Duke didn't say anything, and Sakura didn't say anything either. Looking at the pitiful little girl, Duke made a decision. It would be up to Grandpa Matou to give up the position of Master.

"I'm going to visit the Matou family, is Sakura going too?"

When Sakura heard the word "Matou", she trembled noticeably. That memory left her with an indelible shadow, second only to being abandoned by her parents.

Sakura was silent for a long time, looked at Duke, then looked at the empty house, her delicate eyebrows shrank together: "Sakura wants to go!"

"Then change your clothes. The sea breeze is a bit cold at night. Don't catch a cold."

Sakura nodded, turned around and ran back to the second floor. Five minutes later, she had changed her clothes, wrapped herself tightly, and put a red scarf around her neck.

"Teacher, this is for you. It's a bit cold outside." Sakura held the large plaid scarf in both hands and handed it to Duke.

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Duke quickly clapped his hands to interrupt them: "It's past the prime time, so don't show such a sad drama. Let me be fair... It's all Shichen's fault!"

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Without Sakura, the subsequent plan could not be carried out. Fortunately, Matou Kariya returned in time to replace Sakura in the Holy Grail War. Based on the principle of waste utilization, Matou Zouken concealed Sakura's whereabouts and transformed the talentless Matou Kariya, pinning his hopes on this Holy Grail War.

Under the light, Sakura quickened her pace and walked side by side with Duke, their shadows were stretched very long...

"Believe it or not, you have no room for bargaining, because Sakura is in my hands..."

Matou Kariya clearly felt the ground tremble and asked in surprise, "What's going on? Is there an intruder? Has the Holy Grail War already begun?"

Matou Zouken was very afraid of death, and the longer he lived, the more afraid he was of death, so he acquiesced to the fact that Sakura was taken away and did not dare to tell anyone about it.

Although Duke was not afraid of the cold, she still put it around her neck with a smile on her face. She was obviously a little kid, but she was surprisingly caring. It was a pity that her maturity came from premature misfortune.

"Yes, after all, the Holy Grail has no moral integrity."

“Kanye, who do you think you are talking to? I am the master of this house, and I will always be. Remember this!” Matou Zouken said gloomily, with a hint of resentment in his eyes.

Matou Zouken didn't understand what was going on, but Matou Kariya's eyes lit up, thinking that what he said made so much sense.

"Mr. Kariya over there, you participated in the Holy Grail War to protect Sakura. Now Sakura is safe with me. There is no need for you to continue. Can you transfer your place to me?" Duke ignored Zouken Matou's murderous eyes.

"It's you again! What are you doing here again?" Matou Zouken's voice was distorted and he looked at Duke in frustration, his eyes looking as if he wanted to pull out Duke's tendons and skin him alive.

Matou Zouken took a deep breath and almost fainted. He roared in rage, "Don't go too far. I am the head of the Matou family. It is not your turn to act so presumptuously in my magic workshop."

Zouken Matou knew where Sakura was, in a private clinic by the river, owned by an extremely low-key magician. If he hadn't shown up when he kidnapped Sakura that night, Zouken Matou wouldn't have known that there was such a person in Fuyuki City.

Duke pushed open the door, and Sakura immediately followed and held his big hand, silently enjoying the warmth in his palm.

The very young Sakura can feel the perfunctory attitude from Toosaka Aoi, but Matou Kariya never gets tired of it. Even just saying a few words to Toosaka Aoi can make him happy for a long time.

"Kareya, I did promise you at the beginning, but this Holy Grail War is very dangerous. If you are not careful, you will be doomed, so I have sent Sakura to a safe place for protection!" Matou Zouken had a cold face and lied without blinking an eye.

When he thought about how he had tortured himself to the point of being half-human and half-ghost, and that he only had three months left to live, and that it turned out to be a scam, Matou Kariya's accumulated anger finally exploded. Unfortunately, his weak body could not withstand the torture, and before he could swing his fist, he fell down again due to the severe pain, spitting out sticky blood, and vaguely saw a few thin worms writhing around.

"asshole!!"

Duke raised his eyebrows: "If I remember correctly, you said the same thing last time!"

"So what? You have no right to have anything to do with me. You are not welcome here." Matou Zouken was furious. His hand holding the cane trembled slightly and he poked it hard on the floor tiles.

"Sakura!?" Matou Kirei was surprised and delighted.

"Whether you are the owner of this house or not has nothing to do with me. I only know that you promised to let me see Sakura in perfect condition." Matou Kirei's face was gloomy. He hadn't seen Sakura in the castle and was afraid that she had met with an accident.

Duke scratched his ears unconsciously, showing no respect for the old man at all: "The Holy Grail War is about to begin, but I am not qualified."

Matou Zouken glanced at Matou Kariya with disdain. He was also furious at the moment: “You useless bastard, you begged me to participate in the Holy Grail War. I didn’t force you.”

"Uncle Kariya..." Sakura barely recognized Matou Kariya, his half-mutilated face was not easily recognizable.

Seeing this, Matou Kariya could no longer understand what was happening. He was fooled. Sakura was not in Matou Zouken's hands at all, and was not even under the control of the Matou family.

Before Matou Kariya could continue asking questions, the thick smoke and flames were blown out by the sudden cold wind. The biting chill filled the basement, making him shiver.

A fierce quarrel was taking place in the insect library, between an old man with a haggard appearance and a young man with a half-crippled body. The reason for the quarrel was not that the young man did not give up his seat. In fact, the half-crippled young man was no match for the old man, and was slapped to the ground and kicked twice.

…

Matou Kariya seemed to have seen through the deception and directly exposed it: "I didn't believe your words when I was a child."

Boom!!! The explosion was accompanied by thick smoke and flames, as well as a rapid magic alarm. Matou Zouken's heart skipped a beat. Someone broke into the Matou family, and this style of breaking in was... familiar.

Hello! Haha! Great! Goodbye!

The Matou family! Due to the personal preference of the head of the family, Matou Zouken, the Matou family's manor is located on a high ground in the mountains. The gloomy woods cover the mountain roads. Only by looking down from a high altitude can you find this castle shrouded in darkness.

“A place in the Holy Grail War, this thing… can it be transferred?” Matou Kariya was a little dumbfounded.

"Where is Sakura? You said that as long as I get a place to participate in the war, you would let me meet Sakura. Why did you suddenly change your mind?" The young man named Matou Kariya was stepped on the ground and let out a hoarse roar from his throat.

"I don't, but you do!" Duke said as a matter of course.

"Sure enough, you have been deceiving me before..."

Sakura is a very important chess piece for Matou Zouken, but even if he knows where Sakura is, he doesn't have the courage to get her back. The enemy is too powerful, so powerful that he can come and go freely in his magic workshop, and he, who is in charge of the workshop, is almost killed.

Sakura had no experience of living in the Matou family, so she didn't have a deep impression of Matou Kariya. She only knew that he often appeared next to his mother, Toosaka Aoi, and every time he told a joke, Toosaka Aoi would repeat a few words that were gentle and polite.

After a loud bang, the ceiling of the insect library collapsed. The residual patterns of defensive magic could be seen in the masonry. It was obvious that the ceiling had put up a tenacious resistance to the invaders, but it was still pushed down. Two figures, one large and one small, fell from above. Matou Zouken immediately looked gloomy and clenched the cane in his hand. Matou Kariya, who was standing next to him, was also shocked. He stared with one eye and his sight swept over the strange black-haired young man, and then stopped on the small figure.

"This..." Matou Kariya was a little hesitant. He took the initiative to ask to participate in the Holy Grail War. On the one hand, he couldn't bear to see Sakura being persecuted, but more importantly, it was for Sakura's mother, Toosaka Aoi, and his childhood sweetheart Aoki, who always made him think about her day and night.

Matou Kariya is jealous of Shichen, the winner in life, because the latter easily gets everything he wants. Matou Kariya hates Shichen because the latter gets everything but does not cherish it at all.

Showing off one's strengths in front of females is a signal that all males send out. In simple terms, it means: seeking mating! Therefore, this guy's motive for participating in the Holy Grail War is not pure. He has ideas about monogamy!

Thanks to book friends: Elegant Cabbage, Happiness Will Not Come, Book Friend 20170130215331538, Beautiful Girls Aged 16 to 25, Xiangshan Jushi 233, 08a, and the Golden Horn King of Liusha River for their rewards!

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