Type-Moon, I, Sakura Matou, Rewrite Destiny

It was just... Marisbury and Kischur Zelretch's target was actually Zouken Matou...

Sakura could never have guessed that.

But that was fine... If their target had been Sakura, she probably would have agonized over whether or not to get involved in the Clock Tower's mess.

After all, after this battle, Sakura herself would have a lot of things to deal with in a short period of time, plans to unfold and prepare...

But now, a brand new opportunity, and a brand new idea, appeared in Sakura's mind.

Sakura naturally wouldn't hand over Zouken Matou to Marisbury and Kischur Zelretch to take to the Clock Tower.

However... creating a 'Zouken Matou' to have him act as a vanguard for the Clock Tower... that wouldn't be too much of a problem.

After a series of exchanges with these two Lords of the Clock Tower, selling off 'Zouken Matou' at a good price.

Sakura quickly returned to the Matou residence, brought out the 'Zouken Matou', and 'smilingly' saw them off...

"Orochimaru, are your clones okay?"

"Don't worry, Sakura. With Tokisaki's help... they won't notice... But you need to give me what you promised as soon as possible..."

"I will."

Sakura didn't need Orochimaru to tell her; she would get the Einzbern family's 'assets' to Orochimaru as quickly as possible.

After all, for what was to come, not only did Orochimaru need to master the Magecraft System, but if 'Zouken Matou' couldn't be equipped with a mature Magecraft System soon, he would be exposed before long.

Therefore, just as Kischur Zelretch and Marisbury took the 'Zouken Matou' and boarded the plane to London, and Fuyuki City returned to its former peace.

After seeing off the Tohsaka family and watching them head to Zenjo Villa to temporarily reside, Sakura turned and, with Orochimaru and Kurumi, headed directly to the Einzbern castle on the outskirts of Fuyuki City.

The once magnificent castle had become a ruin... traces of battle were still clearly visible... even Kiritsugu Emiya's decaying corpse was still preserved in its original spot.

The reason the three of them decided to make this their first stop before heading to the Einzberns.

Was entirely because... before going to the Einzberns, they needed to find out where the Einzbern family was now.

Although they were both among the Three Founding Families, and creators of the Great Holy Grail.

Compared to the Tohsaka and Matou families, the Einzbern clan was not only more famous in the magecraft world but also more mysterious.

As a family founded by a disciple of the Third Magic User, the Einzbern clan actually no longer had any true humans...

The entire Einzbern family now was merely a gathering place for homunculi ruled by an artificial intelligence named 'Yubstach Haider'... a lingering shadow left behind to fulfill the Einzbern clan's long-held wish...

Therefore, this clan, apart from participating in the Holy Grail War, had almost completely severed ties with the outside world. Except for occasionally sending out some homunculi to trade alchemical products and patent-acquired materials in the magecraft world to maintain their operations, they were almost impossible to find in the outside world.

"Orochimaru, your Impure World Reincarnation..."

Orochimaru, with his arms crossed and an unshakeable aura of blood surrounding him, looked at Sakura with his snake-like eyes and shook his head.

"I can't, Sakura... Converting an idea into a plan, and finally reaching a conclusion, is always a long process..."

Sakura wasn't surprised to hear that Orochimaru still hadn't recovered the Ninjutsu of Impure World Reincarnation.

Or rather, Sakura had already prepared herself for Orochimaru to say that when she asked. After all, it wasn't easy for Orochimaru's forbidden techniques to be recovered in an environment like Type-Moon, which was completely unequipped for them.

Not discouraged by Orochimaru's inability to achieve the desired result, Sakura, who had already prepared a plan, turned her gaze to Tokisaki Kurumi.

Facing Sakura's gaze, Tokisaki Kurumi naturally wouldn't disappoint her.

As a wild smile spread across Kurumi's face, and a torrent of magic surged from her, Kurumi raised her two flintlock pistols... and activated The Tenth Bullet.

Past memories were extracted and then injected into Kurumi's mind...

Directly acquiring all of Kiritsugu Emiya's memories from his life, as if watching a movie titled Kiritsugu Emiya, Kurumi's expression immediately turned grim...

"This man... what a twisted life..."

Hearing Kurumi's words, Sakura, who knew what Kurumi had seen, couldn't help but speak up after hearing Kurumi's sigh.

"It's not just this man... Sister Kurumi... this world called Type-Moon... is all twisted."

"...So Sakura, you're trying to change the world?"

"No, Sister Kurumi, I'm not that noble. The reason I want to change it is only for myself..."

"But no matter what your starting point is, aren't you ultimately working to make this world a better place?"

Smiling, Kurumi embraced Sakura as if holding a doll, resting her chin lightly on Sakura's head. Sniffing the pleasant scent of shampoo from Sakura's hair, she spoke to Orochimaru.

"Senior Orochimaru, please dig a grave for this guy... Although this guy was a twisted man... the world is at fault..."

"No problem!"

Orochimaru, not hiding his current pleasure, and without ever taking his eyes off Sakura and Kurumi, clapped his hands together and used an Earth Style jutsu, sending Kiritsugu Emiya's body, which was already showing signs of decay, deep into the ground, bringing a close to his tragic life.

"Let's go, Sister Kurumi has the general location. Don't waste time... let's leave as soon as possible..."

Deep within the Norwegian mountains in Northern Europe, in a desolate place.

Pure white snow was almost the only color in this region.

Hugging her knees in solitude.

Sitting by the window, covered in thick snow, Illyasviel von Einzbern, who had received the news days ago that both her parents had 'perished' in the Holy Grail War, stared blankly at the falling snow outside, mechanically repeating two words.

"Liar... liar... liar..."

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65. A Trip to Norway, Forcing the Einzberns' Hand...

Stepping on the thick snow, her feet crunched with every movement.

After flying from Fuyuki City to this land of ice and snow in Norway, Sakura and her companions, using the memories 'contributed' by Kiritsugu Emiya, finally located the current residence of the Einzbern family more than ten hours after landing in this icy wilderness.

Supported by Orochimaru, Sakura stood on the treetops.

All she could see were Norwegian forests that looked almost identical, and Sakura couldn't help but frown.

"I can't see anything... The Einzbern family really isn't easy to find..."

Sakura wasn't surprised that she couldn't find the Einzberns.

After all, in the original story, even after the Holy Grail War, Kiritsugu Emiya returned here multiple times trying to reclaim Illya, but he couldn't even get a glimpse of her...

Although Kiritsugu Emiya wasn't a proper magus, just a mage, but... among Sakura's group, were there any normal magi?

Facing the deeply hidden Einzberns, Sakura wasn't surprised at all that she couldn't find them immediately.

Cough cough.

Clearing her throat, after observing for a long time without finding any trace of the Einzberns, Sakura simply gave up looking.

"Yubstach Haider! This is Sakura Matou, head of the Matou family, here to discuss matters concerning the Great Holy Grail. Please show yourself!"

Sakura's clear and crisp voice began to echo through the forest.

But after a long while, that damned artificial 'idiot' Yubstach Haider still hadn't responded, and the shadow of the Einzberns remained elusive...

"You refuse a toast... Orochimaru, I'll leave it to you!"

Holding Sakura with one hand, he leaped down from the treetops.

Upon receiving Sakura's 'command', Orochimaru efficiently brought Sakura back to the ground.

Immediately, his eyes, as cold as a snake's, scanned the surroundings before he smiled and activated his Ninjutsu...

In an instant, the mountains and forests shook, and trees toppled...

One earth-style Ninjutsu after another was unleashed by Orochimaru.

This was undoubtedly a clumsy method; no one knew when they might get lucky and find the Einzberns in this vast mountain forest...

But without a doubt, as long as the Einzbern castle didn't grow legs and run around, once Orochimaru scoured this area with Ninjutsu, the Einzberns would eventually be exposed.

As Orochimaru began to use earth-style Magecraft to continuously devastate the mountain forest.

At this moment, within the Einzbern castle hidden by a barrier, hundreds of homunculus maids, with nearly identical faces, as if they were triplets, stood on high alert in the castle courtyard. Wielding swords, spears, and halberds, they tensely gazed at Orochimaru and Sakura, who were causing destruction hundreds of meters away.

"They mean trouble!"

Standing on the battlements, gazing at Orochimaru and Sakura, Yubstach Haider, the humanoid terminal of the artificial intelligence, a tall, white-haired old man, his eyes revealed a solemn expression, and he hesitated to act.

It wasn't that Yubstach Haider didn't want to eliminate the intruders, Orochimaru and Sakura, but Yubstach Haider's judgment was that they were no match for Sakura and Orochimaru...

Although the Einzbern clan was a renowned noble family in the mage world.

But fame didn't equate to strength; the Einzberns had never been good at combat Magecraft.

If ordinary magi, or even a team of Executors, had come, relying on the advantage of this castle workshop and hundreds of homunculus maids, the Einzberns might have been able to fight.

But facing Orochimaru, who had revealed Servant-level strength, the Einzberns truly had no way to deal with it.

Time ticked by... Sakura and Orochimaru's footsteps drew closer and closer to the Einzbern castle...

Finally, when Orochimaru's next earth-style Ninjutsu grazed the barrier and flipped over a large area of land.

Knowing that the next attack would surely expose them, Yubstach Haider raised his hand and dispelled the barrier, revealing the Einzberns to Sakura and Orochimaru.

"Heh, finally stopped hiding..."

Seeing the exposed Einzberns, Sakura knew what was going on.

They were simply cornered.

Therefore, Sakura naturally didn't have a good expression for Yubstach Haider, who had revealed himself willingly.

However, she didn't choose to attack the Einzberns directly.

After all, if it could be resolved with words, why tire herself out...

She subtly signaled Orochimaru.

Then, standing in the biting cold wind, feeling extremely displeased after standing for several hours, Sakura directly used Teleportation with Orochimaru, fearlessly landing in the courtyard of the Einzbern castle, facing the encirclement of hundreds of homunculus maids with composure.

"Yubstach Haider... I've certainly seen the Einzbern's hospitality."

The homunculus maids surrounding Sakura Matou and Orochimaru parted, revealing a path.

A tall, humanoid terminal approached Sakura Matou...

After observing Sakura Matou up close, much like the Einzbern's abode, both the homunculus and this terminal gave off an icy feeling, akin to the surrounding snow-capped mountains. Finally, it spoke.

"You come with ill intent, so how can you be considered guests..."

A sly expression flashed across its face, and then it pointed to the ground.

"Guests are guests..."

"Then you shall be considered guests... State your business, guests of the Matou Family."

As an artificial intelligence, Yubstach Haider naturally wouldn't engage in a war of words with Sakura Matou, who was getting worked up out of annoyance. Analyzing Sakura Matou's current surface state and determining her emotions were highly 'unstable,' Yubstach Haider cut straight to the chase and inquired about Sakura Matou's purpose.

"My purpose... What do you think we're here for, coming all the way out here in the cold... I'm naturally here to take over your Einzbern!"

As soon as Sakura Matou finished speaking.

Hundreds of maids instantly assumed combat stances.

Gleaming blades, spears, swords, and halberds were immediately aimed at her and Orochimaru.

"Do you intend to resist? Yubstach Haider... You should be able to analyze the current situation."

Frozen in place, as if its systems had crashed... Yubstach Haider remained motionless for a full ten seconds with no reaction...

It wasn't until after more than ten seconds that Yubstach Haider began to move again.