I, Matou Sakura, Third of the Flame-Chasers!

"By the way, aren't you going to eat something?"

Aozaki Touko looked at Beowulf beside her. This girl had not done anything just now.

After all, she was a Phantasmal Beast, not a mage. She simply could not understand such things.

"Too messy."

Beowulf said only that before turning her gaze toward the Holy Grail at the center of the ritual.

Aozaki Touko did not mind and continued using the light within her body to absorb the dense Magic Power in the air.

The presence of Magic Power did not actually help light very much, but it was still better than nothing.

Meanwhile, as the last person entered the suitcase, Matou Sakura's work was complete as well.

Jie, Tohsaka Tokiomi, and Kirei Kotomine had all been secured.

By the standard of seven, there should have been four more Holy Grail War participants missing.

But including herself, Pernor, and Aozaki Touko, only one spot remained.

As a Phantasmal Beast, Beowulf could not receive recognition from the Holy Grail War, so she did not count.

The original Kiritsugu Emiya and Waver no longer existed in this world, so Matou Sakura could only arrange for herself to take one of the places.

As for Kariya Matou, he was on the other side of the world.

Thus, she needed to find replacements for all the vacant positions, while the final participant had already been decided: the homunculus of the Einzbern family.

Before coming to Fuyuki City, Aozaki Touko had already visited the Einzbern family in her place, using absolute strength and the goal of completing the Third Magic to persuade the Einzberns to cooperate with them.

The final participant was now in Aozaki Touko's hands.

They only needed to go there now.

However, the Greater Holy Grail's Magic Power had yet to be fully charged.

Matou Sakura stopped and looked at the girl beside her.

"Do you want to get something to eat?"

"There's still plenty of time."

"Would ice cream be okay?"

Pernor blinked.

"I want matcha flavor."

"Ice cream..."

Matou Sakura thought for a moment. In the original body's memories, she found a very good ice cream shop in Fuyuki City, and it was not far away.

She hoped the shop was still open and had not been destroyed in that earthquake.

"Did you bring anything to eat?"

Aozaki Touko did not look particularly surprised when Matou Sakura and Pernor suddenly appeared before her.

No matter what method her immediate superior used to appear in front of her, she would not find it surprising.

She had seen it too many times.

"Want some ice cream?"

Matou Sakura took out the extra strawberry ice cream she had bought.

That shop was gone after all, so she and Pernor had gone to another one.

However, that shop's ice cream had tasted rather ordinary. Still, at this time, it was the only shop in Fuyuki City that was open.

She should have used Super Vision to check first.

"Why is it only ice cream?"

Aozaki Touko's face fell. She had no interest at all in cold desserts like that.

"Then, do you want some bread?"

Because she often encountered missions that required her to stay out for long periods while in the Flame-Chasers, she had developed a habit of storing food.

Bread was suitable for short-term missions, while canned food was for long-term ones.

Besides, Pardo sold high-quality canned food. She was far more professional at this than Velvet!

"What kind of bread do you have?"

"Just take a look."

As soon as she finished speaking, countless individually wrapped loaves of bread fell from the air, piling into a small mountain before Aozaki Touko.

"..."

"Boss, do you really like bread that much?"

"No. It doesn't taste good at all."

"Then why did you save so many, boss?"

"And what's this pink thing?!"

"Pernor's toy. She likes using it when she sleeps with me."

"Huh?"

Aozaki Touko stared at the utterly indescribable pink cylindrical object in her hand, the corner of her mouth twitching as she looked at Pernor standing right in front of her.

She knew about the relationship between Pernor and her boss, but wasn't this a little too large?

There should be no problem with the boss, but could a child like you really handle it? "I feel like you're underestimating me, Touko."

Pernor blinked and smiled. "Want me to demonstrate right now?"

"I'll pass."

Aozaki Touko's expression twitched. She simply had no way of dealing with this child.

And she had no doubt that Pernor would actually do it.

After all, she was Pernor.

They ate some small bread rolls and drank some water. As for the extra strawberry ice cream, Beowulf ate it.

After all, she was a little loli now. Liking ice cream was perfectly normal.

Still, watching Pernor teach Beowulf how to eat ice cream more deliciously left Aozaki Touko utterly speechless.

Now she knew why Beowulf had changed lately. So it was this sexy grown-up loli teaching her!

But why had she taught her that?

Seeing that Touko had finished dealing with her issue, Matou Sakura took out the suitcase and released the three people inside.

Uryuu Ryunosuke, Tohsaka Tokiomi, and his disciple, Kirei Kotomine.

"You didn't hesitate at all?"

Aozaki Touko looked at Tohsaka Tokiomi in the middle and asked curiously.

She knew he was her boss's father.

Matou Sakura merely glanced at Aozaki Touko before turning her gaze toward the Greater Holy Grail within the ritual.

"Have you done everything that needed to be done?"

"Trust my skills."

Aozaki Touko smiled, then took out another suitcase and removed what she had prepared beforehand.

An extremely expensive artificial human, along with the Lesser Holy Grail within its body.

Naturally, the vessel for the Lesser Holy Grail had to be of higher quality.

After some adjustments, the artificial human was activated and stood respectfully to one side.

That was not Illyasviel, merely another model of artificial human.

"It's starting."

Aozaki Touko suddenly slapped one corner of the ritual, and the little tricks she had planted in it immediately took effect.

Scarlet Command Spells appeared on the backs of everyone present's hands, except for Beowulf.

"Perfect!"

Aozaki Touko smiled confidently. Though she had been busy for a long time, the results were gratifying.

These were defensive measures meant to prevent the Command Spells from appearing on anyone else.

"Begin summoning the Servants."

Matou Sakura did not want to waste time. With a wave of her hand, seven magic circles for summoning Servants formed before her.

Uryuu Ryunosuke, Tohsaka Tokiomi, and Kirei Kotomine remained unconscious.

Matou Sakura had no intention of waking them. She only needed to stimulate the magic power within the three of them and make it resonate with the magic circles before them.

Uryuu Ryunosuke was a little more troublesome, but there was a way around that.

As for everything else, Gaia and Alaya would help her handle it. That had been part of their agreement from the start.

The seven magic circles lit up almost simultaneously, and the seven Servants descended almost at the same time.

The instant their forms appeared in this world, red light flared in Matou Sakura's eyes.

She immediately scored a triple kill. The souls of the three slain Servants instantly flew into the Lesser Holy Grail within the artificial human, and a clear expression of pain appeared on its face.

Her Servant, that famed great hero, changed expression. Before he could make a move, Heat Vision had already completely engulfed his body.

The fourth.

Then came the Fifth Magic. Aozaki Touko did not even care whom she had summoned, cleanly and decisively dealing with her own Servant.

Next was Pernor.

If it had been a cute child, she might have played with them for a bit, but it wasn't.

It was someone she knew.

"Goodbye, Sister Jeanne."

Though she did not know why it was her, since she was seeing her off, Pernor felt she should be a good child.

"Thank you."

A gentle smile appeared on Jeanne's face. This time, Pernor did not find it unpleasant.

After all, she was just an idiot.

"What was that about?"

Aozaki Touko could not help looking at Matou Sakura. Her Servant had yet to appear.

"It was her own choice."

Matou Sakura's expression remained calm as she reached into the light before her.

A gift from Gaia and Alaya—there was no reason not to take it.

In an instant, Matou Sakura's clothes vanished, replaced by a suit of deep-purple battle attire.

The long hem of the skirt faded into translucence. The armguards were short, extending only from her wrists to her elbows, light and delicate. The entire outfit was exquisitely gorgeous and noble, yet still carried an alluring sensuality.

But what surprised everyone most was Matou Sakura's dazzling silver hair.

At the tips of her hair lay a profound starry sky. The underside featured inner highlights similar to Pernor's, likewise colored like the stars.

A longbow woven from flowers appeared in her fair palm alongside eerie blue demonic flames, and she gripped it tightly.

Matou Sakura, Kama Form!