Day Oney This is a story from ten years ago. …I’m watching someone I know very well. A tall man with a deep-featured face, who to my knowledge has never told a joke, is patting my head. No, that’s not quite right, to be more accurate, he’s grabbing my head and swishing it. I guess that’s only to be expected. After all, that’s the fi rst time he’s ever patted my head. “I’ll have to get going now, you know what to do right?”I answer the deep voice with a polite “yes”.The man patting my head nods once, lets go, and stands up. .…So, that was it. If I’d known then that it was our fi nal moment together, I would have made him laugh with my best jokes. I had practiced telling jokes a lot, in hope that I could bring a smile to his grave face. I guess you could say I was depressed that I wouldn’t ever be able to tell him any of them to him. As all that I have thought of has gone to waste at that moment. “Put the Association in your debt by the time you mature. I’ll let you decide what to do after that. You should be able to take care of yourself at least.” Even though he said such things, I guess he was still worried. He told me about the heirloom jewels, the jewels inherited from the master, and how to manage the basement. As he was telling me all the things I didn’t yet know, I realized even as a child. That most likely… He wouldn’t be coming back. ...A war had started. Not a war between countries, but a war between people. But the only ones at war were seven people. In a situation like this, the word, “war”, should be unsuitable, but here is a different story, as the ones in confl ict are magi. The seven magi, each from different factions had started to compete for unknown reasons. The man standing before me was one of them. He too was in a position to kill or be killed. He must have known more keenly than I did that his time was near. “Rin, the Holy Grain will appear eventually, It is our duty as the Tohsaka family to win it. If you want to become a proper magus, there is no avoiding it.” Once more, he patted my head, and left. That was the end. That was the last time I saw the man, who entered the Holy Grail war as a master and died. The man who was my teacher as well as my father. I see him off politely. I knew I was on the verge of crying, but I shed no tears. I loved him. He was a great father and a great magus. In the whole world, I don’t think anyone had a better character than his. He taught me as a teacher and loved me as a father. That’s why I decided…To choose my path according to what he left me. In the end, he left me those words as a magus and not as a father. It’s only natural for a student to follow the words of their teacher. I, Rin Tohsaka, have matured. That’s only natural. The event I have never forgotten about, the event I have been planning for since the start of my young life is about to start.” 3.
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