Chapter 145: Funeral
“——I kno that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he ill stand up on the earth.”
The funeral ceremony took place peacefully in the cold drizzle.
The mourner was a young girl.
The person who was supposed to be the mourner was the girl's mother, the deceased Aoi Tosaka, but the girl insisted on asking to be the mourner on the grounds that she promised her father to inherit the family business and protect her mother, and the mother who understood her daughter's feelings could only agree.
The girl did not show sadness and uneasiness on her face. She has a serious expression and carries out the work she has shouldered. Everyone praised her bravery and strength, and no one took pity on her and felt pity for her.
That's what the family that held the funeral was meant to be. The previous head of the family used this as a common thing, and he also educated the current heir in this way. Those invited to the condolence ceremony also understood this.
“And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I ill see God;I myself ill see him ith my on eyes----I, and not another. Ho my heart yearns ithin me…… Amen.”
In this way, the coffin was offered to the earth, and after the prayer was over, the priest and the attendants of the ritual began to depart one by one, and finally in the silent drizzle, only the mourning lady and those close to the girl were left behind.
"Good work, Rin. As the new head of the family's first job, you perform well, and your father will be proud of you. Aoi hugged her daughter and said softly.
Rin nodded silently and didn't speak, as if all this was taken for granted, the once innocent girl seemed to have grown a lot overnight, but the price of this growth was heart-wrenching.
"Sister. Sister Sakura took Rin's hand, her reddened eyes full of worry.
Rin shook her head, a hint of softness in the corners of her tense eyes, signaling that her sister didn't need to worry. But the more this happens, the more worried Sakura becomes, this Rin is very similar to the stubborn Shinji.
Just when Sakura didn't know what to say, a young man in a black suit and a girl dressed in a neutral dress braved the drizzle of early spring into the cold cemetery.
The young man looked at the two girls holding hands, then at the middle-aged and young men standing on the side, and finally walked up to the surviving man in a black kimono and asked in a low voice, "Is this the funeral of Mr. Tosaka Tokitomi?"
Aoi nodded, "Yes, you're-"
Weber's voice was inexplicably a little low: "I'm Webb Velvett who belongs to the Clock Tower, and this time I'm here to deal with the Tosaka family's spiritual veins and patent inheritance. Until then, allow me to offer my condolences. ”
"Mr. Vilwitt, please follow me. "It's not Aoi who speaks, it's Rin.
"Who is this?"
Webb looked puzzled, and Aoi explained.
"This is the little girl Rin, the new head of the Tosaka family. ”
Webber's face showed a hint of surprise, as did the girl who followed him. The two didn't say much, followed Rin and went to Shichen's grave to mourn.
In terms of etiquette, the girl is undoubtedly more standard, but the emotions poured into the action are far less profound than Weber's.
The thoughtful Aoi sensed this, and after mourning, asked, "Mr. Velvett, but he has an old relationship with his deceased husband?"
"Sort of, though we haven't had direct communication with each other. Webber sighed, "Madame may not know, but Mr. Shi Chen and I are both participants in the Holy Grail War. ”
Aoi and Rin are one of the three royal families who constructed the Holy Grail Ritual, and Loreleia is the lord of the Law and Political Science Department who manages the magicians, and they are all insiders, so Webber did not hide it and told the truth.
"Mr. Shi Chen is an excellent magician and an excellent master, I was going to take this opportunity to ask him for advice, but I didn't expect to come a step too late. ”
There is still some comfort in asking for advice and learning, but it is not a little false to come one step later. After getting off the plane, Weber and Lorelea went straight to Tosaka's house, but they were told by the maid who stayed behind to take care of the family that the head of the family had died and that the funeral ceremony was held today, so he hurried to the cemetery.
"Could you please tell me the details of the Holy Grail War when you have time?" ”
Webber's words caught Rin's attention, and she had always been concerned about the Holy Grail War that had taken her father's life four years earlier. It's just that Shi Chen was always reluctant to mention the details of this Holy Grail War, and secretly asked Yan Ye, but Yan Ye didn't say anything. Now that another participant in the Holy Grail War finally appeared in front of her, how could Rin give up.
Webb hesitated and nodded. Although he has a grudge with Shi Chen, to be precise, Shi Chen's servant Gilgamesh, but the deceased is gone, and Weber will not involve this grudge with Shi Chen's family.
This action made a flash of complexity in the eyes of the onlooker Yanye, out of love for Rin, he didn't want her to be exposed to the Holy Grail War too early, but he could control himself, but he couldn't control the strong girl after all.
It seems that I should find a chance to talk to Aoi and ask Shinji for his opinion.
Thinking of his nephew, Yanye's brows furrowed unconsciously.
What's wrong with this kid, why hasn't there been any news from him after going to London for so long? By the way, Webb Velvet, the name is a little familiar, I seem to have been to the house, find a chance to ask.
"Uncle, uncle. Sakura's call interrupted Goosenight's thoughts, "Mom and sister have invited Mr. Velvet to the house, should we go with us?" ”
Yanye rubbed Sakura's hair and said, "You go, I won't go, and spend more time with your mother and sister." There was also an opportunity to speak to Mr. Velvet that I wanted to visit them and ask him when he had time. ”
"Got it. Sakura obediently agreed, and left with her mother and sister, as well as the girl who was looking at her strangely.
Seeing the group leave the cemetery, Yan Ye walked to Shi Chen's tombstone again, ignoring the rain-soaked ground, and sat on the ground.
"I used to hate you, I hated you, I didn't think you were worthy of her, I didn't think you were a good father, a good husband. But I didn't realize until you died that it was just wishful thinking on my part. No matter how reluctant I am to admit it, I can't change the fact that you are better than me. ”
"Career, family, people, and things, I have nothing like yours. Even the only favor I think is better than you, you are actually no worse than me. ”
"Before, I was unwilling to lose to you, unwilling to let you take away my most important person, even though I knew that it was much better for her to follow you than to follow me. ”
"Now, I'm still not reconciled. I finally had a chance to catch up with you, but you just left like this, and you didn't even give me a chance to really let me beat you."
"Then what have I worked hard for so long? Aren't you like saying that I've been a defeated dog all my life? I don't allow you to do this, don't you hear it, Tosaka Tokitomi!"
"You come out for me, don't pretend to be asleep, come out, come out and fight me, come out!"
"Didn't you say that I was irresponsible, that I was a traitor who was inferior to a dog? Now this traitor is laughing at you, but you can't say anything, isn't it not even as good as me?"
"Tosaka Shichen, you speak, speak, speak......"
The sound grew softer and softer, and finally drowned out by the sound of wind and rain.
PS: The grave jumps up, maybe the minister will get up?