Knock! Knock! Knock!
Knock! Knock! Knock!
The dojo's door panel was knocked with a "knock knock" sound.
Fujimura Taiga angrily opened the door, "Who is it! Don't you know it's only early morning right now?"
"Tohsaka?"
"Hi, Fujimura-sensei," Tohsaka Rin greeted with a bright smile.
Fujimura Taiga's gaze moved from her body, noticing behind her, "Tohsaka-san!"
Fujimura Taiga's face turned serious, immediately dropping crocodile tears, "Sensei understands how you feel having a boyfriend, but you still can't show off by bringing him to the door!"
"...", Tohsaka Rin had no strength to explain, "It's not like that, Fujimura-sensei. Boyfriend or whatever, that's way too early. Anyway, can you let me come in first?"
"No way! If you don't explain clearly I..."
The boy's eye-catching red hair caught her glance. Though they were strangers, Fujimura Taiga still said something she normally would never say, "Just this once."
"Great," Tohsaka Rin let out a breath of relief.
She herself didn't know why she wanted to come here.
Completely without reason, clearly, taking him back to the villa might've been safer.
To be honest, knowing that Sajyou Manaka wasn't dead, she nearly lost even the courage to fight her.
It's just that the pride of the Tohsaka family didn't allow her to say such discouraging words.
But judging by the result… it was still too reckless.
Tohsaka Rin, no matter what, still felt deeply regretful. She even let out a wail, "Why do I have to do such a thankless task?"
Lying on the clean floor, the red pendant and her line of sight aligned.
Inside, the magical energy accumulated over more than ten years had been completely used up.
'What's the meaning of doing all this?'
'Just to find that his spiritual foundation is still intact?'
'Really unbelievable, that was a Noble Phantasm blessed by two Command Spells at A++ level.'
'This Servant actually survived.'
'And only barely survived.'
With those kinds of injuries, if not treated immediately, even a Servant absolutely wouldn't last until dawn.
'However, such serious injuries, ordinary healing magecraft can't possibly save him.'
So...
"No choice, not saving him is totally out of the question."
Tohsaka Rin weakly consoled herself, "That Sajyou Manaka is way overpowered, Berserker is a powerful Servant, saving him to use against that person is the right choice."
"But still...", Holding her head, the girl's slender legs under black stockings kicked wildly in the air, and she let out another wail, "He's not even my Servant!"
"This is completely helping the enemy!"
She rolled wildly along the floor, until she met that... cold gaze.
"..."
"Yo!", Because of shock, he suspected that he might have been summoned again, but in an instant, regaining calm, he sensed that his connection with Illya was still there.
'So, I was saved by this girl in the end.'
'Never thought that red jewel can be used this way.'
'In a certain sense, isn't this an inescapable karmic bond with Tohsaka Rin?'
He thought about many things, but only an instant passed.
Too late to resolve the awkwardness, his first response was to blink emotionlessly, and then a completely emotionless "yo" popped from his mouth.
The result was, the girl sat up, snatched the pillow from beneath his head, blocked her blushing face with it, and with endless shame and anger in her tone said, "'Yo' what? Are you an idiot? Can't even pick the right words? And what's with that tone? Why is it exactly like Archer?"
"Who knows," Shirou naturally sat up.
That's the good thing about being a Servant, the injuries, once healed, didn't require a recovery period.
"Maybe your Servant really admires me, so he mimics the way I speak."
"Ha, admire you?", Too shocked, Tohsaka Rin poked her head out from beside the pillow.
With a face that read, "What is your brain made of?"
Her jet-black twintails swayed back and forth.
Shirou folded the bedding neatly.
Such a familiar house. In a world that didn't belong to him, he never expected he'd return to the Emiya residence in Fuyuki City.
'No, Kiritsugu is long gone, so it should be considered Fuji-nee's house.'
"Don't you think it's normal?", He described in a flat tone, "Servants, after all, are people who once existed in history. Although it's improbable... meeting acquaintances, or being placed alongside revered heroes, it's not impossible."
"The Holy Grail, is just such a miracle-filled thing, right?"
"Putting it that way, it's indeed possible," the girl muttered quietly, "But, how many such matches can really exist in this world?"
"Whether it's a match or not, that's not for you to decide."
Shirou raised a finger, "Let's verify, do you remember your Servant's expression when I introduced myself."
"Archer's expression?", Tohsaka Rin thought back, and her gaze gradually changed.
If not mistaken, they were all recalling history, mythology, or legends with that name.
Only Archer, at the very first moment, thought he was lying.
'Could it be...'
"Hehe, such energy. Clearly just a few hours ago you were half-dead. Looks like that 'thing' really worked well," After a cold sneer, a tall, gray-haired Servant appeared behind Tohsaka Rin.
"You're back, Archer," The return of her own Servant ended Tohsaka Rin's overthinking, and she turned her attention to him.
"How was it?"
"A bit unfortunate, I was discovered."
"No way," Tohsaka Rin leaned back, "You were just tailing her secretly and still got found?"
"No choice," Red A crossed his arms, "Sajyou Manaka really is a monster. I felt like she just didn't want to kill me. With a cat-playing-with-mouse attitude. Otherwise, maybe I wouldn't have made it back."
"So hard to deal with?", Tohsaka Rin bit her fingernail.
Shirou noticed Red A's probing gaze, raised an eyebrow.
Although Red A didn't say the name of that 'thing' directly, he still understood immediately.
'Avalon?'
Because he couldn't use it, it had been temporarily placed on himself.
Never thought it would save his life at the crucial moment.
Shirou carefully sensed, discovering Avalon had already fused into his body.
'?'
He was a little dazed.
'Could it be that getting stuck with Avalon is Shirou's required course?'
"Hmph, being recognized by that King, so the miracle shined as it should. When it comes to luck, I have to admit, you're impressive, smart Berserker," Red A also slightly raised an eyebrow, tone a bit mocking.
Shirou looked at him, raised both eyebrows.
Red A also raised both.
Shirou: 'What are you looking at?'
Red A: 'I'm looking at you, so what?'
"Hey… what are you two doing?", Tohsaka Rin's brow twitched.
Formally confirmed, these two know each other.
And it's definitely not the kind of relationship Shirou claimed.
Taking this opportunity, she smirked and asked, "Archer, have you remembered your true name?"
Red A fell silent, "Sorry, memory still messy."
"Ah, memory still messy," Tohsaka Rin mocked sarcastically.
"Really," Red A explained, "I just feel a bit familiar with him. Maybe because he's just too detestable."
"Good timing, I dislike you too," Shirou shrugged indifferently.
"Anyway, aside from other things, thanks for saving me. Lastly, here's a warning."
When the two looked over, he said, "Sajyou Manaka is absolutely not someone you can judge with common sense. Also, she's an omniscient and omnipotent magician."
As those words fell, Red A, who had been expressionless all along, finally showed a shocked expression, "She really is… omniscient and omnipotent?"
Tohsaka Rin's eyes widened, shouting incredulously, "Omniscient and omnipotent? Are you joking?"
"How could I," Shirou said calmly, "She was born having already reached the magus's eternal wish, the Root."
"That's right, Sajyou Manaka, Princess of the Root, a girl with only one magic circuit, and that circuit is connected to the Root."
"So, she can be called the strongest, most terrifying magician in the history of the Holy Grail War."
Tohsaka Rin was already so shocked by this information that she couldn't speak.
Even Red A couldn't stay indifferent.
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