"So, because Fuyuki has been in danger recently, your father asked your mother to take you to the next town, but you sneaked back because you were worried about your friends?"
I led this little girl named "Lin" to the station.
Children these days are amazing. If their parents find out about doing such a dangerous thing, they may be frightened to death.
I sighed again.
"That's pretty much it."
Rin followed me around and looked like a good baby——
"But you should be lucky. If I hadn't come, an idiot like you who casually shakes the magician's hand would definitely be poisoned!"
Me, the king? The fool who casually holds the magician's hand? Glory: "..."
I take back the words I just praised her for being good.
"You obviously know magic, but you still want to hold his hand. What a fool!"
Before she could say enough, she raised her head and lectured me aggressively:
"How dare you hold it so defenselessly! It's obvious that he can't deal with someone like you who has magic resistance. He can't beat you either, but you can still be caught despite having so many advantages.
It’s so—ugh?!”
I just picked her up and threw her on my back.
Then I lifted up the little girl who was hugging my neck in panic, and continued walking steadily.
"You, what are you doing-"
She stammered on my back, "I, I can obviously walk by myself."
Of course I know, but I really don’t want to hear you continue to educate me.
But of course you can't say that.
I cleared my throat and told her in the tone of a close brother:
"You must be tired after walking so far, Rin. If you are tired, let me carry you on my back. Girls have privileges."
"..."
I was satisfied to feel a little head buried in my neck, making no sound or moving.
Well done! Finally, you don’t have to be lectured by children anymore!
I can’t help but praise myself!
…
Tram stop.
I was a little hesitant.
"...You want to take a car home by yourself?"
When I saw her nodding, I felt my head hurt.
There could be some good things on the street in the middle of the night, but this little girl didn't want to run into any bad people after she got to the station.
This is not impossible. After all, we have just escaped from a kidnapper and a murderer, so we have a good say.
It's not impossible if I send her home, but the problem is that I still have another task...
Sola also wants to steal Kenneth's command spell. Who knows what kind of coercive method she will use. What if she is going to be tortured to extract a confession? What if something happens to me if I get there late?
I was in a dilemma.
"Yes, otherwise..." I was a little confused, "Otherwise I will send you to where your father lives first..."
Suddenly I thought this was a good idea.
"Isn't your father in Fuyuki? It happens to be a little closer. Let me tell your mother then-"
"No!" Rin grabbed the hair on top of my head and pulled me back with a grin on my face: "It hurts my hair!!!"
"I ran out secretly, I can't let my father know."
She jumped off my back, put her hands on her hips, and said angrily: "I can go back by taking the tram, and I won't disturb my mother if I go back secretly, so now I-"
"Rin!" came an anxious voice from a woman.
"..."
We both looked back together.
A long-haired woman opened the driver's door, rushed over, and hugged the girl named Rin into her arms.
"Rin, you scared mom to death..."
The little girl who had been lecturing me so aggressively just now held back her tears, but failed to hold back her tears. She threw herself into her mother's arms with a cry of "Wow" and started crying.
"..."
I scratched my face, wondering if I could leave if the adults came to find me, so I said: "Well, um, madam, since you have received Rin, then I will-"
"--!!!"
"Get away!"
My expression changed and I hurriedly rushed towards the mother and daughter who were focused on their reunion and ignored the surrounding situation.
He took them to escape an attack.
…
The attacking... creature should be a living thing?
I had a disgusted expression on my face, because this thing, which is still a biological thing, is so long that it really tests people's ability to endure vomiting.
It’s simply a tentacle monster!
I think it hurts my eyes just to look at it.
"This, what is this..." Rin looked at this thing blankly.
Then, the tentacle monster bounced towards her, and opened its soft claws in the air. A sticky, unknown liquid clung to it, with a fishy smell.
The image of the dirty and terrifying monster reflected in his pupils became larger and larger, and the distance between him and the girl became closer and closer. Rin's pupils shrank sharply——
Then the thing was smashed away by a vending machine.
…………
Tohsaka Rin's mind didn't turn around for a moment.
Vending machine?
She turned her head blankly and spotted the red-haired boy who was still in the throwing posture.
He just threw a vending machine over?
Is this the strength that normal people should have?
Lin Hu's big blue eyes blinked, and a sense of longing suddenly came into being.
…
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…
I really don't dare to fight that thing directly.
Not to mention how much this thing looks like an artifact from a certain series, which already makes me very uncomfortable. More importantly, I think the mucus on it may have some weird effects.
I glanced at the small corroded holes on the ground, and my hand that had just thrown out a vending machine was shaking slightly.
Then, with mixed emotions, I discovered that the tentacle monster I had just smashed into pieces split into two.
This is also a star. How dare I take advantage of it? If I smash one, two more will come out. What kind of fairy species is this?
I think I need to change my body and hit it.
But there are still two onlookers here who know magic, and I don’t know if they know about the Holy Grail War. I can’t let the fact that I am actually just a bystander be discovered——
I blinked and had an idea in my mind.
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Tohsaka Aoi hugged her daughter in fear.
Although the Tosaka family is a family of magicians, as a wife, she does not need to have much fighting power, and she encounters only a handful of dangerous situations.
How can she protect her daughter in this situation?
She couldn't help but cast her expectant gaze on the red-haired boy, but it quickly dimmed again.
Although this boy has great power, he cannot destroy this magical creature that can proliferate!
Tohsaka Aoi felt a little desperate for a moment.
...Then she saw in despair that the red-haired boy suddenly held his chest with a serious look on his face, and said respectfully and piously:
"My emperor, please help this humble minister——"
…………
Tohsaka Aoi's eyes widened.
…
The white-haired man covered the red-haired boy in his original position, and the dazzling light was as dazzling as the rising sun. Golden lines snaked up his well-textured chest, and his cold and noble golden pupils stared at them without emotion.
The young man spoke in a sneer-like tone:
"I have to worry about something as big as a grain of corn."
The golden magic circle emitted a dazzling light, and the golden sword blades poured down like raindrops. The tentacled monster screamed twice unwillingly, and turned into purple mist and dissipated.
…
The god-like man turned around and looked down at them while floating in the air. His gilded eyes moved between the mother and daughter——
"My subjects, please ask me to protect you."
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…
correct!
Tohsaka Aoi clenched her fingers so tightly that her knuckles turned white.
……correct!
The reason why that boy covered the back of his hand with decoration must be to cover up the evidence!
Evidence of participating in the Holy Grail War—Command Seal!