Chapter 283: The Eve of Fate (2541)

The commotion in the basement had long since drawn the attention of the Matou family head, Matou Tsuruno.

Of course, he was only the family head in name; the one truly holding power was still Matou Zouken.

But upon seeing an unfamiliar young man leading his nominal adopted daughter up from the basement, Matou Tsuruno still mustered his courage and asked, "Are you here to see Father, my lord?"

"Matou Zouken is already dead. From today onward, the Matou family answers to you." Li Ang couldn't be bothered to waste words on him. "If there's anything, I'll come find you."

"Get lost."

Hearing this, Matou Tsuruno was first stunned, then a look of disbelief spread across his face. "F-Father is dead?!"

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Li Ang did not answer, merely fixing this Matou family head with an icy stare.

Looking into the resplendent eyes of the man before him, Matou Tsuruno could not help but swallow. "M-may I ask what to call you?"

"Long."

"I-I understand. I'll take Shinji and move out of here shortly."

With that, the middle-aged man, his steps somewhat unsteady, stumbled up the stairs, then roughly hauled up his sleeping son and left the manor that now filled him with dread.

As the nominal head of the Matou family, he naturally knew exactly what Matou Zouken had been doing behind the scenes.

Li Ang wasn't worried about Matou Tsuruno betraying him, because the man was an unambitious ordinary person who only dreamed of living a life of drunken dissipation, and couldn't wait for Matou Zouken, the true family head, to die.

But if he did betray him—

He had ten thousand ways to make the man wish he were dead.

Having successfully swallowed up the Matou family's power, Li Ang turned to look at Matou Sakura beside him, who still showed no reaction.

Or rather, Tohsaka Sakura.