[Although there were some twists and turns in the process, you finally managed to prevent the girl from calling you "Mom" in front of outsiders.]
[Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations.]
[However, it is often said that when old problems are solved, new problems are not far away.]
[You did stop the practice of girls calling you mom in front of outsiders, but soon, you realized a new and more serious problem.]
"However, if I can't call my mother a mother, then how should I call my mother in the future?"
The girl blinked her bright eyes, with an innocent expression, and sent out a soul torture to Shirou Emiya.
Emiya Shiro thought for a while, then patted the girl's pink hair lightly: "If you're outside, just call me by my name. Look, our ages are actually not that different, right?
"Name?" The girl tilted her head cutely, and a trace of bewilderment flashed in her clear pupils.
"Yes, name, for example, my name is Emiya, and your name is..."
The words came to an abrupt end.
[For a long time, you have raised this girl well in every aspect, and you have taken care of her food, lodging, and daily life in every possible way; apart from occasionally going shopping and purchasing some necessities in life, you also have been by her side wholeheartedly. Under your care and nurturing, the growth of the girl can be said to be smooth sailing, whether it is physical health or mental health, you have taken good care of it.]
[Unfortunately, you are not a real parent after all. Although you have a firmer consciousness than most parents, and you have put in a lot of effort and done a lot of homework, but when the little girl proposed the "name" and discussed this topic, you suddenly realize how important you have unknowingly neglected.]
[Your head is sweating, and your hands and feet are cold, not only because you forgot to give this child a nice name but also because you have neither experience nor corresponding knowledge about naming children.]
[You have absolutely no idea what to name a baby... even a cute girl.]
[Feel the girl looking at you, the eyes full of expectation and curiosity.]
[You, Shiro Emiya, are, without a doubt, cornered.]
...
'I can't refute.'
Although Emiya Shirou was dissatisfied in various senses with the voice that came out from the depths of his brain from time to time, but only this time, Emiya Shirou decided to humbly accept the accusation of the assistant lady who had no emotional ups and downs.
After all, even he himself felt that he was so stupid that there was no cure.
Why, until now, did he notice this matter?
"Huh?" Probably because there was no response for a long time, the girl gently shook the pair of small hands that were holding Emiya Shirou's palm, her eyes without any impurities flashed a little, which made Emiya Shirou feel a little dazzling. "Mom, what's the matter with you? Are you too tired? If you are too tired, mother should go to rest first."
"That... this..."
Emiya Shirou was sweating profusely, hesitating. He thought about it for a long while, and finally, he closed his eyes suddenly, as if he had made up his mind. He bent down at the little girl who was holding his hands.
"Hold... Sorry! You... your name, I... I haven't had time to get it for you yet. I forgot such an important thing!"
Or follow the girl's words and go to rest first; these two options are also a way to muddle through. But in the eyes of Emiya Shiro, who has long regarded the girl as a family member, his requirements for himself are, as long as it is related to this girl, he must do the best he can.
Therefore, even if he might be hated by the girl after this, or let her down, Emiya Shirou still did not choose to hid his major mistake but told the truth to the girl.
However, just as Emiya Shirou was ready to be hated by the girl, he opened his eyes slightly tremblingly, but he saw a pair of big eyes full of joy and happiness.
"That is to say, can I choose my own name?" The girl's voice was full of excitement and expectation from the bottom of my heart.
It seemed that the girl didn't feel disappointed that she hadn't decided on her name yet, and she didn't feel dissatisfied with Shirou Emiya because of it.
In fact, it is true.
Compared with ordinary children, girls have the ability to remember things at a very early age.
He don't know if it's because of her nature or because she's been affected by seeing Emiya Shiro running around to take care of herself. She's been a very understanding person since she learned to express her own thoughts, even if she has not yet had a deep and detailed understanding of what kind of relationship she has with Shirou Emiya. The smart girl can still clearly see the gesture of the boy pouring all his energy into herself.
It's not that the girl doesn't value her name, but... Although Emiya Shirou regards his forgetting to name her as a serious mistake, in the girl's view, compared with everything that Emiya Shirou has paid, it's just forgetting to name herself, nothing more than something she should hate.
...
Emiya Shirou couldn't help being silent for a moment, facing the girl's gaze that was so brilliant that it made his retinas burn.
From the perspective of experience, it is obviously a very reckless and stupid choice to let a little girl who has just learned to speak name herself. But... Unfortunately, Emiya Shirou himself has no way to guarantee that he can really give the girl a name that suits the other person's heart.
Plus... Seeing the girl's dazzling eyes, Emiya Shirou really couldn't say "No," these two words.
So, after struggling for a long while, Emiya Shirou finally compromised and nodded helplessly.
"If you also feel that there is no problem, then do it."
"Yeah!" The girl waved her hand excitedly, and then, as if she suddenly remembered something, her eyes suddenly lit up.
The girl ran to the edge of the bedside table, she stood on tiptoe, and tried her best to take down a picture book from the cabinet.
"?"
Shirou Emiya was taken aback, looking at the little girl in confusion.
The girl flipped the picture book open, and after finding her goal, she pinched both ends of the page horizontally with her fingers, turned around, and showed Emiya Shirou the contents of the picture book.
"Since mother's name is Emiya—"
There was a flawless and pure smile on the girl's face.
"Then my name is decided to be this!"
Following the girl's instruction, Emiya Shirou turned his gaze to the picture book.
The content of the picture book is a fairy tale that Emiya Shiro once read to the girl more than once when she fell asleep, so after the girl opened the picture book to her, he quickly found the girl in the picture book and wanted to show it to him. Content.
"Hmm! Flawless Paradise... Eternal Paradise, moreover, it's a name so similar to my mother! Is there a more perfect and more suitable name than this?"
The immature cherry lips expressed the beauty, and the pronunciation that makes people feel yearning from the heart.
"My name is - Elysia!"
