"Haha, there are so many kings in this place. They are all very formidable."
"They have brought me great amusement."
"Competing with such kings is the greatest joy in life!"
"Cheer up, boy. Find the value of your life in battle!"
Waver shook his head weakly. "They're too strong."
"I just saw Gilgamesh couldn't handle them."
"The Matou Family was also defeated."
"Let's not fight for the Holy Grail. I think things are fine as they are."
Iskandar shook his head. "You fool."
"I am Iskandar. I will obtain the Holy Grail."
"Then restore my army and continue my conquest."
"Oh, I'll cooperate with you then." Waver was clearly the type of master who deferred to his Servant.
Getting the Holy Grail was also for the Servant's use...
Such was the plight of a minor character.
Just then, Matou Kariya appeared at the Matou Residence.
Upon arriving, he found the old man was gone.
Shinji was also gone.
Yes, that brat Shinji, with no magical aptitude whatsoever, had been secretly killed by Sora via Kaguya.
As someone who had watched the anime, Sora found that spineless bastard utterly infuriating.
"Sakura? Where are you?" Kariya's first concern was her.
He then went to the underground worm pit and found it had been burned.
All the worms were dead.
A thought crossed his mind.
He used Magecraft to find some traces.
"Everything is Tokiomi's fault!"
"It must be related to him!"
Driven by this obsession, he headed to Tokiomi's house.
Coincidentally, he ran into Sora and his group on the way.
And he saw Sakura, whom he cared about most.
"That old worm is dead."
"Don't be afraid, Sakura."
"By the way, there's another you in another world, but she's in a much worse state than you."
He immediately stopped the group and looked up, asking:
"Was it you who killed him?"
"Yes, we killed him."
"So what if we killed your ancestor? Are you going to avenge him?" Merlín retorted.
"He is not my ancestor. He was an evil man, consumed by his own greed."
"His death was deserved." Kariya shook his head.
"Uncle Kariya." Sakura exclaimed happily.
Kariya often brought her gifts and was her only refuge in the terrifying Matou Household.
This was because Kariya deeply loved his childhood friend, Aoi.
He wanted to return her daughter to her.
Because he knew how vile the Matou Family's Magecraft was.
"Sakura, are you okay?" Kariya asked worriedly.
"I'm fine. I'm okay. The big brother and sisters have been very kind to me. They said they'll take me home." Sakura said, pointing to Sora and the women around him.
Hearing this, Kariya breathed a sigh of relief, and his gaze towards Sora softened considerably.
The goal he had sacrificed his life to achieve by participating in the Holy Grail War had somehow been unexpectedly realized.
But then he thought: they are Servants!
They must have a reason for going to Tokiomi's house.
He wanted to go with them.
"Thank you. But can I accompany Sakura?"
"Of course." Sora nodded.
Kariya was overjoyed.
Yes, he had finally achieved his goal. He could go to the Tohsaka House.
See his beloved again, and return her daughter to her.
Sora let him come because he wanted to see how this man would face Tokiomi and his wife, Tohsaka Aoi.
This was the character with the purest motives and the kindest heart in the entire Fourth Holy Grail War.
But also the one with the worst luck and the most tragic ending.
He was the epitome of 'the devoted simp meets a bad end'.
If he had chosen to inherit the Matou Family's Magecraft, the old worm, for the sake of the next generation's magical aptitude, would have married him to his childhood friend Aoi to produce children with excellent abilities.
But unaware of this, he had hated the so-called 'Magecraft path' since childhood.
So he missed his chance with his childhood friend, leading him down a path of fateful errors.
To devote himself to his childhood friend, he willingly let Crest Worms infest his body to gain the magical energy to support his Servant.
He now had only one month left to live.
He suffered daily from the worms gnawing at his flesh, providing magical energy for his Berserker.
The most tragic part was that his efforts would be misinterpreted due to Kirei's machinations, leading to misunderstanding by the woman he loved.
After Kirei killed his teacher, Tokiomi, he deliberately placed Kariya with the body, ensuring Aoi would see it.
Thus, Aoi would believe Kariya had killed her husband to possess her.
Although he harbored such feelings, he hadn't acted on them.
He couldn't kill the father of two children.