"What is this?"

Emiya Shirou took the remains cloth in Dongfang Yunfan's hand suspiciously.

The moment he touched the cloth of the remains, the scene in front of Emiya Shirou's eyes suddenly changed.

He saw that under the dim sky, a man walked alone on the sand dunes, there were countless swords by his side, these swords stood on the ground like one tombstone after another, the man walked forward alone, no one accompanied him, no one held his hand, no one could give him a warm greeting, he just walked, carrying out a journey without end.

"Ahh

Emiya Shirou suddenly came back to his senses and found that his forehead was already covered with sweat, and his back was already wet with sweat.

He gasped for breath, like a drowning man who had finally escaped, and he was about to suffocate from the pressure of the scene just now.

He couldn't imagine what that man was carrying forward, obviously he was so lonely, obviously he was already so painful, obviously he was so bruised all over his body!

Why didn't he stop? Why not stop that journey with no end in sight?

Emiya Shirou clutched his chest, and he inexplicably felt that the man's figure had a sense of familiarity, as if he was his future self.

"How about now? Shirou? Would you like to take a break? ”

Dongfang Yunfan said as he cut the cabbage on the board in his hand.

"No, I don't have to rest yet." Emiya Shirou stuffed the remains into his arms, and also came over to help chop vegetables and said, "I was like that just now, how long did it last?" ”

"It's not long, it's only two minutes."

"Oh." After cutting the dish in silence for a while, Emiya Shirou finally couldn't help but ask, "That's ...... Yunfan, this piece of cloth...... Where did you get it from? ”

"In the Great Grail." Dongfang Yunfan replied truthfully.

"Then what does it have to do with me?"

"This is the gift of the future you." Dongfang Yunfan directly told Emiya Shirou the truth, and in his opinion, there was no need to hide this matter.

"The moment you touch the cloth of remains, the man you see is the future you."

"Actually...... The future me. Emiya Shirou's eyes widened and he said in disbelief.

He remembered the scene he had just seen, the lonely figure, the bruised body, the journey without end.

Is that what your future self will be carrying?

What did the future self experience to get there, and what did I witness to be so lonely?

Looking at the extremely silent Emiya Shirou, Dongfang Yunfan organized his language and said, "Are you despairing of your sad future?" ”

"Huh?"

Emiya Shirou looked up and said, "No, I'm just wondering what my future self has gone through to become like that." ”

"So you're scared?" Dongfang Yunfan put the chopped cabbage aside and began to magically thaw the pork taken out of the refrigerator.

"Hmm. Truth be told, a little. Emiya Shirou took the mushroom handed over by Dongfang Yunfan and began to clean it.

"If you're scared, then prove that you don't like that kind of future, right?" As he spoke, he divided the thawed pork into two, put one for later use, and chop the other part.

"I really don't like it." After washing the shiitake mushroom, chop it into minced pieces.

"It's right if you don't like it, but anyone with a normal brain circuit won't like that kind of future."

"yes, no one will like it."

"While he will definitely be you, you won't necessarily be him." Mix together the processed pork, cabbage, shiitake mushrooms and salt.

"Why do you say that?" Emiya Shirou put the washed rice into a large pot and began to steam the rice.

"Because you already know the future now, you must avoid becoming like that." Put the filling aside to taste, Dongfang Yunfan began to mix with the dough.

"That's right." Emiya Shirou began to process the fish that had been taken out.

"In that case, doesn't it prove that you are different from him?"

"........." Emiya Shirou did not speak.

"The self you see, he has lost the person he loves and the person who loves him."

"But you're different, you have your loved ones and those who love you, and you have everything you've lost."

"That man knows his failures, knows his powerlessness, and knows that if you follow his path, you will surely become another him in the future, another pathetic person who has lost everything."

"So he longs to change himself, to change his past self, so he responded to the call of the Holy Grail and became the Archer of this Holy Grail War, just to change his past self."

Dongfang Yunfan put down the matter in his hand, looked at Emiya Shirou seriously and said, "So he asked me to bring this gift to you." ”

"In order for you to have power, to have the power to protect all that he has lost and what he has lost."

"In order to make up for his regrets, in order to make up for the regret that Shirou Emiya couldn't stay with his loved ones for the rest of his life."

"For his own comfort, to comfort himself Emiya Shirou This man is not only such an ending, he can have smiles and happiness, joy and laughter, peace and tranquility, love and friendship, warmth and companionship."

"He had all of this, but he can only entrust this vision to you."

"Emiya Shirou, I ask you, will you disappoint him? Will it disappoint 'yourself'? ”

Dongfang Yunfan looked at Emiya Shirou directly, and added the word "self" with an accent.

Emiya Shirou had already stopped what he was doing, he put down what he was holding, looked up at the ceiling, and after taking a deep breath, he said with unprecedented firmness on his face: "Of course! How could I possibly let myself down? ”

"How could I give up Sakura, how could I give up Rin, how could I abandon those who love me and the people I love!"

"I will definitely protect them, I will protect what he can't protect, I will protect the tragedy that he can't prevent, and I will fight the enemy he can't hit, this is the promise that Emiya Shirou promises to himself!"

Emiya Shirou's face was more determined than ever, and his spirit was unprecedentedly excited.

Suddenly, a picture appeared in front of Emiya's eyes - he saw the sand and dust flying in the sky, a bright light source appeared in the middle of the dust, and a man in red clothes and white hair stood there.

He walked forward against the light, and then he seemed to notice something and turned around, against the light, Emiya Shirou couldn't see his face clearly, and just as he wanted to reach out to him, the picture disappeared.

Coming back to his senses, Emiya Shirou found himself reaching forward as if to grab something.

"What do you see again?" Dongfang Yunfan is processing the dough in his hand.

"I see the man again." Emiya Shirou took out the cloth of the remains from his arms, "This time he doesn't move forward, he seems to be waiting for something." ”

As he spoke, Emiya Shirou seemed to understand something and said, "Are you waiting for me to catch up with him?" ”

Holding the remains cloth in his hand, Emiya Shirou seemed to be amused and said, "This guy is really ...... enough"

"The future me, you just have to wait! I'll be sure to catch up with you! ”

"Well, that's good, so when are you going to come over and help? Are you going to have me prepare dinner alone? ”

"Huh? Oh! Coming right away. ”