Did the Heroic Spirit I conquered become a reality?

He knew Yu was right; Sakura's current condition was indeed not suitable for any further "interrogation".

However, this did not mean that his doubts were dispelled.

Yu's sudden appearance, Sakura's disappearance and return, and the series of strange events that occurred in Fuyuki City tonight... Behind all of this, there must be some secret that he does not yet know.

Just then, Rin Tohsaka's joyful shouts rang out from inside the villa: "Brother? Sakura? You're back!"

Immediately afterward, Rin Tohsaka, dressed in pink bunny pajamas, rushed out of her room excitedly like a little swallow. When she saw Yu Tohsaka standing at the door and Sakura, pale-faced and nestled beside him, she was first taken aback, then her face was filled with worry and concern.

"Sakura! Are you alright?!" Rin Tohsaka rushed to her sister's side, took her hand, and looked her up and down, her sapphire-like eyes filled with anxiety.

Aoi Tohsaka also appeared at the living room door. Looking at her youngest daughter who had returned safely and her adopted son who was travel-worn, a relieved smile finally appeared on her beautiful face, which always carried a hint of worry.

Looking at the scene before him, Tokiomi Tohsaka felt a slight relaxation of his tense nerves.

He waved his hand, his tone returning to its usual calm: "Alright, now that you're all back, let's go inside."

He temporarily suppressed his many questions and decided to wait until everything settled down before having a proper "talk" with Yu and Sakura.

Inside the villa, the lights were bright and warm.

Aoi Tohsaka emerged from the inner room and saw that Yu Tohsaka and Sakura were safe and sound. A relieved smile finally appeared on her beautiful face, which always carried a hint of worry.

She quickly stepped forward, first carefully examining Sakura to make sure she wasn't injured, then looking at Tohsaka Yu with concern in her eyes: "Yu, Sakura, it's so good that you're both alright."

"It's dangerous outside lately, so don't go out casually anymore." Her gentle tone carried a hint of warning, clearly indicating that Tohsaka Sakura's 'disappearance' tonight had startled the woman.

"I'm sorry to have worried you," Yu Tohsaka said softly.

"Sakura, why do you look so pale? Are you feeling unwell?" Rin Tohsaka asked worriedly, holding her sister's hand.

Sakura Tohsaka timidly shook her head and subconsciously hid behind Yu Tohsaka. Especially when she felt her father Tokiomi Tohsaka's gaze on her, her petite body trembled almost imperceptibly, and her little hands, which were gripping Yu Tohsaka's clothes, clenched even tighter.

Tokiomi Tohsaka took in his daughter’s subtle reaction, which deepened his suspicions, but he did not react immediately. He simply said, “Rin, Sakura, you should go back to your room and rest.”

As he spoke, he stepped forward to pull Sakura Tohsaka away.

However, Sakura, like a startled fawn, suddenly took a step back and hid behind Tohsaka Yu, unwilling to let Tohsaka Tokiomi get close.

“This child…” Tokiomi Tohsaka’s brows furrowed imperceptibly.

He could sense that Sakura seemed to... have developed a strong sense of rejection and distrust towards him. This was something he had never experienced before.

Seeing this, Tohsaka Yu quickly stepped in to help, "Sakura was really frightened tonight, and her mental state isn't very stable. Perhaps I should take them inside to rest..."

He knew that, given Sakura's current state, forcing her to leave him would only make her more uneasy.

Tokiomi Tohsaka glanced at Sakura clinging tightly to Yu Tohsaka, then at Rin's expectant face, and finally nodded helplessly: "Alright. You take them to rest first."

After receiving permission, Tohsaka Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

Holding Sakura's hand in one hand and Rin's equally excited hand in the other, he led his two younger sisters back to the guest room under Aoi's gentle gaze.

Putting the children to sleep was not difficult for Yu Tohsaka. Especially after everything that had happened, Rin and Sakura's dependence on him had reached its peak.

He told them a few adapted "bedtime stories" that he had heard at the clock tower, and then gently comforted them for a long time.

Before we knew it, the night had deepened.

Finally, after confirming that his two younger sisters had fallen into a deep sleep with satisfied smiles, Tohsaka Yu carefully got up from the bedside and quietly prepared to leave the room.

However, just as he reached the guest room door, preparing to quietly leave—

A dazzling and magnificent golden light suddenly illuminated the corridor in front of him without warning!

Immediately afterwards, a familiar figure, filled with absolute arrogance and supreme majesty, slowly emerged from the golden light.

The golden armor reflected a cold luster under the light, his scarlet eyes held a look of looking down on ants, and a half-smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

What followed was a voice filled with arrogance and authority.

"I never knew you had such an indecisive side... Caster."

Volume 1: Chapter 71 Was he a brother-obsessed child?

As Gilgamesh's mocking and contemptuous voice rang in his ears, Tohsaka Yu's body involuntarily tensed up.

He turned around and saw the hero-king, clad in golden armor, leaning leisurely against the shadows of the corridor with his arms crossed. His scarlet eyes, with an air of looking down on him like an ant, were scrutinizing him with great interest.

"Archer..."

Yu Tohsaka's brows furrowed involuntarily, her heart filled with vigilance.

"How will you be here?"

"Do I need to report to you where I want to go?" Gilgamesh's tone was as arrogant as ever. He walked slowly out of the shadows with unhurried steps, his golden armor reflecting a cold luster in the dim light of the corridor.

He looked Tohsaka Yu up and down a few times, a playful smile curving his lips: "Compared to that, I'm more interested in something else. Caster, it seems you haven't told your 'father' about your true 'identity' yet."

Yu Tohsaka's brow twitched slightly, but he remained silent.

A moment later, he looked at Gilgamesh with a puzzled expression: "Why didn't you tell him?"

Gilgamesh let out a low, mocking laugh, as if he had heard an utterly ridiculous joke: "Tell Tokiomi? Are you mistaken, Caster? Why would I, the King, bother to tell that boring magician such a 'trivial' matter?"

He paused, his crimson eyes gleaming with an undisguised, almost childlike, wicked interest: "Besides... don't you think this situation is quite amusing?"

"Watching that mediocre official, who always prided himself on 'elegance' and 'composure,' being kept in the dark, treating his most 'trusted' adopted son as just an ordinary 'child' returning from the Clock Tower... while this 'child' had already become a 'variable' capable of overturning all his plans."

Gilgamesh's smile grew even brighter, a smile filled with appreciation for the plight of others and... pure "pleasure".

"I'm quite looking forward to how this drama, full of unknowns and 'surprises,' will unfold. What do you say, Caster?"

As Yu Tohsaka listened to Gilgamesh's words, which were full of wicked humor, he thought to himself, "You probably don't know that the biggest 'drama' of this Holy Grail War has never revolved around that broken cup from the very beginning, but has shifted to Tiamat in a more bizarre way, hasn't it?"

Of course, he couldn't say these things to Gilgamesh.

He merely glanced calmly at the oldest king, then turned and quietly left the corridor without continuing the dangerous topic.

With such a major incident as the explosion at the Shinto Hotel tonight, Tokiomi Tohsaka, as one of the three founding families, must be responsible for handling the aftermath and do his best to cover up any traces of the magical world to prevent the Holy Grail War from being noticed by ordinary people outside.

Presumably, this father won't have time to "care" about him and... Sakura's affairs for the foreseeable future.

Even so, for some reason, Yu Tohsaka felt a strange feeling that he couldn't quite put his finger on.

The explosion at the Shinto Hotel and the alleged kidnapping of Sakura at the time... Is there any connection between the two?

If so, why would the person who kidnapped Sakura release the hostage for no reason? And where is that person now?

With countless questions in her mind, Tohsaka Yu unknowingly returned to her brightly lit apartment.

Sajou Aika and Morgan were already waiting inside.

Upon seeing him, Ayaka Sajou immediately jumped off the sofa, a pure and innocent smile on her face, and greeted him: "Yu-kun, you're back!"

Yu Tohsaka nodded slightly and asked, "Where are Kenneth and Lancer?"

Morgan, in his usual cool voice, said, "Kenneth has moved Lancer to a temporary base. Right now, he should be furious because the base was destroyed and searching the world for the attackers."

Yu Tohsaka was not surprised by this, and gave a soft "hmm": "Given his personality, after suffering such a humiliation, it would be strange if he didn't find the attacker and tear him to pieces."

After all, he was just boasting to his disciple that his magic workshop was impregnable, and the next second it was blown to smithereens... It's only because there was only one witness, Yu Tohsaka, that Kenneth would be furious if more people knew about this.

"What are you thinking about?" Morgan asked.

Yu Tohsaka shook her head slightly and said in a low voice, "I'm just wondering, who exactly started that explosion? And what was their purpose? Was it just to provoke Kenneth?"

"Or... does the other party have a deeper purpose?"

Morgan's cool eyes flickered slightly as she said softly, "I sensed the magical fluctuations nearby, but I didn't detect anything particularly suspicious..."

Upon hearing this, Ayaka Sajou suddenly tilted her head, her emerald green eyes, which seemed to see through everything, swept over Yu Tohsaka and Morgan, and said in a light tone, "Speaking of which, why didn't any of you suspect a single person from the very beginning?"

Upon hearing this, both Yu Tohsaka and Morgan were momentarily stunned, and then looked at her simultaneously.

"Who are you referring to?" A hint of doubt flashed in Morgan's icy blue eyes.

Even Tiamat, who had been quietly hugging a seal pillow and dozing off, now opened her ruby-like eyes wide with curiosity and uttered a questioning "Aaa?" Her bright, clear eyes stared intently at Ayaka Sajou, waiting for her to continue.

Seeing the curious gazes of the crowd, Aika Sajou gave a pure yet slightly mischievous smile, and then, word by word, clearly uttered a name:

"Of course it's your sister, Yu-kun."

"Sakura?!" Tohsaka Yu's pupils contracted sharply, and almost instinctively he wanted to retort, "How could that be? Sakura is just an ordinary little girl, how could she..."

Keep in mind, Sakura Tohsaka is only six years old this year. You're telling me that a little girl is the mastermind behind this explosion... That's just too far-fetched!

In the original work, Sakura Tohsaka does gradually turn to the dark side in the later stages, but that is not 'Sakura Tohsaka', but 'Sakura Matou' who was adopted into the Matou family and lived a gloomy and dull life.

How could Sakura Tohsaka have become so corrupted?

However, Aika Sajou gently shook her head, her emerald green eyes gleaming with undeniable light: "Yu-kun, my senses are infallible."

She paused, then explained calmly, "Before the explosion, on the rooftop of that abandoned building, I first... clearly sensed two unfamiliar auras belonging to magicians. One of them was filled with violence and vengeance, which should be the real culprit who attacked the hotel. The other... was very faint, very subtle, and carried a quality that was extremely compatible with 'imaginary numbers'."

“But when I went to check later, there wasn’t a single survivor left on the rooftop, and even the traces of the battle had been completely wiped clean.” Sajō Aika looked at Rin Tohsaka Yu, her tone carrying a meaningful undertone, “Yu-kun, don’t you think… this is a bit too 'coincidental'?”

Yu Tohsaka's silence is golden.

Aika was born connected to the Root, and her perception was far beyond that of ordinary magicians... Her perception was naturally infallible.

But... is it really possible for a little girl to do this?

No, I have to go and check it out myself... Tohsaka Yu quickly made up her mind.

It wasn't just to dispel Aika Sajou's "wild thoughts," but also to... clear Sakura's name, and to truly put my own anxious heart at ease.

Having made up her mind, Tohsaka Yu left the apartment early the next morning, citing the need to "handle some personal matters on her own."

When they arrived again at the secluded villa where the Tohsaka sisters lived, it was already dawn.

He deliberately concealed all his magical energy fluctuations, like a shadowy figure blending into the morning mist, silently sneaking into the villa.

In the living room, Rin Tohsaka was sitting at the dining table, absentmindedly fiddling with the breakfast on her plate, seemingly still worried about what had happened the night before.

Meanwhile, her mother, Aoi Tohsaka, sat to the side.

She possessed a gentle and refined demeanor, exuding the elegance of a mature woman, and was gazing tenderly at her daughter.

Yu Tohsaka's gaze swept across the living room, but he didn't immediately spot Sakura.

A thought struck him, and with Caster's keen senses, he quickly found his sister near the small dining table in the kitchen.

Sakura Tohsaka sat quietly alone on a high stool, her small figure appearing somewhat frail in the morning light.

A glass of warm milk sat before her, which she held with both hands, sipping it slowly and gracefully.

That little face, which always carried a hint of timidity and unease, was now filled with an almost strange calm, as if all the disturbances of the outside world had nothing to do with her.

Her short, jet-black hair fell smoothly beside her ears, highlighting her pale yet delicate profile. Her long eyelashes cast soft shadows under her eyelids, and she exuded an unfathomable tranquility that seemed out of place for her age.

Yu Tohsaka's steps involuntarily slowed down.

"elder brother?"

Seemingly noticing the boy's gaze, Sakura Tohsaka turned her head to look at him, her dark eyes calmly meeting his gaze.

A slight upturn at the corners of her lips formed a faint, yet incredibly gentle smile: "Why are you here?"

Her voice was soft, with a hint of languor from just waking up, but there was nothing unusual about it.

"Sakura, are you... feeling any better?" Yu Tohsaka walked to her side and asked uncertainly.

"Well, it's okay."

Sakura Tohsaka nodded gently, put down her milk cup, and then naturally jumped down from the high stool. She walked to Yu Tohsaka's side, reached out her small hand, gently tugged at his clothes, looked up at him with her dark eyes, which were filled with concern and worry, and said, "Didn't you get enough rest? You look very tired."

Tohsaka Yu was taken aback, thinking to herself, "I'm the one who cares about her, so how come the roles are reversed now..."

He quickly shook his head and laughed, "It's nothing... I was just thinking about some things last night."

Then, he tentatively asked, "Sakura, about what happened last night..."

Upon hearing these words, a flicker of fear flashed in Sakura Tohsaka's eyes. Almost instinctively, she gripped Yu Tohsaka's arm tightly and then hugged him close.

Feeling the small body trembling violently in his arms, and the overwhelming dependence and affection that almost melted him, Tohsaka Yu's heart softened, and he had no choice but to suppress his doubts for the time being.

He gently stroked the girl's soft hair and whispered, "Don't be afraid, I'm here. Besides, Father will be keeping a close eye on things here during this time, so nothing else will happen. Don't worry..."

“Father…” Sakura Tohsaka lowered her eyes but remained silent.

You could sense that extreme distrust just from her reaction.

Yu Tohsaka couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

He had a vague feeling about it last night, and today, that feeling has become even stronger.