Chapter - 26

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Chapter - 26: Kama?

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[Sakura Pov]

Consciousness gradually returned to me. Generally, I wake up quite quickly. It's hard not to when I can always hear the wiggling of dirty things deep inside my body.

I couldn't remember the last time I had had a pleasant and undisturbed sleep from them.

But here and now, as wakefulness gradually erased the darkness from my vision, I feel content in a word. My body feels pleasant, warm, and comfortable, like I'm floating on an endless ocean.

... I don't know where I am. But, for the life of me, here and now, for once I'm so content, I don't care at all.

"Master," the familiar voice of Rider at my side awakens my consciousness a little more.

But I can't feel it in me to move from this position. I feel so happy that I don't want to move at all. I look out of the corner of my eye to where my servant's voice is coming from and find Rider on the alert beside where I'm lying.

"How are you feeling?" Rider asks softly, "Any pain or even just feeling strange?"

My brows furrow a little, ".... No... Do I feel okay?" I reply, wiggling my toes and instinctively finding myself smiling almost happily at my servant.

"I see," I nodded slowly, before really smiling, a rare sight since I hardly ever saw Rider smile, "It seems that that monster unlike others is at least able to keep his promises. Even I am surprised by the final results."

And so it was. My eyes widened as I fully recalled. The feeling of warmth I could remember flooding my very being was truly magnificent and included new vitality filling my body.

But wait, now that I thought about it. Even now I could not feel that familiar disgusting sensation of worms moving inside me!

I stood up abruptly and noticed a quilt of the soft, thick blanket falling from my body, leading me to notice where I was in the first place. And I was completely naked. Not only that...

My eyebrows rose as I looked at myself, "Are ... Are my breasts bigger?" I blinked slowly. Not only that, but my hair, it was longer, and as if that weren't enough, it had turned completely white compared to what I remembered.

I gasped at the changes I noticed immediately were my eyes had turned blood red, which honestly, I didn't mind too much; in fact, I liked them a lot.

I couldn't help but sweep the room in front of me, finding multiple empty IVs next to the bed on which I was lying. It was evident they had been taken from a hospital, leading to my arm, clearly to feed me nutrients so I could regain my strength.

"... What exactly happened to me?" I wondered dazedly.

"We had you transferred here after we destroyed those disgusting worms and increased your body far beyond its previous limits by using you with them. You have already noticed some of the changes," Rider informed me, in a calm tone.

"... I... I understand," I swallowed heavily and replied, which made sense. I almost felt like I was in a dream. But no, this was real, wasn't it? He meant exactly what he had told me about getting rid of the worms, and he had proved it.

Warmth suffused my chest at the thought of the demonic Servant, and I felt the love that had begun to sprout for him, even though I clearly knew that he had only helped me out of curiosity.

'Ah, ~ 🧡 🧡' I couldn't stop myself from smiling as my eyes glowed pink. I wanted to see him, wanted to be close to him at this moment. I wanted to kiss him and hug him and thank him and much more that I could not put into words.

Distractedly, I tugged the drip from my arms, ignoring the slight sting as the needles released; after all, all this was nothing compared to what I had endured inside the Matou mansion.

I ran my hands through my much longer hair to organize it a bit and tried to push myself out of bed. Only the push almost sent me flying through the air with a force that was clearly enough to kill a normal human being with my bare hands.

"Careful Sakura, He did everything to make you better last night," explained the servant as she gently lowered me to my feet,

"He had a lot to work with apparently because of those worms and his own machinations. If he is to be believed, though not quite at the level of a low-level servant, physically you should be beyond a standard dead apostle."

"Ah... I see," I nodded. So in addition to keeping the promise he had made to me, he had made me much stronger? Ah, Oni was so good to me. If only I had met him sooner, so much time wasted being with...

But maybe it was worth it? I raised my head slightly at the thought, "After all, this way I was able to meet him," I reflected. So enduring to this age was worth it because it gave me "something" that had drawn attention to me.

Really, there was a reason for everything, huh?

"Your clothes are over there if you want to get ready," Rider spoke, pointing to a dresser next to the closets where his underwear and maid uniform lay.

"Thank you, Rider," I nodded absentmindedly and thanked my servant. I slowly approached the dresser, keeping tight control of my body so as not to cause confusion with my new improvements, and began to put on my clothes.

I gave up my blanket for now, leaving me only in the purple and white French maid uniform with long sleeves and a white maid's sash over my head and skirt. I tied the ribbon in my hair before standing in front of the mirror to take a look at my new appearance.

And I was breathless. While I still looked like myself, it was like looking at a completely new person. My body was more toned, and my skin, though it had remained the same, had become smoother and softer, with a much healthier color, like a snowflake. My eyes were brighter than ever.

[Picture ---> Something like this]

And I almost didn't recognize myself...

Was I also taller? Maybe by an inch or two. But as I looked closer, I noticed that my thighs were fuller, as were my hips. My skirt, which usually came down close to my knees, was now at my thighs.

Otakemaru was really amazing.... To accomplish so much in such a short time? It was clearly impossible for a normal Servant and made my grandfather look like a rank amateur with all the effort he had to go through to modify his body.

Heh, I couldn't help but chuckle at the thought. "Well, I suppose there's a reason for his confidence in dealing with Grandpa."

It was strange, usually, the thought of my grandfather alone made me tremble with fear. But now, it seemed that he was just a simple old man who was on the verge of death, nothing to me either.

I fully believed him when he said that Zouken Matou was nothing compared to him, just a bug to squash, completely insignificant that wasn't even worth mentioning.

"That you... different, Sakura." Rider pointed at me, breaking me from my thoughts.

"I feel different," I nodded in agreement, turning to my servant with a bright, beaming smile, "I feel good, really good. I also feel free, liberated, I've never felt so good in my life."

"I see," Rider lifted his head to the side, looking at me through the blindfold before giving me a small, warm smile, "I'm happy."

That's right, isn't it? Rider came across my summons because she wanted to help me, right? "Rider... Thank you," I thanked my precious servant.

"Don't think about it; in the end, I didn't even realize anything. That was all he did to you," Rider replied.

However, it was not only the results that mattered to me, but also the thought. Avenger and Rider, they were the best things that ever happened to me.

"Speaking of him, where is he now?" I wondered, deciding to let the matter of thanks rest for now.

"He's in Manaka's workshop, where they wanted to watch Bazett summoning her new servant," Rider replied.

"Oh, a new servant?" I blinked, furrowing my brows. "I hope it's not a woman..." I muttered in a dark tone, causing Rider to raise an eyebrow in response.

I banished the thought as soon as I had it; it was something I really should have left to the two. "Let's go see what she's up to," I chirped to my servant, "On top of everything else, we need to make a plan for the Grail War, right?"

"Indeed, sound logic," Rider agreed with me.

And the two of us left the bedroom to go after him.

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A/N: I feel a little better so I decided to finish this chapter and publish it, I hope you enjoy it as usual. 

I also put in the auxiliary chapter the Noble Phantasm shown for the time being by Otakemaru if anyone wants to read them directly.

Tell me what you think of the story with lots of comments to let me know what you think and what you would like to see or even some improvements I could make.

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