The process of breaking into Einzbern was simple.
Einzbern now had no mages at all, only homunculi. Although they could use magic, their minds were actually very fragile compared to real people.
After Durandal punched through the Einzbern's barrier, Takatsuki unleashed his Conqueror's Haki and directly stunned all the homunculi as if harvesting rice.
"Ilya…"
Irisviel, holding Ilya who was wearing a cotton coat, expressed her gratitude to the two.
"No need for thanks. Durandal and I will be leaving soon. Just remember to fulfill what we agreed upon."
If you can't do it, it's not my business.
Takatsuki's actions were about self-satisfaction. He did everything he could, and that was enough.
"Of course, both Little Anna and Sakura are very cute children, and they will definitely become friends with Ilya."
Irisviel placed her hands on Ilya's shoulders, put Ilya in front of her, and said with a smile.
"Mom… who are Anna and Sakura?"
Ilya looked at Irisviel with some confusion.
"They are two lovely children, Ilya will definitely become friends with them."
"Mm!"
Anna was An's current name. After all, the name An was given by Ai, and she no longer wanted to use it.
And Angra was not suitable for a girl, so Irisviel took the liberty of renaming her Anna, which she accepted.
Takatsuki didn't care either. Anyway, she wasn't his daughter, or rather, Takatsuki still felt a bit uncomfortable after waking up. After all, An's performance in the dream had always been very distant from them. If Ai hadn't changed her perception, he wouldn't have felt any family affection at all.
Unlike the trouble of coming here, Takatsuki directly opened the way back.
"Irisviel!!!! You!!! This is betrayal!"
Before Irisviel could take Ilya through the passage, an old man with shoulder-length white hair rushed out of the castle.
Jubstacheit von Einzbern, the current head of the Einzbern family, Acht, but actually an artificial intelligence created by the disciples of the Third Magician, and Acht was the eighth generation humanoid terminal.
He looked like a human and had human emotions, but in reality, he only simulated human words and deeds through calculations, even less so than YoRHa, who possessed human emotions.
His ultimate goal was only one: to recreate the Third Magic.
"Old man, give up. The Holy Grail has been completely dismantled by me. Unless you can reconstruct a Greater Grail again, your wish will never be fulfilled."
Looking at Acht running towards them, Takatsuki directly told him the fate of the Holy Grail.
"What…"
Perhaps because no one survived under the Great Cavern, no one else knew that the Greater Grail had been dismantled.
If Waver, whom Takatsuki had thrown out at the last moment, had returned there, he might have known, but Takatsuki had never seen him and didn't know what had become of that talented kid.
As Takatsuki spoke, Acht seemed to have his strength drained from him.
"Is the Greater Grail gone?"
He looked at Irisviel: "Irisviel, is this true?"
"Master…" Irisviel nodded.
This simple gesture added much to the twilight on Acht's body.
"I will send people to Fuyuki to verify. If the Greater Grail is truly gone…"
Acht looked at Irisviel: "Go live the life you want. Einzbern is hereby cut off."
In other words, if the Greater Grail was still there, Acht would have continued to pursue the mother and daughter relentlessly.
But everyone present knew that the Greater Grail was truly gone.
Takatsuki remembered that this guy seemed to have directly shut down his power after Ilya also failed.
The Einzbern family thus completely withdrew from the stage of history.
After some thought, Takatsuki left a mark in the forest of the Einzbern castle and then returned to Fuyuki City with the three people.
Upon returning, Takatsuki received good news.
That is, a puppeteer passed through Fuyuki City. Perhaps the person originally came for the Holy Grail War, or it was just a coincidence.
Although her name was not revealed, Takatsuki still took Durandal and rushed to her location.
The information given by Matou Byakuya was that the person was only passing through.
"Sorry, Durandal, I've been dragging you around these past few days."
This time, the journey was only Takatsuki and Durandal. Everything in Fuyuki City was settled.
He also took a large sum of money from the Matou Family and the Tohsaka along the way.
Although the Tohsaka had almost invested all their liquid assets because Tokiomi had poured everything into participating in the Holy Grail War.
But even so, there were still enough equivalents in the Tohsaka, and that was…
The large number of jewels Tokiomi had prepared to deal with the Holy Grail War.
The Tohsaka specialized in jewelcraft magic. The simplest way was to store magical energy in jewels and extract it when needed, or directly use it as a means of attack.
Tokiomi's years of accumulated jewel reserves were originally intended to ensure sufficient magical energy to support Gilgamesh's Noble Phantasm output later on.
But all of this became meaningless due to Gilgamesh's sudden departure.
And then, due to his self-destructive actions and his disciple's betrayal, it all turned into nothing. The accumulated jewels became unused wealth.
Takatsuki took some jewels from the inventory, and Tohsaka Aoi said nothing, or rather, dared not say anything.
It wasn't that she hadn't secretly asked people to investigate Takatsuki, but the result was that nothing was found.
It could be said that those who have nothing to lose fear nothing. As a widowed woman with an orphaned child, she naturally dared not go against Takatsuki, who possessed great strength and brought a "Servant." As long as he wasn't too excessive, some valuables given were given.
Thus, with the support of the Matou Family and the Tohsaka, Takatsuki, with a large sum of money, found the wandering puppeteer.
Looking at the beautiful woman with orange hair and glasses in front of him, Takatsuki confirmed that he had found the right person.
Aozaki Touko, using some unknown method, despite being a Sealed Designation, was openly parading through the city. Takatsuki remembered that after Kayneth was injured in the original work, his prosthetic limb was purchased from a puppeteer in Japan.
This meant that the Clock Tower could completely find Aozaki Touko, but they didn't go to apprehend her.
Perhaps it was because her escape ability was too strong. As a Grand Puppeteer, she had prepared backup bodies for herself. As long as her main body died, her memories would transfer to the backup body.
As for whether this was just memories or included the soul, it was unknown. At least, the person in front of Takatsuki had a complete soul in his eyes.
"Miss Aozaki Touko, hello. Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Takatsuki, a novice puppeteer, and this… is my wife."