Shirou Emiya stands on the Terra continent

"No, it's nothing. It's just that in the past you would definitely refuse to make apple pie. Why did you suddenly agree today?"

Seeing Emiya's puzzled look, the Angel of Exiah said.

"...Alas, I just acted on impulse. Since you, Angel of Power, have said so, forget it!"

After hearing what the Angel said, Emiya was silent for a moment and then said with a regretful expression on his face.

"Eh? Don't do that! Emiya, make me an apple pie to comfort my wounded heart!"

After hearing Emiya's words, Exiah felt like she had suddenly fallen from the peak of happiness to the bottom of the valley.

"We'll talk about it later."

Looking at the appearance of Angel Exia, Emiya finally avenged himself for the head rubbing.

Texas, who was sitting in the driver's seat, frowned slightly and glanced through the rearview mirror at the quarrel between Emiya and Exia.

As usual, life at Penguin Logistics continued on its original track.

It's just...she always feels like something is not right?

184 Memory

After carefully experiencing the party at Penguin Logistics...

Emiya found that he seemed to be only interested in the Longmen dishes on the table, and had no interest in other music, drinks and so on.

But this joyful atmosphere is pretty good. I think everyone here likes this kind of atmosphere, right?

Maybe?

Thinking back to how several people were drunk last night, Emiya was worried that they would have such a headache when they woke up tomorrow that they would not be able to go to work.

But his worries were unnecessary. The next day, several people were revived to full health and went to work directly.

After watching a few people leave, Shirou finally had some free time.

But he didn't plan to go out today. There were some things he cared about and he needed some time to study them.

I was in the ward for the past few days and had nothing to study. Yesterday, as soon as I came back, I lay down and fell asleep.

While he has time and free time now, Shirou plans to take a closer look at the Red Scabbard he projected and his own changes.

After taking out Chi Xiao and the diary he had made in the past from the room, Shi Gong went straight to the training ground under Penguin Logistics.

Although you can study in the dormitory, your hands are still restricted.

Besides, he hadn't stretched his arms and legs properly for two days, so he just came along.

"First of all, it's Chi Xiao, right?"

Taking out Chi Xiao, who was wrapped in a cloth and was on his back, Shirou first began to take a look at his appearance.

The scabbard was borrowed by Chen Sir, and it is red in appearance. If it weren't for the fact that Emiya could sense the breath of magic from it, he might have confused it with Chen Sir's Chi Xiao just by looking at it.

I don't know why Sir Chen just put on a red scabbard. If she had changed to a black one, she wouldn't have been confused.

But those are not the point. Throwing away the unnecessary things in his mind, Shirou simply stretched his body and took Chi Xiao out of the scabbard.

Infusing magic power into it, Emiya began to swing it.

After all, it was the first projected Originium weapon, so Emiya treated it with great caution.

First of all, he can perform Originium skills through Chi Xiao, using magic power to stimulate the Originium within him.

But when testing it before, no matter how he injected or adjusted the magic power, he couldn't make it move at all. Shirou guessed that it was because he projected it, so he could use it in this way.

Simply put, it is currently impossible to reproduce.

The feeling of performing Originium techniques is quite amazing, but Emiya does not use it as a normal means of attack.

Moreover, a very wonderful chemical reaction will occur between magic power and Originium, achieving the effect of 1+1 being greater than 2.

But on the other hand, this is a weapon that consumes a lot of magic power.

For Emiya, unless it is a specific occasion, he probably won't use this sword as a common means of attack. Under the same magic power, the projection treasure would be better and more handy.

Moreover, the source stones contained in his Chixiao sword would be consumed bit by bit and could not be replenished. Once they were used up, it would be just a sword with an empty shell of Chixiao.

Well...it's definitely a consumable.

Shirou did not seem to be discouraged by this, after all, that was how he fought.

Using Illusion Honkai to blast the projected Noble Phantasm is in itself treating it as a consumable.

"Take it with you when you go to the Guards Bureau. It should be more useful than a standard sword."

Thinking about his two-week internship in the Imperial Guard Bureau, Emiya decided to use it as it is.

He himself was not the kind of person who would collect things specially. Although there were quite a few projection products on the table in the dormitory, they were all left there to test the results of the special training.

The possibility of being able to project a Red Scabbard again is too low. In addition, he is a big demon-eater and Emiya Bisho cannot afford to support him on his own.

If he hadn't thought it would be dangerous to remove it directly, Emiya would have removed it long ago. After all, he was acquainted with the user of the sword.

Emiya felt that the feeling of holding something belonging to someone he knew was a little weird.

After finishing the research phase with Chi Xiao, Shi Gong began to conduct physical fitness tests.

The result was just as he had estimated in the past two days, with a significant improvement.

This also means that Emiya can use Archer's fighting style more skillfully.

If Emiya in the past acted very close to a magus, then now he is a complete magus.

Strictly speaking, maybe it would be closer to a Servant?

Thinking about the Servants he knew, Emiya quickly rejected the idea.

It is undesirable to start to become arrogant as soon as you have a little bit of strength.

However, the increase in overall strength is still a good thing for Emiya.

If he were to deal with those people now, he should be able to resolve the whole incident more cleanly and efficiently.

It’s just…power gained for no reason is bound to have no side effects.

Take what happened in the car yesterday, for example. As far as he could remember, there was nothing related to apple pie.

But several people said that he always found ways to refuse Angel's request for apple pie.

He had no recollection of this.

This means that he has lost a small part of his memory.

If only a small piece is missing, it will be difficult to notice.

What Shirou had been worrying about finally happened.

What symptoms would he experience if he started to be excluded because he didn't belong here?

Will the body gradually weaken until death?

Or will it turn into magic power and exit like a Servant?

Or...will he forget his past memories and eventually become a complete resident here?

No matter which one it is, it is not a good option for him.

Fortunately, he had already started preparing for this matter.

After wiping off the sweat from the heavy exercise, Emiya took out a water bottle and the diary he had been recording in from his backpack.

"Let me see…"

After drinking more than half a bottle of water to replenish his water, Emiya began to flip through the pages.

He could recall most of the things, but he had forgotten some small things.

I don’t know whether I just forgot it or it was forgotten.

After all, they were all trivial matters, such as the teasing of Penguin Logistics, teaching the children of Fuyuki Store, and some daily interactions in the Guards Bureau...

Looking at the words above, Shirou could probably sense how he felt at that time.

I'll have to find a way to serve bacon pie and croissant to Archangel and Croissant later.

As for the four memories, Emiya recorded them in another book, but he was not in a hurry.

After reading for a long time, Emiya closed the diary and rubbed his eyebrows.

He didn't think about whether he had forgotten anything important. After all, the only thing that had records was the diary in his hand. Even if he had really forgotten other things, he had no way to recall them from other places.

Instead of worrying about this, it’s better to let nature take its course.

In this regard, he is quite open-minded.

Who made him forget?

Anyway, as long as it doesn’t affect our daily life, it’s fine.

The most important thing now should be to find the reason for the memory loss.

Shirou probably already had two guesses about this. After all, everything happened at the same time, and it was hard not to associate them together.

The first was naturally the influence of the Holy Shroud on him, which brought him closer to Archer but also caused him to lose some memories.

Another possibility is that it is related to Originium.

After all, at that moment, he felt that many voices appeared in his mind, old and young, male and female.

And after that he saw several memory fragments.

Now Shirou can still clearly recall the last appearance of those infected people who were killed before they died.

How should I put it… It’s a bit like the scene you’d see after touching the black mud of the Holy Grail?

But most of what we saw through the Originium were related to the infected.

As for the black mud of the Holy Grail... let’s not talk about it.

"It's troublesome..."

Thinking of the bad things, Emiya felt not well at all.

If he really had to say, he would rather hope that all of this was caused by the Originium. After all, he could find ways to avoid contact with the Originium, but he couldn't do that with the Holy Shroud.

Even if you don't carry that thing with you, it will suddenly appear on your body when you are not paying attention.

All he can do now is to find a way to avoid it first and then do something after finding out the real cause.

Thinking of this, Emiya began to pack up his things and prepared to leave.

He has spent about three to four hours here. It is now close to noon. During the noon to afternoon period, he plans to go to the store to check out the situation.

Since his internship at the Imperial Guard Bureau, Emiya has hardly ever been there. He basically keeps in touch with Ansou and Axing through his cell phone to learn about their situation.

The only time I went there, everyone was out for an outing.

It was also because of that time that Emiya used the reserve blocker in the store.

Emiya has not forgotten this matter. Before leaving yesterday, he specially took two blockers with him so that he could put them back when he went there today.

It is mainly used for emergency purposes, and its concept is similar to that of a first aid kit.

Emiya is quite concerned about things like this.

Prepare everything so that when problems arise, you can solve them as quickly as possible and avoid the worst situation.

Carrying his things, Emiya walked towards the slums after a long time.

The neighborhood is still the same neighborhood, and the surrounding shops have not changed much.

If there is any change, it is that the store business seems to be getting better?

Seeing so many people in the store, Emiya felt a little surprised.

After all, the business here has never been very good. The main purpose is to give the children something to do, and making money is secondary.

At most, we just ask everyone to add some food.

After pushing open the door of the store, Emiya turned left and walked into the kitchen.

Anso and some of the children were busy, so Emiya didn't disturb them.

"Ah! It's Emiya?"