Author's note: Regarding where chapter 56 is, it was already uploaded. However, at the time of when it was uploaded, the website was going through a massive bug that prevents updated stories to be shown. Netherless, it's here now.

Shirou was in Chaldea's cafeteria, preparing himself for the upcoming lunch break that was going to happen soon.

Which meant he had to feed Arturia and her many counterparts in which they would storm into the cafeteria and demand for Shirou's cooking along with Ishtar and her counterparts, Parvati, Kama, BB and her sisters, Illya and her counterparts, Miyu, Astraea, Irisviel, Jaguar-man, Irisviel, Kiritsugu, and many others.

To be fair, they all loved his cooking, including EMIYA's as well, since EMIYA is an alternate future counterpart of Shirou.

Especially Arturia and her counterparts. They relished it.

As Shirou was preparing the cafeteria for the upcoming storm that was about to come soon, there was a servant that came into the cafeteria. The servant that came into the cafeteria is an androgynous-looking boy who is fancily dressed.

That servant is Astolfo, one of the Twelve Paladins of Charlemagne.

"Hm...so that's Emiya Shirou huh? From what I heard, he solved Mordred's problem with his father. I wonder if he can solve this problem of Mordred...maybe I should greet him first."

Astolfo then came up to Emiya Shirou, making his presence known to him.

"Hm? Who are you? Can I help you?" Shirou asked Astolfo as he noticed him.

Astolfo smiled. "Greetings Emiya Shirou! My name is Astolfo, one of the Twelve Paladins of Charlemagne! And I have come to ask you for some help Emiya Shirou!" she exclaimed excitedly.

"Help? What kind of help are you talking about?"

"Well...it has something to do with Mordred..."

Shirou let out a small sigh. "Mordred? Is there something wrong with her? Did she get into a fight with Arturia and her counterparts again?"

"Well, it's not that...but rather, it's a small problem Mordred's been having ever since she arrived here."

"A small problem? What kind of small problem is that?"

"Well..." Astolfo said with a chuckle as he began to retell Shirou an event that happened before he arrived here...

(A year ago...)

Astolfo was humming to himself as he sat down next to Mordred in the cafeteria. "So, Mordred, how's life here?" he asked.

"Well, it's not bad at least. Although I still can't believe that my father is here...and she has a bunch of alternate counterparts that I have never heard of," Mordred replied as she took a piece of meat into her mouth.

Astolfo chuckled. "I'm guessing that things are awkward between you two, right?"

"Yeah. You have no idea..."

Astolfo and Mordred then continued eating their meals together. Eventually, they were almost done with their meals. However, there was a small problem that would eventually grow into a huge event that would remind both of them.

"Great. There's Brussel sprouts here...maybe I'll just leave them on the side..." Mordred then moved her Brussel sprouts like how a picky eater would. She then left the table, her plate unfinished as there were bits of Brussel sprouts on the side.

"Ah, Mordred. You didn't finish your plate," Astolfo said as she noticed the remaining Brussel sprouts bits on Mordred's plate.

"Tch. You had to notice huh?" Mordred said.

"Yeah. I've never seen you reject food before. So why did you put aside those Brussel sprouts?"

Mordred let out a small sigh. "I don't want to eat them..." she muttered quietly.

"Hm? What was that Mordred?" Astolfo said.

Mordred sighed again. "I don't want to eat them," she admitted.

"Why? You don't like Brussel sprouts?"

A groan was heard from Mordred. "Y-Yes..."

Astolfo immediately laughed after hearing Mordred's answer. "Wow! I can't believe it! Mordred, the knight of treachery, doesn't like Brussel sprouts! This is crazy!"

Mordred grumbled. "Okay, I don't like Brussel sprouts. So what?"

Astolfo stopped laughing for a moment but was still chucking over what he just found out. "Sorry, but it's surprising to see you hate a food. I mean, I've seen you eat a lot in the past!"

"Yeah, yeah. Anyways, I'm going to leave now. See you," Mordred said as she began to leave the cafeteria but stopped as she heard a voice from the kitchen.

It was Beni-enma, and she wasn't happy.

Astolfo mentally face-palmed herself. "Oh dear. I forgot Beni-enma oversees the kitchen for today. And she doesn't take it that well when there's leftover food on the table..."

"Mordred...what are you doing..." Beni-enma muttered in a scary tone.

"Huh? I'm just leaving," Mordred replied, not aware of the danger she just put in.

"Oh really? Not without eating your Brussel sprouts?!"

"Why should I? They're just Brussel sprouts," Mordred said as she began to leave the cafeteria. However, that move was the worst move Mordred has made in that situation.

Because at that moment, a knife just flew behind her, and upon instinct, Mordred dodged the knife.

"Hey! What the heck you-" Mordred yelled as she turned around. However, it was then that she realized she made a huge mistake of not eating her Brussel sprouts.

Because when she turned around, she saw Beni-enma in an aura that would make most servants scared, and the face she was giving her was even making her scared as Beni-enma's face looked like a killer's face.

"Oh dear. Mordred just made Beni-enma angry..."

"Uh oh," Mordred thought as she began to run away from Beni-enma.

"GET BACK HERE MORDRED!" Beni-enma yelled as she began to chase Mordred...

(Back to the present...)

"And that's what happened," Astolfo said as he was done explaining the event to Shirou.

Shirou was surprised by what Astolfo told him. "So, let me get this straight. What happened was that a Mordred has a problem with eating Brussel sprouts, and when she tried to leave without eating them on her plate, Beni-enma got mad and started chasing her around in Chaldea?"

"Yes. That's right."

Shirou sighed. "Jeez Mordred, just why would you make Beni-enma mad on that day? From what I heard from Archer, you don't want to make Beni-enma mad. Especially when it comes to anything related to food..."

"Um Shirou?" Astolfo asked, snapping Shirou out of his thoughts.

"Hm? Oh, it's nothing. Anyways, continue," Shirou replied.

"Oh, yeah. Anyways ever since then, Mordred's had a problem with Brussel sprouts."

"I see. So what do you want me to do?"

"Well...can you help me fix Mordred's picky eater problem?"

"Well...I think I can, but why are you asking me?"

"Well, considering that your Mordred's mom, I think you have the best shot out of everyone here. And plus, I asked other people before, but they wouldn't agree to it. Not only that, but for some reason Mordred keeps avoiding the question."

"Really?"

"Yeah," Astolfo said as he began to recall another event in the past...

(A year ago...)

Astolfo was walking in Chaldea's hallway, minding his own business. As he did, he then came across something that he did not expect.

Mordred was hanging in the air in which there was rope tied onto her leg. Along her was Beni-enma and Da Vinci.

And Beni-enma was holding a plate with some Brussel sprouts.

"What the heck is this?!" Astolfo thought as he was dumbfounded by the sight in front of him.

"Hm? Oh, hey there Astolfo," Da Vinci greeted.

"Hey there Da Vinci. Um, if I may want to ask, what is going on here?" Astolfo asked as she was confused with what was going on.

"Oh this? Well, let's just say that Beni-enma here wanted my help to catch Mordred because Mordred didn't want to eat her Brussel sprouts," Da Vinci replied.

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"And how long has Mordred been up there?"

"I would say...about two hours at most."

"Ehhh?! Two hours?!"

"Yeah."

"Mordred! Eat your Brussel sprouts!" Beni-enma yelled at Mordred who was dangling in the air by rope.

"Never!" Mordred replied.

Astolfo was in shock at the conversation between Beni-enma and Mordred. "Jeez. Just how much does Mordred hate Brussel sprouts?"

(Back to the present...)

"Really? Beni-enma asked Da Vinci to trap Mordred so she can get her to eat her Brussel sprouts?" Shirou asked as he was dumbfounded by the event that Astolfo told him.

"Yeah," Astolfo replied.

"Wow. I didn't know that Mordred's problem with Brussel sprouts were that big..."

"Me neither. I always thought she could eat anything. Up until now that is."

"Yeah. So you want me to talk to her?"

"Hey, at this point, I'm open for anything that you could do, so yeah. Try to talk to her and see what's wrong with her and Brussel sprouts."

"Will do. Anyways, see you Astolfo."

"Yeah! Bye Emiya Shirou!" Astolfo said with a smile on his face.

And the two parted ways. As they did, Astolfo had one thought that was going in his head.

"Hope this plan works. If it doesn't, then I give up..."

"Now, where could Mordred be..." Shirou thought as he was trying to find Mordred and help her get over her problem with Brussel sprouts. As Shirou continued walking in the hallways of Chaldea, he finally found her in the training room in which she was slashing training dummies down easily.

"Take that!" Mordred yelled as she slashed another training dummy down. As she did, she stopped swinging her sword for a moment and turned around to see Shirou. "Oh, hey mother!"

"Hey there Mordred."

"What brings you here mother? A training spar against me?"

"Well no. Rather, I heard from one of your friends that you have a huge problem with Brussel sprouts."

Mordred nearly dropped her sword upon hearing Shirou's question. "Crap. Now he knows?! Who told him?! Wait a minute...Astolfo, you blabbermouth! You had to tell him that, didn't you?!"

"Well?"

Mordred let out a sigh. "Astolfo told you, didn't he?"

"Yes."

Mordred sighed. "Well, it's going to be a long story, so find a place to get comfy."

Shirou followed Mordred's order and found himself a bench to sit on.

"Okay. The reason why I hate Brussel sprouts so much is because of my mother...again," Mordred admitted.

"Morgan again? Just how is she involved in this?"

"Well...it's actually quite simple. She liked Brussel sprouts and would always force me to eat them whenever she had the chance. Not only that, but they also don't taste that great to me."

"I see..."

"Yeah. And ever since then, I had a problem with Brussel sprouts itself. Because of her, the sight of green peppers would always make me sick and I would try to avoid them."

"Is that why you ran out of the cafeteria that one day where it ended in Beni-enma chasing you throughout all of Chaldea?"

"Yeah."

"And that time where you were hanging from the ceiling with a rope Da Vinci made so that Beni-enma can make you eat your Brussel sprouts?"

Mordred blushed. "He told you that as well?"

"Yeah."

Mordred grumbled for a moment as she now knew that Astolfo revealed an event she wanted to forget. "Anyways, that's the reason why I hate Brussel sprouts, mother."

"I see. I didn't know your hatred for Brussel Sprouts were that big..." Shirou said.

"Yeah. Well, everyone has an secret they want to hide..."

"True."

For a moment, Shirou and Mordred remained in silence, wondering how to continue the conversation. After a few minutes of silence, Shirou continued the conversation.

"Hey Mordred, I have an idea how to get you to not hate Brussel sprouts."

Mordred was baffled. "What?"

"Yeah. I have an idea how to get you to not hate Brussel sprouts."

For a moment, Mordred was silent upon hearing Shirou's statement. Then she started laughing.

"Really? You can make me not hate Brussel sprouts?" Mordred said with laughter.

"Yeah. Why?"

"That's the funniest thing I have ever heard of! It even sounds more ridiculous than the dream you used to have! What was it? Oh yeah! The hero of justice dream!" Mordred said as she continued to laugh.

Eventually, she calmed down after minutes of laughing from Shirou's statement.

Shirou sighed. "Listen, do you want you to get over your hate of Brussel sprouts? Or would you rather deal with another event like what happened to you earlier?"

Mordred let out a sigh. "Sure. I'm interested in seeing how you can solve my problem," she said.

Shirou grinned. "Follow me."

Astolfo was walking in Chaldea's hallway, wondering if Shirou managed to fix Mordred's problem. "Hm, I wonder if Shirou managed to fix Mordred's problem with Brussel sprouts..."

As she continued walking, she passed by Chaldea's cafeteria and saw Shirou and Mordred together. It was then that she overheard a conversation between Shirou and Mordred.

"Jeez mother! This is good! And to think you made this out of Brussel sprouts! I don't even taste them at all!" Mordred happily said as she continued eating.

"Well, that's great Mordred, but please don't talk while eating," Shirou replied.

Mordred nodded in response.

Meanwhile, Astolfo watched the scene with a smile on his face.

"Well then, looks like Shirou managed to solve that problem. Now I'll just leave things to him and be on my way..."

And that's how Shirou helped Mordred get over her hatred of Brussel sprouts.