Byakuya Matou's death was inevitable—as just an ordinary person, how could he possibly win against magi like Reines and Sakura Matou?
Although Byakuya Matou had no magic aptitude and couldn't learn magic, the Matou family was still considered a local power in the area, so Byakuya Matou wasn't entirely without means of self-defense.
He kept a handgun in his clothes, planning to pull it out to threaten his opponents if he encountered danger.
Because he clearly knew that at the end of the day, a magus's body was still just that of an ordinary person.
But unfortunately, when facing Reines and Sakura Matou, although he did indeed pull out his handgun, it posed no threat to the two of them.
After being enhanced by the maid-outfit Stand, Reines's body movement speed and reaction speed had already surpassed handgun bullets. The gun simply couldn't hit her.
Sakura Matou was even simpler. Her Stand "Free As Bird" possessed A-rank speed and precision, able to accurately deflect the bullets Byakuya Matou fired.
Thus, Byakuya Matou was quickly killed by Sakura Matou's "Free As Bird."
She couldn't even be bothered to read Byakuya Matou's memories.
"That should be good enough, right? The police can't detect traces left by your Stand. The final result should be that Byakuya Matou died by suicide."
Reines watched as Sakura Matou used "Free As Bird" to hold the handgun and fire a shot at Byakuya Matou's head, then put the gun back in Byakuya Matou's hand.
Because "Free As Bird" was a Stand, even if the police came, they couldn't find any traces of someone else firing the gun. No matter how many suspicious points there were, they could only conclude that Byakuya Matou had committed suicide.
"Should we deal with this house? Or just leave it like this and let you inherit it?"
That's right. Although Sakura Matou went to the Clock Tower ten years ago and only recently returned to Fuyuki City, legally speaking, Sakura Matou had inheritance rights to the Matou family.
After all, Tokiomi Tohsaka had legally adopted Sakura Matou into the Matou family back then, so Sakura Matou still bore the Matou family surname to this day.
If Shinji Matou disappeared and Byakuya Matou died, then Sakura Matou really would be the only legal heir of the Matou family now.
"...Then let's keep it. Maybe Brother Zuke can use it later."
Sakura Matou had originally wanted to deal with the Matou family as well, but after hearing Reines's words, she finally remembered that she could indeed inherit this house.
After all, she had never considered herself part of the Matou family before, so she really hadn't thought about this point.
However, even if she inherited it, she didn't think of it for herself, but rather thought that maybe this house could be useful to Zuke later.
"Sakura really thinks of Mr. Zuke in everything."
Hearing this, Reines looked at Sakura Matou with somewhat subtle eyes.
Although she had long known that Sakura Matou was very devoted to Zuke, she didn't expect Sakura Matou would even be willing to give her house to Zuke.
"It was Brother Zuke who saved me from despair back then, so everything I have belongs to Brother Zuke."
Sakura Matou seemed to notice Reines's gaze and looked back, while snorting lightly to express her dissatisfaction with Reines's behavior.
"If Brother Zuke hadn't stopped me, I definitely wouldn't have let you off so easily, Reines. You actually summoned Brother Zuke ahead of me."
Don't think that Sakura Matou and Reines seemed to have reconciled now, but Sakura Matou completely forgave Reines only for Zuke's sake.
Otherwise, with Sakura Matou's personality that was devoted to the point of madness, Reines's fate afterward probably wouldn't be too good—especially now that she had awakened a Stand that could modify memories.
If she weren't afraid that taking action against Reines would make Zuke dissatisfied, Sakura Matou really wanted to directly rewrite Reines's memory and make her stop pestering Zuke.
"Hmph... Although I'm not as crazy as Sakura, when it comes to caring about Mr. Zuke, I may not lose to Sakura."
Reines puffed out her chest, showing a somewhat cunning smile, her tone also somewhat playful.
Sakura Matou still didn't know what she and Zuke had done during that time when Sakura was unconscious after awakening her Stand.
If she knew, Sakura Matou's reaction would definitely be even more interesting.
With that, Reines walked toward the Matou house's door, saying to Sakura Matou in a relaxed tone:
"Alright, Byakuya Matou has been dealt with. Let's go back."
Sakura Matou looked at Reines's back, frowning slightly.
For some reason, she felt that what Reines just said had quite deep meaning—she actually said that when it came to matters concerning Zuke, she might not lose to herself?
Clearly, she had known Brother Zuke since ten years ago. Where did Reines get this kind of confidence?
Unless Reines had experienced something relatively special with Zuke in places she hadn't seen.
Sakura Matou followed behind Reines, frowning slightly. She really wanted to figure out why Reines was so confident.
She kind of wanted to use "Free As Bird" to ambush Reines, extract Reines's memories and take a look, to determine exactly what had happened.
But Reines had the maid-outfit Stand given by Zuke, so although she wasn't someone who had awakened a Stand herself, she could also be considered an unofficial "Stand user."
If she used "Free As Bird" to ambush, Reines would definitely be able to see it. What if she complained to Zuke then?
"Then I'll check when she's asleep tonight."
Thinking of this, Sakura Matou also quickly made a decision. Since ambushing now was easy to discover, she'd just wait until a time when it wasn't easy to be discovered.
Reines didn't know that Sakura Matou had already begun planning to peek at her memories.
After returning home with Sakura Matou, Reines walked straight into the hall, then picked up a cup filled with water from the coffee table and took a drink.
Having rushed back all the way, she was quite thirsty.
"Eh? Wait! That cup of water..."
Waver, who was sitting on the sofa looking through Einzbern family materials, saw this scene and instinctively spoke up to try to stop her.
But seeing that Reines had already drunk all the water, he could only sigh helplessly and say:
"Although the water inside is indeed drinking water, that cup is rather special. We're not sure yet whether water held in this cup will undergo any changes."
"Isn't this just a golden cup?"
Reines looked at Waver somewhat puzzled, then carefully examined the golden cup in her hand.
Although this cup was indeed a bit large, the patterns were a bit complex, and it looked a bit familiar...
"That's the Lesser Grail. Mr. Zuke made it."
Waver sighed helplessly and revealed what exactly the cup Reines used for drinking water was.
To be continued…