Tohsaka Rin, putting on the airs of a little lady, shot Fu Yuan a subtle glare. This bad guy had nearly let her father see her lazy, awful side.
If Tohsaka Tokiomi had seen how slovenly she had looked just now, he definitely would have lectured her.
Tohsaka Tokiomi glanced at Matou Sakura, then looked at Tohsaka Rin, who was sitting properly on the sofa, in surprise. "Why are you here too, Rin?"
"Because I came to say goodbye to Brother Fu Yuan, so I'm here," Tohsaka Rin answered.
That was right. Tohsaka Rin had come to see Fu Yuan this time to say goodbye, because she was about to move to Zenjo with her mother, Tohma Aoi.
"Come on, let's leave the living room to the two sisters and talk in the study," Fu Yuan said to Tohsaka Tokiomi.
"No, let's talk here. What I'm about to say concerns Little Sakura," Tohsaka Tokiomi said to Matou Sakura.
"All right." Fu Yuan shrugged, then took the seat of honor on the living room sofa. Tohsaka Tokiomi sat on the sofa opposite him, while Tohsaka Rin and Matou Sakura sat on the sofa beside Tohsaka Tokiomi.
After Tohsaka Tokiomi sat down, Matou Sakura stood up and crossed over to Fu Yuan in just two or three steps.
It seemed that her biological father, Tohsaka Tokiomi, had truly broken her heart. Matou Sakura was now unwilling even to sit beside him.
Fu Yuan looked at Matou Sakura as she came over, shook his head helplessly, then pulled the girl who did not want to be near Tohsaka Tokiomi over and had her sit with him on the sofa.
Looking at Matou Sakura sitting beside Fu Yuan, Tohsaka Tokiomi gave a bitter smile.
"Go ahead. What do you want to say to Little Sakura and me?" Fu Yuan, as the host, spoke first.
"It's like this. I just went to the Matou family and verified what you told me before. After confirming it, I believe everything you said was true. Therefore, I will revoke my decision to have Little Sakura adopted by the Matou family," Tohsaka Tokiomi said.
Fu Yuan nodded slightly and looked at Tohsaka Tokiomi approvingly. "I'm glad you believed what I said and abandoned the decision to have Little Sakura adopted into the Matou family."
This Tohsaka Tokiomi was still decent enough. He knew when to turn back before the cliff, so Fu Yuan no longer needed to beat him up and knock some sense into his stubborn head.
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The conversation between Tohsaka Tokiomi and Fu Yuan delighted Tohsaka Rin, who had been listening nearby. She believed that once Tohsaka Tokiomi withdrew his decision to have Matou Sakura adopted, her younger sister would not have to leave the Tohma Family.
But Tohsaka Rin was celebrating too soon.
"I plan to send Little Sakura to Finland."
Tohsaka Tokiomi looked at Matou Sakura sitting beside Fu Yuan and spoke slowly. "The Edelfelt family, a mage lineage in Finland, Northern Europe—the family of Luviagelita Edelfelt—is a distant relative of our Tohma Family. Therefore, I intend to send Little Sakura to our distant relatives in Finland."
"...I don't want to." Matou Sakura clutched Fu Yuan's sleeve and voiced her small protest.
This was the first time Matou Sakura had defied her stern father. She no longer wanted Tohsaka Tokiomi to give her away to another family.
"Don't be so quick to object, Little Sakura." Fu Yuan soothed Matou Sakura beside him, then said to Tohsaka Tokiomi, "Is there really no way for Rin and Little Sakura to remain in the Tohma Family together?"
"Alas, of course there isn't." Tohsaka Tokiomi shook his head as though troubled. "With your remarkable mastery of magecraft, I'm sure you understand how troublesome it is for a family to have two outstanding heirs."
"Only one person can inherit a family's Magic Crest. The other is destined to fall into mediocrity. Our Tohma Family cannot properly care for two children with exceptional Mage Circuits, so we can only choose to have Little Sakura adopted into another mage family."
Thus, Tohsaka Tokiomi chose to keep his eldest daughter, Tohsaka Rin. Her magical affinity covered the five great elements—earth, water, fire, wind, and ether—and among them, fire allowed her to better bring out the Jewel Magic of the Tohma Family.
Matou Sakura, whose magical affinity was "void," could only be adopted into another mage family, where she could receive that family's protection and training.
Tohsaka Rin gathered her courage and said, "If you absolutely have to have Little Sakura adopted, Dad, then why not have her adopted by Brother Fu Yuan?"
Tohsaka Rin's sudden suggestion stunned both Tohsaka Tokiomi and Fu Yuan, while delight appeared on Matou Sakura's little face.
If the place she was being adopted into was Fu Yuan's home, then she, Matou Sakura, was willing!
"So, Dad, wouldn't it be good for Little Sakura to be taught by Brother Fu Yuan? He's really strong."
Indeed, from the recorded footage, Tohsaka Tokiomi had glimpsed a portion of Fu Yuan's strength. Lightning Marks had erased tens of thousands of Matou Zouken's Magic Crest Worms in the blink of an eye.
That was terrifying power that surpassed even grand magecraft.
Tohsaka Tokiomi had no confidence that he himself could eliminate so many Magic Crest Worms within Matou Zouken's Magecraft Workshop.
So, having Matou Sakura adopted by Fu Yuan was a good choice?
"Rin, I don't think that's a very good suggestion." Tohsaka Tokiomi shook his head, rejecting Tohsaka Rin's proposal.
Tohsaka Tokiomi truly did not think it was a good decision.
First, Fu Yuan was too mysterious. Tohsaka Tokiomi did not even know which mage family he came from.
Second, not only did Tohsaka Tokiomi know nothing about the mysterious Fu Yuan, he also knew nothing about the mage family behind him. What if something like Matou Zouken happened again?
Therefore, Tohsaka Tokiomi still decided to send Matou Sakura to the Edelfelt family in Finland, Northern Europe.
...Fu Yuan did not want to adopt Matou Sakura either.
Actually, it was not that Fu Yuan did not want to. It was more that he could not.
After all, Fu Yuan simply did not understand this world's magecraft!
How was he supposed to teach Matou Sakura?
Was Fu Yuan supposed to teach Matou Sakura to cultivate Great Void Sword Qi?
What a good idea!
Fu Yuan might have wanted to, but he could not do it. His Great Void Sword Qi had been acquired through the character template of Valkyrie: Vermilion Knight, so he only knew how to cultivate it himself and did not know how to teach it.
Therefore, for Matou Sakura to receive the protection of a mage family and have a magus teach her magecraft, Tohsaka Tokiomi's proposal was the most suitable one for her.
But Matou Sakura's face was filled with resistance. She simply did not want Tohsaka Tokiomi to send her to another family again.
Especially after hearing Tohsaka Rin suggest that she be "adopted into Fu Yuan's family," she wanted even less to be adopted into another household.
If possible, she wanted to stay by Fu Yuan's side forever.
Fu Yuan looked at Matou Sakura, whose face was full of resistance as she tightly gripped the hem of his clothes. He first stroked the little girl's head to comfort her, then looked toward Tohsaka Tokiomi.
"Are you sure that the distant relative family you mentioned won't treat Little Sakura the way the Matou family did?"
"Of course. I know the Edelfelt family well. What happened with the Matou family will absolutely not happen again," Tohsaka Tokiomi said solemnly.
As a transmigrator, Fu Yuan knew something about the Edelfelt family as well. Wasn't it the mage family of Luviagelita Edelfelt, that golden-drill-haired girl?
That family was similar to the Tohma Family. Their magecraft was also related to jewels, so there was indeed no need to worry that Matou Sakura would suffer the same treatment she had received from the Matou family after being adopted there.
Fu Yuan looked at Tohsaka Tokiomi's serious expression, then turned to Matou Sakura sitting beside him. "What do you think, Little Sakura?"
"Brother, are you going to abandon me too?" Matou Sakura asked Fu Yuan with tears welling in her eyes.
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