Shirou Emiya stands on the Terra continent

It was only after she learned that he had gone to the Imperial Guard Bureau that she realized that Emiya did not seem to be permanently following Texas' operations.

So he didn't go looking for Emiya specifically, and just thought that he and Texas were just ordinary colleagues.

The thought of looking for the other party today was just a spur of the moment, mainly because I wanted to ask if he had stopped her just now.

By the way, asking about Texas.

Well, that's it!

"Then take another look!"

While thinking this, Lappland poked his head out again.

Then she saw two people looking at her from the window.

"Uh... Miss Laplander? What's up?"

He had guessed something when he saw the pair of white Rupert Ears on the other person's head, but Emiya really didn't expect that the other person would find this side.

He had just taken a detour to get here, how on earth did the other party find him?

It can't really be based on smell, right?

Thinking that the other party seemed to pick up the arrow, Shirou felt that his guess might be correct.

However, out of politeness, Emiya still asked the other party's purpose with a friendly smile.

After all, he owns a shop. What if the other party just wants to buy a bowl?

"Well, I do have something to do. Is it convenient for me to come in?"

After being discovered again, Lappland did not show any panic. Instead, he stood up calmly, dusted himself off and said.

"of course can."

Shimiya didn't think too much about this. After all, the other party had come to his door. Even if he could hide now, they would definitely come again later.

It is better to solve it early and save trouble later.

"Then I'll go to the kitchen and call me when guests come."

Seeing that the two seemed to know each other, An Suo considerately left some space for them.

After all, it's a little cooler here.

"Ah."

Emiya didn't take it too seriously, thinking that Lappland had simply scared Anso.

Seeing how Texas seemed to view Lappland and how he behaved the last time he fought her, Emiya naturally classified her as someone who was not easy to get along with.

But it's just that we feel it's difficult to get along with each other when we first meet. At least from what Emiya has seen so far, there's no big problem with the other party.

For communication only.

The opponent almost enters a berserker state when fighting. If possible, Shirou hopes that the opponent can fight less and communicate more.

"Huh, are you familiar with the store manager here?"

As Emiya came to the cashier counter, Lappland sat directly in Emiya's seat, leaving the main seat for him.

"You okay? Do you want some ice water?"

While answering the other person's question, Emiya poured him a glass of ice water.

He was originally going to drink that cup, but now he gave it directly to Lapland.

As for why he said it was okay...it was mainly because he didn't want the other party to know his relationship with this place.

"Oh? Is everything okay? But I just saw that you seemed to be taking good care of him, and you were taking care of him very skillfully, right?"

After hearing Emiya's answer, Lappland took the ice water and looked at the other party with narrowed eyes.

From what she just saw, it was easy to tell that Emiya was lying.

If the relationship between Emiya and the purple Carters was just okay, then there would be no need for Emiya to take such good care of him.

unless…

Is this guy good at this?

After suddenly realizing the gender of Emiya in front of her, Lappland felt like she had figured something out.

No, no, if you want to build a good relationship, you won't answer with "OK", at least you will show a shy or awkward expression, right?

Or is the opponent actually very skilled? Even Texas is a piece of cake?

But this is Texas, that shouldn't be possible, right?

Lapland's ideas were overturned time and time again, and each one was more radical than the last.

But her expression remained unchanged, and she kept looking at Emiya with a questioning look.

"Hmm? Is there?"

Faced with Lapland's questioning, Emiya was confused at first.

Did he take good care of Anso just now? Didn't he just prepare ice cubes, ice water and fan him?

Maybe it wasn't taken care of?

"…I didn't expect you to be this kind of person. Never mind. I'm not that interested in your relationship."

Seeing Emiya's look, Lappland immediately threw away all the thoughts in his mind.

All thoughts like Aquaman and scumbag were thrown away.

This guy is just simply used to taking care of people.

After all, this guy took good care of her last time, she was just overthinking it.

After saying that, Lapland stood up and looked at Emiya and said:

"That arrow just now... should have been made by you, right?"

She didn't forget the purpose of her coming here in the first place. Even though she had gone off topic because of some minor accidents just now, she brought the subject back to the topic now.

"…What arrows?"

After hearing Lappland's question, Emiya decided to pretend he knew nothing.

I feel like if I admit it, there will be a lot of trouble later.

Anyway, the other party has no conclusive evidence, so just play dumb!

"Huh? Are you playing dumb? You know my sense of smell is pretty good, right?"

Looking at Emiya's expression, Lappland wasn't really sure if he was playing dumb or not.

It was because she herself had no conclusive evidence and she only found it by following the faint smell on the arrow.

"No, I'm not familiar with arrows and I don't know or understand."

Facing Lappland's questioning, Emiya remained calm.

"Really, it's really hard to talk to you. You're such a tight-lipped guy."

Looking at the other party's appearance, Lappland chose to give up any further entanglement with the other party, sat back in the chair and drank another sip of water.

It was the same as last time, I couldn't get anything out of him. This guy is really stubborn and I couldn't get a single word out of him.

But the other party was not good at lying. The three consecutive denials at the end were too suspicious, which made Lappland directly confirm that the other party must have something to do with those arrows.

"You're welcome?"

In the face of Lappland's ridicule, Emiya simply took it as a compliment from Lappland.

"You... let's not talk about this anymore. How can you, a new instructor of the Imperial Guards and a current employee of Penguin Logistics, have time to come here at this time? You know, this is a slum, right? It's the place you Imperial Guards hate the most."

She no longer knew whether Emiya was mocking her or if he genuinely thought she was complimenting him.

Finally, I decided to change the subject and my mindset so that I wouldn’t get so angry that I would chop the other person.

Although it is possible that I cannot chop him down, the opponent is quite skilled in using the dagger.

"Is this the outskirts? I was just getting checked nearby and came here on the way."

Hearing Lappland's question, Emiya thought for a moment and answered.

Since the other party knows about his work in the Guard Bureau, then they should be able to find out what happened when he went to the office. As for his relationship with this place, just assume that he knows An Suo.

"Check? You look so young, but I didn't expect you to fail so early?"

After taking a look at Emiya's appearance, he didn't seem to be injured anywhere, so there were only two possibilities.

The other person has health problems at a young age, or is infected.

She felt that the latter possibility was more likely. After all, from some public intelligence, it can be seen that the work of the Guard Bureau is still somewhat dangerous.

As a result, there are many people who are seriously injured, disabled, infected, or even die.

But it would be meaningless to say it directly, so Lapland deliberately said it in a teasing tone.

"Hmm? Just to draw blood?"

Emiya, who didn't understand the deeper meaning in Laplan's words, was confused again.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but I always feel that when talking to Lappland, although the other party always speaks very clearly, Emiya always feels that there are other meanings in his words.

But he just couldn't understand much.

"Oh? That's good."

Staring at the expression on Emiya's face, Lappland was certain of one thing.

It’s better not to be too roundabout when talking to Emiya. If you do that for too long you’ll just confuse yourself. And Emiya just went straight to the point.

Every verbal attack was as weak as hitting cotton.

"..."

Without Lappland to continue the conversation, silence fell between the two.

The main reason was that Emiya didn't have much he wanted to ask Lappland, and he knew that the more you talked, the more mistakes you made.

Plus, Texas said to have less contact with Lappland, so he still remembered that.

But it doesn't seem so good to just keep silent...

Feeling the thick awkwardness in the air, Emiya decided to start a conversation.

"Um... did you receive proper treatment afterwards?"

After thinking for a long time, Emiya decided to start by caring about the other party's oripathy treatment.

After all, the large amount of Originium crystals on the opponent's legs looked quite serious. If he did not receive regular treatment, he would have to endure a lot of pain.

Although the treatment cannot cure the disease, it can at least slow down the spread of Originium and prolong the pain period.

At least it's better than doing nothing.

"Treatment? No, treating mineralogy is very expensive. You know, the blocker you gave me last time is enough for an ordinary person to eat for a month."

After hearing Emiya's question, Lappland answered the other party's question directly.

Apart from the last injection, she has received almost no treatment.

As for the pain caused by the oripathy, it was not as painful as that caused by the battle and was completely bearable.

Unless you're not paying close attention to her every move like Emiya in front of him, it would be basically difficult to notice that something is wrong with her.

"That's it..."

After getting Lappland's answer, Emiya began to think.

If Lappland behaved a little more normally, Emiya might have contacted the Rhodes Island office and asked her to receive treatment.

As for the medical expenses, Emiya was not worried. The children could do odd jobs as payment for the treatment, and Lappland could fully use her excellent fighting ability to help Rhodes Island.

But why a pharmaceutical company would need excellent combat capabilities, Emiya still had doubts about this.

But unfortunately, Lappland's performance made it difficult for Emiya to introduce her to Rhodes Island.

Although he is willing to help others, he cannot just leave someone who might be in danger to someone else and then clap his hands and walk away.

This is irresponsible behavior.

So what he was thinking was, if he sent Lappland to A's side...