[Tohsaka Rin: "Third day without seeing Ryuga-sama, missing him."]
[Erica: "Third day without seeing Ryuga-sama, missing him."]
[Madoka: "Third day without seeing Ryuga-sama, missing him."]
[Erica: "Wait, me missing my master is normal, but Rin, why would you miss Ryuga-sama?"]
The fox-like girl showed a mischievous smile, deliberately teasing.
[Erica: "Tsk tsk, Rin, are you little girls from your world all so precocious?"]
Seeing this response, the twin-tailed young girl immediately became dissatisfied.
[Tohsaka Rin: "Why single me out? What about Madoka?"]
This child might even be younger than her... probably.
[Madoka: "Sorry, Erica-neesan, I just couldn't help but copy the message."]
Madoka immediately explained with a red face to avoid misunderstanding.
[Erica: "It's fine with Madoka, I can understand that. I just don't quite understand a certain someone."]
[Erica: "Having only met once, sigh, this is what they call 'one meeting ruins a lifetime'!"]
[Tohsaka Rin: "It's not like that! I... I'm just curious about how Ryuga-sama is doing now!"]
The twin-tailed young girl was quite stubborn, her mind racing.
[Tohsaka Rin: "Don't you all want to know what Ryuga-sama has been doing these past few days?"]
She quickly shifted to a topic everyone was interested in.
[Erica: "Why do you sisters both like asking this question?"]
[Tohsaka Rin: "?"]
[Kanae: "?"]
[Madoka: "?"]
[Tohsaka Rin: "Sakura? Is she doing well now?"]
Regarding her younger sister, Tohsaka Rin was still very concerned.
When Ryuga was still in the Campione world, she wasn't worried about Sakura's situation—with Ryuga taking care of her, no one would dare bully her.
With Ryuga absent these past few days, she became somewhat worried.
Although she trusted Erica's character, Erica still had many tasks from Ryuga and might not be able to take particularly detailed care.
Hearing Tohsaka Rin's question, Erica's expression became slightly strange.
[Erica: "In terms of conditions, Sakura's current situation is very good, even better than mine as a child. Any magical materials that are open to Ryuga-sama, Sakura has the right to access]
[Erica: "As the relative of the Shattering Moon Demon King and personal disciple of the goddess Pandora, even though Sakura doesn't have your personality, she can indeed walk sideways throughout the entire magical world with these two titles—they're even more useful than the title of Saint Knight."]
With Ryuga's reputation spreading throughout the world, people related to him were all listed in the absolutely untouchable category.
As a knight, Erica was naturally like this, and so was Sakura.
Because they both had black hair and black eyes, and not knowing the relationship between this little girl and Ryuga, people all speculated she was either Demon King-sama's sister or daughter.
Some guessed she was his wife, but because Sakura was too young, this speculation had only minority support.
Although these speculations were all wrong, Ryuga hadn't organized efforts to stop the rumors.
After all, for Sakura, these rumors also served as protection.
[Tohsaka Rin: "Wow! I'm suddenly so envious of Sakura! I want to receive the goddess's teaching too and be overwhelmed by various rare materials."]
The twin-tailed young girl showed an expression twisted with envy.
The Tohsaka family's magical materials combined couldn't match the level and intensity of Erica's magical materials.
For a magus, Sakura was truly soaking in a honey jar now.
[Kanae: "This is probably what they call a blessing in disguise!"]
[Tohsaka Rin: "Mm, fortunately there's Ryuga-sama, otherwise I really wouldn't know what to do."]
Although somewhat envious, since it was her own sister, Tohsaka Rin wasn't jealous but rather felt much more at ease.
Compared to the Matou family her father had found, Ryuga-sama's side was a much better destination for Sakura.
[Tohsaka Rin: "However, Erica, can you explain what 'not my kind of personality' means?"]
After feeling at ease, Tohsaka Rin's tiger fangs glinted coldly.
[Tohsaka Rin: "Do you think I have a bad personality? If I had these two titles, I'd definitely be like a crab, walking sideways everywhere, showing off?"]
[Tohsaka Rin: "In your heart, am I someone with such an arrogant personality?"]
[Tohsaka Rin: "@Madoka @Kanae, you judge!"]
She indignantly fired off a series of questions.
Then—
[Erica: "Very sorry, yes."]
[Kanae: "Very unfortunately, yes."]
[Madoka: "Very regrettably, yes."]
[Tohsaka Rin: "???"]
[Tohsaka Rin: "Damn it! You betrayed me!"]
The twin-tailed young girl nearly spat blood, feeling backstabbed by her most trusted people.
[Kanae: "Although it's not exactly bad personality, if it were Rin, I feel you would indeed be a bit more boastful!"]
[Madoka: "Sorry, Rin-neesan, but I do think Rin-neesan would be more... lively..."]
Both gave very tactful conclusions, and Tohsaka Rin slapped the table but found she couldn't actually refute them.
[Tohsaka Rin: "Damn! Hearing you say that, I feel like I would become arrogant myself!"]
Getting carried away and dropping the ball at crucial moments were both hereditary traits of the Tohsaka family.
[Erica: "Having self-awareness is wonderful. Fox laugh.JPG"]
[Erica: "Anyway, Sakura's personality is also very gentle. Everyone in our magical association likes her very much, plus she has Pandora-sama's constant attention. Rest assured, absolutely no one dares bully her."]
[Tohsaka Rin: "Mm, I'm very relieved."]
[Tohsaka Rin: "...Also, thank you, Erica."]
After hesitating for a moment, she still expressed her gratitude to Erica.
Although Erica didn't say it, she knew Erica must have especially looked after Sakura.
[Erica: "Tsk tsk, never thought I'd receive thanks from Rin someday. Suddenly feel like I've cleared the tsundere route."]
The golden knight princess squinted her eyes, enjoying the pleasure of bullying a child.
Hearing this praise, the twin-tailed young girl's face turned red as she reacted intensely.
[Tohsaka Rin: "You're the tsundere! Your whole family are tsunderes! I'm taking back what I just said!"]
[Erica: "Yes yes, Rin-ojousama is definitely not tsundere. By the way, I screenshot the message above, so retracting it won't work!"]
[Erica: "Screenshot.JPG"]
[Tohsaka Rin: "Damn it! You vixen! Believe it or not, I'll stop talking to you!"]
[Erica: "Don't believe it."]
The twin-tailed young girl was shaking with anger.
Even through the screen, Erica could guess how angry Rin looked, which made her smile with satisfaction. Then she spoke again.
[Erica: "But speaking of which, although Sakura is good in other areas, there's one thing I think needs attention."]
[Tohsaka Rin: "What?"]
[Erica: "Weren't you just saying you wouldn't talk to me?"]
Like a cat playing with a mouse, watching Tohsaka Rin's reaction, Erica's face was full of mischievous amusement.
[Tohsaka Rin: "Talk! About! Serious! Matters!"]
The twin-tailed young girl was about to explode with anger.
[Erica: "Alright, alright, you really can't take a joke."]
[Erica: "What I wanted to say is, Sakura has been studying magic with Pandora-sama, right?]
[Tohsaka Rin: "That's right."]
[Erica: "I'm worried about this. I feel Sakura has been too deeply influenced by Pandora-sama."]
[Tohsaka Rin: "What's wrong with that?"]
The twin-tailed young girl tilted her head, not understanding why Erica would worry about this.
With Sakura's current situation, Pandora was probably both teacher and mother figure. Being influenced was normal.
Since she was Ryuga-sama's personal teacher, there shouldn't be any problems.
[Erica: "Umm... It's not that it's bad."]
The golden knight princess showed a somewhat troubled expression. She didn't like talking about others behind their backs, but Rin had the right to know Sakura's situation.
[Erica: "It's mainly that Pandora-sama's feelings for Ryuga-sama are very fervent, and this seems to have affected Sakura too."]
She carefully chose her words.
Putting it nicely, it was fervent; putting it less nicely, it was obsessive.
Erica had no opinion about Pandora. With her master's charm, having a goddess like him was normal.
It's just that if this fervent attitude infected a child, it seemed somewhat inappropriate.
She hadn't paid much attention to this before, until recently when Sakura suddenly asked her how to marry Ryuga-sama, which made Erica realize this problem.
If Sakura's attitude was just a child's naive decision, that would be fine—no need to take it seriously. But looking at her determined eyes at the time, she was completely serious, even more serious than many adults.
This left Erica dumbfounded. Although she was only sixteen herself, in her view, such things should at least be considered after age fourteen, right?
You're only five or six years old—isn't deciding this a bit too early?
Even if her master isn't bound by law, this is still too exaggerated.
When asked this question, Erica had promised Sakura she'd keep it secret, so she couldn't reveal the truth now and could only hint.
However, faced with this problem, Tohsaka Rin's attitude was very casual.
[Tohsaka Rin: "Just that?"]
[Tohsaka Rin: "If it's Ryuga-sama, there's nothing to worry about, right?"]
[Kanae: "Agreed. If it were Shinobu being very devoted to Ryuga-sama, I wouldn't think there's anything wrong!"]
Being fervent about other things might risk losing oneself in obsession, but Ryuga was different. In the chat group members' hearts, his image was very reliable—nothing to worry about.
[Erica: "Is that so?"]
Hearing this response, Erica began to doubt herself.
Was she being too much of a worrywart?
[Tohsaka Rin: "Of course! Which of us in the chat group isn't fervent about Ryuga-sama?"] [Erica: "...You make a good point. I was overthinking it."]
Thinking about it, Tohsaka Rin as an older sister had similar feelings for her master, and she was only one year older than Sakura. This issue indeed didn't seem worth worrying about.
It looks like she wouldn't need to beat around the bush next time they met—she could just openly encourage it.
[Tohsaka Rin: "Anyway, thank you for caring."]
Although it was a false alarm, Tohsaka Rin still appreciated Erica's attention.
However, to prevent Erica from teasing her again, after thanking her, she immediately changed the topic.
[Tohsaka Rin: "Speaking of which, have you noticed Ryuga-sama's strength?"]
[Tohsaka Rin: "He's reached Fifth Tier!"]
To be continued…