Heroic Spirit: I, Shinji, have tried my best.

Chapter 271 Letter from the Clock Tower

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While his consciousness was blurry, Shinji felt that he was lying on a soft place. Although his body felt quite comfortable, he felt an inexplicable sense of uneasiness...

This state lasted for about half an hour. Finally, the discomfort broke his deep sleep and his tightly closed eyes suddenly opened.

"…A strange ceiling… No, it seems a little familiar."

Shinji sat up blankly and looked at the scene around him. It was an ordinary bedroom without any decorations. It looked very simple and monotonous, but very clean.

This... seems to be his room...

The bookshelf, the bed, and the minimalist decor were almost exactly as he remembered them, even their positions had not changed.

Shinji woke up and pulled up the cup covering him. After taking a look, he slapped his head helplessly:

"I actually fell asleep at such an important moment... This is really..."

But there was nothing he could do about it. The mental exhaustion from before was too great, not to mention that he had just played in that world for a whole day, and then he got on the plane and waited to go home excitedly for a long time.

So the exhaustion and the sense of security of returning to a familiar place caused him to lose consciousness without realizing it...

"But this sleep is not comfortable. I don't know what is missing..."

“…thump…thump, crash!”

"Hi~hoo~"

Get out of bed, go outside, take a deep breath…

This courtyard-style room is quite nice. You can see the sunlight as soon as you open the door.

…By the way, where did Sakura go?

Shinji followed the light into the hall. When he opened the door, his eyes met with the girl who was kneeling on the floor. Looking at the needle and thread in her hand, Shinji couldn't help laughing.

"I was wondering where my coat was, but I didn't expect you to take it."

"Nisan, wake up! This is... I saw your clothes were all torn, so I wanted to help you sew them..."

Sakura said a little embarrassedly.

She was obviously confident in her skills, but this time it seemed like something was not right with the sewing...

"Hahahaha... you are not the one who asked me to sew a magic creation by myself, not to mention that this is my battle-damaged style, and you, a little bumpkin, are going to sew it up..."

"Hey! Is this a magic costume? Oops, I didn't realize it. I hope I broke it!"

Shinji walked over casually, sat down next to the other person, took the coat without even looking at it, and threw it aside.

"What are you thinking... There are so many of these things available, why would you need to repair them?"

"…Is that so? I thought that was something important. If it breaks, Nissan, you will be troubled..."

"It's okay. No matter how important it is, it's not as important as you."

"..."

"..."

"…Nisan, are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"

Seeing the atmosphere suddenly become awkward, Sakura stiffly changed the subject, but Shinji looked indifferent.

Anyway, he is no longer interested in this kind of social atmosphere, even though he used to feel uncomfortable with the "personalities" of those heroes.

Now, after personally experiencing a world without laws, rules, and where the strong prey on the weak, he has gradually become less sensitive to these things.

"No... I'm not hungry now. Why don't you tell me what's going on here... I guess something must have happened after being out for so long."

“…Yeah, a lot happened…”

Shinji half-raised his head and asked Sakura, and after hearing this, the awkward smile on her face gradually disappeared, and she said in a tone of emotion:

"A lot has happened in Nissan in the two years since you left..."

"Two years?"

“…Hmm, isn’t that right?”

"No…it's okay."

Shinji suddenly noticed a special point, but immediately ignored it.

Two years?... Obviously he will be away for much longer than two years this time.

The timeline was staggered... This was indeed within his expectations, but according to his expectations, this time should be shorter...

"And then? If it's been two years... you should have graduated by now, right?"

"Of course, I'm in college now!"

"It's a pity that you missed the time to get your diploma, Nisan, and you dropped out of school for two years, so you're still at the high school level..."

"Tsk! It's just a small matter. Anyway, I've never learned anything. It has nothing to do with me. Why should I feel sorry for it?"

Sakura was about to share her recent college experience with her brother, but suddenly remembered that he had missed this time period, so she didn't dare to continue...

But Shinji was dismissive of this.

He doesn't care about diplomas. Who would make money with diplomas these days? Any knife would be more useful.

Not to mention that now he doesn't need to worry about money or connections. Whether to go to school depends entirely on his mood.

After all, the Holy Grail cannot be said to be an omnipotent wish-granting machine, but it is still easy to solve such small matters.

"By the way, then Rin and that kid from the Emiya family should be in the same university as you, right? Tell me the truth, has that guy done anything weird in the past two years?"

Suddenly, Shinji seemed to remember something very important. He sat up with a start, put his hands on Sakura's shoulders, and spoke seriously.

I almost forgot about this. If Sakura was kidnapped by Emiya in the past two years, it would not be a good thing. But it shouldn't happen so soon...

Sakura in front of her was startled at first, and then her expression became a little strange.

Huh? What's going on? This expression...

Oh no, could that kid really have stolen our house?

"As for Rin and the others... they didn't actually go to college."

"…Eh?"

"No? So they dropped out of school too?"

"No... Actually, it was because of the Holy Grail War that Rin received an invitation from the Clock Tower, so she has gone there to study magic."

"Going...to the Clock Tower?"

Shinji was stunned for a moment. The Holy Grail War that Sakura mentioned should be the fifth Holy Grail War. Although the final outcome was rather bizarre and the Holy Grail was taken away by him, Rin and the others were indeed half winners.

Although the Clock Tower didn't interfere too much, it would definitely keep an eye on the situation here. It wouldn't be strange to invite the descendants of Tōsaka, one of the three great families...

"What about Emiya?"

"As for him, it seems that he went with Rin."

"…So, you are the only one left here?"

Shinji's expression gradually turned ugly. Did the Clock Tower look down on them now? Bullying our Matou family because no one was there?

Okay, okay, in that case, don't blame me...

"No, no, calm down, Nisan."

Sakura looked at Shinji who looked like he was about to lose his temper and didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a moment. She stood up and walked into the room and took out a letter decorated with red sealing wax.

He walked over and handed it to Shinji:

"Well, actually I was invited, but I chose to stay."