Chapter 10

Sakura looked excitedly at the virtual screen in her mind.

[Day 1: Outside your window, Lin Ye's figure appears; he wants to take you away. At this moment, you tell him about your father's decision to send Tohsaka Rin instead of you to the Matou family, and ask Lin Ye if he can help your sister. Hearing your words, Lin Ye falls into thought...]

"There's actually something different."

Lin Ye was also stunned. Tohsaka Tokiomi wants to send Tohsaka Rin? What kind of madness is he having?

"Could it be that *Fate/Zero* also has an 'if' route?"

Just as Lin Ye hesitated, three options appeared before him:

[You choose:

Option 1: Take Tohsaka Rin away; absolutely cannot let Tohsaka Rin fall into the hands of the old bug.

Option 2: Take Tohsaka Sakura away; Tohsaka Tokiomi's current behavior is just because he sees he has two excellent daughters; if you take one, he won't send the other.

Option 3: Turn around and leave; go directly to cut the weeds and pull up the roots by finding Matou Zouken.]

"These three options... they all seem pretty good."

To be fair, all three options seemed to solve the problem; the question was which one was more appropriate.

"First, rule out three. Although I can beat that guy Matou Zouken, he has a bunch of Crest Worms. In *Heaven's Feel*, if Sakura hadn't been corrupted, he wouldn't have been finished. Killing him is a bit troublesome."

Lin Ye recalled some Type-Moon fan fiction he had read before; most of them involved killing their way into the Matou house right from the start, killing the old bug, and taking Sakura away. It felt satisfying to read at the time, but the more he thought about it, the more something felt wrong.

In *Fate/stay night*, after the old bug was "killed," his Crest Worms directly devoured a passing woman, and then the old bug was resurrected. Could an old schemer who had lived for hundreds of years really die so easily? (That's how I wrote it in my old book, but later I thought more and more that it wasn't right.)

"Before I can completely deal with the old bug, I'd better choose one or two. The person to be sent this time is Tohsaka Rin, so I'll take Tohsaka Rin."

Lin Ye finished speaking and chose one. The screen in Sakura's eyes also changed:

[Lin Ye agrees to help you. You also secretly call Tohsaka Rin over. You tell Rin everything about the Matou family, and Rin believes your words. Thus, Tohsaka Rin agrees to leave with Lin Ye.

Day 2: Tohsaka Tokiomi and Matou Zouken, discovering Tohsaka Rin is missing, search everywhere, but they find nothing. Matou Zouken wants to take you, but is directly refused by Tohsaka Tokiomi.

Day 3: You study magecraft with Tohsaka Tokiomi.

Day 4: Go to school, study magecraft.

...]

Sakura lived the life Tohsaka Rin once had, but at this moment, the plot on Lin Ye's side was completely different:

[Day 1: You decide to take Tohsaka Rin and leave Fuyuki City immediately, because you know that although the current Tohsaka Tokiomi and Matou Zouken can't do anything to you, it will be hard to deal with them once Tohsaka Tokiomi summons Gilgamesh, or even if Kotomine Kirei summons Hassan of the Hundred Faces.

Day 2: You arrive at Misakicho in Tokyo; you decide to settle down here.

Day 3: You find Tohsaka Rin is in a bad mood, so you take her out to play.

Day 10: Tohsaka Rin finally moves on from the sadness of leaving home. Thus, you enroll Tohsaka Rin in the elementary division of Reien Girls' Academy, and at night, Tohsaka Rin always stays by your side to study magic.]

Day 20: You decide to settle down here, so for a living, you embark on the path of a "copycat writer" and "create" the manga *One Piece*, and you make a fortune.

Day 365: Tohsaka Rin goes to school, and studies magecraft with you at night.]

"Damn, this... this simulation is too peaceful. With such a peaceful simulation, my rewards might not be very good. Also, sure enough, transmigrators can't starve to death anywhere."

Lin Ye couldn't help but sigh. But it was normal; he was a transmigrator, after all, so being a copycat writer was no problem.

[February of the second year: You hear that serial murders have been occurring here frequently, but you are very confident in your strength, so you don't care.]

[March of the second year: One night, you suddenly find that Tohsaka Rin hasn't returned on time. You understand Rin's fearless personality, so you rush out to search for her. However, as soon as you go out, you find that Tohsaka Rin has already been sent back by a purple-haired girl. The other party claims to be Rin's senior, and you recognize her identity! Asagami Fujino!]

"Holy crap! I was wondering why it felt like something was wrong just now! Misakicho! Of course it's wrong!"

[You recognize Asagami Fujino's identity. After expressing your gratitude, you tell her never to walk alone at night, to run immediately if she sees thugs, and that it's best to go to a ruin in the suburbs to find a woman named Aozaki Touko and try to become her assistant. The other party is surprised, but still nods understandingly.]

In Misakicho, a purple-haired girl looks blankly at the text in front of her.

"This Lin Ye is so strange. Why does he warn me like this? Forget it, let's keep reading."

(PS: I don't plan to write *Kara no Kyoukai* for now. The pacing is just right writing *Fate/Zero* and the King Arthur arc together; adding another arc would make it messy. I plan to write the *Kara no Kyoukai* arc after *Fate/Zero* ends. This segment is an Easter egg and also saves Asagami Fujino, so friends who like *Kara no Kyoukai*, especially Ryougi Shiki, please wait patiently.)

[Seeing Asagami Fujino leave, you also understand that this Misakicho is about to become chaotic. At this moment, Tohsaka Rin beside you also begins to miss her hometown, so you take Tohsaka Rin back to Fuyuki City.]

[April of the second year: You return to Fuyuki City. When you take Tohsaka Rin back to the Tohsaka residence, all you see is an empty room and a lonely little girl.]

[The moment they saw Sakura, the two little girls hugged each other directly. Finally, after more than a year, the two sisters were reunited.]

At the Tohsaka residence, looking at the information in front of her, Tohsaka Sakura finally got excited, "They're back! Big Brother and Sister are both back!"

Tohsaka Sakura looked at all this excitedly. In her simulation, all she saw was that period when she and her mother returned to their hometown, and then one day, her senior found her and brought her the news that her mother had suffered a mental breakdown and her father had passed away. At that moment, she felt the sky had collapsed.

She had no relatives by her side. Although she had transplanted the Tohsaka family's magic circuits and become an excellent mage, she didn't feel very happy.

Now it's great; her sister and Big Brother are back, and they can live happily again. She is no longer alone.

[After Lin Ye sends Tohsaka Rin back, he wants to leave, but you and Tohsaka Rin strongly demand that he stay. It just so happens that Lin Ye has nowhere to go, so he agrees to stay in your home. Both of you girls are willing to treat Lin Ye as a brother.]

[Third year: You study silently, your magical energy level increases.]

[Fourth year: You study silently, you learn basic magecraft.]

[Fifth year: You study silently, your magical energy breaks through to D.]

[Sixth year: You learn Lin Ye's illusion magecraft.]

[Seventh year: You need to study Jewel Magecraft, but because there has been no income for seven years, it is very difficult. At the critical moment, Lin Ye uses the money earned from *One Piece* to buy you many jewels. In the same year, your sister Tohsaka Rin decides to become a manga artist in the future to specifically help Lin Ye.]

[Eighth year: You learn Jewel Magecraft, and during this time, Tohsaka Rin has been helping Lin Ye create.]

[Ninth year: Your magical energy breaks through to C! And Tohsaka Rin helps Lin Ye more and more; at the same time, Lin Ye creates a new work, *Bleach*, and becomes a world-renowned manga artist.]

Lin Ye...

"My simulation style this time... why has it deviated so much? However, this kind of life seems pretty good too."

Rich, famous, powerful, and with two cute girls accompanying him—this life, even the immortals wouldn't trade it.

"However, the next part is the key."

The tenth year, 2004, the Fifth Holy Grail War! And Tohsaka Sakura knows this very well!

[Tenth year: You obtain the qualification to participate in the Holy Grail War. You originally planned to summon Saber according to your sister's suggestion, but Lin Ye suggests that you use Tohsaka Rin as a catalyst to summon. You choose:]

[Option 1: Listen to Lin Ye, use your sister as a catalyst to summon.]

[Option 2: Listen to your sister, summon the strongest Saber.]

[Option 3: Use yourself as a catalyst to summon a Servant.]

"Choose one! I trust Big Brother!"

Tohsaka Sakura chooses to trust Lin Ye; she believes Big Brother will definitely not harm her. It's just a bit unfair to her sister.

[Tenth year, June 11: You use Tohsaka Rin as a catalyst to summon. However, the Servant you summon does not appear, but Tohsaka Rin gains powerful strength.]

[You have summoned Archer—Goddess of Venus—Ishtar (Ishtar-Rin)!]

"Goddess of Venus!!!"

Sakura's eyes lit up! A conventional Holy Grail War would summon some top-tier Heroic Spirits at best, but what she summoned! It was actually the legendary Goddess of Venus! "Sure enough, trusting Big Brother was the right choice! It's just, why can Sister summon Ishtar?"

[Tenth year, June 12: During the day, you attend classes as usual, but at night, you feel a terrifying aura, so you take Ishtar-Rin and Lin Ye and rush directly to the target location.]

[You find a Saber and Lancer fighting; Lancer is defeated and flees. And when that Saber sees Lin Ye beside you, her eyes instantly light up! You are confused.]

[Under Lin Ye's suggestion, you form an alliance with Emiya Shirou.]

[Tenth year, June 13: Under Lin Ye's suggestion, you attack Ryuudou Temple together, defeating Assassin and Caster. At the same time, Lin Ye proposes cooperation to Caster on the premise of ensuring her Master survives. Caster actually agrees, and you use Ryuudou Temple as your base.]

[Tenth year, June 14: Illya of the Einzberns rushes into Ryuudou Temple with Berserker, but is outnumbered. Lin Ye doesn't kill Illya and Heracles, but instead forms an alliance again.]

[Tenth year, June 15: Lancer's Master sees that the Holy Grail War is about to be unable to continue, and finally can't help but attack you. He brings Lancer and the Archer left over from the previous generation to attack Ryuudou Temple together.]

[Ishtar-Rin releases the Bull of Heaven to entangle Archer; on the other side, Lancer is pinned to the ground by Berserker, and Caster directly stabs him with a sword. Lancer defects on the spot.]

[Thus, the opponent's Archer is one against seven, is outnumbered, and is directly defeated. The opponent's Master is also directly killed by Lin Ye!]

[The Holy Grail War ends, and you have won!]

"This... this is how we won?"

Sakura was stunned on the spot. What is this! Is the Holy Grail War actually this easy to win? Then how did her father lose? And even lost his life?

Tohsaka Tokiomi, so useless.

Long live Big Brother!