A dimensional journey starting from the Dragon Clan

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This was the first time he heard it.

It seems that Tohsaka Rin doesn't join the club at all because of family matters. The student council also used the same reason to refuse the recommendation, so he thought she would go home directly after school.

"Forget it, it's okay to do that sometimes. That guy is very proud, so maybe it's not bad if something bad happens to him once. Should I say it's a pity or an apology?"

Meizu said something that seemed dangerous.

So, it is said that Tohsaka Rin has many enemies, is Mitsumu one of them?

"Hey, Meizu, no matter what you say..."

"Ah, it's almost time. Goodbye Emiya, come and see me shoot arrows next time!"

Meizu ran away in a hurry.

"──That guy still hasn't changed."

However, Emiya Shirou had always liked that guy's straightforward personality.

Feeling that his mood had stabilized, he walked towards the classroom.

Lunch break.

Their school has a luxurious restaurant, and most students eat lunch in the restaurant.

However, there were also old-fashioned people with lunch boxes among them. One of them was Emiya Shirou, and there was also the student council president in front of him.

"Emiya, can you give me one of those fried chicken nuggets? There is overwhelmingly not enough meat in my lunch box."

"Yes. But why is your bento so simple, Issei? Even if it's a temple, there won't be any rules prohibiting alcohol and meat, right?"

"What are you saying that is anachronistic? This is just my father's interest. He said that there is no excess for the little monk to waste, and if you are not willing to do it, you can think of something yourself. I am also thinking about whether to start cooking for myself now. "

"Ah - that uncle is indeed like that."

Issei's father is the abbot of Liudong Temple, and he and Tengjie's father are heroes who have known each other before.

Since he has a similar spirit with the grandfather of the Fujimura family, he cannot be expected to have a normal personality.

"Oh my, my. Then, let's consider it as one of those things that will return the favor one day."

Emiya Shirou held out his lunch box.

"Oh, thank you very much. This is also the practice of alms."

Yi Cheng solemnly thanked him.

How should I put it, because of this kind of thing, how does it feel to realize that Issei is the son of the temple again?

"Ah, by the way Emiya. In the morning, there was a commotion over at Ni-chome. Did you know? It was right at the intersection where I separated from Emiya."

"Intersection?"

Speaking of the intersection in the morning, there seemed to be a few patrol cars parked making a commotion.

"It looks like there was a murder. Although I don't know the details, it seems that only the child was saved among the family of four. The parents and older sister were stabbed to death, but the murder weapon was not a kitchen knife or a short knife, but a long knife, which is unusual. "

"!?"

Long knife? Is it a Japanese sword or something like that?

A murder, in which his parents and sister were killed.

Imagine it.

Late at night, someone breaks in. Undue violence. Taking traffic accidents as an example is a unilateral plunder.

Parents who were hacked to death. He follows his sacrificial sister without knowing why. A child soaked in the blood of his family because of this.

"One percent. In that matter, have you caught the culprit?"

"It seems that no one has been caught. There was an accident due to cutting corners over there in Xindu, and there was an incident of killing passers-by here. Of course the school will open the door early───What's wrong Emiya? Is the rice stuck in your throat?"

"? It's okay. Why do you ask this suddenly?"

"It's not because Emiya looked so serious, I was a little scared. Sorry, this is not something you should say during a meal."

Issei tried to lighten the mood as if he was sorry.

No, although it's really nothing, is his expression so serious? Emiya Shirou was confused.

At this time, there was a knock on the door in the quiet student union room.

"Sorry. Is Liudong here?"

"Eh? Ah, yes. Is there something wrong, teacher?"

Kuzuki, who followed Issei, said something.

Is it a simple arrangement by the student council? Issei seems to be very relaxed.

"Hey."

This is a sight you don't see often.

Although it looks like that, Issei is very reserved and reserved. The boy who drew a line between his classmates and his teachers felt at ease with Kuzumu, the student council advisor.

"Maybe the serious part is a good match."

Soichiro Kuzuki, the instructor of Class 2A, is a very serious and upright person.

I'm afraid this is consistent with the fact that Issei Wavelength values ​​​​their rules.

"────────"

The two continued to talk.

While watching them, for some reason, the murder incident he just heard never left his mind.

The class is over and it's time for school to end.

I have a part-time job today so I can't just wander around.

There is nothing to do in school, so we have to go directly to the neighboring town, but───

He was paying attention to what Mizuchi said in the morning, and when Emiya Shirou noticed it, he had already arrived at the archery dojo.

"──Ah, really, what am I doing?"

From what Mizu said, it sounds like Tohsaka Rin comes here often.

So──although there is no need for him to care, I think it would be a problem if Shinji attacks Tohsaka.

"That guy Shinji can't stop when he gets angry."

Shinji, who was rejected by Tohsaka, could not resort to violence.

No, I don’t know why it’s not working, but it just doesn’t work.

That kind of scene makes me unhappy just imagining it, and I must prevent it as much as possible.

"───What? Tohsaka isn't here."

Tohsaka can't be seen around the dojo.

Meizubai was worried.

"Hey, who did you say wasn't here?"

"!"

Emiya Shirou suddenly turned around.

"I - said - ah -, who did you say is not here?"

It's 10% that we just separated.

"Yes, it's you, Yicheng. Don't scare me."

"No, it's because Emiya behaved suspiciously and was watching the dojo. Now, who do you think is absent?"

"Who is it, Tohsaka? She seemed to have had a fight with Shinji. So I just came to check on the situation."

"Oh. It's really suspicious. I didn't even ask you but I even gave you the reason. I was just asking who is not here?"

"────! What, what? It doesn't matter, whatever I want to do is up to me."

"Yeah, that's true. But it's useless, Emiya. Tohsaka isn't here. Because that guy skipped school."

"What?"

Truant, that is, absent?

"Is that so, are you absent? Wait a minute Kazunari. Why is Tohsaka skipping school? That guy can't do that, right?"

"I just did it. Is it possible that I caught a cold? In my opinion, that guy is a bad person. If you are deceived by appearance, you will be eaten in one bite, Emiya."

"────Mmm."

For some reason, Issei's words made Emiya Shirou feel a little unhappy.

It's true that he doesn't know Tohsaka, but he doesn't think that guy is a bad person.

"That's too much, Issei. Tohsaka isn't that kind of guy, is he?"

"Mom? Why, Emiya wants to chase Tohsaka too. Ah, I'm sorry then, just forget about what I just heard."

"────!"

Who, who is going to chase Tohsaka───!

"No, don't make your own decision! I just did it because it would be very bad if Shinji had a dispute with her──"

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"Are you going to fight Tohsaka to stop Shinji? You're doing a thankless job again. I don't care, but Emiya, your interest is really bad, aren't you?"

"I didn't do it, so I'm not displeased. It's just 10%. Did you just say something weird?"

"Huh? Are you not very interested in chasing Tohsaka?"

"Yes. Isn't Tohsaka very popular? I haven't heard anything bad about that guy, either?"

"Ah, I've never heard of it. That makes me even more disgusted."

Issei snorted and turned to the side.

"I don't like it, what is it?"

"That's all. That's a female fox. A succubus. A monster. In short, I can't stand it physically. I won't talk nonsense, and Emiya shouldn't like her either!"

"Yicheng. It's not good to speak ill of people behind their backs. Isn't this your mantra?"

"Idiot. This is not talking behind your back. I said it so that others can hear it."

Ah, no wonder I feel the gaze from the bow dojo.

Very good.

It's nice to have Tohsaka absent today.

"Please Issei. I'm sorry, but please quickly turn that into someone behind your back, right?"

"Well, since Emiya said that, I understand. However, I'm not slandering her. I just said that Yanagi Kazunari was warning Tohsaka Rin. It's just a matter of personal preference, right?"

"But you did talk about monsters and female foxes?"

Having said that, isn't "banshee" an obviously discriminatory word?

"No, that's a compliment. There are also good people among the female foxes and youkai. I just chose the ones that can express Tohsaka's values. Haha."

Yi Cheng smiled boldly.

"Then I'm leaving. I have to go back to the student council room, and Emiya has to work part-time, right? There's no time to hang out here."

Did you feel refreshed after saying what you wanted to say? Yi Cheng left calmly.

Although they have known each other for two years, to be honest, he still doesn't fully understand Yi Cheng's personality.

It takes twenty minutes by bus from school.

After crossing the bridge, we arrived at Shinto, a neighboring town.

"Why, it's not even five o'clock yet. There's still some time."

Although there are no job opportunities like Miyama Town in the residential area, there is no shortage of people in the new city in the developed area.

Because school regulations allowed part-time work, he accepted a simple job.

Among them, I like hard work because it is hard work and can be completed in a short time as long as I try my best.

It can be a good thing to exercise your body and make money at the same time.

Today's part-time job is from five to eight o'clock, simple cargo delivery.

Although it is only three hours long, the content has the density of six hours. No matter what, I kept running back and forth without taking a minute's rest.

So, even if it’s only ten minutes, you should take a break when you can, right?

Lounging around during part-time work is also a waste of energy, so take a rest in the park.

The park in the center of the commercial street looks like a large square covered by forests and grasslands.

If it is a holiday, there should be families, children or couples in this noisy park, but there will be no people at this time.

No──Originally, even in the park, this is the only place where no one is around at any time.

"It still hasn't changed here."

Emiya Shirou was a little surprised.

The ground that had been left abandoned was too rough compared to the well-kept surroundings.

Is it because we passed through this desolate ground? The wind blowing was also cold.

This is the remains of a big fire ten years ago, and it is also the place where I was saved from being burned to death.

"Why haven't we planted turf? It's such a shame that it's always been like this."

With such a vast land, the park will become bigger if the land is properly prepared.

While thinking about this kind of thing blankly, Emiya Shirou found a bench and sat down.

"────────"

He was killing time by looking at the burnt ground.

He had never thought of what happened here in the past.

He was a child at the time so he couldn't remember it, and it was probably not a simple scene that he could remember.

He remembered that it was very hot and he couldn't breathe.

And he tried to help others, but they died.

"Why did it happen like that?"

Like, an adult who tried to save a child from a collapsed house died in place of the child he saved.

Like, a group of people with dry throats died because the only remaining water was drunk by one person.

Like, one person tried to escape from the fire as quickly as possible, but the people left behind all failed to escape.

And, like...

In order to help someone who had nothing to do with him, he took out something that could have helped him and died.

"──────"

Emiya Shirou didn't like that.

He was upset when people who worked hard died.

Was it too greedy to hope that everyone could be saved and smile happily?

He just wanted to see people breathing normally and peacefully, why couldn't he even accomplish that?

"That's very difficult. Because what Shirou said was to save everyone."

This is how Kiritsugu answered his question when he was a child.

Of course, he didn't accept it when he was a child.

Because Kiritsugu saved him. He also knew that Kiritsugu was a magician who could do anything.

He also knew that Kiritsugu was a righteous partner who did not ask for anything in return, but just because he couldn't ignore the suffering of people.

So────he believed that if it was Kiritsugu, he could help everyone at that time.

When he said this, Kiritsugu showed a very troubled expression and said something that only happened once, but it is still deeply impressed.

"Shirou. Choosing who to help means who to abandon. Listen carefully, those who can be saved by righteous partners can only be saved by righteous partners. Although it is a matter of course, this is the definition of a righteous partner."

This Emiya Shirou knows.

If you have to say it, this is also natural.

Suppose there are robbers and hostages, and the robbers intend to kill the hostages.

Using the usual method, the hostages will most likely be killed.

And at this time, even if they are righteous partners, they can only choose to kill the robbers.

Save the hostages and kill the robbers.

There can't be a better way than this.

It is obviously impossible to solve the problem peacefully.

So even God can't save everyone.

"If it is a natural disaster, it's not necessary. No matter who it is, they can't save everyone."

The fire ten years ago was like that. That's not what Shirou Emiya, who was saved miraculously, can say now.

"But I don't like it."

He doesn't like that kind of helpless thing.

He doesn't want to decide how many people he can save from the beginning.

No matter how impossible it is, he must take action.

He can't bear to see strangers around him dying like he did at that time.

So, if he were ten years ago, he would rush into the fire even if it was impossible────()