I am the protagonist

Therefore, what Medea actually hates most is betrayal.

She was looking for someone who could accept her.

It wasn't because of her betrayal.

I will not betray her.

She was really unlucky in the past, and all she encountered were people who betrayed her.

But this time, she had a completely different feeling.

"Caster, let's start decorating the room."

"It will probably take a long time before we can handle this on our end."

"Ah."

Shirou and Medea began to arrange the things in the room together.

Medea also began to move all the figurines and clothes that she had previously kept in her own room to this room.

She never hid her interest from Shirou.

At this moment, there's no need to hide it; instead, it should be presented openly and honestly.

Besides some Saber figurines and clothes, Medea also has a lot of magic props and research materials to bring out.

Fortunately, the room was big enough to fit all her things.

But dealing with the room situation is not easy.

It's impossible to completely organize everything in the room all at once. For now, Medea is just laying out all these cumbersome things and will slowly tidy them up when they are needed later.

"Shirou, where is your room?"

"My room is right next to yours."

"This will make my research on magic much easier, and I think I'll be visiting each other more often."

Shirou didn't really want to spend too much time in girls' rooms, which was actually a rather bad practice.

Unfortunately, Shirou's alchemy skills are lacking.

This current, barely passable level is the most dangerous, so I can only try to find more time to communicate with Caster about magic.

Chapter 78 Caster is moving in!?

"We're back."

Rin placed all the bags and packages in the entryway before sitting down.

"Ha... I bought a bit too much stuff this time."

You only realize you bought too much after you've already shopped.

"I've never had this problem before, so why did I lose control and buy so much this time?"

"And they're all ingredients."

Rin usually tries to control her shopping desires because she is financially strapped.

Some unnecessary items do not require large-scale procurement.

Especially things like ingredients.

Perhaps it's about buying a lot of things and stocking up at home.

Even if you were to store them, you wouldn't need to store such a large quantity.

However, recently, when shopping, Rin found herself unable to control herself from making large purchases, and her targets were all expensive ingredients.

Sakura probably knows some of the reasons.

"Sister, I think it must be the senior's cooking skills."

"After buying a lot of ingredients, my senior would make some of the dishes from comics."

"Sister, you must have been spoiled by your senior."

"Sakura, aren't you spoiled too?"

"..."

Okay, Sakura admits that she has also been spoiled by her senior.

Although she still eats out sometimes, she rarely touches anything that doesn't taste good anymore.

Because of this problem, Sakura has recently noticed that her spending has increased significantly.

"...diseases of affluence."

"The food made by my senior is just so delicious that it unconsciously raises my opinion of many things."

Cherry blossoms used to be considered just average to eat, but now they're considered unpalatable.

The better-tasting dishes were downgraded to an average level.

Sakura knew this was because she had compared the food her senior made with those other things.

She would never have done this in the past.

But it's precisely because they've been living together for a while that they've ended up doing this.

In addition, the senior student was the one who was in charge of cooking, so he ate a lot of delicious food.

In other words, her sense of taste has become quite discerning, which is why Sakura's spending has increased significantly recently.

"Sister, I calculated our recent expenses before."

“Recently, our consumption has been almost two or three times higher than before, and this does not even include expenses related to magic research.”

"so much!?"

Rin was also taken aback by such a large amount of spending.

Rin already knew that her recent spending was astonishing, but she didn't expect it to be two or three times more than usual.

At that moment, he glanced at the bags placed around him with a complicated expression.

You really can't tell from everyday life that these things have been consumed two or three times more than usual.

"Looks like we'll need to be more frugal lately."

"If we continue to spend at this rate, it won't be long before we run out of money."

Rin has also dealt with household financial issues before.

Because she knew how big a hole the family's finances were, she used to be extremely frugal in everything she did.

But I never expected that my good habits would be so easily defeated by my appetite.

"Yes."

"So, sister, from today onwards, all the purchasing will be handled by me."

"My sister's spending lately has been terrifying."

Sakura is able to control her spending.

Saving money while maintaining high quality was also her forte in the past.

Sakura's attitude is that life should be lived better, but that is living well enough while being frugal.

Instead of the luxurious lifestyle that has evolved into what it is today.

"I see."

Rin also knew that it wasn't suitable for her to go out shopping recently.

A life of luxury can make past frugality go to waste in an instant.

To prevent this extravagant lifestyle from becoming a habit, certain restrictions are still necessary.

"Why don't we just have Shirou make less food?"

"No!" *2

Medusa's idea was immediately and strongly rejected by Rin and Sakura.

"We still have to eat."

"I'll just eat more frugally from now on."

"Yes."

"We should still eat the meals prepared by our seniors, but we should eat them in the best way possible while being as frugal as possible."

Well, Medusa also admitted that the food Shirou prepared was really delicious.

There are all kinds of dishes.

With enough ingredients, you can make many incredible dishes.

Even Medusa, who is usually indifferent to appetite, admits that Shirou's food has whetted her appetite.

"Ok?"

While talking about the food, Medusa looked down and saw a pair of unfamiliar women's shoes.

Are we having guests at home today?

Rin and Sakura also noticed the unfamiliar shoes placed in the entryway.

Is it a big river?

Rin realized that Taiga hadn't visited in a long time.

"Sister, Fujimura-sensei has been busy preparing for the start of the new school term, so she probably won't have time to come over anytime soon."

"Recently, Fujimura-sensei can be said to have just escaped from the hell of matchmaking."

"...Is Taihe going to start preparing for blind dates soon?"

Blind dates are something only adults need to worry about.

As a high school student, Rin isn't worried about blind dates.

Besides, there's already the best option at home, so why would she need to go out and go on blind dates?

Isn't what you have at home good enough?

"Let's go in and have a look."

Rin and Sakura carried a large amount of groceries into the living room.

But right now, only Saber was sitting in the living room, and she looked guilty.

"Saber, what's wrong with you?"

"...It's nothing, I just feel a little nauseous."

This was the first time Saber felt so disgusted with her own thoughts.

Especially when I heard Caster crying in the room.

Saber felt that some of her ideas really needed to be changed.

Perhaps some worries are necessary, but we should also consider more things.

"what?"

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

Rin couldn't understand the meaning of Saber's words at all.

"By the way, Saber, did you have any guests today?"

"...Yes, Caster came today."

"..."

Rin paused for a moment upon hearing this.

Suddenly, a very bad premonition welled up in Rin's heart.

"What made Caster decide to come here?"

"Does Caster also know that Shirou's cooking is delicious and want to come and freeload a meal?"