The Double Attributes of a Loser and a Cuckold

Matou Kariya hesitated. He was genuinely happy to learn that Sakura had escaped the worm pit bearing the name "Matou," but to simply give up the Holy Grail War...

"I want to think... think about it!" Matou Kariya knew perfectly well how dangerous the Holy Grail War was. One misstep could lead to eternal damnation. Yet whenever he thought of Tohsaka Tokiomi's shameless face, that smug look of a man who had won at life, the jealousy in his heart became unbearable. He wanted to use the Holy Grail War to complete his revenge against Tohsaka Tokiomi, the man who had stolen his childhood sweetheart.

"What's there to think about? You should know that if Tohsaka Tokiomi dies in the Holy Grail War, Tohsaka Aoi will become a widow. It won't be easy for a lonely, vulnerable woman to raise her children to adulthood." Duke's leisurely voice rang out, carrying an oddly bewitching quality. "If, at a time like that, a knight appeared to shelter her from the wind and rain and cared for her in every possible way, he might just find his way into her heart!"

Widow!

Matou Kariya's eyes lit up. He nearly forgot to breathe as his imagination ran wild. Giving up the Holy Grail War would mean losing his chance for revenge, but if Tohsaka Tokiomi really died, he could take advantage of the opening.

At the thought of spending the rest of his life with Tohsaka Aoi, Matou Kariya's breathing quickened.

Duke's hand suddenly tightened. Looking down, he met Sakura's furious gaze and only then remembered that the widow he had mentioned was Sakura's mother.

In front of her daughter, he had tempted someone else to pursue her mother while labeling her a widow... That was practically a curse wishing for her family to