"It's so nice, Father, this feeling of being needed and embraced."
Lying limply in Arthas's arms without moving, Sakura squinted her eyes and said with a blissful expression.
"Keep it a secret. Don't let Illya and your mom know."
Although he hadn't had any scruples when they were doing it, Arthas still felt a little guilty after they were done.
Seeing Arthas with this kind of expression, Sakura showed a somewhat amused look.
"What does it matter? We don't have any blood relation anyway. I even want to marry Father."
Although she was a little selfish and willful, Sakura also wanted to pursue her own happiness, and Arthas could only show a helpless bitter smile at this.
"By the way, Father, was that really the Holy Grail that you showed Grandpa?"
"That's right. It was indeed the Holy Grail, but the Holy Grail has long been contaminated by evil thoughts. The current Holy Grail is no longer a miraculous object that can grant wishes. It's just a cursed object that infinitely amplifies evil thoughts."
"Is that so... So the thing that that man pursued his whole life, never giving up until he died, was actually such a pitiful thing."
Sakura said this, showing a somewhat sad look. Arthas knew what she was talking about. She was talking about her biological father, Tokiomi Tohsaka.
He had always yearned for the Holy Grail, never knowing the truth until his death. Thinking about it that way, it was really pitiful.
"And she, is she now carrying the ancestral teachings left behind by that man, preparing for the next Holy Grail War?"
"Are you talking about your older sister, Rin Tohsaka?"
Arthas asked this subconsciously, and Sakura shook her head lightly.
"She's not my older sister. The moment that man planned to send me to the Matou family ten years ago, I already had nothing to do with them."
Sakura said this, pretending to be strong. The girl's appearance made Arthas feel a pang of heartache.
"But I also have to thank him. If it wasn't for him ruthlessly sending me away, I wouldn't have met such a gentle Father, right?"
Saying this, as if she had thought of something, Sakura asked Arthas with some worry.
"Illya also has the Lesser Grail in her body. Is that why she hasn't grown at all in these ten years? Father, you should be able to solve this problem, right?"
"Don't worry. I've already solved all of the problems in Illya's body. From now on, she'll grow up healthy like a normal girl."
"Is that so..."
Hearing Arthas say this, Sakura also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Next, I'm going to completely destroy the remaining Greater Grail in Fuyuki City. It's time to end this ugly game called the Holy Grail War."
Arthas said this, and Sakura nodded forcefully. The image of that man and that girl involuntarily floated into the girl's mind.
That way, the shackles that have been binding you all along will also be able to disappear, right? Father... and big sister.
Early the next morning, Sakura made breakfast and then left for school. In the ten years that Arthas had been gone, Sakura had always been taking care of Illya.
It could be said that if it weren't for Sakura, Illya's mind might have been twisted long ago, complying with Jubstacheit's wishes and becoming a weapon that only knew how to kill.
It seemed that Irisviel and Illya hadn't noticed anything wrong. After explaining things to them a little, Arthas also left the Einzbern castle not long after Sakura left.
If he wanted to destroy the remaining Holy Grail in Fuyuki City, he first had to find the leyline of Fuyuki City.
And if Arthas remembered correctly, the Tohsaka family had always been managing the leylines of Fuyuki City.
It seemed that he still had to go and find Rin Tohsaka first. He wondered how that girl was doing now.
Arthas thought this, walking towards the direction of the school. Not long ago, he had just learned that Sakura and Rin Tohsaka seemed to be attending the same school, and the two of them seemed to be senior and junior classmates.
These two girls, really... They've been living together almost every day for so long, but they're still pretending to be strangers?
Thinking this somewhat helplessly, Sakura had her own difficulties, and Rin Tohsaka probably had her own pride.
Actually, Arthas didn't have any antipathy towards Tokiomi Tohsaka. He also felt a sense of lament for his death.
If that man hadn't been so proud, perhaps he wouldn't have ended up in such a state.
Because it was early morning, there weren't many pedestrians on the street.
The televisions in the few stores that had opened were rolling out news about gas explosions and home invasion murders.
"Oh dear, even after ten years, it still hasn't changed at all. This Fuyuki City is still so chaotic."
Arthas showed a troubled expression. It seemed that the Holy Grail War was approaching, and some guys couldn't hold back anymore.
They were killing ordinary people to plunder magical power. Although the amount they plundered was small, it was still a considerable amount of wealth.
Not long after walking, a huge park appeared before Arthas's eyes. As far as the eye could see, it was an empty, scorched black land.
Although it was said to be a park, he couldn't see a single bit of green, and he couldn't see anyone's figure either.
"Is this the location of the final battle last time?"
Saying this to himself, Arthas naturally remembered this place where he had fought to the death with Archer, and standing here, he could also feel it.
The anger, the unwillingness, the resentment... These were the souls of those who had died unjustly.
The great fire ten years ago had reduced tens of thousands of lives to ashes.
The flames, ignited by the sin in the Holy Grail, had prevented the souls of these unjustly dead from resting in peace, haunting this place for a full ten years.
This was also why this piece of land had no vitality and had never been rebuilt.
The sin and curse flowing within the Holy Grail were still flowing on this land.
"Dust to dust, earth to earth. Everything will be ended, and you no longer need to continue to resent others."
Easily banishing all of the vengeful spirits that were entrenched in this park, Arthas then left this place.
And just after Arthas's figure disappeared, a man holding a scarlet lance and wearing a blue bodysuit appeared out of thin air.
"Has he already left..." The man with a stern expression carefully searched the surroundings, muttering to himself.
There were still several prying gazes around him, but the man only frowned slightly. After all, it wasn't dark yet.
Starting a war rashly would be too easily discovered by ordinary people, so they were only prying.
"It seems that he's a formidable Servant..." Leaving these words behind, the man in the blue bodysuit disappeared.
The wind blew gently, carrying with it pieces of dead leaves. However, compared to the initial silence and eeriness, the park seemed different at this moment.
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