Sumire Tohsaka

On the second day of Christmas, Tohsaka Rin brought his youngest sister with him when he returned to Fuyuki City.

The reason is very simple.

As Rin said before, Sumire Tohsaka's injury is too serious. Even under the treatment of gem magic, it only looks intact on the outside and barely connected on the inside. In fact, it is just barely able to maintain daily life. Traffic is not enough to be called the police.

All Rin has to do is bring Sumire Tohsaka to the only person who can solve this problem.

"What a rare visitor. It's rare to see you take the initiative to visit me, Rin."

In the church located on the outskirts of Fuyuki City, the moonlight fell on the ground through the glass windows, reflecting a desolate and icy white.The black-toned solid wood benches are neatly arranged, which look like orderly tombstones under the moonlight, creating a solemn atmosphere.In the depths of the altar, the priest in black cassock closed the Bible in his hand and turned around calmly.

The priest's name is Kotomine Kirei.

He is the disciple of Tosaka Tokiomi, the late head of the Tohsaka family.She is Tohsaka Rin's senior brother and her second master in magic.

Generally speaking, magicians have no reservations about teaching their disciples.Tohsaka Tokiomi is even more so. He taught Kotomine Kirei almost all the magic he knew, alchemy, seance, summoning, divination... Kotomine Kirei's talent in healing magic is exceptional, even far behind Above his master Tosaka Tokiomi.

And this person's best achievement in healing magic is now standing behind Tohsaka Rin, avoiding his gaze with an empty expression.

And this made the smile on the corner of Kotomine Kirei's mouth slightly wider.

"I see. Is Sumire malfunctioning again, Rin?"

The bad words he deliberately chose made Tohsaka Rin's expression even more sinister.

"I tell you, don't treat other people's sisters like clocks or dolls!" She crossed her hips unhappily, staring at Kotomine Kirei's face, "Really, if it weren't for the church to be more serious in this respect Be good at something... who would want to find a fake priest like you!"

"Isn't it because you haven't practiced healing magic properly, Rin?"

With a slightly malicious smile, the priest said words that aroused Tohsaka Rin's nerves even more.

"You guy-"

Rin Tohsaka was so angry that her hair was about to stand on end, but a hand held her from behind, stopping her from continuing to get angry.Rin Tohsaka turned her head, only to see her youngest sister standing behind her, shaking her head expressionlessly at her.

"Don't pay too much attention to what the priest said, sister." The jewel-like green eyes turned to Kotomine Kirei's direction, "The same goes for the priest, don't bully sister too much. You clearly know that things are not like that."

"Indeed." The priest replied ambiguously, and walked towards them, "So, what went wrong this time?"

"Abdomen." Tohsaka Rin's voice also calmed down, and she replied instead of her sister, "It broke from the inside, the internal bleeding is unclear, and the two bottom ribs also show signs of breaking. Although it is treated with gem magic It's over, but Sumire's resistance to magic is too high, and I can only heal to the point where he can barely connect. The rest is up to you, Kirei."

"in this way."

Kotomine Kirei nodded, and put his broad palm on the shoulder of the girl who had been silent all this time.

"Then, I took her to therapy."

"Ah." Tohsaka Rin crossed his arms and crossed his chest, sitting on the wooden bench, "I leave it to you, Kirei."

Although this guy is a scumbag, his attainments in healing magic are still very reliable.This is Rin Tohsaka's perception of Kotomine Kirei.

Magicians cannot inquire about other people's magic. Based on this iron rule of the magic world, Rin Tohsaka has no plans to follow up in the treatment room to investigate the situation.What's more, Kotomine Kirei can cure Tohsaka Sumire every time, she still has great confidence in her senior brother.

Without him...

Tohsaka Rin's eyes gradually darkened.

...Eight years ago, Xiao Jin, who had been missing for three years and suddenly returned, could not have survived until now.

On the other side, the consultation room.

Sumire Tohsaka was lying on the operating table, and her big hands in latex gloves gently pressed her abdomen. After confirming the situation, the priest withdrew his hand, tore off the gloves, and rolled up his sleeves leisurely.

"It seems that Rin's healing magic really needs to be practiced again."

He rolled up the sleeves of his cassock to above the elbow, and took out a tube of cowhide band to tie the top of his left arm. Soon, a blood vessel protruded from the thick forearm like a snake.

"Didn't she find out? Your wounds were not formed all at once, but cumulatively." Kotomine Kirei threw out that conclusion, "Have you been making wishes all this month?"

"Yes."

Sumire Tohsaka stared at the ceiling above her head with empty eyes, a scene she was used to.In front of this man, she never tried to hide anything.The purpose of covering up is to make others feel better, but this man doesn't have that kind of tender feelings for her, so she doesn't need to be scruples in front of him.

"I've made a wish," she said, "many, many times."

"It's so rare, you can actually make a wish for yourself." The priest picked it up, and quickly chose a small-sized scalpel, "Why, is there anyone you like?"

"Generally, I wish more on myself."

The girl listened to the sound of the blade cutting through the skin and texture, and slightly closed her eyes.

"Actually, you seldom have any desires of your own - judging by your expression, it seems to be a rather failed relationship." The priest looked at her expression and opened his own blood vessels with a happy smile, "You Did you twist his feelings to make him fall in love with you? If that's the case, it's the worst possible start. It's not surprising that it will end with such a emptiness."

Blood trickled down, and Kotomine Kirei found a glass that had been prepared to catch it.When the cup was half full with blood, he pulled off the cowhide band on his upper arm, tightened his arm muscles, and quickly stopped the bleeding.Following a short incantation, the wound quickly disappeared from the sturdy arm.He put down his sleeves, picked up the glass and walked towards Sumire Tohsaka.

"Drink." He handed the glass containing his own blood to the girl's eyes.

"..."

Sumire Tohsaka sat up silently supporting the operating table, and took the warm glass.The man's blood had just left his body, and it was still slightly warm in the cold air at the end of December.She stared silently for a long time, but no thoughts could be seen in her jewel-like pupils.

"Don't you want to drink?" Kotomine Kirei's voice became more cheerful, "If it gets cold, the taste will only get worse."

Magical power also loses its purity over time outside the body.

He added this sentence.

From a long time ago, Kotomine Kirei admired the appearance of a girl who hated drinking blood but had to gulp down this elixir.

Just like now, even though her delicate eyebrows were furrowed, and her elegant face was patiently trying not to let the disgust surface, she couldn't help but pursed her lips tightly.In the end, he closed his eyes and drank the vermilion liquid with a strong bloody smell in one go.

"..."

Sumire Tohsaka put down the glass and covered her lips with one hand, as if she was trying to force herself to endure the desire to vomit.The fingers holding the glass tightly were slightly white.

"Good boy."

He deliberately reached out and stroked her head, satisfied to see that the girl avoided his hand in disgust.This malicious joy made the smile on the corner of Kotomine Kirei's mouth widen a bit.He put that hand behind his back, looked down, and took the glass from her with the other.

"Maintaining the 'open' state is a heavy burden on the body." He happily admired the subtle changes in her expression, "Although the realization of the wish itself does not require any price, it is still necessary to 'open' the connection channel. It needs magic power supply. And your own magic literacy is too poor, and you don't have enough magic power to support 'opening'."

In order to maintain the "open" state, the channel will extract magic power from other places.

The so-called magic power, in the final analysis, is life force.Excessively squeezing one's own vitality will lead to necrosis of the body.Start at the nerve endings until they burst open with a snap.

"So, you have to absorb magic power from the outside world." Kotomine Kirei smiled and said the words that had been repeated to her countless times, "Just the magic power residing in gems is not enough for you. At last A good way to replenish magic power is to ingest it directly."

Yes, direct intake.Whether it is grabbing souls, plundering the vitality of others, absorbing the flesh and blood of others... or the most common among magicians...

Tohsaka Sumire was not willing to accept that method, so she would come to this church when she was overwhelmed, and ingest Kotomine Kirei, who is both a priest and a magician, to ingest his magical blood.

Fortunately, she seldom makes wishes, so the magic power needed to "open" is not much. Generally speaking, half a cup of the blood of an adult male magician like Kotomine Kirei is enough for her to last for a long time. It's time.

"However, your damage is extremely serious this time, and it seems that you need to enter the second stage of treatment."

Kotomine Kirei raised his arm, and under the black cassock, scarlet inscriptions were emitting a dim light.

It was the property entrusted to him by his father Kotomine Risei in the last Holy Grail War - the unused Command Spells of all the past Holy Grail War participants - the crystallization of the purest and strongest magical power.

"I will use this to repair your body." He placed his palm on the girl's soft abdomen, and the Command Seal on his arm disappeared with this movement, "Be patient for now. After this, your body will probably It's much easier."

Kotomine Kirei smiled as he watched the Command Seal disappear from his arm with one stroke after another.

Yes.

These command spells are enough to fill the vacancy in her body's magic power, and make her ailing body due to lack of vitality relax. It is estimated that for a long time, she will become healthier than ever before.

but--

Can a body that is used to a state of sufficient magic power really tolerate returning to the previous state again?

He was really, really, really curious.