. Although she had investigated the Tohsaka Residence, one of the Three Great Families, before arriving in Fuyuki, she truly did not know such details.
"My younger sister, Sakura Matou, was adopted from the Tohsaka Residence eleven years ago. She and the current head of the Tohsaka Residence are biological sisters."
"That's your only condition? The Holy Grail..."
Shinji interrupted Bazett. "Don't worry. My sister and I have no interest whatsoever in the Holy Grail. As for any extra conditions, at most I'll add one more—don't let too many ordinary people get dragged into the Holy Grail War. That's my personal request."
Seeing Shinji's overly sincere expression, more than half the doubts in Bazett's heart vanished.
"Fine. I don't want ordinary people dragged into it either."
"Then that's all." Shinji's eyes curved again as he