My youth story, a crossover anime, turns out, is FGO!

"Is it really that important for you to care so much about such a small thing?"

As her counterpart, as another version of herself, "Eriri" couldn't understand why the other person had such a wailing, earth-shattering expression.

Time passed unnoticed, and it was after school in the afternoon. After parting ways with Kasumigaoka Utaha, the people around her seemed to be giving her even stranger looks. Even though Eriri kept trying to clarify, it felt like she was only making things worse.

This led to Eriri being unable to hold back her complaints as soon as the group got to a private room in the coffee shop after school.

Incidentally, Aki Tomoya isn't here either. Although he really, really wanted to come, he is, after all, also the manager of the band "icy tail," and Hyodo Michiru has a performance tonight, so he naturally has to go and help out.

Kasumigaoka Utaha put down her phone. She had just carefully read through the information on the forum to make sure that there were two "Eri" and "Kasumigaoka".

She rarely sided with "Eriri": "That's right, these kinds of false rumors will just pass by after a while, there's no need to pay attention to them."

"Besides, we did try to disguise it at the time. I looked at it and the photo was actually very blurry. You just need to explain clearly that it's not the person in the photo."

The two figures in the photo only showed the lower half of their faces and a bit of their hair. The two of them were speechless, wondering who had such sharp eyes to be able to tell from that.

"It's not that simple! The whole school thinks we're dating... How could that be!" Eriri scratched her hair, looking utterly desperate.

"Indeed, even my classmates are talking about it. They all think Sawamura and Kasumigaoka are a good match," Kato Megumi said calmly, delivering a powerful blow.

"Who's good enough for her?!" x2

The two shouted in unison.

I have to say, they actually look quite well-matched.

"It's all your fault for not hiding it properly, why am I the one who's unlucky!" Eriri cried with a mournful face.

"Because I'm Eriri too, there's nothing I can do about it." Eriri said lightly, which sounded rather irritating.

Kasumigaoka Utaha analyzed very rationally: "Everyone is excited and thrilled right now, so no matter how you explain it, it's useless. Once the hype dies down, no one will mention it anymore."

"You make it sound so easy. If it were you, you'd definitely care just as much!" Eriri puffed out her cheeks in anger.

"Wrong!" Eriri shook her finger. "I don't care."

"It's just a rumor, it's not malicious. There are tons of people in the world who curse me, and some even wish me dead, but look at me, I'm doing just fine, aren't I?" Eriri said naturally.

Her words startled Eriri: "A curse, a curse to your death? Why?!"

“Well… it’s because of jealousy.” Eriri said calmly. She was no longer the girl who would cry and feel upset for a long time after seeing malicious comments. “Jealous that I became a Master, jealous that my Servant is King Arthur, jealous that I was made a princess… there are just too many reasons to curse me.”

Eriri showed amazing maturity at this moment, completely different from the Eriri who would make a fuss over the smallest things.

Similarly, she also possessed a youthful vivacity. She proudly raised her head, naturally displaying her pride and confidence, clearly showing that she had been well-protected, with her pride built up with flowers and praise.

"So what if they curse me? I'm going to dress up beautifully and appear in front of everyone in a happy mood, just to make them furious!"

“You…” Eriri looked at her other self in surprise, then whispered, “You’re amazing.”

"What?" Eriri didn't hear clearly.

"Why are you so carefree?" Eriri cupped her face in her hands. "If it were me, I would definitely be very sad."

Eriri thought for a moment and used the word "sad". For the past ten years or so, she had lived a simple and happy life. Apart from the estrangement between her and Aki Tomoya, nothing else was bad.

Even if she were to draw 18+ doujinshi, which would be completely unacceptable to some families, her open-minded parents would not interfere at all.

Therefore, she has never truly felt the malice of others. Of course, when she was Eri Hakuki, she also suffered cold treatment and bad comments, but those were nothing.

"You really are very different from me... Wait, princess?!" Eriri caught the key word and almost rushed up to grab her counterpart by the collar. "You've become a princess?"

“Yeah, didn’t I say that?” Eriri asked in surprise.

"No!" Eriri and the other two shouted, even Kato Megumi was very excited.

"It's nothing really." Eriri said "it's nothing," but she was still a young girl, and she had a bit of vanity in her heart, especially when she saw others envying her, she couldn't help but feel a little proud. "It has nothing to do with me. It's mainly because of Arthur. He is very popular and influential in Ying Kingdom, so the Queen named me an honorary princess."

"Then, like in the TV dramas, will she wear a crown and a beautiful princess dress?" Eriri asked curiously.

"What is life like for a princess?" Kasumigaoka Utaha wondered, wanting to use it as material for her novel.

"Will it be like in a fairy tale, where a prince invites you to dance?" Kato Megumi blinked her clear eyes.

Eriri feigned nonchalance: "Well, of course there's a crown and a dress. The crown is one that the Queen once wore. A princess's life is a bit boring, mostly socializing and stuff. I don't actually attend many of those. By the way, etiquette classes are really tough..."

"As for the prince inviting me to dance," Eriri tucked a stray hair behind her ear, her smile radiant, "Arthur is my prince. With the king here, who would care about any prince!"

Arthur is the best!

The blonde girl's happy, sweet smile was incredibly beautiful, and even her slight smugness seemed so adorable. Anyone who saw her would understand how happy she was.

However... it was too flashy.

"Damn it!" Eriri puffed out her cheeks, feeling a little sour inside. "Why do I feel so full..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha also looked puzzled: "I always feel like we're superfluous."

Kato Megumi succinctly observed: "This is what it feels like to be fed dog food!"

The three exchanged glances, and their previous sharp exchanges seemed to have subsided. They were all single, so no one should laugh at anyone else.

"As for those negative comments, I cared about them quite a bit at first." Eriri pursed her lips. "I spent all day and night reading those comments, and it made me feel uncomfortable... Later, Arthur took me to participate in a live stream."

"What live stream?" Everyone's eyes gleamed with curiosity.

"Was it that live stream?" Kasumigaoka Utaha recalled, then sighed, "King Arthur really had nothing but praise for you."

“Of course, Arthur is the best.” Eriri answered without hesitation, “Aside from my parents, Arthur is the best person to me!”

"What exactly happened in that live stream?" Eriri felt like her heart was being scratched by a cat. She looked at her other self, whose face, which was originally similar, no longer seemed so different.

"I also watched that live stream. King Arthur publicly stated that his Master was Sawamura-kun, that he would be loyal to his princess and always protect her, and that Sawamura-kun was very outstanding, and so on." Kasumigaoka Utaha recalled that she was quite envious of Eriri at the time. After all, anyone would be moved by a noble, handsome, strong, and gentle person who was so good to you.

Then she summoned Charlemagne, perhaps as a response to a small expectation in her heart.

"You seem to be at odds with me, but you're secretly keeping an eye on me?" Eriri said with a smug expression. "I didn't know that, Kasumigaoka."

“That incident caused such a big stir, and you’re a student at the same school, it would be strange if you didn’t look into it.” Kasumigaoka Utaha glanced at her out of the corner of her eye. “Don’t flatter yourself, Your Highness.”

Eriri puffed up her cheeks in anger: "Who asked you to call me princess in such a sarcastic way? Show me some respect!"

Kato Megumi's eyes sparkled with wonder. She looked at Kasumigaoka and Sawamura in this world, then at "Kasumigaoka" and "Sawamura" in the other world, and suddenly realized that the rumors on the internet weren't entirely unfounded.

At least they do seem to have a bit of a bickering couple vibe.

"Respect should be based on being worthy of respect, right, Sawamura-kun?" Kasumigaoka Utaha's crimson eyes flickered. "How about you first get rid of your habit of calling me by my full name?"

Eriri turned her head sharply to the side, her golden ponytail swinging in the air in an arc.

Eriri looked left and right, finding it strange, and muttered softly, "I thought becoming a princess would make me a little... better..."

Eriri's proud and confident demeanor just now was exactly what Eriri herself aspired to be, but after only a few words, she revealed her true, useless nature.

"Don't you understand yet, Sawamura-kun?" Kasumigaoka Utaha chuckled, her tone somehow complicated. "It's precisely because she's not good enough, not mature enough, that it shows how happy she really is."

Because only pampered children have flaws and don't need to grow up too fast; the hardships and sorrows ahead of them have already been carefully shielded by another person's arms.

Even her other self was like that. Kasumigaoka Utaha glanced at her counterpart, and the happiness that emanated from her very being was impossible to hide.

I'm a little envious...

Kasumigaoka Utaha couldn't help but think of herself. Even if Aki Tomoya had chosen her, could he have gone that far? Even if she wasn't a little girl who needed protection, she couldn't refuse a loyal knight offering his protection.

"What are you thinking?" Kasumigaoka Utaha changed the subject. "We can't keep hiding like this forever, can we? Do you have any ideas on how to go back?"

"Even if I brought some cash, it wouldn't last long."

For reasons of confidentiality and security, the two from the other world cannot go to those small hotels. Even if she and Eriri rent a house together, it would still be an expense.

Kasumigaoka Utaha shook her head: "Although we are Masters, we don't have any special abilities other than the contract, and we have no clue about such a sudden event as traveling to another world."

"All we can do is wait, because people from our world will surely come looking for us."

"Before that, I might have to bother you for a while." Kasumigaoka Utaha said frankly. After all, it was another version of herself, so wasn't it only right to help each other?

“Don’t worry about money.” Eriri took off the bracelet on her wrist, the gems and diamonds on it reflecting a mesmerizing light under the lamp. “Selling this will be enough to support us for a long time.”

Kasumigaoka Utaha remarked, "As expected of the princess, she's incredibly wealthy."

"You're so long-winded!"

"Now I'm starting to really feel like you're a princess," Eriri couldn't help but retort. It wasn't very obvious from her appearance, but she was definitely much richer than her.

It's not that Eriri's family is poor, it's just that she's still young and can only afford her own pocket money and Eri Hakuki's royalties. Compared to "Eri," who receives gifts from all sides, it's far less.

"Um," Kato Megumi, who had been keeping a low profile, suddenly raised her hand, "Now that we've finally arrived in another world, wouldn't Sawamura-san and Kasumigaoka-senpai from this other world like to have some fun?"

"Eh?"

"Although we need to consider the issue of confidentiality, as long as we disguise ourselves a little, no one will question us if we say we are relatives."

It's not like you're some big shot. Who cares what relatives you have? At most, the students at Toyosaki Academy might gossip about it, but as long as you stay away from the school, no one will see you.

Kato Megumi's eyes were gentle, and she had a kind of thoughtfulness that came from her very bones: "The chance to come to another world is very rare, so let's take this opportunity to experience it."

Not only are opportunities scarce, but the chance to come to another world, especially to meet another version of yourself, is probably gone forever.

“That’s true. I didn’t expect to fall into the trap of being so self-righteous.” Kasumigaoka Utaha slapped her forehead. “I thought I would be getting a lot of attention, just like before.”

“Yes, me too…” Eriri wiped her face, speechless.

"Actually, there's nothing wrong with keeping it a secret," Kato Megumi quickly reassured her. "You just don't need to worry about it too much; even if you told someone, no one would believe you anyway."

After all, this is a world without supernatural facts. Even if Eriri and "Eriri" walk out together, the number of people who would guess that they are long-lost sisters is definitely more than those who would guess that they are counterparts from another world.

Eriri and Utaha Kasumigaoka are just a little paranoid and overly cautious because, as the Masters of Heroic Spirits in this world, their every move is watched by everyone.

This influenced Eriri and Kasumigaoka Utaha, making them think that this kind of thing must not be known to outsiders.

"Thank you, Kato-kun."

This time, their gratitude was genuine.

Once you open your mind, most things seem to fall into place, and Eriri even has a sudden inspiration.

“Come home with me!” Eriri grabbed the hand of her other self.

Eriri: "Huh?"

"Let Mom and Dad see my new sister!" Eriri smiled mischievously. "Won't it be funny to see their surprised faces?"

Well... it doesn't seem like it's impossible?