Young Rin's Boyfriend Power

"Sakura, what's wrong? Are you okay?"

Aoi Zenjou noticed something was wrong with her younger daughter as well. Her heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly asked.

"I... Waaaah..."

Young Sakura could not hold it in any longer. The half-chewed apple fell from her mouth as she threw herself into her mother's arms and burst into tears.

Then, as if she were complaining to her father, she told her mother about the miserable things she had endured after being sent to the Matou Family.

Aoi Zenjou listened as her younger daughter described being shoved into a Basement full of worms, having her body covered by swarming insects, and the pain and fear she had felt throughout it all.

Only then did she learn what her younger daughter had truly suffered at the Matou Family. She covered her mouth, looking heartbreakingly at the crying girl in her arms as tears streamed down her own face.

"Sakura, don't be afraid. It's all over now. From now on, Mom, Dad, and I will protect you."

Hearing what her younger sister had gone through, Rin Tohsaka clenched her little fists. Her mature, grown-up mindset made her furious, but it also filled her with a powerful urge to protect her sister. Patting her small chest, she made her promise.

"Really?"

Young Sakura raised her head from her mother's arms. Her little face looked like that of a Little Flower Cat as she looked at her older sister and asked.

"Really. Truer than pearls. If you don't believe me, ask Mom. She definitely feels the same way."

Rin Tohsaka answered with a dependable expression, even pulling her mother in as a guarantor.

"Mom..."

Young Sakura looked up at her mother expectantly.

"Sakura, you'll be fine."

Aoi Zenjou did not dare answer her younger daughter's question directly. Sending Sakura to the Matou Family had been her Husband's decision, and as that man's Wife, she was supposed to be mentally prepared to support him unconditionally.

This time, Sakura had been sent back to her. Her Husband, Sakura's biological Father, wanted her to persuade the girl to return to the Matou Family.

If she told her about that arrangement now, her younger daughter would definitely break down and refuse to trust her mother again.

Aoi Zenjou's heart ached as she held her younger daughter even tighter. Young Sakura gradually calmed down in her embrace, and her Happiness Value began to rise again.

In Young Sakura's heart, she believed that her family would surely protect her and would never let her end up lying in a pile of worms again.

Late at night, at the Tohsaka Residence, Tokiomi Tohsaka had yet to rest.

"Kirei, how is the situation?"

He sat before a phonograph. It was a Magecraft item used for communication, more secretive and harder to eavesdrop on than the modern invention known as the telephone.

"Caster was driven back by Saber and Lancer working together. Lancer's Master was badly injured and rescued by his own Servant..."

At the Fuyuki City Holy Church branch, Kirei Kotomine stood before an identical phonograph and reported, "That was the situation at Einzbern Castle tonight.

Then, at dusk, Rider and his Master found Caster's Magecraft Workshop in the sewers.

There was a group of abducted, missing children from Fuyuki City there. Their internal organs had been hollowed out and turned into human instruments, while Magecraft kept them in a half-alive, half-dead state.

Rider's Master threw up the moment he saw it. At the time, I thought it was an opportunity to assassinate him, so I ordered the Assassin following them to strike.

Unfortunately, Rider discovered him ahead of time. Assassin's attempt failed. I'm sorry, Teacher. I exposed the fact that Assassin is still alive."

"Don't worry about it, Kirei. It is indeed a major loss that Assassin's survival was exposed before we could determine Rider's hidden cards.

But learning through this that Rider's Master is a third-rate Magician is already a sufficient gain. Continue monitoring the other Masters and Servants. Report back to me if anything happens."

After ending the communication, Tokiomi Tohsaka leaned back in his chair. The chaotic battle unfolding outside was exactly what he had hoped to see.

While the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole waits behind. Calmly sitting back like a fisherman, Tokiomi Tohsaka believed he would claim victory and obtain the final reward of the ritual—the Holy Grail.

"The magecraft path..."

Even he could not help imagining the scene of transcending the world and reaching the Root.

But the ringing telephone outside quickly interrupted his thoughts.

"Who could be calling at this hour?"

Tokiomi Tohsaka frowned and went out to answer the phone, only to find that it was his Wife.

"Aoi, what is it? Calling me at this time... Are you perhaps calling to tell me the good news that you've helped Sakura pull herself together again?"

His Wife, Aoi Zenjou, was an exceptionally outstanding woman. She had given the Tohsaka Family two children with excellent Mage Talent, and Tokiomi Tohsaka had never doubted her competence as a Wife.

"Tokiomi, can we not send Sakura away? Can't we let her stay with us, stay in the Tohsaka Family?"

Yet his Wife's words from the other end of the line made the Elegant Gentleman's expression change.

"What happened? Why would you suddenly say something like that?"

"Sakura told me tonight about what she endured after going to the Matou Family. Those were not things a child her age should have to bear, so..."

"So you don't want to send her away. You want to keep her."

"Yes."

His Wife's admission came from the other end of the line.

"Aoi, you should understand how many dangers a child with exceptional talent would face in the future without the protection of a magecraft family, shouldn't you?"

"I know, but doesn't Sakura still have her Older Sister? Rin is an excellent child. She'll inherit your Magecraft in the future and become an outstanding Magician. She should be able to protect Sakura."

"So you want to cut off our other daughter's path of magecraft and let Sakura live as an ordinary person?"

"Tokiomi, the way Sakura cried tonight broke my heart. If she can just live safely and peacefully, if she never has to cry again, then I can accept anything. Let her stay. Let her stay with Rin and me."

From the other end of the line, Aoi Zenjou pleaded.

She had already sent her younger daughter away once. Now that her younger daughter had escaped from the terrifying Matou Family and returned to her, she simply could not bring herself to send her back there again.

"I understand how much you love our children, because I love them just as much as you do.

But you should also understand that we are not an ordinary family.

To be born into a Magician family and possess talent is something to be thankful for.

We cannot let them become Mortals in the future simply because we dote on them too much.

We cannot forbid them from running just because they might stumble on the path of magecraft..."

The elegant man tried to maintain a calm attitude as he persuaded his Wife.

"I have already learned about the Matou Family's Magecraft. They changed the nature of their Magecraft to adapt to their circumstances.

The suffering in that household is, for Sakura, actually a transformation like a butterfly breaking free of its cocoon. Though it will make Sakura endure pain beyond anything a child her age can imagine, we should trust in that child's resilience and encourage her to press forward through hardship..."

"Sakura is still young. There are many things she does not understand. As her Father, I sincerely hope that her future will be spent soaring through the skies, rather than remaining in the mortal world and perhaps resenting us in the future for only allowing her to be a Mortal..."

Tokiomi Tohsaka was a skilled speaker. Aoi Zenjou, whose heart had been aching terribly because of her younger daughter's tears, began to waver in her desire to keep Sakura.

"If you truly cannot bear to part with Sakura, then let Rin take her place and become the Matou Family's adopted child."

"What?"

"This is the only choice left. It is the only way for both our daughters to avoid wasting their talents and to walk the magecraft path together."

Tokiomi Tohsaka said.

"I understand. I'll encourage Sakura to pull herself together, or persuade Rin."

After a period of silence from the other end of the line, seemingly understanding that Tokiomi Tohsaka would not change his mind, Aoi Zenjou finally accepted this choice between the two.

"Aoi, you are an excellent Wife and a good Mother. I am grateful that you are still willing to support my decision."

Tokiomi Tohsaka spoke sincerely.

"It's late. Make sure you get some rest."

"You too."

After hanging up, Tokiomi Tohsaka sat alone in the room lit by only a trace of moonlight. He hesitated over the future he had arranged for his two daughters, because as someone who had walked it himself, he knew how arduous and difficult the magecraft path was.

He could not help thinking that perhaps his Wife's wish for their younger daughter to live peacefully as an ordinary person might allow her to find happiness in the future—not as a Magician, but as an ordinary person.

Even if it meant wasting her Mage Talent, even if it meant losing the right to see the world as a Magician, as long as she could find happiness...

"Heh. It seems my training is still lacking. To think I would entertain thoughts fit only for common people. A child born into a Magician family should strive toward a higher magecraft path, no matter how many hardships and obstacles lie ahead, even if it costs them their life..."

He poured himself a glass of red wine. As he swirled the glass to let it breathe, Tokiomi Tohsaka once again hardened his resolve and decided that he was not wrong.

"Rin, Sakura..."

Returning to the room and seeing her two daughters already sound asleep On the Bed, Aoi Zenjou could only hold them close.

Before one of them left her side, she would do her best to remember these moments when she could still embrace them.

With a little over two days remaining before returning to Vampa, Broly was once again drowsily brought to Branch 1 Elementary School in the Fuyuki Outskirts by Scarface.

The moment he entered the classroom, he saw the new wife he had met only yesterday. Broly walked over, sat down in his seat, and greeted the Girl beside him.

"Tohsaka, good morning."

Fujimura Taiga had taught him to do this. After arriving at school, he was supposed to greet his classmates properly.

"Mm, Broly. Good morning to you too."

Rin Tohsaka nodded in response, while quite a few students in the class greeted her as well.

Her mature, grown-up manner made her the central figure of the class.

Many girls her age liked to gather around her.

Broly had only joined the class during the final lesson yesterday, but because of Rin Tohsaka, quite a few Primary School Students had taken the initiative to greet him.

However, while the girls were friendly toward him, the boys were somewhat less welcoming.

"A guy who hangs out with girls and even has a Ponytail. Why don't you just become a girl?"

Even Second Grade Primary School Students already understood the distinction between boys and girls. Boys had their circles, and girls had theirs.

When Shinjou, the leader of the boys, saw this newcomer getting along so well with Rin Tohsaka, the central figure of the girls' circle, he became displeased and sarcastically mocked him.

Of course, boys this age who disliked girls might not actually dislike them. They might simply be trying to get the girls' attention.

So if their target was another Boy because he got along well with a certain Girl, then it might simply be Jealousy.

"I'm telling you, don't even think about becoming friends with us boys."

Rin Tohsaka was cute, cheerful, and always willing to help others. Who would not like a Girl like that? Her personality was a little forceful, and she always stopped the boys from bullying others.

Yet many of the boys in class still cared about her, including Shinjou, the leader of the opposing group.

"If you don't want to be friends with Broly, then don't. Do you really think only you boys can be his friends?"

Faced with this inexplicable child's exclusion tactic directed at Broly, Rin Tohsaka immediately stepped up, standing in front of the Boy at her desk and confronting them.

"Don't mind Shinjou. If he doesn't want to be your friend, then I'll introduce you to my friends and have them be your friends."

Young Rin Tohsaka's Boyfriend Power was MAX. She had many female friends, and under her encouragement, Broly quickly got to experience a little-girl version of being surrounded by beauties.

Before Broly had even figured out the social circles among the Primary School Students in this class, he had passively gotten to know many of Rin Tohsaka's friends.

They were all little girls, with rosy lips, white teeth, and skin that had the springy softness of children. But despite their number, none of them triggered a prompt from the Crystal Palace.

Clearly, aside from Rin Tohsaka herself, none of the other girls he had just met could become his Wife.

Still, although he did not understand what was going on, Broly was happy that he had suddenly gained so many little girl friends with relationships similar to Baya's.

"Strange. Why isn't Kotone here?"

After the first class of the morning ended, Rin Tohsaka frowned slightly. Seeing Broly's questioning look, she pointed at the empty desk nearby and explained, "Kotone was the Girl sitting here yesterday. She's my best friend, but I don't know why she didn't come today."

"Oh."

Broly nodded to show he understood, though he honestly had little impression of the Girl who had sat at the next desk yesterday.

"By the way, you don't seem to know how to read?"

Rin Tohsaka asked at that moment.

"I only know five characters. I learned them yesterday."

Broly did not hide the fact that he was illiterate.

"Then how about I teach you how to write your own name?"

Rin Tohsaka was very enthusiastic.

"Okay."

The morning passed quickly. Broly was taught how to write his name, but in Japanese.

However, the Chinese Characters for it simultaneously Appeared in his mind. It seemed that learning had awakened some memories of written language buried deep within his consciousness, and Broly wrote down even more characters.

Rin Tohsaka did not recognize them, so she asked, "What are these?"

"Chinese Characters."

"You know Chinese Characters?"

"I don't know. They just suddenly appeared in my head."

Broly answered honestly, and because he knew something she did not, Rin Tohsaka felt a little admiration for him.

Besides teaching him about writing, some of the little girls also taught Broly how to play Cat's Cradle that morning.

Broly went from clumsily manipulating the string at first to producing a decent five-pointed star pattern, earning applause and praise from the little girls.

Meanwhile, led by Shinjou, the boys looked down on him even more, even warning the other boys not to talk to Broly.

They especially warned the boys who had been interested in Broly's Saiyan identity yesterday not to hang around with him.

Broly had no reaction to this. He was simply absorbed in the experience of Playing with human friends for the first time.

It was different from Playing with Baya. The friends around him talked to him and taught him novel knowledge and games.

It gave Broly the purest feeling of joy that could only be felt when a child played together with companions.

In a single sentence, it was a childhood he had never had before.