I am a Type-Moon comic artist!

Let's end this before the next issue is released!

With that in mind, he continued reading.

"Einzbern... Eight years ago. Is this eight years ago now, or eight years before the Holy Grail War began?" Tokiomi Tohsaka pondered. He had already sent Kirei Kotomine away; he wouldn't tell anyone about this.

But now that I think about it, Kirei Kotomine might have found this manga on his way back to church...

This is terrible, and what's worse, it's too late for me to catch up with him now, especially at such a crucial moment...

"They really did something unnecessary again... Einzbern." He understood what had happened just from seeing a little bit.

Einzbern... actually made the artificial beings she created give birth to a child?

Artificial and human children...

Furthermore, judging from what "Emiya Kiritsugu" said... he would kill this homunculus? What does this mean...? It means that woman is a Holy Grail Vessel! She actually caused a Holy Grail Vessel to give birth to a child...

Then there's Emiya Kiritsugu.

He had gathered some intelligence, and was now about 80% certain that Emiya Kiritsugu was an outsider hired by the Einzbern family to compensate for their lack of combat skills.

"A magician killer... That makes him somewhat troublesome. But what is his wish? Kiritsugu Emiya's ideal..."

He was actually a little curious about this matter... about the executioner's wish... what exactly was the wish of this man who, despite having a child, didn't seem happy at all?

Then, very quickly, it was said above, "Create a world where no one cries."

"It's laughable! The Magician Killer's wish is for no one to cry? That man?" Tokiomi Tohsaka stopped what he was doing and said in disbelief...

"Could this be a wish that Kurokawa Kazuya gave to this man based on his imagination?" Tokiomi Tohsaka thought for a moment and came to this conclusion: "Hmm... that should be it. Well... I'll write it down for now."

Tokiomi Tohsaka decided to write down Kiritsugu Emiya's ideals.

After thinking for a moment... he picked up another piece of paper and wrote on it, "Investigate Emiya Kiritsugu." He needed to investigate what kind of person this Magician Killer really was.

Then, Tokiomi Tohsaka, who was continuing to read, froze.

It says

Three years ago, in Turin, Italy

"That guy, he even saw these?" He looked closely and realized that these were the things he had been explaining the Holy Grail War to Kirei Kotomine while trying to persuade him to help him.

Although there are some minor differences, the general direction is actually quite correct!

He quickly skimmed through this part because he already knew it.

Then...

Then, he saw a man he utterly disliked—

"This is..."

He turned to the cover of the book and found the image of a hooded man with two insects that seemed to be flying around him...

"I see, so you're participating in this Holy Grail War too... Matou Kariya! Someone like you who gave up on the path of magic actually came back to participate in the Holy Grail War... The old man of the Matou family really put in a lot of effort. I didn't even recognize you on the cover with the hat on... That's my failure."

Then he continued reading.

"I see, so this is about the future... Hmm, it seems the old man of the Matou family has accepted Sakura. That puts my mind at ease."

At that moment, perhaps because he saw his wife and daughter on the screen, he relaxed for a moment and did not think about "why he would specifically mention Sakura if it had nothing to do with her".

Even upon seeing Matou Kariya return to the Matou family, some people believed that because Sakura had been sent there and there was now an heir, they thought Kariya was completely useless and decided to use him in this Holy Grail War...

This is what he thought when he saw this.

"Hmm? Immortality? As expected... the Matou family has fallen to this level..." Tohsaka Tokiomi shook his head as he listened to Matou Zouken's ideals as spoken by Matou Kariya.

"Hmm? Is he trying to mislead Kariya Matou? Or... I see, I didn't expect Kariya Matou to have this kind of sense of responsibility. I underestimated him. He's planning to end everything after obtaining the Holy Grail this time..."

Sure enough, Matou Kariya's next words confirmed his guess.

However... one thing that bothered him a lot was why Matou Kariya used the word "release"... was there something wrong with having Matou Zouken protect Tohsaka Sakura?

“Crest Worm…” Tokiomi Tohsaka frowned as he heard the name uttered by Kariya Matou.

Then—the screen flipped to the next page—

In that instant...

In an instant, Tokiomi Tohsaka tore the book in his hand to shreds!

Although the little girl named "Sakura" in the picture looked different from his daughter, or rather, very different, he could still tell from the context of the entire text that it was indeed his daughter.

"Ma, Kiri, Zou, Ken!" Tokiomi Tohsaka enunciated each word clearly, his lips and facial muscles twitching uncontrollably...

My hands are trembling.

He gritted his teeth, said nothing, and used magic to restore the comic book so he could continue reading.

After confirming this matter several times...

He felt like his head was spinning—

boom--

Tokiomi Tohsaka didn't look back. He slammed JUMC on the table, picked up the jeweled staff next to him, and placed it in front of his chest as if making a vow.

"The Matou family's magic must be thoroughly investigated! If... it really is like this... if this is truly the future he saw! I'll stake the dignity of the Tohsaka family head on this existence..."

"There is no need for them to exist in this world!"

Chapter Sixty-Seven: Sealing Designation

Zouken Matou's actions have angered Tokiomi Tohsaka.

As a magician, he looked down on magicians like that. As the head of the Tohsaka family, Zouken Matou's actions were a challenge to his dignity. Finally—as a father, he allowed his daughter to suffer such harm...

If this is true, he will never forgive Zouken Matou!

Thinking... Tokiomi Tohsaka sent a message to the Clock Tower using his magic: "The Matou family may possess a secret technique for immortality and are conducting research on designing human experiments. I request... a designated seal!"

Previously, Tokiomi Tohsaka had been staying away from anything related to the sealing designation.

He was worried that his daughter, Sakura Tohsaka, was going through the same thing. But now—he hoped that the relevant authorities at the Clock Tower would act quickly.

If Zouken Matou is as depicted in the manga, then he has already met the criteria for sealing... In that case, not only will I not send Sakura Tohsaka there, but I will also eliminate a threat to the Holy Grail War that is about to begin.

Not only that, he conveyed this message not only to the clock tower but also to the church.

Then, he suddenly saw the note next to him and remembered something he had almost forgotten: "Investigate Kiritsugu Emiya."

After everything was taken care of, he didn't continue watching Young Jumc...

Instead, they sat there waiting for news.

Going to the Matou house now is probably pointless... I'm confident I won't lose outside, but that might not be the case inside the house.

Especially in the Matou residence.

This is a magic workshop that Zouken Matou has been running for who knows how long. If you barge in without permission, it's no different from suicide.

Let's leave this to the professionals...

"Da da da da—"

"Hmm? Here it comes..." Tokiomi Tohsaka stood up as the magical printer-like thing kept sending things over. Once it was completely finished, he picked up his dagger and scribbled the page down.

The troop of travelers will arrive in Fuyuki City in three days.

"Very good... The Church's side is settled. Now, the Mage's Association..."

Sure enough, not long after, the machine started beeping again.

[Three days later, upon arrival and confirmation, and upon fulfilling the requirements, the designated person named "Matou Zouken" will be sealed away.]

"Phew...that's good."

Three more days... Everything will be decided in three days. This time, he used his connections in the Holy Church and the Magic Association, which is the benefit of cultivating connections in the past.

Conversely, Zouken Matou, that old man, almost never leaves Fuyuki City, let alone cultivates connections. Like now—not a single person in the Mage's Association would defend him, saying anything like "no need for the designated seal"...

That's why the sealing instructions came down so quickly.

It's likely that his old friends simply asked, "Does the Matou family have any connections?" and the answer was "no"... so there's nothing to worry about. A declining mage family, with no members in the Mage's Association or the Holy Church.

If he's killed, he's killed; if he's sealed away, he's sealed away. No one will say a word in his defense.

Unlike Tokiomi Tohsaka, if someone were to say that "Tokiomi Tohsaka" needed to be sealed away, then someone in the Mage's Association would definitely speak up for him.

In the end, they just did some investigation and then came to the conclusion that it was "unnecessary".

Instead of something like Zouken Matou saying he'd investigate three days later, it should actually be that the executors arrive three days later and then they investigate.

What can they investigate?

First, I'll beat you half to death, then ask you a casual question, or I'll just kill you outright.

Once targeted by the Mage's Association, how could Zouken Matou possibly stay obediently in Fuyuki City? For him, the best course of action was to distance himself from Fuyuki and, like the other designated sealers, live a life of constant hiding...

After calming himself down, Tokiomi Tohsaka picked up that JUMC once again...

"Right now, none of this has happened yet, and whether this is the real future or not... I must be prepared to deal with it. Only in this way can I maintain my elegance at all times."

So he started watching again.

I learned about the clock tower magician from Kiritsugu Emiya in the manga—

“Kenneth…” Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald, the head of the Archibald family, a lineage of magicians that has lasted for nine generations.

This is arguably the most troublesome Master Tokiomi has ever encountered...

The next moment, the scene shifts to the clock tower, where Kenneth is giving a lesson to his students.

"That guy even spotted the clock tower?"

What an advanced magic eye!

However, the perspective quickly shifts to a family of magicians with only three generations of lineage, and a boy whom Kenneth calls "Wave Velvet"...

He didn't pay attention to the content of that lecture; he believed that everything Kenneth said was correct.

Waver's immaturity made him frown... Could this person be involved in the Holy Grail War?