Matou Kariya hesitated. He was happy from the bottom of his heart when he learned that Sakura had escaped from the insect pit with the word "Matou" written on it. But could he be asked to give up the Holy Grail War just like that?

"I want to think about it... think about it again!" Matou Kariya knew very well how dangerous the Holy Grail War was. One could be doomed if he was not careful. But when he thought of the shameless face of Toosaka Tokiomi, the winner in life, he could not bear the jealousy in his heart. He wanted to get his revenge through the Holy Grail War and take revenge on Toosaka Tokiomi who had snatched away his childhood sweetheart.

"There's nothing to think about! You have to know that if Tohsaka Tokiomi died in the Holy Grail War, Tohsaka Aoi would become a widow. It would not be easy for a weak woman to raise a child alone." Duke's slow voice sounded, and his tone was quite bewitching: "If a knight appeared at this time to protect her from the wind and rain and take good care of her, maybe he would win her heart!"

Not! Dead! People! Matou Kariya's eyes lit up, and he almost forgot to breathe, and he couldn't help but start to associate. Giving up the Holy Grail War would certainly mean no chance for revenge, but if Tōsaka Tokiomi really died, he could take advantage of the opportunity and leave.

When he thought about staying together with Tōsaka Aoi forever, Matou Kariya's breathing became rapid.

Duke's grip tightened, he lowered his head and saw Sakura's angry eyes, then he remembered that the widow he was talking about was Sakura's mother.

In front of her daughter, she tempted others to hook up with her mother, and even labeled her as a widow... This was already a curse that the other party's family would be destroyed. Even the thick-skinned Duke felt a lot of pressure when facing Sakura's eyes. He turned his head away and didn't dare to look her in the face.

Rustling sounds came from all directions, as if countless insects were crawling. This was indeed the case. A sea of ​​insects that made one's scalp tingle crawled out of the cracks in the ceiling, the ground, and the walls.

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"Well, let's get started quickly. Now is the best time to summon the Heroic Spirits. If we are late, the magic of the Holy Grail will be divided up by others." The deal was done, and Duke couldn't help but smile.

Yes, it is still unclear whether Toosaka Tokiomi is dead or not. Even if he is really dead, he only has three months to live and cannot give Toosaka Aoi the support she needs.

"No need to say more, I agree to exchange places in the Holy Grail War!" Matou Kariya made the decision immediately. Aoi marrying Toosaka Tokiomi had already driven him crazy, and having a second husband... It would be better for Toosaka Tokiomi to be alive.

As Matou Zouken finished his words, the frozen cracks on the stone wall exploded with a bang, and the thumb-wide gap turned directly into a big hole, and the number of insects became even larger.

Sakura was so scared that she hugged Duke tightly and closed her eyes, not daring to look. Duke raised his hand and rubbed her head. A wisp of cold air spread from under his feet, and any insects that approached were frozen into ice.

"Of course it's true, but the price is very high. Since you've been nice to Sakura, I'll give you a friendly price in exchange for a spot in the Holy Grail War."

"OK!"

Duke raised his hand, and a dazzling white light shone in the palm of his hand. The light was so holy that just looking at it made people feel ashamed of themselves. They even heard the solemn sound of bells and pious hymns.

Without filth as combustible material, the white flames quickly went out, and the huge insect warehouse washed away the foul air, and the previous gloomy feeling was gone.

Duke really wanted to tell Zouken Matou that as long as the temperature was low enough, the space could be frozen, but when facing the filthy bugs, he had a more effective solution.

"It seems that I underestimated your magic. You can't die even like this!"

"Almost. The Pope even washed my feet!" Duke was referring to another world, where the female Pope not only washed his feet, but also gave him an oil massage.

"Kani, you're not still harboring any illusions, are you? After the transformation through magic, you only have three months to live, and it's not certain whether Tōsaka Tokiomi will live or not!" Matou Zouken next to him was very short-sighted. He poured a basin of cold water on Matou Kariya, cooling his brewing hormones into cholesterol.

Seeing the bugs, Matou Kariya took a deep breath and dragged his half-broken left leg to the safe area next to Duke. He recognized those 18+ bugs, and he could see the bug heads every day when he was draining the water. As a grown man with no special fetishes, he didn't want to get close to these disgusting bugs.

Upon hearing this, Matou Kariya's already pale face turned even paler.

Matou Zouken did not admit that there was such magic. Even though he was extremely obsessed with survival, he would not allow such a thing to happen. He turned himself into a bug and parasitized other people's bodies in order to prolong their lives. If there really was magic that could make people immortal, what would his actions mean? Duke ignored Matou Zouken's shouting and continued, "You'll know if it's true or not just by trying it! By the way, I forgot to remind you just now, don't think of yourself as so important. Even if you die in three months, there will be a lot of men around Tousaka Aoi. After all, the Tousaka family is so rich, and she herself is very beautiful. Marrying her can save you fifty years of hard work...ah, it hurts!"

"This is the soul of Matou Zouken. The next step is to find him a new body." Duke rolled the humanoid soul into a ball and threw it high like a baseball. The soul ball passed through the wall and disappeared without a trace.

Matou Kariya's eyes twitched: "Where did you throw him?"

“Mr. Kariya, it’s not that there is no solution at all. I know a magic trick that can detach a person’s soul from their body and transfer it to a healthy person.” Duke curled his lips, and the devil threw out the bait again.

"By the way, where is the holy relic of your Matou family?"

Hearing Duke's voice, Matou Kariya raised his head with a heavy breath, thinking that Duke was talking about him, but he saw Duke raised his hand and clenched it in the air. A long and thin insect flew out from the crack in the ground, hovering in the air, twisting and struggling.

"This spell is actually not mosaiced..." Duke commented speechlessly, and the frost visible to the naked eye spread out, engulfing the Zombie Warehouse in the blink of an eye, killing the bugs and sealing the cracks in the other world.

Matou Zouken's frozen body collapsed suddenly, turning into a ball of ash and recondensing. He stared at Duke gloomily, "It's useless. Your ice can't block the power of space."

Countless insects rushed out, forming a dense torrent and converging towards Duke and the other two. Due to their sensitivity to cold, the insects died in droves, but Matou Zouken didn't care. His face was filled with hatred: "I have connected the cracks in the wall to the other world. Once they are open, they will never close. The endless sea of ​​insects cannot be killed!"

When the light hit Matou Zouken, his body immediately ignited with white flames, and the pain went straight to the depths of his soul: "What kind of magic is this? Are you from the church?"

“Impossible, if there really is such magic, wouldn’t it be possible to live forever? Kariya, don’t listen to his nonsense, he said all this just to cheat you out of the spot.” Matou Zouken retorted harshly.

Furious, Matou Zouken didn't care about much. Duke had snatched Sakura away, severing his dream of immortality, and now he was extinguishing the last bit of possibility. It was clear that he was waiting for death. It was better to die. At worst, everyone would die together! Matou Zouken's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and his deep eye sockets were extremely hideous. The powerful magic power was released from his body, and the entire underground insect library trembled.

“Mr. Kariya, let’s start the deal! To show my sincerity, I’ll show you the magic trick first!” Duke said, and with a light pull of his five fingers, the insect suspended in the air stopped struggling immediately, and a blue human-shaped shadow was pulled out.

"Are you serious? Is there really such a magic?" Matou Kariya was ecstatic, as if he had come back to life.

Matou Kariya was sweating profusely as he lay on the ground. Under the light, all the bugs in his body died. This was not a good thing. The bugs were parasitic in his body, draining his vitality while replenishing his magic power. The two formed a symbiotic relationship. The death of all the bugs also meant that his life span would be shortened again.

Matou Kariya: “…”

What will Teddy do if he attacks humans? "Okay, give me the quota quickly. If I miss the best summoning time, it will be a lot of fun!"

Matou Zouken sneered and told the cruel truth: "Kariya, accept your fate! If you participate in the Holy Grail War, you still have a chance to prove that you are stronger than Tōsaka Tokiomi, otherwise you will have nothing."

More and more white flames burned, and large groups of insects were burned to ashes. The flames rushed into the alien space along the space cracks. As Duke expected, there seemed to be some intelligent creatures on the other side of the alien world, which sensed the danger of the flames and closed the space channel on their own.

Sakura pinched the back of Duke's hand hard and applied nails on it without any instruction. It seemed that it would not be long before she could master the skill of 'crazy scratching'.

"I saw a stray Teddy on the roadside when I came here. Be careful when you go out next time, don't let it attack you!"

"Yes, I'm just a cripple with three months to live..." Matou Kariya showed despair. An abnormal redness appeared on his pale face, and veins bulged on the left side of his half-crippled face, which was caused by bugs crawling under his skin.

The two put their palms together, and Matou Kariya did not resist. Duke took the spot easily, and a simple red tattoo appeared on the back of his hand. It was not a curse seal, but an admission ticket to participate in the Holy Grail War.

Matou Kariya was confused: "Holy relic? What holy relic? Is there such a thing?"

Duke: “…”

Are you kidding me? Without the holy relic, how could Lancelot come from? Did you rely on your dual attributes of being miserable and a minotaur to summon Lancelot who had the same experience? Duke rubbed Sakura's head helplessly. Matou Kariya was able to summon Lancelot because the two of them had a good match, both of them were extremely miserable. If he were to summon Lancelot, it would probably be impossible because he had never given anyone a hat...

Wait a minute, there really is one!

(End of this chapter)