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

"An accident? What accident?"

Tohsaka Sakura was thoroughly confused.

"Well, Sakura, ask Mom yourself."

"Mom? What accident?"

"This..."

How could she bring herself to say it?

Still, Sakura's reaction eased her panic quite a bit.

After all, what she cared about most was her two daughters' reactions.

Rin's anger had really only been directed at him. She was not angry at her mother.

"I say, now that the trial is over and things are still like this, is Mom declaring war on us?"

Tohsaka Rin suddenly said with her hands on her hips, her expression turning slightly stern.

Those words immediately threw her mother into a panic, and tears welled at the corners of her eyes—

"I-I was joking, Mom. Don't cry. I only wanted to tease you a little."

She instantly began fumbling to comfort her.

"Honestly, Sis."

Sakura was also a little speechless. If she wanted to make that kind of joke, she should have done it later.

Right now, their mother was still extremely flustered and terrified of how they would react.

A tiny joke like that could be blown completely out of proportion and frighten her.

"Really, I was joking."

Tohsaka Rin tightly clasped her mother's hands and spoke anxiously.

She regretted it too. She should never have thought to tease her even a little. She should have known how panicked her mother was inside.

As though holding her hands still could not convey her feelings, she decided to hug her instead.

But because her mother was sitting in someone's lap, Rin could not properly embrace her. So she suddenly wrapped her arms around her and lifted her up.

That left her mother standing.

And then—!

Uh!

Tohsaka Rin, who had lifted her mother up, instantly froze in shock.

Tohsaka Sakura Will Join...

She blinked again,