Shirou Emiya doesn't want to work overtime

"As a person who shoulders justice, how far can you go?"

Looking at Shirou Emiya who had left, the corners of Leo's mouth curled up slightly, golden magic slowly poured from his palms into the wheelchair, and his back gradually disappeared into the corridor.

Chapter 661: Must survive

As soon as he entered the health room, Emiya Shirou saw Matou Sakura who was arranging medicines.

She seemed to have heard the noise from the door a long time ago, and quickly took out some needed medicines and placed them on the bedside table beside her.

Then he made a soft voice towards Shirou Emiya.

"senior--"

Seeing Matou Sakura who was a little busy, Emiya Shirou's expression gradually relaxed for some reason, and he sat on the hospital bed skillfully and took off his clothes.

The bright red bandage once again came into sight of Matou Sakura.

But even though she had dealt with it dozens of times, Matou Sakura's eyes were still trembling, and she couldn't help showing worry.

After such a long time, regardless of normal drug treatment or the use of alchemical potions, Emiya Shirou's injuries still showed no signs of improvement.

This is no longer an injury that can be cured simply by relying on one's own recovery ability and ordinary alchemical potions.

What exactly do we need to do to be able to————

"cherry--?"

Just when Matou Sakura was thinking this, a call pulled her out of her thoughts.

Then, as if she had thought of something, her expression became a little panicked, and she hurriedly leaned towards Shirou Emiya and took off the blood-soaked bandages on his body.

Emiya Shirou did not continue to talk to Matou Sakura.

It wasn't that he didn't have anything to say to Matou Sakura, but that he couldn't do it.

"It may hurt a little, senior, please bear with me——!"

Although the tone was still soft, Emiya Shirou could clearly hear the cold meaning in it. At this time, Matou Sakura was like an AI that had lost her emotions, methodically wiping Emiya Shirou's body and applying medicine.

The eyes of Matou Sakura in front of her were dim at the moment.

"————"

Emiya Shirou didn't make a sound, but quietly waited for Matou Sakura to finish bandaging himself.

Because this is not the first time something like this has happened to Matou Sakura.

It should be said that after her battle with Gawain and her injuries became extremely serious, Matou Sakura often appeared in this situation.

But Matou Sakura's emotionless state would not last long.

Usually within a minute, Matou Sakura will return to normal again.

Her eyes will also regain their former color.

It's not that Emiya Shirou isn't worried about Matou Sakura, it's just that facing this situation, he can do nothing but worry.

In SE.RA.PH, after staying in the Holy Grail War for so long, Emiya Shirou didn't understand everything.

He knew why Sakura was in such a state, but he was unable to solve it.

Just like when he first arrived in this world, he couldn't do anything when faced with Sakura who kept repeating herself just to get along with him.

Thinking of this, Emiya Shirou clenched his hands tightly.

"sorry--!"

Emiya Shirou apologized softly to Matou Sakura who was wiping the medicine on him in front of him.

"No, this is not my fault, it's all my own fault."

With a calm smile, Matou Sakura looked at Emiya Shirou very tenderly, as if they had met for the first time.

Sakura is so gentle to everyone.

Mooncell will check NPCs and advanced AI at the end of every day. If they are found to have self-emotion, Mooncell will delete them mercilessly.

And Matou Sakura does not want such a situation to happen, even if her thoughts are just for selfish desires.

At the very beginning, Matou Sakura used her authority as a high-level AI to repeat this day over and over again for her own selfish desires, and kept getting along with Emiya Shirou.

After that, Matou Sakura not only suffered from the contradictions of the AI, but also suffered from Emiya Shirou's indulgence towards herself, so Matou Sakura decided to let go of her selfish desires.

However, advanced AI cannot delete its own records on its own, because submitting them to Mooncell is their main principle and meaning of existence.

At that time, Matou Sakura could not suppress her emotions nor delete them.

What's more, she doesn't want to delete this emotion and memory.

So she moved this emotion and memory to a backup body to ensure that she would not be deleted by Mooncell.

However, if the mental memory is lost, the memories recorded by the physical body will continue to exist.

Matou Sakura, who is supposed to have forgotten everything and returned to normal AI, is shaken by the unknown emotional value every time she talks to Emiya Shirou.

As time goes on, the emotions that were originally transferred by her are constantly reviving.

Matou Sakura wanted to transfer her emotions and memories to the backup machine again like before, but found that she couldn't do it no matter what.

But if this emotion is retained, the consequences after being discovered by Mooncell are self-evident.

Matou Sakura had no choice. In order not to be deleted by Mooncell, she had to suppress this emotion desperately, and even forcibly deleted her emotions when she felt that she could not control it.

Because if the emotion is too strong, it will be the same as the beginning, and it will not be possible to deceive Mooncell by deleting the emotion, so she must keep suppressing it.

She herself is an advanced AI with human rights, personality and soul. Under the condition that the record cannot be deleted, this emotion will continue to revive, unless Shirou Emiya never contacts it again.

And Matou Sakura can only delete her revived emotions continuously so that she will not be deleted by Mooncell.

Even so, Matou Sakura has never blamed Shirou Emiya, and even said that she is grateful to him in her heart.

She wants to live, not for survival, but to be able to spend more time with Shirou Emiya, for her own insignificant desires.

Even if the time they have emotional time together is so short, Matou Sakura's heart is still surging.

When Shirou Emiya discovered this fact and wanted to stay away from Sakura, she was strongly stopped.

"Are you going to deprive me of my last happiness?"

Faced with such Matou Sakura, Shirou Emiya had no way to refuse.

Soon, under Sakura's superb medical skills, Shirou Emiya was bandaged all over again.

During this period, the two did not say too much, and even had only a little eye contact.

But Matou Sakura was already satisfied.

It's just that she was greedy. She had repeated the day for so long for her own selfish desires, and she wanted more.

So, the moment Shirou Emiya walked out of the health room, Matou Sakura shouted at him with all her might.

"Senior, you must survive——!"

After saying this, Matou Sakura's eyes became dim again.

Chapter 662 Some things are more important than life

"Is it finally here?"

In the elevator, feeling the door opposite open, Archer slowly opened his slightly closed eyes and looked forward.

The opponent of their five rounds of battle-Shirou Emiya.

Finally stepped onto the battlefield that belonged to him.

"I thought you didn't dare to come because you were afraid?"

Archer spoke to Shirou Emiya mercilessly with a slight sarcasm.

"If the opponent was you, I don't think I would feel scared at all."

Shirou Emiya did not flinch at all. Facing Archer's mockery, he even immediately retorted.

The implication was that Archer's strength was not worth his emotions.

"You, your hand skills are so poor, you should practice for a few more years."

Facing Shirou Emiya's sarcasm, Archer just smiled contemptuously. Such words could not shake his state of mind. He had said more trash talk than Shirou Emiya had eaten.

"Ha! You have practiced for so many years, but your projection skills are not much better!"

After all, this is the biggest gap between the two of them. If you want to attack, you should attack the other party's pain point.

"Qi——!"

"You can only argue now. With your current physical condition, you can't even fight with all your strength."

"You don't need to worry about that. Although my physical condition is very bad, I will have no problem defeating you."

"Sharp-tongued——"

"Same here——"

Before they officially walked into the final battlefield, the two of them were already full of gunpowder.

Every word was tit-for-tat, as if it was either you or me, either me or you. Standing behind Archer, Hakuno Kishinami even saw the eyes of the two people bursting with crisp sparks in the air.

"Senior Emiya, I want to know, what are you fighting for?"

After the verbal dispute ended, Hakuno Kishinami asked Shirou Emiya with a puzzled look.

Until now, Hakuno Kishinami didn't understand what Shirou Emiya's purpose was in participating in the Holy Grail War.

What exactly are you fighting for.

"Master——"

Archer looked at Hakuno Kishinami beside him and spoke softly, but did not stop him.

Because he had guessed what Shirou Emiya would answer.

"If it's the purpose of fighting, maybe it's to survive, just like you."

Shirou Emiya didn't face Hakuno Kishinami like he did Archer.

Shirou Emiya didn't hide anything from Hakuno Kishinami's question. It's not a shameful thing to survive.

"But, if it's for survival, why did you save them so desperately?"

Hakuno Kishinami could feel that Shirou Emiya didn't lie. His purpose of fighting was the same as his own, just to survive.

But why did he save his opponent so desperately?

Rin Tousaka, Shinji Matou, Leo, they were all Shirou Emiya's opponents, but they survived miraculously.

Hakuno Kishinami couldn't understand.

Just like her, in order to survive, she kept struggling in such a cruel Holy Grail War, and never thought of lending a helping hand to her opponent.

It's not because she is indifferent, but because the rules of this world are so cruel and ruthless.

In such a Holy Grail War where only one person can survive, she may not be able to survive even if she tries her best, let alone save others.

And for Mooncell, Shirou Emiya is also an extremely insignificant existence.

Compared with successfully saving his opponent, Shirou Emiya is more likely to lose his own life.

This is completely contrary to his purpose of wanting to survive.

If Shirou Emiya had not been desperate to save others, he would have been attacked by Mooncell.

The magic power in Avalon would never have been consumed so quickly.

Shirou Emiya's body would not have become so weak.

It's just that some things are more important than life.

"Maybe for me, saving others is more important than my own life."

Without any ups and downs, Shirou Emiya explained to Hakuno Kishinami as if he was explaining a very simple thing.

And Archer was silent and did not speak.

Once upon a time, he was also such an existence.