People in Type-Moon start from adopting Sakura

Tōsaka Tokiomi nodded slightly, still with that elegant smile on his face.

Before leaving, Luo Wei did not forget to hand his business card to Tohsaka Tokiomi and Tohsaka Aoi, which stated that he had a temporary magic base in Fuyuki City.

“This is where I currently live, the Grand Hyatt Hotel.”

"I'll come visit you when I have time."

Tōsaka Tokiomi accepted the business card handed over by Luo Wei and smiled faintly.

"Ying, you must be obedient in your new environment."

Toosaka Aoi squatted down, looking at her daughter with tears in her eyes, and kept admonishing her with a choked voice: "Don't cause trouble for big brother. Even without mommy by your side, you must be healthy and happy, understand?"

"Yeah, I know, Mom."

Tohsaka Sakura nodded, and Rin also came over at this time.

Finally, this inevitable separation came to an end with the three of them hugging each other.

Hugs from loved ones added a lot of warmth to this cold winter, and even the sky that was originally snowing heavily cleared up at this moment.

Luo Wei held Sakura Tohsaka's slender hand and walked out of the gate, got into the car that had been booked in advance, and then left under the gaze of everyone in the Tohsaka family.

After a long time, only a seemingly faint light remained in sight, which gradually moved away until the shadow of the car could no longer be seen. Tōsaka Tokiomi, who was standing in the snow, let out a long sigh and then let out a helpless sigh.

"With the blessing of our ancestors, I believe that the descendants of the Tohsaka family will be able to find true happiness..."

Chapter 1: Do as you wish, that is your way (2/, please save!)

【——Do what you wish for, and that is your law.】

……

……

What would it be like to suddenly become a father?

are you happy?

Or do you hate it?

Luo Wei didn't know what kind of mood he should be in under normal circumstances, but at this moment he didn't have any deep feelings in his heart.

Neither joy nor annoyance was too obvious on him, and his heart was as calm as ever.

Of course, the reason for this situation still needs to be found within oneself.

He is also very clear about this.

I don't have any special affection for Sakura Tousaka. At most, I just feel pity for her experience.

You must know that in the original world line, Sakura Tousaka's fate was undoubtedly very tragic.

These included, but were not limited to, the old man who adopted her was a monster, her own father personally pushed her into a wormhole, her only uncle who cared about her died in the war, and without protection, she endured more than a decade of transformation and torture without anyone knowing, and finally, she fell in love with the same person as her own sister whom she hadn't seen for many years...

If the God of Destiny of this era still exists, then everything he did to the girl Sakura Tousaka can really be said to be full of malice.

Because of some memories from his previous life, Luo Wei has a certain advantage in foresight in this world. Although it cannot cover everything directly like future vision, it can still provide certain help in the understanding and decision-making of certain important events.

This includes the more important event that Sakura Tousaka was adopted by Zouken Matou.

and so……

"Am I a righteous partner who saved the girl from the devil's den?"

Gently flipping through the storybook in his hand, Luo Wei turned his head to look at the dim sky outside the window and muttered to himself.

It should be considered so.

Although he did this in part to facilitate his subsequent plans, judging from the final result, his actions undoubtedly saved the girl from her miserable life.

A gentleman judges by deeds, not by heart, and that is enough.

Although he did not deny that there were some selfish motives involved.

"..."

Luo Wei gently closed the book in his hand, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

He looked up and out the window. Fuyuki City became particularly quiet after the heavy snow. The white silver dress draped over the gray city made it look even whiter. The light emitted by the bright moon hanging in the sky shone on him through the glass. The light was particularly bright, flowing quietly in the night sky.

He then shook his head with some self-mockery, then laughed with an open-minded attitude, and finally lowered his head and muttered to himself jokingly.

"Rather than being a righteous partner, maybe I actually want to play the role of raising a girl..."

I have some compassion and preference, and I also want to do something within my ability.

People should be honest. He hadn't committed any crime. Rather, his current actions were the best choice for everyone.

As for whether this deal is worth it?

Using the family's magic seal as a price to adopt someone else's daughter, isn't this behavior a bit too much no matter how you look at it?

This is true for others, but it is worth it for Luo Wei.

Unlike those magicians in this world who are obsessed with pursuing the root, his desire for the root is not as great as imagined.

Moreover, compared to ordinary magicians, his family's magic is more special and there is no shortage of things like seals.

Alchemists value inheritance more than magicians. Magicians are talented in creating unique first-generation imprints, and the cost is not high. The only thing they need to worry about is whether the imprint will be rejected.

Alchemists, however, can develop their own unique alchemy systems, spending sufficient materials to reconstruct a magic seal suitable for the user. While far less valuable than a long-standing family seal, for a mage clan, this is the best solution to the problem of inheritance. However, the research costs are prohibitive, making it unattainable for ordinary clans, and therefore can only be refined by specialized alchemists.

The lineage of alchemists with this ability largely resides within the Atlas Academy, which is notoriously averse to contact with the outside world. Therefore, the so-called alchemists active in the world are mostly frauds. Currently, the only alchemy group in the outside world that possesses this ability is the Crowley family, whose alchemy is a family tradition. Rowe, who happened to inherit this generation of family headship, is well aware of this technique, which is why he dared to sign a magic essay contest with Tōsaka Tokiomi.

"If Tōsaka Tokiomi knew that I, who shared such close ties with him today, had dared to trick him like this, he would surely be furious, right?"

However, Luo Wei didn't care too much about this.

Whether Tōsaka Tokiomi knew the truth or not was not important to him.

Even if he came with a magic essay contest, it would not work on Rowe. After all, what was written on it was only the Crowley family's magic seal, and it was not marked as the source seal. Who said that the copy seal made by the alchemist could not be considered an inherited seal?

As for whether the other party will take forceful action, there is no need to worry.

After all, when he decided to participate in this Holy Grail War, he and Tōsaka Tokiomi were destined to be enemies. The two would definitely fight in the war, and one of them might even lose his life.

If they really meet, neither of them will show mercy for Sakura Tohsaka's sake.

Compared to staying in the clock tower where intrigue and deception are rampant all the time, Luo Wei prefers the free sky.

But to be clear, what Luo Wei hated was the environment filled with deception and scheming. He loathed the Clock Tower's immortals, who were busy engaging in political struggles instead of delving into their own magical arts. This didn't mean he hated magic; on the contrary, Luo Wei was quite interested in the secrets hidden in this world and the interesting things that were about to happen.

For example, the Holy Grail War.

Go through enough interesting abnormal events, accumulate corresponding experience, and continue to take your own steps on the road of magic until you get the treasure you want.

That's enough.

As for intrigues with other demonic families, or constantly expanding one's power like some of the time-traveling predecessors, thinking of occupying the Clock Tower, looting the Demon Eye Train, and punching the Twenty-Seventh Ancestor, let's not talk about whether or not one can do it. Instead, it's better to ask oneself why one does it? What's the reason for doing it? What's the point of doing it?

Is it just for the sake of being strong, just to be able to become stronger without eating beef?

Just to make others afraid of you and suppress the entire mysterious world single-handedly?

This is not a lunatic's world. Everyone is cultivating their magnetic field power in order to be able to rape the world at will.

Likewise, this is not a world of cultivating immortals, where people compete for the great way and constantly advance to higher realms in order to achieve immortality.

On the contrary, there are many ways to live and many choices.

If you do these things without any goal or meaning, it would be too boring...

Luo Wei has no lofty ideals of becoming king or leading the entire human race to ascend to the stars.

He just needs to do what he wants to do and what he can do.

That is——

【To do what you wish is your way.】

This is Luo Wei's principle, as well as his magic path and even his philosophy of life.

'Do what you want to do, pursue what you want to pursue, this is your purpose.'

Thinking of this, Luo Wei closed the storybook in his hand, turned off the bedside lamp, gently pinched her soft cheek, covered her with the quilt, and then stood up and walked out.

"—Goodnight, Sakura."

Have a good rest. After all, there won’t be much time left for peace like this. Now it’s time for me to go out and make some preparations for the upcoming war.

"Then, from now on, Sakura will be left in your care for the time being. That should be no problem, right, Mr. Matou Kariya?"

Luo Wei slowly turned his head and looked towards a remote place not far from the door.

At this moment, in the corner of the door, a handsome and gentle man with a backpack and a black sports suit was standing in the corner. His black hair on his forehead half-hid the deep worry in his eyes.

"...Thank you."

Chapter 2: Red of Pain (2/)

Visit Buzi City.

In a well-known fast food chain.

"After all this time, I've seen many different kinds of customers, some of whom could even be called bizarre, but I've never seen someone like you order people around right after you show up, and even choose to meet them in a fast food restaurant."

"After all, I am your senior. Since you are asking me for something, you should at least show me due respect, Junior Crowley."

Aozaki Touko silently put out the cigarette in her hand and looked at the black-haired young man who was sitting opposite her, eating French fries and nodding in response.

"Compared to eating pastries at high-end coffee shops that look good but don't taste good and don't leave you feeling full after finishing them, fast food restaurants are more convenient and quicker to eat."

Luo Wei glanced at her indifferently, then answered without raising his head.

"Besides, I don't think some unlucky guy with a lot of debt can have any credibility with me."

After finishing the business in Fuyuki City, he traveled all night and took the Shinkansen train in the early hours of last night, arriving here at dawn.

If we analyze his itinerary carefully, we can conclude that from yesterday to now, he first flew from London to the Far East, then took a taxi, and finally took the Shinkansen and subway without stopping. It can be said that he was traveling day and night.

So Luo Wei, who had just got off the train, followed the principle of proximity and ordered some fast food at a fast food restaurant near the subway station. He also called the acquaintance he was looking for this time to make an appointment, referring to the red-haired woman sitting in front of him.

Don't be fooled by her young appearance, she looks like she is only in her early twenties, but she has a great background. She was originally a famous magic genius in the Clock Tower. The talents and achievements she possessed far exceeded the imagination of ordinary people and reached a level that can be called a miracle.

Among her achievements, two stand out most:

She reconstructed two declining magic systems in the modern era.

In this era of mysterious decline, he single-handedly restored the most outstanding puppet technology of the Middle Ages, and even surpassed and improved it on certain levels, to the point that he achieved a different kind of immortality while maintaining his self-awareness.

Not only that, she also revived the lost foundation of Rune magic in Northern Europe. Not only did she magically regenerate the twenty-four common runes that served as the foundation, she even analyzed several original runes that had disappeared in the Age of Gods. This talent can be said to be a genius among geniuses and a miracle among modern magicians.

It was precisely because of his puppet magic and the revival of Runekipan that he naturally and unanimously obtained the highest rank a magician could obtain in the Magic Association - the [Grand] crown.

That's right, her true identity is Aozaki Touko, a fugitive from the Clock Tower who was given the title of "Red of Pain", a miracle born from a modern magician.

However, even for such a genius and such a miracle of magic, his current situation is not very good, and can even be said to be extremely bad.

The reason why the situation has become like this is because there is a stupid system in that weird place called Clock Tower - Seal Designation.

The so-called seal designation means that in the name of "protection", a magician with rare talents or who has violated taboos is detained and captured, and imprisoned for life.

The Magicians' Association treats those who possess magic that cannot be learned (such as inherent barriers) due to their bloodline or physical constitution as "valuable items" and "contains and protects" them. The Magicians' Association captures designated magicians and seals them, preserving their magical properties and passing them down as valuable specimens for future generations.

To put it simply, the so-called Sealing Designation is no different than slicing a specimen and then soaking it in formalin. While it's a goodwill act for the association, it's a death sentence for the chosen magus.

It was because of Aozaki Touko's outstanding talents that she was put on the list of people to be sealed by her own teacher, and began a journey of escape that lasted for several years.

At this moment, she was wearing a white shirt, a brown sweater and a light brown windbreaker, a suitcase in her right hand, her burgundy hair tied in a ponytail, and a pair of ordinary oval glasses on her tall nose. She looked more intellectual than when she was in the clock tower, but Luo Wei could vaguely sense the fatigue hidden in her eyes.

"Sister Aozaki, it must be hard to be on the run, right?"

"...hiss, it's hard not to tear it apart."

"How can I possibly have time to rest when I'm being hounded by the Law and Politics Department?"