Did the Heroic Spirit I conquered become a reality?

At least in his mind, Irisviel had always been the kind of gentle, obedient woman, while Ilya... gave off a more quirky and mischievous vibe.

Is this really their biological child?

……

As dusk fell, the setting sun, like blood, dyed the entire campus sky with a poignant and ominous crimson hue.

Rin Tohsaka walked alone in the empty school building corridor, as usual, on her way to find her younger sister, Sakura Tohsaka.

Over the years, they have almost always gone home together.

But she quickly remembered that today seemed to be a day when the archery club had extra club activities, and the activities would end a little later than usual.

Thinking of this, he gave up the idea and decided to go back first.

However, just as she was walking down the stairs of the teaching building, a tall boy with seaweed-blue curly hair was leaning lazily against the wall.

He saw Rin Tohsaka, a smug smile playing on his lips, and raised his hand in a flippant greeting: "Yo, Tohsaka—"

Rin Tohsaka didn't even bother to glance at him, completely ignoring his greeting, and started walking straight past him.

Shinji Matou's smile faded slightly. He seemed quite annoyed by Rin Tohsaka's blatant disregard, but he quickly put on a smile again, stepped forward, blocked her path, and said, "I heard... your brother who was studying at the Clock Tower came back yesterday? Are you in such a hurry to get home... to see him as soon as possible?"

Rin Tohsaka finally stopped, her eyes, which were always as bright as sapphires, now filled with undisguised disgust.

She glanced coldly at Shinji Matou and said indifferently, "What do you want?"

“It’s nothing,” Shinji Matou shrugged nonchalantly and said with a smile, “I was just asking out of curiosity.”

He was about to say something more when Rin Tohsaka, no longer bothering with him, simply walked past him and left without looking back.

"whispering sound……"

Shinji Matou clicked his tongue in annoyance. He stared at Rin Tohsaka's slender, youthful figure as she walked away. After a long while, a cold, resentful sneer suddenly appeared on his usually frivolous face.

"Sooner or later... you'll have to think highly of me, Tohsaka."

After saying that, he turned to leave, but at that moment, an indescribable sense of powerlessness and discomfort swept over his entire body without warning.

Before he could even react, Shinji Matou felt everything go black, and his body went limp against the wall. Soon after, with a "thud," he collapsed unconscious on the cold ground.

Rin Tohsaka, who was walking in front, heard the noise behind her and subconsciously turned around. When she saw Shinji Matou's "unconscious" appearance, her delicate brows furrowed even more.

"Stop pretending, get up." She said in an unfriendly tone, thinking this was another clumsy trick by the other party to attract her attention.

But soon, she realized something was wrong.

With her keen senses as a magician, she could clearly feel that Shinji Matou seemed to be... truly unconscious.

Just as a doubt arose in her mind and she was about to go forward to check the situation, a similar, intense discomfort, as if all the strength in her body had been instantly drained, suddenly struck her body!

Rin Tohsaka felt a sudden dizziness, her body staggered, and she almost fell to the ground.

She immediately realized something was wrong! This was definitely not a normal physical discomfort!

...Enemy attack?!

Almost instantly, her younger sister's frail figure appeared in her mind.

"Sakura..."

She suddenly realized her sister's safety, and immediately, supporting herself against the cold wall, she stumbled and ran towards the archery club, her body trembling.

……

Tohsaka family.

Inside the kitchen, Yu Tohsaka, wearing an apron, skillfully handled the ingredients in her hands.

On the cutting board, the blade strikes the ingredients with a crisp, rhythmic sound, while the rich broth simmering in the pot releases an enticing, warm aroma.

Artoria stood quietly to the side, her usually serious emerald green eyes now filled with undisguised surprise.

She found it hard to connect the boy in front of her, who exuded a homely, 9s vibe and moved with the skill of a professional chef, with the Caster from the last Holy Grail War.

"I never expected you to be such a good cook," she couldn't help but say, her tone carrying a hint of surprise that she herself didn't even realize.

Upon hearing this, Tohsaka Yu turned to look at her, a gentle smile on his face: "There are many things you don't know."

After chatting for a few more minutes, Artoria, looking at the boy's composed demeanor, suddenly asked, "As the 'victor' of the last Holy Grail War, has your wish... not yet been fulfilled?"

Yu Tohsaka shook her head and calmly replied, "From the very beginning, I didn't have any particular wish that I wanted to fulfill."

He paused, then asked in return, "And you, Artoria? What wish do you have that can only be fulfilled through the Holy Grail?"

Upon hearing this, Artoria's body trembled almost imperceptibly. She subconsciously looked away, avoiding Tohsaka Yu's gaze, and remained silent.

Seeing this, Tohsaka Yu wisely refrained from asking any further questions and focused on preparing dinner.

Before we knew it, the sky was gradually darkening.

Boom...

I don't know when it started, but thick dark clouds had gathered in the sky outside the window, and a muffled rumble of thunder came from afar.

It looks like it's going to pour rain...

Tohsaka glanced out the window subconsciously, and her mind quickly turned to her two younger sisters.

I wonder if Rin and Sakura brought umbrellas?

With the sun so bright this morning, the two sisters probably hadn't prepared anything...

Thinking of this, he took off his apron and said to Artoria beside him, "Saber, I'm going to the school to deliver an umbrella to them. You stay here and watch the house. I'll need your help going to the new town later."

Artoria nodded gently: "I understand. Call me anytime if you need anything."

Because of the special contract between the two, Yu Tohsaka can summon Artoria to his side at any time if he wants to.

Considering Tohsaka Yu's performance in the last Holy Grail War, she wasn't particularly worried about her Master.

After explaining things to Artoria, Yu Tohsaka walked out of the entrance hall and changed her shoes.

He took two umbrellas from a drawer, left the mansion, and headed towards Homurahara Academy.

Volume 1: Chapter 86 Being arrogant is indeed tiring (5.5k)

The sky had been completely shrouded in thick, oppressive clouds, with layers upon layers of clouds churning and rolling like cotton wool soaked in ink, making the entire city feel suffocated.

Boom——!

A muffled rumble of thunder rolled in from the horizon, like the heavy footsteps of a giant, foreshadowing an impending downpour.

In Japan, especially in Fuyuki, a port city by the sea, the air is always filled with a damp and salty smell when a storm is brewing.

The deep roar of the sea, usually drowned out by the city's hustle and bustle, became exceptionally clear at this moment, as if a sleeping behemoth was awakening, accompanied by thunder and emitting waves of heart-pounding surging sounds.

Yu Tohsaka, holding an umbrella, walked alone on the rather deserted street.

As he passed by rows of neat residential buildings, looking at the windows lit with warm lights, the tension and fatigue he felt from the Holy Grail War eased somewhat.

pat.

A drop of icy rain suddenly struck the concrete ground in front of him, splashing up a small cloud of dust.

Immediately afterwards, as if receiving some kind of signal, countless raindrops fell from the sky, densely pounding on the eaves, the ground, and the umbrella in his hand.

The initial sporadic "patter" sound was quickly replaced by a continuous, pouring sound of rain.

The rain came down suddenly and heavily, as if it were going to wash the whole world away.

Rainwater gathered into streams, flowing freely along both sides of the street. The distant neon lights became blurred and hazy under the veil of rain, reflecting off the puddles on the ground, creating a unique rainy night scene full of noise and loneliness.

Yu Tohsaka quickly opened her other umbrella, thinking to herself that she had come to the right place. If she hadn't brought an umbrella, Rin and Sakura wouldn't know how they would have gotten back.

He quickened his pace and soon arrived at the gate of Suigunhara Academy.

However, just as Yu Tohsaka was about to step into the school gate, he suddenly stopped, and an indescribable sense of unease instantly welled up in his heart.

Wait... why is it so quiet?

Logically speaking, it should be the time for school to let out now. Even if most students choose to take shelter in the school building temporarily because of this sudden downpour, it is impossible for the whole school to be completely free of the noise and commotion of students.

Yu Tohsaka quickly noticed something was amiss.

Within this quiet campus, an extremely large fluctuation, yet cleverly concealed beneath the rain and thunder, is permeating... a magical barrier!

He subconsciously raised his head and looked up at the sky above the school.

The sky, which should have been shrouded in thick, dark clouds, was now completely enveloped by a massive, ominous, blood-red magical barrier, like an inverted bowl.

The blood-red aura rippled slightly under the rain, like a translucent membrane of some living thing, emitting a nauseating scent almost identical to the one I sensed in the alley last night!

……

Meanwhile, at Homurahara Academy.

At this moment, this campus, which should be full of youth and vitality, is shrouded in a deathly silence.

Whether they were students studying in the classroom or engaging in club activities in various activity rooms, almost all of them fell into a sudden, deep coma at the same time.

The same eerie silence permeated the depths of the archery club's dojo.

The members lay sprawled on the ground, unconscious.

...except for one person.

—Sakura Tohsaka.

She wore a loose-fitting archery uniform, white on top and black on the bottom, but it still couldn't completely conceal her overly mature and age-inappropriately curvaceous figure.

The girl was leaning weakly against the cold wall, slowly slumping down. Her pretty face, which always had a delicate air about it, was now covered with fine beads of sweat, and her cherry-like lips were breathing softly.

"Heh... I didn't expect that besides us, there would be other people who share similar thoughts."

Another voice within her body—Kamo—sounded in her mind with a tone full of laziness and mockery.

Even Kama hadn't expected that converting the life force of others into one's own magic power... that someone else besides them would do this, and even set their sights on this school.

"Do you need help?" Kama's voice carried a hint of seduction.

Sakura Tohsaka immediately shook her head in her heart and refused. She lowered her voice and said urgently, "No! My sister will definitely be here soon. We can't do anything rash now."

Moreover, she was also concerned about who was behind this.

"Sakura!"

Sure enough, a girl's voice, filled with anxiety and worry, suddenly came from afar.

Rin Tohsaka, dressed in a neat school uniform, ran quickly in from the entrance of the dojo.

Her face was also pale, and her breathing was somewhat rapid, clearly also affected by this strange power, but she still forced herself to stay upright and searched around for her sister's figure.

"Sister..." Sakura Tohsaka responded, looking at her sister's weak appearance, and quickly asked, "What happened?"

“I don’t know,” Rin Tohsaka said urgently as she quickly came to her side, helped her up from the ground, “but in any case, we must leave this place as soon as possible!”

"Where can we go now?" Sakura Tohsaka's voice was tinged with helplessness. "With our current strength, we won't even make it out of the school gate."

Upon hearing this, Rin Tohsaka pondered briefly, then a resolute glint flashed in her sapphire-blue eyes. She decisively declared, "Let's go to the rooftop!"

The rooftop is open and not easy to ambush, which is indeed a very correct decision... Sakura Tohsaka nodded immediately.

The two sisters supported each other as they struggled toward the rooftop.

However, just as they reached the stairwell leading to the rooftop, several figures emerged silently from the shadows of the stairwell like ghosts, blocking their path.

They were several magic dolls made of wood and ceramic, exuding an ominous magical aura.

Rin Tohsaka immediately narrowed her eyes. She shielded her sister behind her, took out several sparkling gems from her pocket, and said coldly, "It seems that the other side has been watching us from the very beginning."

"Sakura, stand behind me!"

Without the slightest hesitation, she decided to stay behind to cover her sister's retreat.

She hurled the gem in her hand, and it burst into brilliant flames in mid-air, instantly engulfing the magic dolls at the front!

"It's done!"

Rin Tohsaka turned to look at her younger sister and said, "Sakura, come with me!"

After saying that, he grabbed his sister's hand and rushed towards the gate of the archery club without saying another word.

However, at that moment, one of the magic puppets that had managed to dodge the flames suddenly stopped moving.