"Sakura, you..."
Kariya watched Sakura walk toward the Heroic Spirit summoning circle. He had wanted to say something, but in the end, he lowered his raised hand.
This was Sakura's own resolve. He should not stop her.
Perhaps this little girl was even stronger than he had imagined. After all, Kariya Matou knew all too well how agonizing the enhancement and alteration of Magic Circuits could be.
Yet Sakura, a child under ten years old, had endured that pain again and again amid the swarm of worms.
If Sakura could truly become this white-haired magus's disciple, it would not be a bad thing for her.
After all, among magi, the bond between master and disciple could rival that of father and child. The other man had no other family or disciples, so after Kariya died, he would naturally take good care of Sakura.
And judging by how easily he had disposed of Zouken Matou, if he became Sakura's teacher, her future achievements would surely surpass those of that bastard Tokiomi Tohsaka.
The main question now was whether Sakura could successfully summon a Heroic Spirit and pass his test for accepting a disciple.
After all, becoming a Master in the Holy Grail War required a certain level of aptitude.
Even when summoning a Heroic Spirit through a Holy Relic, without sufficient magical energy as a foundation, the summoned Heroic Spirit would be utterly pathetic.
That was precisely why Kariya Matou had been willing to burn away his own life to strengthen his Magic Circuits with Crest Worms.
"Fill, fill, fill, fill, fill!"
"I declare that your body shall obey my command, and my fate shall be bound to your sword..."
"I shall accomplish all the good deeds of the world. I shall eliminate all the evils of the world..."