The journey of dragon transformation starting from Demon Slayer

Seeing his wife's appearance, Shi Chen comforted her softly.

"Please spend more time with Sakura during this time...Aoi..."

"Um..."

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In the following week, Tōsaka Tokiomi collected and organized as much information about the Matou family as possible in his workshop, but he was able to find very little.

Matou, whose family was originally named Machiri, came to RB two hundred years ago and built the Holy Grail ceremony with the other two families, and signed a non-interference treaty with the other families.

The original name of "Matou" is "Majiri", and they did not live in Toki. Just from the name, we can tell that they are a family of magicians from Europe.

As the Makiri clan left their homeland, it also meant that they left their magic base.

In this case, the support from the land will become weak and the power of the magic will deteriorate.

Shichen guessed that this might be the real reason why the Matou family was gradually declining.

Since the Tohsaka family is the manager of Fuyuki's spiritual veins, he naturally knows this knowledge.

Machiri is a master mage who is good at creating and controlling familiars. He planned the system of familiars in the Holy Grail War, namely Servants, and invented the technique of "binding them with Command Spells".

The magic attribute of the Matou family is generally "water", and "water" is also an attribute that the magicians of the Matou family have possessed from generation to generation. Its characteristics are "absorption" and it is good at discipline and operation.

Because it is a "water" attribute, it can do things like control the blood in the body, so manipulating familiars has become a common method used by water attribute magicians in battle.

The magician six generations ago, the first head of the Matou family, was an excellent insect user, and the familiars he controlled were beautiful butterflies.

According to the information collected, Sakura's attributes are actually not compatible with the Matou family.

Sakura's attribute is the rare "imaginary number" attribute, while the Matou family's attribute is "water", one of the five elements.

From this perspective, Rin, who possesses five elements as the "Average One", is actually more suitable to be adopted than Sakura.

Unfortunately, however, Rin is also suitable to inherit the magic seal of the Tosaka family, and this kind of talent is unprecedented, which made Shichen give up the idea of ​​adopting Rin.

However, after Sakura is adopted into the Matou family, she will probably suffer a lot in the early stages.

Never mind. This is fine. It's only natural for a magician to suffer a little while learning magic.

No one grows up without suffering.

If there is, Shi Chen can only say that he is just a child who is protected in a greenhouse and is well protected by his parents, enough so that he does not need to face anything in the world.

If possible, Tokitoshi also wants to raise Rin and Sakura well and watch them grow up.

However, his talent was so mediocre that he could not completely protect them from the storms coming from the outside world.

Sakura and Rin are both very talented, many times better than their father.

What took him a hundred efforts to accomplish, the two sisters might only need forty or twenty.

Just from this metaphor, it is enough to show how much he regrets the talents of the two sisters.

Shichen can tolerate his own mediocrity, but he cannot tolerate his children becoming mediocre. He also cannot tolerate them not using their talents and gifts, and dying halfway without experiencing their own life.

It's not that Tokiomi didn't want to waste Sakura's talent that made Sakura learn magic, but Sakura's talent was too good and she had to learn magic, otherwise she would get into trouble sooner or later.

As a father, the only thing he can do is to pave the way for the two sisters, right?

Shi Chen picked up the teacup beside him, took a sip of the warm black tea in it, and then continued to read the information in his hand.

Sakura's properties are different from the magic of the Matou family, so a certain degree of transformation is necessary.

Acquired transformation of attributes is very common in the history of magicians, and even he knows some methods of transformation.

Some are forced transformations, while others are like boiling a frog in warm water, influencing slowly, bit by bit.

In Shichen's opinion, Sakura should be trained as an heir after being adopted, so this transformation must be mild.

Now let’s take a look at the family members of the Matou family.

The current head of the Matou family is named Matou Tsuruno, the fifth-generation descendant of the Matou family. He is married and is inferior to his younger brother Matou Kariya in terms of suitability as a magician. However, because Kariya insisted on refusing to inherit the family's magic and ran away, he had no choice but to inherit the position of head of the family. He has a son.

Matou Tsuruno's younger brother, Matou Kariya, is a childhood sweetheart of his wife, Zenjo Aoi. He is unmarried and has slightly better qualifications than his brother, but not much better. At least he is not qualified to be a Master and fight in the Holy Grail War for the Matou family.

Finally, for some reasons, Matou Kariya gave up his family's inheritance of magic and went to work elsewhere, returning to Fuyuki City about once every few months.

Shinji Matou, the son of Matou Tsuruno, does not have an obvious talent for magic, even lower than his father Tsuruno. He is currently studying abroad.

The above are all the current direct members of the Matou family.

As for the investigation into Mr. Matou, Shichen had not conducted it too deeply.

In order to avoid conflicts, we will stop here.

However, based on the above information, it should be a foregone conclusion that Sakura will be adopted by the Matou family.

Shi Chen felt relieved at the result.

It was because he loved his daughter so much that he had to adopt Sakura out.

The Matou family needs an heir, but neither the current head of the family, Matou Tsuruno, nor his son Matou Shinji has sufficient qualifications.

Since Matou Kariya has given up the path of magic, Matou Zouken will definitely train Sakura well.

Even if Sakura's future is tied to Matou's, and she even has to marry a descendant of the Matou family, it will not disgrace her talent.

Moreover, it can prevent her from being easily abducted by a passing magician.

In short, compared to suffering weird tortures and being soaked in formalin as a sample, this kind of life is considered good.

Moreover, even if he, the current head of the Tōsaka family, fails to achieve his long-cherished wish in this Holy Grail War, there are still Rin and Sakura, the two children who inherited the Tōsaka blood, to guarantee the future of the family.

Even if the two sisters end up fighting for the same goal, the honor will go to the Tohsaka clan.

This struggle for honor is much nobler than the low-level fight for property.

So no matter who it is, as long as they can fulfill their long-cherished wish, it will be the best result for the Tohsaka clan.

......

There are still a few days before the appointment, so Shichen first sorted out the messy information on the table and then prepared to do something else.

I will wait until the mother and daughter come back from outside and then tell Aoi in private what can be revealed.

Soon Shi Chen finished organizing the documents, and he turned his attention to the blue sphere that had consumed his energy for nearly half a year.

Different from its previous appearance, this sphere is now fixed by special precious metals and made into an exquisite and beautiful jewelry necklace.

This gem has been proven harmless by time.

It is like a sleeping beauty. No matter you use magic to wake it up or use physical means to tease it, it will not react at all, as if it is just a quiet bystander, not affected by external interference.

Since the future head of the family has been determined, this gemstone will become Rin's future property. The necklace is also made according to her body shape.

In Shichen's opinion, this gem might be destined to Lin. Besides, he no longer has time to study this thing.

Because there is only a little over a year left until the ceremony, he must focus all his energy on investigating other Masters and making preparations.

The next time we start researching this thing, we may have to wait until the end of the Holy Grail War.

When he thought of this, he activated his magic power, picked up the magic tool on the table, and steadily made the main body of the necklace, wrapping the blue gem inside it bit by bit.

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The next day, the mother and her two daughters drove back to the Toosaka family's home.

Because of the adoption, Aoi's bad mood eventually affected the two lovely sisters, so Rin and Sakura didn't have a good time today. Of course, it may also be related to the intelligence of the two girls.

Although they have not yet fully formed their own personalities and perceptions of reality, Rin and Sakura, as daughters, are undoubtedly the ones who feel the change in their parents' attitudes the most.

Just today, while playing outside, the two girls were cutely discussing what happened last night. Their words were full of childish innocence, and they were unable to understand the impending separation behind their parents' words.

After the girls understand the meaning of "adoption", they will probably fall into depression for quite a long time.

However, before the actual result is announced, Aoi, as a mother, must try her best to grasp these last moments with her daughter.

......

Unlike his wife who was in a depressed mood at home, Tōsaka Tokiomi, who took the matter very lightly, did not have so much psychological burden. Instead, after the three of them returned home, he took Rin directly to the basement of his house and prepared to teach her some general knowledge as a preschool training.

After following her father all the way to the basement, the sharp-eyed Rin immediately spotted the exquisite blue necklace on the table.

The basement was dark and gloomy. The faint light of the candle seemed so insignificant in the endless darkness and could only illuminate a small area around it.

Even though several candles had been lit, the view was still blurry.

However, it is this dim environment that makes the dazzling blue light on the table even more beautiful.

The blue light of the necklace was reflected in Rin's dark eyes. She ran quickly to the table, her black ponytail swaying happily in the air.

Soon the girl arrived at the table. Rin grabbed the edge of the table with her two small hands, her delicate little face full of excitement.

"Dad! What is this?"

The girl turned around and took in the girl's appearance, while Tōsaka Tokiomi, who was following behind, responded with an elegant smile.

"Well, I made it into a necklace..."

"Although there has been no progress in the research, at least we can confirm that this thing is harmless."

As he spoke, Shichen picked up the finished necklace, and Rin's gaze began to shift following his father's hand.

Seeing the girl's eyes full of respect and admiration, Shichen suddenly had an idea in his mind.

He gently untied the connection of the necklace, then half-knelt down under Rin's gaze.

Under Lin's expectant gaze, Shichen carefully put this beautiful jewelry on the girl's slender neck.

In an instant, the girl's originally calm face showed a ripple, and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes.

Lin held the pearl in front of her chest with her two little hands, her little mouth slightly opened, and a blush of excitement appeared on her fair face.

Seeing Lin's expression, Shi Chen was slightly stunned, and then a relieved smile broke out on his face.

"Very beautiful, Rin is just like her mother now..."

"Really?! Thanks, Dad!!"

Hearing her father's praise, Rin blinked and immediately flew into her father's arms like a little bird.

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"Adoption" is still a relatively unfamiliar word to the young Sakura Toosaka.

As the promised date drew closer, the day before the sisters were to separate, the Tōsaka family finally announced the results of the "adoption" to the younger sister.

The air in Fuyuki City was fresh in the morning, and the sky was boundless with only a few scattered white clouds floating slowly in the blue sky.

The girl sat quietly under the eaves of the Toosaka family, her eyes empty, as if she had lost her soul.

She stared motionlessly at the courtyard in front of her, like an abandoned puppy, lonely and helpless.

At this time, the cherry blossoms in the courtyard are in full bloom, with layers of pink petals overlapping, like a group of light butterflies dancing on the branches.

As the breeze blows, these beautiful petals flutter down like a dreamy rain of flowers.

For a little girl, such a scene will definitely touch the softest part of her heart...

However, this dreamlike beauty could not arouse the girl's interest at all!

She used to be full of vigor and vitality, and her face was always filled with a bright smile!

But now, those good times seemed to have gone away from her, replaced by endless loneliness and sadness.

There was a deep confusion in Sakura's eyes, which made people feel pity for her.

"Matou...Sakura..."

The girl murmured softly, speaking her future name.

Tomorrow, she will be adopted by the Matou family in Fuyuki City and become the adopted daughter of the Matou family.

The special car will arrive before ten o'clock in the morning. After ten o'clock, she will have nothing to do with the Tohsaka family.