the living [comprehensive]

Shirou stared fixedly at the direction of the window.Seemingly dazed, he knew very well in his heart who he was looking for.

Although it exists in the state of a spirit body and carefully hides the fluctuation of magic power, but this familiar breath is definitely that guy.

.

Archer...

Last time in Hinamizawa, I disappeared so suddenly, I don't know if it will scare Archer?It's a pity that I couldn't see the other party's frightened expression.

The young man who thought this way showed a slight smile, and then sighed with a sense of regret.

The heroic spirit who was permanently trapped must have forgotten himself in the long killing.When we meet next time, I'm afraid the other party will behave like meeting a stranger, and even call himself a "useless brat" with a look of disgust.

—Although Archer, who thought of everything during the Holy Grail War, also loathes himself quite a bit.

"What are you looking at, you." The girl's dissatisfied voice brought Shirou back to reality.

"It's nothing." Shirou quickly turned his head, "You said just now that you know who the murderer is..."

"Well, he is one of my seniors, but he didn't have much contact with him before. He seems to have been transformed by some strange magic. When he saw me, his face was painful and distorted." The girl's voice suddenly sank, "Perhaps, just now I He shouldn't be let go. But I think as long as he can survive as a normal person, let him live."

The majesty naturally emanating from the girl made Shirou unable to doubt the other party's words.But he is quite concerned about a certain thing: "People who are changed by magic...may become monsters or something like that. Although it is a bit alarmist, I am not aimless. Maybe it would be better to end his suffering?"

"Oh? No wonder you have a sense of fighting. So you are a magician." The girl keenly grasped another important point.

Shirou bowed his head slightly in annoyance, intending to remain silent.But the girl quickly put away her teasing smile, and said seriously: "I know. That's why I regret letting him go. However, as long as he is still a 'human', he has the right to live."

"Well. And, as long as you live, there is still hope. It doesn't matter if you change yourself or make up for your sins. Once you die, everything is over."

"Yeah," the girl smiled approvingly, but she didn't know what to think, and her voice suddenly turned cold, "I told her the same way."

"She...?" Noticing the cold eyes of the other party for some reason, Shirou asked in confusion.

The two ceremonies looked at him carefully, with trouble in their eyes, as if they were thinking about whether they should tell the answer.Before she could speak, someone interrupted their conversation.

"Shi? I came out because I heard you were still awake..." The long-haired girl who appeared at the door stopped talking after seeing Shirou.The soft and beautiful girl frowned slightly, as if she didn't welcome the uninvited guest in front of her, "This one, is your friend?"

"No, it's just a stranger who passed out on the side of the road. Because I couldn't keep an eye on him, I picked up the child." The two rituals returned to their previous calm and capable appearance, and introduced the girl to Shirou, " This is Asakami Fujino, who passed out in front of a friend's clinic due to a certain illness. My friend is male and needs to be avoided, so I took her home and took care of her."

Just pick up people of unknown origin and bring them home, okay?

"You are so kind, Liangyi. But..." Shirou, who was about to seriously advise Liangyi, had just started, and then stopped in embarrassment.

Speaking of which, a girl with incredible strength really doesn't have to worry about being hurt by strangers.Even he, who learned fighting skills from Archer and was able to fight other heroic spirits, was suppressed by the girl in an instant.

"But?" Liang Ri blinked, "It's okay, I've done many times to take in others temporarily. Anyway, I've already picked you up."

"Huh? Are you going to take me in temporarily?"

"Of course. You've been at the murder scene before, so maybe you'll get into trouble because of it. Besides, you have nowhere to go."

"That's how it is said..." In front of the girl who had already seen through everything, Shirou didn't intend to hide anything.But he didn't care about the girl's concerns at all.

Focused on the two ceremonies, they cast their slender shoulders to the corner of the wall without any trace.That breath was so subtle that it was almost imperceptible, and Reishirou couldn't help smiling.

Although no matter how you look at it, you don't think the girl in front of you is someone who wants to destroy the world, but Archer's despair is probably related to her.Moreover, staying here is equivalent to staying by Archer's side.

Shirou made up his mind on this: "Then, I'll bother you brazenly."

"But you don't have any extra rooms, do you, Shiki?" The gentle and reticent girl named "Asakami Fujino" suddenly spoke.

Hearing this, Shirou glanced at the other party subconsciously.Asakami Fujino looked like an ordinary girl, but the other party's eyes gave him a subtle feeling.

Although it is likely to be the sequelae of getting along with the weird girls in Hinamizawa, when Fujino Asakami stared at him, it was like... being locked in by a snake lurking in the grass.

"It's okay, I'll sleep with you temporarily? It's convenient to take care of you, after all, you can't..." The unfinished words were cut off by the two rituals.She gave Shirou an apologetic look: "Then, you can stay in my room temporarily."

Don't want to talk about it in front of yourself because it's personal?Shirou thought about it, and was surprised by Ryoichi's unusually sensitive and gentle heart hidden under his cold exterior: "Sorry, I have to occupy your room temporarily."

"It's nothing." Ryoichi waved his hands and stood up, turned around and glanced at Shirou before walking out the door, "I'm sorry for teasing you for a long time just now, but your embarrassment is so funny, I can't help it .”

"Please don't make fun of me." Shirou looked up at Ryoji who pulled Asakami Fujino out of the room, a little helpless.His gaze swept across Fujino's side face inadvertently, but he was surprised by the light reflected in the other's eyes.

The long-haired girl who seemed to be concentrating on talking with the two rituals was actually watching her secretly.The dark pupils without impurities are as calm as stagnant water, and seem to contain some kind of inexplicable madness.

Although it is very likely that I think too much, I still need to pay attention to the people who appear next to the key girl in the two ceremonies.

Shirou walked over to close the door, and then, facing the empty room, he pursed his lips in embarrassment.

Call out Archer's name directly, and that guy will appear in front of me with a teasing smile, and may even give him awkward concern with a poisonous tongue...

- It was supposed to be like this.

However, it is impossible to replicate the peaceful coexistence in Chienizawa.

Facing the heroic spirit who has forgotten himself, everything has to start again.

When Shirou tried to drive the disappointment out of his mind and was thinking about how to address the other party, the heroic spirit in the red robe had already appeared in front of him.

"Can you really feel my presence? I thought it was just a mediocre magic apprentice, but I didn't expect to have such an excellent magic perception? What a mistake..."

The Heroic Spirit's teasing tone with a hint of sarcasm is the same as the one imprinted in Shirou's memory.However, listening to the other party utter words aimed at strangers in a tone that couldn't be more familiar, the usually gentle boy felt that some kind of emotion burst out like sparks in his heart, filling his entire chest little by little.

——As you said, I'm just a half-hearted magician.

——It’s just that I am already very familiar with the you I am looking forward to.

——Even if I couldn't recognize each other's beliefs, I still remember every bit of getting along with you during the Holy Grail War.Even, the first time I used magic to project, what came into my mind was the weapon you used.

——As long as you are there, it is impossible for me to be unaware.

——It would be great if I could tell you.

——It would be great if I could tell my feelings along with all the truth.

Taking a deep breath, Shirou turned the unceasing distress in his heart into turbid air and let it out slowly.

However, nothing is more important than changing Archer's experience and despair.So, there is no need to challenge the rules and make risky moves selfishly.Shirou silently reminded himself again.

"Little ghost," Heroic Spirit's low voice sounded from a step away in front of him, "Don't you have something to say to me?"

"Huh?" Shirou raised his head in a daze, looking at the heroic spirit who was close at hand.

"Isn't it? I discovered my existence a long time ago, but I didn't expose me in front of that girl, but kept staring at me. Oh my, you cast such a fiery gaze over me, could it be that you like me?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Although it was just an insignificant conversation, Shirou was still annoyed by Heroic Spirit's ignorant teasing, "You don't understand my mood!"

"It's just a joke." Ying Ling paused, and suddenly became serious, "Little ghost, you know me."

Shirou was stunned, his confusion subsided, his amber pupils were still locked on the tall figure in front of him.

"Well, I know you." He finally said calmly, "However, you have changed a lot since the last time we met."

The cold self-deprecation of the past has completely disappeared from the heroic spirit in front of him, and those steel-gray pupils that look a bit cold seem to have merged into the stars, adding an inescapable, shimmering light.

That is to say, even though Archer will not remember himself, and even though what he has experienced is only a small part of the cycle of despair, the life of the other party will still be changed because of him.

The boy's prolonged silence made Heroic Spirit slightly frown worriedly.He leaned forward slightly: "Hey, brat, you..."

Heroic Spirit's question choked in his mouth.

The young man in front of him raised his head and smiled happily at himself.

The upturned corners of her lips unabashedly proclaimed the joy in her heart, her brown eyes bent into soft arcs, and there was a pure soft light in the clear pupils reflecting her own figure.

"That's great," the boy said softly, "It's great to meet you like this."

His heart was slightly shaken by the smile that appeared in front of him without warning, Heroic Spirit took a small step back.Because of the existence of the other party, endless confusion arose in his heart.

This kid was an unexpected person who shouldn't have appeared here.I was supposed to drive the other party away decisively, but because of the eager eyes I looked at myself, I appeared in front of the other party, and even chatted nonsense here.

It's like, it's impossible to ignore the existence of the other party.

Feeling extremely upset, Heroic Spirit stretched out his hand, and pressed down the boy's smiling face: "Don't give me such a smirk," he said in a deep voice, but the corners of his lips rose a little because of the flustered gesture of the other party. "Although it's a bit of an impression, your stupid face...is really unlikable."

ha?

But isn't this stupid face what you used to look like!

Unable to resist the immense strength of the Heroic Spirit, Shirou let out such a mournful cry from the bottom of his heart while struggling.

The author has something to say: Your delicate friend [Senior] [Asaka Fujino] is online

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