Rin Tohsaka's eyes were filled with unease and confusion.
Having experienced something similar once before, she easily understood what this Servant who called herself the goddess of love meant.
But something was wrong. Gods did possess power beyond the reach of heroes, power that could even affect the present world, but once they descended to a lower rank, that power was restricted. Even Ishtar, the Goddess of Venus, had to release divine energy through gems to unleash her full power.
Yet the goddess before her merely stood there, and the bliss of love and desire kept rising in Rin Tohsaka's heart. Rin had already tried every spell she knew for breaking mental control, but none had worked.
They had not failed. Rather, after activating successfully, they had found no target at all.
It was as though the abnormality affecting Rin Tohsaka was something natural, like a law or axiom of the universe.
Rin Tohsaka's vision was already beginning to blur. Reason told her that her situation was extremely dangerous, yet a sincere smile involuntarily appeared on her face.
Even so, she continued to struggle with all her strength and forced out words filled with power.
"Give... Sakura back to me!"
Even when possessed by a goddess, the Master who had summoned her should not have been at her mercy. However dangerous this unknown goddess might be, Rin Tohsaka trusted her younger sister to use Command Spells to establish a binding Contract.
But her behavior was far too strange. From the moment she saw Rin through everything that followed, the goddess before her had not shown a single abnormal reaction, as though she controlled this body completely.
Rin Tohsaka's tenacity brought an ambiguous smile to the goddess's face, which resembled Sakura Matou's without being quite the same.
"If fulfilling that request