Shirou Emiya stands on the Terra continent

Although it was still a little blurry through the blurry reflection on the silver handcuffs, it was certain that the man was smiling rather contemptuously.

Then, a sense of loss came over me.

"Ha—"

In the dormitory, Emiya sat on the sofa with his eyes wide open.

"Hmm? Are you awake? Are you okay, Emiya? Did you have a nightmare?"

Kong, who was standing by, was fanning Emiya with a small fan. Seeing that the other person seemed to be still a little frightened, he showed a little concern.

“…Is it empty?”

Looking at Sora beside him, Emiya opened his mouth for a long time before he spoke.

This is reality, what just happened was just a nightmare.

Compared to seeing myself bathed in black mud, this nightmare seemed more like an ordinary dream.

It's just that the content is a bit overwhelming.

"Um, are you okay?"

Seeing Emiya's abnormal appearance, Kong felt that Emiya might have been overworked yesterday.

After all, he didn’t even go back to his room and just fell asleep on the floor of the dormitory.

The four of them were lying neatly on the sofa, even with quilts.

"It's okay, what time is it now?"

After wiping his face, Emiya calmed down a little.

I guess I had this nightmare because I thought too much about what Yis said to me.

There is absolutely no problem in putting all the blame on Yis.

"It's seven in the morning. Texas and the others are in the kitchen making breakfast."

Even though Emiya said he was fine, Sora didn't believe what he said.

There was something wrong with Emiya's condition just now. She had never seen anyone making low humming sounds when having a nightmare.

And just now, I could vaguely hear the sound of electricity coming out of Emiya's body...

Although he really wanted to wake him up directly, it was a pity that even with Angelica and Croissant firing on all cylinders, they couldn't wake Emiya up.

After trying for nearly an hour, when Emiya's condition improved a little, they gave up the idea of ​​waking him up and sent Kong to take care of him, while the others went to the kitchen.

In Emiya's current state they didn't dare let him into the kitchen.

"...they? Breakfast?"

After hearing what Sora said, Emiya thought a lot.

The refrigerator is filled with apples given by others, and the Angel is...

Today's breakfast looks like it's going to be quite a torture.

Hopefully Texas and Croissant can find a way to stop this guy who looks like an angel but is an apple pie devil on the inside.

After this scare, Emiya realized that he was now lying on the sofa.

If I remember correctly... when he returned to the dormitory yesterday, he threw a few people onto the sofa, right?

It was because he didn't have the courage to send them back to their respective rooms, so he finally chose this compromise.

Anyway, it’s not like several of them haven’t slept on the sofa before.

But after that, he seemed to kick someone's foot and fell to the ground?

And then fell asleep like that?

Thinking back to the last memory I had before going to bed, although it was a bit strange, at least I had figured out the current situation.

I guess he was carried up by a few people who woke up earlier than me.

"It should take a while, why don't you go wash up first, Emiya?"

Listening to the noise coming from the kitchen, I could vaguely hear Texas driving the two of them away and the sound of a kitchen knife hitting the chopping board. It would probably take some time before the food was served.

It would be a good idea to let Emiya wash up and calm down during this time.

It seemed like he hadn't taken a shower when he came back yesterday, so he must have felt uncomfortable with his whole body being sticky.

"That's fine... and I'm grateful for your care. Thank you."

After Sora's reminder, Emiya noticed that he was even wearing the coat of the Imperial Guard Bureau, so he accepted Sora's suggestion.

The main reason is that I stayed in the sewer for a long time, and I don’t know if I was contaminated by the smell.

I guess this sofa and quilt need to be replaced and washed.

I hope that I didn’t let anyone smell the unpleasant odor, especially Kong and Texas, who have a keen sense of smell.

He stood up and walked back to his room, and before closing the door, Emiya spoke specifically to Sora.

"No, usually you take care of us more, don't you, Emiya?"

Sora replied as he packed up his small fan.

"Yeah, let's go check on them. If possible, stop the Archangel. I think I smell apple pie."

Hearing Sora's words, Emiya nodded.

Then he pointed in the direction of the kitchen and said.

"Ah! Now that you mention it, I can smell it too!"

After Emiya's reminder, Kong finally smelled the scent of apple pie in the air and rushed into the kitchen in a hurry.

Not only Emiya, she also didn't want to have apple pie for breakfast so early in the morning.

"Really..."

Listening to the noisy sounds coming from the kitchen, Emiya slowly closed the door.

By the time I finished washing up and changed into loose clothes, the dining table was already full and several people were sitting at it enjoying breakfast.

It was a simple fried egg and fried meat, with a cup of iced milk tea.

The only thing was an apple pie in front of the Angel.

"Ah! Good morning, Emiya. Thank you for your hard work last night."

Seeing Emiya coming out in a changed outfit, Exiah waved at him.

"It was really hard in many ways. If you guys hadn't been so drunk yesterday, I would have had an easier time."

Walking to his seat, Shirou complained about the behavior of several people yesterday, then drank a sip of milk tea.

It's the scent of Angelica, very sweet.

"It's your fault that you didn't bring us with you yesterday, Emiya. We had no choice but to go by ourselves!"

Croissant on the side said, making up an excuse for being drunk.

"Sora and I were dragged to drink by them."

Texas took Sora away from the battlefield, ruthlessly abandoning Exia and Croissant to face the big boss Emiya.

"Texas!?"

Seeing his most trusted teammate abandon him in a second, Exiah showed an expression of disbelief, and the half-bitten apple pie in his hand fell back onto the plate.

"That's right, it was Angelica and the others who dragged me and Texas out, and Croissant even tried to trick me. They were so mean."

Kong on the side also made another move.

"null!?"

Seeing that Penguin Logistics' only conscience had betrayed him at this moment, Croissant felt that something was wrong.

The other conscience is brewing emotions at this moment, what if I chop them off?

"I'll settle the score with you later, let's eat first."

Emiya didn't want to dwell too much on this matter, since it was Is who was tired anyway.

Watching Exia and Croissant eating their breakfast separately, Emiya took a quick look to see if there was any message during the time he was asleep.

I was supposed to take a look at it as soon as I got up, but today was a bit special, so I took a look at it while eating.

"Well…"

Looking at the message from Amiya at the top, Emiya couldn't help but sigh that Rhodes Island was really exploiting child labor again.

What time is it now? Amiya is already up to work?

Judging from the other person's appearance, he is only about fourteen years old, right?

Oh, he seemed to be only a few years older than the other person, so he had no right to say that.

Shaking his head and getting rid of the strange thoughts, Emiya clicked on Amiya's message:

"Thank you for your hard work last night, Emiya. I hope you have a good rest today. Also, the Imperial Guard Bureau seems to have made some progress. Rhodes Island will also send people to negotiate with them. The Imperial Guard Bureau should contact you, Emiya, to come to the scene. I hope you can spare some time to talk to us after that."

After reading Amiya's message, Emiya replied with a picture saying it was all right, then scrolled down again.

The mission progress notification from Chen Sir...Amiya just mentioned this, but this message seems to be asking Emiya to go to the Imperial Guard Bureau in the afternoon.

Isn't that a bit too quick to ask? I thought these people would be stubborn for a while.

And it's already been explained in just a few hours?

There was another message further down, asking Shirou to submit the medical examination report within this week, otherwise he would be forcibly sent to the hospital for examination.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly. Although he knew that Sir Chen was concerned about his health, he always felt that it seemed more like a threat.

It must be an illusion...don't think too much about it.

There was no further information, so Emiya put his phone away.

Thinking about the physical examination and Amiya's suggestion to invite him to visit Rhodes Island, Emiya said:

"Come to think of it, Rhodes Island seems to be interested in inviting me to visit them."

"Rhode Island?"

The ears on Texas' head moved.

"invite?"

Sora said, blinking.

"Let's go over there and take a look?"

The Archangel frowned and realized that things were not simple.

"Isn't this some scam? They're trying to trick you, Emiya, into coming over and taking you away or something like that?"

Croissant put down the piece of meat in his hand and thought about this possibility seriously.

"You're overthinking it. They are... they are a pharmaceutical company. How could they do such a thing?"

Upon hearing Croissant's speculation, Emiya complained.

“Why two questions?”

Noticing the grammatical error in Emiya's words, Exiah felt that her intuition was right!

This matter is definitely not that simple!

"That's your illusion. I don't mean anything else. I just want to ask for your opinion. If you want, ask your boss for a vacation and go there. I heard that the medical facilities there are pretty good, and they are willing to give us a free physical examination."

Emiya would definitely not tell others that Rhodes Island had a group of mercenaries and that they employed child laborers. After all, that would only cause unnecessary misunderstandings among them.

So Emiya used the reason that Rhodes Island was willing to help with the physical examination.

"I remember that you, Emiya, have always had contact with Rhodes Island? I think you stayed there for a few days last time?"

After thinking for a long time, Texas remembered where he had seen the name Rhode Island.

Last time, Emiya was forced to be hospitalized for a few days by them, and it seemed like Rhodes Island was the same place.

They are partners of the people from Black Steel International, and the people there are pretty good, so there shouldn't be any big problems...?

Why a physical examination?