The sky was clear, the sun was bright, and Fuyuki City greeted another beautiful day as usual. In a lavish and spacious courtyard, a Little Girl with twin-tails was intently admiring the clouds in the sky.
Or rather, she was staring blankly at the sky, utterly bewildered... There's no doubt that this bewildered Little Girl was no ordinary Little Girl, because how could a naive and lively Little Girl be in such a bizarre state of bewilderment? That's right, this was Lin Lin, who had just finished his transmigration.
Lin Lin had successfully arrived in the Nasuverse. Fortunately, he wasn't thrown into prehistoric times to play with True Ancestors, Dead Apostles, and Phantasmal Species, nor did he fly to the Steel Earth at the end of the world, which would have meant the end of his story.
Perhaps his unwavering devotion moved the gods, or perhaps it was his obsession with Tohsaka Rin that even the origin couldn't erase. He descended upon Fuyuki City, descended to the time when Tohsaka Rin existed, descended to the Tohsaka Family, and descended upon… Tohsaka Rin herself... Damn it! He crossed a dimensional distance for this deep love, abandoned everything from his past to come to his goddess's world, and as a result, he became the goddess of his dreams... Lin Lin's current mood was one of utter collapse...
When he woke up yesterday, he saw himself in the reflection of Tohsaka Rin's mother's eyes, and Lin Lin was completely flustered! He disregarded his weak body and sprang up from the bed! "What! I'm Tohsaka Rin!?"
At that time, Tohsaka Aoi, her mother, was terrified, thinking that her daughter's brain had been damaged by the high fever. She quickly pressed Lin Lin back onto the bed, and then rushed Lin Lin to the Fuyuki City hospital, checking internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, neurology, neurosurgery... and even dentistry. They didn't even find a single cavity.
Throughout the entire process, Little Rin, who was Lin Lin, was completely lost in a dazed state of shattered dreams, allowing herself to be manipulated. The obsession that even the origin couldn't erase was completely destroyed at this moment, leaving a thorough blank.
"Miss Tohsaka's health is good, and her previous high fever has also subsided. Her current condition, rather than being a damaged brain nerve, seems more like she's suffered some severe mental blow. I've seen a few cases like this, but they were all young men and women encountering serious emotional problems. Miss Tohsaka's case..."
The diagnosing doctor paused here, and even his gaze towards Tohsaka Aoi became strange.
It was 1985, and the patient's birth date filled in the medical record was 1983. A two-year-old Little Girl encountering serious emotional problems... This precocious phenomenon was truly without limit.
Helplessly, Tohsaka Aoi had no choice but to take Tohsaka Rin home, until now.
On the way home, Tohsaka Aoi had sighed while driving, "What exactly is going on? Although I was prepared, is the Magician's world really so cruel? If Tohsaka Rin..."
Although he was in an unconscious state, Lin Lin still vaguely understood. The reason Tohsaka Rin was like this was because she underwent a Magic aptitude test at the age of one. The result, however, was beyond everyone's expectations. What was supposed to be a nearly zero-risk test resulted in Tohsaka Rin experiencing an overload of her Magic Circuits, with her entire Magic Circuits continuously operating in an overloaded state, unable to stop.
From then on, Tohsaka Rin's body became weak and powerless, and she often suffered from persistent high fevers, confined to bed, unable to speak clearly, and constantly at risk of dying young.
Yes, I remember now, it seems there was indeed such a saying. Lin Lin recalled a theory he saw in the 3d world: Tohsaka Rin had an accident shortly after birth and was at risk of dying young at any time. This is why Tohsaka Sakura, who was one year younger than Tohsaka Rin, was born, to ensure the continuation of the Tohsaka Family's magecraft.
From the current situation, Lin Lin could roughly analyze what was happening. Tohsaka Rin had accidentally triggered an origin awakening during that test!
Regardless of reincarnation, humans, following the directionality of their birth, acquire a body and intellect. They then form a personality or ideas different from their original directionality due to different experiences. An origin awakening causes the existence to be swallowed by its origin. The personality formed within less than a hundred years is overwritten by the original directionality from the time of its initial beginning. At the same time, the body dominated by the origin gains immense power. This is an origin awakening.
And his own soul consciousness was not erased in the origin. An origin awakened person is undoubtedly a gateway opened between the present world and the origin. Thus, his soul consciousness flowed down, submerging Tohsaka Rin's original personality and becoming the awakened personality of Tohsaka Rin!
So, did I... kill Tohsaka Rin? No, don't put random blame on myself. I'm not some benevolent saint who believes all responsibility is my own. Even if I hadn't arrived, Little Rin's personality consciousness would have been submerged by the origin consciousness fed back from the origin. Perhaps the Tohsaka Rin in the actual Fate was originally Tohsaka Rin's awakened origin consciousness, only it awakened too early for anyone to notice.
So, the only change from the original was that I, as the origin personality, gained a memory from another world. Therefore, there wasn't too much of an accident.
Looking at Tohsaka Aoi, who was silently shedding tears beside him, Lin Lin suddenly felt a surge of guilt. He had taken over someone else's daughter's body and was still letting her worry about him. So, he looked up and forced a smile: "Mom, I'm fine, don't worry."
Tohsaka Aoi looked at Lin Lin in the passenger seat. Seeing her obedient daughter still smiling and calling her "Mom," she immediately breathed a sigh of relief. She smiled and gently ruffled Lin Lin's full head of black hair. "Little Rin, be good. Go home and rest well. Be healthy, okay?"
"Mhm."
Damn it, I came to the 2d world (anime/manga world) and got my head patted before I even got to pat a girl's head!
But what should I do now...? Lin Lin, who had been staring blankly ever since breakfast this morning, gazed at the clear blue sky, then sighed deeply after a long while, collecting his thoughts. After Lin Lin's consciousness descended and the origin awakening was complete, this small body quickly recovered its health. After a night's rest, he was already able to sunbathe in the courtyard.
Looking helplessly at the exquisitely made, well-fitting dark red dress on his body, Lin Lin couldn't help but feel a surge of suicidal impulse. Was this supposed to be reliving childhood? But this was a girl's childhood! How do I deal with this? Who can guide me? My teachers never taught me this!
His soft, tender little hand couldn't help but slap his smooth forehead. This Little Girl was very troubled.
"Sakura, look, that's your older sister."
Just then, a familiar yet slightly unfamiliar, loving voice rang out. Lin Lin looked towards the source of the sound. In the shade of a tree under the bright sunlight, the beautiful and gentle Tohsaka Aoi was half-crouching, smiling as she looked at Lin Lin. In her arms, she was holding a Little Girl who had just turned one year old.
"Sakura..." The moment Lin Lin saw the girl, he immediately realized that this was Tohsaka Rin's biological younger sister, Tohsaka Sakura, who was one year younger. Lin Lin couldn't help but call out softly in a daze, stood up, and ran over step by tiny step.
"Sis... ter."
Her newborn, delicate skin was as white as snow, and her bright, lively eyes looked timidly at Lin Lin. Dressed in purple children's clothes, she shrank back into Tohsaka Aoi's arms, a little scared.
Her adorable appearance made Lin Lin, who was lost on the path of life, unable to help but smile. He raised his equally tender small hand and gently poked Tohsaka Sakura's smooth, delicate little cheek. It was as smooth as milky white jelly, and the feel was simply perfect. Little Sakura, who was poked, pouted her small mouth in fear, her eyes welling up with tears as she shrank further into her mother's arms.
So cute!
Her pitiful appearance was truly unbearable! Lin Lin, completely unconcerned, also threw himself into Tohsaka Aoi's arms, hugging Tohsaka Sakura. Their two equally soft and delicate faces rubbed against each other, and the already scared Little Sakura cried out in a 'waah!'
Tohsaka Aoi smiled and embraced both sisters, saying happily, "Tohsaka Rin, it's so wonderful that you like Little Sakura so much. Little Sakura was born after you fell ill. Because your body was weak then, and Little Sakura was still too young, I never let you sisters meet. In the future, you two must get along well. Little Rin, you are the older sister, you must protect and take care of Little Sakura."
Lin Lin, who had been closing his eyes and rubbing faces with Little Sakura, suddenly trembled all over when he heard the final "protect and take care of Little Sakura." His eyes widened, and scenes he had seen in another world flashed before him.
In a dark, damp room, in a huge insect pool, amidst countless slimy, boneless Engraving Worms (Kokuinchu), a purple-haired girl with vacant eyes had only her small head exposed, bobbing up and down among the swarm of insects. Countless Engraving Worms repeatedly entered and exited her tiny body...
Dull eyes, mechanical movements like a puppet, a Little Girl utterly devoid of emotion, walking step by step towards an old man as thin as a stick, his body shriveled and withered like a mummy. Then... Lin Lin's hands tightened, grabbing Xiao Ying's shoulders and pulling her away, staring intently at the tender face before her. Lifeless eyes, a face of utter despair, perfectly overlapped with the pretty face in front of her!
Her heart felt like it was being gripped by an iron claw, squeezed as if it would burst. Yes, she was Sakura! She was the girl destined for a tragic life, she was Rin's younger sister, and now, she was my younger sister!
Looking at the slightly scared, lively, and shy girl in front of her, and then recalling the numb, dull 'puppet' who had completely despaired a year after being adopted into the Matou Family, two streams of clear tears flowed down Lin Lin's cheeks without her even realizing it.
"Sister... it hurts." Xiao Ying looked at her newly met sister with a mixture of confusion and slight fear, but Lin Lin's involuntary grip had hurt Xiao Ying.
"Ah!? I'm sorry, Xiao Ying, Big Sister didn't mean to! Did I hurt you? I'm so sorry, so sorry..." Lin Lin snapped back to reality, quickly letting go and apologizing repeatedly, raising her hand to wipe away the tears on her face with her sleeve.
Lin Lin couldn't explain why she was crying, nor why she cared so much about Xiao Ying's feelings. Perhaps it was Rin's lingering consciousness, perhaps it was sympathy for Sakura's tragic life in her previous existence, or perhaps, it was simply the instinct between blood-related sisters... Lin Lin quickly wiped away the tears from her face with her sleeve, forced a strained smile, and said to Xiao Ying with utmost seriousness and determination: "Xiao Ying, Big Sister will definitely protect you well, protect you from any harm, not let anyone bully you, not allow anyone to cause you pain. Big Sister will shield you from all hardships and trials, Big Sister will definitely make you happy!"
As she spoke, tears once again spilled from her eyes, falling like broken beads onto Sakura's hand. Sakura raised her small hand, looked at the tear drops, and said with confusion and concern, "Sister, cried..." She then reached out to wipe Lin Lin's tears.
"Ah? Ah ah, no, Big Sister isn't crying, no!" Lin Lin quickly wiped her face again with her sleeve. Aoi, hearing Xiao Ying's voice, also reacted, letting go of her arm and looking down at Lin Lin, who still had tear stains, asking worriedly: "What's wrong, Little Rin? If something's bothering you, tell Mama."
"No, nothing, I'm just too happy." Lin Lin wiped her tears with her sleeve while smiling, "I'm so happy, I still have a younger sister, I can still be Xiao Ying's older sister, I can protect her, it's truly wonderful. Sakura, Big Sister will definitely protect you well, believe me!"
"Is that so? That's wonderful, Rin." Seeing the two sisters get along so harmoniously, Aoi smiled from the bottom of her heart. For her, this family was her everything; her husband and children were her world. As long as they were well, she was well.
Xiao Ying was still too young. She basically didn't understand what her sister was saying and couldn't grasp the meaning, but a child's heart is also the most sensitive. Even if she didn't understand, she could tell that her sister cared about her. After looking at Lin Lin's serious gaze for a moment, she also mimicked her and nodded seriously.
A feeling of joy from the bottom of her heart rose to her lips. I'm sorry, Rin, I didn't expect my impulse to create this situation. I didn't get to see you, but instead took over everything you had. But facts cannot be reversed, and the outcome cannot be denied. We can only face everything with equanimity. Since I possess everything you had, then let me take your place and walk under this sky as Tohsaka Rin. I will protect Sakura, protect Mama, revitalize the Tohsaka Family's Magecraft, and change all the sorrow in this world!
From now on, there will be no more Lin Lin in the world, only Tohsaka Rin!