Multiverse: Ragnarok's Beginning - The Hero King's Path Chapter 679

Because a ceramic spoon had fallen as well and shattered, she accidentally cut herself while cleaning up the fragments.

It was only a small cut, though. She would finish cleaning up before dealing with it.

But just as she was about to pick up another shard, her hand was suddenly grabbed. She gave a small start, then noticed that it was Mr. Bai Yue holding her hand.

Aoi Tohsaka immediately grew flustered and at a loss, because something so awful had happened between them.

"Um, this is only..."

"It matters. If Rin sees it, she'll definitely blame me too, asking why I didn't secure the table and chairs properly, or some other reason. So, Mrs. Tohsaka, if you don't want your daughter to blame me, obediently accept my help."

She was interrupted just like that. He made Rin sound like an unreasonable child.

In truth, Rin really did seem like the kind of child who would complain to him that way.

Thus, he held the hand whose palm had been cut with both of his, completely enclosing it in his hands.

Then she felt warmth greater than her own body temperature pass into her, as if it flowed directly into the wound, making the pain fade away.

After more than ten seconds, he removed the hand covering hers, then held her hand up before his eyes and examined it carefully.

"Mm, it's fine now."

"Thank you."

Although it was extremely awkward to meet him again, she could not abandon basic courtesy.

"Let me see your other hand."

"Ah? My right hand isn't hurt—ah!"

Her sudden cry came because he directly grabbed her right hand and brought it before his eyes for inspection.

"These are clearly burn marks. I didn't see them before."

"It's nothing. It's already healed."

"That won't do.