Sakura Matou Rewrites Destiny

For example, Orochimaru was currently playing the role of Zouken Matou.

As for... weren't Shirou and Shinji on the island? Why were they now appearing in the El-Melloi Faction's castle...? Because there was a Ninjutsu called the Shadow Clone, and something called a mobile phone...

That was right. Every Matou Family member in the castle was Orochimaru's Shadow Clone. As for the daily training assignments, while Orochimaru was putting on an act before his clones, he would also use the phone to remotely assign training plans to his disciples on the island...

He immediately put on a sour expression, then gripped his cane firmly and rapped it against the ground.

In Lineas's eyes, Orochimaru, transformed into Zouken Matou, was clearly expressing his displeasure.

"Old Man Matou, please calm down..."

"I was invited here by you. Are you planning to hand this old man over now?"

"Of course not..."

"Enough. This old man does not wish to speak with you any further. Have your brother Kischur Zelretch come speak to me!"

Lineas's eyes widened in disbelief. Then, feeling a pang of guilt, she immediately lowered her head and hid her beautiful, watery eyes.

In this Timeline, Lineas had been adopted into the main family from a young age and had become Kischur Zelretch's adopted younger sister. Naturally, she was no ordinary child.

Though she had been born into such a family, do not let the fact that she was only six years old fool you.

In an ordinary household, she might still have been playing house.

But in a top-tier magus family like this, Lineas, who was still only a young girl, already understood politics and knew how to play with schemes.

Sima Zhao's intentions were obvious to everyone... and Marisbury's intentions were no different.

Marisbury's desire to use the El-Melloi Faction to accelerate his plans was naturally impossible to conceal.

After all, every subproject within Marisbury's Chaldea Plan was an enormous undertaking.

The Earth environment model, Chaldeas; the Near Future Observation Lens - Sheba; and the recently launched Guardian Heroic Spirit Summoning System - Destiny. The money and materials needed to build any one of them were astronomical... Even a test run of any piece of equipment would consume an astronomical amount of energy.

Therefore, anyone could see that Marisbury intended to fleece the El-Melloi Faction.

But due to the favor he owed and his current need to rely on Marisbury, Kischur Zelretch simply could not refuse him... Meanwhile, Lineas wanted to refuse him, but she was too young to make the decision.

In the end, though small and clever, the remarkably mature Lineas carefully considered and observed the situation... then decided to make a move against Zouken Matou, a guest Marisbury valued greatly.

Whether it ultimately caused El-Melloi and Animsphere to fall out, or merely distracted Marisbury... in any case, Lineas would never allow Marisbury to continue exploiting El-Melloi.

Just as Zouken Matou demanded that Lineas summon Kischur Zelretch to speak with him, and the young Lineas lowered her head out of guilt...

A maiden with a chestnut ponytail, exquisite and valiant features, and a pure white aristocratic riding outfit suddenly appeared behind Lineas.

She gently patted Lineas on the shoulder as Lineas's "ally" in this matter.

At the Clock Tower, she held an astonishing status. Known as the Clock Tower's "Pinnacle of Contemporary Magi," she was a candidate for dean of the Clock Tower, the current Marshal of Thaumaturgy of the Choir's Clone Corps, and the thousand-year culmination of the Bartholomello family—Bartholomello Lorelei stepped forward.

Naturally, this maiden, who was about to inherit the position of head of the Bartholomello family, had also been paying attention to the turmoil caused by the Holy Grail.

Lorelei had even personally tested Artoria...

After witnessing how powerful a Servant could be, Lorelei had naturally developed an interest in the Holy Grail as well.

And... at this very moment, Lineas, who hoped El-Melloi could safely weather Kischur Zelretch's period of weakness, had decided to eliminate Zouken Matou... Thus, the two young ladies hit it off immediately.

Lorelei could protect El-Melloi through this period, while Lineas could provide Lorelei with the Matou Family she wanted...

Thus... through a series of coincidences, a special alliance formed by a "maiden" and a young girl came into being.

Roman's Visit, Azkaban and the Sealing Designation Enforcement Bureau

Lorelei's appearance was undoubtedly terrible news.

This willful young lady could very well disrupt a whole series of the Matou Family's subsequent plans.

Naturally, Orochimaru wanted to stop the young lady's willfulness with all his might.

But... Lorelei, who had always been forceful and decisive, gave Orochimaru no such opportunity.

The moment she openly appeared before Zouken Matou.

Crack!

The riding-crop-like Mystic Code in Lorelei's hand snapped through the air with a sharp crack that echoed throughout the castle.

The Department of Law and Order members Lorelei had brought, who had been waiting outside El-Melloi Castle's gates, showed no regard whatsoever for either El-Melloi or Animsphere.

After receiving Lorelei's order, they launched their assault immediately.

The El-Melloi members, who had never expected the Department of Law and Order to raid the castle, were mostly subdued in a single exchange. Soon afterward, with the outer defenses disabled and a map provided by Lineas, the Department of Law and Order members quickly found where the Matou Family was staying within the castle...

Just as Orochimaru was about to face battle, and the Matou Family's later plans were likely to collapse because of the two young ladies' actions...

An unnamed island in the North Sea, one that could not even be found on maps, received an unexpected visitor.

He tied the rope in his hand around a reef by the shore.

Facing the jagged, extremely slippery coast.

This visitor, with cherry-pink hair and a youthful, handsome appearance.

Did not choose to climb. Instead, he took a flare gun from his backpack and fired it into the sky.

Sure enough, before long, the island's owner, Sakura, appeared before him.

"Yo, Sakura! Long time no see!"

"Solomon!"

"I changed my name. After becoming an ordinary person, I'm now called Romani Archaman. You can call me Roman."

Silently reciting the Yellow Court Scripture, she gathered the Five Qi within her chest.

Then, using Qi to perform Lightness Skill, Sakura immediately flew down from the coast more than ten meters above to Roman's side.

Before he could react, Roman, a tall man nearly six feet in height, was lifted one-handed by Sakura, who was barely over a meter tall, in an incredibly strange posture and flown up to the shore.

He landed in an exceptionally sorry state.

Roman climbed to his feet, dusted himself off, and gave an awkward smile.

"Thanks, Sakura. But next time, could you... use a different method?"

Sakura tilted her head in confusion.

"Next time? Didn't you come to take it away?"

Sakura removed the ring she had been using to tie up her hair, tossed it lightly in her hand, then walked over to Roman and helped dust him off.

"Uh... no. I won't be taking it away for another few years..."

"Then why did you come to see me? Don't tell me some big shot has caused trouble again..."

Roman hurriedly waved his hands at Sakura.

"No, no one sent me. I came to see you simply to remind you..."

"Remind me of what?"

Sakura first frowned in confusion. Then she noticed Roman's gaze shifting behind her. Turning around, she discovered why Roman had suddenly fallen silent.

"Dementors... Have you seen them before?"

"No... They just give me a very bad feeling..."

"A bad feeling is right. Azkaban... I plan to call this place that in the future. What do you think, Roman?"

"Not good at all! Sakura... this is why I came. I don't oppose Azkaban... but you absolutely cannot establish Hogwarts...!"

Even an honest person would be pushed to the brink, and someone lacking a sense of security who suddenly found a powerful backer... would naturally grow bold.

Driven out of Fuyuki City and forced to hide in this godforsaken place where not even birds would shit.

Sakura truly did not want to cause trouble, but trouble kept finding her. She had undoubtedly been angered. Even an honest person had their limits, let alone Sakura.

And the consequence of Sakura getting angry was... she wanted to smash the tank and start over, directly creating a Singularity... even a Lostbelt, and making this world conform to her wishes.

Hogwarts... was precisely the beginning of this series of plans.

Using Orochimaru's current identity, leveraging the influence of El-Melloi and Animsphere, and gradually selling information related to Servants, she would win over the various factions within the Clock Tower.

Then, she, Kurumi, and Luo Hao would establish Hogwarts to exert pressure from outside... Sakura had already planned to wipe out the Mage's Association entirely...

Roman did not care what happened to the Mage's Association.

But... he absolutely could not let Sakura, who did not understand what had happened to the Timeline, do this.

Because the sixteen-year Timeline they were currently in had already been cut away by the Counter Force using the Scythe of Chronos.

If Sakura acted too recklessly and caused major changes to history, the result would be that, ten years later, this Timeline would be unable to return to the main Timeline and would instead become a new, independent Timeline...

Meanwhile, the main Timeline, missing those sixteen years, would collapse outright and eventually be cut away by the Root...

In other words, if Sakura messed around too much, FGO's Timeline would directly be GG. Some things, such as the Holy Grail War and the turmoil in Fuyuki City after the Holy Grail War, could happen earlier, but they absolutely could not be altered too drastically...

And Roman, who wanted to retire through Chaldea, naturally did not want such a thing to happen...

That was why Roman had come to persuade Sakura.

In truth, Roman was not the only one. Many existences who knew about this had also turned their attention toward Sakura.

Once Sakura started to "go wild."

Sakura would likely experience what it felt like to be targeted by the entire "world."

Therefore, whether for himself or for Sakura, Roman had to stop Sakura from having too great an impact on history.

"Why? Roman, I need a reason."

"For the future... And Sakura, the Counter Force will not allow you to do this either. All you'll achieve is mutual destruction..."

Sakura pondered for a moment, then asked again.

"What about Azkaban?"

"You intend for Azkaban to be a prison, right...?"

"Mm."

"Then you can use Azkaban to replace the Clock Tower's Sealing Designation function... As long as history does not suffer major distortions... an equivalent exchange like this will not affect the future too much."

A sly smile appeared on Sakura's face. Looking at this "acquaintance" who might become her enemy in the future, she did not have much confidence either, but she tentatively spoke.

"Then help me."

"Help you?"

"Yes, help me seize the Sealing Designation Enforcement Bureau!"

"Only the Sealing Designation Enforcement Bureau?"

Sakura nodded.

"Yes, only the Sealing Designation Enforcement Bureau. I don't think I can get the Bureau of Arcane Rulings' Observatory Carrion, and as long as I have the Sealing Designation Enforcement Bureau, it should be enough to help me avoid most trouble."

If Sakura had wanted the Bureau of Arcane Rulings' Observatory Carrion, Roman would not even have considered it. But Sakura only wanted the Sealing Designation Enforcement Bureau... Roman's answer was... "Deal!"

Orochimaru "Slaughters Young Girls"

Inside the El-Melloi family's castle.

The Department of Law and Order members had already broken through the interception and arrived before several of Orochimaru's Shadow Clones.

Orochimaru stared at Lorelei, whose face was full of confidence, as though Certain Victory was already in her grasp.

The problem before Orochimaru now was how to keep this act going...

With Orochimaru's combat ability, even if they were only Shadow Clones, there was no way a few ordinary Department of Law and Order members could deal with them.

But... if he wanted to continue the act, Orochimaru's Shadow Clones could not fight back.