Shirou Emiya stands on the Terra continent

15. Lower Town

After successfully requesting money from the emperor and having all his debts instantly disappear, Emiya felt refreshed.

"I didn't expect the new boss to be so easy to talk to!"

Originally, Emiya only intended to ask for payment, but he didn't expect that the boss would also forgive his debt, which was different from what he had previously understood.

What he had seen on TV before was that the boss would make things difficult for him and then reluctantly transfer the money. How come it was so smooth here?

After thinking for a few seconds, Emiya gave up. As long as everything went smoothly, there was no need to think too much.

"Everyone is here tonight, let's cook a good meal! Mrs. Bai introduced a street last time that seems to have fresh meat and vegetables to choose from. Let's go there this time."

Chef Emiya is in a good mood and Penguin Logistics has a full stomach.

After tidying up the living room, Emiya went out with a shopping bag. The shopping bag was a gift from the supermarket as part of an event. Emiya thought it was quite sturdy, so he carried it with him. It looked very simple.

Emiya turned on the navigation and headed towards the city street.

"The first destination was outside the shopping district and supermarket."

Along the way, Emiya talked to himself as he looked at the buildings that were different from before.

If the roads leading to supermarkets or Dagu business district were full of tall skyscrapers, now the roads are basically filled with slightly shorter houses, with only one or two particularly prominent buildings occasionally.

Emiya felt very cordial about this.

If there is any difference, it is probably that there will be a few people here who will look at me with unfriendly eyes.

"I remember that Exiah seemed to have said that the Lungmen infected people seemed to gather in one area, so they were not often seen. But this is not the area that Exiah mentioned... No, it seems to be nearby."

Emiya looked at the phone in his hand and found that this place was close to the area that Archangel Exia mentioned.

"The middle ground?"

Finding that the destination was nearby, Emiya began to recall what the Angel had said.

Longmen has Upper City District, Middle City District and Lower City District, and the infected people are generally concentrated in the Lower City District.

Because there are many infected people and many gangs in the downtown area, and the Guard Bureau is unable to spare manpower to clean up the situation, the overall public security is chaotic, so it is also called the slums.

Because the public security in the slums is poor, Exia advises Emiya to stay away from them without her, Texas, or Croissant.

But everyone at Emiya had already reached the market, so it was too late to say anything.

"Buy some and go..."

After evaluating the situation, Emiya decided to buy a few and leave quickly, since he was already here.

"Freshly killed fish, meat, and fresh vegetables...oh? They seem really cheap, but I have to prepare them myself when I get home."

Walking down the street, Emiya quickly spotted a few vendors.

Emiya carefully placed the bag on his chest and carefully selected a few dishes.

"It's been very chaotic lately, with constant sounds of gunfire and explosions."

Emiya heard the conversation of several middle-aged women nearby.

It’s not that I deliberately listened, after all... the aunties chat really loudly.

I occasionally meet Emiya in the supermarket, but most of the time they just talk about their family matters or trivial things. But here, they always talk about exciting things.

"Yes, yes. Yesterday I saw a group of people walking on the road with knives and crossbows from the window. It was so scary."

Another aunt said.

"Not only that, there were a lot of cars chasing each other on the road a few days ago."

"..."

Emiya didn't listen any further, just picked out the dishes and left.

After all, eavesdropping is not good, even if the other person is too loud.

Besides, he had to finish his selection and leave quickly because he felt someone was watching him secretly.

"But they were carrying knives and crossbows on the road? There were also gunshots and explosions. Even in Longmen, a place with good public security, it seemed quite chaotic."

Emiya sighed as he walked.

According to the information he got from books and the Internet, Longmen should be considered an area with good public security.

However, no matter how good the public security is, it is still based on this land.

It is said that Ursus seems to arrest the infected directly, and Lungmen is one of the few countries that is friendly to the infected.

If he were in Ursus...

"There's no use thinking about this."

Shirou shook his head to clear himself up.

"Just focus on what's happening right now and don't think too much, Emiya Shirou."

Emiya whispered to himself, reminding himself.

Anyone here can use the mysterious Originium technique.

He is a magician, or rather a magician, but knowing magic does not make him invincible.

The combat power of a single person is limited here.

Emiya kept reminding himself not to be impulsive.

He didn't know why, but he just felt that he shouldn't make the same mistake again.

Maybe Archer told him something during the Holy Grail War?

Or rather... he was entrusted with something.

Thinking of this, Emiya touched his right arm. He has been carrying the Holy Shroud since that day when he was almost swallowed by his memories.

He usually keeps it on his body, and wraps it around his right hand when he goes out.

Although I don't remember it anymore, it seems to be something very important.

"Hey, sir, what do you want?"

Emiya's thoughts were interrupted by a somewhat lazy voice. When he came to his senses, he realized that he had been in front of the fish stall for quite a while.

"Sorry, I was a little distracted."

Emiya apologized hastily, looking towards the stall owner.

Hmm... looks a bit fierce, but more lazy?

A simple ferocious appearance alone would not scare him, after all, he could never compare to Berserker.

"It's okay. There aren't any other customers at this time anyway. Just take your time to choose."

The other party seemed to notice that Emiya didn't seem very scared of him, so he said a few more words.

Seeing this, Emiya nodded, then looked carefully at the fish.

Hmm... he couldn't seem to recognize any of them. Except for the obvious shrimps and crabs, he wasn't very familiar with any of them.

However, judging from the texture of the meat, there is one that is very similar to salmon.

"Let's buy some and try frying them first to see how it tastes..."

Emiya also specially bought some things that looked familiar. After all, he had been staring at the stall for so long, it would be embarrassing if he didn't buy anything or bought very little.

"Want to stab?"

"Is it okay? Thank you for your help."

After Emiya finished speaking, he saw the boss pull out a knife and quickly removed the thorns.

"Oh, that's a very good technique."

Emiya couldn't help but sigh. After all, he had never seen anyone remove all the thorns with just a few cuts, and there was almost no meat left.

"Thank you for the compliment. After all, you've been doing this for quite a while. I'll give you a discount."

The boss packed the fish and handed it to Emiya.

"Eh? Is that okay?"

Emiya was stunned for a moment, not knowing why he suddenly got a discount.

"Well, after all, it's rare for someone to talk to me nicely the first time we meet. It feels quite fresh."

"……Thanks?"

Emiya had a question mark expression on his face, but still thanked the boss for the offer.

It’s great to be able to get discounts without having to bargain!

"No, just come more often in the future."

The boss yawned and sent Emiya away, then continued to take care of his stall and wait for the next customer to come.

16 fire

In total, Emiya picked up enough food for nearly three days, and even the shopping bag could barely hold it all.

Normally, Emiya wouldn't buy so much, after all, the refrigerator wouldn't be able to hold all of it, but today he had planned to make something richer, so he could probably consume more than half of it in one go.

“I hope the fish I bought won’t taste too bad…”

Emiya picked up the shopping bag and thought about how to prepare dinner for today.

I have tried most of the common meats and vegetables. Except for a few with special flavors, there is basically no difference between the others.

As for fish, it was a little more troublesome. After all, in the past he only knew how to cook salmon, tuna, and bamboo shoots, and most of them were already processed by the store.

Now we can only judge what kind of fish it is based on its processed appearance. As for the taste, we can only try it again.

"The boss is a nice guy. I'll ask the Angels to come buy with me later."

Emiya remembered what Angel Exia said and decided to find someone to go with him if he got close to the downtown area.

This was just an accident, but it also made Emiya realize that what Angelica said was not just a casual remark. He really felt a lot of malicious looks along the way.

But he was only releasing malice towards Emiya, and such malice meant nothing to him.

It’s better to avoid trouble as much as possible.

After all, he is living under someone else's roof now.

Only after he moved away did Emiya feel the malicious gaze disappear.

For some reason, he seemed to be suddenly particularly sensitive to this kind of malice.

After checking his belongings to make sure nothing was missing, Weigong prepared to return to the dormitory.

Emiya wrote down the few stores he had just bought from, and if they were good when he returned, he would come back and buy from them again.

But we have to wait until he has gone through the entire market and made a comparison.

When Emiya turned the next intersection, he found that there were some people gathered at the intersection ahead, and the building over there seemed to be smoke coming out.

"Fire?"

Emiya's brows furrowed slightly.

The fire didn't seem very big. It seemed that a restaurant was on fire. It was probably caused by a gas explosion.

When he thought of the gas explosion, Emiya began to wonder if there was some shady plot going on.

"No, no, this isn't a world that needs to hide its mysteries."

Emiya complained about himself.

However, the location of the fire happened to be on the way Emiya was going back to the dormitory.

However, Emiya assessed that the fire was not serious and would not block the firefighters' route, so he did not plan to take a detour.

"Don't worry, boss. I have just contacted the fire department."

A young Pero in work uniform was reporting to a man named Feilin who looked a bit old and was dressed in dust.

"The guests should have come out by now, right?"

The middle-aged Feilin asked the people around him. Some of the people here were customers who were just in the store. Suddenly, there was a loud BOOM and it exploded. Fortunately, it was just an ordinary natural gas explosion. If it was an Originium explosion, they would be doomed.