[After suffering Elysia's sudden attack for no reason, you began to wonder if this child, like other children, had entered the rebellious period of wanting to resist everything.]
[You endured the pain in your forehead, temporarily put down the ingredients in your hand, followed Elysia's footsteps, and entered her closed bedroom.]
[Before you could knock on the door, Elysia, who heard the footsteps, opened the bedroom door on her own initiative. She bowed and apologized to you again and again, showing a sincere attitude of admitting her mistake.]
[This strange behavior made you start to worry about her mental state.]
[After lunch and cleaning up the mess, you were planning to talk to her, but you noticed that Elysia came to you on her own.]
"Want to know how to improve your physical strength?" Emiya Shirou looked suspiciously at Elysia's wandering gaze. "Why are you suddenly asking this question? Your physical strength should already be quite good, right?"
Since Elysia always has become an extremely energetic child. Although she can't compare to him, who receives direct magical power from the 'Mother Simulator,' in Emiya Shirou's view, her physical strength is almost on par with when he was still in Fuyuki City. Even though she hasn't undergone the same systematic and consistent training as him, Elysia's physical fitness seems inexhaustible.
Even after spending a whole day playing outside, when she returns home, she may appear slightly disheveled with dirt on her body, but there are no signs of fatigue in her mental state. This seemingly boundless and terrifying energy even evokes a sense of admiration in Emiya Shirou.
"Hmm..." With Emiya Shirou's eyes filled with confusion and doubt, Elysia lowered her head uneasily, her fingers awkwardly stirring together. "I, I accidentally saw mom secretly exercising at night, and I thought her exercise moves were quite cool... so I wanted to learn them too."
"..."
This time, the embarrassed person changed from Elysia to Emiya Shirou. Emiya Shirou has never been someone who can relax easily. Since the day he was adopted by Emiya Kiritsugu, he has been extremely self-disciplined, always maintaining strict control over his daily routine, except for the necessary seven hours of sleep. The rest of his time is rarely wasted. Even after joining the simulation game, this self-discipline habit has remained ingrained in him.
However, as a Servant, Emiya Shirou has come to understand the nature of being a Servant. Whether it's physical training or honing his magic circuits, it has lost its significance for him.
A Servant is a materialized spiritual entity, and a spiritual body is something that cannot change or grow further. Of course, as a Servant's body is made of magical energy, accumulating even a small amount of magical power allows them to freely utilize their existing special abilities.
...It's unfortunate that Emiya Shirou was far from mastering the magic he had learned when summoned to Elysia through the simulation game. The "Magic Eye" that manifested was completely blocked by the "Mother Simulator." Of course, Emiya Shirou had no intention of using those ominous eyes filled with death from the very beginning, and the "Mother Simulator" blocking those magic eyes can be considered a helpful intervention. It did him a great favor.
Although Emiya Shirou understands that death is inevitable for a human, knowing it intellectually is different from witnessing it firsthand. Even if he's prepared to face death in his pursuit of magic, Emiya Shirou is not the type of person who can turn a blind eye to the death of others.
If he can only see a world on the brink of collapse and people filled with signs of imminent death, without having fully adapted to this ability, his spirit might have already descended into madness.
Rather, the prerequisite for fully adapting to this ability is to completely let go of Emiya Shirou's insistence on saving everyone all the time. Either he fully adapts to this ability or he self-destructs due to his inability to adapt and gradually succumbs to madness, —if not for the assistance of the "Mother Simulator", Emiya Shirou alone, as a human being, would likely tread one of these two paths.
"Magic power," "Physical ability," and "Special abilities"—when the pursuit of these three things loses meaning or when he's unwilling to pursue them all together, all Emiya Shirou can do is acquire knowledge and accumulate experience.
Therefore, during Elysia's nap time, in addition to reading and studying, Emiya Shirou naturally spent most of his time practicing swordsmanship and archery.
Of course...the "home" in this world lacks the luxury of the Emiya mansion, with only a small dojo available. So, even when practicing swordsmanship and archery, Emiya Shirou can only imagine the actions, gradually refining his form and technique step by step.
If this scene were witnessed by knowledgeable outsiders, they would likely think he's just a second-year-old lost in fantasy, wouldn't they?
He never expected that while he was deeply immersed in his exercises, Elysia would secretly observe him. ...No, to be precise, he was too absorbed in his training and neglected the world around him.
However, Elysia's words triggered a response from Emiya Shirou.
"So, you want to learn the same movements I practice in the middle of the night?"
"Yeah!" Elysia nodded, her pink eyes shining with visible excitement and desire.
"It's not impossible for you to learn swordsmanship and archery..." Emiya Shirou stroked his chin. "If I recall correctly, this small town should have a training ground where people can exercise, right?"
