Just as Saber was feeling deeply speechless, the girl's eye Eyelashes fluttered slightly.
Irisviel gently covered her cherry lips and exclaimed in a low voice, "Look, she's awake!"
Under the gaze of the three, Sakura slowly opened her eyes.
Those originally hollow and lifeless eyes, like dead ashes, had vanished.
In their place were a pair of clear and deep purple eyes, with what seemed to be the reflection of Platinum Divine Fire deep within the pupils.
The world became clear and different in her eyes.
Sakura sat up somewhat dazed.
Her body felt so light... no longer in pain, no longer cold.
That disgusting sensation of something constantly crawling inside her body was also gone.
It was replaced by a warm power that filled her with a sense of security.
Her gaze swept past the gentle-faced Irisviel and the complex-looking Saber.
Finally, it fixed on the tall man in black standing by the bed.
A throb from deep within her bloodline told her.
It was this person.
It was this person who had pulled her out of hell.
It was this person who had given her a new life.
Even... every heartbeat she had now shared a mysterious resonance with this man.
An absolute attachment, like that of a hatchling for the first creature it sees upon breaking its shell, instantly filled Sakura's originally desolate heart.
She desperately reached out her arms, which were as slender and tender as lotus roots.
"Hug..."
A voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz, yet filled with longing.
Hansen raised an eyebrow, but he did not refuse.
He reached out and, like picking up a kitten, lifted Sakura from the covers and let her sit in the crook of his arm.
Sakura immediately clung to Hansen's neck like a koala.
She buried her small face in the crook of his neck, which emitted a pleasant scent, greedily breathing in the smell that belonged to him.
"Big... Big Brother..."
The girl's murmur echoed in the quiet room.
For Sakura at this moment, all past memories represented pain and torture.
Only this man represented light and salvation.
"Oh my..." Irisviel watched this heartwarming scene, her eyes slightly moist, "It seems Sakura really likes Mr. Han Sen."
Saber looked at the trembling little girl seeking warmth in Hansen's arms, and a corner of the hard knightly barrier in her heart seemed to soften.
Although this man was domineering, rude, and even full of danger.
But his tenderness toward this child could not be faked.
"Perhaps..." Saber thought to herself, "he really isn't an evil person."
However, this warmth lasted for less than a minute.
"They're here."
Hansen's voice suddenly rang out, causing Saber and Irisviel to look at each other in confusion: "What...?"
BOOM—!!!!
A world-shaking explosion, like a clap of thunder, erupted outside the castle.
The entire Einzbern Castle shook violently, and dust fell from the ceiling.
"What's going on?!" Irisviel cried out, instinctively grabbing Saber's arm.
Saber's gaze instantly became sharp, her warrior's instinct putting her into a combat-ready state in an instant.
"Enemy attack!"
Saber turned to look out the window, her emerald eyes reflecting the black pillar of smoke rising in the distance, as well as that violent resentment that felt suffocating even from afar.
"This magical energy filled with resentment and curses... it's Berserker (Berserker)!"
Saber said in a heavy voice, her Invisible Sword already manifesting: "And the aura of that master... is very unstable, as if he is burning his life away."
Hansen was still holding Sakura, not even changing his posture.
He gently patted the back of the girl, who was trembling all over from the loud noise, as if soothing a startled kitten.
"Be good, don't be afraid."
Hansen's voice was steady and deep, carrying a reassuring magic.
He looked up, his gaze piercing through the walls to the forest outside the castle.
There, a beast lost in madness was charging recklessly toward this place, bringing along a poor soul whose heart was filled only with hatred.
"Just a bit of trouble."
A playful curve appeared at the corner of Hansen's mouth, a hint of disdain flashing in his eyes.
"Kariya, oh Kariya, why must you do this?"
"Since you're in such a hurry to seek death..."
Hansen held Sakura with one hand, his other hand casually tucked into his trench coat pocket as he stepped outside.
"Saber, stay in the room with the Madam and Sakura."
As he passed by Saber, Hansen said flatly.
"Wait! I'm going too!" Saber took a step forward, "This is an enemy Servant. As a knight, I cannot let you go alone..."
"If you insist, then follow along, but..."
Hansen stopped and turned his head.
In that instant, the platinum divine majesty poured out like Mount Tai pressing down.
"That mad dog is coming for this child."
"As this child's guardian, I have an obligation to clean up the trash from her past."
Hansen looked at Sakura in his arms, who buried her head deeper, seemingly feeling fear because she recognized a familiar aura.
"So, you don't need to interfere in this battle."
After saying that, Hansen ignored the stunned Saber. With a shift of his feet, his figure vanished at the end of the corridor like a phantom.
"Tch... this guy."
Snapping back to reality, the King with the ahoge, with complex emotions, felt the magical energy fluctuate around her, and her heavy blue and silver battle armor emerged.
Then her figure flashed as she quickly gave chase.
On the snow outside the castle.
Berserker Lancelot, clad in jet-black armor and surrounded by ominous black mist, let out beast-like roars.
Behind him, Kariya Matou was hunched over, coughing blood while staring fixedly at the castle gates with his single eye.
"Hand her over..."
Kariya hissed, his voice as shrill as a ghost's.
"Give Sakura... back to me!!!"
Responding to him was a Platinum Star falling from the sky.
BOOM—!
The brilliant meteor slammed into the ground, the earth cracked, and airwaves rolled.
As the light and dust dissipated, Hansen stood firmly on the cracked earth in front of Kariya.
His trench coat flapped loudly, like a demon king descending upon the world.
"The Sakura of the past is dead, Kariya Matou."
Hansen looked down at the pathetic man, his tone as cold as ice.
"Your so-called salvation came too late."
The biting cold wind swept across the snowy plain outside Einzbern Castle, bringing with it a flurry of ice crystals that felt like knife cuts.
Kariya Matou was stunned for a moment, and then his expression gradually became violent and broken.
"You took Sakura?! Give Sakura... back to me!!!"
The hoarse roar echoed across the empty snow, a sound mixed with blood and despair.
It was filled with an already twisted love.
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