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Day 1: Lost to the battlefield.
In a park, a small family looked very happy enjoying their togetherness.
A boy with red hair and golden brown eyes helped his father, who had black hair but had the same eyes as him, to carry a mat for their picnic.
Not far behind them, there was a red-haired, blue-eyed woman who radiated an aura of affection when she saw the two men she loved most.
.
The boy was burned in the fire.
Buildings collapsed and people burned.
No matter how far the boy ran, the scene was still hellish.
Yes, hellfire had descended on the world that day.
There was no way out, everything around him was hell.
But.
He ran, ran, and kept running.
So..
The boy finally ran out of energy and was swallowed by the inferno.
...
"..."
Blink, blink,...blink.
After waking up from his sleep, what the young man saw when he opened his eyes was the ceiling of his bedroom.
Again, I dreamed the same thing.
"It's been seven days huh..."
Well, that dream has come back to haunt my sleep for the last seven days.
"Haaah... in the end I still couldn't escape that nightmare..."
I better get ready for school today.
After getting out of bed, I didn't forget to tidy it up.
Walked to the cupboard, took my uniform and finally went to the bathroom.
.
After bathe.
I do my usual morning activities, cleaning this house.
As long as I searched every room in this house to clean, I didn't find any signs of other residents of this house besides me.
Looks like she didn't come home last night either.
I don't live alone in this house actually, I live with my older sister. But ten days ago she went out to do work.
Tick, tick, tick, tick...
The sound of the clock was the only music that accompanied me while cleaning the main room. When I saw what number the clock hand was pointing at, I then went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast and lunch for this afternoon.
The menu list is very simple, just rice, omelets and fried sausages. Take the remote and turn on the TV to accompany me to breakfast.
[For the umpteenth time, the body of a young woman has been found in a small alley.]
Again..?
[The victim was found naked and had a stab wound on her chest. The victim is thought to have been raped first before being killed by the perpetrator, by stabbing her with a knife in the chest.]
[Discoveries of bodies of naked young women with stab wounds to their chests have occurred frequently in the last twenty-seven days in Tokyo metropolitan cities. With this discovery, there are already seventeen similar cases.]
[Tokyo police stated in a press conference that this was a case of serial murder possibly caused by the same perpetrator.]
[They say-]
I immediately turned off the TV and got up from the dining table carrying the plate and glass I had just used.
Stepped into my room to get my school bag and house keys.
After making sure all the house entrances were locked, I got on my bicycle and started the long journey to my school.
Misaki Middle School.
It took me nine minutes to get here, from where I live.
There is nothing special in my school life, everything is normal.
Go to school, greet each other, study, joke with friends, do assignments, have lunch, joke with friends, study, do assignments, club activities, go home.
But that doesn't mean it's a bad thing, after all things like this are things to be grateful for because there are many teenagers out there who want peace like this but can't get it.
"Hey, did you guys see the news this morning on TV?"
"I didn't see the news on TV this morning."
The teenager who asked the question was a girl with glasses and shoulder-length hair named Sasaki Haru, while the one who gave the first response was a young man with short hair named Goto Shoji.
They are both my classmates. The three of us usually spend time together during lunch breaks, like now.
"I saw the news on TV this morning, it contained the discovery of another young woman's body."
"There's another murder case!?" Shoji asked anxiously.
"Yes, that's what I wanted to talk about. You know? That case has often happened in Tokyo metropolitan cities." Haru said.
Shoji frowned and asked, "But the police have tightened their night patrols, right?"
I answered "Even though patrols have been increased, they have not yielded results because new cases have emerged..."
"Even though this happens in big cities which are always busy and never sleep." Shoji looked up at the sky in surprise at this case.
"I'm so afraid to go out alone." Haru muttered, hugging herself.
Well, even though the location of the crime is far from Misaki City but...
"Haru, what are your plans after school ends?"
"Hmm... apart from music club activities, there's nothing else. So why, Shirou?" Asked while tilting her head slightly in confusion.
"Then I will wait for you at the school gate after club time is over, I will take you home."
"E-eh? No need, I can go home alone and usually I also go home alone." She rejected my offer while waving both hands
"You've seen the news on TV, right? Do you think I'll let you go home alone?"
"Shirou, my house is the furthest of the three of us. If you take me home you could be late for your part-time job."
It seemed like she didn't want to give up on rejecting my offer.
"I'm sure Kuma-nee won't get angry just because I'm late."
"But..."
Shoji, who had been silently watching the conversation between Shirou and Haru, finally opened his mouth.
"Gosh, why are you acting so pretentious about rejecting Shirou's offer? Wouldn't you be happy if you could-"
"Just shut up Shoji!" Haru snapped while looking at Shoji coldly.
Because his sentence was cut off by a shout from Haru, Shoji slightly moved away from the two of them and started to grumble to himself.
"Haru" I said more seriously.
"Y-yes" Once her attention returned to me, I immediately locked eye contact with her.
"You are important to me. So please let me take care of you, okay?" I said while looking straight into her eyes.
For some reason, after hearing my words earlier, Haru acted strangely and didn't want to look me in the eye...
"Um..." She finally nodded her head slowly as a signal that she accepted my offer.
But..
Why is she blushing..?
.
"We're here"
Haru's house is located in Misaki City to the east, it took me about twenty-seven minutes to take her home using a bicycle.
But we went through the journey very relaxed.
Misaki City is divided into two, west and east. To the west is the old residential area at the foot of the mountains, the town's schools are located here, it is known as Old Misaki. To the east is the main business district which has a more modern appearance and directly borders the Tokyo prefecture area, it is only separated by a few hills actually, this is known as New Misaki.
This city is not small but also quite big.
"Thank you for taking me to the front of my house, Shirou." With a smile Haru thanked me.
I smiled back "We are friends, so just relax."
"E em" She nodded.
"Then I will go straight to my workplace."
"Don't want to stop by for a break and a drink first?"
"Thank you for the offer but I have to decline because I have to leave immediately."
"I see... it's okay, be careful on the road Shirou and see you tomorrow."
"Yeah, see you tomorrow"
After exchanging greetings with Haru, I immediately pedaled my bicycle to my part-time job.
Usually I would go home first but that would just make me go in circles and take up more time. Besides, now that I'm at New Misaki, I'm heading straight to my workplace.
.
"Sorry Nee-san, I came late."
"It's unusual for you to be late like this, what's wrong?"
Sitting at the counter was a beautiful young mother with long, wavy brown hair tied into a ponytail.
She's my boss, Kinomi Kojika. But because of orders from my sister, I called her Kuma-nee. Before marriage her name was Kumari Kojika
"I had to take my friend home first."
"Friend? Is it possible that your friend is a girl?" I don't like the way she looks at me.
"Yes"
"Hoo is she a beautiful girl?"
"Why do you ask like that?"
"Just answer it! Is this your boss's order?
Isn't this called abuse of power?
"Haah... rather than beautiful, she might be more suited to being called a sweet girl."
"Ah! What is this? You're still in middle school but already have a girlfriend!"
"No, we're just classmates."
"Ooh! That gets even better! From just classmates they will become housemates! That's right, I have to immediately call your sister and tell her this."
"Stop that! Kuma-nee!"
The behavior of the two of them has become an entertaining spectacle for customers at the most famous Chinese restaurant in Misaki city, Mad Bear. Well, Mad Bear is the only Chinese restaurant in town.
I work from 6 to 9 pm
Time continues to pass, the orange color in the sky has now been replaced by the dark night sky.
Criiiiinnnnggg!!!!! Criiiiinnnnggg!!!!! Criiiiinnnnggg!!!!!
The sound of a telephone bell came from the cashier counter.
"Yeah, with Misaki town's Mad Bear Chinese restaurant here!!"
As I walked forward to pick up the dirty plates and clean the table, I saw Kuma-nee talking to a potential customer on the phone but there seemed to be a problem.
"Sorry miss, but we really can't accept your order. You live too far away."
I tried asking my boss.
"There is a problem"
"Sorry miss but please wait a moment so I can discuss it with my employees for a moment... OK, thank you."
After putting away the receiver, Kuma-nee answered me.
"There's a woman who wants to order food from us, but she lives too far away."
"Where?"
"It's in Tokyo, in the Shinakawa."
Well, I can understand why Kuma-nee wouldn't accept it.
"I tried to refuse, but she still insisted on ordering, even though she had to wait a long time. Because she wanted to give her father his favorite food."
"Her father?"
"Well, it turns out her father really likes our cooking and it's his birthday today. Initially they planned to celebrate it here but because it was raining heavily in Shinakawa so they had to cancel it."
So, like that...
"Just accept the order, I'll deliver it later."
Hearing my words, Kuma-nee became sullen.
"Shirou, didn't you listen to what I said earlier? The destination is Sninakawa and it's raining heavily there right now."
"Nee-san, this is an order from a girl who wants to give her father his favorite food on his birthday. We can't refuse it, I only have one hour left at work, right? That's why I'll be the one to deliver this."
"Then, if I accept this order. You might be able to take the train there but from the station you have to walk to your destination. Are you okay with that?"
"I don't mind, come on Kuma-nee..."
"..."
"..."
"Haaah... OK, OK, I'll accept it but remember! You have to go home immediately after delivering this and you have to be very careful there! Remember you are going to Tokyo. If anything happens, call me immediately, understand!?"
"Yes!"
After the order was ready in the storage box, I immediately went to the station using my bicycle.
After arriving at the station, I parked my bicycle, then immediately rushed into the station and boarded the train to Shinakawa.
Upon arrival in Shinakawa, sure enough.
Heavy rain is falling from the sky to wet the face of the earth.
This was serious, because I apparently forgot to bring an umbrella.
I immediately went to one of the toilets at the station but immediately came out again carrying a red umbrella.
I immediately rushed to my destination. After twenty minutes of searching, I finally arrived at a luxury apartment where the customer who ordered this lived.
While in the elevator I touched my right hand to the cold storage box to make the food inside warm again.
The customer who ordered the food was very happy that we accepted her order and she also apologized for being selfish.
After receiving payment and saying goodbye. I immediately rushed back to the station because there was only one track train that would stop in Misaki.
But unfortunately the rain became heavier, it was much heavier than a few minutes before and this was made worse by the fairly strong wind. This makes my visibility shorter.
But my bad luck didn't end there.
My watch is dead and I'm lost in the wrong direction now.
"How could I get lost like this!!"
I continued to run as fast as I could towards the station, I didn't know whether I still had time or not. But I kept running, running, and running. Until finally I ended up in a place I didn't recognize at all.
Then when I looked at my watch again. It was working again but the time on the clock made me just let out a sigh of resignation.
I missed the last train to Misaki...
Now I can only walk looking for directions to get to the station.
"Well, at least I can still sleep there."
As I continued walking looking for directions, a very familiar smell hit my nose which was very sensitive to magical energy.
The smell of using magical energy. I know this because I am also a magic user but in my case, I would be known as a magus and a practitioner of Magecraft.
One of my biggest secrets.
I knew, I should distance myself from whatever it was.
But...
My curiosity has overcome my rational side this time. I started walking towards the source of this smell.
What I found was a European-style house whose front gate was destroyed, many dog corpses lying in the front yard.
"W-what happened here..?"
Boom!!
"What's that?"
I immediately ran towards the source of the explosion sound, entered the European-style house through the shattered window, continued running down the hall with many dog corpses lying on the floor.
Even though this will burden my eyes, I'm willing to waste more time and channel magical energy into my two eyeballs to use my Clairvoyance.
Even though the scope is still limited, this is enough.
What I saw was something I couldn't just ignore even though it was very clear that this could endanger my life.
A girl wearing glasses was sitting in fear, in front of her there was a strangely dressed man carrying a spear.
Is this man the person who committed the rape and murder that the police are looking for?
That Spear ..., ..., ...!
"Go and kill that girl immediately!"
It's bad, I have to help her quickly!
Using Reinforcement on my entire body, I immediately shot towards the greenhouse in the backyard.
"Trace On"
A five hundred year old katana sword appeared in my right hand. This is a copy of the Ryougi family heirloom, Kuji Kanesada.
When I get there, the man will thrust his spear into the glasses girl's chest.
With all my strength, I launched myself like a cannonball while swinging my katana to block the spear.
Clank!!
The sound of the two weapons clashing echoed throughout the greenhouse.
"I won't let you kill her."
"Are you his ally in this war?"
"War? What are you talking about?"
"Hmm? Oh, so that's how it is..."
"I'm warning you, get out of here now!"
"Hehe.. are you trying to be a hero, kid? You already have a very good sword in your hands so... Let's see how good of a hero you are, Mr. Hero!"
The strange man then started swinging his spear again, only I was the target now.
Clank!
The attack is strong.
Clank! Clank!
Everyone is aiming for vital points.
Clank! Clank! Clank!
He's also fast.
Clank! Clank! Clank! Clank!!!
But I can still keep up
"You have great sword skills for a teenager your age, kid!"
I don't need the praise.
Clank! Clank! Clank! Clank!!!
"Miss, get out of here quickly!!" Gosh, why is she just staring back there!?
"Don't you understand? The girl behind you is too scared to hear you."
Clank! Clank! Clank! Clank!!!
"If she sees your abilities, you will definitely be made one of her students."
What was this strange man actually talking about?
"Hmm? Sorry kid, my Master isn't a fan of fighting between men so I'll just get this over with."
Eh?
Clank! Clank! Clank! Clank! Clank! Clank! Clank! Clank!!!
"Argh.."
Damn, he was holding back this whole time.
The attacks become faster and stronger..
Clank! Clank! Clank! Clank! Clank!!!
My work uniform was torn to shreds, my blood started to color the ground.
At this rate -arrgh.. I won't be able to hold on much longer but...
"Hey! What are you doing arg.. hurry up! I.. can't hold it in.. any longer- aargh.."
I can't give up here, if I run away now, this man will definitely kill this girl.
I must ..!!
Clank!!!
Eh? ..? ..?
It felt very hot, my right shoulder felt very hot.
Why am I having difficulty breathing? Why does it feel so difficult to move?
Ah..! That's right, there was a curse embedded in the spear.
"You were even able to change the direction of my last attack? I admit it, you are indeed a great hero, kid."
I weakly lifted my head slightly up to look at him, why was he looking at me like that?
I couldn't feel the ground and the pain was getting worse in my right shoulder.
The next thing I knew, I landed very roughly on a bunch of plants in the greenhouse.
With the remaining strength I had, I managed to change my position for the better.
With blurry vision, I saw the man walking towards the girl.
No..
Stop...!
I tried to shout the words but I couldn't.
I tried my best to stop the girl from being killed, I dragged my body across the ground.
It hurt so much but I still forced myself to help the girl.
I have to save her!!!
...
In a night sky filled with countless stars, there was one star that radiated extremely bright light.
A very beautiful girl stared far into the night sky full of stars, her pair of green eyes always focused on the star that radiated the brightest light.
The girl then smiled beautifully.
...
No, don't do that.. stop!!!
I could only watch as the man's spear pierced the girl's heart. After the man removed the tip of the spear from the girl's heart.
Like a puppet whose strings are broken. The girl immediately collapsed to the ground.
Ah... again I let someone die.
"You're still alive? Gosh you really are a diamond aren't you? Well, I'll end your suffering soon."
The man then stepped closer to me.
Am I going to die this time?
Well, after failing to protect that girl, I guess... perhaps it's only natural that I be punished with death.
"Ow! Why did you hit my head!?"
"I should be the one asking, why did you climb up that tree earlier!? If I hadn't caught you when you fell earlier you could have been seriously injured!!!"
"I just want to save this cat that can't get down from the tree."
"You're still a child, you should ask someone older than you for help."
"If I can't even help this cat, I won't be able to become a hero of justice."
"Huh? You're an idiot, huh..."
"I'm not an idiot!"
"No, you are an idiot boy."
"I'm not an idiot boy!!!"
Strange, why do these memories appear at a time like this.
If she saw my condition now... she would definitely scold me severely.
Hn... wait, ..! The girl is still alive!!
With my blurred vision now it wasn't clearly visible but I knew that her chest was still moving, even if only a little.
Maybe I can still help her.
I tried to stand up but I couldn't, my body wouldn't follow my will anymore.
"Still want to fight huh?"
I can't give up!! I have to save her!!!
I don't know why, but a warm wind began to blow around me, before finally light began to shine from where I lay.
A magic circle suddenly appeared and shone so brightly that it forced me to close my eyes.
The next thing I knew was an explosion, the pain in my body disappeared, and although I was still weak, I could move my body freely again.
How could that be?
When I opened my eyes, a field of flowers, and very beautiful long blonde hair was what I saw at that time.
Blink, blink, and blink..
She then turned to look at me, her beautiful green eyes blinked a few times as she looked at me, before making an expression like she had gotten the answer to a question.
She is a very beautiful girl, who has a symbol like a gold star on her forehead, she wears a white dress with a black pattern in the middle accompanied by gold accents, on her chest there is an armor, she wears a short fluffy white robe, thigh-length black shoes which could be confused with stockings, she also wears black gloves on both hands, a blue ribbon that ties her blonde hair and finally a gold crown on her head.
The girl then smiled sweetly at me.
"Are you okay Master? I wanted to check your condition better and introduce myself first but... well, you called me at a bad time Master. So please wait a moment ok! I'll finish this soon."
The girl then turned her back to me again.
Masters? What does it mean?
When I looked around I didn't see the spear-wielding guy from before.
But, there was a blonde knight who seemed to be holding something invisible.
From the way he was standing, it seemed like the knight was trying to protect the glasses girl.
My gaze finally met the glasses girl.
...
Well, we meet again friends!!! Phew... I can finally release this chapter.
As you have read, this Shirou variant is a junior high school student in Misaki City. And a part-time worker in Kojika's place, but unfortunately he had bad luck and was dragged into the 2nd Tokyo Holy Grail War.
The possible reason Shirou got lost was because of the actions of Counter Force.
Well that's all.
See you again in the next chapter!!!