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

"Ding-ling-ling..."

"Huh? This is..."

Shinji, who was shopping with Sakura, suddenly felt the vibration of his cell phone in his pocket. Confusedly, he took it out and took a look. It showed Rin's call request.

"What's wrong? Who would call at this time?"

"Rin called, but I don't know why she called after being apart for less than ten minutes."

Shinji looked at the vibrating phone, hesitated for a moment, and then pressed the cancel button. He then put the phone in his pocket as if nothing had happened.

"Eh!? Nissan, aren't you going to answer it?"

"...There's no need for that. We'll be going back soon anyway, and my intuition tells me that what was said on the phone is definitely not a good thing."

"Is that so... Is there something urgent..."

Before Sakura could finish her words, her phone, which had just gone silent, started ringing again. As expected, it was Rin calling again.

"...Look, it must be an emergency."

Shinji did not deny what Sakura said, but this also made him more certain that what the other party said was not good, so this time he hung up the phone without any hesitation!

Then a few seconds later the phone rang again, then hung up, rang again, and hung up again...

"Uh... this isn't a good idea..."

Sakura looked at Shinji who was having fun with his phone with shame. Now she could probably imagine how angry Rin was at the moment...

the other side

Toosaka Rin stared at the phone in front of her with veins all over her head. Seeing her call being hung up again, the expression on her face suddenly became quite terrifying.

"This guy!!? He actually dared not to answer a single call! He must have done it on purpose, this bastard..."

Toosaka Rin was so angry that she wanted to rush out to the street and tear that guy's head off.

But after glancing at the IOU on the table, she suppressed her anger... Since the call couldn't go through, she would send a message. Anyway, he would definitely have his phone by now, and even if he didn't, he would be able to see the message...

"Oh, no more fighting... Looks like you've given up."

"..."

Sakura looked at the phone in Shinji's hand which was no longer making any noise, and knew that the other party had been broken down by her brother. This made her feel both amused and helpless.

"Nisan, okay... let's go back. Since we made so many calls at once, there must be something important to discuss."

"Hmm...it seems like I really need to go back and take a look."

Shinji took a last look at the message Rin sent him. It didn't explain the reason, but just asked him to come back quickly.

But what really made him feel something was wrong was that even though he had gone so far, there wasn't a single dirty word in the message sent by the other party... This was totally inconsistent with the other party's attitude towards him!

[It seems like there is something fishy going on...]

Afterwards, the two of them ended today's date somewhat hastily. They were together all the time anyway, so this date didn't make a difference.

About ten minutes later, the two arrived at the door of the mansion. Coincidentally, Shirou also rushed back at this time. After hearing that Rin had something important to tell him, he immediately opened the door and walked in together.

Perhaps because they were all focused here, none of the three noticed that the yard had been completely renovated and was no longer the shabby and dilapidated one that it was in the morning...

As soon as the three of them entered the room, they saw Lin sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, frowning and looking impatient.

"Too slow! Can't you be faster, or do you simply ignore my words?"

"It's already pretty fast... So, what are you so anxious about? I don't think I've done anything to offend you recently, right?"

"There hasn't been any recently, which means there was one before... Never mind, that's not what I want to talk about. Anyway, you can see for yourself!"

Lin handed over a piece of paper in front of the three people, which listed a lot of compensation items and left a long string of numbers at the end...

"What...is this?"

"...Oh! Siguo Yinarin, is this your new phone number?"

"(...)"

"I'll take your place, Feng Fu! This is all your fault... Matou Shinji, and Emiya Shirou... Didn't you two notice any changes outside when you came back?"

"Variety?"

Shirou saw Rin's unusually angry look, and immediately pinched his chin and thought...

"...It seems like nothing happened. It feels the same as before?"

"It's even more wrong if it's the same as before! Have you forgotten what you did last night!?"

Shinji still didn't react, tilting his head to think about Rin's question...

What did you do last night... Sakura? This shouldn't count, right?

Fortunately, Shirou reacted first and exclaimed:

"Oh! I remember now, those damaged things outside seem to have been repaired!"

"...Damn~ Are you finally reacting?"

"What? It turns out it's just this..."

"(...)"

"What do you mean by 'just this'?"

Toosaka Rin looked at Shinji's lukewarm attitude and threw the note in his face in anger:

"Although we can live here, the ownership still belongs to that woman. You destroyed this place into such a horrible state last night. Luvia came back early this morning and repaired the damaged areas..."

"And this... is the compensation! As the saboteurs, you two must take your responsibilities seriously!"

After leaving the IOU to Shinji and the others, Toosaka Rin immediately turned away with a cold expression, stood aside with her arms folded across her chest, and seemed to have no interest in the matter at all.

"Nah... Nani! Do we have to pay all this money!!!"

After Shirou understood what had happened, he took another look at the astronomical figures, and this time his expression became horrified.

How long would it take him to work to earn back that much money?

As for Shinji...his expression didn't change much. No matter what happened, he wouldn't feel too guilty even if it was indeed him who did it.

Besides, even if he really had to pay compensation, it was not that he couldn't pay it. From every point of view, it was just a small matter for him.

Compared to this, he was more curious. Since it was something with clear responsibilities, why did Rin's reaction become so strange, as if she was deliberately avoiding something...

"You must be kidding... How can I possibly pay back this much money..."

Shirou was still staring at the IOU and muttering to himself, his face full of distress.

Suddenly he found that there was a strange place on the note, as if it was folded, leaving an unnatural blank space.

"Eh? What is this, folded up?"

"!?"

Buhao!

When Rin heard Shirou's words, she instantly lost her previous indifference and became visibly panicked. Shinji keenly realized that something was wrong and snatched the note away before Rin.

"give me back!"

"Why are you in such a hurry? After all, I caused the damage, so I have to settle the compensation..."

Shinji held Rin down with one hand and held the note with the other, brushing his thumb across the unnatural spot on it. The touch was obviously different.

[There is something fishy going on! And it looks like a disguise magic was used on it]