Quite honestly, Eiji explained that he had just returned from Germany. He helped a woman in trouble and became a representative for her family to participate in the Holy Grail War.
He also had to do this to prevent the Holy Grail from falling into the hands of evil people.
In the process, he naturally mentioned the name Irisviel and her family, the Einzbern.
Aoi was familiar with that family name. Just like Tohsaka, Einzbern was also one of the Three Founding Families that created the Holy Grail System. But what surprised her was that Eiji would also be participating in the Holy Grail War.
She worriedly asked, "Eiji, this war is dangerous and as a representative of the Tohsaka family, Tokiomi will also definitely be your enemy, right?"
"That's inevitable. Aoi-san, are you worried that your husband will get hurt because of me?" Eiji wanted to test what Aoi's feelings for Tokiomi were like right now.
And he was not disappointed.
Aoi shook her head, "No, I'm just worried about you, Eiji. Tokiomi is not alone, he has allied with another person who was chosen to participate in the war and made him his apprentice, Kirei Kotomine."
Eiji feigned surprise, "Is it okay for you to tell me this?"
Aoi smiled bitterly, "You saved my daughter, Sakura. I can at least repay your kindness a little by giving you information, Eiji. Of course, I know this is not enough to repay all your kindness."
She then said, "As for your fight with Tokiomi? I won't interfere."
Her current actions were tantamount to betraying her husband. However, Aoi did not care and tried not to feel guilty towards Tokiomi.
Ever since he gave Sakura to Zouken and learned what would happen if Eiji did not interfere in their family affairs, she had lost all affection for him.
[Wow... Tokiomi, you're really pathetic.]
The heroines: What happened?
Aoi wondered what Eiji thought of Tokiomi.
[But you deserved it. Because of your ambition, you didn't care about the feelings of your beautiful wife, Aoi. So don't blame her if one day, she stabs you in the back like your good apprentice did.]
Right now, Tokiomi could be said to have been stabbed in the back by his wife.
However, Eiji deliberately made his words sound mysterious because of a girl in another room.
He wanted to make her uneasy.
Still, Aoi blushed and felt a little sweet in her heart. A young man like Eiji constantly praising her beauty, was he really interested in her?
Not long ago, he had wooed another woman from the Einzbern family. And now, he seemed to want to attack her!
He was not a really nice young man.
Even so, should she refuse just because she already has a husband? The answer was... No.
What Eiji said also gave Aoi the idea to stab Tokiomi in the back. She would not do it literally, but do it in another unscrupulous way.
Unbeknownst to Sakura who was also there, she looked at Eiji's handsome face with an ambiguous gaze.
Eiji was pleased but did not show it on the surface, "Aoi-san, you..."
"Onii-chan, can I sit on your lap?"
Sakura interrupted the conversation between her brother and mother.
There was jealousy that she shouldn't have on her face.
Hey, a little sister shouldn't behave like that!
Did your yandere disease recur? Yare-yare, Eiji thought.
"Come here, Sakura."
"Yey! Onii-chan, you're so kind! By the way, I also don't care about what you're going to do to the man called my father."
[Tokiomi, did I mention you're really pathetic?]
The heroines: You already did that a few seconds ago, Eiji. Did you forget?!
How bad is your memory? Oh, you must be joking.
"....." Looking at Sakura who was coquettishly sitting on Eiji's lap, Aoi just realized that something was wrong with her second daughter.
Especially from the way her eyes looked at her until the light in her eyes dimmed. Aoi shuddered, she might have to compete with her own daughter.
Sakura's affection for Eiji clearly went beyond a sibling relationship. Wait, they weren't even related by blood to begin with.
She had heard that Eiji adopted Sakura as his little sister. But Sakura didn't seem to intend to just be his little sister, she wanted more!
Aoi was a little dizzy and wondered what would happen in the future?
Should she give up on stabbing Tokiomi in the back or look for another man besides Eiji? No way.
'Sorry Sakura, your mother won't give up! In the worst case... We'll probably share in the future!'
Sakura didn't know her mother had gone crazy. They were really daughter and mother. Who was to blame for that? Her father or her Onii-chan's over-the-top charm?
Both were to blame.
Meanwhile.
In a room on the second floor, Rin could not concentrate at all and broke the jewel she used to train her family magic, Jewel Magecraft.
"Nooo! Ugh... It's that guy's fault! His voice is so whispery inside my head, he's even mocking my father again."
"And talking about my mother who would stab my father in the back like his apprentice. Hmm, apprentice? Is that Kirei? Although I never had a good impression on him, he shouldn't be able to do that, right?"
"That must be a lie. Don't let you meet me. Otherwise, I will definitely teach you a painful lesson!"
She said all that but there was unease on her face.
Rin then realized Eiji seemed to be talking to her mother. Wait, is he around here?
She hurriedly left the room and ran downstairs. But from the top of the stairs, she could see Sakura sitting on the lap of a silver-haired man while smiling sweetly.
And her mother? She was sitting next to him while occasionally laughing with him. The three of them were watching TV together in the living room.
The scene looked like a family having fun. Rin suddenly felt like an outsider.
No... That man was an outsider who suddenly came out of nowhere and entered her family home!
"Who are you?! Mom, Sakura, get away from him quickly! What if he's an enemy?!"
Rin's loud shout made the three people in the living room turn around. They stood up and the first to answer was Aoi, she frowned.
"Rin, watch your words. The person you're referring to is the one who saved your little sister. His name is Eiji Seiya, have you forgotten?"
"Ehh? That's him?"
Rin's fierce expression froze, she had completely forgotten about the person who had saved Sakura.
This was the first time she had seen him, she felt her face heat up.
"Rin, you idiot." Sakura couldn't resist mocking her older sister.
Rin was even more embarrassed, she walked down the stairs awkwardly and stood opposite Eiji.
"Hello Rin, although you now know who I am, I'm Eiji Seiya. You can call me Onii-chan like Sakura."
"N-No way! I'll just call you Eiji. Hmph!"
Instead of apologizing and thanking him for saving her little sister, Rin spoke harshly and snorted.
Eiji was not surprised.
Aoi glared at her daughter, "Rin, I told you to watch your language. Quickly apologize to Eiji right now."
"Mom? I..."
Rin pouted, her mother was again scolding her, she was sad. But before she apologized, she suddenly remembered something and pointed at Eiji's face.
"Wait a minute! Are you the pervert who seduced my mother since yesterday?"
"Pervert?" Eiji tilted his head in confusion.
The next second, his inner voice sounded and Rin was dumbfounded.
[How rude. Just like in the original work, Rin Tohsaka had a sharp tongue. That hostile and dismissive style of speaking to people other than her family... Only the protagonist wouldn't be annoyed by it.]
[Even so, she is one of the heroines of this world. In the future, her personality will become complicated, she admits she doesn't have a sweet personality, and proves it with her clothing style. But sometimes, she also wants to look cute in the eyes of others. She is also cunning, stingy, admitting she always makes decisions based on cold rational logic like her father, but in reality this is not the case.]
[Deep down, she's a good girl who loves her family but she fails to realize the negative aspects of her father. She worships Tokiomi too much. In short, she's a tsundere who is tough, fiery, perceptive, mischievous, and quite aggressive.]
[She's a very troublesome girl. I still think her younger sister Sakura is cuter than her.]
"!!!"
This voice... It's similar to Eiji's voice!
That meant he was the one whose inner voice she had been hearing since yesterday.
Still, what he said made Rin's face flush with anger. Just like her finger, her twin-tailed hair was also trembling.
Although she did not understand what the original work was and how Eiji spoke as if he knew the future.
One thing was certain, he was mocking her.
She's not a tsundere!
She admitted that compared to Sakura, her personality was not cute. So what? She didn't care if he thought she was cute or not.
"Rin, enough! You really are a bad girl. Eiji is not a pervert..." Aoi hesitated slightly when saying that.
"....." Eiji. Aoi, why hesitate? You think I'm a pervert?
[It's not wrong, host.]
Miss System, shut up.
"He is Sakura's savior. How many times do I have to tell you to apologize to him for your rudeness?! Instead of speaking politely, you spoke disrespectfully to him!"
Aoi scolded her first daughter until her pretty face looked cold.
Rin gasped, her mother was scolding her again because of Eiji! Of course, she knew it was also her fault, she could not control her curse-like personality.
Her eyes were teary, but she bit her lip to keep from crying, she really was a tough tsundere.
She bowed her small head.
"Sorry, I shouldn't have behaved like that to you, Eiji."
"Eiji is older than you, Rin! Is that any way to call him?
Aoi continued to discipline her first daughter.
Rin bit her lip harder, she reluctantly said, "Onii-chan, it's my fault. I shouldn't have behaved like that to you, I apologize. I'm also thankful that you saved Sakura."
Sakura turned her gaze to the side while holding back laughter.
Eiji smiled amusedly and reached out his hand to rub Rin's head. "Yare-yare. Rin, I forgive you. I know you're actually a good girl who loves her family very much. But next time, you must not accuse people carelessly."
[This was Rin's bad habit. In the original work, she also initially misunderstood the protagonist and attacked him without listening to his explanation first.]
[But under the protagonist's halo, she slowly fell in love with him and behaved more tsundere.]
Rin froze, only her father had been rubbing her head so far. Eiji dared to do the same, she felt a little humiliated but her head felt very comfortable.
His head rubbing skills were better than her father. No no, her father was still better than him!
Still, who was the protagonist that Eiji mentioned often in his heart? How could she fall in love with him?
Rin couldn't believe it and more than that, Eiji didn't seem to realize his inner voice was being heard by her.
Knowing this, she felt better. She still believed he was the pervert who targeted her mother and would use his inner voice to prove it.
After the conflict between them was resolved.
Time passed and the sun began to set. In the process, Rin was surprised again with the information that Eiji would be staying with them for a while!
She wondered if her mother was serious?
Wouldn't that be a bad thing for her father?
However, Aoi was serious and no one could change her decision. Rin was helpless, she glared at Eiji and was still wary of him.
Eiji ignored the naughty girl, he spent time with Sakura and Aoi for almost half a day.
But after having dinner together, he went out with the excuse of going to work. Rin wondered what kind of work he did and asked her mother.
"Mom, what does that man do— I mean Onii-chan?"
"Rin..." Aoi knew her first daughter still harbored some animosity towards Eiji, she was helpless about it and wondered if she should tell her?
Just like her father, Eiji also participated in the Holy Grail War and was arguably her father's enemy.
If she said that, Rin would definitely antagonize Eiji even more.
"I don't know, but for someone as powerful as him, he must be busy."
She lied to her daughter even though she herself was not sure what Eiji wanted to do to go out tonight.
Rin was not satisfied with her mother's answer. But was it true? Eiji was so strong? She knew he was a Magus who killed the head of the Matou family.
However, she was not sure how strong he was. And according to her, her father was still stronger than him.
Sakura shook her head, she knew what her older sister was probably thinking from her proud expression.
'Rin, you would be surprised to know that Onii-chan can defeat father with one move.'
She thought this with a smile and didn't notice her red eyes shining, the shadows under her feet also seemed to move around like tentacles.
...
On the outskirts of Fuyuki city.
There was a dense forest and as if sensing something, a handsome man with blond hair and green eyes glanced at Sakura's position.
He couldn't see her, but knew where she was roughly.
"Over there."
He calmly walked out of the summoning magic circle created by the world itself— the Counter Force that aimed to destroy anything that threatened mankind's survival, including the Beasts.
Under the moonlight, his silver knight's armor seemed to sparkle and the breeze fluttered his blue tunic.
His appearance was somewhat similar to that of someone, but unlike her, he was a man. He was a Grand Servant of the Saber class— Arthur Pendragon.
*Swoosh!*
The sound of wind being cut rang out. From within the darkness, a sword flew towards his face.
Arthur did not change his expression, his instincts had already warned him of the impending danger and a familiar sword, Excalibur appeared in one of his hands.
He blocked the attack but when his sword collided with the other party, it created an explosion.
The other party did not throw his sword, he threw a Noble Phantasm! It was enveloped by magical energy so thin that he realized it too late.
The legendary King Arthur was thrown for several tens of meters, his body crashing into the trees. Even so, he was still standing on his two feet.
After the dust cleared, his figure looked unharmed. No, actually his internal organs had been injured due to the explosion from the other party's magical energy. However, the Avalon inside him quickly healed it.
Arthur was surprised because of that.
"For a male version of King Arthur, you're pretty tough."
A magnetic male voice sounded from within the darkness. As his footsteps sounded closer, the moonlight illuminated his figure.
With silver hair and a pair of blood-red eyes- who else but our protagonist? Eiji Seiya!
During dinner the night before, he had checked the plot using his Future Insight and knew the Counter Force had taken action.
They sent a Grand Servant to hunt down Sakura, Angra Mainyu's power that grew stronger as the fusion level increased inside her made her considered a Beast.
That's why he's here.
Instead of waiting, Eiji immediately came to the location of a Grand Servant summoned by the Counter Force.
With Rasiel, it was easy for him to find out the location. Still, he didn't expect the Grand Servant who was summoned to be the male version of King Arthur. Or rather, he was supposed to be a male.
Artoria was a special case, she was the female version of King Arthur.
[Just this noon I met a younger version of Artoria. Tonight, I also met the male version of her who is really called Arthur.]
[In the original work, he was also often called Arthur Proto. The Counter Force, a kind of world will summoned him as a Grand Servant to hunt down Sakura just because they misunderstood her to be a Beast that endangers mankind.]
[I had to deal with him of course although I was a little disappointed.]
The heroines:
Disappointed? Why are you disappointed, Eiji?
[Why is a Grand Servant sent by the Counter Force not a woman?]
"....."
That's what you're disappointed about!
As expected of you, Eiji.
Many of them were somehow not surprised at all.
[Artoria (Lancer): Still, that's the male version of me? How many versions of me are there?]
[Mai: Artoria-san, your world seems very complicated.]
[Futaba: Just thinking about it makes me dizzy.]
[Rias: Since he's a boy, will Eiji kill him?]
[Irina: Rias, you make Eiji sound like... Forget it, I didn't say anything.]
[Akeno: Ara Ara. Irina, we know what you want to say.]
[Rias: Akeno is right.]
[Sona: Ehem! Girls, let's just see what will happen. Don't talk about our man's bad nature.]
Many of them fell silent.
Their gazes returned to the livestream where Arthur said, "Making a surprise attack like that, you are definitely not a knight. Your class cannot be Saber, Lancer or some other class. Are you an Assassin?"
Eiji blinked his eyes. He seemed to be misunderstood as a Servant.
"By the way, you speak as if there is a female version of me." Arthur narrowed his eyes, he walked over with Excalibur Proto flickering with golden light.
"Indeed. I know a female version of you, one of them is my woman."
"...?"
What Eiji said made Arthur stunned for a moment.
How exactly did King Arthur other than himself become his woman?!
This guy... He's joking, right?
Arthur didn't know there were other versions of him, Counter Force hadn't bothered to put that information into his brain when he was summoned.
"And you misunderstand, I'm not a Servant." Eiji smiled amusedly, golden ripples appearing behind him and filling his background. "I am a master in the Fourth Holy Grail War, my name is Eiji Seiya."
Right after he said that, various Noble Phantasm from the sword and spear category flew like rain towards Arthur Proto.
Excalibur Proto in his hand shining brightly, Arthur parried every attack in front of him at the risk of being swallowed up in the explosion. Even so, he was now no longer knocked away as before as the energy from his Excalibur blocked most of the damage for him.
Still, who was Eiji?
He was not just the King of Heroes. His magical power had a more terrifying destructive power than ordinary magical energy.
*Boom! Boom! Boom!*
Explosion after explosion focused on one point slowly made Arthur spit out a mouthful of blood.
The vibrations from their battle reached the city. The other Servants who had been summoned became alert.
He gritted his teeth and thought, 'How can a Master be this strong?! This guy is dangerous, he seems to be preventing me from hunting Beasts in the world which means... He's an enemy of mankind!'
"For the sake of my honor as a knight, I Arthur Pendragon will kill you, Eiji Seiya!"
"Oh?" Eiji saw Arthur's figure jump into the sky. With armor that had many cracks, he raised his Excalibur Proto high.
That familiar movement...
"Excalibur—!"
A pillar of golden light whose width covered the distant moon pierced the night sky.
As a Grand Servant, the destructive power of Arthur Proto's ultimate move was superior to most other versions of him.
Although he could block the attack easily, Eiji suddenly had another idea. The Command Spell on the back of his left hand glowed and he said, "Artoria, I command you to come to your Master's side and block that attack with all your power."
In the next second, Artoria's figure appeared as if teleported and even understood the situation on the battlefield instantly. So with the buff given by the Command Spell, she stood in front of Eiji and positioned Excalibur in an inclined position facing upwards.
The legendary knight's sword in his hand shone and sprayed golden energy that cut through the trees.
"Excalibuuuuuur—!"
Immediately, two pillars of light similar to each other collided in the air.
*BOOOOOM!!!*
A huge earth-shaking explosion was created and from its center, a wind so strong blew in all directions that an ordinary person would be blown away.
But Eiji stood on the ground as if what was happening around him didn't affect him, and to avoid dust soiling his clothes, he isolated himself with a force field.