Thank you for the invitation. He's in heaven now, he's become God.

"Hehehe... A good place for Sakura to transform and adapt to the Matou family's magic."

Zouken Matou's voice was as eerie as a crawling insect, coupled with that sinister laughter...

Instead of feeling comforted by the reply, Sakura's unease intensified.

Looking at the dark passage in front of her, she felt as if the entrance to hell was behind her.

What happened next made Sakura realize that her feeling was not wrong.

"grandfather!"

At the end of the passage was a damp cellar.

Before Sakura could recover from the pain of her fall, she was surrounded by a dense swarm of insects.

It was a black, wriggling monster.

They come together to form an ocean, surging towards her.

Such a scene would likely leave a lifelong psychological scar even on a mentally mature adult.

Not to mention a little girl who is not even six years old.

She cried out to the old man who was nominally her grandfather, hoping it was just a terrible nightmare.

However, the old man's cold yet slightly excited gaze pulled her back to the chilling reality.

The swarms of insects continued to spread, and she could only retreat to try and avoid them, but ended up leaning against a corner of the wall.

"do not come……"

Being abandoned by one's own parents is an extremely tragic thing for a girl who is not even six years old.

What followed was not words of comfort, but a hive of insects that seemed to come from hell.

She cried and wept, but the "grandfather" above her showed no pity whatsoever.

I wanted to call out "Dad" and "Mom," but then I remembered—

"You are no longer a child of the Tohsaka family."

—I have already been abandoned.

Everything she once possessed has nothing to do with her anymore!

Realizing this, the girl couldn't help but feel a sense of despair.

No one will come to save her, and no one will care about her.

As the Marked Bugs hurtled towards her, the girl fantasized that a hero would descend from the sky and save her from this hell.

However, the world is realistic. If you place all your hopes and expectations on vague fantasies, the final result will only be betrayal by your own fantasies.

Those who are impractical will eventually be defeated by reality.

The ocean of Imprint Bugs surged forth, threatening to engulf her completely.

The shadow it cast blocked the last ray of sunlight from the basement, seemingly foreshadowing the girl's endless dark future.

If nothing unexpected happens, this prediction will come true.

Well, if nothing unexpected happens...

It was a ray of light, a ray of light that tore through the darkness and brought hope.

The azure beam of spiritual energy easily reduced the swarm of insects to ashes, illuminating this indescribable, pitch-black abyss.

"That was a close call..."

"...However, at least we're not too late, right?"

The spirit beam violently punched a large hole from the outside of the Matou mansion into the basement.

As Sakura watched the gentle-looking boy with glasses walk into the basement through the opening, and the girl with brown hair beside him, she suddenly realized...

So, heroes really do exist!

"Who are you?"

The sudden appearance of Yawi and Zabiko clearly made Zouken Matou extremely wary.

"Why attack my old mansion?"

However, neither Yahweh nor Zabizi intended to pay him any attention.

The two of them flashed and appeared in front of Sakura.

"Little one, don't be afraid, it's alright now!"

Looking at the little girl in front of him, her face streaked with tears, huddled in the corner shivering, Yahweh bent down, reached out and stroked her little head, gently soothing her with his voice.

"........."

Feeling Yahweh's movements, Sakura's suppressed sadness and fear erupted instantly, and she threw herself into Yahweh's arms and began to cry loudly.

Seeing this, even the clueless Zabizi next to him couldn't help but show a look of pity.

During her journey there, she had already learned about the girl's experiences from Yahweh.

"Your target... is it my granddaughter?"

Seeing Yawi and Zabiko's actions, Zouken Matou also began to guess the purpose of these two uninvited guests.

Chapter 168: Can't get in, no matter how you think about it, you can't get in, right?

"This child's talent is indeed quite rare..."

Zouken Matou supported himself with a wooden cane, appearing to have regained his composure, a distinctive sinister smile on his face.

"Whether used as a mother to nurture offspring or as material for magic, it is exceptionally outstanding..."

"But she is already my granddaughter."

"You two... surely you don't want to be enemies with Matou in Eastwood, do you?"

Zouken Matou didn't take action; instead, he tried to persuade Yawi and Zabiko to give up on Sakura.

After all, that beam of spiritual energy just now was something he was extremely wary of.

If we can avoid fighting...

Then that would be the best!

Upon hearing Zouken Matou's words, Sakura, held in Yawei's arms, trembled slightly, seemingly afraid that Yawei would listen to Zouken Matou and abandon her.

Finally, the little guy calmed down thanks to Yahweh's soothing actions.

"Matou Zangen..."

Only then did Yahweh truly turn his attention to the old worm.

He was dressed in a blue and gray kimono, bald, hunchbacked, and short, with limbs as thin as a mummy. His deep-set eyes revealed a sharp, piercing light, and his whole body exuded a foul stench—a rotten smell emanating from the depths of his soul.

From Yahweh's perspective, Zouken Matou's former soul must have been quite dazzling.

She may not be as good as the saints of the church, but she is far beyond what ordinary people can compare to.

Unfortunately, his obsession and the erosion of time twisted his soul, and now...

All that remained was a clump of rotting filth.

"...What a pity..."

"Zabiko-chan, take care of this guy!"

Zouken Matou, or rather, his original name should be "Machiri Zorgen".

She was the founder of the Matou family, who, along with the Winter Saintess and Eito Tohsaka, built the "Heaven's Cup" system more than two hundred years ago.

He once held the lofty ideal of "abolishing all evil"—eliminating the "karma" that humanity harbors.

However, no matter what kind of existence he was in the past, the current Zouken Matou is nothing more than a rotting worm.

Yahweh had no intention of communicating with him and directly told Zabi to deal with this eyesore.

"Heh, it seems I've truly been underestimated..."

After hearing Yahweh's words, Zouken Matou knew that it would be impossible to avoid taking action.

Moreover, the old insect felt slightly annoyed at being so disrespected.

"Well then... you two should enjoy the magic of the Matou family..."

A swarm of insects, like a black tide, appeared behind him, surging and trying to engulf Yahweh and his companions.

As one of the founders of the Higashiki family, Zouken Matou's strength is definitely not lacking.

While he cannot be compared to monsters like Servants, he is definitely among the top-tier normal human magicians.

He can even handle some of the weaker Servants.

Therefore, while Zouken Matou was wary of Yawi and Zabiko, he was absolutely not afraid.

Under his powerful insect magic, these two guys were doomed to die!

As Zabizi looked at the swarm of insects approaching, he frowned.

No girl likes bugs, especially such disgusting bugs.

Zabi already disliked the old worm because of Yahweh's story, and now he loathed him even more.

She stretched out her hand, and the azure spiritual light shone once more, easily turning the sea of ​​insects into ashes.

Then, the beam of light formed by the spiritual particle rules wiped out Zouken Matou without any hindrance.

Even the brain worm, which was hidden somewhere in the Matou residence and contained most of his soul, was directly wiped out by Zabiko by tracing the cause and effect.

After all, the so-called soul is nothing more than a mystery existing between the realm of formation and the realm of creation.

For powerful beings at the god level who have mastered the rules of the creation world, they only need to sense a trace of aura to trace it back to its source and erase it directly.

Zouken Matou, on the other hand, never imagined that he would be so easily killed by Zabiko.

In his view, even if he was no match for these two unfamiliar magicians, he could at least put up a fight and then escape.

All I can say is that he chose the wrong opponent.