"What the hell is going on!!!"
Surprised, ferocious, and negatively emotional voices broke the silence, adding a bit of horror to the empty streets.
The voice came from a thin and stern middle-aged man wearing a black windbreaker. He was not deliberately trying to scare people by pretending to be a ghost, but was really frightened by the scene in front of him. No one would be in a good mood if they saw their home smashed into a mess and more than half of it was destroyed, especially after a long journey, exhausted physically and mentally, and ready to go home for a good rest. His current reaction was already very restrained.
"Aili, Illya, please don't be in any trouble!"
The man muttered his family's names and was about to rush in.
This is the short-haired woman next to him who has similar attire and temperament as him. She reached into her bosom and took out a pistol. With the other hand, she gently held the man's hand and whispered a reminder:
"Calm down, don't be impulsive."
"!"
The man's body trembled, and the anxiety on his face quickly faded, replaced by a cold, mechanical attitude. He also took out a pistol from his pocket, and sneaked into the half-destroyed house with a step lighter and more silent than a cat, following the wall.
The woman quickly packed her luggage aside, and then sneaked in from another direction in the same way. This was not only the man's home, but also her own home, her only destination.
Because it was their own home, the two of them sneaked in very smoothly and did not encounter any obstacles along the way. It didn't take long for them to find the only place in the house with lights on, which was also a room with relatively less damage and could shelter from wind and rain.
There, a group of people were packing up their things, there were men and women, young and old, family members and non-family members, new faces and familiar faces.
A tall woman in a dark purple leather coat walked out of the house carrying a huge beam, asking as she walked.
"Can I just put it in the yard?"
"Well, leave it there for now. I'll have a construction team come over tomorrow to clean it up and repair it. It will definitely be fixed as soon as possible." The blue-haired boy poked his head out, then quickly retracted it. "I promised Kiritsugu that I would help take care of it. It's my fault that it turned out like this. By the way, Illya, remember to leave a message for Kiritsugu, otherwise I'm afraid he'll go crazy."
"knew."
"Once everything is ready, I'll take you to the annex. You can stay there for the time being. It's guaranteed to be safer than here. Sakura, you and Sister R will be in charge of driving and leading the way."
"Okay, brother, what about you?"
"I'll stay here and deal with some follow-up matters. I know you two vampire ladies have woken up and have almost recovered. Let's have a good chat. I think Irisviel and Illya are also curious about when Kiritsugu found two women who are willing to sacrifice their lives for him, and they are vampires. Don't worry, for Kiritsugu's sake, I promise that this will be a peaceful and friendly conversation."
Hearing this, the woman lurking at the foot of the wall showed a strange expression on her face, and the man lurking on the other side twitched his mouth.
I only heard the young man in charge in the room continue to say:
"Oh? You want to keep silent and not talk? That's fine, but in that case, I'll have to ask you to go with me temporarily. When Kiritsugu comes back, I'll let him talk to you—"
"—No, we're back."
The man finally stopped hiding and came out from his lurking corner, followed by the woman, and the two of them walked into the house together.
The sudden appearance of the man and woman attracted the attention of everyone in the room. Irisviel and Illya's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and the mother and daughter left their positions almost at the same time and rushed towards the man.
"Kiritsugu!"
"dad!"
"Aili, Illya."
The man couldn't hide his excitement. He opened his arms and hugged his wife and daughter tightly.
"Are you okay? You scared me to death."
"fine."
"We're fine."
Despite saying so, the mother and daughter still couldn't help but squeeze into the man's arms. It was obvious that the previous attack had really frightened them.
The two Dead Apostles who saw this scene showed envious expressions at the same time, and Shinji was relieved by this reaction. They were not just talking, they really valued Kiritsugu very much.
On the other side, Emiya Kiritsugu felt his wife and daughter trembling, and patted their backs gently while asking, "What happened?"
"It's the Einzbern. They found us." Irisviel replied.
"Einzbern!!!"
Kiritsugu's eyes glared, and he quickly scanned the mess around him.
It is difficult for modern magic to create such great damage. Combined with Einzbern and the current environment, he quickly thought of the answer.
"Servants! They actually sent servants to deal with you?"
"Yes, my job title is Berserker."
"That's scary, Dad."
"How dare they do that!" Kiritsugu gritted his teeth, and the chilling murderous intent in his heart lowered the temperature in the room a lot.
Since he gave up that lofty and ridiculous dream, all his thoughts have been on his family. Now someone actually uses such extreme means to hurt his family, which is simply unforgivable, even if it is his wife's "family".
"Kiritsugu, don't scare the lady and the young lady."
The woman standing quietly at the back once again gave a timely reminder and controlled Kiritsugu's emotions.
"Thank you, Maiya."
"Ah, welcome back, Maiya."
"Welcome back, Maiya-san."
Irisviel and Illya smiled at the woman at the same time, and then hugged her at the same time, in exactly the same way as they treated Kiritsugu. Ten years of getting along had already made their relationship very close.
"Well, I'm back, ma'am, miss."
"Haha, the relationship is still as good as ever."
Shinji laughed deliberately and glanced at the two vampires beside him vaguely - see, their wife and daughter don't care about polygamy at all, so you two still have hope.
Suddenly, the expressions of the two vampires became even weirder. And this smile also made Kiritsugu turn his gaze over.
"Thank you, Shinji and Sakura. If it weren't for you, they would have—"
The Servant who could destroy the house like this must be very powerful. Irisviel and Illya are not capable of dealing with it. The only ones who can deal with it are the Matou siblings who have brought two Servants with them.
"You don't need to thank me. I promised you, but I ruined your home like this. I should be the one to apologize. Even if I have to thank someone, I should thank these two first. If they hadn't delayed it desperately, they wouldn't have been able to hold out until we came to rescue them."
Shinji said this, took two steps to the side, and stretched out his hand to guide Kiritsugu's gaze downwards.
Kiritsugu Emiya is 175cm tall, roughly the same height as Shinji.
The two of them were talking with their eyes looking straight ahead, and it was difficult for them to notice anything on the ground. The two female Dead Apostles had been lying flat on their backs, silently repairing the damage to their bodies because they were seriously injured earlier.
Therefore, Kiritsugu did not notice the presence of the two Dead Apostles after entering the room, and the immediate hug from his wife and daughter made this good husband forget the content of the conversation he had just heard, and he only recalled it at this time.
He was about to thank Shinji as he had said, but as soon as he lowered his head and saw the two people clearly, his body froze, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face, even more exaggerated than when he saw his own house destroyed, and he kept muttering:
"Impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible, impossible... You, you guys haven't already..."