Why bother with the Holy Grail War? Let's play cards!

[Emiya Shirou] Defense 2000

Shirou Emiya was reluctantly summoned to the battlefield: "Great hero of Greece, don't lose!"

"Medea's stats aren't high enough to defeat anyone, so which one will you attack, Great Hero?" Hercules can only attack the number of times a spell card is activated, and both Archer (Red A) and Shirou Emiya have higher stats than Medea. Archer feels he can still control the situation.

"Who said Medea's breakthrough is needed? [Hercules] Effect! When an enemy Servant is destroyed in battle, you can activate this effect and choose one card on your opponent's field to destroy! I will destroy your backrow trap cards first! Then, second strike!" Under Jason's command, Hercules' axe-sword roared.

Emiya, who was in attack mode, was split open again.

Red ALP3000 → LP1500

"[Hercules]'s effect is activated again! This time, it's [Emiya Shirou] that's going to be destroyed!"

"Then it's over. [Medea Lily], unleash the final blow on the red Archer!"

A torrent of magic gushed out from Medea's wand and directly penetrated Red A's body.

Red ALP1500 → LP0

The huge impact force caused Red A to directly crash through the wall of Emiya's house and collapse the warehouse.

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Settlement Chapter: 8

They really brought shame upon themselves, but they'll do it again next time!

Chapter 87 Shinji-kun, will you confess or not!

"I lost." Red A lay among the rubble, looking like he was about to die, yet still striking a pose of nonchalance. "Kill me or torture me, do as you please. The loser has no choice."

“Then call me ‘Lord Jason’ and let me hear it.” Jason, having won the duel, stood triumphantly in front of Archer, only to be hit on the head by Rin Tohsaka’s jewel.

"You act like a hero, but you didn't win. Aren't you ashamed?"

"I called Hercules, so if he's strong, then I'm strong too!" Jason was completely unconcerned that Hercules had stolen the limelight from him.

"Emiya-kun, what do you say?" Rin Tohsaka still felt that this thing of summoning herself was too strange, because if you are not satisfied with your future, you have to kill your past self. It just seemed a bit crazy.

Toosaka Rin said she couldn't understand, but she respected it.

"Tohsaka-san, you're going to participate in the Holy Grail War, right?" Shirou Emiya hadn't experienced Cú Chulainn's clutches and pursuit like in the original timeline, nor did he know that the fire ten years ago was caused by the Holy Grail. Therefore, he still didn't have a real sense of the Holy Grail War, since the rules had now become like playing cards.

"This guy is still somewhat useful, so let him use his remaining strength to protect you. I plan to pass on my Command Seals to you and withdraw from the Holy Grail War directly." Shirou Emiya didn't want to see this future version of himself anymore. He was currently preoccupied with repairing his family's walls and warehouse. Before becoming a champion of justice, he was still a high school student with a life to live.

"Really..." Rin Tohsaka initially showed a surprised expression, but her elegance quickly calmed her down. She cleared her throat with a light cough, "However, the Tohsaka family would not do such a thing as taking advantage of someone in distress. You were chosen by the Holy Grail, so you must have your own wishes. Let's go talk to the Holy Grail War supervisor tonight about the specifics. Whether you want to continue or withdraw, you can make a decision after understanding the situation."

"By the way, where's Sakura? Didn't Sakura come here today?" After the battle, she finally remembered her purpose.

Toosaka Rin has been busy preparing for the Holy Grail War recently, and she only glanced at Sakura twice when she passed by the archery club. When she didn't see Sakura, she had to give up. Now the only thing she could think of was to ask Shirou Emiya about Sakura's whereabouts.

“Sakura? It does sound a bit strange.” Shirou Emiya didn’t know about the relationship between Rin Tohsaka and Sakura Matou. He was a little puzzled as to why Rin was so concerned about Sakura’s whereabouts, but he still told her everything he knew. “She was missing for a while, but she came back to school a couple of days ago. I think she looks much better. Maybe she went out to relax? But she hasn’t come to my place since she came back. Shinji told me that she hasn’t even been back to the Matou family home.”

“I’ve never been back… That’s for the best.” Rin Tohsaka recalled Tokiomi Tohsaka’s words. It was indeed a good thing that Sakura was able to stay away from that hell, but the timing was a bit too delicate.

Maybe Sakura has also become the Master, so she must go to the Matou family now no matter what. Toosaka Rin is now going to verify her father's words.

"Emiya, can you ask for leave for me? I have something to do today and won't be going to school!" Grabbing Jason, who was mocking Archer, Rin Tohsaka headed towards the Matou residence. She couldn't wait until nightfall to make her move. Otherwise, she definitely wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.

"No, we're not in the same class..." Shirou Emiya didn't even have time to stop the hurried Rin Tohsaka. He looked at his unrecognizable courtyard and let out a long sigh.

After a long silence, Emiya Shirou turned his gaze to Red A, who was pretending to be dead on the ground. "You can't kill me for the time being. After all, this is where you used to live, right? I'll leave the maintenance to you. I still have to go to school..."

When Toosaka Rin arrived at Matou's house, the girl with blue seaweed hair was just about to go out to school.

Seeing Rin Tohsaka running towards him, Shinji Matou struck a flamboyant pose, his overconfidence and insecurity making it impossible for him to hide his true feelings: "Isn't this Rin? You need to make an appointment to pick me up for school, you know~"

"Just in time!" Rin Tohsaka grabbed Shinji Matou's wrist and pulled him into her arms.

"Huh?! Rin, you're so..." Shinji Matou was both surprised and delighted. He had coveted Rin Tohsaka for a long time, but unfortunately, he was happy too soon.

Taking advantage of Matou Shinji's unstable center of gravity, Rin Tohsaka delivered a powerful elbow strike that landed squarely on his abdomen. If she hadn't been worried about killing him, Rin Tohsaka would have aimed for his heart.

Matou Shinji's eyes nearly popped out of his head, a mixture of emotions welling up in his stomach. The intense pain prevented him from even crying out in pain, tears streaming uncontrollably from his tear glands.

As Toosaka Rin let go, Matou Shinji collapsed to the ground like a limp shrimp.

Jason, who arrived late, stepped forward, grabbed Shinji Matou by the hair, and lifted him up. His handsome face was full of roguish charm: "Our boss is asking you a question! If you dare to say no, we'll sink you under the Fuyuki Bridge and use you as a human stake!"

"Then... ask away!" Shinji Matou coughed up blood, on the verge of tears.

"...Rin, didn't you ask?"

"I only had time to throw one punch, I definitely didn't have time to ask. And don't act like a gangster, okay?" Rin Tohsaka cracked her knuckles. She had actually wanted to teach this "harmless" guy a lesson for a long time. But she had to appear well-mannered and consider the historical legacy of both families.

Since you are here to call for punishment, there is no need to be too particular.

"No, you didn't even ask him, why did you hit him?" Jason rolled his eyes.

"I'd love to!" Rin Tohsaka raised her fist and brandished it back and forth in front of Shinji Matou; her close-combat skills were also quite outstanding. "Tell me, where is Sakura right now?"

"I don't know!" Speaking of Sakura, Shinji seemed to recall something terrifying. "She hasn't been home for days, and I don't know where she found this crazy woman who's like a viper as her bodyguard. That crazy woman almost killed me!"

This was similar to the information provided by Emiya Shirou, and Toosaka Rin did not make things difficult for him.

"So, the second question..."

At this moment, a childish voice sounded from behind Toosaka Rin.

"Excuse me, are you also looking for Matou Sakura, big sister? Illya is looking for her too. She's been waiting for two days and hasn't seen her at all. Illya is very distressed." A little girl with white hair and red eyes appeared in Rin Tohsaka's line of sight. Behind her was a voluptuous woman whose two large breasts bounced slightly with each step, encased in a tight purple dress.

Chapter 88 Did Sakura steal Illya's man?

Illya's overly distinctive appearance immediately exposed her identity.

"You're from the Einzbern family...?"

"Master, be careful! That exceptionally large female Servant is on a completely different level from that red Archer who's been giving me trouble. She's incredibly strong!" Jason moved Matou Shinji in front of him, so that if a battle broke out, Shinji could act as the first line of defense, making full use of his remaining value.

Facing Jason's hostility, Minamoto no Raikou drew the Doujikiri Yasutsuna from his waist, and dense purple lightning spread across the blade.

“It’s only natural that the Einzbern family wouldn’t give up the opportunity to participate in the Holy Grail War.” Rin Tohsaka wasn’t surprised. She secretly clutched a handful of jewels behind her back, ready to fight at any moment. “Master of the Einzbern family, what brings you to Matou Sakura?”

“That way of addressing me is too troublesome, just call me Illya.” Illya walked up to Shinji Matou. She hadn’t met him in the timeline from ten years ago. If she had known that it was Rin Tohsaka she was waiting for, she would have taken matters into her own hands. “As for why I’m looking for Sakura Matou, it’s because she stole my things. I’m going to take them back from her!”

Illya had long since discovered the altered rules of the Holy Grail War, a fact she was already familiar with. Such a situation meant someone had been successfully summoned. In this timeline, Jiang You had only two people connected: her and Matou Sakura. She naturally assumed that Matou Sakura had stolen Jiang You's summons.

"She stole your things?" Rin Tohsaka couldn't imagine how Sakura could possibly steal from a child, but Illya seemed very confident. Given the Einzbern family's wealth, the probability of her making up such a story was very small. "Whatever she took, the Tohsaka family can return it to you."

“You can’t give it to me,” Ilya shook her head. “What I want, you can’t provide.”

Illya's refusal to negotiate made Toosaka Rin ready for battle. She was considering whether to attack Illya directly here to help Sakura deal with this dangerous factor. While thinking, Toosaka Rin's magic power began to flow.

Minamoto no Raikou is extremely sensitive to the situation of her Master and she will not allow anyone to threaten her "child".

"What do you intend to do to Ilya!" The purple lightning grew even denser, and Minamoto no Yorimitsu was about to launch an attack.

"Berserker, stop!" It was still daytime and Ilya didn't want to start a fight right away. Besides, her target wasn't Rin Tohsaka. After all, after obtaining the Soul Crystal, the entire Einzbern family's desire for the Holy Grail had greatly diminished. Ilya had actually come to find someone and, incidentally, question the purple fox spirit.

"Ilya, why do you call me that? It wouldn't have given us away that way..." Minamoto no Yorimitsu seemed to have been greatly affected by the way she was addressed.

"Berserker?" Illya broke out in a cold sweat. Minamoto no Yorimitsu was a very strong and cooperative Servant, able to communicate normally even with her EX-rank Berserker form. However, outside of combat, she had her own unique thought process, something Illya had come to deeply understand over the past two days; she seemed to have some kind of peculiar obsession.

She was originally a servant who regarded herself as a mother. After seeing that her Master was a little girl who longed for maternal love, her heavy possessiveness similar to maternal love could no longer be suppressed.

Minamoto no Raikou looked as if he was about to cry, showing the sadness of a young mother abandoned by her children and husband.

"...Mom." Finally, Ilya gave in. Her face flushed as she called out those two words. After all, she had given in many times over the past two days, but it was too embarrassing to say it in front of others.

"Good girl!" Minamoto no Yorimitsu embraced Illya, his two plump fruits completely covering her face.

"...Is she trying to kill her own Master?" Jason said this, but as he looked at Ilya struggling, he drooled with envy.

Rin Tohsaka covered her face. She felt that the Servants in this Holy Grail War were all incredibly abnormal. Caster had no self-awareness as a mage, directly exposing the affairs of the underworld to the public. Archer was single-mindedly focused on eliminating his past self to verify the grandmother paradox. And Berserker actually enjoyed playing mother play—both his body and mind were utterly depraved!

From this perspective, the unreliable Jason looks more handsome.

But there is still good news. At least in the current situation, the two of them don’t have to fight directly.

After a long while, Illya, who was almost suffocating, finally broke free from Minamoto no Yorimitsu's embrace. Gasping for breath, she looked at Rin Tohsaka: "You attacked another mage's offspring so recklessly near his workshop, you were prepared for war, right? In other words, you know about Matou Sakura?"

"You Einzberns know about this too!?" Rin Tohsaka was surprised that even Illya knew about Sakura Matou's ordeal, and that she was the only one among the three families who had been kept in the dark?

“I knew ten years ago.” Ilya puffed out her small chest; the miraculous experience ten years ago was an unforgettable memory in her life. “I thought that guy, knowing his personality, would come to help Matou Sakura deal with Matou Zouken immediately, and I was waiting for him to come. I didn’t expect to be greeted by you, Tohsaka Rin. It seems that the guy you summoned in your deck must be your father from ten years ago, right?”

From Illya's words, Rin was completely convinced that what her father said was true. As for the incident ten years ago, Rin just took it as Illya's way of saying she already knew it.

"That guy?" Rin Tohsaka, hearing Illya's implication that another person was coming to rescue Sakura, was immediately intrigued. She hadn't expected there to be someone else trying to help Sakura. "Who is it?"

"He's a sympathetic bastard, and the one Matou Sakura stole from me!" Illya stomped her foot angrily. She felt that the reason she couldn't find Matou Sakura and Jiang You was because they didn't dare to confront her. Jiang You had promised to help her, but he broke his promise just like Emiya Kiritsugu! "Men are all the same!"

"...?" Rin Tohsaka tried her best to process the information she had gathered in her mind.

Finally, she organized all the information and came to the conclusion: Sakura stole Illya's man!

"This, this, this..." Whether it's Sakura stealing another girl's man or Illya's appearance, both are challenging Rin Tohsaka's comprehension. "Isn't this a crime?"