"There's not that many events. I was honestly expecting there to be more with so many Heroic Spirits attending." Gudako said looking over the list with Nero. "There's the standard stuff of 500m sprint, obstacle course, and tsunahiki. Some are a bit confusing, eating and cooking? And then there are some that are… terrifying..."
"Like what exactly?" Nero looks over Gudako's shoulder as she points to an event. "The 1000 Kilo Toss… Servant Duel Arena… Flashiest Noble Phantasm…"
"WHAT THE HECK IS WITH THESE EVENTS?!" Gudako exclaims while shaking the list. "How the hell am I going to do something like this? Let alone my older brother!? He's going to get obliterated in any of these!"
"Calm down Gudako. He can just be part of the normal events." Nero says taking a step back from Gudako. "Like three-legged race. He would definitely be qualified for the job! He rolls with what everyone is doing!"
"Yeah… You're right. Just got to have faith in him." Gudako looks over at Class 2-B working hard in their training. "Yeah. He'll be fine."
"Hey! What do you two think you're doing?! Practice already started!" A short purple haired girl exclaims while sitting on a rather tall figure.
"Sorry, Euryale!" The two said getting back to training as Euryale looks at the figure she's sitting on.
"Shouldn't you also be training, Asterios? Sport's Day will be here soon." Euryale asks as the tall figure Asterios looks up to her.
"If… I mo-move too much. E-Euryale would get… uncomfortable." Asterios says in a rather soft voice for someone of his stature.
"Then you just got to be careful while training. It's simple, right?" Asterios nods slowly before starting his workouts rather carefully.
'What on earth are those two doing?' All the first years question watching Asterios and Euryale.
Chaldea Academy
By: NexusMHX
Chapter 8: Ramen
"Ok, everyone. Let's call it a day." Atalanta calls out as everyone lets out satisfied groans. "Good work. We'll be ready for Sport's Day soon enough. It's the weekend so training is optional but if you don't come, it's still recommended that you do some kind of workout."
Everyone cheers as Ritsuka just lay motionless on the ground with Artoria Alter standing over him.
"Ritsuka. Meet me at the train station tomorrow at 1 pm. A new restaurant opened up and I would like to eat there." Artoria Alter demands making it sound like Ritsuka doesn't have a choice.
"Uh sure. I don't see why not. Can I bring Gudako?" Ritsuka asks receiving a nod. "Cool."
"Tardiness is not an option." Artoria Alter exclaims as Ritsuka stands up.
"Yeah yeah." Ritsuka stands up with a groan before stretching as he sees a long white-haired girl walks around looking for someone. "Whose that?"
"Anastasia from Class 2-A," Edmond says popping up right next to Ritsuka. "Rather quiet and secluded. Doesn't have many friends… if any. Why is she here?"
"Who knows," Ritsuka says as Anastasia walks up to Atalanta.
"Da Vinci Sensei has asked for me to give you a message. This year, a new event will take place at the sport's festival. This would be ice sculpting." Anastasia said rather plainly while handing the class rep a piece of paper.
"Ice sculpting? Who was the one who approved of something like this?" Atalanta asks Anastasia while reading the sheet.
"Da Vinci Sensei said that Headmistress was the one who called for this. Please excuse me." Anastasia leaves the group leaving everyone rather speechless as they all stare at Anastasia before looking at Atalanta who looks rather ticked off before groaning.
"Oh great. We need someone who is good at ice sculpting… Where can we find someone like that?" Atalante looks over to see Marie raising her hand with a rather casual like. "Marie? Are you sure about this?"
"I don't see why not? It could be a lot of fun." Marie says with a smile leaving Atalante quite speechless.
"Uh… Sure. Alright. I guess that's it for today. Go home." Atalanta said as everyone packs up belongings as Artoria Alter looks at Ritsuka.
"Tomorrow. 1 pm. Train Station." Ritsuka slowly nods as Artoria Alter nods before walking off leaving Ritsuka by himself.
"What's her idea?" Ritsuka questions while Jeanne Alter looks over with a grunt.
"She emphasized meeting here. Where the heck is she?" Ritsuka looks around while waiting patiently with Gudako. "Sis. Time please."
"1:30 pm… She's 30 minutes late." Gudako looks around to see Artoria Alter walking to the two. "There she is!"
"About time!" Ritsuka looks over to see Artoria Alter walking with another version of her… that wasn't X or Ecchan. "... Who is this?"
"I am Artoria Pendragon of Class 2-A. You must be Ritsuka Fujimaru who has become quite popular at Chaldea Academy." Artoria said rather calm and collected.
"I… guess. I don't think that I'm necessarily anything special." Ritsuka said with a chuckle.
"Not what I believe. It takes courage to face off against Gilgamesh. I am one of the few…" Artoria gets rather irritated. "That he chooses to flirts with on almost a daily basis. It annoys me on how he treats his fellow classmates as nothing but "mongrels". Seeing you be like that has given your fellow classman courage."
"You could call him a shining beacon of sorts…" Artoria Alter says before noticing a few other people walking towards him. "I believe that my invitation was directed towards Ritsuka and Gudako only. What brings you here mad dog?"
Jeanne Alter walks to the group with Jeanne and Lily. "What makes you think that this has to do with you?"
"Alter said that a new restaurant has opened up and she wanted to check it out," Jeanne said with a small smile. "We were hungry so we thought we could check it out. Looks like she had other plans though."
"Oi. You're making it sound like I got a thing for Ritsuka." Jeanne Alter points out with an irritated look. "I'm here cause Ice Bitch thinks she can one-up me on being a better friend."
Artoria Alter lets out a "tsk" as Gudako, Ritsuka, and Artoria went: "Are you serious?"
"At first I thought this was just a normal meet and greet but it seems as if my alter self had other intentions." Artoria sighs while shaking her head. "In any case. Shall we depart? It is time to eat after all."
"Right!"
Everyone walks off towards a plaza nearby as a few people are hiding behind a corner of a building.
"Lancelot… Gawain… Tristan… Bedivere… Mordred… What exactly are we doing following Senpai and the others?" Mashu questions with confusion.
"We're following them because Ritsuka Fujimaru is an unknown figure to us. We must make sure that Artoria is safe." Bedivere explains as Mashu gives a deadpanned look.
"So you're saying is that you're worried about your friend and want to make sure that she's alright? Senpai isn't like that." Mashu looks over to see the others rushing over to another vantage point.
"Mashu! Hurry up! They are getting away!" Gawain exclaims before moving again as Mashu lets out a sigh before walking over.
"Come on Mashu! Where's your sense of energy?! Onii-chan might be in trouble." Mordred, a first year in Mashu's class yelps.
"You guys are being absurd…" Mashu looks at the four before thinking about it. "This is because of the thing with Gilgamesh, isn't it."
The statement causes the four to freeze up as they all fumbled and couldn't find a proper way to answer Mashu's claim.
"People who associate with Shirou Emiya and Ritsuka Fujimaru have a chance of being persecuted. Surely you understand, sis." Lancelot states to Mashu. "We just merely want to make sure that our friend is safe. Surely you understand that. It is not really Ritsuka but Gilgamesh that we're worried about."
"You guys…" Mashu states softly before looking at the group and nods. "I understand where your hearts are. But I have faith in Senpai and the others. We don't have to be all sneaky about this."
"... Mashu is right." Gawain nods after a few moments. "Hiding around and stalking like this isn't the right thing to do."
"Our actions were inexcusable as friends…" Bedivere lets out.
"So what exactly do we do, Mashu?" Mordred asks.
"We simply join them." Mashu says before standing up and walks in the direction of where the others went and the others follow.
"Woah. It's a ramen shop!" Lily exclaims looking at the place with amazement in her eyes.
"And it doesn't look all that busy. There's a line but it isn't too big." Jeanne said as the group waits in front of the place.
"Yeah. Let's hurry up and get in line…" Ritsuka says as he sees a familiar face standing near the front of the line. He shakes his head a few times thinking that he has mistaken the person for someone else but the time he looked over, they had gotten inside already.
"Ritsuka. Is there something that is troubling you?" Artoria asks as Ritsuka looks over.
"Hmm? Oh, nothing. I thought I recognized someone." Ritsuka comments as the group wait 10 minutes before walking into the ramen shop and Ritsuka confirmed his suspicions earlier. He sees Anastasia sitting by herself eating ramen with visible enjoyment on her face. The only free spots were a massive line next to Anastasia and Ritsuka was sitting between Anastasia and Gudako. He looks over to see Anastasia eating her ramen in utter silence before looking over at Ritsuka who immediately shoots back to the chef.
"..." Anastasia squints at Ritsuka before going back to eating the ramen in peace. After a while, Gudako waved her hand catching the waiter's attention as everyone ordered their food. After very little time in the busy ramen shop, everyone got their food as Ritsuka was about to eat before hearing something from Anastasia. "You're doing it wrong…"
Ritsuka looks over a bit fumbly and embarrassed that he is being called out for doing something wrong. "O-Oh… Really? How am I supposed to do it then?"
"Well first you were about to eat the eggs with the noodles and broth…" Anastasia says examining Ritsuka's chopsticks. "They're supposed to be side dishes for the ramen."
"I-I see… What about the veggies and meat? Do I eat those separately as well?" Ritsuka asks Anastasia who simply stares in disbelief.
"You haven't been to a ramen shop, have you?" Anastasia comments blatantly as Ritsuka slowly nods. The girl sighs before starting to explain. "Well first. You sample the broth before properly eating. Slurp the veggies with the noodles and broth and eat the meat by itself. Hurry up. You do not have much time."
"I-I see. Thanks!" Ritsuka said before looking at his bowl and followed Anastasia's instructions carefully before looking at the others who stared at Ritsuka.
"Woah… Such a sophisticated way to eat ramen." Jeanne was the first to speak. "You must be quite the master."
"Huh?" Ritsuka lets out.
"You never ate ramen this way, Big Bro. This is really surprising." Gudako said munching on a bit of meat. "Wait… When was the last time we had ramen?"
"H-Hold up. I didn't do this. This was all Anastasia teaching me." Ritsuka said making the girl perk up a bit from her food before hiding a bit away.
"This is definitely something. Is eating ramen like this something that you do often Anastasia?" Artoria asks the girl who just simply nods. Ritsuka notices the change between when she was giving him instructions to other people talking to her until he remembered Edmond's words.
(Rather quiet and secluded. Doesn't have many friends… if any.)
"H-Hold on. We shouldn't just push a bunch of questions at her at the start. We should finish our food first. Then we can do this later." Ritsuka states trying to intercept all of the questions that were coming from his group who all nods before going back to their food.
"Thank you…" Anastasia said with a quiet voice but loud enough for Ritsuka to be able to hear her.
"Well thank you for teaching me how to eat ramen properly. I'll make sure to remember that next time I go for ramen." Ritsuka says with a smile before going back to his food.
Anastasia simply nods at Ritsuka before thinking to herself. 'Such a strange guy… but nice.'
(Chaldea Station)
"Welcome everyone! This is Chaldea Station. I am your host, Mashu Kyrielight!" Mashu says with a smile.
"And I'm Ritsuka Fujimaru. This is our second episode with Chaldea Station and we decided to spice things up a bit. But first! Let's meet today's guests." Ritsuka said before turning to the couch. "We have two 2nd year students with us. First up is Shirou Emiya who is in my classroom. Next up, we have Ishtar who is also in my classroom. A pleasure to have you with us, both of you"
"Thank you for having me here. Though this isn't usually my type of thing so I don't know how I will do." Shirou says while rubbing his head with a chuckle.
"Ah, you'll be fine, Shirou. Anyways thanks for having us!" Ishtar says with a smile.
"So since we're going into our tournament arc, we thought that it'd be important for two of the main people to come on the station. We wanted to see your thoughts and opinions on the overall thing for the people at home if that's fine. But also a few things about you two." Mashu asks while taking out a few notecards with the two guests nodding. "The first question would be… how exactly did you two meet and what did you two do together?"
"Well that's a simple one," Shirou said preparing to answer the question. "We met as first years while both of us were quite lost getting to class. Over time we became close friends."
"As for what we did together? I guess the normal stuff that friends do. Shirou makes great tea and we would sit and talk while eating his freshly made cookies." Ishtar said thinking about it. "Oh yeah. Shirou would help me cook… I was-"
"Downright awful… Ishtar couldn't cook for her life." Shirou said with got him a smack at the back of his head.
"Y-You didn't have to say it like that, you idiot!" Ishtar grumbles with a sigh. "In any case. Next question?"
"Ah perfect. Ishtar. How bad was your cooking skill?" Mashu asked with Ishtar's eyes twitching.
"What is this? Make fun of Ishtar day? Are you all associated with Gilgamesh and Enkidu!?" Ishtar standing up and pointing at everyone.
Ritsuka looks over the cards. "So... Shirou. Why exactly do you clean the dorm rooms like that?"
"Why do I clean it? It's more of a habit than anything else really. Back then, I would clean and do the cooking and I guess I just… do it." Shirou says with a straight expression with Ritsuka and Mashu nodding.
"So responsible… Just like a mom… MAMA EMIYA!" The two show hosts point at each other with stars in their eyes.
"Oi… You two done eye ogling? Can we move on to the next question?" Ishtar says as Mashu nods before looking at a question.
"Shirou. You clash with Cu Chulainn occasionally right? Who is usually the winner?" Mashu asks with Shirou giving a firm nod.
"I would normally say me… But our score is tied up at the moment. I will get you back to you on that."
"Woah… How many times have you guys fought? Is it more than Jeanne Alter and Artoria Alter?" Ritsuka asks with Shirou chuckling while shaking his head.
"Nothing like that. I've lost count how many times they fought but Cu Chulainn and I have fought 50 times. With 22 victories to me and 22 victories to him… And 3 ties. Usually, my victories end up with him dying accidentally."
Lancer Dead Counter: 3 → 25
"AIN'T THAT OVERKILL!?" The three exclaims with even Ishtar being surprised.
"Alright. The last question would be what kind of relationship, that you two have right now?" Mashu asks with a blank expression while she looks at the camera with a sly smile.
"W-What are you talking about?!" Ishtar stutters with her face being completely red. "Why are you asking a question like that all of a sudden?!"
"It's just something that we're interested in. We're just wondering if you two are together. Are you two?" Ritsuka asks with interest before also giving the camera a sly smile.
Ishtar couldn't even reply to that last question before Shirou answers it together. "Yeah. We're together… We're both friends again."
"Eh?" The three questioned at Shirou's statement.
"What? We're back to be friends after a while. That's our relationship right now." Shirou states blatantly with Ishtar sitting right next to him with a surge of energy surrounding her. "Eh? Ishtar? What's wrong?"
"Shirou Emiya…" Ishtar says with Ritsuka and Mashu hiding behind their desk. "YOU BAKA!"
An explosion destroys the room with an error screen with Fou on it saying "Technical Difficulties". Don't forget to input your questions in the reply sections… We'll try and fix this up before the next episode.
Hey guys. This is NexusMHX with another chapter of Chaldea Academy. So... I was able to get a chapter out before Anime Expo... And technically I could have posted this earlier... Though I got a bit lazy because Summer Vacation is currently in session. That and I was also on vacation for a few days. And I got really back into CSGO... And I also start playing JP FGO... And now I live stream... Goodie. So these days are quite interesting. But here I am with a new chapter and I brought in Anastasia... because I have grown a love for her as well as other servants in FGO which you will see in the future. I honestly don't have a lot to say so I hope you guys enjoyed this episode of Chaldea Academy. If you did, don't forget to leave a follow/favorite for more content and if you truly enjoyed, leave a comment in which Chaldea Station will do their best to answer some of them. In any case, this is NexusMHX signing off. I'll try and stop being lazy. Stay classy!