One Hundred and One - Armor and Truth

"Babbling~ Shirou's cooking skills are still so good! Actually, you can really think about opening a restaurant in the future?"

After dinner, at the entrance of the Emiya Mansion, Fujimura Taiga waved his hand as usual to Shirou Emiya, who had come to see him off.

Although judging from the tone of his words, it was a joke, but the other party's trace of strictness hidden under the smile was accurately caught by Emiya Shirou.

Now, Fujimura Taiga is testing his intentions as a guardian and trying to propose a plan for his future!

"It wouldn't be good if you did open a restaurant. For a lazy person like me, having to work from morning till night is the biggest torment. ”

In the face of Fujimura Taiga's half-tentative joke, Emiya Shirou just snorted and passed perfunctorily.

He understood the other party's intentions, and at the same time felt that the other party cared. However, he can't tell the other party the truth.

You will feel helpless, but you have to accept this, which is the so-called life.

"Obviously he is just a young man, how can he say such an unenthusiastic word? As a teacher, can't my sister pretend that she didn't hear it?" Switching to guardian mode in an instant, Fujimura Taiga glared at Shirou Emiya, "Besides, is there a profession in modern times where you don't have to work from morning to night to get a salary?" Or do you want me to correct your lazy personality today?"

"Ah, that's the only one, please let me go." Emiya Shirou raised his hands in a gesture of surrender: "The streets are not safe at night. It's not too early now, Sister Teng, you better go home as much as possible. ”

"Cut. What is it that cares about my sister? Or are you trying to escape preaching? Recruit from the truth!"

"It's both, but the former is more important. There's a chance in everything. After a pause, Emiya Shirou smiled lightly at Fujimura Taiga, "If Sister Fuji really wants to preach, it would be good to do it together at dinner tomorrow." Then I wish you a smooth journey. ”

“”

Quietly staring at Shirou Emiya with a smile on his face, Fujimura Taiga didn't say a word.

As if he wanted to see through the other party, to be honest, for Fujimura Taiga, Emiya Shirou really has too many mysteries.

Sometimes it is like a hermit who has experienced a hundred years of vicissitudes, lazy and just wants to enjoy life; Sometimes it is like an adult who has been tempered countless times in society, facing a thing maturely and calmly; Sometimes it is like a legendary master outside the world, and behind every sentence of speech there is a deep meaning worth scrutinizing

Why are there so many traits in a child under the age of thirteen? How many things are there that you can't see through?

Even though I have known him since childhood, even though I am as close to him as a brother and sister, to this day, Fujimura Taiga still can't confidently describe his titular brother in words.

"Really. I wanted to preach to you, but I didn't expect to teach you a lesson in turn. It's really difficult to preach to you," for a long time, he abstained again, and Fujimura Taiga sighed softly, "Well, I'll let you go today, sister." See you tomorrow, Shirou. ”

"Goodbye~"

With a big smile on his face, Emiya Shirou waved his hand to Fujimura Taiga in front of him

Putting away the smile on his face, he watched the back of Fujimura Taiga walk out of the door, and the figure of Emiya Shirou stood motionless in the entrance.

Until a few minutes passed, he silently activated his perception technique to probe the surrounding situation. After making sure that Fujimura Taiga was really far away from the Wei Palace, Wei Gong Shirou exhaled softly.

"Well, since Sister Vine has also left. Now it's time for me to go back and reforge a weapon."

Glancing at the entrance with a helpless look, Emiya Shirou sighed, and then slowly walked towards the warehouse.

After giving the long knife to Concubine Miyayuki, Emiya Shirou no longer had any commendable usual weapons in his hands.

Originally, he wanted to continue to fight with the projection of the long knife, but maybe it was because the long knife had been deified, right? Not once was the move of the projection knife successful. After dozens of attempts, Emiya Shirou discovered a big problem, and that was that he could no longer touch the weapons of the past.

Therefore, the issue of weapons has become his urgent need. He is in a hurry to reforge a weapon!

However, the act of forging weapons can only be carried out under the premise of hiding from Fujimura Taiga.

Originally, if you want to maintain the life of the surface world and the inner world at the same time, the biggest premise is to hide information about one world from the other world from people you know in different worlds.

The reason why the previous Emiya Shirou had the courage to use magic to strengthen and repair things at will in front of Fujimura Taiga and others was only because he didn't know what the consequences would be if he publicized the existence of magic in the past. In the case of the current Emiya Shirou, even if he is given a hundred more dares, he will not dare to exercise any of his magic tricks in front of unrelated people as before.

"Speaking of which, it's a miracle that I didn't reveal myself as a magician in my last life."

Stretch out your hand and touch the object casually to successfully repair something, and only simple people like Fujimura Taiga and Yanagito Issei can not be suspicious, right?

Although, in my previous life, I really didn't understand where this ability came from

"Hey. After a lot of tossing and turning, I ended up coming back here to do something related to magic. ”

Pushing open the heavy door, Emiya Shirou stepped into the dusty warehouse.

"That's where I was saved."

Calmly brushing away the dust with his sleeve, Emiya Shirou gently touched the almost gray wall with his hand.

Even though his snow-white palms were covered with a thick layer of dust, a gentle smile still spread across his face.

But who can see how much misery is actually hidden under that gentle smile?

This is the first time he has returned to this place of memories since he returned home.

Considering the amount of clutter in the warehouse, it will inevitably take a lot of time to clean up, so I automatically ignored the storage of this warehouse during the first day of cleaning, and after that, I have not been able to make up my mind to come here to clean up?

No, it was just an excuse he used to deceive himself.

What really deterred Emiya Shirou was because he was afraid that he would unconsciously recall his memories after seeing this warehouse

As reflected in Emiya's words to Rin Tosaka, he has always put on a posture of "being wary of the painful past and people striving for progress". On the surface, he is incomparably strong and mature, but what does he actually think in his heart?

The tragic past certainly has the effect of alerting people to work hard. But at the same time, since it has a painful name, it has clearly revealed how Emiya Shirou views this memory.

After all, moving your face straight ahead is actually an escape from the memories of the past!

No "person" can really smile and face the painful experience of the past, more or less, when looking back on the past, there will inevitably be a sad feeling in the heart, the key is only whether to face it or not, and whether it is perceived.

Emiya Shirou can't completely abandon the feat of the past, and every time he sees something related to his old memories, he unconsciously touches the scene. As a result, he has always regarded himself only as a "human" rather than a "god".

The only difference with Niang Shining's is probably that he didn't actively deny it, right?

Under that great strength and illustrious reputation, it is actually just a fragile mind that is only slightly stronger than ordinary people.

Maybe it's because since his rebirth, Emiya Shirou has always been wearing the armor of maturity and calmness. Only a few people who can perceive this, such as the two rituals and Joan of Arc, are able to perceive this.

"Saber, if I try to summon you now, will you show up?"

Looking at the empty warehouse except himself, Emiya Shirou said in a dreamy tone his idiot-like anticipation.

Anyone knows that if the Holy Grail War hadn't begun, it would theoretically be impossible to use the Holy Grail to connect to the Valhalla. To say that he wants to summon Saber now is actually nothing more than a dream.

If it was the time when he lived in Misaki City, because of that happy environment, Emiya Shirou could barely suppress the pain in his heart. However, now that they are inseparable, the desolation hidden in the memories can't help but come back to my heart.

"It's a shame. I just said yesterday that I can't lose myself in my memories."

He clenched his fist hard, and then slowly released his palm. Emiya Shirou laughed self-deprecatingly.

Nothing is gained by indulging in sorrow, something that has been known for a long time.

But why can't I help but reminisce about the past?

Obviously, every time he warns himself not to do the same thing again, but he can't escape the torture of memories after all.

Perhaps only after the end of that terrible game can he get real salvation

P.S.1: The next chapter of the Silly King is out~