nashuaworldcup Chapter 21 The Re-signing of the Adoption Contract
Chapter 21 The Re-signing of the Adoption Contract
Chapter 21 The Re-signing of the Adoption Contract
Last night, because Guildray killed some police officers, the police believed that the serial killer had accomplices. The alert was not only not lifted, but was raised to another level, causing many primary and even secondary schools to suspend classes.
Learning that they wouldn't have to go to school for the time being should have been a happy thing for the students, but Rin Tohsaka's face fell a little after hearing the news.
Broly saved her yesterday, but because she later met Uncle Kariya, there were many things she couldn't say to the boy. She was planning to ask him about it properly after going to school today, but the school called to inform her that classes were suspended.
Rin Tohsaka was somewhat taken aback, but thankfully her mother suggested taking her and her sister to an amusement park, which quickly lifted her spirits.
In the morning, they rode the carousel, the Ferris wheel, and the bumper cars. At noon, they ate ice cream, hamburgers, and fries.
Even after I got home, the good mood I got from playing at the amusement park lingered in my heart.
"Mom, can Dad come to the amusement park with us next time?"
Faced with her daughter's expectant question, Zenshiro Aoi gave a somewhat forced smile.
After giving a perfunctory "okay," she went to her room to call her husband.
Tokiomi Tohsaka had barely lain down to rest when the phone rang, waking him up. He answered and found it was his wife calling, asking if Aoi Zenjou had given one of their two daughters a chance to be sent to the Matou family.
"No, Shichen, I haven't finished talking to my daughter yet. It's just that last night, I ran into Matou Kariya in Fuyuki City..."
"Wait, you came to Fuyuki City last night?"
"It was Rin who came to Fuyuki City without permission, trying to find her friends..."
"Why didn't you keep a close eye on her?"
"I……"
"Alright, I didn't mean to blame you. As long as you and your daughter are alright, that's all that matters."
Exhaustion reduced Tokiomi Tohsaka's ability to control his emotions. Realizing he had spoken out of turn, he quickly regained his composure and spoke softly to his wife on the other end of the microphone.
"Just tell me what's wrong."
Tokiomi Tohsaka just wanted to end the call quickly and get some rest.
"I met Kariya Matou, and his health deteriorated significantly."
Zenjokui continued.
"What does he have to do with us?"
Tokiomi Tohsaka frowned, feeling somewhat uncomfortable even as elegant as he was when his wife mentioned another man.
"He protected Rin last night."
"I really have to thank him. If I run into him again, I'll try my best to spare his life."
"That's not what I meant. He mentioned the Matou family's magic, saying it's something that erodes life and the body."
Zenjou Aoi didn't hide anything and told her husband everything about what she had seen Matou Kariya the night before.
"You continue to work on your daughter's mindset. I will go to Matou Reiken to inquire about the situation. If the Matou family's magic is really as bad as you say, then I will not push my daughter into the fire pit."
After hanging up the phone, Tokiomi Tohsaka returned to his study, picked up a pen, and wrote a letter to Ryokken Matou. He then summoned a crow familiar and asked it to deliver the letter to the Matou family.
Upon receiving Tokiomi Tohsaka's letter, Ryokon Matou was furious and strode into the underground insect warehouse, leaning on his cane.
Inside the insect warehouse, Matou Kariya is being bitten by insects, a way for a mediocre magician to maintain his magical power.
"Kariya, do you think that just because you told the Tohsaka family about your health condition, they won't send your daughter back to the Matou family?"
Matou Ryogen spoke directly to the man in the swarm of insects.
"What do you mean?"
Matou Kariya, who was enduring the pain of being bitten by insects, felt somewhat bewildered.
"Heh, playing dumb? No problem, I'll tell you, it's useless. The head of the Tohsaka family is a rational magician, and he has already decided to send the children who left the Matou family back to the Matou family!"
Holding the letter in his hand, Matou Ryouken put it away and turned to leave the Insect Warehouse before Matou Kariya could even read it properly.
"No, Matou Ranken, you son of a bitch, you better explain yourself clearly... ah!"
The insects intensified their exploitation of life, and Matou Kariya collapsed, losing consciousness amidst intense pain.
"Tsuruno!"
The old man who left the insect warehouse found his nominal eldest son.
"Father, what are your orders?"
Despite his fear, Matou Tsuruno stepped forward to follow instructions.
"Leave the Matou family with Shinji."
"Huh?"
"Let's go outside and hide for a while. A dangerous guest is coming tonight."
In Tokiomi Tohsaka's letter, he arranged to visit the Matou family that evening with his Servant. I cannot refuse. Although I think it is unlikely that Tokiomi Tohsaka will make a move, I still have to be on the safe side.
On the surface, it's about having Matou Tsuruno, an ordinary person, take his grandson and leave the Matou family for refuge, but in reality, his true self will also secretly leave, temporarily away from the Matou family.
"Excuse me, Head of the Matou family."
That evening, Tokiomi Tohsaka, having recovered, arrived as promised.
"Not at all, the Matou family would be more than happy to welcome the head of the Tohsaka family."
The old man stood at the door, offering a polite, fake smile in response.
"Then, regarding the questions I raised in my letter, I wonder if the Matou family head could provide a response?"
Tokiomi Tohsaka was also smiling, but the way he held the jeweled cane made it clear that he would take action if the answer did not satisfy him.
"Of course, please follow me."
Matou Ryokon seemed unaware of this situation and welcomed Tohsaka Tokiomi, along with Gilgamesh who appeared behind him, into his home.
"It's a truly unpleasant magic."
After entering the house, Mr. Jin frowned and commented for a moment, then went to the Matou family's wine cabinet, took out a bottle of wine, uncapped it, and started drinking.
"This wine is better than the wine at your house, Shichen, and even better than the wine at your disciple's place."
Matou Ryouken looked at Gilgamesh, opened his own wine vault which he could use as a reserve fund, and his insect-like eyelids twitched twice.
"What, you have a problem with me opening your wine shop?"
"No, how could I dare? To receive praise from the King of Heroes is an honor for my family's wine collection."
"A bunch of insects, they're quite good at talking."
Matou Ryogen's body stiffened slightly; he hadn't expected his fake body to be discovered so easily.
"For the sake of this wine, I'll tolerate this slight filth. If you have something to say, you can speak with my subjects yourselves. But if you dare to let that rabid dog hiding underground attack my subjects, then don't blame me for showing no mercy."
Gilgamesh stayed in the living room drinking, while Matou Ryogen led Tohsaka Tokiomi into the insect warehouse.
Here, Tokiomi Tohsaka met Kariya Matou. Matou Ryouken had the insects carry Kariya to introduce him to the head of the Tohsaka family, explaining why the Crest Insects were eroding Kariya Matou's life.
"In the end, it was only because my good-for-nothing son suddenly returned to the family wanting to participate in the Holy Grail War that I had no choice but to use such extreme modification magic on him, so that he could have the ability to fight against excellent magicians."
"A very ingenious technique. Although the body and life were severely eroded, the magic circuit activated at the cost of life still produced a considerable amount of magic power."
Tokiomi Tohsaka ignored the dense swarms of insects inside the insect warehouse and, after observing how the Crest Insects activated the magic circuits in Kariya Matou's body, gave this method his unreserved praise.
"Master Matou, you are indeed a highly experienced magician. On the path of a magician, I am far inferior to you."
"That's too kind of you. It's just some low-level tricks."
"Then how can I be sure you won't use the same methods on my daughter?"
"What I want is a successor to the magic path, not a tool like him. Naturally, I will not use such cruel methods of modification on your daughter. If the head of the Tohsaka family does not believe me, we can sign a magic contract as a guarantee."
Perhaps it was the title of "Head of the Tohsaka Clan" that triggered the keyword, because Matou Kariya, who had been knocked unconscious by the Crest Worms, opened his eyes at this moment.
"Tokiomi Tohsaka, what are you doing here?"
"You're awake, Kariya. The head of the Tohsaka family is here to investigate the Matou family's magic and discuss sending his daughter back to the Matou family."
"Damn it..."
Kariya Matou is currently controlled by the Crest Worms, and his consciousness is still not very clear, but he still managed to utter his question with difficulty.
"Seeing me like this, you still want to send your daughter over?"
"You brought this upon yourself by trying to participate in this Holy Grail ceremony as a half-baked magician, which is why you've ended up in this state."
But the Matou family head just assured me that he wouldn't use cruel methods to modify my daughter's magical circuits.
Tokiomi Tohsaka paused, then thanked Kariya Matou for his help to his wife and daughter the previous night, before asking Matou Rikien, "Head of the Matou family, may we now sign a new adoption contract?"
"certainly."
Matou Ryouken smiled somewhat eerily, saying that he had a contract provided by the Magic Association at home.
"Ah, Tokiomi Tohsaka, you're not fit to be a father at all, Ber..."
Matou Kariya tried to call upon his Servants to launch an attack, but Matou Ryogen quickly commanded the Crest Insects to subdue him.
"You'll regret this..."
Before being knocked unconscious again by the insects, Matou Kariya uttered his last words of resentment.
"I am Rin and Sakura's father. How I arrange things for my daughters is a matter for the Tohsaka family, and outsiders have no right to interfere."
Tokiomi Tohsaka was somewhat dismissive of this, but he still felt a pang of regret when he looked at Kariya Matou. As his wife's childhood friend and also his childhood friend, this man's concern for his two daughters was genuine.
If this person survives, the daughter who was sent to the Matou family will finally have someone who truly cares for and looks after her.
He sighed inwardly, but remained elegant on the surface. He left the insect warehouse with Matou Ryouken. With Matou Kariya providing a high-level magic contract from the Magicians' Association, they discussed the details of adopting a daughter again. After confirming that the life of the daughter who was sent to be his stepson would not be harmed and that the stepson would inherit the title of Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation, Tohsaka Tokiomi signed his name with magic power.
"I wonder when Sakura will be able to be sent back?"
After signing the magic contract, Matou Ryogen asked.
"My wife seems very reluctant to part with our youngest daughter."
"What does the head of the Tohsaka family mean?"
"I might send my eldest daughter to be my stepson. I wonder if the Matou family head would mind?"
"Haha, I don't mind. Whether it's the eldest daughter or the original youngest daughter, my Matou family only needs an excellent successor in magic."
Matou Ryokon didn't mind at all. All he wanted was a mother with excellent aptitude. If Tohsaka Tokiomi had sent his eldest daughter, he would have been even happier because he could have modified her mature womb earlier and made her the mother to nurture the Matou family's offspring.
Tokiomi Tohsaka left the Matou family. After confirming the Matou family's insect magic, he returned home and called his wife to vouch for the Matou family's magic, but asked his wife to quickly persuade their daughter.
"If possible, I would like to let Sakura go there again. Rin is older after all, and if something happens to me, she, being older, will be better able to stabilize the Tohsaka family's situation."
"But isn't this a bit too cruel to Sakura?"
"Alright, Aoi, I won't interfere with who goes. It's up to you, as their mother, to decide. Just make sure you can persuade one of them to go to the Matou family and continue as their stepson to inherit the Matou family's magic."
Tokiomi Tohsaka backed down on this point, leaving the choice to his wife before hanging up the phone.
. . . .
At the Fujimura residence, Broly was somewhat relieved, as he discovered something very important before being sent back to his own world.
That means converting your wife's happiness stat into happiness points, which requires inviting her to join the Crystal Palace.
Broly didn't pay any attention to this at first, until noon when Kiritsugu Emiya and Irisviel entrusted their daughter to him. Suddenly, the Crystal Palace had its first official member. Only after pressing the Crystal Palace did he get a detailed explanation of how he obtained happiness points.
It's fair to say that if his wife, whom he'd never met, hadn't joined the Crystal Palace, he might have foolishly returned empty-handed without understanding the Crystal Palace's happiness point acquisition mechanism.
But now, after he formally invited Fujimura Taiga to his bath in the evening, and Fujimura Taiga accepted, his happiness points have skyrocketed to over 12,000.
Besides Fujimura Taiga, a high-quality asset that has already been converted into happiness points, he also has two other wives in this world with high happiness scores. Broly was excited at the thought of his happiness points continuing to skyrocket after inviting them to join the Crystal Palace tomorrow.
If it weren't for the time spent testing the Crystal Palace's redemption function and the fact that it was getting late, he might have gone over to invite the other two.
I really hope tomorrow comes soon.
"What, do you really want to leave your sister's side that badly?"
"Well……"
"Just kidding, but don't forget your sister when you get back."
"Yes, I won't forget. Fujimura-neechan was the best person to me."
Fujimura Taiga hugged the boy. Using a subsystem module given to official members by the Crystal Palace, she exchanged for the spider legs of the Wampa Spider, a specialty food of Wampa Star. She tried a bite of the sticky, yellowish-brown flesh and almost vomited up. After listening to Broly recount his simple (outrageous) hunting life on Wampa Star, she felt even more sorry for the child.
On the night before their parting, Fujimura Taiga wanted to give the child motherly care. Her body was soft and smelled sweet. Broly quickly fell asleep in the girl's arms, with gentle pats on his back to lull him to sleep.
(End of this chapter)