Sumire Tohsaka

"What a nasty fellow."

Seeing the back of Kotomine Kirei leaving, Gojo Satoru crossed his arms somewhat unhappily.

"I said, don't you want to punch him directly when he talks?"

Tohsaka Sumire was silent for a moment, raised her cold emerald eyes, and stared at Gojo Satoru faintly.

Gojo Satoru: "...Why did you show that expression?"

Tohsaka Sumire: "It's nothing, I just have a new understanding of the degree of unconsciousness of Gojo-sensei."

This guy doesn't have the self-awareness that he needs to be beaten when he speaks.

Does he know that he has not been beaten to death because most people can't beat him to death?

In terms of being beaten, Kotomine Kirei couldn't compare to Gojo Satoru.

Having known each other for so long and only slapped Gojo Satoru, Tohsaka Sumire thought from the bottom of his heart that it was really not easy for him.

↑ Someone who didn't know that Gojo Satoru's no-lower-limit technique can isolate all physical contact is also very unconscious.

"It's too impolite to compare me with that kind of guy—" Gojo Satoru put his hands on her head, and turned around indiscriminately, "That guy looks like a scum with ulterior motives, and he must take other people's pain as a reason. The type of pleasure, it’s okay to stay away from that kind of annoying pleasure... huh? What is your expression?"

"How should I say it?" Tohsaka Sumire didn't push his hand away this time, but just tilted his head, "The evaluation is very accurate, so I'm a little surprised."

"What, do you know?" Gojo Satoru let go of his hand with a slightly surprised tone.

"If it means that he has bad intentions for me... To be precise, I know that he is expecting my misfortune."

Sumire Tohsaka straightened her messy long hair, then turned and walked towards the station.

She is going to go home by bus.However, before he took two steps, he felt his long hair fall, and it turned out that Gojo Satoru had pulled the end of his hair.

"?" The girl turned around in confusion.

"How should I put it, although I have realized it before..."

Gojo Satoru played with her long hair, suddenly raised his left hand, and lightly poked her forehead with his index finger.

"You guys, you need to protect yourself more."

There was a little helplessness in the man's tone.

"I've wanted to say it since the first time we met, don't you feel pain?"

The finger slid down from her forehead, through the soft clothing, and tapped lightly on her heart.

"Actually, you've been in pain all the time, no, at your level, pain is nothing."

The six eyes of the Gojo family can see a lot of information.Sometimes, it can be infinitely close to the essence of things.

So, when they met for the first time, Gojo Satoru had already discovered it.

The girl in front of her is constantly connected to the [Vortex of Origin].

In other words, she maintains an [open] state all the time.

"In the final analysis, it is impossible for the human body to accommodate the [root]. Not only is it not allowed, but the mystery of that kind of purity is completely incompatible with the human body. It is in essence a conflict According to common sense, you should not be able to be born at all."

Occasionally—very occasionally—it happens.The life that flowed out from the vortex of the root obtained a concrete body and appeared in the mother's body in the form of an embryo.

But generally speaking, such embryos will die before birth and disappear in the form of stillbirth.

However, the girl in front of me was not only born, but also possessed a personality, and grew up to this age in this way——

Sumire Tohsaka said as a matter of course: "Because father and mother made a wish."

——That was a phenomenon beyond a miracle.A coincidence that can no longer be summed up as incredible.

The life that should have died in the womb answered their prayers.

"It would be great if I could be born smoothly."

"I hope this child can obtain the happiness of ordinary people."

"I really want to meet you soon."

It's just such ordinary words, the thoughts that couples who truly love each other will have before the birth of their children, and the parents who are full of anticipation for the arrival of their children...the blessings sent before the birth.

Nothing more than that.

It seems that love can be seen everywhere, it seems that a wish that anyone can say...but it has been answered.

And just like that, she was born.

She began her life as a human, as Sumire Tohsaka.

"I see. Is it 'love'?"

Not knowing what to understand from her words, Gojo nodded in understanding.

"You are well loved."

——In this world, there is no more twisted curse than love.

"Yes. Without love, 'Tohsaka Sumire' shouldn't have been born."

Sumire Tohsaka nodded slightly, acknowledging his statement.

After all, blessings and curses are two sides of the same coin.

Just like what a certain man once said to her—the road of life is full of endless blessings and curses.

"So, have you been fulfilling this wish?"

Gojo Satoru stared at her, as if watching some sad scenery.

Life is full of suffering.This is especially true for lives that are not expected or allowed by the world.

Life that shouldn't exist, just to survive... has already exhausted all its strength.

Even Wujo Satoru could hardly imagine how this person in front of him survived all these years.

For her, every minute and every second of survival is costly, even breathing is painful, and all life activities that ordinary people take for granted are extra burdens for her.

Even so, the man survived.

"Because that's my wish too." Tohsaka Sumire said with a smile, "I survived by my own will, this is my own choice."

That was a very natural statement as a child, no, as a human being...but also a very remarkable speech.

She announced here squarely and frankly——

Although she was born because of her parents' wishes, she has fought all the pain and survived until now... This is her own choice.

Parents just brought her into this world, and it is the child's own idea to survive in this world full of pain, struggle and unreasonableness.

"It was the choice of my father and mother to let me be born." She said in a natural tone, "but I want to live myself."

Life is one's own, and that's true for everyone.

After all, people can only live for themselves.

"My parents gave birth to me into this world without my permission" - Sumire Tohsaka would never say such seemingly reasonable nonsense.I will never pass the responsibility of living on to my parents.

Because—even without any super powers, without the privilege of making a wish come true, everyone can easily end their own life as long as they want to.

We all stayed alive just because we wanted to live.

"Because I love my parents", "Because I don't want to make them sad", "Because many people want me to survive"... Even if it is such a seemingly glamorous reason, in the final analysis, it is still for myself.

I want to survive.

It's just such a simple sentence.

"Although it is very hard, but..." she said with a smile, "I am very happy."

That statement is not a lie.

Although existence is full of pain, misfortune, sad things, bad things, powerless things... But to live itself is happiness.

Even if it is a life that is not allowed, even if it is a life that feels pain every time I take a breath, she can still puff her chest out and say those words with a smile.

I'm very happy.

I am really very happy to live in this world.

Gojo Satoru opened his eyes slightly.

"Young people nowadays are really amazing." He murmured, "It's really...too beautiful."

The look of trying his best to survive...is so miserable, but also so beautiful.

"...?"

Sumire Tohsaka stood there, looking at him very puzzled.Can't seem to understand why he would say such a thing.

Gojo Satoru smiled, raised his hand and gently patted her on the head.

"Don't worry." He made a solemn promise in a frivolous tone, "Before you want to end your own life, I will protect you—absolutely, I will not let anyone destroy it."

Yes.

No matter who the opponent is, no matter what the enemy is.

As long as the child in front of him wants to live, he will protect her until the end.

"Then, I'll leave it to you."

Sumire Tohsaka lowered her head slightly, entrusting her life to this man with an almost understatement gesture.

What a willful and cruel request, both of them knew.

Whether it is for her to survive, or for him to protect her.They are both capricious and cruel...whimsical wishes.

will not be allowed.They are very clear.

However, they will still implement it.

"But, didn't you tell me that?" Tohsaka Sumire repeated what Gojo Satoru had said to her in a small voice, "Start in a distorted way, and you will only get a distorted result... we Does that really matter?"

It was precisely because she understood everything that the girl asked such a question.

Does it really matter if I survive?

Are you really good at protecting me?

If things go on like this, maybe it will turn into the worst outcome... Is this okay?

No, the most important thing is...

Can they really twist to the end?

"Well. It doesn't matter."

With a smile, Gojo Satoru answered all her unspoken questions with a firm tone.

"If one person distorts it, it will fail, but if two people work together, it will be fine."

He withdrew his hand, compared himself with his thumb, and showed a bright smile.

"You and I can do anything together."

He is the strongest Gojo Satoru.

She is the princess of roots.

Together, the two of them are invincible.

"..."

Sumire Tohsaka opened her eyes slightly, and after a while, she also smiled quietly.

That's weird.

She gently pressed her heart, the place that was touched just now, the body temperature that remained there had disappeared long ago, but she felt a burst of heat inexplicably, pouring into her heart from there, following the growth of that organ. The agitation spreads along the blood to the whole body.

This warm and reassuring feeling, accompanied by sour and sweet throbbing, is familiar but strange... vaguely, she captured its name.