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"No, they wouldn't." Tokiomi Tohsaka's answer was as firm and confident as ever, as if stating an objective fact. "The Matou family is one of the three founding families of Fuyuki City, on par with our Tohsaka family. They are a trustworthy and noble family of mages. They would never do something like abusing Sakura, who is also a descendant of a mage."
Listening to her father's "reasoning," which was full of cold logic yet impeccable, Rin finally felt a deep and utter powerlessness.
She got it.
Both the father and mother had made their decision. In their worldview as "magicians," this was the most correct, the most reasonable, and the "good" arrangement for everyone.
In their eyes, her resistance and her requests were nothing more than a child's ignorant and naive tantrums.
Rin stopped arguing. She knew it was all in vain.
She walked up to Sakura and, under the cold gaze of her parents, tightly grasped her younger sister's icy little hand.
Looking into her sister's purple eyes, which had dimmed again due to their father's verdict and were now brimming with tears, she spoke softly yet with unwavering determination in a voice only the two of them could hear:
"Don't be afraid, Sakura."
"Sister... can definitely handle this!"
Sakura's small body trembled slightly. She looked up at her sister's red eyes, burning with determination, and managed to hold back the tears that were about to fall. She reached back and, with all her might, tightly grasped her sister's hand, as if she had grasped a lifeline.
At that moment, all words seemed superfluous.
The deep, unbreakable bond and trust between the sisters transcended everything at this moment.
Finally, Rin let go of her sister's hand.
In her heart, she made the final and only choice.
She immersed her consciousness into the miraculous "Cross-Dimensional Film Screening," and with all her might, she sent out her most sincere and desperate plea for help to the god-like boy who was the only one capable of creating miracles.
[The Gem Magician]: Observer! Gu Chuan! Help me!
[Gem Magician]: Please... save my sister!
114 The Queen's Advice and Final Commission
Rin Tohsaka's desperate and helpless cries for help, like a boulder thrown into a lake, stirred up a thousand waves at the [Cross-Dimensional Film Screening].
She quickly recounted her conversation with her father, filled with cold logic and cruel fate, in the group chat.
After hearing her story, the chat group fell into a long, suffocating silence.
[March 7th]: ...This, this is too...too much! How could there be such a father?! For the sake of so-called family and heritage, he's willing to sacrifice his daughter's entire life's happiness?!
【Little Thief Cat】: Is the world of magicians... always so heartless?
【Butterfly Dance】: Prioritizing the survival of the family above all else... While I can understand that, it's still... hard to agree with.
The girls expressed their shock and confusion. In their worldview, family always comes first.
Esdeath, as the only true "queen" in the group, had a much more direct perspective.
[Ice Queen]: Since reasoning won't work, then I'll use my fists to make him understand.
【Ice Queen】: Gem Magician, just barge in and give your father a good beating until he agrees. The weak have no right to decide the fate of the strong.
[Gem Magician]: ...What you said makes a lot of sense, but...he is, after all, my biological father...
Rin Tohsaka smiled bitterly. She couldn't bring herself to turn her sword against her own father.
【Ice Queen】: Hmph, what a boring woman's kindness.
Esdeath's speech, though simple and blunt, made everyone realize a crueler reality—even if they managed to stop Tokiomi Tohsaka this time, as long as his "for your own good" logic, a power-based logic belonging to magicians, remained, then tragedy would one day repeat itself in another form.
In the group chat, Gu Chuan silently watched the screen without saying a word.
He wanted to see what choices this future "jewel magician" would make when faced with true despair.
And Rin did not disappoint him.
After a brief silence and struggle, a proud and resolute aura belonging to the Tohsaka family heir suddenly erupted from her!
[Gem Magician]: Since reasoning with me is useless, then I won't reason with you anymore!
[Jewel Magician]: Didn't Father say that sending Sakura to the Matou family was for her to have a better future? Well then, I'll just wipe that so-called prestigious magic family, the Matou family, completely out of this world!
【Jewel Magician】: Father, there's no one left to entrust my care to. There's no reason for me to send Sakura away again!
Rin's crazy declaration, which was full of the implication of mutual destruction, made everyone gasp!
[March 7th]: (Shocked) Eradicate, wipe out an entire family?! Rin, you, (one)] You're not kidding, are you?!
[Jewel Magician]: Of course I'm serious! The only problem is... with my current strength, I might... be unable to defeat that old monster named Matou Zouken.
Rin's words, though seemingly crazy, were filled with a tragic and resolute sense of self-sacrifice, a willingness to defy the world for her sister!
[Alicia]: Heh, to protect someone important, you're willing to become a demon? What remarkable resolve. Rin, I admire you!
[Alicia]: However, I must remind you of something. Even if you manage to do it, your father may not agree to let Sakura stay. Don't forget, what he values most is the compatibility of attributes and family lineage.
Alicia astutely pointed out the most fatal flaw in Rin's plan.
[Gem Magician]: ...I thought of that too.
Rin Tohsaka took a deep breath, as if making her final and most difficult decision.
[Gem Magician]: So... I have one last, and most effective, method.
【The Gem Magician】: Observer, Gu Chuan, are you still there?
[Gem Magician]: I think the Ice Queen's suggestion was actually quite good. However, the one who carries it out can't be me, her "own daughter."
【Gem Magician】: But if it's an "outsider" like you, then it's perfect, right?
As she said this, she even jokingly sent a playful wink emoji in the group chat.
[Gem Magician]: So, could you, my righteous friend who's just passing by, do me a small favor and give that stubborn old man a good beating?
Rin's words instantly transformed the somewhat somber atmosphere in the group chat into a joyful and playful one, filled with playful banter.
[Little Thief Cat]: Pfft—! You want Mr. Gu Chuan to beat up your dad?! Rin, you're such a genius!
[March 7th]: Although it sounds outrageous, it seems to be the best way after all!
[Observer]: ...Okay.
Gu Chuan, who had been watching the screen, finally uttered two words.
[Observer]: Well then, according to your idea, as an "outsider entrusted by you," I shall accept the offer without hesitation.
[Ding! Do you wish to consume 1000 Doomsday Points to open a teleportation portal to your current world for a group member observer?]
[Gem Magician]: (Smiling through tears) — Thank you so much!
The moment Rin agreed, outside the Tohsaka family's magic workshop, a deep, eerie blue wormhole, seemingly connecting to another dimension, slowly unfolded before Tohsaka Tokiomi's astonished gaze.
A young man with black hair and golden eyes walked out calmly from within.
Sister 115's determination and the miracle that occurred
Outside the Tohsaka family's magic workshop, the atmosphere was heavy and oppressive.
Meanwhile, in Rin's room on the second floor, the atmosphere was tense, yet tinged with a final, heartwarming sense of mutual dependence.
"Sister, downstairs... is that Grandpa Matou from the Matou family?"
Sakura's small hands gripped Rin's clothes tightly, her beautiful purple eyes filled with unease and fear. Although separated by thick walls and floors, the presence of the old man downstairs still instilled in her a chilling, instinctive dread.
Even so, she still spoke softly in an almost ingratiating, sensible, and heartbreaking tone: "Sister, '563' is okay... You don't need to worry about me. Mom and Dad said that the family is doing this for my own good... I... I won't cause any trouble for the family."
"Fool!"
Rin felt both heartache and anger seeing her younger sister's submissive demeanor. She gripped Sakura's hand tightly and pulled her outside.
"Wait here, don't go out!"
She pushed Sakura into her room and then closed the door behind her.
"Sister? Where are you going?" Sakura asked. "You...you're not going to take me away and run away, are you? No way! That will get you scolded by Dad!"
"Who said they were going to run away?"
Rin stood with her back to the door, like a guardian deity, protecting her younger sister. She turned around and gave Sakura a confident yet mysterious smile.
"We won't run away. We'll wait for someone."
"Waiting for someone?" Sakura tilted her head, looking confused.
“Yes,” Rin nodded heavily, her ruby-like eyes shining with an unprecedented light of “trust,” “We’re waiting for a… a really, really amazing older brother. I believe he can… he can definitely solve our predicament!”
"A really cool older brother?" Sakura's curiosity was piqued. "What's his name? Is he my sister's boyfriend?"
"puff--!"
Her younger sister's natural naiveté was a fatal blow, instantly shattering Rin's composure! Her pretty face flushed crimson, turning as red as a ripe apple, and she stammered, "Boy-boyfriend?! What nonsense are you spouting! He...he's not...we...we just..."
Seeing her older sister's adorable, almost steaming shy expression, Sakura couldn't help but chuckle. The tense and oppressive atmosphere in the room eased considerably because of this heartwarming, childlike interaction.
at this time--
A soft, golden light suddenly appeared in the center of Rin's room without warning.
Immediately afterwards, a handsome young man with black hair and golden eyes, who looked like he had stepped out of a myth, appeared out of thin air in front of the two of them.
“Observer… sir!”
The moment Rin saw Gu Chuan, all her pride and shyness transformed into the purest, heartfelt respect and excitement! She pulled Sakura, who was still somewhat bewildered, towards Gu Chuan, ready to perform the most solemn kneeling ceremony of a magician's family.
However, before their knees could bend, a gentle yet irresistible force lifted them up.
"There's no need for such a grand gesture in front of me."
Gu Chuan's voice was gentle yet full of convincing power, "You and I are equals. Let's talk standing up..."
Sakura stared blankly at the boy who had appeared like a miracle, feeling the warm and powerful energy emanating from him. For the first time, her heart, which had been hanging in suspense because of fear, felt a sense of security called "Yi Lin Yi (Seven) Temple: Yaku! Shiku Chun".
Meanwhile, in the chat group, there was a message from 俬⊙齐2（二）八.
[Alicia]: Oh my gosh~ Look, look! Little Rin is so shy! She blushes so easily when her little sister teases her, it's so cute~
[March 7th]: Sakura is so cute! She's like a delicate porcelain doll! I really want to pinch her cheeks!
[Gem Magician]: (Emoji of embarrassment and indignation) You, you guys are not allowed to say another word! And! No screenshots allowed!
Seeing the cheerful banter in the group chat, Rin's cheeks flushed even more.
Gu Chuan ignored the banter in the group chat. He walked to Lin's side and asked in a low voice, a voice only the two of them could hear:
"So? Is the plan still the same?"
There was a hint of amusement in his voice.
"Should we just rush down and beat up that old monster from the Matou family, along with your stubborn, unyielding father; or... should I first go to that so-called prestigious magic family, investigate thoroughly, and gather enough evidence before taking action?"
Rin looked up at Gu Chuan's deep, all-seeing golden eyes. She knew that the "investigation" he was talking about was no ordinary investigation.
Gu Chuan, however, was planning something else entirely.
If I remember correctly... that thing I've always wanted should be in the Matou family's insect cellar.
This time, it's a perfect opportunity to go with the flow.
116 False Rituals and Invisible Guardians
Faced with the two choices Gu Chuan presented, Lin did not hesitate at all.
"I...I want to see it with my own eyes first." She clenched her fists tightly, her ruby-like eyes gleaming with unyielding light. "I want to see with my own eyes what this so-called..."
What kind of place is this prestigious magic family?! If... if they really are doing this for Sakura's good, as Father said, then..."
She didn't finish her sentence, but her determination to find out the truth at all costs was self-evident.
"Okay." Gu Chuan nodded, approving of her choice.
He reached out, and two barely perceptible golden streaks of light silently merged into Rin and Sakura's bodies respectively.
“This is a minor cognitive obstruction spell,” he explained softly. “Now, unless you choose not to, those two noble magicians downstairs will be unable to see or sense our presence.”22
After saying that, he took the lead and walked straight through the door towards the cold main hall downstairs, where a cruel handover ceremony was taking place.
Rin and Sakura exchanged a glance and quickly followed.