Happy Labor Day!
Rin was a genius. She wasn't trying to brag. This was a simple truth. Her teachers knew it. Her friends back home had known it. Her parents had known it. Even the Magus Association had journeyed across to Japan to test and classify her. And she was a rarity even among magi. A manipulator of all five elements. An Average One.
Normally, she could see the solution coming together when she sat down to solve a problem. Schoolwork was easy compared to magecraft. Some days she thought she should have accepted the Magus Associations offered to be fostered and tutored overseas. After all, they did not make this offer to just anyone . They certainly did not make the same offer to Sakura. Apparently, her potential for greatness should be molded under the best of teachers. Her father had been very tempted. Wasn't it as great honor and privilege for the Tohsaka family? An acknowledgement of talent and power so early on in Rin's life. A true testament to their family name.
The idea of advanced magecraft made Rin bounce in excitement. To learn, to thrive in such a competitive environment practically made her mana flare up in Association had even trotted out some Magus brats from other families to entice her. There were very few children that they acknowledged in such a capacity. Her education would there would not be surpassed by any other. But Rin loved her small life. Her friends and her family. She loved her little sister. So while her father and mother toyed with the idea of sending Rin to be fostered in London. Rin already knew in her heart what she wanted. Perhaps, that what made Rin different from other magi children who grew up in other magical families. Rin if nothing else was confident in one thing.
Herself.
So when her parents sat her down with a Magus Association representative, she smiled and proudly declined the opportunity. Her father was more than a competent man. He could teach her. Rin wouldn't waste her talent but she also didn't want to grow up without her family. She could learn in Japan and grow up with her kind mother and adoring sister. Ironically, in a relatively short time after, Rin would end up all alone. First her father, then her mother and finally Sakura. Loss after loss. Each one chipping away at her heart. It was in the days that followed, alone in her empty house Rin would wonder.
It's strange Rin thought to herself. The thoughts and memories that come up when you least expect it. The ones that you try to keep locked in your heart. Wondering if you made the right decision. Of paths not taken. If your life would have been better. Maybe even worse.
Rin shook her head to chase away the thoughts and memories away as turned her head slightly upward. Gramps(otherwise known as King Hassan) as she liked to call him was waiting patiently for her to come back to the present. Tilting his head he gestured for her to raise her arms. This is where she was. This was where her choices had taken her. This is where life had led her so far. She should not let herself be dragged back into melancholy of the past.
Rin really was a genius.
So, she knew that a summer event at the beach with all of Chaldea was something to cherish. The largest party she ever saw in her short life. Filled with more heroes than she could ever imagine. She smiled as he slipped a round inflated tube in the shape of a donut around her. Silently, he nodded pushed her off towards the beach where Mash and others where waiting. She laughed loudly Achilles sent a large wave of water toward her. Mash stepped in to furiously defend her. Yes, Rin was smart enough to know that days like this was something she wanted to keep in her heart.
A day she could look back on and just smile.
...ah end of summer!