Sumire Tohsaka

"The treatment is over."

Kotomine Kirei walked out of the treatment room while putting down his sleeves.Rin Tohsaka, who was sitting on the bench, raised his head, but jumped up when he saw him.

"That's it - wait, Kirei!" Her eyes widened in disbelief, "What happened to your magic seal? Why did so many disappear?!"

"Huh? This." Kotomine Kirei lowered his head, glanced at the blood-stained black sleeve, "I've used it up. Her condition is really bad, and ordinary treatments don't work anymore, so I'll change it." special means."

"Wait, wait—" Tohsaka Rin couldn't help but put his finger on the center of his eyebrows, "That's a magic seal! A magic seal passed down from generation to generation! Why can you say 'used' in such a nonchalant manner? What kind of words! That is a very precious thing!? It’s okay to just destroy it, and you can find a lawyer to solve it... If it’s gone, no matter what you do, you won’t be able to get it back!”

This has seriously exceeded the scope of responsibility of "helping the teacher as a disciple" and "helping ordinary people as a priest".As a magician, Tohsaka Rin knows exactly what the magic engraving is. It is a treasure handed down from generation to generation, and it can be sold for a very high price in the Magicians Association... How can this level of favor be returned? ah!

"It can't be helped. The engraving I inherited from my father is not permanent like your engraving. It will disappear as soon as you use it. It is considered a consumable. The Kotomine family was not originally a family of magicians like the Tohsaka family. .If you want to say it, it was originally something like a command spell."

The tone of the priest in black was still very calm, as if he didn't think it was a big deal at all.He looked at Tohsaka Rin who raised his head, and interrupted the thanks she was about to say.

"If you are grateful, you don't need it. Anyway, you will withdraw your gratitude later on." He said naturally, "Let's talk about the conclusion first—this level of treatment, my engraving can probably last two to three times." .After that, you will have to figure out your own way.”

Rin Tohsaka was taken aback, bit his lips tightly, and turned his head with a gloomy expression.Seeing her expression, Kotomine Kirei narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.

In the final analysis, the reason why he treats Tohsaka Sumire persistently... In addition to the expression of her desperately enduring the pain but finally having to ask him for help, it is also very interesting to see the expression of Tohsaka's sister suffering from her pain. important reason.

So he smiled, and happily said lines that could stir Tohsaka Rin's nerves even more.

"The only thing that can save her is probably the Holy Grail."

His gaze drifted to behind Tohsaka Rin, the shadow that had been hiding in the darkness, he didn't know if he was talking to Rin or the shadow.

"So, how do you choose? Is it the long-cherished wish of the Tohsaka family, or your sister?"

"You don't need to care about that kind of thing." Tohsaka Rin's voice was as cold as ice, and when she raised her face again, she had already put on the magician's expression, "When the treatment is completed, I will take Sumire back."

Kotomine Kirei watched the shadow lurking in the depths of the darkness slowly fade away, and smiled with half of his body sideways.

"Please." He looked sideways into the consultation room, "However, Sumire Tohsaka is falling asleep because the recovery of her body is too exhausting. Do you want to stay and wait for a while, or let her go back after sleeping?"

"Who will rest assured that his sister will be alone with a disqualified priest like you?"

Resisting the urge to roll his eyes, Rin Tohsaka pushed open the door of the consulting room, shutting the door of his brother who had a very bad character and words.

"Really." She pulled a chair and sat down beside the metal bed, hesitated for a moment, and still held her sister's hand, "It looks like a child."

She smoothed her sister's forehead hair with the other hand, and looked at her sleeping face with affection.Just like a child, he curled up because he was afraid of the cold, opened his mouth slightly, and let out a small breathing sound, his delicate eyebrows were also furrowed, and he had a sleeping face as if he was unhappy about something.

Very rare...a peaceful sleeping face that doesn't look like a doll.

Rin Tohsaka poked her cheek lightly with his index finger.

"Don't worry." She said in a voice that only she could hear, "Sister will definitely cure you."

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This sleep lasted until the afternoon, and when she was led out of the church by her sister, Tohsaka Sumire was still rubbing her eyes in a daze.

"Don't rub your eyes." Rin pulled her hand down, "It's not good for your eyes at all. Is it that sleepy?"

"Um... um..."

Tohsaka Sumire wanted to nod at first, but was jolted by the cold wind after walking out the door, and suddenly became sober.She shook her head, her eyes became much clearer.

"It's all right." She blinked and retracted her hands into her coat pockets, "It was just a little sleepy just now, but it's much better now."

"Yes, that's fine."

With her hands behind her back, Rin sped up her pace a little, and walked in front of her sister. She looked at the roadside trees and turned around on a whim.

"Would you like to go to 'Ahnenerbe' for a drink next time? I heard that their new orange pie is pretty good, would you like to eat it together? Sakura seems to like his cake very much, so I can take some back for her ..." She followed her sister's line of sight and looked aside, "What are you looking at?"

Sumire Tohsaka was looking at the cemetery outside the church.

"Sister, let's go first." She raised her hand to shave her long hair behind her ears, lowered her eyes slightly, "I want to see Uncle Kariya."

"Ah..." Rin was stunned, and raised his hand to pat Sumire Tohsaka's shoulder, "I see, then I'll go first, is it okay for you to be alone?"

Sumire Tohsaka shook her head silently.

Fuyuki City is the territory of the Tohsaka family, and the spiritual veins of the entire land are under the supervision of Rin Tohsaka. If there is a magician from outside, Rin will be the first to know.She just went to the cemetery to pay homage to the deceased, even if she went alone, she would not be particularly worried.Rin thought for a moment, took out the gem from his pocket, and placed it in Sumire Tohsaka's palm.

"I only brought these with me when I went out this time. Put them away, and if someone troubles you, just throw them on the ground." After she finished speaking, she waved her hand and walked home alone, "Then Sakura and I will wait for you at home. Remember to come back early."

"Ok."

Watching her sister's back disappear at the end of the road, Tohsaka Sumire put the hand holding the jewel back into the coat pocket, sighed slightly, and buried her face deeper into the scarf.

Her destination is the cemetery.

Uncle Kariya's tomb is not on the land of the Matou family, but buried in the cemetery like ordinary people.He always wanted to be an ordinary person during his lifetime, at least he should be buried like an ordinary person after death, away from magicians... This is Mrs. Kui's explanation.

Sumire Tohsaka rarely agreed with her mother's thoughts.

"Good afternoon, Uncle Kariya."

Sumire Tohsaka quickly found the stone tablet written "Matou Kariya" among the many tombstones. After cleaning up the dried flowers and offerings in front of the tomb, and taking clean water to clean the dust on the tombstone, she Rubbing his fingers that were red from the cold, he clasped his hands together and gently closed his eyes.

"I'm sorry I didn't bring flowers this time." She said softly, "I suddenly wanted to come over and take a look, so I came here. I didn't have time to buy anything, so I'm sorry. However, if it was Uncle Kariya, he should also Don't blame me."

Strictly speaking, Tohsaka Sumire and Matou Kariya didn't have much contact with each other.Her health is really bad, and she doesn't meet him as often as her sister and Sakura.

For the children of the Tohsaka family, he is just a friend of the mother, a very kind and kind uncle, who brings beautiful gifts every time he comes to see them.He has no airs at all, and occasionally he will accompany them to play around with adults.

However, if there is a chance, Uncle Kariya will still specially come to the hospital to see her.

Speaking of Tohsaka Sumire's most vivid impression of this person, it was that once he watched her take medicine when she was young, and he took a piece for some reason and tasted it, and suddenly showed a bitter expression, and then took With that wry smile, he rubbed her head and praised her.

"It's amazing. Uncle couldn't bear such a bitter medicine, but Xiao Jin finished it well. It's really amazing."

For some reason, the dark-haired young man with a wry smile under the pale sunlight in the ward still remains in her memory.

Thinking about it now, maybe he just wanted to use this way... to encourage her a little bit.

Because, Uncle Kariya is such a man who can become careful in strange places.

Such a person... died so miserably in the end.

Sumire Tohsaka was not here when he died.Not just her, even Sakura is not there.All the things were heard from my mother later.

It is said that when Uncle Kariya died, his hair had completely turned white, he was blind in one eye, and almost lost consciousness on half of his body. The engraving worms of the Matou family eroded his whole body, killing all nerves, blood vessels, and muscles. It became nourishment, and it was almost impossible to imagine how he survived in that situation.

11 years ago, on the day when Sakura was about to adopt Matou's family, Tohsaka Sumire suddenly vomited blood and fell into a coma, and she almost died of the disease.In that case, the adoption ceremony would naturally come to nothing.After sending her to the hospital, the doctor shook his head and told Tohsaka Tokiomi and Aoi to be mentally prepared.The pain and fear of losing a daughter almost caused Mrs. Kui to have a nervous breakdown. She could not accept losing another daughter under such circumstances.

In addition, whether it is Tokiomi, Aoi or Rin, there is actually a vague cognition in their hearts - that is, Sumire Tohsaka suddenly fell ill because she could not accept the loss of her twin sister and was overly sad.

Mrs. Kui, who has always been docile and patient, had a big quarrel with her husband, and she would not allow him to send Sakura away no matter what.Tosaka Tokiomi also hesitated in his own judgment, and began to discuss with the Matou family whether to reconsider the issue of adoption.However, the Matou family, which has no heirs, is unexpectedly tough, almost showing an attitude of certainty.

Tohsaka and Matou's covenant on the one hand, and his wife's crying and daughter's tears on the other, Tohsaka Tokiomi is also very distressed, unable to decide which side to choose.

At that time, Kariya Matou came back.

After learning about the adoption agreement between Tohsaka and Matou from Mrs. Aoi, his expression changed, and he rushed back to the home where he had been away for many years.I don't know what agreement he reached with Zouken Matou, the patriarch of the Matou family. In addition, Tohsaka Sakura and Tohsaka Sumire suddenly disappeared at the same time, and no one could be found. Sakura's adoption plan was temporarily Shelved it.

A year later, Kariya Matou participated in the Fourth Holy Grail War as the Master of the Matou family.He showed an appearance that he was bound to win the Holy Grail, and he showed unprecedented hatred for Tohsaka Tokiomi.

Therefore, no one expected that this man would suddenly strike back at the end of the Holy Grail War, attacking the main house of the Matou family with the Berserker he summoned, and died together with the owner, Zouken Matou.

In the end, Matou Kariya dragged his broken body to find Mrs. Aoi with his last breath, and told her the secret of Matou's magic.

A magician cannot inquire about other people's magic. Even the Tohsaka family and the Matou family, who have a long-standing alliance, inquire about each other's magic secrets, which is tantamount to starting a war.Therefore, even Tohsaka Tokiomi didn't know that the Matou family's magic...was actually that kind of thing.

"Zou Yan just wants to live on his own. He uses insect magic to seize the bodies of his descendants from generation to generation, just to keep himself alive."

"But the blood of Matou (Makiri) has declined. Neither my elder brother Tsuruno nor his son Shinji have any talent for magic."

"He never intended Sakura to be the heir of the Matou family from the very beginning... He just wanted her to be the placenta that continues Matou's magic."

In the end, the man grabbed Mrs. Aoi with bloody hands and begged her not to fall into this filthy deception.

"If she goes to Matou's house, Sakura won't be happy... Absolutely not. Never."

The man smiled wryly, as if to let Mrs. Aoi see clearly what Matou's magic was, and raised his ugly and miserable face made by the insect's magic.

"I originally thought...to use the Holy Grail to bring happiness to you." He murmured, "In the end, this is the only way I can do it...I really am, a bad man."

"Nothing like that."

Mrs. Kui suppressed her tears and hugged her childhood sweetheart brother. She once loved her, but she was always a man who stood far away and never said anything.Like a knight, watching over her happiness until the end...a man who gave everything, even his own life, for it.

"Thank you...thank you, Kariya."

"Ha..." Jiantong Yanye smiled wryly again, but his frown slowly relaxed, "In this way... I'm just like the happiest man..."

With a bit of wry smile and a bit of relief, the man just stopped breathing in the arms of the woman he wanted to protect the most.

Sumire Tohsaka opened his eyes, looked at Kariya Matou's name on the tombstone, and smiled slightly.

"Sakura is doing well." She told the dead in a gentle voice, "I was promoted to my sister's high school, became the main rookie in the archery club, and found someone I like...Speaking of it, Sakura often I am distressed because I have a fat-prone physique. Every time I eat something delicious, I hesitate, wondering if I should add another bowl of rice. That serious distressed look is cute, and Uncle Kariya will probably understand it when he sees it Just laugh."

"My sister seems to have a guy she likes, but she won't admit it, and I don't know who the other party is. She is very active in school, and she handles both school affairs and magician affairs very well, so there is no need to worry about it. Woolen cloth."

"Mom... Mom is also very good. I've been researching on health care recently, but the experts on TV all have their own opinions, so she doesn't know who to listen to. Mom, she's a bit like a child in this regard."

She paused, smiled and continued.

"As for me, I'm fine too."

She clasped her hands together again, and bowed her head reverently to Matou Kariya's tombstone.

"Please don't worry about us. And... thank you, Uncle Kariya."