Early the next morning, Sovell took Waver to the Mackenzies' home.
Standing at the door, Waver personally apologized to the elderly couple. To avoid entangling himself any further in their future lives, he invented a story about his background-
He was the youngest son of a family of illusionists who had made their living from little tricks for generations, and he had run away from home. Sovell, naturally, was his guardian.
The two elderly people, who had been lonely for so long, readily accepted Waver's apology. Guran, the grandfather, even said outright that Waver's arrival had brought more smiles to his wife Martha's face lately.
Finally, amid everyone's laughter and Sovell's little magic show-which was actually a Druid ritual for blessing an individual that he had learned from Merlin-Waver formally said goodbye to the elderly couple.
Given the sincerity of Waver's apology, Sovell decided to reward him with a motorcycle ride at a hundred kilometers per hour.
Though... whether this was really a reward for Waver or just an excuse for Sovell to have another go was hard to say.
After returning to Einzbern Castle, Sovell set up a magical communications system that could reach the Matou Family, and everyone held a meeting.
Sovell explained the Holy Grail's contamination to the Matou Family's two Masters. Kiritsugu Emiya also told them that his goal was to put a definitive end to the Holy Grail War ritual.
Kariya Matou and Sakura naturally had no objections. Neither of their wishes had anything to do with the Holy Grail: one wanted to defeat Tokiomi Tohsaka head-on, while the other wanted to preserve her current happy life.
Kariya Matou in particular, as the current acting head of the Matou Family-one of the Three Founding Families-in magical affairs, wholeheartedly supported Kiritsugu Emiya's plan-
"This messed-up thing