Type-Moon, I, Sakura Matou, Rewrite Destiny

In the few minutes of their conversation, Touko Aozaki had already pegged Orochimaru as an extremely dangerous individual, someone she shouldn't provoke unless absolutely necessary.

She raised her hand to her mouth and made a zipping motion.

As Touko Aozaki made this gesture towards Orochimaru, the astonishing killing intent radiating from him vanished without a trace in the next second.

Two simple sentences, one playful gesture.

Touko Aozaki and Orochimaru, both intelligent individuals, had thus reached an unspoken understanding in the silence.

"Aoko... are we leaving, or are you planning to stay with the Matou family?"

"Leave? Touko, have you figured out about..."

"Heh heh... While you were playing with the kids, I already learned from Orochimaru... the wish-granting machine... Servants... very interesting. It's a shame I don't know when the next one will be held... I can only hope I won't miss it next time..."

As she spoke, Touko Aozaki glanced with slight regret at Fuyuki City, where even the Ley Lines had stopped flowing.

"Oh! Then you go ahead! Oh, and don't forget to bring that broken priest..."

She calmly adjusted her glasses, sensing that her sister, Aoko Aozaki, was keeping something from her.

However, just as Aoko had noticed something about Touko and said nothing, Touko also said nothing. Perhaps this was their unspoken understanding, etched into their very beings after a night spent apart, having not seen or contacted each other for nearly ten years.

Turning to the edge of the convenience store's roof, Touko Aozaki, for reasons unknown, suddenly stopped. Having obtained the information she desired, she turned back to look at Sakura and sincerely offered her a piece of advice.

"Matou family head... leave Fuyuki City as soon as possible... Fuyuki City will soon become the center of a storm..."

Without waiting for Sakura's reaction, Touko Aozaki elegantly leaped from the convenience store, landing in the alley below.

When Sakura wanted to ask what Touko Aozaki meant by that, she reached the edge of the roof only to find that both Touko Aozaki and Kirei Kotomine had already vanished.

Touko Aozaki would never speak without reason!

Although Touko Aozaki theoretically enjoyed playing pranks and tricking people, in this situation, facing Sakura, whom she had just met, and having already obtained the information she wanted from her... Touko had absolutely no reason to deceive her.

Just as Sakura was dwelling on Touko's words.

Aoko Aozaki, who had walked up behind Sakura, spoke.

"Although Touko often plays tricks... Sakura, she's right this time. If you can, you really should leave Fuyuki City as soon as possible..."

"Sister Aoko... can you tell me why?"

PS: A brief explanation of the subsequent plot... This transitional arc in Fuyuki City is nearing its end. After these few chapters, Sakura will change her style and begin to take the initiative and stir up trouble...

Four chapters today as well...

76. Leave Fuyuki City?

After sending off Aoko Aozaki, who looked somewhat conflicted.

Sakura, who had told Aoko Aozaki everything about her encounter with King Hassan during the Holy Grail War and being "forced" to make a slash by the "Counter Force,"

now wore a dejected expression.

Compared to Touko Aozaki, who had "forcefully" extracted information from her not long ago, Aoko Aozaki, who had come with a different objective and also hoped to obtain information from Sakura, was clearly much more generous than her sister.

After Touko Aozaki left, Aoko not only demonstrated "Fifth Magic - Blue" at Sakura's request but also provided Sakura with a lot of information.

This included the reason why Touko Aozaki had ultimately advised Sakura to leave Fuyuki City as soon as possible.

Although Artoria's exposure at the Clock Tower had lasted less than a day.

The impact she had caused had already formed a storm within that short period.

And the Three Founding Families of Fuyuki City were undoubtedly the first to be caught in this storm.

Don't assume everyone is an idiot.

In Europe, the center of the mage world, who knows how many monsters are hidden, and how many secret families have legacies dating back a thousand years.

Even on that continent, where Magecraft flourished, there were not a few old geezers like Zouken Matou who had managed to cling to life.

The Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City, although secretive and well-hidden...

As long as one was determined, those who would do anything to pursue the Root, to pursue the Divine Era, could find some fragments of information in historical records. It wasn't impossible...

For example, Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia, the head of the Yggdmillennia family, who had considerable influence in the mage world and was known as the "Thousand Tree Clan."

As one of the only two "Grand Class" Magus in this era, this "old man," who looked no older than 30 but was actually close to a hundred years old, had come into contact with the Fuyuki City Holy Grail War decades ago.

However, due to some unforeseen circumstances, he did not choose to participate in the Third Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City in that era, thus missing the opportunity to steer this timeline onto the "F/A" path.

Originally, the Fuyuki City Holy Grail War had become a passing event in his life.

But the recent travels of two Lords to Fuyuki and the storm triggered by Artoria's exposure at the Clock Tower had awakened this long-dormant memory in Darnic...

While there weren't many Magus like Darnic who had indirect or direct contact with the Fuyuki Holy Grail War... there were still a few.

Even if they had long since turned to dust... as this storm intensified.

Some of their notes and records... would still be found.

As a result, some information about the Fuyuki City Holy Grail War inevitably leaked!

While the information about the Fuyuki City Holy Grail being able to achieve the Third Magic hadn't been leaked yet, details about it being able to grant most wishes and summon legitimate Servants were already causing a stir in the mage community.

If Fuyuki City were in Europe right now, mages would probably be brazenly storming the gates of the Three Founding Families.

Well, actually, someone had already stormed the gates. Touko Aozaki had just left...

However, even if Fuyuki City could enjoy a few more days of peace, that time wouldn't last long.

According to the information provided by Aoko, quite a few families were already planning to organize their main forces and head to Fuyuki City.

Therefore, heeding Touko Aozaki's advice, Sakura should indeed leave Fuyuki City as soon as possible...

"How could this happen? This must be someone pulling strings from behind the scenes..."

Sakura let out a sigh of helplessness.

Sakura really didn't want to leave Fuyuki City like this.

It wasn't that Sakura was reluctant to part with Fuyuki City, nor was it that Sakura feared the Matou family's investments in Fuyuki City would go down the drain. It wasn't even that Sakura was worried about those people discovering the Great Holy Grail and its true purpose.

Sakura was simply feeling a bit unwilling.

After all, moving to another city wouldn't affect Sakura at all, given her wealth. And if investments were lost, they could be earned back. Besides, Sakura had obtained a considerable amount of cash and jewelry from the Einzberns, so she wasn't lacking money for the time being.

As for the Great Holy Grail and the Holy Grail's true purpose being exposed or stolen like in F/A, she wasn't worried about that at all.

Setting aside the fact that the next Holy Grail War wouldn't happen for over a decade, only when "Gagaziel" started the fire.

Just moving the Great Holy Grail alone... would also depend on whether Irisviel, the Winter Saintess, agreed.

The Winter Saintess plan, besides creating a subpar Third Magic User for herself, was primarily to insure the Great Holy Grail.

Without the current Irisviel's permission, let alone moving the Great Holy Grail, very few people would even be able to approach it with such an idea.

As the "control AI" of the Great Holy Grail, Irisviel could remotely control the Great Holy Grail to do certain things, such as... expelling magical energy.

Theoretically, if all the magical energy accumulated in the Great Holy Grail over decades were to be expelled at once... that surge of runaway magical energy would have no problem erasing several Fuyuki Cities from the map.

Just as Sakura... was agonizing over whether to avoid this storm, Tokiomi Tohsaka, who had left Zenjo Villa long ago but, due to his unfamiliarity with and dislike of modern technology, had traveled all the way to Fuyuki City on foot, appeared at the gates of the Matou residence.

Seeing Sakura sitting in the Matou residence's garden, lost in thought about something.

After walking for dozens of miles without a speck of dust on him, Tokiomi Tohsaka, as elegant as ever, slowly let out a sigh of relief.

However, the moment Tokiomi Tohsaka entered through the already open gates of the Matou residence and passed through its simple barrier.

A fierce glint immediately appeared on Tokiomi Tohsaka's face, and the peace he had just settled into was once again shattered.

In such a short time, the traces of battle in the courtyard could not possibly have been repaired.

The scorched and broken courtyard clearly told Tokiomi Tohsaka... that someone had attacked his daughter not long ago.

"Sakura... are you alright!"

Hearing Tokiomi Tohsaka's concerned inquiry, Sakura, who had been lost in her thoughts and unaware of Tokiomi Tohsaka's arrival due to him being on the barrier's whitelist, suddenly looked up, a hint of unfamiliarity on her face.

Sakura was delighted by Tokiomi Tohsaka's concern... but the reborn Sakura felt unaccustomed to his care...

"Dad... Head of the Tohsaka Family, I'm fine."

A flicker of sadness crossed Sakura's face. Faced with her clearly distant address, Tokiomi Tohsaka couldn't help but feel a pang of regret.

Sitting directly beside Sakura, he looked at his former daughter... After confirming with his own eyes that she was truly unharmed.

Temporarily suppressing his sadness and regret, Tokiomi Tohsaka quickly followed Sakura's lead, asking about the day's events in his capacity as the head of the Tohsaka family, an ally of the Matou family...

77. The wind is starting to blow...

"The Fifth Magic User... Grand Class - Miss Touko... Sakura, your experience today was truly breathtaking."

Looking at his former pride, which he had so easily given away, with a sense of emotion...

Tokiomi Tohsaka, who usually exuded elegance in everything he did, now seemed to lack any trace of it, appearing rather haggard...

"It was indeed breathtaking... Head of the Tohsaka Family, do you think we should leave Fuyuki City for now?"

"If the information revealed by that Magic User is true, I believe we should leave... However, before we leave, the Great Holy Grail must be properly concealed. And after leaving... we must also make arrangements on how not to get caught up in this storm, otherwise, leaving rashly would be in vain."

"Meaning we need to prepare a fallback route in advance..."

Turning to look at Tokiomi Tohsaka, Sakura wasn't worried about her mother and sister not having a fallback if they left Fuyuki City with Tokiomi.

After all, no matter what, the Tohsaka family and Tokiomi Tohsaka had some connections that could guarantee their safety.

Coupled with their identity as descendants of Zelretch's disciple, the possibility of the Mage's Association hunting down the Tohsaka family was not high.

But the Matou family... if they had connections, they were only Zouken Matou's.

As for anything else... apart from Sakura's cheat, there didn't seem to be any other guarantees.

Speaking of cheats, Sakura couldn't help but silently chant "System" and once again opened the panel.

Perhaps due to this storm, as the mage world became turbulent, the destinies of some individuals were naturally affected. This time, compared to before, Sakura's panel had gained over a thousand points, bringing her Destiny Points to 9780 units.

However, it was still 220 Destiny Points short of the next character Sakura was preparing to redeem...

Yes, the next character Sakura wanted to redeem required a full ten thousand Destiny Points!

However, this wasn't for a single character. The reason this new character needed ten times the points of Orochimaru and five times the points of Kurumi was that, along with redeeming her, Sakura also intended to redeem a crucial 'item' to enhance that character's potential.

'Only 220 points left until I can see Sister Kyōshū... Maybe...'

Staring intently at the stunning, emerald-green figure on the redemption page of the panel... Sakura wasn't sure if it was the sense of security the figure provided or her own unwillingness to give up that was at play.

A decision was forming in Sakura's heart, one that might surprise everyone.

However, to Tokiomi Tohsaka, who couldn't see the panel, Sakura's actions meant something else entirely.

"Sakura, are you worried about a fallback plan?"

Sakura naturally couldn't tell Tokiomi Tohsaka what she was thinking.

So, when Tokiomi Tohsaka asked this, she didn't bother coming up with an excuse and simply nodded.

"En, I'm not too worried myself... but Shinji and Uncle Tsuruno, they..."

"That is indeed a problem, especially since Shinji has gained such power."

Responding to Sakura's words, Tokiomi Tohsaka felt this was a good opportunity to make amends with Sakura. He continued, "But if you trust me, Sakura, perhaps I can help you solve this problem..."

"It's the Edelfelt Family, isn't it?"

"How did you know?"