In Type-Moon, people create a magic family lineage

Those are all people.

He is a 'magician'.

Or perhaps it should be called a 'sorcerer'.

They are mysterious professionals originating from the Yamato Kingdom, not the Western world.

"The people who 'robbed at night'—"

Although their numbers were not large, only a dozen or so scattered individuals, they were enough to completely surround the Matou family.

The ancient mystery emanating from the 'Fragment of God' that surrounded him made Tokiomi Tohsaka feel uneasy and break out in a cold sweat for a moment.

He also realized that regardless of whether the battle would result in a crushing defeat, from the very beginning, Zouken Matou was destined to be trapped.

"Aren't you going to keep looking for your daughter, Headmaster Tohsaka?"

Lu Kang's voice rang out in front of the middle-aged man.

Tokiomi snapped out of his daze and looked at the foreign boy who had suddenly appeared before him. He took a deep breath and nodded solemnly.

Fortunately.

He felt fortunate that he had not made an enemy of the person in front of him.

The fact that 'Night Calamity' could mobilize so many elite sorcerers truly makes the title of 'Common Lord' well-deserved.

Even better...

Before they could get close, the 'Bridge Giant' standing amidst the ruins transformed into a pile of rocks and trees and vanished without a sound. Yuzhu silently gathered up the scattered 'paintwork', and with a look of disgust, put the blue robin doll from Finger University into her shirt pocket, along with a 'Lady's Figurine'.

The fairy tale monsters that belong to witches are all these lightweight objects that she can carry with her.

And in between.

In the quiet courtyard, the sound of rustling footsteps could be heard coming from the only house that hadn't been torn open by the Bridge Giant.

Amidst the dense yet light footsteps, a slender and delicate figure cautiously emerged from the shadows.

His face was filled with fear.

"Is this the second daughter of the Tohsaka family that Lu Kang mentioned, Matou Sakura?"

Aoko, who had been watching from the sidelines the whole time, crawled over.

That carefree attitude caused the little girl in the shadows to shrink back into the darkness.

“It’s 'Rin Tohsaka'.”

Yuzhu corrected him very seriously.

The witch who pursues fairy tales has an absolute, natural aversion to dirty and ugly insects—aversion so strong that she wants to destroy even their surnames.

Aoko chuckled dryly: "Then... Sakura Tohsaka?"

"Who are you..."

A little girl's timid voice came from the shadows: "What did you do to Grandpa?"

That's not your grandfather.

Yuzhu corrected again: "That's a 'monster'."

"Monster Grandpa?"

"..."

Compared to Yuzhu's speechless silence, Aoko burst out laughing. She looked at the rather stubborn witch who was trying hard to correct the little girl's way of addressing her, and her gaze towards the little girl also carried a hint of relief. Before this, Lu Kang had told them a lot, not only about the past, but also about the future called 'Matou Sakura'. Although Lu Kang said that it was only one of the possibilities in the infinite world lines, not absolute, just looking at the little girl in front of her, Aoko still thought that it was fortunate that they had caught up. It seemed that this little girl had not yet experienced the cruel torment of the insect magic, and it seemed that she had not become twisted and terrible because of it.

Matou Sakura – Tohsaka Sakura.

In Lu Kang's memory of the 'original work,' the girl who endured the swarm of insects gnawing at her mind almost day and night still maintained her purity.

that's enough.

"Forget about your monster grandpa." Aoko smiled and raised her hand: "Tohsaka Sakura... Sakura, right?"

"Come on, we'll take you home!"

The future has changed.

Then there's no need to worry about anything anymore.

"...Go home?" Upon hearing this word, the little girl's eyes lit up as if she were moved. She carefully stepped out of the shadows, finally allowing the two girls outside to see her clearly.

The little girl had short purple hair tied with a red bow. Her purple dress, cinched at the waist, accentuated her slender and delicate figure. Her fair complexion and exquisite features gave her a delicate, doll-like appearance.

She looked at the two girls before her, who were much kinder and more approachable than her 'grandfather,' and asked tremblingly:

"Can I really go home?"

"Of course you can," Aoko smiled. "If your bastard father dares to abandon you again—I'll punch him away!"

As she spoke, the girl actually clenched her fist, and with a thud, it created a sonic boom-like buzzing sound.

Tokiomi Tohsaka, who had already approached, stopped in his tracks, cold sweat pouring down his back.

"Yes."

Looking at 'Sakura Tohsaka' who had stepped out of the shadows, Yuuya leaned down slightly and said calmly with a blank expression, "From today onwards, you are my 'student'."

"Your business is my business."

"There's me too!"

This is truly... incredible!

Tokiomi Tohsaka, who was watching this scene, thought for a moment but ultimately did not step forward. Lu Kang, who was following behind him, watched the scene with amusement and found it amusing.

Just as he had said to Yuzhu at the beginning.

The girl named Sakura Tohsaka is exceptionally talented, and her magical attribute is so rare that it would be a pity for Tokiomi Tohsaka to simply leave it unattended—it is an imaginary number, which is outside the normal attributes.

What is an imaginary number?

A number that exists yet does not exist, that is both real and unreal, is called an 'imaginary number'.

It is the 'other side' of all phenomena, invisible to the naked eye.

Magicians with this attribute are stalkers who can insert their hands into dimensional gaps—dimensions have no gaps, but magicians of the imaginary number are precisely the beings who can forcibly create gaps that do not exist.

Although this magical attribute is fundamentally different from the fairy tale magic of Arisu that originated from the First Law, it has a feeling of arriving at the same destination through different paths.

If this attribute could be fully developed...

Perhaps it can inherit the fairy tale magic of Yuzhu to some extent—at least to a degree that is ambiguous.

This was something they had agreed upon.

Make Matou Sakura become Arisu's 'student'.

Thus.

What has changed is not just her present.

And her future.

"It seems that I have ultimately chosen the conventional over the original."

This can certainly be considered a cliché.

It's something that everyone who has the opportunity to reach the Moon World would want to do, and would hope to lend a helping hand.

But not bad.

Lu Kang was just an ordinary person.

Chapter 177 The Prayer for the Wilderness, the Seven Great Shrines, Fuyuki Ryudou Temple

Northwest of Fuyuki lies Kyoto, the oldest city in Yamato Province, without exception—also known as the ancient city of Heian-kyo.

Kichijou-in Kihara stood atop the extremely high hall, wearing a monk's hat and with her hands clasped together, exuding the air of an 'enlightened high monk'. If one disregarded her exceptionally young yet compassionate and maternal face, and the curvaceous figure that even the heavy monk's robe could not conceal, one could certainly give the impression of an enlightened being who had seen through the illusions of the world, based solely on her demeanor.

She sat regally deep within the hall, listening to the reports from the 'witches' before her.

I couldn't help but smile:

"It seems that our 'Prince Lu Kang' has basically finished dealing with the matters in Fuyuki City?"

He was captivated by Tokiomi Tohsaka.

The Matou family was wiped out.

The two local magician lineages in Fuyuki City have been resolved, and the remaining church forces are unlikely to cause much trouble.

"Yes, Lord Qihuang."

In response, a young shrine maiden seated on a futon beneath Kichijoin Kihara, her black hair flowing freely, her expression gentle and serene, her white robes and red veil giving her an air of divine reverence: "According to news from the 'Night Calamity,' the 'Lord' may soon leave Fuyuki City for this place—"

This is the 'Peace Palace'.

"That's really fast!" Qi Huang said, looking at the priestess in front of him. "Then we must speed things up as well."

"I heard that besides the Night Raiders family, which voluntarily 'surrendered,' the other seven 'shrines' in Yamato have also responded to the message I sent out?"

Regardless of how the form of their organization changes over time, the forces that use the mysterious system of [Divine Organ Body Forging] are essentially 'shrines'—dwellings of 'gods' from ancient times.

Even though the headquarters of 'Night Raiders' now exists as a yakuza organization, it is still the main shrine dedicated to 'Ōkuninushi-shin', located at Izumo Taisha in Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture.

Even the Sugawara Gakuin, which has the Heian Shrine as its headquarters, enshrines the Peacock King, who suppresses the fox demon.

The other seven, naturally, are the same.

“Aside from the central hub of Yin-Yang Dao, the Tsuchimikado family, who enshrine the ‘Lord of Mount Tai’ and are hidden deep in the valley of Mount Hiei on the border of Kyoto Prefecture and Shiga Prefecture, have not yet taken any action.”

"Ise Grand Shrine, which enshrines 'Amanokinakanushi' and is located deep in the dense forest along the Isuzu River in Ise City, Mie Prefecture."

Itsukushima Shrine, which enshrines the deity "Hayatsu Hiko-no-jin" and stands majestically on Ichimiya Island in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, amidst the waves of the Seto Inland Sea.

"Kashima Shrine, which enshrines Takemikazuchi and guards the deep forest of Kashima City, Ibaraki Prefecture."

"Asama Shrine, which enshrines 'Konohana Sakuya-hime' and is located in the lava secret realm at the summit of Mount Fuji, on the border of Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures."

"Kasuga Taisha Shrine, which enshrines Kasuga Daimyojin and is located in the primeval forests of Mount Kasuga in Nara City, where it coexists with the ancient sacred deer."

"And the Usa Shrine, which enshrines the 'Hachiman Daibosatsu' and overlooks the Usa River flowing through the Hirano area of ​​Usa City, Oita Prefecture."

"These six families, their envoys, whether openly or covertly, have all sent tentative messages to the capital."

The priestess's voice was clear and steady as she recited the ancient and noble names and their locations one by one.

The seven great shrines represent seven ancient gods and Buddhas of Japan.

It is also seven 'Fragments of God'.

Together with "Night Robbery" and "Sugawara Gakuen", it represents the last remaining fragment of the mysterious homeland of Wa.

Upon hearing this, Qi Huang's smile deepened, a hint of worldly wisdom lurking beneath his compassion: "Hmm?"

"It seems that the Tsuchimikado family intends to stay out of it? As for the other six families, there are quite a few 'clever' people... Well, the Taishan Lord's representative has his own concerns."

"Moreover, the relationship between 'Lord Peacock' and 'Lord Seimei' is quite close, so it's not easy to make a move."

"As for those six 'branch' that have extended out..."

Her clasped fingers twitched slightly, as if she were plucking a flower:

"Now, let me take Your Highness's place and cut them off!"

The flickering candlelight in the hall cast her seated figure onto the wall behind her, making her appear like a god or a Buddha, or even a 'heavenly demon' descending.

The shadows of Heian-kyo's thousand-year history seemed to begin to flow and converge silently in the smile of this seemingly young "high monk".

A woman named 'Kichijoin Kihara'.

I'd love for the entire Yamato Kingdom to be thrown into complete chaos!

...

"Time to wake up!"

On the morning of the third day, as the sun rose, the silence on the top floor of the Fuyuki Hotel was broken by a noisy commotion.

Lu Kang opened his eyes, and the warm sunlight streaming through the window yawned lazily in his face.

After a busy first night, he basically didn't go anywhere the next day—he stayed in the hotel and began setting up the magic workshop for the 'El-Melloi lineage'.