Rin Tohsaka: "@Souta, Souta, can I ask you for a favor?"
Before Rin's message even finished sending, Illya followed up immediately.
Illya: "Big brother, Illya also wants to ask for a favor!"
Altair: "Has something happened? I recall that Souta is currently busy gathering faith. If it's urgent, I can also help."
Souta: "Altair, I've already completed the first phase of faith collection. I do have some free time now."
Altair: "Oh? So you've already mastered divine spark?"
Souta: "Yes, though it's still quite limited—I've only just leveled up my divinity."
Souta: "@Rin Tohsaka @Illya. You both have seen the full storyline by now, right?"
Rin Tohsaka: "Yes, I've finished watching it... I never expected so much to have happened during the Fourth Holy Grail War. My mother's brain damage and paralysis—it was all caused by Uncle Kariya."
The uncle who had once doted on her as a child ended up as nothing more than a tragic, powerless human toyed with in the war, meeting a miserable end.
After watching everything, she didn't harbor hatred toward Kariya Matou—only pity.
But as for the man who orchestrated it all, Kirei Kotomine...
Rin Tohsaka: "Kirei Kotomine, that bastard! I'm so furious my whole body is trembling, my hands and feet are freezing! I stomped on the sword he gave me a few times and threw it into the trash bin... But then I picked it back up."
Souta: "Hell is empty, and all the devils are here?"
(TL Note: Let's see if anyone is cultured enough to know.)
Souta: "Ahem, nothing... You're talking about that 'Anti-Master Noble Phantasm,' right?"
Rin Tohsaka: "What 'Anti-Master Noble Phantasm'?"
Souta: "The dagger Kirei used to stab your dad, of course. Your father gave it to Kirei, then Kirei used it to kill him. After that, Kirei gifted it to you... and then he ended up getting stabbed. Honestly, this sword is seriously cursed!"
Rin Tohsaka: "Yes, that's the one. That bastard Kirei had the audacity to gift me the very weapon he used to murder my father! I'm beyond furious!"
Souta: "Then why did you pick it back up after throwing it away?"
Rin Tohsaka: "I decided to keep it... so I can use it to stab him!"
...Looks dagger is really going to live up to its "Anti-Master" reputation.
If this story ever becomes legend, the sword might actually materialize as an official Noble Phantasm.
Illya: "I also want to stab that bastard! He dared to hurt my mother—I'll make him pay!"
Rin Tohsaka: "And that decrepit old fossil Zouken Matou! How dare he do that to Sakura?! I want to rush over and kill him right now!"
Souta: "Alright, alright, you two need to calm down."
Rin Tohsaka: "Calm down?! After knowing what Sakura has been through since childhood, how the hell do you expect me to stay calm?!"
At this moment, Rin was overwhelmed by regret and guilt.
She had always known that Shinji Matou bullied Sakura.
But she thought it was just petty childhood squabbles—nothing serious.
She never imagined the sheer cruelty her sister had endured.
She also knew that being modified into a Matou magus must have been painful for Sakura, but she never learned the details.
After all, all magi endure the pain of their Magic Circuits—it was nothing out of the ordinary.
But Sakura's suffering was on a completely different level—something utterly inhuman.
Illya: "Sakura Matou really is pitiful."
Illya: "I feel like... we have a bit in common."
Souta wasn't surprised to see Illya's message.
In the original story, Illya struggled to deal with Sakura—someone who, like herself, possessed the Holy Grail's functions.
However, because they shared similar pasts, Illya naturally developed sympathy for her.
In one timeline, the two even became very close friends.
Rin Tohsaka: "Souta, can you do me a favor?"
Illya: "Me too, big brother—I need your help as well!"
Souta: "You want me to help rescue your family, right?"
Rin Tohsaka: "No, actually... I was hoping you could ask Miss Tokisaki Kurumi if she's available. She should be with you, right?"
Souta, staring at his system interface, suddenly felt a bit awkward.
He had been so confident, expecting them to rely on him.
But the first person they thought of... was Kurumi.
Well, it made sense—she was the Time emperor after all.
Tokisaki Kurumi: "I am available. You want me to help you return to the past and change a tragic history, correct?"
Rin Tohsaka: "Yes! So, um... could we ask for your help, Miss Kurumi?"
Tokisaki Kurumi: "No."
Rin Tohsaka: "Eh?! Wait, wait! Whatever compensation you want, I can provide it! Please, I'm begging you!"
Tokisaki Kurumi: "It's not that I won't help—it's that Souta has already received a solo mission to assist you. That means I shouldn't interfere."
Rin Tohsaka: "A solo mission?"
Souta: "Yes. I've received a mission related to your and Illya's wishes."
Souta: "Rin, you're worried about how to travel through time, right? That's actually not a problem. Even if Kurumi doesn't go personally, she can provide time-travel item cards that will let you return to the past."
Tokisaki Kurumi: "Since it's for Souta, I'll provide the item cards for free~"
Rin Tohsaka: "Thanks! But I can't just take them for free—once I earn enough points, I'll definitely compensate you."
Rin Tohsaka: "Regardless, I'm really grateful to both of you!"
Illya: "Illya will provide a reward too! Big brother, will you come over now?"
Souta: "I still have some things to take care of. Would you mind waiting a bit?"
Rin Tohsaka: "I don't mind. If time travel is possible, then whether it's done sooner or later makes no difference. But if possible, hurry up."
Souta: "Hmm? What's wrong?"
Rin Tohsaka: "Because I'm absolutely furious right now!"
Rin Tohsaka: "I can't take it—I'm going to school right now to break Shinji Matou's legs!"
Souta: "Why not just castrate him instead?"
Rin Tohsaka: "Huh? That's actually a pretty good idea... But I don't want to do something that disgusting. I'll just blow it off with a gandr!"
After sending that message, Rin went silent.
Which really made Souta uneasy.
"She wouldn't actually go through with it... right?"
His suggestion was just a joke...
But then he remembered—
"Rin Tohsaka is a magus. She's been trained as an elite since childhood. There's no way she'd show mercy..."
"Uh... Shinji Matou, you're on your own now. May the gods have mercy on you..."
With that thought, Souta silently offered a few seconds of prayer for Shinji Matou's doomed fate.