Building a Monster Nation From Zero in Another World

Matou Zouken did not have much expectation for the Fourth Holy Grail War.

The Matou Family, or rather the Zolgen family, had settled in Fuyuki City as outsiders.

However, magecraft is closely related to the living environment, and after hundreds of years of evolution, a phenomenon of incompatibility finally appeared in this generation.

The family's magecraft factor began to regress.

But this was also a matter of course.

After all, no one could have predicted it at first.

Over these hundreds of years, the Holy Grail ritual had never truly been completed even once.

After such a long time, even the mage bloodline was almost on the verge of extinction.

Even in the generation after Matou Zouken's son, their magic circuits were blocked from birth, making it impossible for them to become mages.

Therefore, the Matou Family could not produce new pieces for this Fourth Holy Grail War and naturally could not participate.

However, unexpectedly, the Tohsaka Family, which was also a mage family and one of the three founding families of the Holy Grail ritual, had produced excellent descendants.

Tokiomi Tohsaka's two daughters were both mages with excellent aptitudes.

Unfortunately, the Tohsaka Family's Magic Crest could only be inherited by one person.

Therefore, to not waste his daughters' aptitudes, and with the Matou Family's bloodline on the verge of extinction, Tohsaka Tokiomi adopted one of his daughters, Tohsaka Sakura, to Matou Zouken.

No, she should be called Matou Sakura now, shouldn't she?

"What an excellent bloodline, Sakura."

"If it's you, winning the Fifth Holy Grail War shouldn't be difficult, right?"

"Right, Sakura?"

The old man, whose appearance had become grotesquely distorted, stopped.

He lowered his head, carefully examining the little girl beside him, a look of satisfaction appearing in his eyes.

Due to the laws of this world, mystery attracts mystery, and Sakura, with her exceptionally outstanding talent, would forever be unable to escape the destiny of mystery.

However, Sakura, who was still a little girl at this time, naturally wouldn't understand any of this.

She could only follow behind Matou Zouken fearfully, as she had already been abandoned by her father and mother.

"Don't be afraid, Sakura, from today on, you are my granddaughter."

"I believe you'll like your new name, Matou Sakura."

"It sounds much more pleasant than Tohsaka Sakura."

"But before that, I think we still need to perform a small ceremony."

Matou Zouken chuckled strangely, pulling Sakura, and continued to walk deeper into the Matou Family mansion.

Hearing this, Sakura's small body couldn't help but tremble.

The girl subconsciously flinched, but due to her personality, coupled with the intense unease and fear in her heart, she forced herself to stop, standing in place with her head bowed.

But how could Matou Zouken care about Sakura's thoughts?

Under the effect of his strong hand, which even made Sakura's hand ache,

Finally, Sakura still completed the journey.

It was just Matou Zouken's rough attitude that made Sakura feel even more uneasy.

"Grand-grandfather, where are we going?"

"We've arrived, Sakura, don't be afraid."

Matou Zouken comforted her in a rather sinister tone.

However, this creepy voice not only failed to soothe her but instead made Sakura even more uneasy and frightened.

And upon seeing the scene below the stairs, the girl's eyes immediately widened, fear uncontrollably spilling out.

Even without being explicitly told, anyone who saw the scene below would foresee what was about to happen.

It was thousands upon thousands of bugs.

Various kinds, twisted, crawling, wriggling, a pool of bugs piled up that no human could physiologically or psychologically accept.

Disgusting?

It had already surpassed the simple boundary of disgusting.

An ordinary person would probably lose a lot of sanity just by looking at it.

"Alright, Sakura, go down."

What?

Sakura thought she had misheard.

That kind of place, those terrifying bugs—

"No, don't!"

No longer able to bear the fear in her heart, Sakura turned and was about to run towards the staircase.

However, Matou Zouken grabbed the girl's hand.

"He he he~"

Matou Zouken ignored the constantly wailing girl, dragging her step by step towards the swarm of bugs. "It will be over soon, as long as you are a person with talent, hee hee hee..."

"No!!"

"Mom~ Dad~"

"Sakura wants to go home..."

Seeing that she was getting closer and closer to the swarm of bugs, the girl, who was already feeling lonely due to being abandoned, completely broke down, crying out desperately, hoping that someone would appear here.

Anyone!

Mom and Dad, older sister, anyone will do!

Please, save me!!

"Thud!"

"Thud thud thud!"

Suddenly, the sounds in the basement seemed to be covered by a hazy veil.

The buzzing of the bugs, the old man's eerie laughter, and the girl's cries.

All of this fell silent at this moment.

The only thing still clearly echoing was the sound of footsteps, coming from an unknown source, getting closer and closer.

"It seems I'm not late."

"What a nauseating sight."

An ethereal voice, as if from the clouds, echoed in the empty, dark basement.

"Hmm?"

Strands of cold air drifted in the basement, the old man's pupils constricted, and he lowered his head, discovering that the girl who should have been in his hand had disappeared at some point.

'What's going on?!'

Matou Zouken's thoughts raced, and he turned around to look at the young man standing there.

And beside the other person was his newly adopted granddaughter, Sakura Matou.

'When?'

Silently, even he hadn't reacted, and Sakura had been taken away.

Matou Zouken felt uneasy in his heart, but on the surface, he still maintained that calm, unperturbed demeanor.

"It's over now, Sakura."

A warm hand rested on the girl's head, gently caressing it. Rin knelt down and wiped away the tears on the girl's face.

"Waaaah~"

Sakura didn't know who Rin was, nor did she care.

She only knew that in her most desperate moment, the one who appeared before her was this big brother!

"Yosh, yosh."

Rin embraced the girl, and he raised his head, the tenderness on his face instantly vanishing, leaving only a cold expression. "Kill him, then destroy this place, Ice Empress."

Matou Zouken didn't expect Rin to be so decisive, and he wanted to cast a spell.

But a terrifying coldness seemed to freeze the entire space-time within the basement.

This caused Matou Zouken's magic circuits to instantly halt, making it impossible for him to use any magic.

(To be continued.)