"How's my cooking? You're the agent of the Holy Church. You're going to cry over this food."
Ba came to the table opposite Kotomine Kirei, and while clearing away Yuzhongjin's bowl and chopsticks, he did not forget to make a few teasing remarks.
This is a sorrow that comes seven years late.
Kotomine Kirei, who understood what "love" was, vented his inner emptiness for this emotion for the first time.
“…You put too much chili.”
Despite this, he still insisted on explaining it.
"You are quite bold, kid. Since you ate the food I cooked, I'll let it go this time. Don't think I will look down on you guys from the Holy Church. You didn't stay in Europe, but chose to come to Asia. I am so annoyed. Only I am in a good mood in the past thirty years."
Ba said unhappily.
"Why did Tiannu Ba, one of the ten officials of the Shenzhou Magic Organization and the Mountain Court, appear in Japan?"
As a first-class agent, Kotomine Kirei knows many secrets about other regions. Although the Holy Church is known as one of the two major forces in the magic world along with the Magic Association, this ranking is only limited to Europe.
The Shenzhou magic organization is divided into the Spiral Hall and the Mountain Court. The former is more ordinary, while the latter is the place where immortals gather.
Tiannv Ba is the daughter of Huangdi.
It has lived for at least 4,500 years.
"Because I feel that something bad might appear in this place, but it seems that there is no need to worry too much now."
Ba came for the Holy Grail, and the karma attracted her.
Of course, she had no interest in the Holy Grail itself, but if the thing inside the Holy Grail appeared casually, it would be the next Chi You.
"I'm leaving now."
Kotomine Kirei stood up and was about to leave.
"No, no."
Ba stretched out his hand and said, "Pay the money."
“……”Didn’t that guy give any money again?
Kotomine Kirei took out his salary.
"Thank you for your patronage. The total is 5,000 yen."
Ba calculated, "Fried rice is 300 yen, but since she allowed me to have a relaxing vacation, it's free. Mapo tofu is yen, no credit."
“……”What a black-hearted restaurant.
Kotomine Kirei paid the money obediently.
"Hey, welcome back next time!"
Ba saw the guests off cheerfully and provided friendly service.
However, when she stood in front of the door, she still complained: "What a boring sunshine."
……
The fourth night of the Holy Grail War.
Location: Tousaka Residence.
Kotomine Kirei and Tōsaka Tokiomi sat across from each other.
"I am now very proud to have a disciple like you. After this Holy Grail War is over, I hope you can teach Rin as a senior brother."
Putting down the cup of black tea, Tohsaka Tokiomi looked out the window, then leaned over and took out a few things from the drawer below. The first was a letter. He continued, "Although the form is brief, it can be regarded as my suicide note. It is also just in case. It contains the signature agreeing to pass the position of the head of the Tohsaka family to Rin, and specifies that you will be her guardian until Rin grows up."
Image: "Tosaka Tokiomi & Tosaka Rin", Location: "Images/"
Even though there are only seven pairs of masters and servants in the Holy Grail War, it is still called a war, and war is cruel after all. Tōsaka Tokiomi cannot ensure that he will win. Compared to him who faces the battle head-on, Kotomine Kirei who has already announced his withdrawal has a better prerequisite for survival.
"give it to me."
Kotomine Kirei took the letter and immediately added: "I will definitely take responsibility and look after your daughter until she grows up."
"Thank you, Kirei."
Tōsaka Tokiomi raised his head and laughed, then pushed a box over to Kotomine Kirei.
"This is?"
Kotomine Kirei asked in doubt.
"This is a personal gift from me to you. Open it and take a look."
Toosaka Tokiomi said.
Hearing this, Kotomine Kirei opened the box, only to see a dagger inside.
"This is the Azoth Sword, proof that you have trained in the magic arts of the Tohsaka family and completed the apprenticeship course."
Toosaka Tokiomi explained.
"AZOTH" means mercury in alchemical terms, where "A" is the first letter of the 26 letters, and "Z", "O" and "TH" are the last letters of the Latin, Greek and Hebrew languages respectively. Therefore, "AZOTH" also means from the beginning to many ends.
Given by a master to a disciple, it usually also means graduation.
"I am a humble disciple, but I have received such great kindness. I am truly grateful, Master."
Kotomine Kirei raised his head.
"It is I, Kotomine Kirei, who should be thanking. Now I can devote myself to this battle with peace of mind."
After making arrangements for all his funeral affairs, Tōsaka Tokiomi will devote himself to the long-cherished wish of his ancestors and the lifelong pursuit of a magician.
Kotomine Kirei looked at the blade, which reflected the light like a mirror reflecting his eyes.
"It's already this late. I'm sorry to keep you so late."
Tōsaka Tokiomi stood up and was about to open the door for Kotomine Kirei, preparing to send him back to the Cathedral Church.
Kotomine Kirei looked at Tōsaka Tokiomi, who had his back to him. He also stood up, knife in hand, a hint of a happy smile on his face, and said, "Don't worry, teacher..."
……
Scarlet sticky liquid drips from the tip of the knife. Why is this scene so tear-jerking?
"This sword is very useful, teacher."
Kotomine Kirei came to the living room carrying a plate and said to Tōsaka Tokiomi.
"As long as you like it..."
Tōsaka Tokiomi could never have imagined that Kotomine Kirei would come to his kitchen with a sword in hand to cook.
Spicy mapo tofu fresh out of the oven!
It was so spicy that Tousaka Tokiomi couldn't help but feel his eyes sour.
"Someone sent me some tofu this morning. Since it's so late, why don't we eat it together here?"
Kotomine Kirei turned around and served the rice.
Although the Azoth sword is a mercury sword, mercury does not pose much harm to magicians. In a general sense, Azoth is also known as the "universal panacea."
It is a commendatory word.
Toosaka Tokiomi picked up the rice bowl, scooped a little bit of mapo tofu with a spoon, and stirred it together as if he was practicing alchemy. Finally, he took a small bite and it was still very spicy!
"What's wrong, Master?"
Kotomine Kirei noticed that there was something wrong with Tōsaka Tokiomi.
"I suddenly remembered that your master's wife came back to the mansion in the afternoon, and I had already eaten at that time."
Based on the principle of "not wasting food" and unwilling to give up Kotomine Kirei's "filial piety", Tōsaka Tokiomi reluctantly finished the bowl of rice in his hand.
"So that's it."
Kotomine Kirei had no suspicion and calmly finished the plate of mapo tofu in front of Tōsaka Tokiomi without even touching the rice.
It was also the first time that Toosaka Tokiomi knew that his disciple was such a person with strong tastes.
……
"Boring."
Gilgamesh, who was watching this scene in the dark, no longer had any desire to watch any further. A boring master would only teach a boring disciple in the end.
……
That night, Miozu did not go out, but stayed at the shrine to accompany Sakura Matou.
The preparations are almost complete. As the saying goes, everything is ready except for the east wind, which still needs to wait for two days...
Yuzhuanjin has already planted the "cause" in this land, but I wonder what the final "fruit" will be like.
However, in the name of the "Inari God", Ootenzu will surely have a good harvest, a good harvest of "fruits"!
"Master~"
Tamamonomae lay crookedly beside them.
"…If you have something to say, just say it."
Yuzhongjin covered Sakura Matou with a quilt, sat in front of the bed, and prepared to coax her to sleep.
"I am fine."
Tamamonomae pouted, even though Mizoguchi always had a different attitude when Matou Sakura called her that.
Fu Fu stepped on Tamamonomae's head.
"Sister Miko~"
Sakura Matou grabbed the quilt with both hands and looked at Yuzhongjin with expectant eyes.
"What's wrong Sakura?"
Mizoguchi immediately asked with concern, and then asked Tamamonomae to make two more beds.
Miojin is in the center, Matou Sakura is on her right, and Tamamonomae is on the left.
“Can you tell me a bedtime story?”
Sakura Matou only wanted to hear Miozu's voice, which would make her feel more at ease.
However, Yuzhuanjin was in a dilemma.
To be honest, she hadn't read a decent fairy tale for a long time, and the only few she knew, such as "The Little Girl Who Sells Nuclear Bombs", "Black Snow Princess" and "Three Roast Suckling Pigs", didn't seem to be able to tell the story.
Besides, Matou Sakura must have heard it before.
Helplessly, Yuzhuanjin glanced back at Tamamonomae, who twitched his fox ears and said excitedly: "I know! I can tell you this! Back when I was in Shenzhou, I met a human named Di Xin. He listened to me and built a wine pool..."
boom!
Before Tamamonomae could finish her words, Yuzun took the lead and pressed her fox head on the pillow, interrupting her and saying, "I don't think we can talk about this. Do you understand the teenage mode?"
"I understand. I know. Even if we can't talk about that, we can still talk about something else. I did something more interesting back then. It seems to be called 'Playing Tricks on Princes with Fire' now. This one is not scary. What do you think? Master!"
Tamamonomae asked Gozenjin without realizing it.
"Alright, alright, just stay aside."
Miojin knew that it was unrealistic to ask Tamamonomae to do things, as the other party was essentially a big problem.
"Even lighting beacons to trick the princes is not okay? I still have some! Sir, don't worry, we have done other things in Tianzhu!"
Tamamonomae wanted to show herself.
"Hurry up and crawl!"
After hearing this, Yuzhuanjin wanted to beat up Tamamonomae on behalf of the people of the Shang Dynasty and Western Zhou Dynasty thousands of years ago.
Calm down, you have to calm down first, the child is still next to you, you can teach the other person a lesson another day.
"What is the beacon fire trick?"
Matou Sakura asked innocently.
"Nothing, just an idiotic thing done by one idiot and another idiot a long time ago."
Yu Zhuanjin felt that this topic could not be continued, otherwise it would cause great problems for the child's physical and mental development, so she changed the topic and said, "Come, listen to my sister tell you a story, um~"
"long long ago."
