"Is this the target? Weren't they supposed to be a boy and a girl?"
Taiga Fujimura, who had been forgotten in the old house, was already in a foul mood. Hearing Merlin Reim Solomon's words, she shouted angrily.
"Hey! You! Open your eyes and take a good look! Am I not a girl?"
Merlin Reim Solomon walked up to Taiga Fujimura, who was being held aloft, reached out and pinched her cheek, then shook his head.
"Tch! You're older than my grandmother!"
"Ahhhhh! Put me down! I want to duel him!"
Merlin Reim Solomon ignored Taiga Fujimura as she continued struggling in Liz's grasp. After asking the people around him about the situation, he walked over to Liz and tapped Taiga Fujimura on the head with a finger, hypnotizing her.
"Liz, what should we do with this one?"
Liz grinned at Merlin Reim Solomon, who seemed quite interested in Taiga Fujimura, then casually tossed Taiga Fujimura into his arms.
"Take her! She's probably the target's friend or teacher, but they can't be that close, or she wouldn't have been forgotten. She's useless anyway, so take her and play with her!"
Merlin Reim Solomon looked at Taiga Fujimura in his arms, then reached out and pinched her cheek again.
"Tch! She really is older than my grandmother!"
The group that had escaped the battlefield had rushed without stopping to Tohsaka Villa.
Just as they arrived at the villa, the effects of Kirei Kotomine's potion ended. Cracks instantly spread across his body, and blood burst out like water from a ruptured pipe.
"Tch! What a miserable sight."
Rin had known of their arrival the moment they entered the courtyard. She now stood at the entrance of the mansion, shaking her head as she watched Kirei Kotomine turn into a blood-soaked man.
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