"Rin?"
Tohsaka Aoi looked at her daughter's face, which was filled with delighted surprise, and spoke weakly, her voice hoarse.
"Mom! You're better? You're really better?"
"This is wonderful!"
No matter how much Tohsaka Rin had tried to pretend to be strong, she was still only an elementary school kid. After her father's death, her mother's mental breakdown, and her paralysis, she could only shoulder everything alone.
She had shouldered everything the Tohsaka Family had left behind.
Now that she saw her mother seeming much better, she could no longer contain the excitement in her heart.
"Don't celebrate too soon. Her bodily functions have suffered irreversible damage. All I can do is let her spend her final years in peace."
Xu Yue's indifferent voice came from beside her, instantly like a bucket of cold water dumped over Tohsaka Rin's head.
Before Tohsaka Rin could say anything else, Xu Yue had already risen and left, speaking as he did.
"Consider this settling the karma I owed Tokiomi. No need to thank me. Until we meet again."
"The Tohsaka Family's glory rests on you now."
Then Tohsaka Rin only felt the sunlight before her become somewhat blinding, and the Doctor who had treated her mother was nowhere to be seen.
Was he a powerful Magus?
No wonder he could heal Mother. Even that Mage Killer hadn't been able to do anything.
The Tohsaka Family's glory...
Looking at her mother, who had only just awakened and still appeared frail, Tohsaka Rin's resolve grew firmer and firmer.
For Xu Yue, Fuyuki was ultimately still far too risky a place. After dealing with a few minor matters, he had no intention of testing Golden Flash's patience any further.
He boarded a plane back to Port City.
The first thing Xu Yue did upon returning