In Matou family's ancestral mansion, the nominal "head of the family" Matou Tsuruno was sitting in the study, flipping through the family assets that had just been sorted out in recent days, with a satisfied smile on his lips.
Since Zouken, who holds the real power, and Kariya, who participated in Holy Grail War, suddenly disappeared and his life and death are unknown, he has inexplicably changed from a puppet to the real master.
Although at the beginning, there was still some vague uneasiness and fear in his heart, but as the two people disappeared for longer and longer, all these uneasiness and fears were replaced by ecstasy.
As we all know, the island country is a fairly developed capitalist country, so as long as you have money, you can buy any kind of enjoyment.
After hundreds of years of accumulation, Matou family's property has reached a quite astonishing figure, enough for Tsuruno to live the life of luxury and luxury that he dreams of for the rest of his life.
The most important thing is that no one will put any restrictions on him anymore, and he can even completely abandon the shackles of Magecraft family, directly enter the business world or politics, and become a powerful figure who can move everything around, instead of being a despised waste in the small circle of Magus like now.
"The only trouble now is this adopted daughter who has been registered."
Looking at the name "Matou Sakura" on the list of his immediate family members, Tsuruno had an expression of disgust and headache on his face.
After all, being on the list of immediate relatives means that you are protected by the law and have the right to inherit the entire family property to a certain extent.
When he thought that one-third of Matou's considerable property would be divided, his heart felt more painful and uncomfortable than having a piece of flesh cut off with a knife.
What's even more frightening is that unlike Shinji who can't become Magus at all, Sakura has an extremely outstanding magic talent.
This also means that in Magus's circle, Sakura will only be recognized as the only legal heir of Matou family.
Including the engravings, books, workshops, Magic Crest, houses and other things left by Zouken that are related to magic and have nothing to do with magic, he Tsuruno can only temporarily manage them, but cannot truly take them for himself.
Otherwise...
God knows what kind of crazy things those Magus who don't care about the law or even the governments of various countries will do.
If nothing else, just look at the news during Holy Grail War and how many gas explosions occurred in Fuyuki City to understand the danger.
Just when Tsuruno was thinking hard about how to draw a clear line between Sakura and Matou family without offending each other, a loud noise suddenly came from the lawn and garden outside the house.
boom!
The sky-high flames instantly illuminated the night sky. The traps and alarms that the old insect had placed around his house before his death were instantly triggered, and the piercing sound continued to echo over the house.
"Damn! What happened?" Tsuruno stood up suddenly and ran to the window quickly.
As a result, at a glance, I saw Tohsaka Tokiomi, whose whole body was emitting a red light that symbolized the fire attribute.
At this moment, this man who usually looks mature, stable and elegant is like a devil coming out of Hell, venting the anger in his heart unscrupulously.
Since the workshop is no longer under the control of Magus, it cannot exert its full power. Otherwise, even if a third-rate Magus makes slight adjustments, it will take Tohsaka Tokiomi at least an hour or two to break through it.
But now, all he needs to do is attack the magic node, disrupt the coherence of the entire defense system, and then defeat it easily.
"Tohsaka Tokiomi?! Why did this guy appear here!" Tsuruno was obviously frightened by the scene in front of him.
You must know that the last time the two families fought for Holy Grail was sixty years ago, so the relationship on the surface has been maintained well.
He didn't understand at all why the other party would suddenly knock on the door and do so in the most intense way.
But unfortunately, Tokiomi doesn't think so.
Especially when he saw the direct bloodline of Matou family appearing at the study window, his attack suddenly became more violent, and he advanced another twenty meters in just a few seconds.
"Hey! Tokiomi! Are you crazy? Why are you doing this?" Tsuruno asked loudly while lying in front of the window.
"Hmph! You still have the nerve to ask? You don't know anything about what that old immortal Zouken did to my daughter, right?" Tokiomi asked unceremoniously.
Tsuruno couldn't help but shiver when he heard this, and a look of fear appeared on his face.
Obviously, although he didn't know exactly what the old insect did to Sakura, he could still hear clearly the crying and screaming day and night for three consecutive days after being thrown into the insect room.
"As expected! All of you Matou family deserve to die!"
Tokiomi Seeing this reaction, he immediately knew that the other party definitely knew the truth, and the anger in his heart became even stronger.
He had no intention of holding back, and in less than ten minutes, he completely ignited the ancient mansion. The flames and thick smoke that reached into the sky could be clearly seen from several kilometers away.
Neither Matou Tsuruno nor Matou Shinji could escape from that house.
Three Families, one of the creators of Holy Grail, has completely withdrawn from the historical stage of the magic world.
On the other side, in the castle owned by Einzbern family, a feast between kings is about to take place.
I saw Rider Iskandar driving a chariot pulled by a bull, with electric light shining all the way through the woods and courtyard, and slowly walked into the hall from the damaged front door.
Before the master could speak, he raised his hand and said hello with a smile, "Yo! Saber!"
"Rider..."
Saber was obviously a little overwhelmed by Rider's inexplicable sudden intrusion into other people's homes.
Not only her, but Irisviel next to her also widened her eyes in surprise.
But considering that in the opening game, this guy had done some ridiculous things, and even made some quite unreasonable remarks, so he quickly regained his composure and planned to see what trouble the opponent was going to make this time.
"I heard that you have a castle, so I came here to have a look. But it's such a lifeless place."
As Rider spoke, he puffed up his chest deliberately so that everyone present could see his new pants and T-shirt with the "Grand Strategy" game pattern printed on it. At the same time, he did not forget to tease Artoria, who was fully armed. "Why are you wearing such a disgraceful armor? Don't you have fashionable modern clothes like me?"
"Rider! What are you doing here?" Saber asked with a puzzled look on his face.
With her serious and persistent personality, she simply cannot understand Iskandar's philosophy of being wanton and enjoying every moment of life.
"Can't you see?" Rider directly picked up the wine barrel on the chariot and grinned happily. "Of course I'm here to drink with you! Okay, don't stand there stupidly and lead the way. Don't you even have a courtyard suitable for drinking here?"
Saber: "..."
Irisviel: "..."
For a moment, there was an awkward silence in the hall on the first floor.
The two women had no idea what was in this King of Conquerors's mind.
You must know that during Holy Grail War, maybe Master and Master do not necessarily have to be dead or alive, but Servant must be almost dead before Holy Grail can be summoned.
A full minute passed before Irisviel and Saber exchanged glances with each other. Finally, they sighed in unison and took the uninvited guest to the garden courtyard behind to sit on the ground.
Without saying a word, the bold Rider smashed the wooden barrel full of red wine with one punch, then took a spoonful of it, raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
After all this was done, he wiped his mouth and said bluntly, "It is said that Holy Grail is destined to be obtained by the most suitable person. And the battle between Fuyuki City is a ceremony to select this person. But in my opinion, if it is just a selection, there is no need to shed blood at all. As long as Heroic Spirit can understand each other's structure, which is higher and which is lower, then the answer will naturally be found."
As soon as he finished speaking, Iskandar scooped up a glass of wine with the spoon he had used and handed it to King of Knights who was sitting opposite him.
Just when Artoria was about to take it and drink it in one go, a dazzling Thunder fell from the sky and landed on the open space not far away from the two of them with a bang.
Lots of dirt and gravel flying everywhere!
Before anyone else could react to what had happened, Allen had already calmly walked out of the pit and asked with a smile, "Don't you, King of Conquerors, feel a little embarrassed to drink this bad wine that is made from industrial assembly lines with countless spices and additives added?"
"Berserker?!" Saber had a nervous expression on his face.
Rider pouted and responded aggrievedly, "Really? In the local market, this is already a very good wine."
"Hahahaha! It seems that you don't know much about the so-called modern society and the industrialization era. The so-called industrialization, simply put, is to mass-produce expensive luxury accessories that could only be enjoyed by King and nobles in the past with extremely high efficiency and extremely low cost, so that ordinary people can People can afford it. Especially when things like wine and food are mass-produced, part of the quality, texture and taste must be sacrificed. Therefore, the production of really good wine is usually not very high, but the price is often very expensive. A small bottle is worth dozens of barrels."
Allen patiently taught the other party some basic common sense in modern society.
From the color and taste of the barrel of wine, he could immediately tell that although it was also made from grapes, both the raw materials and the craftsmanship were second-rate.
Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, it can be considered to taste good, but it is still far from the real top quality.
What's more, Allen's mouth has long been fed by World of Warcraft's magical drinks with different flavors, and the alcoholic drinks among them can even outstrip the wine brewed by these industrial assembly lines for dozens of streets.