Heroic Spirit: I, Shinji, have tried my best.

"...Shirou, what are you going to do next?"

"Eh? What do you mean by how to do it? Just continue to study here? After all, even as a guard, there is a three-year probation period, and I..."

"That's not what I'm talking about!"

"?"

Shinji turned around and looked seriously at the red-haired boy in front of him, knowing that he was in a similar situation to himself, so he wanted to see what the man who had been the protagonist thought...

"You have so many projection treasures. It doesn't look like they are for self-defense... Since you have chosen to stay in the Clock Tower, why do you need those things?"

"..."

"Although three years is not a long time, would you really choose to stay here for three years and then be kicked out of the Clock Tower one day in the future?"

"..."

"You...actually you've been planning to run away for a long time..."

"...As expected, I can't hide anything from you!"

Shirou suddenly laughed when he heard what Shinji said.

Because what the other party said was right, he didn't intend to stay here honestly for three years.

Of course, he wasn't afraid of being kicked out in three years, but during the time he spent studying in the Clock Tower, he had learned some basic information about magic, and he also realized that what was taught here was not suitable for him...

As someone who had come into contact with powerful beings like Heroic Spirits from the very beginning, his concept of magic was very different from that of orthodox magicians from the very beginning.

Not to mention that after seeing the power of Red A, his future self, he realized that if he wanted to become stronger, he might have to follow the known path.

Just like [Infinite Blade Systems] is strong not because of its inherent barrier, but because the user has witnessed countless Noble Phantasms with his own eyes and remembered them in his heart through endless battles, thus creating an infinite world of Noble Phantasms.

So no matter what, the result points to one choice...that is to leave.

"Shinji...Why do you think Archer gave up and even hated becoming a 'partner of justice'?"

"How would I know? But it must be because he suffered a lot on this road that he gave up this option."

"Yes! After you left, he also talked to me about many things... like the infinite possibilities of the future, the differences between the same person in different time and space..."

"And the final result is... I want to look for the path Kiritsugu walked in the past."

"..."

"Hey~ I've lived as an ordinary person for more than ten years, but in the end I got involved in the magic world because of a Holy Grail War..."

"Even if you study here honestly for a while, your talent will be discovered sooner or later, and you might even become a well-known figure in the magic world."

"But do you still choose to give up this and open up a path full of unknowns and dangers on your own?"

Shirou was silent for a while, lowering his head. Shinji thought he was also hesitating, but the next moment a pair of determined eyes looked at him:

"...You're right. I also doubted the correctness of this choice at first, not to mention that after seeing your strength, the dangers out there are greater than I thought... Heroic Spirits, dragons, or even more amazing beings!"

No, actually what you just said is not available outside...

"But after the Holy Grail War, I understood... After seeing Kiritsugu's world, ordinary people's life is no longer suitable for me. With my current strength, I may be able to do more..."

"...Even fulfilling Kiritsugu's unfulfilled wish...Eh? Shinji you..."

"It's alright. I've asked all the questions I wanted to ask... If you still want to go out, then hurry up and continue making your prefabricated sword... Don't forget that you don't have any stock left now."

"Crack!"

"..."

Before Shirou could finish his words, Shinji closed the door and left, leaving him a reminder.

"What? Shinji never listens to me finish my words... But since you ask this, you are the same as me..."

the other side

Shinji, who had already walked out of the door, looked at the two girls in front of him expressionlessly, his eyes flickering and evasive, as if he had been caught doing something bad.

"Ah... Hey, Shinji, you came out really quickly. I thought you weren't going to come out tonight..."

"Nisan, don't be angry. Actually, we just said that we didn't hear anything."

"Hey! Sakura!"

Toosaka Rin widened her eyes and looked at Sakura who exploded in an instant, making her previous cover-up look like a clown. Couldn't you have been a little tougher?

Shinji looked at the two of them indifferently, not sure when these two guys who had just been lying on the sofa in a state of disarray came here to eavesdrop.

But even if he heard it, it wouldn't matter. It's not something shameful anyway.

"...What are you looking at! I was just a little worried that you two might fight again and tear down the house, so I came to take a look."

"Yeah... I see. It's pretty late now, Rin, you should go to bed."

"Of course I know this, you don't need to remind me! Or if you hadn't made such a big noise, I would have fallen asleep by now."

Toosaka Rin crossed her arms across her chest, turned her face away in displeasure, and walked towards her room.

Shinji also took Sakura back to his room to sleep.

Originally, all this was fine... But before Rin closed the door, she saw Sakura and Shinji enter the room next to her out of the corner of her eye...

"?"

What’s going on? Isn’t that guy’s room downstairs? Why is he coming to Sakura’s room... No way!

Suddenly a bolt of lightning struck Rin's head, causing her entire body to begin to fade.

Oh no, I suddenly remembered that the relationship between this brother and sister is not simple... That means these two guys will be in the same bed tonight...

"..."

"boom!"

Rin's door was slammed shut, causing Sakura, who was about to lock the door, to look out in confusion, then she looked back and locked the door.

Turning around, I found Shinji had already run to the bed. Although he had just experienced a battle, his body was not dirty or anything.

Seeing that her bed was occupied, Sakura didn't say anything. She turned off the light and got into the quilt herself.

Anyway, the two of them have long been accustomed to this kind of thing.

Just as Sakura's eyes hadn't adjusted to the darkness and she was groping for the pillow on the bed, she suddenly felt a foreign object push against her body, and her face instantly turned red...

"Nisan! It's bedtime!"

"But I'm not sleepy. I had enough sleep before dinner... And you also slept for a whole day on the plane. Are you still sleepy now?"

"That's not what I meant...Rin is still next door..."

"Then keep your voice down..."

"Hmm..."