"So, have you made up your mind, ma'am?"
After discussing it for a while, Fang Mo slowly turned to Tohsaka Aoi beside him. "Will you leave Sakura here... or take her back to the Tohsaka household?"
"I..."
Tohsaka Aoi visibly hesitated upon hearing that.
Of course she could not bear to part with her daughter, but they had already discussed the matter.
If she took Sakura Matou back to the Tohsaka household, Tokiomi Tohsaka might very well send the child to another family as a bargaining chip. Who knew what might happen then? Rather than that, it would be better to leave her in Kariya Matou's care. At least she trusted him.
"All right."
Thinking of that, Tohsaka Aoi lowered her head sadly. "Leave Sakura... here with the Matou Family."
"Mother..."
Little Rin, watching from not far away, felt terrible as well. But she truly did not know what to do. She was only a child; ordinarily, whatever Tokiomi Tohsaka said seemed right to her. Yet this time... the lofty image she had of him seemed to be beginning to crumble.
"All right, then it's happily settled."
Fang Mo nodded and did not say anything further. She merely crouched beside Tohsaka Aoi and gestured. "All right, ma'am, put Sakura down. I need to give her a full-body deworming first..."
"Mm."
Tohsaka Aoi answered, then carefully placed Sakura Matou on the ground.
It was worth mentioning that Sakura Matou was still unconscious. Despite all the commotion earlier, she showed no sign of waking up. She was not even wearing clothes at the moment, lying there naked, but Kariya Matou tactfully turned around when he saw this.
"Eternal Life Art, Tentacles Bring Spring..."
After examining her briefly, Fang Mo placed a hand directly on Sakura Matou.
The Life Gem's power activated. Almost