Shirou Emiya stands on the Terra continent

"Scary? You mean those ordinary residents who look pretty excited?"

Hearing what Emiya said, Lappland picked up the clothes that Emiya had torn to pieces for bandaging and wiped his two swords with them.

At the same time, he turned his eyes to the people hiding not far away.

If she was not mistaken, these people were not only not afraid, but even seemed a little excited?

"..."

After listening to Lappland's words, Emiya sped up his work and quickly bandaged all the wounds.

A bit crude, but not too demanding.

Doctors won't come into the slums to save people, we can only pray that these people can make it to the hospital.

"Are you leaving?"

Watching Emiya stand up, Lappland also put away his sword.

She has a lot of questions to ask and won't let the other person go easily.

"Well, you are... an infected person, right? Have you registered with Longmen?"

Emiya stood up and wiped his hands with a tissue, while his eyes quickly swept over Lappland.

He was dressed quite casually, in a coat and shorts, the shorts were even a bit torn.

There is a very obvious Originium crystal on the thigh. It is estimated that the other party has no intention of covering it up, and it can be covered even by wearing over-the-knee pants.

However, this is also within the scope of what Emiya needs to think about. He is now asking about the other party's condition just to find a place for the other party to ask questions.

If you are not registered in Longmen, then it is impossible to go anywhere except the slums.

After working in the Imperial Guard Bureau for a while, Emiya's actions gradually began to adopt the style of the Imperial Guard Bureau.

"No, I don't plan to hang out in those glamorous places. Maybe this place is more suitable for me?"

Lappland naturally knew that infected people needed to register if they wanted to move around in the city of Longmen.

However, her initial range of activities was limited to areas outside the slums. Even if she had friends, she would only act secretly. Registering would expose herself instead.

"Is that so? Then let's go to another place. Here... I remember there should be a restaurant."

Emiya couldn't laugh at all when he heard Lappland making such a dark joke about her identity as an infected person.

For many things, only the person involved can feel relieved when he or she says it, but once others say it or laugh it off, it will be a different story.

Emiya didn't know if the person in front of him was such a person. Even if the other party really didn't care, Emiya would not make any mocking gesture towards such self-deprecating words.

"…How boring! You haven't even given your name yet? How should I address you respectfully?"

Seeing that the expression on Emiya's face didn't change at all, Lappland felt a little bored.

She quite enjoys telling dark jokes and watching the other person's reactions.

Some people would find it cruel, some would laugh out loud after understanding it, and some would be as expressionless as the man in front of her, or even ask her to stop talking about this topic.

After thinking for a while, Lappland remembered that the other party seemed to have never said his name, so he asked the other party for the second time.

He also used a rather strange tone.

"Emiya, just call me Emiya. You said you had a question, what was it?"

Walking in front of Lappland, Emiya wanted to take her to a nearby restaurant for dinner and let her ask her questions she wanted to know.

Although he felt strange that a stranger suddenly had questions to ask him, Emiya did not refuse the request.

As long as the other party doesn't ask too in-depth questions, it's okay to answer a few questions briefly.

"Well, you know Texas, right?"

After getting the answer she wanted, Lappland put her hands behind her head and followed Emiya with an indifferent look.

As for where Emiya planned to take her, she didn't care too much, but what was certain was that the other party didn't seem to have too many thoughts about her and just wanted to answer her questions.

A pushover, this is what Lappland thinks of Emiya.

He did not complain or blame her, who was causing him trouble with the crisis, but chose to help her.

And he accepted the request afterwards, with no intention of resisting at all.

Such people are either really nice guys who are willing to help in any way, or they are just pretending and are completely hypocritical.

As to whether it was the former or the latter, Lapland had not yet figured it out.

"Texas? I don't know."

Hearing the other party's words, Emiya frowned and did not respond directly.

He had heard Kong mention something about Texas, and it seemed that the other party still had some grudges about what happened in the past, and was even somewhat resistant to contact with things from the past.

Emiya didn't know whether the Lappland in front of him was the past that Texas was resisting. If he easily told others about his acquaintance with Texas at this time, it would be a very irresponsible thing for Texas.

"Don't be stupid. Your lying skills are too poor. The smell on your body and the dagger have already betrayed you. Texas really has a good friend, right?"

Although she acted as if she didn't care, Lappland's attention was mostly focused on Emiya in front of her.

When she said the word "Texas", the expression on the other person's face was a little strange. Coupled with the obvious stiffness when he spoke, Lapland knew at a glance that the other person was lying.

“…Is it very clumsy?”

When he heard that the other party had exposed his lie, Emiya's first reaction was not to continue to cover up the lie, but to feel a little hurt inside.

I seem to hear similar words all the time recently, and Laplander's words can be said to be the last straw.

As for why I didn't continue to cover up the lie, it was mainly because the other party had made it so clear and it would only be embarrassing if I continued to lie.

The most he could do was not to talk about anything related to Texas. As Is said, changing the subject was the best way to prevent intelligence from being leaked.

Although Is originally thinking that keeping his mouth shut is the best solution.

"That's very clumsy. Your facial expression, tone, and body movements all betray you. Do you suggest you train more?"

In response to Emiya's question, Lappland nodded and pointed out several obvious factors that she had just discovered that the other party was lying.

“I will work harder on this.”

After hearing what Lappland said, Emiya sighed. This meant that almost the entire group had problems and they had to start from the beginning.

However, compared to Is who only imparted experience, Lappland at least pointed out his problems directly.

161 Don't hit someone who smiles at you

"This, and I don't want this, bring me one of the others."

In an ordinary restaurant in the slums, Lapland took a menu and ordered food from the shop next to him.

The way of ordering food is also very strange. Instead of ordering the food you want, you order the food you don’t want.

"You are too..."

Seeing the other party ordering food in a bold manner, Emiya's mouth twitched slightly.

Although he was not paying, this was the first time he had seen such a way of ordering food.

"It's okay, it's okay. If you can't finish it, you can take it back to Texas."

Lapland didn't care too much about this and still looked quite casual.

After sending the others away, Lappland narrowed his eyes and asked Emiya:

"Can you tell me about it? About Texas."

"..."

The excitement and anticipation on the other person's face were all imprinted in Emiya's eyes.

He didn't know the relationship between Lapland and Texas, but he knew that Texas seemed to have a grudge about the past.

From Sora, he heard this sentence: "One day, her past will catch up with her."

Emiya wasn't sure if Lappland was that past, but even if not, there must be some connection.

There were only two things he could do: try to bring Lapland to meet Texas, or prevent the two from having any contact.

He chose... the latter.

The main reason is that Lappland's performance so far has been a bit unpredictable, and Emiya doesn't dare to let her meet Texas.

Lappland, in particular, seemed to particularly enjoy stimulating others with words.

"Hmm~? You don't want to tell me? That's fine, let's talk about something else. How did you get that dagger? Was it given to you by Texas?"

Seeing the look in Emiya's eyes, Lappland immediately understood what he meant.

This is normal. The other party must be acquainted with Texas, or even have some other relationship with him. It is impossible for him to sell out the information of his own people at will.

At least she felt that Texas would not associate with such a person, but she could not rule out the possibility that the other party had changed his mind in the past few years.

"Yes, it was from her. It's my birthday present."

After thinking for a while, Emiya said.

At the same time, he tried his best to make the topic revolve around himself and tried to divert the topic.

"I see. Is it about birthday presents? I've never received one. It seems like you have a really good relationship with Texas?"

Unfortunately, Emiya's tactic of changing the subject failed, as there seemed to be nothing other than Texas in Lappland's eyes.

This is more troublesome. The last time I met someone who was difficult to talk to...

It seems to be that golden guy?

Both of them are quite self-centered, but compared with the other two, Lappland is obviously easier to talk to.

Thinking of this, Shirou felt that his mentality had improved a little.

After all, with a reference, Lapland is just a small problem.

Even the opponent's verbal attack was not as bad as that of Jin Shanshan! He was just more obsessed with Texas.

"Tsk, you're such a hard-to-talk-to guy."

Seeing that Emiya was silent again, Lappland curled her lips and said.

I originally wanted to find out about the current situation in Texas, but the guy in front of me refused to listen and said nothing.

Even if he said it, he would only say things that he had already guessed.

"I'm so sorry for not being able to speak well!"

Hearing Lappland's complaints, Emiya said unhappily.

It’s not that he doesn’t answer, but the other party’s questions are always too tricky.

Texas came to Texas, how should he answer?

All he knew about Texas's eating habits and his good swordsmanship! He wasn't the type who liked to express himself, so Emiya could only rely on himself to get to know him slowly.

Plus, the other party's behavior was a bit like that of a stalker, so when Emiya encountered questions that he found difficult to answer, he simply shut his mouth and did not respond.

Just as Lappland was thinking about whether to use other methods to make Emiya speak, the dishes she had just ordered were served on the table one after another.

"Hmm? You don't want to eat it? You introduced this to me? Or you can't eat food made by the infected?"

Lappland picked up the chopsticks somewhat unexperiencedly and began to enjoy the food in front of her, and at the same time noticed that Emiya had no intention of picking up his chopsticks.

Although this restaurant is a bit shabby, it still sells quite authentic Longmen cuisine. There is nothing wrong with the appearance and smell of it. The only problem is that the owner is an infected person, so few people come here to consume.

The only people who come here are the infected, and the infected generally don’t have much money.

However, Emiya and Lappland didn't mind these things. Lappland herself was an infected person, so naturally she didn't have any unhappy thoughts. She had become quite accustomed to being an infected person.

So she also understood how unwelcome the infected were.

"No... I just ate a little bit."

Emiya didn't care at all about the food made by the infected.

As long as you have a little understanding and adequate protection, basically there will be no problem with anything the infected person does. He just noticed that the boss here has done a very good job of protection.

He almost never took off his gloves when cooking, and he also wore his mask properly.

If I really have to say the only problem, it is that the cooking environment is a bit poor.

Besides, he had drunk a big bowl of thick soup before leaving Fuyuki Shop, so he wasn't really hungry now.