Midnight.
The entire city of Fuyuki had begun to slumber, with only a few billboards atop high-rises still casting faint glimmers of light.
Yet the living room of the Emiya residence was lit once more.
Sasuke and Illya sat side by side at the long table, facing Shirou Emiya and Rin Tohsaka.
As for Kaoru Sakura, she had already drifted off to sleep in the bedroom.
Although she knew something was happening tonight, Illya had genuinely fallen asleep earlier. If Rin Tohsaka had not woken her, she might still have been dreaming.
"Ha—"
Illya covered her mouth as she yawned, then tied up her silver hair with a ribbon hair tie.
Sasuke remained expressionless as he looked at Rin Tohsaka and Shirou Emiya across the table.
"So, Emiya."
"Didn't you guarantee that Sakura Matou was innocent?"
Earlier in the room, Shirou Emiya had already told Sasuke some things.
The recent disappearances in Fuyuki, as well as the Crest Worms.
After Rin Tohsaka and Shirou Emiya investigated together, all the information pointed toward the Matou Family.
And when it came to the Matou Family, the only people Sasuke could think of were Shinji Matou, whom he had already killed, and Sakura Matou.
Hearing this, Shirou Emiya answered without hesitation.
"While it is indeed possible."
"I don't really believe Sakura would do something like this."
Among the magi in Fuyuki, aside from the Tohsaka and Emiya families, only the Matou Family remained.
Therefore, as the Matou Family's sole heir, Sakura Matou naturally fell under suspicion.
Moreover, Sakura Matou had been missing for a long time.
Since the start of this semester, Sakura Matou had not come to school even once.
Sasuke's expression did not change in the slightest as he listened to Shirou Emiya. He asked:
"Emiya."
"If, in the end, Sakura