Unlimited Ambition

Just then, an arrogant voice descended from the sky. Immediately afterward, a pervert dressed in a blue bodysuit and wielding a red spear descended from the sky!

The pervert, completely oblivious to his own perversion, arrogantly addressed me, saying, "Although that woman's order was for me to kidnap that girl and then use her to threaten you, she didn't give me any Command Spells. So, this mission can be slightly compromised. So... come on, let's have a good fight! Emperor of the North! It would be best if I could defeat you outright..."

Hearing this guy's words, the three of us—including me—were all thinking, "What kind of idiot is this guy doing?!" We all looked at him with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot. After that, I winked at Rin. But Rin didn't seem to react. I winked a few more times. Rin glared at me, then blushed and turned her head away.

"Damn it! Can't you tell this guy is a Heroic Spirit?! And he just pointed at you and said he was going to kidnap you! Hiding behind me for a moment won't kill you. Or what are you even thinking?!"

"Hey! Why are you always looking away instead of saying anything? Are you looking down on me?"

"...Sorry, it feels a little...you know...speaking of which, spearman?" I asked.

"That's right! My rank is spearman!"

"I see." I nodded. "Speaking of which, judging from your accent, you must be from Ireland too."

"So what if it is?"

"Actually, I participated in the last Holy Grail War. The Lancer back then was also a guy from Ireland."

"Oh? So what?"

"Hmm, he's a guy named Diarmuid. He's quite strong in combat, and his will and spirit are excellent—especially his adherence to the code of chivalry, which is quite admirable."

“Oh…it seems I have indeed heard of that name.” The lancer stroked his chin. “Diarmuid? Although we’ve never formally met, I do have a vague recollection of him—but let’s not change the subject! We’re discussing the outcome of our battle now! It has nothing to do with the last Holy Grail War!”

"No, no, no." I shook my head and said, "Of course it's related—you know, since they're similar products, comparisons are inevitable. Just like you and your previous generation. And the result is, I'm a little disappointed."

"—Are you saying I'm not as good as that guy?!" the spearman shouted angrily, pointing his spear at me.

“It’s not that you’re inferior to that guy.” I shook my head. “It’s that there’s absolutely no comparison—appearance, spirit, attire, and things like that…it’s like heaven and earth. Let’s put it this way, if that guy is a hundred, then you’re 0.000000…0000…01. Like that.”

As I said the second zero, he roared angrily and launched an attack on me. Of course, all of this was completely pointless. I dodged his attacks, which seemed incredibly slow, utterly nonsensical, and like a tragically pathetic old woman doing a rural folk dance, all the while saying about three hundred zeros. When I said one, I lightly leaped up—before he could react, and delivered a powerful whip kick straight to his head. This disgusting guy, from head to toe, was sent flying. Then I landed lightly and walked over to the two girls.

"I told you to wait for me to go to school together, you idiot—if I had been even a little bit late, wouldn't you have been kidnapped by that pervert?" I started by scolding Rin like this.

"Who told you to be so slow—we'd be late if we were any later!"

"—Which do you think is more important, losing your life or being late for class?! Or do you want me to reincarnate you as a lich?! The kind with no flesh at all, just bones?! Huh?!" I said this while flicking Rin's forehead hard, and this seemingly fierce but actually reserved girl eventually squatted down on the ground, holding her head, saying, "Waaah... I'm so sorry..." words that made her seem very wronged.

Then I turned to Sakura, another girl who was watching the commotion with glee, as if her older sister being bullied was something to celebrate: "And you—how much more trouble do you want me to have?! You're sixteen—you're sixteen! Even if you can't go to school because of physiological reasons, you should at least know a little bit about things, right?! Don't just do things like going crazy, turning evil, or destroying the world! You're giving me a real headache, you know?!"

"I would never do something like destroying the world—"

"—How dare you talk back! I'm your guardian! If I say you want to destroy the world, then you must destroy the world!!" I said this while flicking Sakura's forehead hard. "Remember, your father is always right, and a child who disobeys their father is not a good child! Repeat after me!"

How could you say such a thing?

"Idiot! Just say what I tell you!"

So he flicked Sakura's forehead with twice the force.

"Waaaah... Father is always right, and children who disobey their father are not good children..."

Amidst the stunned gazes of passersby, I calmly mentored the two girls, correcting their outlook on life, values, and morals. My goal was to cultivate them into well-rounded young people who embody the "Five Stresses, Four Beauties, and Three Loves" and can make beneficial contributions to the world…

"Hey, running away halfway through a fight is incredibly rude to your opponent." At that moment, a limping rifleman, leaning on the ground with both hands, slowly approached. He forced a smile, trying to appear nonchalant, but then winced in pain as he aggravated his wounds: "Let's keep fighting!"

"Oh... you're still here, you pervert in the bodysuit. I'm so sorry I ignored you for a moment. Okay, wait a minute."

"Hmph, what kind of trick are you trying to pull now?! I'll be right here waiting for you!"

"Hello, is this the police station? There's a psychopath here wearing a bodysuit who seems to have schizophrenia. Please come and handle this."

"Don't call the police!"

Chapter Thirteen: That's why little girls are the most annoying.

In the end, that freakish lancer retreated. While killing him wouldn't have been a problem, upon closer inspection, it's better to keep him alive as a GPS tracker to locate his dangerous Master who wanted to kidnap Rin to threaten me. Then, we can eliminate them both at once. That should do it.

So, I did indeed leave a magical mark on the spearman. Although the spearman himself was unaware of it.

Speaking of which, I'm not entirely sure who that spearman was. But he didn't seem like a significant opponent of his level. Even if there were hundreds or thousands more, it wouldn't matter. They'd all be cannon fodder anyway. I could take them down in minutes.

So, the next step was brainwashing. Because of Sakura's idiotic behavior earlier, and then that perverted lancer's idiotic behavior later, the citizens in the vicinity had all witnessed some unscientific things to varying degrees. Therefore, it was necessary to erase all of their memories of that period. Of course, I didn't need to worry about this. As the so-called church, responsible for the cleanup work, they would definitely handle this matter perfectly.

"So, let's retreat for now," I explained to the two girls, then suggested.

"But skipping class will get you a demerit!" Rin, this naive girl who was a little too naive, protested.

"I'll handle that! Now shut up and behave!" So I flicked Rin's forehead hard again, to make him shut up and listen to me.

"And you, come here too!" Seeing Sakura watching me like I was laughing at her, I grabbed her arm and ordered her.

“Of course, Father, I would have gone with you even if you hadn’t done that,” Sakura said, then hugged my arm.

Then I heard someone next to me whisper, "Who would have thought that the relationships among young people these days are so messy..."

"But you're so young and already into role-playing? Like sugar daddies and stuff..."

"Indeed, one cannot judge a book by its cover, nor can one measure the worth of a beast..."

"—Shut up, all of you! Or I'll slaughter you all!!!"

And then the world fell silent.

The relationship between Sakura and Rin, the two sisters, is extremely strained. This stems from Sakura being sent away as a tool to form an alliance with the Matou family—although Tokiomi Tohsaka may have had his reasons. However, as her daughter, Sakura clearly doesn't understand her father's feelings—in fact, given Sakura's distorted personality, it's already quite remarkable that she didn't go to Tokiomi Tohsaka's grave to desecrate his corpse.

Rin feels guilty towards her younger sister, Sakura. Because she took the title of older sister, Sakura was ultimately sent away. And this is how it ended up… Although Sakura herself is quite happy with her current appearance, in Rin's eyes, and in the eyes of most normal people, Sakura is the kind of person who could be sent to a mental hospital at any time, without any misdiagnosis. So it's understandable that they feel sorry for Sakura.

Sakura, however, didn't have any positive feelings towards her older sister, Rin. Partly this was because Rin had inherited Tokiomi Tohsaka's mantle, thus incurring Sakura's wrath. Another part… and I'm very sorry, might be because of me.

Sakura is extremely jealous that Rin receives my favor. Although this favor is basically the kind a teacher gives to a student. But Sakura is still extremely jealous—which is of course related to my natural dissatisfaction with her when we're together—but you can't blame me for that, right? Does anyone really exist who can remain calm while looking at such a lunatic?

In conclusion, Sakura and Rin's relationship has never been good. Although Sakura was basically free after I adopted her, and Yuki and the others didn't really care for her during the years I was away, she was like a wild horse, completely out of control. However, she never went to the Tohsaka family's house on her own initiative. When I returned, I tried to change Sakura's abnormal personality, but ultimately failed. And as my relationship with Sakura deteriorated while my relationship with Rin warmed up, the relationship between Sakura and Rin worsened...

But anyway, as long as no one has died, it doesn't matter, right?

Furthermore, it's all Tokiomi's fault!

That's it.

I led the two girls, one in each hand, back to the Tohsaka manor. The estate, which looked magnificent ten years ago, had begun to fall into disrepair because it had been neglected for so long.

"Tch, still the same unpleasant as before," Sakura scoffed. Rin opened her mouth as if to retort, but ultimately said nothing.

"Sakura, aren't you going to see your mother?" I frowned and then asked.

“I don’t need anyone.” Sakura shook her head. “I don’t want anyone but my father.”

Okay, the father she's talking about definitely isn't that deadbeat Tokiomi Tohsaka.

"—That's wrong, Sakura! What you're doing isn't good for the teacher or for you!" Rin immediately retorted.

"Anyway, they're not my biological child! Newborns won't have any genetic problems!"

Huh? You've already thought about this? But you might not know this, actually I don't really want children...

"It's not about that!"

Isn't this a problem, as you've suggested?

"Hmph. Sister, you're shouting so loudly because you've fallen for Father, right?!" Sakura said, grabbing my arm.

"W-what... My relationship with the teacher is just a healthy teacher-student relationship—don't misunderstand!"

"Just as I thought, a cowardly fool with all the heart. I originally thought you'd be an obstacle. But it seems I was worrying too much, hehehehe..."

"I just—I just—I simply won't allow you to associate with the teacher!"

"How could that be?! I'm Father's daughter! We live together every day, who knows when Father might suddenly lose his temper and push me down! Then you'll have to call me Master's Wife, Sister."

"Ugh..." As if recalling such a terrifying reality, Rin made that sound like a small animal that had been bullied. Sakura, on the other hand, laughed like an evil queen from a fairy tale.

"Didn't I tell you?! You two shut up!!!" I couldn't take it anymore and flicked their foreheads hard again—this time, to make sure they would remember the lesson, I added a little bit of magic to the force, directly affecting their souls.

And so the world fell silent once more.

All characters from Chapter Fourteen appear.

I've had enough of this war and all that. Sometimes I think about it, what's so great about marrying all these women? Look at Sakura and Rin, they're practically sisters, yet they fight like enemies. If I could really reverse time and find all the girls I've ever loved, those women would probably castrate me in seconds. Then they'd fight to the death...

So this is indeed a problem. After defeating Death, we should make a good plan, otherwise we'll end up with nothing and it will be too late to cry.

Okay, we can think about those things later. Right now, the most important thing is to achieve five consecutive victories in the Holy Grail War and get our hands on the Holy Grail. That's the real issue. Everything else can wait.

Speaking of the Holy Grail War, I've calculated that at least one Archer and one Berserker have tragically perished in the entire war (worse than the Archer; after I recruited Ilya, I casually gave him a sword strike, cutting off twelve of his lives. What? You say one sword strike can't cut off twelve lives? Back in the day, a certain Saber could cut off several of his lives with one strike. Aren't I much stronger than that Saber... even though my current rank is Saber).

And so, two tragic deaths have occurred, while our side still has two Heroic Spirits remaining. This means we now only have three opponents to face: the monstrous spearman, the cavalryman who has yet to appear, and the Assassin, considered the weakest Heroic Spirit.

"Let's leave the last two aside for now. I've mostly figured out what happened with that laner monster. Leave it to me." I said this to the Tohsaka sisters, who were sitting on the sofa, and Medea, the female mage who was supposed to be my own Heroic Spirit.

Indeed, although I didn't get much information from the spearmen, my excellent reasoning skills allowed me to determine that this guy's owner was—no, I should say, absolutely Gilgamesh. It seems that woman is quite resentful about me dumping her—but come to think of it, wasn't she the one who said she wanted to break up in the first place? Now she's blaming me; women are truly inexplicable creatures.

"What? The Holy Grail War doesn't seem that difficult." Sakura responded nonchalantly after I said that. We didn't hide anything from her when discussing this matter. After all, she was one of our magicians.

When Sakura said those words, Rin frowned. She clearly didn't like hearing Sakura's words—after all, her father, Tokiomi Tohsaka, had died in the Holy Grail War. Sakura's statement undoubtedly made her feel that her father had been insulted. Especially since the one insulting her father was his other daughter, her sister. This made Rin even more unable to accept it.

"Alright, Sakura." I immediately noticed Rin's condition and spoke to Sakura before she could say anything, to prevent the two girls from arguing again.

"That's how it is!" But Sakura didn't seem to realize this, instead shouting loudly, "Father, you are indeed very strong—although that woman Caster over there is very weak—"

"—Who are you calling very weak?!" Medea, who was thinking to herself, "Another opponent, they're really tough to deal with...", suddenly found herself caught in the crossfire and retorted loudly.

“It was inherently very weak!” Sakura snorted lightly, then turned to me and said, “Father, when I said the Holy Grail War was just that, I wasn’t saying it casually, nor was it because of the situation you mentioned before that I said it. The reason I said it is because…”

After Sakura finished speaking, she raised her left hand, and then her right hand.

"They're all magic runes, what's wrong?" I asked Sakura, a little puzzled.

"Actually, I also recruited Servants to participate in this Holy Grail War. And not just one." Sakura said to me with a grin, while ordering the two hidden Servants—whom I had been paying close attention to and initially thought were there to launch a sneak attack—"Alright, come out. Let Father see my strength."

"With pleasure, my master." A woman with a striking figure and long purple hair, wearing an eyepatch, and an Assassin wearing a signature mask and black clothing obeyed Sakura's command. Their figures then materialized from the void. Upon closer inspection, I noticed that besides the naturally occurring magical markings on Sakura's hands, there were indeed two glowing objects mixed in with them—presumably Command Seals.

I misjudged her... I'm a little speechless. I didn't expect Sakura to be so capable, actually summoning Heroic Spirits. And two of them! The one in black is definitely an Assassin, so the woman must be a cavalryman. Now it all makes sense. All seven Heroic Spirits from the entire Holy Grail War have appeared.

"See, Father? I'm excellent, aren't I?" Sakura looked at me with a "Hurry up and praise me!" expression, leaving me speechless.

What kind of women do I know...?

“Um, most people should only have one Heroic Spirit, but Sakura, what’s going on with you?” I asked.

“Oh, Medusa was stolen from someone else,” Sakura replied casually, “that Matou kid whose eyes are always looking so mischievous.”

"Oh, the one from the Matou family?" I nodded, thinking: That makes no difference. Looking at Zouken Matou, I couldn't resist wanting to get involved. In the end, Sakura got the better of him. Knowing that guy's personality, that kid's definitely going to be in trouble. I wonder if that guy has some backup plan.