A few days later at Church of Null.
Kirei Kotomine returned here with a timid Asagami Fujino behind him.
To those in the Magus world, Asagami Fujino was just an ordinary name. However, if it were changed to her previous name, Asagami Fujino, it would be a different story. As one of the Four Great Demon-Hunter Families, although the Asagami family had declined, it still held some influence in the Magus world. They would never allow Kirei Kotomine, a man from the Church, to take Asagami Fujino away.
Kirei Kotomine was also absolutely unwilling to give up on Asagami Fujino. The pleasure he felt after curing Fujino's analgesia was a sensation he had never experienced in his life, and there was far more than one such pleasure to be found in Asagami Fujino!
After Asagami Fujino regained the sense of pain she had longed for, the emptiness in her heart remained unfilled. The tragedy of her childhood home and the subsequent numb life lacking pain left Fujino with no goals, not understanding what she needed or where she was needed.
After entering the building, Kirei Kotomine went straight to find Rin. He looked at the Asagami Fujino behind him, then looked at Rin with a nervous expression and slowly stated his purpose.
"Rin, I need your help!"
Rin, who was having afternoon tea, turned to look at Kirei Kotomine as he walked to her side with Asagami Fujino. She first gave Da Vinci a look, signaling her to leave. After Da Vinci left with a pile of tea snacks, Rin asked Kirei Kotomine.
"Kirei, what's the matter?"
Kirei Kotomine pulled a letter from his robe and handed it to Rin.
After Rin took the letter and looked at it, she understood exactly what kind of help Kirei Kotomine needed. She looked at Asagami Fujino, and then a little devilish smile appeared at the corners of her mouth.
"Kirei, before I help you, I think I need a reason. Kallen and Shirou are your children, and as my senior brother, it's only right for me to help take care of them. But what do I gain by helping Asagami Fujino?"
In Kirei Kotomine's understanding, Rin was asking him from the perspective of a Magus. Indeed, from that perspective, helping Asagami Fujino break away from the Asagami family offered no benefit to Rin.
But that wasn't what Rin meant. Rin's Servant experiments had already entered the stage of blank spirit origin possession. Rin, who had been lacking experimental subjects, was having a headache over this. She couldn't very well go and get Ryougi Shiki, who was still a'sleeping beauty,' for a forced experiment. At this time, Asagami Fujino, the Kara no Kyoukai Singularity Archer who appeared in the games Rin had played in her previous life, was the most suitable candidate for Rin. The real purpose of Rin's previous words was to get Asagami Fujino to personally ask her for help, so that Rin could take the opportunity to set conditions.
Asagami Fujino looked at the dazed Kirei Kotomine, and just as Rin had hoped, she bowed respectfully to Rin and then made her request.
"Lord Tohsaka Rin, I need your help!"
Rin looked at Asagami Fujino, who had spoken up to ask for help just as she had expected. She nodded and asked Fujino with a smile.
"How do you need me to help you? And what can you bring me?"
Asagami Fujino looked at the 'Goddess' who had appeared before her that night. In Fujino's eyes, Rin's request was merely the price a deity asked of her follower to answer their doubts.
A rainbow light flickered in Asagami Fujino's eyes, and then a fork on the table next to Rin used for eating tea snacks twisted just like that. Rin looked at the result caused by the Mystic Eyes of Asagami Fujino with satisfaction, then continued to look at Fujino, signaling her to speak.
"Lord Tohsaka Rin, I can give everything, including these Mystic Eyes. I only hope you can tell me what the meaning of my life is and what I can do."
Rin was stunned. She never expected Asagami Fujino to ask this question. 'How the hell should I know what your life is, what you can do, and where would I know that from...' Although she was panicking inside, Rin still pretended to be calm, recalling her memories from her previous life. Suddenly, the words Orochimaru used to trick Kimimaro appeared in Rin's mind. With the mindset of trying to see if she could fool Asagami Fujino, she said to her.
"Life itself has no meaning. But by continuing to live, you might encounter interesting people and interesting things. Just like you met Kirei Kotomine, and I met you."
To Rin's surprise, these words were exceptionally effective. As Rin spoke this adapted quote from Orochimaru, not only did emotional fluctuations appear in Asagami Fujino's empty eyes, but Kirei Kotomine's eyes also lit up as he looked at Rin.
"As expected of you, Rin, to be able to say such philosophical words. Yes, life has no meaning in itself. Fujino, just as Rin said, I have already found the meaning of my life, and you will be able to find the meaning of your own life in the future!"
Asagami Fujino murmured, 'Just like you met Kirei Kotomine, and I met you... Goddess, is this your guidance to me?' Asagami Fujino, who took Rin as the incarnation of a goddess.
Asagami Fujino, taking Rin as the incarnation of a goddess, suddenly knelt before Rin and requested excitedly.
"Lord Tohsaka Rin, please let me follow you. Whether it's becoming your disciple, letting me be your Servant, or even your slave, I only ask that you allow me to follow you!"
Rin looked at Asagami Fujino kneeling on the ground, her heart full of doubt. 'Are Orochimaru's words really that powerful? She was fooled just like that?' Rin stood up, went to Asagami Fujino, helped her up, and turned to look at Kirei Kotomine.
"Kirei, if I take in Asagami Fujino, you won't mind, will you?"
Kirei Kotomine looked at Asagami Fujino, whose eyes now held emotion. A joyful smile appeared at the corners of his mouth, and he couldn't help but laugh loudly.
"Hahahaha, Rin, as expected, you are the best! No, this is too great. Seeing Asagami Fujino like this, my heart is racing for the first time in a long while. Rin, do you know? The last time I felt this way was four years ago when I saved Shirou, hahahaha!"
Satisfaction, supreme satisfaction; joy, ultimate joy. Kirei Kotomine clutched his chest, looking like he had been broken, and just stood there laughing as if no one else was around.
Rin frowned as she looked at Kirei Kotomine in this state. Finding that his demonic laughter showed no sign of stopping, she took Asagami Fujino's hand and walked upstairs.
Finally, after walking up three floors, Kirei Kotomine's demonic laughter vanished from Rin's ears. Rin then stopped and let go of Asagami Fujino, saying to her.
"Fujino, do you really intend to become my disciple? Think it through first!"
"En, Lord Tohsaka Rin, I've already decided. No matter what, I want to stay by your side."
"Then Fujino, from this moment on, you are my disciple. But you must be prepared, Fujino. Being my disciple is not that simple!"
Hearing Rin agree to take her in, Asagami Fujino happily picked Rin up and lifted her high!
"That's wonderful! Lord Rin, thank you!"
"baka, let me go, let me go quickly."
Realizing she had done something wrong, Asagami Fujino awkwardly and carefully placed Rin back on the ground, lowering her head like a child who had made a mistake.
"I'm sorry, Lord Rin."
Rin first straightened her messy clothes before looking up at Asagami Fujino.
"Forget it, it's not a big deal. Also, Fujino, from now on, you should call me Teacher..."
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