Type-Moon Traveler's Enemy

At night, Fuyuki Church.

Emiya Shirou, who was placed on a bench, woke up with his eyes open. Remembering what happened at school before, he immediately stood up anxiously and shouted, "Sakura!"

However, the movement was a bit too big, which affected the wound, causing him to cry out in pain. He then lifted up the blood-soaked clothes to take a look at the bandage.

Toosaka Rin, who was sitting on the bench on the other side, said, "Emiya, are you okay?"

Emiya Shirou looked at her and said in a surprised tone: "Toban..."

It was obvious that the other party brought me here, so I owed him my life again.

The small door in the church was opened, and Kotomine Kirei walked out, immediately attracting the attention of two people.

Kotomine Kirei closed the door behind him and said, "You're finally awake, and Matou Sakura's treatment has just finished."

Hearing Matou Sakura's name, Emiya Shirou suddenly felt the pain in his wounds go away. He immediately stood up and shouted out loudly, a little out of control: "Sakura! Is Sakura okay?"

"Calm down first. Rider brought her here." Tōsaka Rin first persuaded Emiya Shirou, then asked Kotomine Kirei, "Kirei, how is Sakura now?"

Kotomine Kirei directly answered Tōsaka Rin's question, "Although it's still not very stable, at least I managed to save my life."

"Wait a minute!" Hearing Kotomine Kirei's words, Tōsaka Rin just breathed a sigh of relief. However, when she saw that there was only a single stroke of the magic seal on Kotomine Kirei's hand, and that his left hand was bandaged to stop the bleeding, she suddenly felt uneasy and stood up: "What happened to your magic seal?"

Upon hearing this, Kotomine Kirei raised his hand and looked at his left hand. He smiled happily, then lowered his hand and said, "In order to heal Matou Sakura, I had to use up most of my magic power. Even the Command Seals with Lancer were used up twice."

Toosaka Rin felt incredible and also felt quite troubled and said: "I have used up most of my magic power, and only one stroke of the Servant's Command Seal remains..."

Although Kotomine Kirei must be secretly planning something bad, what exactly does he want to do?

Kotomine Kirei didn't know what Tōsaka Rin was thinking, so he said to the two of them, "Well, let's discuss this treatment."

After a while, Kotomine Kirei finished explaining the situation to the two of them.

"What on earth are these crested worms?" Emiya Shirou was quite confused. He wasn't an orthodox magus, and he didn't even know what a crested worm was. "That crested worm..."

Kotomine Kirei considered carefully and said, "Just think of it as a living magic circuit."

If he directly told the child how to implant the thing, Kotomine Kirei was afraid that the child would not be able to accept it, and then his plan would be ruined.

Kotomine Kirei looked at Emiya Shirou and said, "Once the Crest Worm is successfully implanted into the body, it will quickly invade all parts of the human body and then drain all of the body's energy."

When Emiya Shirou listened to Kotomine Kirei's explanation, his mouth was open with an idiotic look, and his brain almost stopped working.

Toosaka Rin sat on the bench with a sad face, her chin supported by her hands, and no one knew what she was thinking.

"Skin contaminated and eroded by mucus will cause the nerve center to remain highly excited until it collapses. The marking worm uses this to satisfy its appetite."

While Kotomine Kirei was explaining, Emiya Shirou thought of a rather terrifying scene. In his imagination, disgusting bugs were crawling out of Sakura Matou's body and head.

The weather was just like his mood, and it started to rain.

Kotomine Kirei said, "I think it's necessary to explain that as long as the Crest Worm remains within her body, it will continue to consume her magical power, or her life energy. If left unchecked, Matou Sakura will die sooner or later."

Emiya Shirou asked, "But wasn't the operation successful?"

"It wasn't completely successful. The Marking Worm has been eroding her for eleven years. Her body wouldn't be able to withstand its removal. To completely remove the Marking Worm, I'm afraid we can only place our hopes on the Holy Grail."

Kotomine Kirei looked at Emiya Shirou, and Emiya Shirou's reaction did not disappoint him. As if he had found a goal to strive for, Emiya Shirou cheered up.

Toosaka Rin stood up and walked into the church without saying a word.

Emiya Shirou called out in confusion, "Toban?"

Toosaka Rin stopped and said, "As the administrator of Fuyuki City, I have to carry out the punishment."

"Eh?"

……

Outside the church, Altria Alter looked at Soichiro Kuzuki who came here with an umbrella in confusion, wondering why he appeared here.

But since he teamed up with Emiya Shirou and the others during the day, there should be no problem letting him go now, right?

So, Soichiro Kuzuki pushed open the iron gate at the entrance of the church and happened to see Rin Toosaka running out in a panic.

Soichiro Kuzuki said, "Toita-san?"

Toosaka Rin ran past him in a panic, but still responded: "Teacher Kuzuki, I'm busy looking for Matou Sakura! Sorry, I don't have time to chat right now!"

"It's okay." Soichiro Kuzuki turned sideways and watched Rin Toosaka leave.

After a moment of silence, Soichiro Kuzuki continued walking into the church.

Kotomine Kirei looked at Soichiro Kuzuki who had entered the room and said, "A rare guest, Caster's Master."

"Is this the church of the Holy Church?" Soichiro Kuzuki looked around the interior of the church, and then his eyes fell on Kotomine Kirei.

In Kotomine Kirei, Soichiro Kuzuki seemed to see something very familiar to himself, just like when he was in the past, no, maybe he was even worse than when he was in the past!

Kotomine Kirei showed a fake smile: "Indeed, you are welcome. But now that you have lost your Servant, are you here to seek asylum?"

Kuzuki Soichiro said calmly, "No, I don't need to seek asylum yet. Is Sakura okay?"

Kotomine Kirei said, "Fortunately, it's cured, although it's only a temporary solution."

"Really? That's good." Soichiro Kuzuki turned around and continued to leave the church holding his umbrella.

Behind him, Kotomine Kirei narrowed his eyes. It was the first time he met Soichiro Kuzuki face to face. He didn't know what the other party had seen, but he could feel that something was wrong with him.

"Is Soichiro Kuzuki someone who cares so much about his students? Perhaps, but would he also care so much about students who also participated in the Holy Grail War? Lancer, go follow him and see."

"Okay, okay, thank you for the trouble." The hidden Cu Chulainn responded and quickly caught up with Soichiro Kuzuki who was leaving.

After a while.

Soichiro Kuzuki found Shirou Emiya and Sakura Matou hugging each other in a place. The two students seemed to have just had a heart-to-heart talk.

Soichiro Kuzuki stopped for a moment and did not go over to disturb the moment when Shirou Emiya became the righteous partner that belonged only to Sakura Matou.