There are some people who are destined to be extraordinary from birth.
They are the darlings of the world, and the ones favored by the gods!
And throughout human history, such individuals can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
If we have to say, the great Greek hero Heracles can be considered one, albeit barely.
Why just barely?
On the one hand, Zouken Matou believes that the so-called gods of his world are at most pseudo-gods, not qualified to be compared to true gods.
On the other hand, Heracles has the blood of gods flowing in his veins, he is a demigod.
How can he be considered a pure human?
But the situation with Sakura Matou is completely different!
She is a true god-favored one!
Even before she was sacrificed, she has already received the gaze of the great All-Encompassing One!
At this moment, Zouken Matou's old face was practically beaming!
The reason is simple.
Don't look at how in the chat group, Danzou and Muzan Kibutsuji say they share information and help each other.
It seems as if they are all very enthusiastic.
In reality, Zouken Matou doesn't believe a single word of it!
If they weren't in different worlds, he's sure they would have already beaten each other's brains out!
They only cooperate because it's mutually beneficial.
When someone becomes useless, they will immediately be kicked out, treated like a ghost by other group members!
To solidify his position in the group, Zouken Matou believes that the Shrine Maiden is the ultimate trump card!
After Lu Ming's arrival, the world with more Shrine Maidens and the one with a better relationship with them will have the greater say!
In order to avoid being eliminated, Zouken Matou has been worrying himself sick.
After all, Danzou and Muzan Kibutsuji have already sacrificed, and he's the only one who hasn't made any progress.
How can this go on?
As the saying goes, one step behind, and you're forever behind.
Knowing that he has already fallen behind too much, Zouken Matou is even more anxious.
But now, everything is looking up!
To his knowledge, Sakura Matou is the only Shrine Maiden in the group who hasn't been sacrificed yet but has been observed by the Great One!
What does this mean?
To describe it in four words -
The Emperor holds her close to his heart!
Though the analogy is not quite right, the meaning is essentially the same.
“Sakura, you really are my lucky star!”
Looking at Sakura Matou, who had a rosy complexion and was lying on the ground like a porcelain doll, Zouken Matou smiled.
The next second, as if he had thought of something, his outstretched hand stopped mid-air.
“No.”
“How can my hands touch the Shrine Maiden who serves the gods?”
“Let the maids do it.”
Previously, the Matou family had no maids. After all, no matter how much the Matou family has fallen, they are still a magic clan.
Zouken Matou would still follow the rules of maintaining the magic path and not revealing secrets to ordinary people.
But for the sake of taking care of the upcoming Sakura Matou, he couldn't care less.
He went out of his way to contact the Einzbern family in Germany, spending a large sum of money to buy a few artificial maid-like homunculi.
These artificial maid-like homunculi all have white hair and red eyes, and their appearances are extremely beautiful.
Moreover, they are tight-lipped, with a restriction on them, so there's no need to worry about them leaking secrets.
As a nanny to take care of Sakura Matou, they are the perfect choice.
With this in mind, Zouken Matou used the magic of communication to call a maid named "Nora."
He told her to cut a strand of Sakura Matou's hair and then carry the girl back to her room to rest.
As for Zouken Matou himself, he stayed in the secret room, making preparations for the Holy Grail War.
He recalled the future in the trajectory of fate, took out the strand of hair, and placed it in the center of the summoning circle.
“The trajectory of fate hints that the Servant with the highest compatibility with Sakura is the Gorgon Medusa from Greek mythology.”
“This Servant was originally supposed to be summoned by Sakura in the Fifth Holy Grail War.”
“I just made her arrive a little earlier, it shouldn't be a problem, right?”
This is the disadvantage of a declining magic clan, they simply have too few usable magic resources!
Zouken Matou is also quite helpless.
And he can't be like Tohsaka Tokiomi, spending almost all his accumulated wealth for years to buy the world's oldest snake shedding stone and gamble on the Holy Grail War.
If he wins, he'll have a club full of beautiful women.
If he loses, he'll have a big funeral.
Let's not even mention the amount of money it takes to raise Sakura Matou.
Having seen the trajectory of fate beforehand, how could Zouken Matou, who knows that the Holy Grail has been contaminated by the Root of the World, use all his trump cards to gamble on a losing game?
He's not an idiot..................
Besides, is the Holy Grail qualified to be compared to the Great All-Encompassing One?
There's simply no comparison!
It's better to sacrifice a few Servants who meet the requirements than to risk your life fighting other magicians!
“Let's give it a try first, if it doesn't work, I'll think of other ways.”
Zouken Matou stepped back from the summoning circle, chanting incantations to begin the summoning ritual.
“Declare: You are lent to me, I entrust my fate to your sword!”
“Answer the call of the Holy Grail, if you will abide by this will, and by this principle, then answer.”
“I swear here, I am the one who achieves all good in the world, I am the one who transmits all evil in the world.”
“You, the seven days bound by three great words, transcend the Wheel of Restraint, appear, guardian of the scales!”
As magic was continuously poured in, the summoning circle erupted in blinding white light.
Zouken Matou subconsciously widened his eyes, looking like a hardcore FGO player nervously checking if the last ten-pull has brought any new SSRs.
Thankfully, the extremely high compatibility between Sakura Matou and Medusa didn't disappoint him.
Through the feedback he received, Zouken Matou was sure he had successfully summoned Medusa!
But what he found strange was.................
Is this Medusa's body a bit too small?
The white light dissipated.
Standing before Zouken Matou was a purple-haired girl wearing a black cloak and a cat-eared hood.
She was looking down, seeming a little shy.
Or maybe she was too insecure.
She didn't even look at the face of her Master, only out of courtesy did she give a meager greeting to Zouken Matou.
“Lancer, Anna.”
“I have answered the summons.”
Zouken Matou: “???”
Wait, who are you?
Where's Medusa?
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