noveltune Chapter 331 Night Chat
Chapter 331 Night Chat
Chapter 331 Night Chat
When the wives went to take a bath, Broly, the bathhouse attendant, also appeared. Unsurprisingly, this drew another round of cursing from Karen. But seeing that the boy really had the attitude of a professional bathhouse attendant, scrubbing the bodies of others, Karen couldn't escape the fate of being scrubbed on the rattan bathhouse bed.
And perhaps because of the spanking he had just received, Broly noticed that Karen's sensitive spots seemed to be all on her buttocks.
In contrast, Rin Tohsaka's sensitive spots are on her long legs, especially the fleshy part of her calves just above her heels. Just a gentle massage is enough to make the girl look like she's about to lose control.
"Pay more attention to keeping warm and exercising. If the blood circulation in your legs is normal, you won't have such a strong reaction."
In response to this situation, Broly, like a seasoned massage therapist with many years of experience, offered a sharp critique of the girl's overly sensitive long legs.
Rin Tohsaka was speechless after hearing this. It felt like seeing a doctor, receiving treatment, and listening to the doctor's orders. The shy atmosphere that should have been there was completely gone.
After a bath, the four girls were drenched in sweat, and Broly also easily gained 3 happiness points, plus 134 happiness points.
Adding the happiness points I gained from Ryougi Shiki today, and the happiness points I gained from Sakura and the others who are now my wives, it's just enough to balance out the overstay fees and there's still a surplus.
"Karen, what are you doing?"
After taking a bath and changing into new clothes, Sakura watched as the little nun carried the basin into the bathroom and immediately asked...
"Of course it's for washing clothes, what else would it be for?"
Karen looked at her with some surprise.
"Uh, hand wash?"
Sakura seemed a little confused.
"Otherwise what?"
"Doesn't the church have washing machines?"
Rin Tohsaka leaned over to ask.
"What is that?"
Karen seemed a little confused and acted somewhat unlike a modern person.
"Idiot, you don't even know what a washing machine is? It's a device that automatically washes clothes by putting them in."
Ilya stood by and mocked the little nun's ignorance.
"Hey, are there really such useful tools?"
The look of surprise on Karen's face was genuine.
"My senior brother is really unreliable."
Rin Tohsaka complained, but considering that Kirei Kotomine's music player was an antique vinyl record player from the previous generation, it wasn't hard to understand why the Fuyuki Church didn't have many modern machines.
I've heard that some magicians' families, in order to maintain their mystique, are even willing to live an extremely retro, secluded life.
"However, the washing machine can only wash outer clothes; as for underwear, you still have to wash it by hand."
Sakura added a sentence, and then noticed that the boy, who was already dressed, was also listening attentively, looking quite interested in the washing machine.
"Washing machines need electricity to operate. There probably isn't electricity on Broly's hometown, Planet Wampa, right?"
Does lightning count?
In a sense, Broly was more primitive than anyone else; of all the worlds he had visited, only two could be considered modern.
One is the Type-Moon world, and the other is the Digital World, but even including the time it took to return to this world, only ten days have passed since the former was established.
The latter, on the other hand, lives mostly in the digital world and has little contact with modern furniture and appliances like washing machines.
In other words, he mostly washes his clothes by hand, and only occasionally does someone else wash them for him.
The matter of doing laundry was left unresolved as the two curious individuals peered close to the washing machine, watching Sakura skillfully operate it.
The underwear had been hand-washed, and the four girls each had their own pair, neatly arranged and hung on a rope outside.
"Broly, where are your underwear?"
"I never wear underwear."
The boy answered Rin Tohsaka's question loudly.
"Because I have a tail, wearing underwear is uncomfortable."
He wagged his tail, explaining to the others that he had a legitimate reason for not wearing it.
"If I found some underwear that fit you, would you like it?"
Rin Tohsaka asked thoughtfully.
"You can give it a try."
Broly is quite open to new things.
Night deepened, and it was time to sleep.
When the five people entered the same room, closed the door, and crawled into bed to sleep together, Rin Tohsaka had a strange feeling.
This was somewhat different from what she had originally imagined—sleeping with a boy. In other words, how was the situation of sleeping under a large quilt in the room different from the student dormitory during a school trip?
"Hey, are you all asleep?"
The girl spoke up and asked.
"No, what's wrong?"
That's Ilya's voice.
"Shall we chat for a while before we fall asleep?"
Rin Tohsaka suggested.
"Okay, but what should we talk about?"
Sakura agreed, and then asked a question.
"Of course, that's a matter for each individual. When it comes to sleeping in the same room, it's natural to want to deepen mutual understanding and affection."
Rin Tohsaka said matter-of-factly, and without waiting for the little nun on the other end to refuse, a late-night chat began in the small room.
It was Rin Tohsaka who suggested this, so she took the lead and started talking about her own situation.
Where to begin? Of course, it starts when I separated from my sister.
"My father was a rigid magician. In order not to waste Sakura's talent, he gave her up for adoption to the Matou family, but Sakura was not happy in that family..."
"It wasn't just unhappy, it was absolutely terrible. I still remember what those bugs looked like. Luckily, I met Broly, and he rescued me."
Sakura chimed in, adding that if she were still a prospective wife, her happiness stat would definitely have increased by more than ten points.
"After the Holy Grail War, my father stopped forcing Sakura to go to another magician's family and instead bought her a suitable magical inheritance."
Looking back now, he still loved Sakura, but as a magician, he cherished the opportunity to reach the Root even more. If it weren't for the Holy Grail, we might still be sisters with the same surname…”
Sakura neither agreed nor disagreed with her sister's words. As she grew older, she gained a new understanding of Tokiomi Tohsaka's past decisions, but that did not mean she would forgive him. Now, she no longer had the surname Tohsaka, and that would not change in the future.
"After graduating from elementary school, I gradually spent more and more time practicing magic. It took up almost all of my personal time. In addition to attending school, I had to face a heavy workload of magic training every day."
In this respect, my father was a strict man. He expected me to succeed and to take over the Tohsaka family in the best possible way.
But he overlooked the fact that I am a person, so I hate him...
The heavy workload of magic lessons was the key to Rin Tohsaka's transformation from a well-behaved girl into a rebellious one.
However, despite saying she hated it, Rin Tohsaka had some different thoughts in her heart.
As a father, Tokiomi Tohsaka certainly cannot be described as good.
But as the father in the magician's story, he has done everything he could.
Apart from Kiritsugu Emiya, there are very few fathers like this in the world of magicians.
It's not uncommon for people to treat children as tools or props; in fact, that's a prevalent attitude.
"Should I warn him for you?"
Broly asked, "He's dedicated to beating up the clueless old man, Deng."
"No need for that. After he found out you were back, he didn't bother me much anymore."
Rin Tohsaka guessed that this was her father, who was afraid of being beaten by the boy again.
Rin Tohsaka ended her conversation.
The room fell silent; for a moment, no one spoke.
"Seriously? I've already shared my situation, and you're all silent. Am I supposed to be performing a one-man show?"
Rin Tohsaka started complaining.
"Well then, it's my turn next. I grew up in a huge castle. My father and mother were with me for a time, but I lost them after the Holy Grail War..."
Ilya took over the conversation and began to talk about her situation, which had become increasingly difficult since her parents left.
She was all alone in the large, empty room. The Einzbern family didn't care about her and treated her like a prop.
Body modification was a constant theme throughout her childhood, and her only support was the Crystal Palace Panel, which Ilya regarded as a keepsake left to her by her parents.
Of course, she was happy to learn later that her father was not dead and had never thought of abandoning her.
"Later, after my father rescued me, he took me on a journey to seek medical treatment. He was always worried that I would not grow up and always hoped that I could grow up as healthy as a normal person."
To be honest, although I keep reassuring my dad that it's okay if I don't grow up, I'm also afraid that one day I might suddenly leave this world.
I don't know what death is, I'm just afraid of being separated from my family. I have a maid who takes care of me, a well-behaved younger brother, Aunt Maiya who is like a mother to me, and Broly, Sakura and Tohsaka-neechan, all of you. I feel a little reluctant to leave you.
Fortunately, I've now changed bodies and completely gotten rid of my physical defects, although I'll probably look like this forever.
Illya spoke of heavy matters in a lighthearted voice, and her optimism prompted Rin Tohsaka to snuggle up and hug her.
The young nun fell silent. She was hostile towards Ilya, but now, listening to the girl recount her past life, she realized that there was nothing about the girl that made her feel hostile.
Yes, her father's disability might have been caused by the other woman's father, but what does that have to do with the girl who also has health problems?
Kallen was confused, and in her confusion, Sakura ended her own life. After the Holy Grail War, she was taken in as the adopted granddaughter of the Fujimura family, and her life was described as somewhat ordinary.
Although she practiced magic, she only dabbled in it, not wanting to cause trouble for those around her because of her magical talent.
Similarly, she just wanted to have common topics with her older sister, so that when her sister came over, she could ask her about magic and give Rin Tohsaka a sense of accomplishment as an older sister.
Knowing the truth, Rin Tohsaka's evaluation of her younger sister Sakura was a 6, which was a significant emotional boost for her.
This directly became the most important reason why she persevered during the time when she hated magic training the most in middle school.
That's right. Rin Tohsaka trains in magic every day without fail, partly to better guide Sakura's magic skills.
"Look how amazing my sister is!"
The motivation to practice magic that comes from being the older sister is greater than that of being the heir to the Tohsaka family. The former stems from a strong desire to maintain the image that "my older sister is an amazing magician," which is a matter of self-esteem, while the latter is a passive responsibility that comes with that identity.
Rin Tohsaka's current magical skill, which is close to that of a first-year student at the Clock Tower, is entirely due to the emotional value that Sakura provides her. If there were less emotional value provided, she wouldn't have worked so hard to hone her abilities as a magician.
Of course, Rin Tohsaka's hard work in practicing magic wasn't just due to these two reasons. Another reason was that she had always felt guilty for not protecting her younger sister when she was young. She didn't want such a thing to happen again in the future, so she needed great power and a level of magic that surpassed her father's.
However, on the other hand, after the Crystal Palace achieved cross-dimensional communication, this tension eased, and now that Broly has returned, Rin Tohsaka is completely relaxed, because she no longer needs to rely on herself to protect her sister, as there is still a boy she can depend on.
After Sakura finished speaking, the room fell silent again. Just as Broly was about to speak and tell his story of being transported to another world, Sakura asked Kallen to tell her story as well.
The atmosphere for a late-night chat had already begun. The little nun hesitated for only a moment before starting to talk about her life, which had also been full of hardships.
When she was just one year old, her mother committed suicide, solely to prove that her father (Kirei Kotomine) loved her.
"She was a pitiful woman. I heard from my grandfather that my father did not shed a single tear for her when she died."
"Because of her suicide, I was unable to receive baptism from the church, because suicide violates the doctrine, and therefore my birth was also considered a sin."
"No, what's it to you?"
In the dimly lit room, the girls stared wide-eyed, crouching down as they looked in Karen's direction.
"I don't know either, but that's how it is. I lost my mother and was treated as a sinner. My father, because he had to participate in the Holy Grail War, handed me over to a monastery where I was taken care of by the nuns."
They were indeed very good at taking care of people. From as far back as I can remember, I endured countless beatings and learned from the other children how to do laundry, cook, and take care of others.
At the age of four, she suddenly learned that she had a father. She was taken from the monastery and brought to Fuyuki City, where she met her father in a wheelchair and her grandfather, who smiled like a kind old man. Thus began her new life of caring for the disabled and the elderly.
The little nun's sharp tongue was still on full display; she rudely referred to her father as a cripple and her deceased grandfather as an old man.
But no one in the room objected to how she was addressed; on the contrary, the others were quite shocked by her life story.
"How could your father and grandfather treat you like this?"
Ilya was furious. Even though she had experienced her parents' love for her, and even though she was used as a tool by the Einzbern family after their passing, she was still the one being cared for.
However, Karen had always been the one taking care of others since she could remember. She had absolutely no parental love and her life was far more miserable than Karen's.
"I think they treated me quite well. At least, after I was taken out of the monastery and returned to my father and grandfather, I only needed to wash two pieces of clothing."
Karen didn't care. Happiness is something that needs to be compared. Compared to being frequently beaten in the convent, she was no longer beaten after being taken back to her father's side. Wasn't that a kind of happiness?
"Your father, my senior brother, was far worse than my father."
Rin Tohsaka commented.
"I don't deny that."
The young nun did not refute.
"Kallen-chan, your father didn't take good care of you, but are you still going to be hostile to Ilya because of him?"
Sakura asked the question.
"I didn't want this either, but he is, after all, my father, and Ilya's father crippled my father. Their feud has been passed down to our generation. Isn't that normal?"
Karen said this insincerely. After learning about Ilya's life, she was no longer so hostile towards her, but she would definitely maintain a hostile attitude on the surface.
"Wait a minute, your father was crippled by her father, but wasn't it because your father was crippled and needed someone to take care of him that you were taken out of the convent?"
Rin Tohsaka noticed the blind spot and asked about it.
Her words left the little nun completely stunned.
Yes, if her father weren't disabled, how could she have been brought back?
If she is not brought back, won't she be greeted with the miserable life in the monastery again?
In other words, although Ilya's father was the enemy who crippled her own father, he was also the benefactor who saved her from the misery of the monastery.
"Waaah..."
In the dimly lit room, Karen lay in bed, her face showing a conflicted expression.
What is this? Should I still seek revenge for my father?
"Where is that monastery? I'll go and take care of them for you."
At that moment, Broly said.
Note that Karen was originally raised by a priest before going to the convent, but this has been modified for plot purposes.
(End of this chapter)