He had spent the entire day playing with Sakura, and had finally managed to make her forget about Tokiomi Tohsaka.
Yet he had never expected to run into Tohsaka Aoi and Tohsaka Rin, instantly sending Sakura back to square one.
However, seeing how terrified Sakura was, he could imagine just how much suffering Sakura in the anime had endured.
After all, the current Sakura had not gone through the events of the anime, yet she had still been left with an indelible psychological scar.
One could only imagine how despairing she would have been inside if Sakura had truly followed the path of the anime.
Su Luo put Sakura down and let her hide behind him.
Seeing this, Tohsaka Rin curiously asked, "Sakura, what are you doing? Don't you recognize me? I'm Rin, your big sister!"
Sakura remained silent, hiding behind Su Luo and ignoring Tohsaka Rin.
Seeing that, Tohsaka Rin could only shift her attention to Su Luo and the others.
"Big brother, what is your relationship with Sakura?" Tohsaka Rin asked curiously.
She knew that her father had already adopted Sakura into the Matou family. Since Su Luo and the others were accompanying Sakura, did that mean they were from the Matou family?
"Rin!"
At that moment, Tohsaka Aoi caught up and hurriedly stopped Tohsaka Rin.
She then came to Tohsaka Rin's side, pulled her close, and, after catching her breath, said with an apologetic smile, "I'm very sorry, sir. My daughter is still immature and has caused you trouble."
"No, I think she's quite adorable. She has the energy a child her age should have," Su Luo replied with an unconcerned smile.
He possessed the [Grand Caster Succubus] Trait, so Tohsaka Rin did not display the prickly tsundere attitude or domineering demeanor she had in the anime.
She had even called him big brother in such a sweet voice. Naturally, he did not find her unpleasant.
"Big brother, you still haven't answered my question," Tohsaka Rin reminded him.
"Rin!" Tohsaka Aoi immediately shot Tohsaka Rin a glare.
Su Luo chuckled. "Madam, there's no need to worry. If I wanted to hurt you, you wouldn't be able to resist anyway."
Doesn't that make me even more worried? Tohsaka Aoi's expression stiffened slightly, but she still forced out a smile and said, "You must be joking, sir. May I ask your name?"
"Su Luo."
"Mr. Su, you and Sakura..." Tohsaka Aoi decided to throw caution to the wind.
After all, just as Su Luo had said, if they wanted to harm her, how could an ordinary person like her resist?
Tohsaka Rin was even less worth mentioning.
Although she was a Magus, she was still young and had yet to mature. She was definitely no match for Su Luo.
Since that was the case, she might as well follow her heart and find out what Su Luo's relationship with Sakura was.
However, the moment she spoke, Su Luo directly interrupted her.
"She is my little sister now. I'll take good care of her."
"And you should have seen it too. Sakura is afraid of you and doesn't want to see you."
"If there's nothing else, please leave. We're going home."
Hearing this, Tohsaka Aoi lowered her head to look at Sakura and happened to meet her gaze.
In an instant, Sakura hurriedly shrank back again.
Seeing this, Tohsaka Aoi naturally could not simply assume that Sakura was disappointed in them because of the adoption and did not want to see them.
The fear and unease in Sakura's eyes were extremely obvious. It was clear that she had experienced something to look at them that way.
And that something was definitely related to their sending Sakura to the Matou family.
Could there be a problem with the Matou family?
After seeing Sakura again, the joy in her heart and her love for her daughter caused Tohsaka Aoi's intelligence as a mother to soar. She immediately guessed where the problem lay.
"Mr. Su, why has Sakura become like this?" Tohsaka Aoi hurriedly asked.
After asking, Tohsaka Aoi realized that she had been somewhat rude and quickly added, "Sorry, I didn't mean to question you. I just want to know what made Sakura become like this. Was it the Matou family?"
Contracting Sakura, Tohsaka Aoi Comes Looking
Hearing Tohsaka Aoi's words, a flicker of surprise passed through Su Luo's eyes.
He had not expected Tohsaka Aoi to be quite smart, able to guess that Sakura's changes were related to the Matou family.
"Big brother, let's go," Sakura said softly, tugging at Su Luo's hem.
Clearly, Sakura did not want to discuss this topic and wanted to leave as soon as possible.
Su Luo nodded slightly. "You can see for yourself that Sakura is very resistant to this. If you want to understand the situation, come find me at Einzbern Castle."
"Of course, there are conditions."
As he spoke, an ill-intentioned smile appeared on Su Luo's face.
He then left with Sakura, Medusa, Raikou, and the others.
When Tohsaka Aoi saw Su Luo's smile before he left, a sense of foreboding immediately rose in her heart.
But she desperately wanted to know what had happened to Sakura, and the fact that Sakura was still alive gave her hope that she could reunite with her daughter.
No matter what, she had to make a trip to Einzbern Castle tonight!
Tohsaka Aoi silently made up her mind.
"Mom, are you going to see that handsome big brother and ask about Sakura? Can you take me with you?" Tohsaka Rin asked gloomily as she tugged on Tohsaka Aoi.
Although she was very young, she was thoughtful and sensitive.
Naturally, she had also noticed Su Luo's ill-intentioned smile.
If Tohsaka Aoi went to find Su Luo, something might happen.
Of course, she wanted to go with Tohsaka Aoi.
That way, she could not only protect Tohsaka Aoi, but also see Sakura there.
What made her feel troubled was the complicated emotions she was feeling.
Clearly, Su Luo wanted to do something bad, yet because he was so good-looking, she could not summon even a trace of anger toward him.
If it had been in the past, even if she could not defeat him, she would never have spoken so politely to someone with ill intentions.
This made her begin to doubt herself.
Did she truly have what it took to shoulder the responsibilities of the Tohsaka family head?
All kinds of doubts lingered in Tohsaka Rin's heart.
On the other side.
Su Luo and the others returned to the castle.
Other than going to the bathroom and bathing, Sakura clung to Su Luo the entire time.
She even stayed by Su Luo's side while eating.
Su Luo knew this could not continue, so he brought Sakura into a room to talk.
"Sakura, do you want to join my family?" Su Luo asked.
"A family?" Sakura's little face was filled with confusion.
"Yes. You can understand it as us becoming one family after you join."
"One family... Does that mean that if I join, big brother won't leave me?" Sakura murmured. As though she had thought of something, an excited expression appeared on her face as she hurriedly asked.
"Of course. Not only will I not leave you, but you'll also gain new power," Su Luo said with a firm nod.
"I don't want power. I only want you to stay by my side," Sakura hurriedly shook her head and threw herself into Su Luo's arms.
Su Luo smiled.
Compared to directly talking her through it, comforting Sakura this way was much easier.
After signing the Family Contract, Sakura would not only gain power, but would also find it easier to grow stronger in the future.
It would also resolve Sakura's psychological trauma.
It was simply killing two birds with one stone.
However, after signing the Family Contract, Su Luo fell silent as he watched Sakura's originally black hair suddenly turn purple.
And as he saw the newly added ability on Sakura's status panel.
Sakura Abilities: All the World's Evil, Imaginary Number Magic...
Holy shit! Of all the abilities she could have gained, it had to be All the World's Evil! Sakura won't be led astray by me in the future, will she? Su Luo's expression remained calm, but inwardly, he was screaming in shock.
It felt as if countless alpacas were stampeding through his heart.
Just like the contracts of countless predecessors, his Family Contract could allow family members to awaken their own powers, with a certain chance of gaining one of his abilities, or a weakened version of one.
Melly and the other Servants had at most gained abilities that had been weakened several times from his Super Adaptation Trait.
Things like abnormal status resistance, allowing them to resist bleeding, sleep, paralysis, and even gain a certain degree of immunity to death.
In contrast, Sakura had not only obtained one of his complete abilities, but that ability was All the World's Evil!
"Whatever. All the World's Evil can't affect Sakura's heart anyway. Besides, even if Sakura became corrupted, she wouldn't do anything to hurt me or those around me. I'll just let nature take its course." Su Luo shook his head.
Glancing at Sakura, who had already fallen asleep after gaining power, Su Luo tucked her in and left the room.
Midnight.
Medea, who had just finished replenishing her mana, sensed something. Looking toward the outside of the castle, she said, "Master, someone is here. An ordinary woman."
Outside the castle, Tohsaka Aoi had tidied herself up before heading toward the castle. She had not noticed at all that she had already triggered the Magecraft Barrier Medea and the others had set up.
Hearing Medea's words, Su Luo smiled. "That's Tohsaka Aoi. Let her in."
"Tohsaka... If I remember correctly, wasn't that Sakura's surname before?" Semiramis looked at Su Luo with an amused gaze.
"Yeah. Since your mana has mostly recovered, you can head back for tonight," Su Luo said indifferently, as though he had not caught the implication in Semiramis's words.
"Fine. I'll give Master some face today. Besides, this much mana is enough for now," Morgan said regretfully, smacking her lips.
"If you want more mana, I can keep going. We have plenty of time anyway." A mischievous smile appeared on Su Luo's face.
He was not joking.
The Ability to Manipulate Eternity and Ephemeral allowed him to do many things in an instant.
Naturally, he could also replenish Morgan and the others' mana in an instant.
It had to be said that Kaguya Houraisan's ability was quite useful at times like this.
It could save a great deal of time and allow both sides to get what they wanted.
Hearing this, Morgan and the others could not help but shudder inwardly.
They exchanged glances with one another.
Each of them could see the same expression of love and fear in the others' eyes.
Then Morgan pretended to be calm and said, "It seems the Magecraft Barrier I set up this morning has a problem. I'll go take a look."
"Mine seems to have a problem too. I need to go inspect it."
"Cough, cough... I haven't finished setting up my Magecraft Barrier yet. I'm just missing a little bit. I'll go complete the final formula."
With Morgan taking the lead, Semiramis and Medea also hurriedly fled the scene, pretending that their Magecraft Barriers had problems.
Su Luo curled his lip. "All talk and no stamina."
Then, he opened the Imaginary Space and teleported Tohsaka Aoi, who was far outside the castle, directly before him.
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