Let's rest for a while, Shenji thought to himself.

And the system rarely jumped out to urge Shenji to practice or refresh daily tasks, as if it was deliberately letting Shenji relax for a while.

The day after the funeral, Shinji packed his luggage.

He left the Matou residence and Fuyuki saying that he wanted to go on a trip for a few days.

...

In the blink of an eye, it’s April.

The beginning of school season when cherry blossoms are in full bloom.

In the early morning, Shenji, who was lying on the bed just a few days after returning from a trip, opened his eyes and got up from the bed filled with various documents and information.

"Ha~~~" While yawning, Shenji stretched a lot.

Wearing the neatly folded school uniform that was placed beside the bed, Shinji, who had just finished washing, opened the door of the dining room and saw Sakura who was busy placing tableware in the dining room.

"Brother, it's time to have breakfast."

"Didn't you go to Emiya's place today?" Shenji asked calmly.

"My brother has only come back for a long time, so I..."

She is indeed a good sister, Shenji praised her inwardly.

Shinji pulled out a chair in front of the table and sat down, quietly observing his sister whose expression was obviously different from before.

Perhaps the biggest difference is that there are more highlights in the eyes, giving them a brighter look.

The protagonist is extraordinary. In just a few months, he can completely change a girl whose life is basically in despair. Is this the power of the protagonist's halo? No, maybe it can be said to be the power of love.

Shinji thought.

As early as after Christmas last year, Shinji decided to treat this world as a real world and turned off the favorability system. Now he would never have thought that the look in Sakura's eyes was largely related to him...

.

From a righteous friend, I heard some news about my brother who often doesn’t come home at school that I couldn’t touch, and heard some interesting stories about my brother...

"Let's clean up after you come back. It's better not to be late on the first day of school."

After finishing breakfast, Shinji stood up and said this calmly.

Although Shinji's eyes were as cold as usual, a bit of joy clearly flashed across Sakura's face when she heard this.

It seems like a long time ago that I went to and from school with my brother - that was when the two were in junior high school together, and there were not many such moments.

"Hi." Sakura responded with a smile.

...

The cherry blossoms are constantly falling in the wind at the entrance of Suiqunhara Academy. Shinji and Rin, who happened to meet each other, began to sarcastically mock each other as soon as they met, which was very harmonious.

"Really, on the first day of the new school year, I thought something good would happen, but it seems like nothing happened at all. Otherwise, I wouldn't have encountered such a bad thing early in the morning."

"Indeed," Rin Qing shook her shoulders and said with a slightly regretful tone, "It's exactly the same as what Matou-san said."

"It seems that Tohsaka-san has a very clear understanding of his position."

"No, no, no, what I just meant is that what happened to me this early in the morning was just like what Matou-san said. It was exactly the same."

"You guys want to have a fight so early in the morning?"

"You are the one."

Seeing the two people who were gnashing their teeth against each other and fighting tit-for-tat as soon as they met, Sakura on the side quickly said: "Good morning, Toh... Tohsaka-senpai, I am a first-year freshman - Sakura Matou."

Seeing the two people pretending to be meeting each other for the first time and introducing themselves to each other in public, Shenji sighed inwardly.

...This situation is really sad.

"Hey, Shinji, morning."

Shinji turned around and looked at Shirou who had just arrived, raised his hand and said, "Good morning, Emiya."

"Good morning, senior." Sakura greeted softly.

"Good morning, Sakura. And, Tohsaka, good morning."

"Matō, just in time, the student union wants a report on your absenteeism rate for the new semester."

Looking at Issei walking over, Shenji curled up his lips and complained: "What is the student union? Aren't you the president of the student union at the beginning of the new semester? What is the absence rate report? And why am I the only one who needs to do that?

A report?"

"Do you still have to ask? Of course it's because your absenteeism rate is ridiculously high."

"Emiya! Emiya! Come here and help recruit people!"

Even though they were far away, Meizu's voice came over.

Looking at Meizu running towards him while waving, Shirou raised his hand and responded, "Ah, I'll go help in a minute."

"Matou is here too, let's come together." Mizu walked up and winked at Shinji.

Shenji raised his face and looked uninterested: "I'm not going, I'm not a member of the Kyudo Club."

"Was it ever?"

"So it was just in the past, and now I have no interest in it."

"Actually, from a certain perspective, you haven't really left the Kyudo Club. After all, you haven't submitted the withdrawal application required to withdraw from the club."

"I don't care about this kind of thing!"

"Speaking of which," Meizu suddenly discovered something. Looking at Sakura who was chatting with Rin, she asked Xiang Shenji, "Who is that girl?"

"Shinji's sister." Shirou answered for Shinji who was not in the mood to answer.

"Ah!" Meizu's eyes lit up and she rushed forward. Before Sakura could react, she held Sakura's hand and spoke eagerly:

"Let me ask, are you interested in archery? Your brother is a very talented genius in archery. Since he is a younger sister, he must be good at it, right?"

"Uh...that, no..."

Before Sakura could finish speaking, Meizu continued to ask, "I almost forgot, what is your name?"

"...My name is Sakura."

"Sakura... Yeah, yeah, yeah!" Meizu nodded with great satisfaction and moved a few centimeters closer, "Then join our Kyudo club, or have you decided to go to another club?"

"no..."

"Then it's settled!"

Seeing Meizu's performance, Issei pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose and sighed: "Really, your attitude is too tough."

Shirou on the side smiled helplessly.

At this time, Shinji suddenly discovered something - Rin who was about to leave quietly, and Taiga who was running towards him with a camera.

"Hey." Shinji took two steps towards Rin and called softly.

"What are you doing? Do you still want to continue the quarrel?"

"How about a truce for now?" Shenji lightly shrugged his shoulders.

"Huh?" Lin was surprised. "This is not something you would say."

On the side, Taiga, who was holding a camera, shouted to Shinji: "Matou-san, you are the only one missing, ah! There is also Tohsaka-san, let's do it together!"

"Huh? I don't have to..."

Before Rin could finish speaking, Shenji pulled him forward by the corner of his clothes.

"What are you going to do? Wait for me..."

"Anyway, just shut up." Shenji said without looking back.

"You guy, let go of me!" Rin's face turned slightly red, but Shenji had no intention of letting go.

In the end, Rin was pulled over by Shinji and quietly stuffed between Sakura and Mizu.

Really, this guy really likes to talk to himself and help others make decisions, Rin muttered in his heart.

"Thank you, teacher." Taiga, who was standing behind the six students, smiled and said to the man he had entrusted, Soichiro Kuzuzuki, who looked meticulous in a suit and silver mirrors and had a rigid face.

"Sister Fuji, are you also a teacher?" Shirou complained helplessly.

…

Finally, a group photo of seven heads was taken.

From left to right are Shinji, who is wearing his pockets and hunching his shoulders, pretending to be cool, but Taiga behind him pulls his ears up at the last moment and screams that it hurts. His eyes are not completely looking at the camera, and Kazunari is frowning as if he is glancing at Shirou intentionally or unintentionally.

Shirou, who was frowning and about to turn around and say something to Taiga, looked sideways at Taiga and Shinji, who were covering their mouths and showing a somewhat surprised expression. Rin, who was holding his hands and pretending not to care at all, grinned at the camera.

of beauty.

Finally, there was Taihe, who was standing behind several people. He was so angry that he didn't know what Shenji said and he pulled Shenji's ear angrily.

The picture is frozen.

...

"I told you beforehand that I won't thank you or anything."

On the rooftop, Rin held her hands and looked arrogant.

Hearing the sound, the corners of Shenji's eyes couldn't stop twitching, and he spoke after being silent for a long time.

"So just to say this, did you forcefully break into our classroom without saying a word in front of so many people at this time and drag me to a place like this when I was catching up on my sleep?"

"yes."

Shinji was silent again.

After a long time...
Chapter completed!