Both Shirou and Sakura at least tried to change the mood.
Well both of them aren't really talkative people.
Taiga was currently a stone statue not even touching the food.
My mouth was shut tight by duct tape so I don't make the situation worse.
Rin was here also but she didn't know what happened so she was awkward by all of this.
After the dinner ended, I left with Saber into the dojo outside in the back yard.
Archer also followed us maybe because of Rin's orders.
"Saber why not have a quick warm up?" I threw her a wooden katana.
Saber feels the sword for a second and nods.
We have a friendly spar, Saber being a servant gave her all the upper hand so I used my few spells to even the field.
At this time I blocked the strike from the left.
My hand gripping on Saber's katana I counterattacked.
She quickly twisted her blade making me let go of the grip.
My stab missed as she dodged to the side following up with an arc slash from under.
She was going easy... super easy on me which I was thankful for.
But there really wasn't any way for me to win as she had far greater experience and physical strength.
After delivering fast strikes on multiple areas I was flying to the side losing conciseness for a few seconds.
When I gained consciousness I saw Taiga wasn't here... Wh... What should I do?
I didn't speak of it. And soon Sakura also left. Leaving the Master's and Servants.
Well It wasn't really a cooperation more like we will work for Rin.
"Hey Ryouma what do you think of the plan? Ryouma?" Rin sighed as her eyes were twitching, annoyed at me.
"We have Saber and Archer, I don't have a servant. That means someone already summoned a servant before me. That should mean 5 masters." Shirou nods at the obvious meaning.
Rin on the other hand tries to speak but I cut her. "So why are there 8 servants?"
Everyone gets shocked by my words. "One servant in the Matou family obviously, but the weird thing is that 2 servants are in the mountain shrine. And that Illyasviel has a berserker."
I tap the table in a frustrated manner.
"The Servants I called out don't have the same energy as the lancer so we can presume there are rider, caster and assassin. Which means the 8th servant is a complete mystery."
"I'm sorry but since I don't have a servant it's better for me not to get tangled now..."
Shirou looks stands up. "Hey Ryouma what do you mean you're a powerful magus here you can help us win."
I stop, turning around. "Shirou do you know what Rin's wish is? She has the will to kill you if you're not careful!"
Rin looks hurt but she can't deny such an obvious fact.
"Let me ask you Shirou Emiya. Are you willing to kill others to become a hero?" My voice was oozing with knowing the outcome.
"If you work with us we might win without others being hurt!" Shirou holds my shoulders so that I don't leave.
I shove it away. "What can I do? I'm just a faker..."
And I leave without saying another word.
My information might screw Rin's plans but it's not a big problem.
A walk through the city arriving at the hospital.
"Young man the visiting hours have already ended Please come back tomorrow." The nurse explains to me.
"Oh I'm sorry about that, can you be kind and look at which floor .... Is?" I try to give a gentle smile but my miserable eyes don't make my smile genuine.
The nurse checks the name after a few seconds. "Oh that boy are you a close family member of his?"
Well I can't say that I'm a student of the mother. "Yes I'm an older brother figure I just wanted to know if he is doing ok."
The nurse sighs. "He is on the seventh floor number thirty two, but you'll have to come back tomorrow to see him."
I bow down. "Thank you." With that I leave.
In reality I climbed it up there entering the room. I could just become invisible but the cameras would see doors or elevators opening and closing.
So no luck.
"Hello, I guess... I really don't know what to talk about with you. You have a caring mother." It was really hard to talk to a boy hooked up by machines barely alive.
"Hey I said something bad to your mother today... I'm sorry, I'm a horrible person for that." I look away, If only I could save him..."
These empty thoughts won't go away that easily if the world wanted to.
I can only leap out of the hospital landing gently. Well gentle by the seventh floor standards.
"I'll end this holy grail war right now!" I head towards the Matou household.
It was a massive European style mansion.
As I got to the gate an old dark voice talked. "What are you doing here!"
This was Matou Zouken. Grandpa of Shinji and Sakura, a cockroach of a man who refuses to die.
I'm not scared of him even my voice shows that. "Isn't your death already here? Why meddle with the kids and just wither away."
"Oh you sure have grown up, daring to talk big brat." How I wish he had a different voice is so irritating for my ears.
I ready my pipe I found from somewhere. "Tonight you'll be dead."
Swarming tide of insects piled on me making it hard to see.
"You're a fool." I could hear Zouken leaving me while I was attacked by bugs.
"These damn bugs..." I lose my consciousness.
I wake up in a barely visible room.
My arms and legs are locked into something cold. An altar? A slab? I can't move even an inch.
The air stinks of rot and old dirt, while slimy wet sounds surround the space.
Something shifts beneath me.
When I look down, the floor is crawling. Maggots. Worms. Thousands of them.