The Value of Mystery (Extra-Long Chapter, Please Subscribe)

"Zouken Matou has been killed by Caster and her Master."

Kirei Kotomine stood before the magical communication device and reported what had happened at the Matou Family residence the previous night.

"Zouken Matou was killed? Why? Could he have been the final Master who had never shown himself?"

Tokiomi Tohsaka was stunned for a moment, then stroked his chin with a thoughtful expression.

As the manager of the Mage's Association in Fuyuki City, he knew very well that the Matou Family would certainly send someone to participate in this Holy Grail War. He simply was not sure who it would be.

After all, Tsuruno, the nominal head of the family, clearly possessed no talent for magecraft. That was practically an open secret within mage circles.

Kariya had also refused to become a magus at a young age and chosen to leave the family.

As for the next generation, Shinji and Sakura were both far too young to be suitable candidates. Thus, in Tokiomi Tohsaka's eyes, Zouken had been the most appropriate choice.

Kirei Kotomine shook his head expressionlessly. "No. The Master of the final Servant, Berserker, is Kariya Matou. He joined forces with Caster to kill Zouken and has now taken Sakura away from the Matou Family for good."

"What? Kariya?"

Tokiomi Tohsaka was visibly shocked.

Because of his wife, he knew this young man reasonably well. He understood that Kariya did not like magecraft at all and even harbored an inexplicable disgust toward it.

That meant Kariya Matou had never received a strict and systematic magical education from childhood.

Under normal circumstances, turning someone like that into a qualified Master would require at least several years, perhaps even more than a decade.

Yet as far as he knew, Kariya had only returned to the family a year ago for