The first time I met him was when I first got into high school, and accidentally dropped my glasses, causing the screw that connected the handle of my glasses to pop out.

He was just this man with red hair in a scruffy cover-all.

But he helped me find a replacement screw in his office.

When I thanked him for the help, he just smiled at me and said that he was happy to help. I would later find out that while he was just the janitor, everyone considered him a miracle worker for being able to fix just about anything.

It was when Emma turned on me, and started to bully me with Sophia and Madison that I found out that he liked to help everyone. No matter who they were, no matter what the situation, he would help if asked.

And as the bullying got worse, I found myself depending more and more on him. He didn't ask, and I didn't say a thing, but things just happened. Such as my finding doors opened when I investigated. Or my stolen possessions recovered and returned, in immaculate condition.

And... more than that, he saved me. He found me in the locker and pulled me out of it when I thought I would be trapped in there.

Despite all that he did, I found it curious that he never did get in trouble. So, I got to talk with him when hiding out in his office during lunch period one day.

Turns out that he did more than just clean things, or help students. He fixed everything.

Anything that broke, as long as it could be fixed... he would do it. I can not imagine what kind of skills such a man would have to be able to fix what he said he did.

And yet, it was evident that no one with a wit of sense wanted him gone or get in trouble. Not when he benefited everyone. Thus, it explained why Sophia, Emma or Madison didn't try anything when he was around.

The first hint I had that he was a parahuman was that day.

When the sirens sounded.

He started walking to the PRT building after making sure that the students and teachers had left the building. A simple mask on his face hiding his eyes being his only nod to the conventions of being a cape.

I joined the others in the shelter and thought of that man in his scruffy cover-all walking with resolution on his face away after giving me a smile and a pat on my head. He had said that if he could save just a single live, more, if he could help save everyone, then everything was worth it.

I could only hope that he was truly a cape and not just a mad man. And yet, in the dim light of the Endbringer shelter, as the ground rumbled and shook from the impact of Leviathan, I could only pray that he was right.

That mister Emiya was a hero.

The Janitor
Worm / Fate/Stay Night