Tribute to the Demon King

This seemingly redundant action made Zhou Yi and Cang Qi Chengzi look at each other and smile.

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... After the update is complete, there is still a chapter today (crap)

By the way, who knows if the news about the seventy-year-old lady is true? This question has puzzled me for a long time...

I'm so sleepy, I'm going to bed, good night kids...

Chapter 80 Awakening of the Aged

Tohsaka Rin had already made up his mind three years ago.

As the heir of a family of demons, her path must be different from that of ordinary girls.

She doesn't have a leisurely time, nor does she have a romantic love mind like a little girl of the same age.Like her classmates - "I want to be an idol when I grow up", "I want to be a model when I grow up", this kind of vague, unrealistic but full of delusions unique to thirteen or fourteen-year-old middle school girls Wish, but Rin didn't even have a chance to touch it.

It wasn't because she was pessimistic that she didn't have that chance.

Quite the opposite.This is because her wishes are more realistic than those of her peers.She doesn't need to look into the future, but just stands there, and her eyes can see the scene where her wish has been fulfilled.In this case, for her, this is no longer a "wish", but a "goal" that will inevitably be achieved someday in the future.

Rin's admiration for his father Tokiomi is extraordinary.Because he's the greatest, handsome, gentle adult Rin has ever known.

In her opinion, her father Tokiomi was close to a perfect character.Although there are many girls of the same age who have longing for their father, Rin believes that no daughter can love her father as deeply as she does.

And Rin's wish is to become a great figure like his father.

To be more precise...it is to choose the path that his father took, to choose the fate that his father accepted, and to pass on the blood of the Tohsaka family's magic way.

For Rin, this is not a responsibility, an obligation, but... a good wish.A difficult path chosen by one's own will.

Maybe it's just like what my father said... now I don't know the ups and downs on this road, and I don't know my true wish, but Rin thinks that he will never regret it.

——Whether it is in the way of magic, or in love for father.

But because of this... at this moment, Rin's mood is even more complicated.

"Father……"

In the underground workshop of the Tohsaka mansion, she watched Tohsaka Tokiomi making gems with slow and precise movements, her eyes trembling slightly.

She noticed it for the first time... I don't know when, her father's pianist-like fingers are no longer as stable and strong as she was when she was a child.

Although it is very weak, although it is being suppressed vigorously.But at the end of Tokiomi's hanging right arm, the right finger holding the carving knife began to tremble slightly.As if feeling angry for this, Tokiomi clenched his other hand into a fist, and pressed hard on his leg.

...But, the flow is wrong.

The left hand should not use force, because this will slightly affect the movement of the fingers of the right hand.And you should use your left hand to lift the fixed instrument instead of pressing it on your own leg... because after you have developed such a habit since childhood, your left shoulder will be slightly lower than your right shoulder after standing up straight, which is very unsightly.

She looked at her father's difficult carving of gems in a daze, and unexpectedly felt that the gap between herself and her father was no longer as huge as it was when she was a child.

The father who used to be like a giant, like a god, who could easily hug himself, felt that he could do anything, knew everything, was always strong and right... Since when did he become so old?

Looking at Tokiomi's slightly sunken cheek from the side, Rin felt a strange and unspeakable soreness in his chest.The uncomfortable and aggrieved feeling made her hold her chest involuntarily.

"What's wrong, Rin?"

Sensing Rin's small movements, Tokiomi couldn't help but stop what he was doing, and turned around with some sternness: "Have you lost your mind? Have you memorized the process, do you need to demonstrate it again?"

"Yes. Leave it to me, father."

Rin replied with a clear voice, took the gemstone pen from his father, and sat down in Tokiomi's position just now.

When she took the carving knife, her fingers immediately felt her father's palm that was no longer firm, and the skin of his fingers that was still slightly cracked under hard maintenance.Rin's footsteps stopped suddenly.

She opened her mouth, but didn't say a word.Just sitting in the position where Tokiomi was just now, following Tokiomi's process just now, carving that huge sapphire with the most correct standards and the most perfect movements.

Seeing Rin's attitude towards magic so seriously, and his skills not far behind his peak, Tokiomi who was standing behind her couldn't help but nodded in relief, but felt the corners of his eyes moist.

Rin... before she knew it, she had become a magus who could handle herself.

In this case, you can rest assured.

If she continues to grow, maybe Rin will become a flawless witch with no flaws in her life.

Although this was also Tokiomi's wish, but he felt a little guilty for such a Rin.

Even if Rin received the best education...but he didn't let Rin enjoy the best childhood.Every time when he went out to dye his hair, seeing the innocent and happy smiles of the children in ordinary people's homes, Tokiomi felt more guilty.

But I'm really... sorry, Rin.My time is running out...

Last night, he was still thinking about how Rin would survive after he left... But looking at it now, there is no need to worry about this matter at all.

Rin's growth is faster than he imagined.Obviously born in a very wealthy family, but this child is already sensible enough to make Tokiomi feel sad.

Perhaps, she had long been aware of her father's physical condition... Maybe it was when she started dyeing her hair secretly?Or is it time to transplant the magic seal?Or, after the Holy Grail War, Rin has ended his childhood?

Just when Tokiomi was looking at his perfect eldest daughter, some of the gemstone wind chimes of different colors in the workshop suddenly swayed on their own, making a pleasant crisp sound, which awakened the nostalgic Tokiomi.

This is a sign that guests are coming.To be more precise, this is the signal sent by the enchantment when a guest is invited into the living room by the servant.

"Is it Sakura... No, today is not a holiday. So is it Shirou..."

Tokiomi murmured, and smiled at Rin who turned around: "I'll go and have a look, don't be distracted."

"Yes. Father."

Rin nodded, but the eyes of the [-]-year-old girl showed a mature and rational light. She replied clearly and politely: "I will finish today's homework quickly and with quality and quantity."