Fate: Emiya the Host

"Uh, that, just follow the rules and handle it, no need to make anything special," Shirou was embarrassed.

He already had some guesses about the criminal, so he also didn't want to make too big of a fuss.

But a small lesson was definitely necessary.

At least those two guys must not be allowed to repeat it.

"By the way, what kind of people are there in the news club?", Shirou asked.

'Even daring to publish these kinds of news, jumping boy was one thing.'

'But Rin and Issei, who are they?'

One was the young lady managing Fuyuki City, the other was the student council president.

And they still dared to make up scandals? Are they tired of living?

"Hmm, let me think."

Issei thought for a while and then gave the answer, "Currently the head of the news club seems to be called Merlin."

"As for the members, I only remember one named Makoto Waka, because it's easy to remember. The others I'm not clear on for now."

"Figures…", Shirou let out a helpless sigh without being able to say a word.

Even knowing they weren't simple, he didn't expect it to be this absurd.

If it was him, doing this sort of thing wouldn't be surprising.

'However…'

'Since I am here, why hasn't the Ahoge King appeared?'

———

Break time ended.

Putting aside irrelevant thoughts, Shirou called out the system.

Ritsuka and Mash, the two beautiful girls, because they had done something guilty, didn't dare to come over and talk until school was over, feeling nervous the whole time.

In the end, it was Ritsuka who couldn't hold it in, asking, "Emiya-kun, want to go to the club together?"

"Mm, let's go," Shirou packed his things and slung on his backpack.

Issei was picked up after school. He had been fiddling with his phone during break, clearly paying a lot of attention to this matter.

And he also seemed to have gotten a lead.

Seeing Shirou not reacting much, Ritsuka let out a sigh of relief, thinking he hadn't noticed, and immediately pulled Mash energetically, "Let's go, Shirou-kun."

The two beautiful girls holding hands happily went to find Dr. Roman for the keys.

Every club had at least one supervising teacher.

The literature club's supervising teacher was precisely Romani Archaman. The famous Grand Caster Solomon in the Type-Moon world.

But here, he was just an ordinary school doctor.

When they arrived at the infirmary, Ritsuka and Mash couldn't keep giggling anymore.

Because Issei and Fujimura Taiga were both there.

They were speaking with a tired-looking Dr. Roman.

How could he not be tired?

Kicking a ball like it was a matter of life and death, made him spend the whole day on edge, barely drank any water, and even had to carry the stretcher himself.

Finally finishing dealing with the soccer club incident, he thought he could have a good rest.

But as soon as he got back to the infirmary, the student council president brought over their homeroom teacher Fujimura Taiga.

And solemnly informed them about that bit of mischief Ritsuka and Mash had done.

After this string of blows, Dr. Roman almost couldn't catch his breath.

———

"Ritsuka, Mash!"

The infirmary turned into a three-way trial.

As their supervising teacher, Roman looked at the two of them standing in the corner with their heads down like children who had done something wrong.

He sighed, "You two…"

"Sorry, teacher, sorry, Ryuudou-kun!"

The two immediately lowered their heads to apologize, their tone showing genuine reflection.

"Hmph!"

Issei gave a cold snort, "You're apologizing to the wrong person, aren't you?"

At the same time, he looked at Shirou with an expression of hating iron for not becoming steel, "Emiya, sometimes can't you stop spoiling people so much?"

"Have I?", Shirou pondered, "I should be pretty cold, right?"

"And you still—", Issei was so angry he could barely speak.

"How should I put it," Shirou thought for a moment, "I'm not actually that angry."

"Emiya!"

"Don't get too worked up, Issei," Shirou looked at the two guilty girls who were about to cry and said, "The reason I'm not stopping this matter isn't because I'm angry, I wouldn't get angry over such a small thing."

"What I'm unhappy about is that you dragged in other students besides me, especially my most important friend Issei, and Rin."

"Mm," Ritsuka and Mash had nothing to say.

"Emiya, you—", Issei looked at him.

That was such a mix of being touched and pained.

'Why did you have to add that demon when mentioning me?'

Seeing the atmosphere relax, Shirou apologized to Roman, "Sorry, Dr. Roman, for delaying your rest because of this."

"It's fine, after all I am indeed their supervising teacher. If they did such a thing, part of it is because I didn't guide them well enough," Roman scratched his head.

"Then let's end my part of the matter here, Issei," Shirou said lightly.

"Emiya, are you serious?", Issei's expression was hard to describe.

Shirou smiled in reassurance, "Don't worry, I can only speak for myself."

"As for you and Rin, and Jeanne-senpai, I'm not qualified to speak for them."

"So, you two will have to work hard to earn their forgiveness yourselves."

He instructed the two standing in the corner.

"Thank you, Emiya-kun," Ritsuka and Mash almost cried.

'What should we do if Emiya-kun is too nice?'

'Can we offer ourselves in return?'

After Issei and Fujimura-sensei took Ritsuka and Mash to the news club to deal with the details of this incident, only Shirou and Roman were left in the infirmary.

"Is it okay?", Roman asked.

"Is what okay?", Shirou had been thinking about how quiet Fujimura-sensei was this time.

Being interrupted, he looked a bit puzzled.

"About those two kids," Roman sat in his reclining chair, relaxing his tired spirit, "This time, personally, I feel… it was actually a bit over the line. Precisely because they're friends, making up rumors like that is harder to forgive, isn't it?"

"Mm, probably, maybe…", Shirou didn't comment, only said, "I believe they had no ill intent. I should say, the real problem is with the news club."

From what he knew of Ritsuka, it shouldn't have been exaggerated to that degree, especially about Jeanne-senpai and himself, plus having a terminal illness or something.

Ritsuka would never make that kind of joke.

And Mash even more so, like an eggplant that has lost its color, with desire but no courage.

Her expression just now was exactly like that eggplant.

So it was definitely Merlin who added fuel to the fire (certain face).

As for the vending machine, there were too many eyewitnesses; no way to clear it.

Finally, Shirou's expression softened, "Besides, it's not like there's no punishment."

"Oh?", Roman looked over.

"For them, something like this will probably make them feel guilty for a long time."

The breeze gently stirred the white curtains in the infirmary.

"But whether happy or troubled, the choices you make have to be borne by yourself. That's all part of living."

Shirou smiled, "So, seeing them living like they are now, you should be happy, right?"

Roman was stunned.

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