At this time, Aoi, who was wearing an apron, noticed the changes outside the door and walked out at the right time. The moment she saw Sakura, she almost couldn't control her expression, but in the end she put on the virtuousness of the hostess and gently scolded Rin.

"Rin, why don't you invite the guests in?"

"Oh, that, I'm sorry." Rin lowered her head aggrievedly, "The guests, please come in."

"Put down the kettle before talking!"

"Oh, yes!"

Rin put down the kettle in a hurry, and her cute face suddenly turned red.

She felt that she was about to be laughed at by her sister, but her mother couldn't say anything here, and she was about to cry out of grievance.

"I'm so sorry, Rin is so rude." Aoi said helplessly, and finally walked out by herself, "Mr. Shen, please come this way, my husband is waiting in the quiet room."

"Okay, thank you." Shen He nodded gently.

In Shen He's opinion, Aoi's performance as the hostess of the Tosaka family was impeccable, but as Sakura's biological mother, such performance seemed a bit too cruel.

It seems that it is indeed the same as described in the original book.

Compared to her own feelings, she attaches more importance to abiding by her duty. To use modern words, she is similar to an ancient woman who was poisoned by feudal ideas.

However, she and Tosaka Tokiomi are a perfect match.

But... this won't work.

Shen He came here to further resolve Ying's psychological trauma. He took two steps, suddenly stopped, and let go of Ying's little hand.

"Ying, just have fun here with your sister."

"Father?" Ying tilted her head and looked at him.

"It's okay." Shen He touched her head and chuckled, "You haven't seen your sister and mother for a long time, so just stay here. Mrs. Tosaka, I'll leave Sakura to you first."

"Okay, okay." Aoi tightly grasped the corner of her clothes, "Mr. Shen..."

"You can just call me Shen He." Shen He waved his hand to interrupt her, and said with a serious expression, "Our family is completely different from the Matou family. Compared with the glory of a magician, I value the feelings of an ordinary person more. You are Sakura's biological mother. No matter where Sakura comes from in the future and what kind of person she will grow up to be, this will not change."

"Thank you..."

Aoi finally couldn't help but lower her head and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.

"Please accompany Sakura well."

Shen He's voice softened unconsciously, and then he took Jeanne to the room.

Sakura's soft call and Aoi's exhortation soon came from behind.

I felt a little relieved, so let them spend some time together.

At this time, most of the servants of the Tosaka family had been dismissed before the Holy Grail War, so now this Japanese-style mansion was slightly empty.

But Shen He still knew clearly where Tosaka Tokiomi was.

He took Sakura on foot to a quiet room. Tosaka Tokiomi, who had changed into a Japanese kimono, knelt quietly in the middle with a brewed teapot in front of him.

Seeing the two, Tosaka Tokiomi stood up.

But Shen He waved his hand, and three chairs and an octagonal tea table suddenly appeared in the empty quiet room.

"I am a Chinese, and I am not used to kneeling." Shen He, who showed off his skills, sat on one of the chairs without paying attention to etiquette. "There is no need to pay attention to these red tape. If you were not Sakura's biological father, we would never have the possibility of sitting face to face like this."

"...Mr. Shen, as the manager of a powerful force, does not pay attention to rules?" Tosaka Tokiomi was a little confused.

He had seen people who were casual by nature.

But even those people, as long as they began to shoulder responsibilities, would more or less pay attention to maintaining the image of the responsibility on their shoulders.

And like Shen He, who took the initiative to tear up etiquette and put on a "willful" attitude as soon as he came, he had never seen it before.

If Chaldea also has this style of doing things...

"Rules?" Shen He tilted his head, as if revealing a hint of sarcasm, "Kotomine Kirei, who is the most rule-abiding, betrayed you mercilessly and turned to the path of pursuing pleasure."

"..." Toosaka Tokiomi found it difficult to reply.

Even at this moment, he still couldn't understand Kotomine Kirei's betrayal. After all, his trust in this disciple had once reached an unshakable point.

"It's not that I don't value rules, but I won't follow blindly." Shen He tapped his fingers on the tea table. "I can't understand the meaning of treating rules as sacred, but there's probably no use telling you this. I'm here today just as Sakura's adoptive father, and then, this is my wife, Jeanne, who will be Sakura's mother in the future."

Jeanne sat up slightly when she heard her.

Although as a country girl, she didn't know any etiquette, but at least she had seen big scenes and had the sacred temperament of a saint.

So even Toosaka Tokiomi had to bow slightly to show his respect for the saint.

Besides...

"I wonder if Her Majesty the Saint has any plans to meet His Majesty the Pope." Tōsaka Tokiomi finally found an opportunity to change the topic to this aspect. "His Majesty the Pope was not very happy to hear that Her Majesty the Saint appeared as a heroic spirit."

This is of course a slightly exaggerated statement.

There are many saints in the Catholic Church. The reason why Joan of Arc was canonized is more because of her legendary experience full of mystery and tragic solution, which is helpful for the promotion of religion.

However, the church does have the idea of ​​using Joan of Arc to connect with the mysterious force of Chaldea.

"I am just a Heroic Spirit who existed in the past." Jeanne smiled and shook her head. "Although I am still listening to revelations under the Lord's blessing, now I hope to be an ordinary believer thanking the Lord for his gift."

"I see..." Toosaka Tokiomi sighed as if unintentionally, "But being able to live in the world for a long time and to establish deep feelings with others is already considered a new life."

"Of course." Shen He narrowed his eyes. "Heroic Spirits in Chaldea do not exist as familiars, nor are they tools of the Holy Grail War. They are our companions and have made enormous contributions to the development of Chaldea. Chaldea's achievements today are enough to prove what a promising project this is."

The Holy Grail War is a magic ritual specially developed by the magicians of the Big Three.

Thus, they created a magical miracle that could bring together Heroic Spirits from different eras, which could be called an epoch-making miracle.

But they only used Heroic Spirits to fight.

They hoped that the almighty wishing machine could make their wishes come true.

Now, the four Holy Grail Wars that all ended in failure, coupled with the powerful strength of Chaldea, may make these people wake up.

"..." As expected, Tohsaka Tokiomi fell into deep thought.

There was no need to delve into how Chaldea obtained the Heroic Spirit Summoning Magic that belonged to the secrets of the three great families.

However, this approach of not fighting a war but taking a different approach has achieved great success.

Perhaps, this will be another way to pursue the root.

"The strength shown by Chaldea is amazing." Tohsaka Tokiomi asked tentatively, "It must not be easy to improve the Holy Grail War system to this point."

To say that it is not easy is an underestimation.

As one of the founders of the Holy Grail War, Tohsaka Tokiomi is very clear about the complexity of it.

It is not necessarily possible to see the hope of success even if it costs a huge amount of money.

But it will definitely not succeed without paying a huge price.

The mystery of Chaldea lies in that

such a huge force has not leaked even a trace of information. This is theoretically impossible.

"No matter how easy it is, we have done it." Shen He laughed and did not respond directly.

He hoped that the magician family in this world could try to move towards improving the Holy Grail system.

After all, the prototype of Chaldea

appeared in another timeline of the Type-Moon world.

However, in line with the principle of saying too much will lead to mistakes, Shen He did not discuss more details about Chaldea with Tohsaka Tokiomi, and only postponed the deeper cooperation he proposed to the future. After all,

he is not good at negotiation.

Even if he really wants to intervene and promote the research on the Holy Grail system in this world, the relevant negotiations and plans should be handed over to people who are more proficient.

Lelouch is about to end his revenge.

After a few more casual chats, Aoi came over to inform the meal time.

Sakura and Rin, the two little girls, didn't know what they ran to play and got covered in mud.

Tohsaka Tokiomi had a stern face and was about to scold them, but he seemed to suddenly think of something. After looking at Shen He, he just shook his head and asked Aoi to take them to take a bath before eating.

Shen He's doting on the children has been revealed undisguised during the conversation.

You can tell by looking at his smiling face at this time.

This level of impoliteness is probably not impolite at all, so Tohsaka Tokiomi didn't say much, so as not to upset him.

When the two little girls changed into the same clothes and came to the dining table, they looked like ordinary sisters.

"Ying." Shen He carried Ying to the seat beside him, "Tonight, we will be guests at the Tohsaka family and go back early tomorrow morning. You can sleep with Mrs. Tohsaka."

"No!" Lin looked at Shen He and his eyes suddenly became fierce, "Ying is already six years old, how can she sleep with her mother?"

Even she has to rest in her own room.

It's so unfair!

"I believe Mrs. Tohsaka will be willing." Shen He just smiled and pointed out this fact.

"Mother won't agree!" Lin turned her head and looked at her mother suspiciously.

"Then should we ask your father if he agrees?"

Shen He thought that Lin's look that matched her age was super cute, and he couldn't help but want to tease her.

"Aoi." Tohsaka Tokiomi said just right, "Since Mr. Shen said so, you should take good care of Sakura tonight."

How could this be!

Seeing that even her father said so, Lin's face immediately turned red with anger.

But there was no way to get angry.

She had to fight with the food in her bowl in a rage, but halfway through, she suddenly remembered that she had to keep a ladylike appearance when eating, and she was caught in a situation of struggling with her bulging cheeks.

I have to say, Rin is so cute like this.

Even Sakura couldn't help but turn her head away to hold back her smile. After a while, she turned her eyes back and looked at Rin and said softly:

"Can my sister come to accompany Sakura? Sakura also wants to sleep with her sister."

"Cough, cough cough." Rin seemed to be choked all of a sudden, and quickly patted her chest before swallowing the food in her mouth, "I, I don't want to sleep with my mother... I'm already six years old..."

As if to increase the persuasiveness of her words, Rin also emphasized that she was six years old.

However, the words spoken with that twisted and tangled look were not persuasive at all.

"Okay, Rin, you are the elder sister, take care of Sakura more." Tosaka Tokiomi said calmly.

"...Since father said so." Rin tried to suppress the excitement in her eyes, "Then, then I will accompany Sakura."

"...As expected of Rin."

Shen He smiled and shook his head, whispering a sentence that only he could understand.

Although still so young.

But the essence of the arrogant Rin has been revealed.

After dinner, Toosaka Tokiomi probably realized that he was not very popular in front of Shen He, so he simply ran to the magic workshop alone to deal with related matters after the end of the Holy Grail War.

Shen He took Jeanne to sit on the wooden floor of the balcony, watching the two sisters laughing and playing in the yard not far away.

Aoi found some fireworks at home and watched the sisters from the side.

Judging from her expression, she was relieved because of the end of the Holy Grail War.

"Children are so good..." Jeanne's envious voice came from the side, she turned sideways and leaned on Shen He's shoulder, "No matter what era, you can see such a peaceful scene."

"Yes." Shen He stretched out his hand and hugged her slender waist, "Wouldn't you like to go over and play together?"

"No, this is also a rare time for them to spend together."

Jeanne shook her head, and then seemed to find that Shen He was staring at her face, and couldn't help but lower her face shyly.

——Really.

Shen He looked at her dotingly. He obviously wanted to go, but he still said such words.

Neither of them spoke again, just hugged each other quietly and looked at each other.

After a while.

It seemed that Ying looked over here, and then ran over with a bunch of small fireworks that were still burning.

"Mother." The little hand held Jeanne's hand, "Can you help Ying choose fireworks?"

"Huh? Pick, pick fireworks?"

Jeanne seemed to have never expected Ying to come over, and she made a cute exclamation.

"Because Rin said to compete to see whose fireworks last longer." Ying pouted her little mouth, "But I always lose."

She was wearing a small, beautiful kimono covered with lavender orchids. Her long hair was also tied up by Aoi and a small blue flower was inserted.

The faint gloom still existed on her upturned face, making her look even more lovable.

"Go ahead." Shen He gently pushed Jeanne.

"But..." Jeanne was still a little hesitant, but looking at Ying's expectant eyes, she decisively patted her chest and said, "Leave the fireworks to me."

Shen He smiled as Jeanne and Ying walked hand in hand.

Soon, Lin's unconvinced screams were heard.

Shen He couldn't help but think -

Jeanne wouldn't pray to the Lord and rely on the Lord's revelation to win.