Nuclear Sword Immortal Starting from Type-Moon

"Wait, wait a minute...!"

A girl wearing the same Yashirodai Elementary School uniform as Shirou hurriedly ran into the train.

"Haa...haa...I finally made it...!"

She was a girl who was cute in both appearance and behavior.

Having expended some energy running into the tram, her face was flushed with a faint blush, and her chestnut-brown, shoulder-length hair was slightly disheveled.

The girl gripped the handrail and gasped for breath for a while before her breathing finally calmed down.

Then, her gaze swept around the empty carriage and finally settled on Shirou.

"Huh? Is that... Chihiro-kun?"

"You know me?"

Shirou raised an eyebrow; he had absolutely no recollection of this girl.

"Ah, I talked to you during a school event before, you might have forgotten..."

The girl blushed and lowered her head, shyly hiding her eyes behind her bangs.

"Yeah……"

Shirou suddenly remembered.

He remembered seeing two boys with brooms trying to bully the girl, so he went up and slapped each of them.

He hit them a little too hard; the two boys' faces were swollen from the slaps, and they cried loudly.

The girl he helped later thanked him.

It was her...

The girl sat down somewhat awkwardly in the seat opposite Shirou.

She would steal glances at Shirou every now and then, and when he noticed, she would blush and quickly lower her head.

"Um, what's your name?"

This couldn't go on forever, so Shirou took the initiative to talk to the girl.

“€€? Me…me?”

The girl looked up in surprise.

After noticing Shirou's gaze, her cheeks immediately flushed red.

Her bright, watery eyes were filled with shy mist, and her hands were nervously clasped together in front of her lower abdomen.

"I...I am called..."

Ding Dong

The tram had just arrived at the station.

The girl's words came to an abrupt end with the announcement that the tram had arrived at the station, and her expression made it seem as if she was about to cry.

Even Shirou felt a little sorry for her.

Aren't you getting off the bus?

Shirou, who had already picked up his shoulder bag and reached the car door, reminded her.

"Ah... wait, wait for me...!"

The girl quickly followed Shirou's steps.

On the way, Shirou finally remembered the girl's name.

"I remember now, your name is... Suzuki Kotone, right?"

Shirou's sudden words startled the girl, and her breathing paused slightly.

“€€? Hmm... Yes, yes.”

The girl with the cute face widened her eyes slightly upon seeing Shirou, and her cheeks flushed crimson at a visible speed.

"Chiki-kun... do you remember me..."

Although she shyly hid her eyes behind her bangs, the girl's upturned lips revealed that she was quite excited.

"It's hard not to remember..."

Shirou recalled the plot of "Fate/Zero," which indeed included a scene where a girl named Kotone was kidnapped.

Although he didn't know if it was the one next to him, Shirou did see her walking very close to Rin Tohsaka yesterday, so they seemed to know each other.

Thinking about these things, the gate of Yatsushirodai Elementary School was already in sight.

Seeing Rin Tohsaka waiting at the school gate, Shirou looked at the girl beside him.

"Then, I'll take my leave now."

"Ah... um."

Qin Yin nodded obediently.

After that, Shirou walked past the girl and entered the school gate first.

During this time, he brushed past the girl with twin ponytails, whose slightly scrutinizing gaze lingered on Shirou for a few seconds.

"Qinyin, who is that boy?"

Rin Tohsaka approached Kotone and, looking at the red-haired boy's receding figure, asked with some confusion.

"He is... Chikki-kun..."

Kotone told Rin about the time Shirou helped her, and Rin frowned slightly after listening.

"Is that so... He does seem like a nice person."

Since her friend Kotone spoke so highly of that person, Rin didn't say much since she didn't know him well enough. She just decided to observe him more in the future.

After all, Kotone, with her gentle and sweet personality, has always trusted Rin.

Most of the time, it was Rin who helped her.

Therefore, Rin naturally felt that she could not betray Kotone's trust and felt that she had a responsibility to protect her.

It's like the relationship between an older sister and a younger sister...

Perhaps, she simply didn't want to 'give up' on this sisterly bond.

……

"You mean... the Matou family was wiped out?"

Upon hearing his disciple Kirei Kotomine's report, Tokiomi Tohsaka's expression froze.

The decision to give one of his daughters away was something that caused Tokiomi Tohsaka great pain.

However, compared to his daughter's future, this is nothing.

Both daughters are equally outstanding, but the Tohsaka family's magic crest can only be given to one person.

He can only protect one daughter.

After the other daughter displays magical talent, she will inevitably be targeted by the Clock Tower and thus be "sealed".

"Sealing designation" is an extremely cruel form of confinement for magicians.

They used "protection" as a pretext to carry out detention.

Capture magicians with extraordinary talent or those who break taboos.

He was imprisoned for life, like a specimen preserved in formalin.

For a magician who considers magic as his life, this is a torment more painful than death.

At least, Tokiomi Tohsaka could not imagine how extreme that pain was.

Therefore, Tokiomi Tohsaka did not want his daughter to experience it.

Both Rin Tohsaka, whose magic attribute is one of the five elements, and Sakura Tohsaka, whose magic attribute is imaginary, will be targeted.

However, the Tohsaka family's magical mark can only protect one of them.

Tokiomi Tohsaka loved his two daughters equally.

However, he was about to go to the battlefield.

They might also die on the battlefield.

Therefore, from the perspective of family succession, Rin, who is outgoing and competitive, is the best choice.

Therefore, he chose Rin and abandoned Sakura.

It cannot be said that it was abandoned.

He has already paved the way for Sakura to enter the world of magic.

The initial choice was the Edelfeldt family of Finland, who were "sworn enemies" but also related by blood.

But that family already has an heir.

Furthermore, due to the strained relationship caused by the Third Holy Grail War, sending her there might protect Sakura, but Sakura's life would probably not be very good.