Although the place where Shinji fell was not far from the elementary school of Reien Girls' College, it was early morning and Sakura naturally could not have passed by by chance. She came here specifically to find Shinji.
The battle between Shinji and Lizbeife not only alarmed the security personnel, but also the magic fluctuations emitted by the two also made people with magic circuits nearby more or less sensitive. Especially the final collision between the "Holy Nail" and the Shield of Athena, the impact range exceeded five kilometers.
It was this blow that woke up Sakura from her deep sleep. As Shinji's closest person and a magician whose magic talent can be ranked among the top 100 in the contemporary world, Sakura not only accurately judged the nature of the magic power, but also sensed Shinji's presence from it.
My brother is fighting someone, and he’s using a Noble Phantasm—he must be a strong enemy.
Having made this judgment, Sakura immediately got up from the bed, put on her clothes as quickly as possible, and slipped out of the dormitory.
She wants to find her brother and help him.
The members of the Matou family all have rune marks on their bodies, and they can be located through special detection techniques. Sakura used the detection technique while following the direction of the magic power spreading towards the high school.
Sakura thought it would take some time to track down Shinji's location, but unexpectedly, not long after she climbed over the elementary school wall, the detection technique received feedback.
Following the guidance of the ritual, Ying entered the landscape forest on the side of the road and soon found the person who was so important to her.
Seeing her brother lying motionless on the ground, Sakura's eyes suddenly turned red. She even forgot her master's teachings of "never let your guard down at any time" and ran over to check on her brother's condition.
Fortunately, her brother had no obvious external injuries, was not unconscious, could still speak, and asked her how she got here.
Hearing Shinji's obviously out-of-breath voice and seeing his expression pretending to be strong despite being weak, Sakura couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Why are you crying?" The sister's tears fell on Shinji's forehead, making Shinji feel distressed. "Don't cry, don't cry, you won't be beautiful if you cry."
Unexpectedly, Sakura's tears fell even more after hearing this. Shinji raised his right hand to wipe away his sister's tears, but unfortunately his body had already reached its limit. As soon as his hand was raised, it lost its power and fell back to the ground.
"Brother!" Sakura exclaimed, frantically carving healing runes.
"No, I'm not injured, healing runes are useless."
"Then, what should we do?" Sakura became even more anxious.
"You don't have to do anything. Just wait for my body to recover naturally. I was fighting with someone just now and accidentally used the power of the relic. This is the price I paid." Shinji forced a smile, but with his current physical condition, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead as soon as his facial muscles moved.
Sakura quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped Shinji's wound: "Brother, are you in pain?"
"It's okay. Compared to my master's training, this is nothing." Shinji was still holding on.
"Brother, please be patient for a moment."
Sakura carefully changed her sitting position and gently placed Shinji's head on her legs, muttering to herself while trying to relax Shinji's whole body as much as possible.
"It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt at all, the pain has all gone away."
These childish words almost made Shinji laugh out loud, and at the same time he felt a little moved.
Sakura was less than six years old when she was taught by Scathach. At first, she couldn't stand the harsh training program and always cried. Whenever she cried, Shinji would use his "unique magic" to heal her. The spell of the magic was - "The pain flies away."
The so-called magic had no real effect, it was just to soothe the crying sister. But strangely, the spell that should have been useless actually worked now. The torture-like pain was dissipating bit by bit with Sakura's words.
This is undoubtedly a miracle.
In the world of magic, magic is synonymous with miracles, and Sakura's spell also caused a miracle, so this is also magic, the "magic" called family affection - Shinji believes so.
After repeating the "mantra" several times, Ying asked, "Brother, are you feeling better?"
"Yeah, much better. This magic is indeed very effective." Shinji's voice was filled with relief.
"Then I'll read it a few more times." Ying sniffed and tried hard to hold back the tears that were welling up again.
She didn't know the truth about "magic" back then, so how could she not know it now? But apart from this, she really couldn't think of what to do.
Sakura, Sakura is still so useless, really so useless.
The joy of mastering the high-level magic "Shadow Apostle" and the slight pride of defeating Aruba together with Fujino, all disappeared at this moment.
Not enough, not enough, far from enough.
Dad, brother, I can't help either side.
If only I could be as strong as the Master; if only I could be as smart as Sister Orange; if only I could be as useful as Teacher Yustisa.
I have to work harder and I have to be more attentive.
In order to no longer be so useless, in order to be able to help my brother, and in order not to be left far behind by my brother.
Sister Orange said that she could transplant the hentai magic seal for me, which would make me stronger. But my brother was afraid that I couldn't bear it, so he used himself to verify it first - my brother's current appearance should be the reason for his worry.
But it’s okay, I can definitely bear it.
Because my brother and I are both Scathach's disciples and members of the Matou family.
More importantly, I am Shinji Matou's sister!
I can do it!
In Sakura's undeveloped chest and that little heart, the determination to become stronger was stronger than ever before.
The aura released at that instant made Shinji feel unfamiliar.
"Sakura? What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, I was just wondering who my brother's opponent is?"
Subconsciously, Ying chose to conceal it. Because if I tell my brother the truth, he will definitely stop me. So, I'm sorry, brother.
"That's your new dean, from the Cathedral Church. I was at fault this time, so don't hold a grudge against her." After thinking for a moment, Shinji added, "Be careful next time, don't let her see that you're a magician. I'll have Fujino keep an eye on her, so you don't have to worry about her for now."
"Okay, brother." Ying nodded in agreement, "Well, is there anything else I can do for you, brother?"
"Then sing a song. I haven't heard you sing for a long time."
"Okay, what do you want to hear?"
"Let's sing 'Where the Stars Are'. I suddenly want to listen to this."
Sakura cleared her throat and hummed softly.
Shinji closed his eyes and let the song pass by his ears.
"Your figure is like the twinkling starry sky, gradually dissolving into the morning light."
"After losing your presence, I miss you more and more."
"Whether strong or weak, I hope this heart can always be connected with you."
"As long as you are with me, I am not afraid of what the sky will be like tomorrow."
Just as the song depicts, as long as he has his family by his side, Shinji will not be afraid of what the sky will be like tomorrow.
Under the stars, where the heart is.
PS: Mushroom personally pointed out in an interview that Rin's qualifications are among the top 100 today. Sakura and Rin are on par with each other, so naturally she is also among the top 100 today.