A dimensional journey starting from the Dragon Clan

Chapter 1220 Matou Shinji

──Even though I say this, I can’t rest assured.

It is said that the Magic Association can monitor everything, and if an incident occurs due to magic, the church that kills heretics will not remain silent.

No matter what kind of magic it is, if it is used casually, it will attract bad enemies.

Taking this as a premise, Emiya Shirou can just learn to become a magician on his own, but───

"Um?"

The sunlight streaming in through the window woke him up.

The sun has just risen, it's still a little dark outside.

"It's so cold. It sure was a hard morning."

Standing up despite the cold morning air, Emiya Shirou quickly folded the futon.

The time is half past five.

However, no matter how late he stays up, he always wakes up at this time, which is his strength. Although sometimes I feel embarrassed like yesterday, most of the time I can get up on my own.

Because I always felt that using an alarm clock would lead to degeneration, I stopped using it when I was a child.

"Then let's make breakfast───"

Because I asked Sakura to do it yesterday, I would be really sorry if I didn't report it back this morning.

Hurry up and get ready before Sakura comes.

Steam rice and make miso soup.

Because yesterday I used carrots and daikon, today I used onions and potatoes to make miso soup.

At the same time, prepare the egg rolls in fixed soup stock, cook the remaining konjac, and you are ready.

Put the dish into the saury, the main dish, sprinkle it with salt, and then just grill it, so stop here.

"Okay, that's good."

It's almost six o'clock.

It ended earlier than originally thought, with extra time.

After all that, what are you going to do with the remaining time?

"──That's right. If you have so much time, let's sweat it out!"

Exercise in the morning is also a must-do every day. Just move your body a little.

There is a magnificent dojo in the Emiya residence.

It was built by the way when this house was being built.

It was built entirely on a whim.

Therefore, this dojo was not built for any purpose.

"But Sister Teng will come and use it herself."

Before Shirou Emiya came to Emiya's house, this seemed to be a place where Sister Fuji played.

However, because Shirou Emiya often used this place after becoming Kiritsugu's disciple, he was hated by Fuji-san at the time.

"good."

There is only one thing to do when you come here.

Although he is a magician, he cannot neglect physical exercise.

Having excellent physical fitness is also one of the conditions for becoming a magician.

When Kiritsugu was alive, he and Emiya Shirou competed here many times.

However, because he was only beaten one-sidedly, Emiya Shirou did not understand any fighting methods.

But he wanted to at least experience the difference between fighting and fighting.

To put it simply, it was the difference between knocking down the opponent and killing the opponent. He learned how to master this.

Knowledge is not the same as experience.

Without knowing it beforehand, it's hard to tell whether you're fighting or killing each other.

It's very simple.

Now that you have learned magic, sometimes you will destroy yourself, and sometimes you have to fight with others.

For magicians, struggle means killing each other.

So what Kiritsugu wants to teach Emiya Shirou is to be mentally prepared to quickly wake up when facing death.

However, the person who taught him this has not been around for a long time.

What I can do as a human being is simple exercise.

Push-ups, sit-ups or soft exercises, what Emiya Shirou does is no different from the morning exercises of the Kyudo Club.

It's just that the amount of exercise is different.

"Good morning, senior. Is breakfast ready today?"

"Ah, breakfast is ready. There are still tableware and grilled fish left."

"Ah, then let me help. Leave it to me to arrange the tableware."

Sakura is very motivated to do things.

Behind the cheerful school girl is...

"Ah, this smells like Shirou's baked eggs. I see, I ate breakfast made by Shirou this morning——"

Sister Teng moved leisurely to the dining table.

"Forget it, don't worry about that."

Anyway, let’s grill the fish we prepared in advance.

"Sakura, use the one in the center of the plate. It looks better that way."

"Huh? Is that the convex surface?"

"That's it. When you bake something, you have to pay attention to the plate, otherwise it won't be coordinated. Then, the radish has already been wiped───"

With a purr, Sakura reached deep into the cabinet and took out the plate.

"────"

As Sakura stretched her body forward, she felt like she could see a faint bruise on her wrist.

"Sakura, wait a minute."

"Yes? Are you okay, senior?"

"Then what's the blood bruise on your wrist?"

"Ah────"

Sakura looked away as if embarrassed.

It was a disguise she had forgotten to remove before coming here.

Emiya Shirou obviously misunderstood.

"Is it Shenji again? What was that guy thinking about attacking my sister!"

"No, no, senior! This, that, I was hit by a fall. I'm very clumsy, right? So I fall and get injured all the time."

"Idiot, will a fall leave that kind of bruise? That guy Shinji looks like he hasn't been beaten enough yet!"

"No, not senior! This really has nothing to do with my brother. I injured myself, and I have no right to make senior angry."

"────"

Then Sakura fell into silence.

Although she seems to be well-behaved, Sakura has a stubborn streak. At this point, no matter what you say, it will only have the opposite effect.

"I understand. Since Sakura said so, let's just take it that way. But I won't be able to bear it the next time I see it."

"Yes. I'm sorry, senior."

"Let me tell you, why should Sakura apologize at this time? It's Shinji who's wrong, right?"

"..."

When she said Shinji's name, Sakura looked away awkwardly.

Shinji Matou. The guy who is Sakura's older brother has a bad habit of losing his temper with his younger sister, Sakura.

Emiya Shirou noticed this a year ago.

Sakura would get hurt sometimes, and she would be confused no matter what she asked.

Emiya Shirou was very concerned about discussing this with Shinji, but that bastard actually said that he was the one who beat Sakura.

When asked why he hit her, the guy replied that he just didn't like it.

───Emiya Shirou got angry and did the same thing to Shinji in return.

Since then, he and Shinji have been estranged.

He still doesn't regret beating up Shenji.

He just felt that it was his responsibility to let Sakura be affected.

"Senior. Have you and your brother, um... reconciled?"

"Huh? Ah, yes. But there was no quarrel. There was nothing to reconcile."

"Well, that's true for seniors, but for my brother, it's a quarrel. So, that... please be careful."

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Sakura said something very strange.

"Be careful? Be careful about Shenji?"

"Yes. I heard that my brother regards the senior as his enemy. Well, the reason why the senior quit the club is because of my brother──"

"It's not like that. My resignation from the club has nothing to do with Shinji. No, maybe it has something to do with it, but Sakura doesn't have to worry about that kind of thing. It's exactly what Shinji said, it's a bit ugly."

Emiya Shirou pointed to his right shoulder.

There is a little scar there.

That was a year and a half ago.

While working, the cargo collapsed and hit my right shoulder. Although it was just a broken bone, the fallen cargo was troublesome and left burn marks on the skin.

After that accident, he quit the kyudo club.

The archery club in their school attaches great importance to format, and students must also perform salutes.

For boys, the right shoulder should be exposed and the skin should be exposed for ejaculation.

Because Shinji criticized that it was not good-looking to have people with burns on their shoulders perform salutes, and because it happened to be busy working part-time, he quit the Kyudo Club.

"Um, senior. Although it's verbose, are you really no longer shooting arrows? Mr. Fujimura also said that injuries are not a problem."

"What are you talking about? Fuji-san is someone who can say it's okay even if her whole body is broken, Sakura."

"Senior, I am speaking very seriously~"

Sakura lowered her head and looked at Emiya Shirou as if she wanted to say something.

"Mmm..."

Although Emiya Shirou had to answer seriously at this point, unfortunately he couldn't give the answer Sakura hoped for.

"I don't have time to start a club right now. Although I like kyudo, it's not a priority, so I think I'll leave it alone for the time being."

"Temporarily, for how long?"

"Wait until you want to touch it. But it should be before Sakura graduates. Please give me some advice then, Sakura."

Emiya Shirou patted Sakura on the shoulder.

Sakura was stunned for a moment: "Ah, yes! I will wait for that time, senior!"

Like this, he nodded so hard that he almost dropped the tableware.

It's almost half past seven.

Sakura and Fuji, who had club activities in the morning, had already gone out.

Yesterday I went to school early because Issei called him, but this morning I went out at the usual time.

When we arrived at the intersection, we saw an unusual scene.

Several patrol cars were parked in front of a home.

Is there some commotion? The atmosphere around is very panicked. There seem to be more than ten or twenty people gathered around.

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Although I was interested, I was blocked by the crowd and didn’t know what happened.

And there is no time, so we should go to school now.

Emiya Shirou arrived at school ten minutes before the warning bell.

As I walked through the school gate leisurely as usual...

"Ah, good morning Emiya."

Suddenly I met a female student I knew.

"What, Meizu, haven't you changed your clothes yet? It's almost tutor time. Isn't that the time to say hello to me?"

"Ah ha ha ha! Oh, that's right. You are still such a heartless guy, Emiya!"

I don't know what she is happy about, Meizu smiles boldly and doesn't care about others.

Beautiful Ayako.

A guy who was a classmate in the first grade is now the leader of the Kyudo club. A girl who is so mature that she doesn't look like a student, and has been expected to be the next captain since the first grade.

To put it simply, she is the type of elder sister who is mentally older than her actual age and has been relied on by everyone since the first grade.

However, she would get angry if she said this to me. Arguing, ‘I’m not that old’.

"Ah? You didn't let out a few bad thoughts just now, did you?"

"Things like that won't leak out. It's just a matter of thinking about the objective facts. But if you're unhappy, it's just a matter of taste."

"Oh, that's good. It's not bad. It's an honest answer, but it doesn't tell you what you're thinking. Emiya, unlike Shinji, you have no flaws."

"Shenji? Why did you suddenly mention Shenji?"

"No reason, you and Shinji are friends, right? You're the only male friend of Shinji, right? And even though you forgot, I'm the leader of the Kyudo Club. Don't you think it's natural to link the club's problems with the issue of quitting?"

"Yeah, it's natural. Although it has nothing to do with the Kyudo Club, that guy and I have a bad relationship."

"Ah, I'm upset. You suddenly become cold when you mention the Kyudo Club, right? You're such a big shot, leaving Shinji behind and leaving quickly. Think about how I or Sakura feel when we stay behind?"

"Hmm. Did Shinji do something again?"

"That guy never did nothing that day. But even so, what he did yesterday was too much. One of the first-year boys quit the club."

With a sigh, Mizuki sighed with a serious expression.

Although it was strange that this guy would have such an expression, the more important thing was that what she said just now, Emiya Shirou, could not just listen to it.

"What's going on? Why did the members quit the club?"

"He got angry with Shinji. He gathered the girls together and asked the student who just picked up the bow to shoot arrows. He kept making fun of him until he hit the target."

"Ah!? You don't care about such stupid things!?"

"Of course I don't care! But the commander has a lot of things to do. He is not always in the dojo, you know that, Emiya?"

"Well, that's right. But what is Shinji thinking? Even if he is more strict than necessary, he is not the kind of person who would make fun of an outsider, right?"

"────I'm scared. Emiya, you are really that."

"Hmm. Then What does that mean? Did you not let out a few bad thoughts just now? "

"Ah, I just thought of the objective facts. If you are unhappy, it's up to Emiya."

"This guy, answer me what I just heard. Forget it, what happened to Shinji. Why did he do that?"

"Hmm-from what I heard, it seems that he was rejected by Toosaka very harshly or something?"

"Huh? Toosaka, is it that Toosaka?"

"There is no other Toosaka in our school except that one. The top student in Class 2A, Toosaka Rin~"

"No, that nickname is the first time I heard it."

But I do understand.

If the other party is Toosaka Rin, Shinji may be rejected, and more importantly────

That Toosaka seems to say very ruthless words when she wants to break up with someone.

"Anyway, Shinji has been like that since yesterday. Thanks to him, I have to keep an eye on the dojo, and my workload has increased."

"Shinji gets angry easily. Mizue, it's hard, but keep going."

"Yes, yes. But Shinji is the kind of person who never learns a lesson, right? If he goes to see Tohsaka again and gets rejected, he'll probably do something to Tohsaka this time-"

"No, even Shinji won't get close to someone who rejected him. He's very persistent about that."

"But there's nothing you can do if the other person gets close to you, right? Tohsaka, for some reason, comes to visit the dojo so often. I don't know since Emiya has quit the club."