the living [comprehensive]

Worried about the two rituals and annoyed about his personal feelings, Shirou fell into a deep sleep in the middle of the night.

Because of being tricked out by Asakami Fujino the night before and having his finger broken by the other party, the boy who had been tossing for nearly a day and night urgently needed to catch up on sleep.However, for some reason, he slept restlessly.

The heroic spirit who left before the boy lay down reappeared in the quiet and dark room, his burning eyes fixed on the boy's slightly frowning brows.

The heroic spirit who walked all the way in blood and fire, like a body forged of steel, has undergone severe tempering, and the heart that was once soft has also become extremely cold.Looking at the boy's sleepy face in distress, he just spit out a ruthless evaluation: "Useless brat."

Wait a minute, this kid will probably wake up from the nightmare, right?Thinking so, the heroic spirit planned to disappear before the boy opened his eyes.

However, different from what he had imagined, the boy's expression became more and more painful, but he just curled up his body forbearance in his sleep, and locked his brows even tighter.The wrinkles deeply imprinted on the young man's fair and clean forehead were so abrupt that Heroic Spirit's indifferent expression also fluctuated a little.

Showing such a painful expression but not waking up, is it haunted by a nightmare?

This time, Heroic Spirit didn't laugh at the boy.He has already noticed the magical atmosphere that hangs over this apartment.

A powerful magician is probably at work, and the target is probably a girl named "Two Ceremonies".This brat was just implicated innocently.

Speaking of which, why did this unexpected kid appear beside Liang Ri?It would be too stupid to take risks for people who have nothing to do with it.

Of course, if the brat likes two rituals, that's a different story.Although the other party didn't show any emotion of admiration when getting along with the girl, this explanation makes perfect sense.

Having said that, he was actually seriously thinking about such an insignificant matter?Sure enough, it's still too boring.

Putting aside his wild guesses, Heroic Spirit looked at the young man struggling in the nightmare again, and then stretched out his hand.

Heroic Spirit pressed his slender fingers against the boy's soft lower lip.Gently and patiently, Heroic Spirit freed the lips that had been bitten tightly by the teenager from under the teeth little by little.

For the sake of the kid's promise to help him, he should take care of him a little bit.Thinking like this, the Heroic Spirit poked towards the opponent's forehead, trying to smooth the boy's frown.

--Snapped!

Pulled forward by the sudden force, Heroic Spirit quickly stabilized his body and stared at the boy's hand in astonishment.That white and slender hand was holding his wrist tightly at this moment.

The teenager who was trapped by the nightmare seemed to think that he had grasped a life-saving straw, and unconsciously grasped the grasped wrist tightly.That wasn't a force that would make Yingling feel pain, but it was enough to bother him.

"Tch." Heroic Spirit, who couldn't pull his hand out even after trying several times, pursed his lips irritably.The idea of ​​wanting to appease the other party has been wiped out, and the heroic spirit suppressed the idea of ​​"wake up the kid directly", planning to directly transform into a spirit body to escape.

However, as the heroic spirit turned his body into light spots and scattered them in the air, the boy troubled by nightmares tightened his fingers even more, stubbornly unwilling to let the person he caught leave.

"Well……"

The short groan that the young man spit out unconsciously, like weeping, made the heroic spirit give up the act of leaving as a spirit body.

"Oh, it's unthinkable to make such an embarrassing sound. If you just leave like this, will you cry? It would be embarrassing if the girl next door who took you in heard you."

Heroic Spirit spat out teasing words as usual, but his eyes on the boy subconsciously softened a little.He stared at the other party quietly, his fingers clasping the other party's hand tightly.

"I really can't help it. However, if you want to act like a baby, I'm not the ideal person."

Heroic Spirit murmured to himself in a low voice, and the hand that was free to move lightly rested on the boy's forehead.

As if he had received the tenderness from the pitifully few heroic spirits, the boy's brows stretched a little, and the distress on his face showed signs of fading away.

Seeing this, the sharp corners of the heroic spirit's lips, like those carved by a knife, curled up in an extremely small arc.

Sure enough, he is a little ghost, he will cry when he is frightened by the nightmare, and he will be satisfied with such a trivial comfort...

"Archer...it's okay..."

The young man's ravings, which were so young that they could hardly be heard, made Ying Ling's heart skip a beat.

"I'll hold you," pulling Heroic Spirit's hand to his cheek, the boy coquettishly rubbed the back of Heroic Spirit's hand with small scars, "I'll pull you...from the darkness..."

The boy's voice was blurred, but from the broken words at that time, the heroic spirit somehow felt a firm determination.

It turned out that he dreamed of the person he wanted to save?

Probably, someone I like.

However, this is also good.It's stupid and unrealistic to try to save everyone, and get yourself bruised and bruised.It is enough to save the one person you hold dearest.

Heroic Spirit sighed softly as if relieved for the boy.

However, for some inexplicable reason, even though the boy had gotten rid of the nightmare that plagued him, the heroic spirit had not left the other party's bedside.It wasn't until the boy let go of his hand as he turned over that he finally stood up, and finally looked down at the sleeping boy.

The boy who had escaped from the nightmare fell asleep defenselessly, the corners of his lips curled up slightly in satisfaction.

Probably because he thought he had really caught the person he liked.

Smiling helplessly, the heroic spirit's tall body turned into faint rays of light, disappearing in the thin morning light.

***

"Did you sleep well yesterday?" Ryoji asked Shirou in the early morning of the next day.

"Very good." Shirou replied with a smile, "I had a terrible dream at first, but after that, the nightmare turned into a wonderful dream."

The girl raised her eyebrows curiously: "Looking at your cheerful appearance, it really seems like a good dream. Otherwise, tell me?"

"Actually, it's nothing, but it's about a person I've admired for a long time." Shirou paused, and his bright voice became a little lower, "He saved many people from going to hell, but he was betrayed by others. Forgotten. I wanted to pull him out of the darkness, and for this reason, I did not hesitate to follow in his footsteps. However, the hope I sent to him with my own hands finally burned out."

"That's really bad," Ryoichi looked at Shirou solemnly, "And in this way, don't you also fall into the darkness like him?"

"Yes. But I believe that destroying in the dark will definitely not be our future." A confident smile overflowed from the boy's face, and was replaced by a smudged red glow, "And, I Dreaming about that guy... finally came over by himself and grabbed my hand."

"Oh? Looks like someone I like!" The two rituals' hobby of playing tricks on others seems to be recovering.

Shirou lowered his head with a blushing face, and then turned to the girl teasing him frankly: "I guess. However, personal feelings are actually irrelevant. Nothing is more important than saving him from the hopeless cycle of reincarnation."

Facing the boy's incomparably open and clear eyes, the two were taken aback for a moment, and then laughed out loud.

"You are such a lovely boy. The woman you like must be very happy."

"Uh, this..." Shirou struggled for a moment, and finally decided that it was better not to explain, "We have more important things to solve than this. Your apartment seems to have been subjected to a powerful magic."

"Hmm. This strange and annoying smell has permeated every corner." The two men became serious, "Actually, I have been haunted by nightmares for nearly a week. That's why I asked you how you slept last night. .”

"Is it really related to the magician?" Shirou whispered to himself.

Therefore, although what Archer said was different from the illusion he saw, what the other party said was correct.It is true that powerful and evil magicians have laid their webs, waiting for the prey of the two rituals to take the bait.

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