the living [comprehensive]

Chapter 17

This "reminiscence" of Shirou's unilateral holding of memories did not last long.

The figure of the heroic spirit quickly shattered in front of the young man when the door knocked, and when the last breath of magic power disappeared in the air, the knocker pushed the door straight and walked in.

Shirou, who thought it was the two rituals at first, was a little nervous, but he relaxed a little after seeing who was coming: "Miss Asakami? What's the matter?"

"You don't need to be so polite, just call me Fujino." The girl's voice was soft, and the expression hidden under her long bangs was cast a shadow, "Okay, can you go out with me?"

"Huh?" Shirou was taken aback, his whole body tensed up from vigilance.

"I want to ask you something. I was treated inhumanly before. It would be great if you could give me clues about the criminal."

"Oh .

"It doesn't matter." The girl smiled and walked out first, with Liu Shirou thinking behind her.

Although this girl looks a bit suspicious, if she doesn't avoid the owner, how can she know what the other party is hiding?

And, no matter what, the girl who lives with the two ceremonies for a while will probably not attack the people around her, right?That would be too reckless.

However, after walking into the snowy night with Fujino, the situation developed in a direction that Shirou could never have imagined.

"You can feel endless joy when you see other people's pain... You can understand this kind of feeling?"

Although he didn't understand why the other party asked such a question, Shirou quickly replied: "No."

"Stop joking!" The girl raised her voice, "I was insulted, my ribs were broken, and my life was even threatened... Don't you know these things!"

Hearing this, Shirou couldn't help but startled.

What the girl revealed in a few words was a sympathetic and tragic past.But the self who just came here didn't know anything about these things.

"Do you want to deny it?" The girl sneered, her cold pupils without emotion were covered with blood red, "Shiki began to suspect that I killed those who hurt me, so I brought the guys related to those people home Come and test me, isn't that right?"

Shirou tried to explain, "I think..." I was shot lying down.

However, the girl, wallowing in self-harm, didn't intend to listen to him.

The cold and silent air trembled violently, and strong air waves comparable to explosions swept across the sky.Subconsciously protecting himself with magic from the sharp wind blade, Shirou frowned and looked at the raised hand.

The moment the other party looked at him just now, there was a bone-shattering pain from the end of the little finger.

However, Asakami Fujino did nothing but stare at himself.

Do you want to project a weapon to subdue the opponent?But once Archer saw it, it would be bad.Hiding behind the barrier formed by magic power, Shirou was in a dilemma.

"Distraction during battle is fatal. You, get back for me."

A cold and reassuring voice came from behind, and Shirou's uneasy heart also stabilized.But on the opposite side, Asakami Fujino, there was a strong fluctuation in the blood-colored pupils.

"This brat has nothing to do with your business, don't drag outsiders into the water." Ryoji walked up to Shirou with a sigh, and drew out his knife, "During the few days you came to my house, I have been thinking... If you don't continue to kill If not, it doesn’t matter if I continue to take you in.”

"You think so, I'm very happy." Asakami Fujino showed a faint smile, and his empty pupils refocused, "But, it's a pity. I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to give up the joy brought by killing. Even You come to stop me, and I will break all your bones."

Words like a declaration of war made Shirou shudder.And what happened next was beyond his expectations.

The two girls, who were clearly not magicians, fought a grand battle in a world-shattering manner.Just by "watching", Asakami Fujino broke Ryoichi's arm.Everything on the bridge collapsed, and the two rituals who subdued Fujino in the ruins pierced the opponent's abdomen with a sharp blade——

"Did you kill her?"

"No, just cut off the necrotic part." After everything was over, Ryoichi walked to Shirou's side with a tired face, but first called an ambulance, and then began to tear his clothes, intending to fix his injured arm.

"Let me heal you with magic."

"Then, thank you." Ryoji smiled, and then looked seriously at Asakami Fujino, who had passed out, "That girl has the power to destroy and distort all tangible things, but she doesn't feel pain. Before, she was captured by the lawless She was tossing to a very miserable point. However, even if she was dying, she couldn't feel the pain."

"In this case, isn't it very pitiful?"

"Well, so, I twisted it under the instigation of others. But I don't think she is hopeless." Liang Yi suddenly sighed, "Because her eyes are too dangerous, so I only It can take away her vision. But I think she won't appreciate me when she wakes up."

That was the most vulnerable expression Shirou had ever seen on the opponent's face so far.Shirou wanted to comfort the other party, but he didn't know what to do because he didn't know the other party well: "But at least, she won't resent you. She likes you very much."

"Stop talking nonsense, it's the first time you've met us, isn't it?" Although he said these words indifferently, the tired faces of the two ceremonies brightened a little, "Compared to this, it's better to use It is more important to catch the culprit who instigated her."

Shirou silently stared into Ryoichi's bright eyes.

What kind of strong and clean soul is this?A person with such a fierce fighting spirit may not be able to trap him even in the darkest abyss.What's more, the girl still has the power that no one can match.

He was inexplicably envious of each other.

In the early morning of the next day, Shirou and Ryoji waited until Asakami Fujino woke up.The girl who was still full of hostility before calmly accepted the fact that she would be accompanied by darkness, and calmly chatted with the two rituals.

"It's so dark, I'm not used to it. But after a long time, I will be able to live like ordinary people."

"Yeah." The two ceremonies paused, and added, "The former murderer 'Asakami Fujino' is dead...just treat it to rot together with your appendix that was cut off. From now on, with ordinary people's Live as an identity."

The girl whose face was mostly covered by bandages raised the corners of her lips after hearing the words of the two rituals: "You are so gentle, Shi." She breathed a long sigh of relief, "The place where you cut the knife still hurts, but , This feeling of pain is really wonderful."

"Because you rarely feel pain."

"It's true. Because there is no pain, the pain is so beautiful."

"By the way, do you have any other ideas?"

"How should I put it... As expected, I still feel a little regretful. I can't tell if it's because I failed to take revenge, or because I can't continue to enjoy the joy of killing and hurting others."

In a place where Fujino couldn't see, Ryoji tightly clenched his hands, and then loosened his veined fist a little bit: "Really." She said softly.

"Yeah. But, since you found out, there's nothing I can do." The blind girl turned her head slightly, and turned to the direction facing the two rituals as if telepathically, "I like to notice that the only one A man who can feel my pain, that’s why I went to his clinic. It was unexpected to be brought home by you, but now that I think about it, I’m very happy.”

"Happy? I almost killed you."

Fujino shook his head, but the once hollow and cold voice was gradually filled with warmth: "But you, who stopped me, actually did a good thing, right? Besides, I also like you very much, who made me regain my sense of pain."

The two ceremonies did not answer, and the dignified eyes softened in silence.

"It's just, it's a pity. It would be nice if you were a man."

"Heh." The two ceremonies let out a short laugh, like a friendly ridicule.Shirou clearly saw a smile appearing on the other party's cold and capable face, and couldn't help but smile in relief.

"If only... I met you before I encountered that kind of thing." Fujino said softly, the expression on his face was unclear because of the layers of gauze wrapped around his head.

The two ceremonies held back their smiles and quietly raised their arms.As if to encourage the girl in front of her who was distorted by the cruel life, she held the other's hand tightly.

When he left the hospital early in the morning, Shirou felt that Ryoji's mood had improved a lot.

"That girl really likes you very much."

"Well. If she hadn't said it so solemnly, I would definitely not believe it. If she said that she likes Hei Tong, I would believe it somewhat."

"Hei Tong is...?"

The brisk footsteps of the two rituals stopped, and a little blush appeared on the fair cheeks: "It's the friend I mentioned, that is, the man Fujino likes, the man who opened the clinic." As if trying to cover up something, the girl suddenly raised her voice , "However, you are so stupid to live in my house when you know that I will threaten her life!"

"Maybe it's because of 'like' that I took the risk."

"Huh? In order to stay with the person you like, it doesn't matter if you don't protect yourself as a murderer? Then it doesn't matter if you die or even kill someone to be happy for the person you like?"

"Your analogy is too..." Shirou said helplessly, but swallowed the second half of the sentence when he remembered something.

"Is it too strange? But logically speaking, there is nothing wrong with it." Ryoichi turned around while talking, and was stunned when he saw Shirou's expression as if he had been struck by lightning, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Shirou shook his head and smiled as usual.However, the question that had been in his mind for a long time finally had an answer—an answer that made him feel worse.

——Why would you trade with an unknown strange girl without hesitation and send yourself to a time and space that doesn't belong to you at all?

Because hope can reverse Archer's experience full of despair.

——Is it worth it to take risks in endless reincarnation for the heroic spirit who was born from the same origin as yourself but is not yourself?

If Archer's mood changes because of him, then it doesn't matter even if he is really stuck here and cannot get out.

——Why is it obviously very expensive, but I still think it is worth it?

Because, I have a great longing for that guy...

——If it’s just a longing, it seems that there is no need to do this?

The ambiguous answer was about to come out, but the young man kept it firmly in his heart, stubbornly unwilling to admit it.

——Myself, I like that guy——

Shirou, who returned to Ryoshiki's house in a state of sleepwalking, knocked his head repeatedly because of this sentence.

What a fool!If I had known it was for such a shameful reason, I might as well stay in the original world and follow Tohsaka to practice magic!Even if there is a short-term loss, Archer will definitely be completely forgotten as time goes by!

……and many more.

Shirou's hand hitting his forehead barely stopped in the air.

The only gentle smile given to him by the heroic spirit that day before he disappeared appeared in his mind, but it made him inexplicably think of the figure of the other party climbing towards the top of the hill in the wilderness.

The tall but lonely figure obviously only existed in imagination, but to Shirou, it was so real that it made his nose sore.

Although I don't know who and what kind of contract I concluded with, although I like that guy very badly.

However, at that time, just thinking of meeting Archer again, he gave the answer without hesitation.

——Archer, the one he must save—

Feeling a bit calm, Shirou, who thought he had calmed down, raised his head, but was frightened by a guy who quietly appeared very close to him.

The instigator who disturbed him appeared in front of his eyes like this, and the boy's cheeks instantly flushed like a flame.He opened his mouth subconsciously, and the other party covered his lips before he could yell out.

"Beforehand, don't tell me anything stupid that scares me." Ying Ling looked disgusted, "I've been showing up for a long time, I don't know what to think, you just didn't notice me. After all, as a magician Master, your vigilance is so poor, I am afraid that ten lives are not enough to lose."

Although there is no memory of getting along with him, the venom is still radiating when he opens his mouth-should it be said that this is a tacit understanding comparable to a miracle?Shirou thought, turning his head with a flushed face.

The young man who had never retreated from the heroic spirit's poisonous tongue mode, because of what he had just noticed, surprised him, and fell silent for the first time.

Looking at the young man quietly shrunk to the corner, Ying Ling's raised lips curled up, and the smile disappeared from his face without a trace.

wrong.

I always feel that this kid should be full of energy to bicker with himself.

They were clearly people they had never seen before, but they seemed to be connected by thin invisible threads. The indistinctness seemed to resonate from the depths of the soul... It was hard to ignore.

Ying Ling felt a bit of incomprehensible irritability in his heart, but his expression was always ridiculed.He leaned forward slightly, almost shrouding the young man who hugged his knees tightly under the shadow formed by his own body.

The nameless boy still stubbornly refused to look at him, but the earlobes slightly protruding from the broken hair were stained with the same red color as his cheeks.

Huh?

Although it is very likely that I have misunderstood, this brat... seems to be shy?

Heroic Spirit was confused, but vaguely sensed that he was too close to cause the opponent's blush, so he straightened up and let the embarrassed boy go: "Although you shouldn't bring outsiders in, there is nothing you can do now. Take you in." This girl seems to be a victim of some magician, and this city will also be affected." He paused, his face darkened, "If the situation gets out of control, this place will be completely destroyed."

The boy's reddened ears moved.He raised his head abruptly and stared straight at the heroic spirit.

Heroic Spirit raised his eyebrows: "You really know something. However, it doesn't matter what this kind of thing is." He calmly added the words, "It would be too much trouble to wipe out the whole city... I don't want to do that either. Do it. So, just protect this girl and avoid the magician's plot."

"Yeah. Liangyi has saved me twice. She is in danger. Of course I won't just ignore her. If you need my help, please tell me. You can't appear in front of her, but I live in the same room as her." Under the roof." Shirou responded earnestly, but the vortex called uneasiness quietly expanded in his heart.

Just protect the two rituals?However, this powerful girl doesn't seem to need anyone's protection.

Moreover, in the illusion I saw, the bloody weapon in hand was clearly the girl who was strong enough not to be corroded by any darkness.

The author has something to say: I always feel that Shirou will not accept that he likes red A too easily 2333 Of course, he will struggle for a long time in turn, haha