Crown Dead

Shaking his head, Matou Kariya put away his notebook and prepared to leave.On the one hand, he went out today to investigate specific matters related to the "Great Holy Grail", and on the other hand...to get a little air.

Why is this so?It was the first time to save Sakura, and the first time to gain temporary tranquility. These two happinesses were intertwined, and a double happiness should have been born. Sister, and Xianyu last night did live up to expectations and brought back a new girl—Rin Tohsaka.

Last night, after Ai Lei brought Sakura who looked exactly like her to Xianyu House, Kariya and Sakura who were welcoming her were all stunned in place.

"Eh? Sakura—?"

Rin Tohsaka smiled happily after noticing Sakura, and then immediately pulled Allie into the house.

"Sakura, Sakura! Look at this big sister, although her hair color is different, she looks very similar to me!"

"That, that—from the perspective of death reincarnation and soul reincarnation, just... that, even if you meet someone who looks like you, it's not surprising!"

Ai Lei tried to swear with the bean knowledge she knew, but Rin Tohsaka didn't care about it.

"Sakura, you haven't missed your magic studies, have you?"

Tohsaka Rin threw herself in front of Sakura and hugged her, but Ai Lei and Kariya noticed that the expression on Kosakura's face was not as happy as Tohsaka Rin's. A slightly troubled expression.

"Rin... sister."

It used to be a very normal call, as easy as breathing, but now it seems so difficult in Xiao Sakura's mouth.

This is actually understandable.For Sakura, although she is still a child who has not fully settled on the concept of right and wrong, although she is still a child who does not know what the world's goodwill and malice are.

But—Sakura knows one thing, that is what Matou Zouken once said to herself, "You no longer have parents and relatives."

——That day, my father called me and my sister over, and gently stroked my and my sister's hair with both hands.I like the palm of my father, because those hands can solve everything for me.If I encounter an incomprehensible spell, my father will hold my hand and accompany me to improve the singing process. If I accidentally fall on the ground, my father will reach out to heal my wound.

After gently stroking my hair, my father told me that I would be sent to the Matou family as the successor of magic there.

I don't know what it means to be an heir, but if it was arranged by my father, then I must have carefully considered it. It is a good choice for me and my sister.

'Can I still play with my sister and mother later? '

My father smiled and told me that it would be possible, and I nodded with peace of mind, and while waving to my family, I was taken away by a strange-looking old man.

But after that day, I realized that I was not arranged by my father for a better path.I was just innocent and abandoned.

"Sakura? Why did your hair turn purple...is it dyed?"

After the initial hug, Tohsaka Rin noticed Sakura's purple hair.

"Little Rin, Sakura is because—"

"Uncle Kariya! Wait a minute, your face...!"

Matou Kariya took off his hood aside, and Rin Tohsaka noticed this uncle who often visited him, and his face that had undergone an astonishing change.

"Xiao Lin, Uncle, I... Well, I was accidentally drilled into my body by insects because I went to the forest to collect materials, so I became like this. Did it scare you?"

Kariya showed a smile, and improvised a reason that didn't seem too difficult for a child to accept.

"Bugs—I know! Dad once taught me that if you see a bug, you have to use fire magic to burn it. Uncle sticks out your nostrils, and I can burn the bug!"

"The brain will be anxious first! Your father is an idiot in life, so don't lead you astray!"

Kariya hurriedly stopped Tohsaka Rin who was eager to slap his head with big characters.

"If you put it this way... Mom seems to have said that bugs can be dealt with with insecticide spray."

"Well, as expected of Aoi. It seems that she has been well educated."

"Then, Uncle Kariya, remember to drink plenty of insecticide."

"If you want to kill me, just say so!"

Matou Kariya is really a Buddha. Although he knows that the Tohsaka family is a relatively conservative school of magicians, the daily education of this pair of children is also far worse, right?

"……enough!"

"——" "——!"

Sakura's voice at the side suddenly became louder, making everyone startled.

"Sister Lin... No, I'm not your younger sister anymore, am I? Even if you act so affectionately... I'm still the one who was left behind...!"

Sakura vented the emotion that had been suppressed all this time with a trembling voice.

"Sakura...? What are you talking about, you have always been my younger sister, and as an older sister, I will definitely protect you!"

"Then, where were you when I was being bitten by insects on my limbs? It must be... You must be happily in Dad's arms, Mom's arms—"

"Sakura!"

Matou Kariya yelled at Sakura, telling her not to continue talking, and at the same time he opened his arms and hugged her trembling tightly.

Although Matou Kariya has been accompanying Sakura these days, even though Sakura has regained her smile amid the hustle and bustle of the people and heroic spirits in this room.

But the shackles in Sakura's heart born of that hellish experience, the knot of "abandoned by her parents and replaced by her sister" cannot be untied by Kariya Matou.

The arrival of Tohsaka Rin made the darkness and anger, despair and jealousy that Sakura had been buried in her heart burst out together.

"Uncle Kariya——Sakura, what's wrong?"

Rin Tohsaka stared blankly at Sakura. The Sakura in front of her eyes seemed to be a different person. What happened during the time she went to Matou's house to learn magic?

"Rin, Sakura... has experienced a lot of hardships. The Matou family's magic is not easy to inherit, and Sakura really paid a lot for it, even more than she can afford."