"This is just incomprehensible..."
"But this one-time-use Noble Phantasm is truly terrifying!"
"To put it bluntly, it can literally reverse causality once!"
"Absolutely terrifying!"
"What's wrong? Piglet," Circe asked, looking up as she continued to play with his "equipment."
"Nothing, I was just admiring how you're getting more and more skilled at this~!" Haruka Kasugano laughed.
"Stop it!" Circe's tongue became even more proactive in response.
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In the afternoon.
Haruka Kasugano returned home after finishing his classes at school. He headed straight for Sola's room.
Sola very obediently arched her backside. She remained completely naked while in the bedroom, she had already grown unaccustomed to wearing clothes.
Haruka Kasugano sat on the bed, stroking Sola's "fragrant pomelos" while asking, "Do you still remember the phone number you used to contact Touko Aozaki last time?"
Sola sat up and crawled onto Haruka Kasugano, biting his earlobe as she answered, "Of course I remember."
Haruka Kasugano pulled out his phone and dialed Touko Aozaki's number. He wanted to purchase an arm from her to help Sola restore her body to its complete state.
As he pressed the numbers, Sola climbed down to the floor, kneeling by Haruka Kasugano's feet to begin her "daily feeding." Nowadays, if she didn't eat her favorite meal once a day, her whole body felt restless.
Her mouth, her "lotus," her "back garden," her heart, her body, and her soul—all of them had already been molded into Haruka Kasugano's shape.
Beep— Beep—
Haruka Kasugano dialed several times, but even after Sola had finished her fill, the call still hadn't gone through.
"Ah... Sola, I can't get through?" Haruka Kasugano asked, caressing Sola's cheek.
"How can that be? Let me try communicating via a familiar. She's been spreading information about selling dolls through the underground lines, I'll see if I can find her using magus methods," Sola said.
She set out to try. She found a pigeon, cast a spell on it, and released it to contact Touko Aozaki.
However, after several consecutive days, the pigeon failed to find Touko. Sola was quite distressed by this, she too wanted her arm restored, as it would make things much more "comfortable."
But Touko Aozaki simply couldn't be contacted. Haruka Kasugano was also troubled. It was now nearing 1996, according to the events of Kara no Kyoukai, Touko should still be in Mifune City.
Why couldn't they reach her? It seemed he would have to find an opportunity to visit Mifune City in person.
Consequently, Haruka Kasugano delayed his plan to send Sola back to London. He wanted her to return in a complete state, which would help her reclaim her former status at the Clock Tower and allow him to access those resources. If he sent back an amputee, it would certainly affect her standing, and her father would likely be displeased.
Haruka Kasugano still had classes to teach. He wouldn't have time to take Sola to the distant Mifune City (near Tokyo) until winter break. Fuyuki was in Kansai, which was far too away from Tokyo.
During the period that followed:
Haruka Kasugano took the opportunity to settle many matters. First, he dealt with the Tohsaka and Matou families. To avoid disrupting the balance of the Three Founding Families as much as possible, Haruka Kasugano performed a "home visit" to the Tohsaka residence once a week.
The entire Tohsaka household became saturated with his scent.
Aoi Tohsaka was practically losing her mind, her hunger—vicious as a wolf or tiger—had been completely ignited by Haruka Kasugano. The classroom, the kitchen, and the staircase all became beds where Aoi enjoyed Haruka Kasugano's youthful body. Even the entrance hall, just as Rin Tohsaka was about to return from school, became Aoi's favorite "battlefield."
At dusk.
Aoi Tohsaka sat on Haruka Kasugano's lap, gyrating on her own. It had been over three months since she was first "pushed down" by him. Her lower abdomen was now noticeably bulging. The child within her would be the future head of the Tohsaka family.
"Haruka Kasugano... can I marry you?" Aoi asked boldly as she lay in his arms after their climax.
"That wouldn't be good. If you marry me, you'll face a lot of social criticism. Besides, the Tohsaka family is a prominent clan, the elders and branch families would attack you. If that happens, Rin will lose her beautiful childhood," Haruka Kasugano said, utilizing his [Incitement] skill.
He had no intention of marrying Aoi—or any woman, for that matter. A woman was at her most beautiful when she was a mistress. After all, who would give up a vast prairie for a single tree? If they actually registered a marriage, he might even face legal repercussions!
"I suppose you're right..." Aoi was convinced. "I even thought about changing my surname to Zhong Aoi... and 'Zhong Rin' sounds quite nice too..."
As if! Haruka Kasugano thought. He was waiting for Rin to grow up, why would he want her to be his daughter? How ridiculous!
"You're the clever one. If I remarried you, those old fogies in the Tohsaka family would definitely come to snatch my assets, and none of this would end up in your hands!" Aoi laughed, kissing Haruka Kasugano's chest.
The "assets" she referred to were a stack of contracts sitting on the nightstand. Among them were the deed to the Tohsaka estate, contracts for shops under the Tohsaka name, and numerous shares of external investments. Aoi had secretly changed all the names on these documents to Haruka Kasugano's.
As the current head of the Tohsaka family, she could do as she pleased as long as no one caught her. If she remarried or changed her name, she would surely be ousted by the elders. If the transfer of property was discovered then, she would definitely be sued.
"Exactly. Good girl~" Haruka Kasugano stroked Aoi's head, unable to suppress the smirk on his face. From now on, the wealth of the Tohsaka family belonged to him! He was no longer a penniless primary school teacher!
The only difference from the original timeline was that Aoi Tohsaka hadn't gone insane. This meant Rin wouldn't be as poor as she originally was, though she might not be as mentally toughened. However, it didn't matter much, Haruka Kasugano would still "bully" her at school from time to time to ensure she experienced all the setbacks a child her age should! Hahaha!
To maintain the existing structure of the Three Families, Haruka Kasugano did not send Sakura back to the Tohsakas. Instead, he supported Kariya Matou to become the head of the Matou family and had Sakura become Kariya's adopted daughter. He let the two of them manage the Matou household.
Kariya Matou was a failure when it came to magecraft. Now that the Crest Worm magecraft had been abolished, he knew practically nothing. To prevent the Matou family from falling into ruin, Haruka Kasugano used his [Instruction] skill to teach him [Healing]. Because of this, Kariya was deeply grateful and referred to Haruka Kasugano as "Teacher."
Of course, while the Matou family had declined in terms of their magecraft lineage, they remained a "super family" in the mundane world. This meant the Matou wealth could be even more brazenly transferred to Haruka Kasugano. Hahaha!
Aoi Tohsaka had no objection to this. She was now completely devoted to Haruka Kasugano. Compared to Rin and Sakura, she cared far more about the child in her womb. That child was her leverage to keep Haruka Kasugano by her side. As for Rin and Sakura... Aoi had even considered letting them serve Haruka Kasugano alongside her just to please him. Why would she care what their surnames were?
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And so, Haruka Kasugano settled the affairs of the Tohsaka and Matou families. Now, he only had to wait for the little girls to grow up~!
There was still one woman left to deal with Maiya Hisau.
Haruka Kasugano took Circe with him to the old mansion next to the Emiya residence. At this moment, a sickly Kiritsugu Emiya was watching the moonlight with "Shirou the Earth-Dog." Corroded by the Black Mud and riddled with curses, his days were numbered. His only lingering hope was to raise Shirou.
He still couldn't help but occasionally describe his ideals and his "Hero of Justice" dream to Shirou. To the young boy, these were the ultimate aspirations, which would heavily influence his growth.
Meanwhile, Haruka Kasugano and Circe arrived in the basement next door.
"I didn't break my promise to you. You haven't broken yours, have you?" Maiya Hisau asked urgently upon seeing Haruka Kasugano descend. Since he hadn't visited in two or three weeks, she was terrified he had lost interest in her body and would renege on their deal.
"If I were going to break my promise, I would have killed you long ago! Why would I leave you here to condemn me?" Haruka Kasugano shot back.
"Fair point..." Maiya believed him instantly. Haruka Kasugano's words, bolstered by [Incitement] and [Narrator], possessed a supernatural charm.
Maiya's "unfaithfulness" level wasn't high enough yet, he couldn't let her out. If he let her go now, even if she knew Irisviel was cheating, she wouldn't stay willingly, she'd only cause trouble. To eliminate all future risks, Haruka Kasugano had to raise her unfaithfulness to at least 60 or 70.
However, her feelings for Kiritsugu were purer than Irisviel's. Her rigid personality was locked onto Kiritsugu, and because she had performed so many "dirty deeds" with him for so long, she was willing to endure his darkest sides. This was completely different from Irisviel.
To handle Maiya, besides the physical shock of lust, he needed to make her feel the beauty of the world. He had to completely wash away the ideology Kiritsugu had brainwashed her with. After all, she had a tragic childhood. As the saying goes, some people spend their whole lives trying to heal from their childhood. Kiritsugu, Maiya, and Sakura were all like this.
By accelerating Maiya's "healing" process, he could quickly increase her favorability toward him, thereby slowly increasing the rate of her "straying."
The first step? The same as always. He had to turn her into a woman who wallowed in pleasure. Because she was more rigid and even less bound by worldly common sense than Sola, his strategy for her had to be even more extreme!