Elegant Lessons from the Old Man, the Prospective Father-in-Law

The Old Man Prospective Father-in-Law's Elegant Lessons

"Sakura, this is a token of thanks for the person who helped you. Return it quickly."

Tokiomi Tohsaka could only turn his head and instruct his Younger Daughter beside him.

"Uh, okay."

Having just been accepted by her father again, Young Sakura was still very obedient. She immediately wanted to return the Sapphire in her hand to Broly.

However, Broly did not take it. He merely frowned slightly, a trace of hostility appearing in his eyes as he looked toward Tokiomi Tohsaka.

This person was stopping him from raising the Girl's Happiness Value. He was obstructing him from obtaining Food—he had already earned himself a death sentence.

But the other party was Young Sakura's father. If he killed him, the Girl would definitely be sad. That made Broly hesitate, and for a moment, he did not know what to do.

"This is something I gave you. I want you to be happier."

After thinking about it, Broly could only act like the Vampa Wild Boy, forcefully saying this to Young Sakura.

Young Sakura: "Huh!?"

Tokiomi Tohsaka: "Hmm?!"

Exclamation marks practically appeared over the heads of everyone watching the scene.

"This is getting interesting."

Mr. Gold voiced his opinion. He could clearly tell that the Boy was telling the truth.

When a little boy told a little girl that he wanted her to be happier, it was usually just a joke. But now that it had been confirmed as sincere, was that not rather interesting?

Of course, part of the entertainment came from Tokiomi Tohsaka. The surprise currently showing on that rigid man's face created a stark contrast.

It gave Mr. Gold a sliver of interest. So this stiff fellow can make an expression like that. I wonder what other expressions he can make.

He is only a child. Perhaps what he means is different from what I understand!

Telling himself this internally, Tokiomi Tohsaka put on a false smile.

"If that is the case, you cannot say such things to women so casually. Even young women are no exception.

As a man, you should be elegant and maintain the bearing of a gentleman..."

Tokiomi Tohsaka began instilling his Elegant Gentleman knowledge into a child.

"I will only make my own Wife happier. I would not say such things casually to anyone else."

Broly listened humbly. After giving it some thought, he offered his answer.

"Casually referring to a woman as your Wife is also a very impolite, ungentlemanly act."

Tokiomi Tohsaka added.

"But she is my Wife."

Though he said Wife, what Broly thought of was the Food the Girl had fed him yesterday, including the worms he had devoured in that Basement. His words were extremely firm.

"What do you mean?"

Tokiomi Tohsaka could not understand the Boy's attitude until Young Sakura tugged at his sleeve. In a rather tactful manner, she explained that she could never repay his life-saving kindness, so she had agreed to become the Wife of this Older Brother who had saved her from the pile of worms...

Tokiomi Tohsaka fell silent at first. Then he nearly cracked, before declaring that this was merely childish talk and could not be taken seriously.

"She gave me Food, so she has to take responsibility for me!"

These words Appeared in Broly's mind, and he directly used them.

The moment he said that, the scene fell silent.

Broly's statement was far too novel. Everyone needed a moment to process its meaning.

"Then if I give you something to eat, would I have to take responsibility for you too?"

After a while, Tokiomi Tohsaka finally asked.

"You cannot take responsibility, because you cannot become my Wife!"

Broly answered the question solemnly. His serious expression finally made Mr. Gold unable to hold back his laughter.

Some absurd words would be utterly absurd coming from an adult. But if a child said them, they could be treated as the wild imagination of a child.

Mr. Gold liked that sort of imagination.

"Doesn't this era have Sex Change Surgery?"

He had seen some hospital advertisements for it while watching television out of boredom.

"Why not, Tokiomi, go undergo that surgery, become a woman, and become this child's Wife!"

Mr. Gold directly offered this maliciously amusing bad idea to his Elegant Gentleman retainer of the modern era.

"Of course, if you do not accept this era's gender transformation technology, My Royal Treasury also has Gender Transformation Potion I can bestow upon you."

"King of Heroes, you jest."

Tokiomi Tohsaka's Mouth Twitched as he replied to his Servant. Internally, he repeatedly reminded himself to remain elegant and preserve the bearing of a gentleman.

"If you truly want Sakura to become your Wife, then you still have a long way to go. At the very least, you must become an exceptionally outstanding person."

From their exchange just now, Tokiomi Tohsaka had also realized that there might be something wrong with this child's understanding.

He had no intention of correcting the other party's perception, but he did lay out his requirements as a father for selecting a future Son-in-law.

There was only one requirement: the person becoming his Son-in-law had to be outstanding. As for what constituted outstanding, the definition would naturally be as strict as possible.

"Being outstanding means surpassing Superman, being capable of doing things that ordinary people cannot do..."

If this child truly became an exceptionally outstanding person in the future, then what would be wrong with seeking his Younger Daughter as his Wife? By then, it would likely be something he could accept.

"Outstanding?"

Broly frowned and remembered the word, but not entirely because of Tokiomi Tohsaka's words. There was also a prompt from the Crystal Palace.

Becoming an outstanding person would indeed help the host win over his Wife.

"Then how do I become an outstanding person?"

Broly asked.

"You will have to think about that yourself. But my advice is that, at all times, you should maintain the elegant and gentlemanly manner of a man of grace..."

Tokiomi Tohsaka continued instilling his own elegant philosophy of life, while the Crystal Palace's prompt merely said that there were a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes. Excellence was a rather subjective view, so Broly, the host, should judge it for himself.

In response, Broly only wanted to ask: what was Hamlet, and could it be eaten?

He always had this habit. Whenever a new term appeared in his mind, he would ask whether it could be eaten.

Normally, he would receive no answer.

Hamlet is a tragic story and cannot be eaten.

However, the Crystal Palace gave him a reply this time.

Having received the answer, Broly lost interest.

His attention returned to how he could become an outstanding person.

Though the Crystal Palace told him to judge for himself, was there not someone right in front of him whom he could ask?

"What are elegance and grace?"

Tokiomi Tohsaka had not realized how terrifying Broly could be when he became a curious child. When Broly asked him this, he was even somewhat eager to teach, giving the Boy his own interpretation of elegance and grace.

However, when Broly's follow-up questions immediately came one after another and he became a question machine asking a hundred thousand whys, even someone as elegant as Tokiomi Tohsaka could not bear it anymore.

"Enough!"

The man shouted rather ungentlemanly, but after realizing his lapse in composure, he quickly coughed and restored his previous elegance.

"What I mean is, there are still some matters at home, so it is inconvenient for me to continue entertaining our two guests."

Tokiomi Tohsaka found an excuse and respectfully saw the two of them out.

"If there is an opportunity in the future, I will invite you both to visit the Tohsaka Family again."

In other words, if there was no invitation, they had better not come.

Once the door closed, Fujimura Taiga felt some sympathy for Tokiomi Tohsaka, who had chased them away.

Broly's endless questioning just now reminded her of what had happened in the Big Bathhouse last night.

At the time, she had been just like that man, trying to explain things to a curious child with a hundred thousand whys.

The result had been a complete defeat. Then, in embarrassment and anger, she had chosen to end the topic.

"Can you tell me..."

Broly was still unsatisfied as he looked toward Fujimura Taiga.

"It's noon. Want to go eat?"

Before he could ask the question, Fujimura Taiga changed the subject.

The moment he heard about eating, Broly threw all the elegance-related questions he still did not understand to the back of his mind.

"Yes!"

He answered obediently.

"Phew."

After seeing Broly off, Tokiomi Tohsaka let out a long breath.

"That was truly hard on you."

Mr. Gold sympathized with his unlucky Master.

If it had been him, he definitely would not have been able to stop himself from making a move after being questioned like that.

He had originally thought Tokiomi Tohsaka was a boring fellow, but now he felt the man was not entirely without redeeming qualities.

At the very least, Mr. Gold now gave his approval to the elegance and grace of this adult man.

Tokiomi Tohsaka was stunned when he heard that. He had not expected the tyrant-like King of Heroes to say something like that, and he felt somewhat ashamed for a moment.

"My grace and elegance are still insufficiently cultivated. I was driven to frustration by a child just now. I still need more practice."

After Tokiomi Tohsaka sent his daughter back to her room and came out, Kirei Kotomine stepped forward and asked, "Tokiomi-sensei, do I still need to investigate Miss Sakura's matter?"

"There is no need. No one tampered with Sakura. She should have taken the opportunity to run out of the Matou Family herself. Although running away from home was a little mischievous, it also allowed me to discover some problems with the Matou Family."

Tokiomi Tohsaka narrowed his eyes, walked to the side, picked up the receiver on the table, and used the old-fashioned telephone to dial the Matou Family's number.

"Hello?"

Once the line connected, a hoarse voice came from the other end.

"Sakura has returned home."

Tokiomi Tohsaka did not beat around the bush and spoke directly.

"As expected of the Tohsaka Family Head. You easily reclaimed Sakura from the person who abducted her."

Zouken Matou offered a flattering remark.

"I did not reclaim her. She found her way back herself, and she also told me about some of what she experienced in the Matou Family."

Tokiomi Tohsaka's tone was cold, without any discernible emotional fluctuation.

"Is that so?"

Zouken Matou responded with a question. He did not quite believe Tokiomi Tohsaka's words.

The speed with which she had been found made him think this was a performance Tokiomi Tohsaka had arranged and acted out himself.

"Matou Family Head, do you not intend to give me an explanation?"

Tokiomi Tohsaka asked.

"What would you like me to explain?"

"Explain why the daughter I gave over for adoption was thrown into a pile of worms. Explain when the Matou Family's Magecraft Inheritance changed from Water Attribute to insects."

Tokiomi Tohsaka asked in a low voice. Now, there was clearly an accusatory edge to his words.

"The world is changing, and so is the Matou Family. The magecraft inherited from the past caused the Mage's Bloodline of the Matou Family to decline. For the sake of preserving our inheritance, the Matou Family must make certain changes.

Whether it is altering the Magic Attribute of our main family or asking the Tohsaka Family for a child with excellent aptitude, it is all merely to ensure that the Matou Family's Magecraft Inheritance can continue. That is my answer.

I wonder whether the Tohsaka Family Head is satisfied?"

The decline of the Matou Family was an objective fact. Tokiomi Tohsaka could understand changing a family's magecraft attribute for the sake of its inheritance, because he would have done the same in that position.

"You should not have concealed such a matter from me."

Tokiomi Tohsaka said.

"Tohsaka Family Head, have you forgotten that our two families are not merely old allies, but also opponents competing for the Holy Grail? Would you reveal all your trump cards to your competitor?"

Zouken Matou asked in return.

"I would not."

After a moment of silence, Tokiomi Tohsaka replied.

"So, are you preparing to send Sakura back to the Matou Family, or do you have other plans?"

Zouken Matou asked again. The choice was now in Tokiomi Tohsaka's hands. If that man did not intend to send his daughter back to the Matou Family, then he would have to consider finding a child with Magician aptitude and bringing them back to the Matou Family for modification.

There was no need to fall out just yet. Tokiomi Tohsaka was not weak as a Magician. Moreover, as a Master participating in the Fourth Holy Grail War, he had now summoned an extraordinary Heroic Spirit. If he truly came over with his Heroic Spirit and attacked without reason, the Heroic Spirit summoned by that half-baked Kariya Matou really would not be able to stop him.

"Tap, tap, tap..."

Sitting in the sofa chair, Tokiomi Tohsaka tapped his fingers on the table. If only the Holy Grail Ritual had not begun so early and could have been delayed another four or five years, he would have sought an additional Magecraft Inheritance for his Younger Daughter.

But unfortunately, there was no such possibility. Tokiomi Tohsaka had also not expected his Younger Daughter to possess exceptionally high Mage Talent, just like his Elder Daughter.

By the time he learned of Sakura's talent, the Holy Grail War was already close at hand, and Tokiomi Tohsaka had no spare energy to make arrangements for her.

Therefore, when he learned that the Matou Family needed an Adopted Child to inherit its family magecraft, he had felt immensely fortunate.

Even now, knowing that the Matou Family's Magic Attribute had changed from water to insects—

The Matou Family, which needed a magecraft inheritor, was still the best choice before him for entrusting his Younger Daughter.

"I will have Sakura return, but I also ask that you be gentler when modifying the Magic Attribute in her body."

Tokiomi Tohsaka's reply left Zouken Matou stunned.

After hanging up the phone, the Old Man muttered uncertainly, "Could it be that Sakura's abduction really was not his arrangement?

Forget it. Whether it was or not, it is a good thing that the Tohsaka brat is willing to send his daughter back.

Hmm, I should call Kariya back. That way, no one will abduct important Experiment Material from the Matou Family again."