Chapter 58

Toosaka Aoi is not a magician but she is the wife of Toosaka Tokitoki, the fifth generation head of the famous Tosaka family of magicians. She also has two daughters with the potential to become magicians.

She positioned herself at home as a good wife and mother, and did her best to maintain the family. So when her husband proposed to adopt their daughter to the Matou family, she did not object to him.

She is not a magician, but she is willing to believe in her husband. Her daughter Sakura will become an excellent magician under her husband's arrangement and then pursue what all magicians want.

She had always believed this, and even if she felt sorry for her daughter, she would at most ask her childhood friend Matou Kariya to help take care of Sakura. However, this belief seemed to be shattered today.

The old man who didn't want to talk was her childhood sweetheart Matou Kariya, and the girl he was holding hands with was her daughter Sakura.

There is no mother who doesn't love her child. All the reasons she used to convince herself to send her daughter away were completely shattered the moment she saw Ying. Tears welled up in an instant and she desperately wanted to hug her daughter.

However, when she passed by, the girl nervously held the hand of the person next to her and hid her small body behind him.

"Ying, I'm your mother." Even with her folded hands, the woman couldn't hide the tears in her voice. She looked helplessly at her childhood friend Matou Kariya, the only one who might be able to help her.

However, unexpectedly, the man turned his head away with difficulty and stopped looking at her.

This is indeed a difficult thing for Matou Kariya. He has always hoped that Aoi would be happy, and he loves Rin and Sakura more out of love for them. But even he has to admit that just because Aoi allowed Tōsaka Tokito to adopt her daughter to the Matou family, she is not a qualified mother.

"Ma'am, I need to talk to you about Sakura." The red-haired boy stood behind her without her knowing.

Toosaka Aoi subconsciously thought of what her husband had been busy with recently. He might be a rival to Shichen, but the boy did not mean to stop her. Instead, he stood aside and made way for her: "If you still think you are Sakura's mother, then stay and listen to me. Otherwise, unless Sakura still wants to see you, I promise that I will not let you get close to Sakura again."

The woman who was supposed to leave hesitated. Those were her children. Both Rin and Sakura were children she was willing to protect with her life. But if she stayed, would it be right for Sakura? Her daughter, who had the talent of a magician, should pursue the happiness of a magician.

But when she looked at Ying, her expression was empty, completely different from the one she had when she was playing freely with her family. She was as if she was just a rag doll without a soul.

"Please tell me everything!" She made up her mind at this moment.

Suguru Geto had thought carefully about handing over the task of persuading Tōsaka Aoi to Emiya Shirou and Matou Kariya. If this was still the world ten years later, after taking the little girl away from the grandfather who tortured her, Suguru Geto might have sent her to a kindergarten in Tokyo.

It was Geto Suguru who learned about the place where Tousaka Aoi might go from Matou Kariya. An unmarried young man knew so much about a married woman with children, and Geto Suguru immediately looked at him as a pervert.

Matou Kariya blushed: "Aoi and I are childhood sweethearts. I just want her to be happy."

"Your last name is Matou, isn't it the same as your child's?"

"What are you talking about? My last name is Matou!"

Geto didn't know how to comment on this behavior, but when he went to see Tosaka Aoi, he also included him in the list. He didn't understand the thoughts of these magicians. In his opinion, both Tosaka Toki and Tosaka Aoi should be deprived of their guardian status. But this was ten years ago when there was no city consciousness, and he couldn't arrange any retreat for Sakura.

After learning about everything that happened to her daughter Sakura, the remorse and guilt in Toosaka Aoi's heart almost overwhelmed her. She hugged her daughter and burst into tears. Matou Kariya next to her looked reluctant, but Matou Sakura, as the person involved, did not show any emotion. She let Toosaka Aoi hug her with empty eyes.

Emiya Shirou waited until Tousaka Aoi had finished crying before asking, "Mrs. Tousaka, what are you going to do next?"

With red eyes, Tōsaka Aoi immediately made a decision: "I want to separate from Tōsaka Tokitoki!"

"Both of your daughters have the potential to be magicians. Without a guardian who is also a magician, they will easily be harmed as they grow up," Emiya Shirou warned.

Toosaka Aoi didn't understand Emiya Shirou's intention: "Are you going to persuade me not to do this?"

Shirou Emiya shook his head, "What I meant is that you need someone who knows magic to take care of your daughter."

He pulled Matou Kariya out and said, "What do you think of Mr. Matou? He knows everything about her. He became a magician to protect Sakura, so he must be willing to continue protecting Sakura in the future."

On this side, Shirou Emiya is responsible for persuading Aoi Tōsaka, while on the other side, Geto Suguru is trying to talk to Fuyuki.

\"Fuyuki, are you conscious now?\" Geto Suguru was very observant and he noticed that the city following him would occasionally look into the distance.

Most of the time, Fuyuki was vacant, with unfocused eyes, following behind Geto Suguru like a dead ghost.

It is said that this is due to the sequelae of the previous injury, and the part that was not mentioned by Shinichi Hinata is that the city's consciousness is too seriously polluted. If Fuyuki does not free his consciousness, he will probably become a killing machine with deep malice towards humans.

The war had a huge impact on Fuyuki. You know, the singing of mermaids can purify pollution. Mermaids, who are healers, have become like this. What if it happened in other cities?

Thinking of this, Shinichi Hirin looked into the distance again.

"Fuyuki." Geto's voice sounded faintly, "If you miss me, let's go together."

Hinawa Shinichi: "???" What did he miss? No, what did Fuyuki miss?

Shinichi Hirin looked in the direction he had just gone in. What a coincidence that was the direction leading to the coast. So it was possible that the mermaid offshore missed the ocean.

Geto Suguru didn't understand what Shinichi Hinawa was thinking, but he believed that his guess was absolutely correct. And since Fuyuki was still standing there, he must be missing the ocean.

"Let's go, Fuyuki." Before the city consciousness could refuse, Geto Suguru took the lead and took a few steps, then turned around and waved at the city consciousness.

Now, even if Shinichi Hinata doesn't want to go, he has to go with his protection target Geto Suguru.

Fuyuki is a tourist city, and the coastline here attracts countless tourists. This was originally one of the purposes of Geto Suguru and his companions coming here. What they didn't expect was that they could still see the beach from ten years ago.

However, Fuyuki did not choose a crowded beach, but took Geto to a sparsely populated beach.

Although there is no one here, the beach is still beautiful, with fine white sand spread out flat, and not far away are reefs that are occasionally covered by waves.

How come there is no one on such a beautiful coast?

Before he had time to think, he saw a warning sign "Beware of sharks" erected not far away and Suguru fell into deep thought.

However, mermaids who originally lived in the ocean are naturally not afraid of sharks. Xia Youjie saw Fuyuki standing there, the sea breeze blowing through the scattered bandages, and then she slowly walked to the water's edge, sat on the rocks on the shore, and soaked one hand in the sea water.

The water flow slightly loosened the bandage, which was already fragile to begin with, and the surrounding water immediately changed color. Seeing this, Xia Yujie turned his head away uncomfortably.

I guess before the disaster happened, the mermaids always stayed on this reef, combing their long hair and singing for the ships sailing in the distance.

After this matter is resolved, Fuyuki will definitely be able to return to his original state.

"Fuyuki is a beautiful city. I will do my best to preserve this beauty."

"This, I guess, is a gift." Geto Xiayou took out the conch necklace he had bought before from his pocket. The reason why he gave it to her now was that after buying it, Geto Xiayou suddenly thought that mermaids living in the sea would have no shortage of this kind of thing.

But I've already bought it, and there's no other gift in this situation.

He had wanted to put it around Fuyuki's neck, but City Sense reached out, and the small white conch now lay in her hand. She tilted her head, as if she was puzzled by such a gift.

Geto Suguru was a little embarrassed, and suddenly thought that for mermaids, perhaps shells and conchs might be part of the remains of marine life.

If I give Glass a necklace made of human nails, she might be chased and beaten by female classmates with bad tempers.

"I didn't think this gift through..." As Xia Youjie was speaking, a wet hand tugged at the corner of his clothes.

He was holding something in his hand and motioned for Xia Yujie to take it.

After obediently stretching out my hand, I felt a sticky touch and a dozen light pink pearls were left on my hand.

Just as he was about to ask what this was, Xia Yujie saw the lips of City Consciousness move a few times.

"Mermaid's tears!" Xia Yujie was slightly surprised. After all, there were too many legends about the mermaid species in the human world. There were countless legends and fictional novels about mermaids' flesh and blood and even mermaids' tears that had been passed down.

If reality is the game world, mermaid's tears are at least SSR-level items!

[This is a return gift.] A familiar response came to my mind.

Before Xia Youjie could be moved, he received another message: [You can give one to the insect controller. ]

Xia Youjie, who originally wanted to preserve it as a family heirloom, said: "..."

Well, the mermaid’s tears might have some healing effect, and Matou Kariya’s tattered body does need some injection of vitality.

After all, ten years ago, he couldn't go to the elementary school to bring Ieiri Shoko to Fuyuki.

(End of this chapter)