"Jin, I have to go to school."
I was still lying on the sofa, eating snacks and watching TV.
"Oh, really?"
"Just because I beca a Master doesn't an I'm going to change my whole life."
"Sure~ Have a good ti. Buy so ice cream on your way back~"
At that, Tōsaka Rin frowned and yelled at in anger.
"Hey! Aren't you even worried about ? What if I get ambushed or sothing?!"
"I'm respecting your decision. If you want to go to school, you should go."
"Seriously!! Ugh… forget it."
"Geez, you're a fussy butler. Fine! I'll stay near the school."
I held out my hand to Tōsaka Rin. She looked at my hand, tilted her head for a mont, and asked,
"Huh? Why the hand all of a sudden?"
"Give money. I'm going to the arcade."
"Hey!!!!"
Thump!
Tōsaka Rin suddenly hit on the back of the head with an angry face.
"Ahem… You're a feisty butler… You have plenty of jewels I gave you. No money?"
"I appreciate that, but you're supposed to protect while you're at school. What arcade?"
"I'm bored…"
"Co on. Are your aliases by any chance 'King of the Jobless' or 'King of the Kept Man'?"
"Wow, that's harsh. Where else are you going to find such a capable Servant, and you talk to like that…"
"Just co with !"
I was dragged by Tōsaka Rin to the front of her school.
"Don't you have so way to hide… like, spiritual form or sothing?"
"I do."
I used [Stealth] to conceal myself.
"Oh, that's impressive. I can't sense you at all."
Speaking while hidden would give away, so I used [Telepathy] to communicate.
[Right? I'm an all-rounder. So serve well.]
"Yeah, yeah. Ugh… I'm already tired before class even starts."
As Rin tried to enter the school, I grabbed her shoulder and stopped her.
[Hey! Butler, there's a barrier. What is this, a magic school?]
Hearing that, Rin looked flustered.
"What? Really? That can't be. This is a normal academy!"
[Is that so? Hmm… Feels like a barrier connected to souls?]
Rin made an incredulous face and stepped inside the barrier.
"What in the… who would do sothing like this in my territory?"
After school, Rin went around looking for the magic circles maintaining the barrier. We found seven in total, and finally found a circle on the rooftop that seed to be the "base point."
"This looks like the base point. Jin, can you figure it out?"
[Yeah. It seems to be a barrier designed to devour the souls of the humans inside and use them as nourishnt.]
"Why would soone do this? Are they low on magical energy to supply their Servant?"
[Probably? Either what they get from their Master isn't enough, or they have another purpose.]
"I don't feel like I'm short on magical energy even though I have you with …"
[That's because I'm a Servant with unbeatable cost performance.]
In fact, my [S² Organ] ability constantly replenished my mana. I had no need to use Rin's magical energy. It was the energy source used by the Angels in Evangelion, so running out wasn't an issue. Still, I did drain a little mana from her so it wouldn't look suspicious if I used none at all.
"Yeah, yeah. You're so great. Well then, let's destroy it."
[Rin, we have a guest.]
As soon as I finished speaking, Lancer appeared on top of a water tank installed on the rooftop.
"Wow… This is strange. I can't find the Master's Servant. I don't know if it's because of their high ability or if they have long-range communication. Normally I'd be able to find them, but I can't sense them at all… Are you Assassin's Master?"
Rin looked flustered at the sight of Lancer, so I canceled Stealth and hid Rin behind .
"You're obviously Lancer, aren't you."
"Yeah. Are you Assassin?"
Lancer seed to think I was Assassin since he hadn't been able to find .
"Yeah, I'm Assassin."
Just then, Rin patted on the back from behind and said,
"This is the rooftop, so it's tough. Let's go downstairs."
"Why fight so cautiously? Just wait. I'll take care of this small fry and be right back."
Hearing that, Lancer frowned and summoned his spear.
"Hey, you should watch your mouth. Who are you calling a small fry?"
"You. You're the small fry."
Judging by Lancer's expression, he was absolutely livid at my words.
"You bastard!"
Thwack!
Lancer quickly ran toward and tried to thrust his spear, but I grabbed the spear imdiately and kicked him with my foot.
Thump!
"Gah!"
Crash!
Lancer, hit by my kick, rolled across the rooftop floor several tis before stopping.
"This spear is mine now."
I put Gáe Bolg straight into my inventory. Lancer coughed up blood and struggled to his feet.
"Tch… How can this be…"
Lancer tried to run away in haste, but I quickly closed the distance and snapped his neck.
Crack!
"Ugh!"
Lancer's corpse collapsed lifelessly on the spot, then turned to dust and disappeared.
Ding~
[You have acquired (B) Spearmanship of Cú Chulainn and (A) Spearmanship.]
Tōsaka Rin approached with a surprised look and said,
"No, how could you take down a Servant so easily?"
"I told you, I'm the strongest! Butler! Now call Lancer."
I took Gáe Bolg out of my inventory and swung it around stylishly.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~
"Uahahaha~"
Rin looked at with pitying eyes.
"You seem strong, I guess… but your ntal state is a bit…"
"Uh-uh! They say a Master and Servant who are similar in disposition end up together!"
At that, Rin took offense.
"What!? I'm not that weird!"
"Haven't you heard the saying, 'like Master, like Servant'? Hahaha~"
Rin sighed and said,
"Ha… This is driving crazy… Let's deal with the barrier first."
We took care of the barrier and tried to leave the school, heading downstairs.
"Butler! Soone's watching us!"
"Huh? Who?"
As I pointed toward the school window, a figure standing there realized they'd been noticed and hurriedly ran away.
"Should I take care of them?"
"Lancer's Master? Well, without their Servant anymore, it should be fine to leave them, don't you think?"
Rin seed to be mistaken about sothing, but the child who ran away after seeing us was Emiya Shirō.
"Yeah, probably fine. I'm hungry, let's eat. With the butler's money, of course."
"Let's just eat ho cooking. You cook well."
"Can't be bothered at this hour. Let's just buy sothing. I gave you plenty of jewels, you cheapskate!"
"Those jewels are for paying off debts and for the future…"
Tōsaka Rin was determined not to spend money. Maybe she was hooked on my cooking, but it felt more like the forr.
"Butler, if you keep this up, I won't give you any more jewels."
"Urgh… Fine!!"
Ultimately, Tōsaka Rin gave in. We went to a nearby ran shop, had a bowl each, and returned ho. As soon as she got ho, Rin started diligently working on the jewels I'd given her.
"Rin, if you win the Holy Grail War, what will you wish for?"
"I don't have anything in particular. I just want to win, so I participated."
"Really? Then can I use the Holy Grail?"
Hearing that, Rin stopped her work, looked at , and asked,
"What would you wish for?"
"Hmm, maybe I'll wish to marry a sweet, pretty young lady?"
Rin laughed at that.
"Pfft! So you can live as a kept man?"
"That wouldn't be so bad. And wouldn't a kept man with lots of money be nice? For example, a husband who can give you unlimited jewels."
"Oh~ That does sound kind of nice… Ahem!"
Rin's face reddened in embarrassnt, and after a loud fake cough, she started working on the jewels again.
The next morning, I was sitting in the living room drinking coffee. Then I saw Rin co downstairs, yawning.
"Good morning. Is there one for ?"
"I'm starting to wonder who the butler is. Here."
I pulled a cup of coffee from my inventory and handed it to Rin. She drank it and admired,
"Wow~ This coffee is good?"
"Glad you like it. By the way, do you have a younger sibling?"
"I do. But my father gave her away for adoption when we were young."
"Is that so? While looking around the school yesterday, I saw a peculiar girl raising strange worms inside her body that were filled with magical energy. So I read her mind a little. And I saw an image of you as a child."
Rin was so shocked by this that she spilled the coffee she was drinking and asked,
"What? Worms inside her body? Is that real?"
For the sake of moving things along quickly, I decided to tell her the truth.
"Yeah. I think it might be that adopted sister of yours."
"Are you sure you didn't make a mistake? What's her na?"
Rin wanted to confirm, thinking it might be soone else. She seed to already know that Sakura was her biological sister.
"I definitely heard her na as Matō Sakura."
After confirming that the person whose mories I'd read was Sakura, Rin was shocked for a mont, then asked about the worms.
"Why does Sakura have worms like that inside her??"
"Man, I'm not sure whether to tell you or not… I hesitate because I'm worried you'll be shocked."
"It's fine, so tell . Hurry!"
What I was about to tell her was beyond imagination, so I wasn't sure if Rin could handle it, but I decided to say it anyway.
"As soon as your sister was adopted into the Matō family, Jōken, the head of the Matō family, threw her into the worm pit full of crest worms. She was sexually abused for a long ti. Her older brother, Matō Shinji, even raped her several tis. And there were still crest worms inside her body."
As I recounted what Sakura had been subjected to, Rin appeared deeply shocked.
"Th… that's… Ugh… Blehh~"
Rin suddenly started vomiting on the floor. It seed she was struggling to accept reality.
Well… I was shocked the first ti I encountered that story too. As a family mber, the shock must be even greater…
Pat, pat, pat!
I patted Rin on the back and said,
"If you want, I can go rescue her right now with my abilities. I can also remove the crest worms."
"Ugh… Can you really?"
"Yeah. Just kill all the Matōs. But let ask you one thing. Why did the Tōsaka family send their daughter to a place like that?"
I asked Rin what I'd always wondered about the original story.
"I don't know that either. It was my father's decision, so maybe he didn't know what kind of place it was. A family's magecraft is a secret, after all."
"I see. So what do you want to do? Will you save her?"
Rin wiped her mouth, put on a fierce face, and said,
"I can't forgive those disgusting people. Save my sister!"
"Understood. I'll take care of it tonight."
Rin washed up and got ready for school. I used [Life Magic] to clean up the coffee and Rin's vomit, waited for her, and went to school together. Nothing much happened at school except that I was bored.
"Oh? Emiya Shirō is still alive. Is Illya watching over him?"
Probably Illya was keeping an eye on him until she summoned her Servant. After looking around for a while, I returned to Rin. She looked terrible for the rest of the school day, probably still thinking about what I'd told her.
"I'll be back. Stay at ho. That way I can provide support faster."
"Okay."
I followed Matō Shinji, confird the location of his house, and used [Observation Color] to survey the interior. Fortunately, Sakura didn't seem to be there; she was probably at Shirō's house.
I imdiately struck Shinji on the back of the head to knock him unconscious and threw him into the worm pit in the basent. Then I saw the crest worms burrow through Shinji's unconscious body, piercing his anus and going inside.
Ugh… I saw sothing I shouldn't have.
Next, I moved to the upper floor. I quietly approached Jōken, used [Eyes] to examine him, and found the worm containing his soul. Using [Telekinesis], I extracted only that worm, compressed it, and burst it, killing him. Jōken's body quickly collapsed, and worms burst out from inside. I killed all of those worms as well with [Telekinesis].
Ding~
[You have acquired (A) Crest Worm Magecraft and (B) Binding Magic.]
"These aren't really abilities I need, but they might co in handy soday."
I used the [Flaming Fla Fruit] ability to thoroughly set fire to the Matō mansion, from the basent where Shinji was to the upper floors, then ca out.
Sensing sothing approaching quickly, I hid nearby with [Stealth] and watched. First, Assassin (Hassan of the Hundred Faces) appeared and looked around the burning mansion.
He's only showing up now, which ans Jōken must have ordered him to do sothing.
Just then, soone else approached quickly. This ti, it was Rider. Rider spotted Assassin and started fighting like crazy. She must have thought Assassin had set the fire.
Clang! Clash! Clang!
Ohhh~ This is seriously fun to watch.
In a straight fight, Rider seed to be better and slowly pushed Assassin back. Assassin then retreated, used Stealth, and started fleeing.
Rider, perhaps tired, didn't chase further and went sowhere else. I imdiately pursued Assassin. No matter how skilled their stealth, they couldn't escape with [Observation Color] and [Eyes].
There you are.
As soon as Assassin entered my field of vision, I took out my cane sword from my inventory and slashed their neck.
Swish~!
Thud.
Crash.
Ding~
[You have acquired (A) Stealth and (A) Zābāniyā – Delusional Illusion.]
[(A) Stealth has been absorbed into (EX) Stealth.]
"Hmm… This technique requires touching the target's chest to create a phantom heart and then destroy it, I think?"
It had the disadvantage of needing to touch the chest, but for assassination, it was good. I returned to Tōsaka Rin's house, feeling the job was done.
"Why are you so late? Did you take care of it?"
"Yeah."
I told her what had happened at the Matō house. Hearing my story, Tōsaka Rin's expression finally brightened.
"Phew… That's a relief. Now we just need to find out where Sakura is."
"I know where she is. I read her mories. She's at that 'Emiya Shirō' guy's house."
"It's Emiya Shirō. Anyway, co with . She won't have anywhere to stay now, so we should bring her ho quickly."
We went to Shirō's house and rang the doorbell.
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