At night, Rin lay in bed. The bright moonlight shone upon her, making her look like an elf who had wandered into the human world.
Lying in bed, Rin reached out and looked at the back of her hand, staring blankly at the three command spells left over from the last Holy Grail War, while her mind recalled the dinner tonight.
Tohsaka Residence, Dinner Time.
In the dining room, the entire Tohsaka Family sat around the round table enjoying dinner. Suddenly, Tokiomi Tohsaka put down his wine glass and asked Rin,
"Rin, do you really plan to take Sakura to find the witch for apprenticeship during her summer break? And do you really not need me to accompany you?"
"Yeah, no need, Papa. I'll just take Kirei with me. It'll be fine with Kirei there. Besides, Papa, the fairy tale magecraft system I 'researched' is just too different from real fairy tale magecraft. Even Sakura's Imaginary Numbers attribute can't solve this problem. It just so happens that there's a reclusive Fairy Tale Witch living in Misaki City, Japan. Isn't this the best opportunity?"
"Rin, have you ever thought that with your current bounty on the black market, if those Magi discover you, I'm afraid..."
Hearing this, Rin shuddered in disgust. That's right, the Magus with the highest bounty in the world right now was none other than Rin Tohsaka. Although the events in Fuyuki City were covered up by various parties and ordinary people knew nothing about it, the magical energy that erupted during the final battle was sensed by at least half of the Magi in Japan. No matter how much they tried to hide it, some inside information about the Holy Grail War was exposed. Faced with the temptation of an omnipotent wish-granting machine, various pseudo-Holy Grail rituals began to pop up all over the world.
And since Kayneth returned to London, he publicly announced that he was giving up his title as a prodigy and began to proclaim that the true prodigy was the Rin Tohsaka he met in Japan. From then on, as the heir of one of the Three Founding Families of the Holy Grail, and with Kayneth's public admission that Rin Tohsaka's talent far exceeded his own, Rin's value on the magecraft black market soared. Magus families hoping to obtain Rin to use as a mother to breed the next generation with super-strong magical talent even offered a staggering price of 1 billion US dollars on the black market for the live capture of Rin Tohsaka.
Of course, Kayneth's purpose was merely to let everyone know through publicity that the current El-Melloi Faction not only had him, a recognized genius of extraordinary talent, but also had a good relationship with Rin Tohsaka, who was far above him. To this end, Kayneth somehow found Zelretch and had him publicly issue a warning to the magecraft world: "Anyone who takes the initiative to move against the Tohsaka Family is an enemy of mine."
When this news arrived at the Tohsaka house along with a letter of apology from Kayneth and a jewel sword bestowed by Zelretch, Rin Tohsaka almost collapsed. It seemed she had been royally screwed over by Kayneth this time, but owing Kayneth a favor, Rin could only swallow her anger.
"It's fine. This time I plan to first hire a Caster of the Crown before setting off to find the witch for apprenticeship. Plus, Kirei will be following us. By the time those 'mercenaries' get the news, Sakura and I will be surrounded by at least an Agent, a Caster of the Crown, and a Fairy Tale Witch. I don't believe anyone would dare to make a move against this lineup unless they aren't human or are a Magus."
Only then did Tokiomi Tohsaka nod in relief, looking at his eldest daughter with satisfaction.
"Rin, since you already have a plan, I won't ask more. But be careful in everything, understand?"
Rin held up a thumb, revealing her neat white teeth, and said with a smile,
"Don't worry, Father."
Rin withdrew from her memories and lowered her hand, then opened the system panel that hadn't been opened for a long time.
Compared to three years ago, the system now had an additional exchange function for Mystic Code manufacturing, allowing her to learn methods for making various magical Mystic Codes.
According to the records in the system log, compared to before the Holy Grail War, Rin had two more exchange records and one saved exchange qualification.
When the Holy Grail War ended, Rin, who had suddenly obtained three exchange opportunities, spent two of them to exchange for the 'Spear of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli' used by Etzali from the A Certain Magical Index World, and the manufacturing method for the shorthand codex Mystic Code.
Among them, the 'Spear of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli' had, through Rin's efforts over the past few years, been modified from the 'Spear of Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli' modeled after the Aztec god of war to the 'Spear of Venus' modeled after Ishtar from Mesopotamian mythology.
Rin, whose strength had greatly increased compared to before, now had her own worries. Although the techniques from a certain magical index were more powerful in terms of destruction and effects than modern Type-Moon magecraft to some extent, due to the various differences in mythology and history between the two worlds, while most techniques could be used after modification, such techniques had almost no 'Mystery' to speak of in the Type-Moon world. Most were equivalent to general modern magecraft, which meant that once she encountered an opponent who could use ancient magecraft or even possessed higher 'Mystery', Rin would naturally be at a disadvantage.
So this journey for apprenticeship was not just Sakura's; Rin also wanted to use this trip to communicate with other Magi to find a way to solve the issue of her techniques' 'Mystery' level.
The more she thought, the more Rin couldn't sleep. She threw off the covers, revealing her body in thin pajamas, and stepped onto the soft carpet with bare feet, walking to the desk in her room.
Opening the drawer, she ignored the Holy Grail and the jewel sword inside, casually took out the soul fragment of the Winter Saintess, and began to study it again by the moonlight.
The next morning, the weather was clear, and the sun hung high in the sky early on, illuminating the peaceful and harmonious Fuyuki City.
Knock, knock, knock. A few urgent knocks on the door woke the still-sleeping Rin Tohsaka.
Then, Aoi Tohsaka's voice came from outside the door.
"Rin, it's time to get up. If you don't get up now, Sakura is going to be late."
Sitting on the bed in a daze, rubbing her messy long hair, Rin suddenly snapped awake. She turned to look at the digital clock on the desk and shouted toward the door in a panic,
"Getting up right now, Mama! Oh, Mama, could you please come in and help me comb my hair?"
Aoi Tohsaka, who was about to turn and leave, shook her head helplessly upon hearing Rin's shout. She turned and opened the door. As soon as she entered, she saw a large pile of magecraft-related drafts scattered messily on the desk.
"Rin, were you researching magecraft until late again last night? Sigh, I've told you so many times not to research magecraft at night, but you never listen to Mama. Mama is so sad."
Rin rubbed her messy hair and looked helplessly at the melodramatic Aoi Tohsaka before her.
After hurriedly washing up and dressing, Rin rushed to the dining room. Seeing her family eating, she scratched her head in embarrassment and pulled out a chair to sit down.
"Good morning, Papa, Mama, Sakura."
Sakura looked at her hurried sister and said helplessly,
"Good morning, sister. Sister, were you researching magecraft until late again last night?"
"Cough, cough. Sakura, I was only a little bit later than usual last night, not that late..."
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