[FZ] Bewitched

Most of Kariya's understanding of Kotomine Kirei came from Matou Zouken's speculation.Unlike previous lives where Zouken was purely for torturing and punishing himself, this time Zouken seemed to really hope that he would win the Holy Grail when he had a small success in magic, and more or less gave him a helping hand.

The Holy Church Church and the Tohsaka family have colluded for a long time. Kotomine Kirei, who has retreated into the dark, will assist Tokiomi in his actions; while the assassin, who is good at assassination, will challenge a powerful enemy like Archer, and most likely the assassin will retreat behind the scenes to monitor The other opponents are blindfolded.

To those who were in the same camp as Tokiomi, Matou Kariya didn't show any favors at all.In addition to being framed by the other party in the previous life and suffering terribly, Kotomine Kirei seemed to be a dangerous person to beware of in Kariya's heart.

but……

Kariya waved away Kotomine Kirei's hand on his chest, and stood up.When he met the other party's eyes, he was full of confusion.

The man seemed surprisingly "simple," not a villain with greedy or dangerous thoughts—there was nothing in those eyes.Unlike when he teamed up with him in his previous life, the priest standing in front of him now did not exude any dangerous aura that made him uneasy.

"Aren't you going to kill me?" Matou Kariya stared at his opponent's puppet-like face.The other party stood up from the ground, and he gradually changed from looking down to looking up.In front of his opponent who was oppressed by his height and murderous aura, Kariya put on a casual posture, "I saw assassin."

Kotomine Kirei put on an offensive stance, but didn't take any action, he just said expressionlessly: "You have no dead spots on your body."

Kariya Matou was quite surprised.

Although it is not as good as the blind and lame state of his previous life, his frail appearance is still quite deceptive.Just now, the enemy also witnessed his weak melee attack and his embarrassing appearance of vomiting blood.No matter what, the current self looks impossible to be invulnerable.

— although it is true.

The pain of being bitten by the engraved insects can no longer affect his sanity, and it has become the instinct of the body to use magic power to drive the winged blade insects to attack and defend.Even facing an enemy like Kotomine Kirei who is good at physical skills, Matou Kariya is confident that he can block the attack from the opponent right in front of him.

"You've flattered me, Father." Kariya waved his hand, intending to turn around and go home, "But this is a clear choice. If you kill me now, these bugs will get out of control and will eat you to pieces left."

"Why did you participate in the Holy Grail War?"

The sleeve of the kimono was caught, and Matou Kariya almost staggered.

In fact, as early as in the previous life, he was asked by the other party in this way: the other party came to Matong's house to propose cooperation, and this was the first sentence he said when he saw him.As for himself, who was tortured by the imprinted worms, he just replied "It has nothing to do with you" with a very bad attitude.

At that moment, Kotomine Kirei did not pursue it, but showed himself a distorted and terrifying smile.

Now being questioned seriously and persistently by the other party, Kariya couldn't help but laugh.At the same time, he had a long-lost, mischievous urge.Turning to the other party, Matou Kariya put on the air of being the master, and said seriously: "If you want to know, just wait for the next battle. If you can really suppress me, then I will answer you."

Seeing Kotomine Kirei letting go and taking a few steps back, Kariya turned and left, the corners of his mouth curled up happily.

This idiot, really think that he who can remotely control the situation of the battle is so stupid, and will give him another chance to fight in close combat?

Thinking of the other party's eyes shining instantly because of his promise just now, Kariya Matou touched his forehead and sighed.

If you can believe this kind of nonsense, you must have lost your head after being locked up in the church for too long.

Back home, he received a message from War Overseer Kotomine Risei-the Holy Grail War has temporarily stopped.

Due to the insanity of the Caster camp massacring young children, the Overseer changed the rules of war.The other six groups in the war received the task of "siege and suppress Caster", and the faction that completed the task will receive additional Command Seals as a reward.The conditions are very tempting, after all the additional Command Seals are likely to be the key to victory.

"But the only ones really needed are me and Tokiomi. His archer does his own thing, and my berserker won't be able to listen to my command in a fierce battle." Kariya shook his head, "But no matter how you look at it, that guy has an advantage over me, This is really..."

Regarding the matter of Caster, Kariya has no foresight, and he has no knowledge of the movements of the other groups and the location of the workshop of Caster's camp.It made him wonder if he needed to put in the effort.After all, although he is now a qualified magician, his health is not optimistic. If he wastes his magic power, it will not be worth the loss.

These can be considered after filling the stomach.Kariya walked into the kitchen, intending to add some nutrient solution - he could no longer eat solid food.He casually glanced at the table, the note under the cup made him startled.

He knew the immature but neat handwriting.

[Because Dad is not at home, Sakura boiled the milk herself and saved a cup for you.Don't forget to heat it up before drinking. 】

The touch of being cared by the adoptive daughter and the guilt of "I didn't come back to take care of Sakura" intertwined in my heart, and finally turned into a sigh.

It is impossible to sit idly by.Many children around Sakura's age have already been abducted and killed. If they are left alone, what will happen if Caster's master hurts Sakura.And in the previous life, Rin was also frightened because of Caster; if he hadn't accidentally discovered that Rin was besieged by monsters, that child would have been injured.

"Once it has something to do with Sakura's safety, there is no need to fight." Kariya drank the hot milk slowly, the silence that belonged to the middle of the night gave him enough space to chew on his helplessness.

***

The next night, Matou Kariya learned the news that Caster had appeared near the Einzbern castle through the familiar.

Accompanied by Jiantong Zouyan's wicked smile and disgusting gaze, Kariya drove out, taking the initiative for the first time.

Although it was an initiative, Kariya did not intend to fight head-on.He believed that Caster's provocation of other camps in such a big way must have attracted the attention of other groups.Among those people, there are many powerful ones. I only need to wait for the moment when the caster is defeated and flees, and then I can easily find the location of the opponent's workshop.

As Kariya predicted, Saber couldn't bear the provocation and rushed out of the castle to fight. Lancer then rushed to rescue Saber who was in a hard fight.

The two knights cooperated tacitly, it seemed that Caster's retreat was only a matter of time.However, if Kenneth knew that his servants were fighting alongside the enemy when he attacked the Einzbern castle, he would probably be outraged.Seeing through the familiar that Kenneth was going to the Einzbern family's castle alone, Kariya thought silently.

Using magic to create a barrier, Kariya Matou hid himself in the darkness.The vines spreading in the dense forest covered his body, and the barrier prevented other magicians from discovering him.He waited silently, only looking forward to the moment when he could make a move.

Ok?

Matou Kariya's attention was attracted by the movement a hundred meters away.Someone is rushing up the mountain, and the target seems to be the castle of the Einzbern family.He became interested instantly, and was quite curious about the identity of this Master who dared to leave his servants and fight alone.

Hmm... I thought it was a highly accomplished and confident magician like Kenneth; but since it is this guy with a broken brain, it makes sense.

Because he sensed the existence of his own familiar and recognized that the other party was Kotomine Kirei, Kariya knew it instantly.He has already deduced from the other party's several actions that the other party is targeting the Saber camp, and he has no time to pursue it right now who is paying attention to Caster's movements.

It was at this time that the situation of the battle changed suddenly. The magic book in Caster's hand was shot || pierced by Lancer.

Matou Kariya narrowed his eyes.

The moment the defeated Caster soared into the air, Matou Kariya retracted the barrier, condensing a large amount of magic power into a single fingertip.

With a wave of his hand, the magic power belonging to the Matou Insect Technique drew a smooth long line in the night sky, and attached to the fleeing black figure.The seemingly weak magic power quickly rippled in the air like a stone thrown into a lake; summoned by the spreading magic power fluctuations, all the worms and demons hidden in the forest rose into the air, toward the master's body. The target follows.

In this way, Caster's workshop can be found, and all he needs to do is find an opportunity to destroy it.

Having achieved his goal, Matou Kariya decided to leave after confirming that there was no one else around.In his opinion, the fighting in other groups has nothing to do with him; and it is in his own interest to quietly leave the field when the fierce battle is not yet in full swing.

There are many powerful enemies in this battle, to be on the safe side, I must avoid attracting anyone's attention.

Even though Matou Kariya planned and acted carefully, on this restless night, some people caught in the melee still found his trace.

With his astonishing memory, Kotomine Kirei came to a place that he cared about during the retreat.When he passed here and went up the mountain earlier, he sensed a strange wave of magic power, but because he was eager to fight Emiya Kiritsugu, he didn't stop to check.

Perhaps it was because the previous fighting spirit had been cooled, Kotomine Kirei who was in a calm state deduced what had happened before in an instant.

There were Masters from other camps hiding there, hiding their auras because they didn't want to attract attention, and disguised themselves as low-threatening familiars.This person came with a certain purpose, but did not intend to fight anyone.

Matou Kariya.

Kotomine Kirei already had the answer in his heart, and then got confirmation from Assassin.

"This person... is also quite eager for the Holy Grail."

Yes.Although he acted casually, he had spotted Matou Kariya in all the battlefields so far.

That person was fighting with extremely determined eyes.

The opponent must have a reason to fight, but he has never known it.

However, he will always know—on the day when he defeats and suppresses the opponent.

Kotomine Kirei closed his eyes.The image of confronting each other in the dark alley at the beginning came to mind again, and the image was real and vivid.The opponent's slender neck seemed to be within his reach, as long as he tightened his hand, he could easily sever the opponent's lifeline.

Kotomine Kirei shuddered at the distorted pleasure brought by the association, and even his heart, which had always been bound by the teachings, was shocked.However, despite his resistance, he didn't want to let this imaginary and terrible happiness disappear, it was like a mind being torn in two.

"Master." Awakened by assassin's voice, Kotomine Kirei realized that his palms were already dripping with cold sweat.Clenching his fists, he ordered in a cold voice: "Continue to monitor the master of Berserker. Use the spirit mode to monitor closely. I want to know everything he does."

"Yes."

Kotomine Kirei's decision did not cause much trouble to the parties involved.In fact, Matou Kariya has already sensed the magic power fluctuations in the house that do not belong to Matou's house insect art, but with the annoyance that "if the magic power perception ability is exposed, the illusion of weakness will be destroyed", Matou Tong Yanye could only pretend not to know.

Of course, arranging useful familiars in other people's homes is indeed a good job for the participants.In the Holy Grail War, mastering the enemy's movements will greatly increase the chances of winning.Kotomine Kirei, who has possibly an astonishing number of assassins, must be an idiot if he doesn't even know how to use this convenience.

Although he expressed his understanding and planned to ignore it, but when Kariya Matou, who stepped into the bathroom and unbuttoned his kimono, sensed the faint trace of cold magic power, he still couldn't help gnashing his teeth.

I just want to take a quiet bath!This level of surveillance is no longer from the opponent, but from the pervert!