Nightfall, Tohsaka Residence.
In the dim corridor, a small figure crept stealthily toward the room next door.
"Rin, you're back?"
Just as the little girl was about to push open the door, a figure deftly flipped in through the window and landed in the hallway. After looking around and spotting the little one by the door, he let out a soft sigh of relief.
"You have a front door, so why do you keep climbing through windows?! Anyone who didn't know better would think our house had been burgled!"
Rin Tohsaka's body stiffened instinctively. Then she came back to herself, shot the Servant who never took the normal route a fierce glare, and ground her teeth in complaint.
"Ahem, force of habit. But that's not the point. Actually, I..."
Samael coughed lightly, trying to hide his embarrassment.
After checking that no one was nearby, he slowly approached Rin Tohsaka. A solemn expression appeared on his face as he lowered his voice and spoke quietly.
"Wait, what are you holding?"
But the moment the ancient serpent drew near, his gaze landed on Rin Tohsaka's hands, which she was furtively keeping behind her back. Suspicion immediately rose in his heart, and he asked without thinking.
"Nothing! Absolutely nothing!"
Rin Tohsaka straightened her tiny body and shook her head like a rattle drum, repeating her assurances.
Psychologically speaking, the more someone kept trying to prove what they said and dispel your doubts in every possible way, the more likely they were to be lying.
Because that was often a sign of a guilty conscience.
Samael narrowed his eyes, his gaze burning.
"Really?"
"It's just a field-study assignment our teacher gave us."
"Let me see it!"
"No! It's private property!"
Sensing trouble, Rin Tohsaka resolutely shook her head and refused. At the same time,