Side Story 2: Einzbern Consultation Room; Emiya Manor version
A legendary realm where wandering souls gather for guidance and information, an Avalon for those searching for guideposts in the vast darkness of the universe, such was the basis of the mysterious wandering classroom known as the Einzbern Consultation Room. Formally located in a spacious and elegant side room of the Einzbern Caste [Japanese annex], for budget reasons, the legendary home for the lost had moved into the spare bedroom of the Emiya manor in the old district of lovely Fuyuki City. Even in these dark days, the consultation room remains ever vigilant in its mission to shepard those who seek it's guidance back to the path of light and righteousness, headed by Irisivel Von Einzbern and her loyal side-kick Zecchan a new legend is forged with love and justice! The Einzbern Consultation Room begins now!
"Welcome lost travelers to the room where dreams come to life and minds set at ease, the Einzbern Consultation Room is now open for business!" Irisviel, dressed in custom pink and black kimono, shouted at the top of her lungs. "After all that has happened it feels good to be back, isn't that right Zecchan?"
"Of course sensei! It's been so long since we last did this there must be mountains of new information I need to learn!" Garbed in a track jacket and the ever so infamous bloomers often associated with gym class in Japanese high-schools, Irisviel's assistant was a young woman of great energy and resolve.
"That's actually not true my loyal student! Since we last talked the war has ended and all involved scattered to the four winds. There is nothing about that topic I have left to teach you."
"Then what is there left to do sensei! If the war is over what will become of the Consultation Room?"
"An excellent question, Zecchan. For now we will discuss the Grail War's aftermath for, as a wise man once said, those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it!" A fire had been lit within Irisviel's heart, with a new topic on her mind and a myriad stories dancing on her pale lips, all of her earlier work would not be in vain, the Consultation Room would must live on!
"The Grail grants the winner a single wish, right? Did it actually happen this time?"
"That is an excellent question with a very sad answer. At the end of the war two masters remained, My dear Kiritsugu and a man of the Church named Kotomine, who was also Archer's master. Saber-chan and Archer fought for a long time but neither was the clear winner. My memory was hazy after that point, but kiritsugu eventually came into contact with the Grail itself. His wish was to live with me and our daughter once more. But, being the fiendish artifact it is, the grail only granted part of his wish returning my life but at the same time extinguishing his." Irisviel recounted her sordid past with a tear in her eyes.
"That's terrible sensei! I'm so sorry things happened like that, you must miss your husband so much...!"
"It's all right, Zecchan. I do miss him, but things have worked out for the best, given all that has happened. After I regain consciousness I was able to meet up with Saber-chan and rescue a small boy from the horrible fire that sprung up after the Grail appeared."
"That boy you rescued was your adopted son, Shirou, right sensei?"
"Very observant, Zecchan. You get a gold star!" True to her word, Irisviel actually pinned a rather gaudy star emblem to her student's jacket
"Thank you sensei! I will continue to do my best!"
"Moving forward with my story, me and Saber-chan started to live together in the manor in which we now stand. It's a bit smaller than the Einzbern Castle, but it is a cozy little home. Don't you think?"
"Now that you mention it, I was wondering why the Consultation Room had moved to this cramped bed room!" Zecchan said bluntly.
"Moving on..." Irisviel gently nudged her rather rude assistant to drop the subject. "Since then Shirou has joined the household and we've all begun living as a happy family."
"So Saber-chan is like your sister?"
"Nope! Try again my dear student!"
"Cousin?"
"Wrong again! You have one guess left."
"Maid?" From the background a loud gong sounds, signifying the end of the quiz.
"Wrong again, my student. Next time you should study more if you wish to pass the exam. But, if I had to put a word to it I'd say that Saber-chan is my girlfriend." Irisviel contemplated with her chin firmly in her hand.
"So you and Saber-chan are Lesbians?" Zecchan yelled in shock.
"No, Zecchan, we are in love. And that is all there is to it." With a smile, there was a warmth behind Irisviel's words that radiated through the air and conveyed her feelings directly to her student's very soul.
"Understood sensei, Love is a mysterious thing that I will work hard to understand!"
"Wonderful Zecchan! I hope you find someone who loves you as much as I love Saber-chan!"
"Hm...If I was going to fall in love I'd like it find someone who would cook for me morning, noon, and night,"
"Then you must stay positive if you wish to win his heart!"
"And with that, your all caught up. I hope you've learned a lot today, my loyal student."
"Yes! I've learned that the Holy Grail is not worthy of trust and that love comes in many forms."
"Keep those lessons in your hearts and let them bloom into trees of knowledge, Zecchan, for all of this will be on the test."
"So what do we do now, sensei?"
"Well, Saber-chan and Shirou will be home from the grocery store in a few minutes so it would best to call it a day. By the way, would you mind babysitting Shirou awhile? Me and Saber-chan are going on vacation and I'd love it if you could do this for us. I'll pay you, of course."
"I guess I could, sensei! But where are you two going?"
"Well...We're going to visit my family in Germany. It's a long story but now that life is stable we're going to bring my daughter back home."
"I wish the best of luck, sensei!"
"Thank you, Zecchan! And I'll wish you good luck to, little Shirou is a bit of a handful at times. But I'm sure you to will get along just fine.
