After Tohsaka Rin left, Akatsuki suddenly realized: what was the difference between what she was doing now and when she first met Tohsaka Rin! She had turned into a babysitter again!
"But I did get to taste something good, so a little thing like this doesn't matter."
On the other side, at Privately-run Homurahara Academy.
"Sakura, is the club's morning practice over?"
Tohsaka Rin, who had just walked into the high school division, quickly ran over after seeing Matou Sakura.
"Yes, at this time... did Sister oversleep again today?"
"Uh, let's not talk about that topic, okay?"
The current head of the Matou Family, whose magecraft attribute was the extremely rare 'Hollow', had enrolled in the Clock Tower along with Tohsaka Rin a few years ago. She left the Clock Tower a year ago after completing her basic studies in the fundamental departments and returned to Fuyuki City.
Tohsaka Rin, on the other hand, chose to stay at the Clock Tower for further studies. To become a disciple of the Marshal of Sorcery, she and Luvia accepted the mission to recover the class cards.
"Really, Sister, if you just acted a little spoiled toward Lady Akatsuki, she would definitely personally step in to talk to the Grand Master. Why do you have to be so stubborn?"
"Give me a break."
Tohsaka Rin immediately cut off the topic. What happened this morning made her not really want to mention anything related to Akatsuki right now. After all, this was a long-awaited normal school life; she just wanted to spend some quality campus time with her sister. Of course, it would be even better if that Golden Drill wasn't around.
"Tohsaka Rin!"
Hearing Luvia's angry voice, Tohsaka Rin knew her scheme had succeeded, and a smug smile couldn't help but appear at the corners of her mouth.
"Ara, isn't this Luvia-san? Is there something I can help you with?"
Holding her school bag with both hands, Tohsaka Rin looked like a perfect lady as she gracefully turned to face Luvia, who was radiating murderous intent.
"Tohsaka Rin, you have some nerve!"
Her knuckles cracked as she clenched her fists. If they weren't in school right now, and if there weren't ordinary people around, Luvia, whose anger had reached its peak, would have already activated her Magecraft Crest to reinforce her body and give this woman a heavy punch.
"Sister? What happened?"
Matou Sakura looked at Tohsaka Rin with concern, while the latter made a gesture to reassure her before looking curiously at Luvia.
"Luvia, what happened? I won't know unless you say it~ Or does the young lady of the Edelfelt Family want me to endure her baseless wrath without even knowing what I did wrong?"
As the time for class drew closer, and since Tohsaka Rin, Luvia, and Matou Sakura were all rare beauties, students nearby gradually gathered around seeing what looked like a dispute between the three.
"Damn it... Tohsaka Rin, you'd better remember this!"
"Sigh, I'll be sure to remember it, Luvia~"
Luvia gave a heavy huff, turned, and walked away quickly. Tohsaka Rin made a face at her back and then pulled Matou Sakura along toward the classroom.
Just as she turned around, a somewhat familiar person appeared in her field of vision. Who was that again?
Just as this thought appeared, Matou Sakura beside her spoke up.
"That's rare, Senpai. Do you also have times when you cut it close getting to school? Captain Mitsuzuri was just complaining that you skipped morning practice today."
"Ah, some things happened yesterday so I stayed up quite late. I'll go apologize to Mitsuzuri later. By the way, Sakura, is she your friend?"
She wasn't sure if it was her imagination, but Tohsaka Rin seemed to sense a faint, almost negligible amount of magical energy from this somewhat familiar red-haired boy.
"She is the sister I often tell you about."
Matou Sakura introduced Tohsaka Rin to Shirou Emiya, and Tohsaka Rin finally remembered where she had seen Shirou Emiya before.
It was about seven or eight years ago. Back then, she and Matou Sakura hadn't gone to study at the Clock Tower yet, but were in different elementary schools. At that time, she had some friction with Ryudou Kuzuki, who was also a member of the student council. When she went to pick up Matou Sakura in the evening, she saw a child repeatedly attempting the high jump under the setting sun.
"So it's you."
An abrupt voice suddenly rang out. Ryudou Kuzuki rushed to Shirou Emiya's side, grabbed his shoulder, and looked warily at Tohsaka Rin standing with Matou Sakura. "What is a vixen like you trying to do to Emiya-kun! Besides, didn't you go study abroad? Why are you showing up in Fuyuki City again now!"
"Ah... it's you, little monk. Are you still the student council president? Don't just favor the cultural clubs and skimp on the sports clubs' budgets."
Ryudou Kuzuki adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose. "Hmph, the original distribution of club funds was what was unreasonable. Excessively favoring sports clubs only leaves the cultural clubs with no room to survive. This is something we in the student council are working hard to resolve."
"Is that so? Then good luck with that."
"Issei?"
Shirou Emiya looked at Ryudou Kuzuki in confusion. It was rare for the latter to have such a big reaction; at least, he didn't often see Ryudou Kuzuki react this way.
"Sorry, this woman and I have some bad history from elementary school, but that's all in the past. It seems this monk's training still requires more effort."
"By the way, Emiya-kun, where did that blonde student who looked like a foreigner go? She should also be wearing our school uniform. Members of the student council said she was doing some incomprehensible things on the train. As the student council president, I came over to check on the situation."
"Incomprehensible things?"
Shirou Emiya asked in confusion.
"Yes... I heard that after getting on the train, she took off her shoes and placed them beside her, then sat in seiza on the floor of the train. Since she was wearing our school uniform, it might create a bad impression."
Recalling Luvia's attitude toward Tohsaka Rin just now, combined with what Ryudou Kuzuki said, Shirou Emiya and Matou Sakura both turned their gaze toward Tohsaka Rin, who was looking away.
Following their gaze, Ryudou Kuzuki looked at Tohsaka Rin with confusion.
"It's good to be young~"
Taking a sip of the tea in the infirmary, Akatsuki sat in the seat that should have belonged to the school nurse, looking at Kallen beside her with a smile.
Tch, could you please leave this place?"
"Why? Don't you like seeing the look of helpless children crying? This body of mine is less than ten years old, strictly speaking. If you act spoiled with me, as your guardian, I wouldn't mind putting on a performance for you."
"What kind of guardian leaves their child for years and disappears without a trace?"
Kallen looked at Akatsuki expressionlessly. She knew about this True Ancestor before her. Having been left by her biological father to be raised in the church, and then placed in the care of a non-human Vampire (Akatsuki), it was inevitable that she would turn out unusual.
"Ah, but you see, I believe every child is an independent individual. If I had stayed by your side all the time, my non-human nature would have definitely influenced you in your youth. Plus, I personally have no experience in raising children, so I could only let you develop freely. By the way, I also entrusted Tohsaka Aoi to look after you. She is an exceptionally good woman. If it weren't for the existence of Tohsaka Tokiomi, I would have very much liked to have her."
Furthermore, the meaning of education is to teach you how to perceive the world, understand history, give you the chance to learn survival, establish a mature worldview, make continuous progress, and live a happy and meaningful life—not that meaningless companionship."
As she spoke, Akatsuki took a sip of the black tea that Kallen had just sipped and continued, "Besides, you've never really needed me, have you? As the saying goes, do not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you."
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