Jeanne Sings Along / Shirou and Jeanne's Song

"Oh, sure, thanks Shirou. Then try some of my macarons too."

"Then I'll trade you my most popular cookie."

The students, dressed in chef's uniforms, spoke politely, but their hands moved with dissatisfaction, each scrambling for the few remaining dishes in the kitchen.

"Wait a minute, shouldn't you guys give way to the girls?" said the female chef who couldn't squeeze in from the back.

"No, when you step onto the professional culinary stage, there is only the quality of the food, not gender!" the boy said righteously.

"That's right, that's right!" The boys' attention was completely drawn to the food, and they had long forgotten about manners.

"Then you can forget about ever having a girlfriend in your lives!" the female chef cursed. With no more teacups left, she could only grab cheese bread and crepes.

"Mmmmm!!!"

After taking their first bite of Shirou's dish, the chefs were all full of praise and completely convinced of its excellence.

They sampled each other's creations and exchanged their ideas. Shirou gained some inspiration from this experience and deepened his understanding of French cuisine.

After noon, everyone made some desserts, such as cream puffs, croissants, and palmiers. Since there was a singing competition in the afternoon, the food event was temporarily suspended, and some snacks were offered to hungry guests at a long table.

"Yo, Shirou, I'm here." Jeanne d'Arc, now dressed in her Shinjuku casual clothes, walked over with a lollipop in her mouth. Her pretty face attracted curious glances from those around her.

"Ah, Jeanne d'Arc, welcome to this world, but where is your Master?" Shirou asked curiously. If the silver-haired girl before him had arrived in this world in the same way as Artoria, shouldn't she also have a Master?

"Ah, as for that person, I've already sent her away. She's not a student, and she doesn't have time to get involved here, so there was no need to bring her along. After all, she's someone who can summon an avenger like me. Shirou, you'd better not get involved with her." Jeanne d'Arc said, pursing her lips and spreading her hands.

"Is that so?" Shirou asked uncertainly. After all, he had just pulled the limited Jeanne d'Arc Alter after pulling Artoria Alter.

"That's how it is! I said that's how it is, so just believe me, Shirou!" Jeanne d'Arc said awkwardly, as if she were feeling guilty about something.

At this moment, in an apartment building in Paris, a little girl sat with her mouth wide open. She was missing two front teeth, which was why she usually kept her mouth shut and glared at people without saying a word.

At this moment, she was staring in shock at the mountain of snacks, candies, and chocolates piled on the ground. Seeing such treasures, she no longer had time to worry about missing teeth.

She was mentally planning how to distribute the candies. First of all, they were a gift from her older sister, so she had to take half of them.

Mom always scolds me and didn't take me out just now, so I don't want to give her one. But she cooks delicious meals for me every day and buys me snacks and toys, so I'll give her five!

Then it's Dad's turn. He's been busy lately and hasn't been playing with her, so I can only give him two... no, three, four, five! Five is the most I can give him. And he has to apologize to me before I can give him that many.

The little girl crossed her arms and tried hard to figure out how to distribute the candy, though it was quite difficult for her, as she didn't even know how to do addition very well.

Sometimes happiness comes too suddenly and too quickly, which isn't always a good thing. Even if she used up all the fingers on her hands and all the toes on her feet, she still couldn't count them all.

Just then, a woman opened the door, walked in, saw the scene, and asked with a smile.

"Oh, little Katie, who bought you so many snacks? Did Daddy come back?"

"It's a witch who jumped out of the phone!" The little girl saw her mother, habitually closed her mouth, glared coolly at her mother, and replied.

"Oh, hehe, and then where did this lady go?" Mom asked, amused.

"It flew away through the window, bought me candy, and then flew away again," the little girl said.

"Honey, this is the seventh floor. Huh? Was the window open when I went out?" Mom said with a nonchalant smile.

Chapter 196 Jeanne d'Arc sings together

At that moment, the female principal was chatting and laughing with several middle-aged men who had come to visit from outside as they walked out of the school cafeteria. Because they were her guests, she had specially asked the chef to prepare a delicious meal to entertain them.

"Then please make yourselves at home. I'll go say hello to the students," the female principal said to the group of middle-aged men.

"Okay, Principal, please take care." The middle-aged men replied kindly.

"This event here was really well organized."

"Yes, the students' cooking skills this morning were also excellent, especially the first two. I think they were as delicious as the signature dishes in a Michelin restaurant."

"Hmm, I hope the afternoon's activities will be as fun as the cooking session; that would be great!" A man wearing a baseball cap said, pulling a digital camera adapter from his backpack.

"Yes, it's a great uplifting medicine for Paris, which has been somewhat dejected because of this strange illness."

The female principal then walked over to the kitchen counter and found Shirou.

"Oh my, who is this pretty girl?" The headmistress looked Jeanne d'Arc with curiosity, and for some reason, she felt an increasing sense of familiarity and fondness for her the more she looked at her. It was a pity that such a child was not one of her students.

"Ah, he's my friend," Shirou explained.

"Oh, are you going to participate in the event with Shirou? I have a dress that would suit you," the headmistress said.

"An activity? With Shirou?" Jeanne d'Arc asked the smiling headmistress with a puzzled look.

"Yes, everything else is ready, but Shirou didn't notify us this morning. It might be difficult for him to do it alone," the headmistress nodded repeatedly.

"Is that so? Well, it wouldn't hurt for me to keep him company for a bit, and I'm quite free anyway." Jeanne d'Arc raised an eyebrow at the headmaster's words, glanced at the boy beside her, and spoke up.

"Alright, I'll register you now. What's your name?" The female principal asked happily, picking up her pen and notebook.

"Jenny, just write Jenny," the silver-haired girl said.

"Jenny, right? What a lovely name. Alright. Shirou and Jenny, come on stage for the fourth scene." The headmistress wrote the last stroke and finished speaking.

"Wait? Principal? What exactly do you mean by 'performance'? My cooking demonstration is over!" Shirou asked, puzzled. This morning the principal told him to "good luck," wasn't he referring to the cooking competition?

"Of course! It's a singing competition?! Didn't Hiratsuka tell you about it? She's already registered you and Nakiri-kun for it," the headmistress said.

"Singing?!" Shirou exclaimed in surprise.

"That's right. You slept in this morning, didn't you? I already notified everyone this morning. Look over there, I've even invited people from the TV station." The principal pointed to a group of people filming something with a camera over there.

Shirou looked in the direction the female principal was pointing and saw it there, because they were carrying a program that wasn't like the kind in movies where there are pretty girls holding microphones and a reporter with a large camera following behind.

Instead, it was a middle-aged man in a suit wearing a small headset, followed by a man wearing a hat who was carrying a handheld digital camera. It wouldn't be surprising if he were the parent.

"If that's the case, I did see them queuing at the various food counters before, and since many of them were recording with their phones, I didn't pay any attention," Shirou said.

"Right, because I told them not to disturb the students, they hid themselves, and the footage they filmed is all in the most natural state."

At noon, they even praised Shirou and Nakiri, saying they were very photogenic and would give them great screen time. So, do your best later. This is a great opportunity to promote our international school!" The principal patted the boy on the shoulder encouragingly and gave him instructions.

"Oh, Jenny, good luck too! See you later." The headmistress smiled and then quickly walked away.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Shizuka Hiratsuka, dressed in a snow-white evening gown like Snow White, revealed a wicked smile of triumph, like a witch. "Hehehe, I already sang yesterday, Shirou, Erina, do you think you can escape? Even if I have to drag you, I'll pull you onto the stage!"

At that moment, Erina, a blonde girl who was at her cooking station, walked over with her hands behind her back after exchanging a few words with the female principal.

"Teacher Hiratsuka, you've assigned us work again without our permission," Shirou said helplessly as he saw Erina, who was walking towards him in a similar predicament.

"Hmph, in order to research how to make dishes that are suitable for listening to music while eating, I did study the violin. Let me play a piece that will whet everyone's appetite!"

"But Shirou-senpai ~! If you can't do anything, just wait to embarrass yourself~!" Erina then pulled out her violin case from behind her, still full of confidence, and looked at the boy with a smile.

The blonde girl, with a mischievous grin tinged with arrogance, had come over to show off. Although the boy seemed impeccable when it came to cooking, it would be quite amusing to see him make a fool of himself in other areas.

Normally, she never really cared about anything related to cooking, but when it happened to a boy, for some reason, she became very interested, whether it was good or bad.

"Shirou-senpai ~! If I win this music competition, you won't have the face to ask me to call you senpai anymore, will you?" Erina asked with a smug smile.

"Ha, you really do enjoy this kind of competition, don't you?" Shirou said helplessly.

"Shirou will be performing with me, so you should worry about yourself," Jeanne d'Arc said as she walked out with her arms crossed.

"I'm not interested in women who appear out of nowhere, so please don't talk to me," Erina said coldly.

"What!? Are you looking for trouble?" Jeanne d'Arc said angrily, looking at the girl.

"Wait, Erina. This is Jenny, actually Jeanne d'Arc, the Servant who fought alongside me and is here to help out," Shirou introduced.

"Jeanne d'Arc? Now that you mention it, she does look familiar. The one in black? She really is a rough woman." Erina didn't back down and summoned Tomoe Gozen from within her body for support, and their confrontational aura only intensified.

"You seem to have a problem with me? I'll burn you!" Jeanne d'Arc glared at the blonde girl, and behind her back, unseen by ordinary people, a raging inferno of demonic fury rose high.

"Burn? You think you're the only one who can set fires?" Erina glared back. In the unseen phantom, the iron-blooded flames of a battlefield seemed to erupt behind Tomoe Gozen.

A burst of fire seemed to erupt from the space where the two girls' eyes met. It felt like if the flames behind them were to materialize, they would be even more terrifying than the fire monster they encountered last night, capable of burning the entire school down in an instant.

"Um... Jeanne d'Arc, this is Nakiri Erina. She's a Servant's partner, and she's been a great help to us here," Shirou introduced the two girls.

"Shirou! Shut up!" the two girls shouted in unison.

"You'll understand once you sense the magic, right? But we can't really fight here, so I'll defeat you in the next match!!!" Jeanne d'Arc glared at Erina and said.

"Hmm... I'm looking forward to it. Now I'm going to practice in the music room. Goodbye!" Erina said, looking at the silver-haired girl.

"Even if you practiced, it would only be to that level," Jeanne d'Arc retorted, glaring back.

"Hmph! x2!" Erina and Jeanne d'Arc turned their heads in opposite directions, snorting as they went their separate ways.

After watching Erina walk away, Jeanne d'Arc turned back to the boy and asked, "Shirou! What should we do? I can't sing at all! We should probably find a way to stop the competition!"

"It's alright! Jeanne d'Arc's voice is beautiful, so as long as you remember the tune, it will sound great when you sing it." Shirou said, pressing on the silver-haired girl's shoulders and looking at her very seriously.

"Is... is that so? Since you put it that way, Shirou, then I'll give it a try." Jeanne d'Arc blushed slightly and turned her head away, which was taken as an agreement.

"Yeah, let's do our best together~!" Shirou said sincerely to the girl with a smile. Yes, at this time, he couldn't abandon his important partner and go on stage alone to embarrass himself.

"But what should we do now?" Jeanne d'Arc asked.

"It's a voting competition, so to win, you have to get the tourists' approval. And I've heard that Parisians are quite arrogant, so singing English songs to compete against local songs probably won't work."

"So we still need to find a way to sing in French. It would be great if we had a teacher here who is fluent in French and knows Paris." Shirou said somewhat helplessly. Although his pronunciation was no longer a problem, singing was another matter entirely.

"Oh right! Shirou, I almost forgot. There's also this guy. When I came here, he asked me to contact you. It seems he has something to say to you." Jeanne d'Arc took out a cell phone she got from Chaldea and activated the FGO system.

On the other side stood the taciturn France gentleman with whom he had fought in the dream world.

"Hello, Mr. Sanson, is there anything I can do for you?" Shirou asked.

"Actually, I have something to ask you," Sanson said, looking at the boy.

"Is that so? Okay. If it's possible in my world." Shirou nodded in agreement.

Regarding her experiences in the dream world, Marie Antoinette would not have any memories of that world, and when Louis XVI wanted to meet her again, he would no longer be the person he is now.

As Servant, Heroic Servant become independent entities from the moment they are summoned. Therefore, it is possible for the same Servant to appear in the same place from different perspectives and with different classes.

Once the physical body acquired during the summoning dissipates, the contract is dissolved, and one returns to the Throne of Heroes, everything experienced will only become a record, or rather, a diary or book. Even if one picks it up and reads it, the thoughts and feelings at the time will be completely different.

If Servant is summoned under conditions where the Singularity or the Counter Force's influence is weakened, such as Incineration of Humanity, Human Order's Freeze, or Moon-CELL, they may retain some memories, but only vaguely, like those in a dream.

"Ultimately, I feel that I was only forgiven unilaterally. After what happened before, I realized that I really didn't apologize properly, and I must do something for the Empress and the Emperor," Sanson said earnestly.

Although he often maintained a cold and expressionless demeanor, Sanson had thought a lot in his heart and still felt guilty. Sure enough, there was still a group of people. He personally beheaded the emperor and presided over the execution of the empress. However, he could not be said to have sent them away. In that environment, he did not do his job as an executioner properly. But the empress forgave him, and the emperor regarded him as a friend.

At least this time, he wanted to give them a proper send-off, but he couldn't think of a good way.

"I know, then let's think of a solution together," Shirou agreed. Since he had been asked to do this, Shirou had no reason to refuse.

He became accustomed to corpses at a very young age, and could almost immediately tell whether a fallen person was dead or alive, and whether there was any possibility of saving them, just by looking at them.

Because of the immense shock, he was unable to believe in the Buddha like Issei did. Therefore, after Kiritsugu's death, unlike other families who would set up a memorial altar, offer incense daily, and occasionally provide a bowl of food, he did not do so.

They wouldn't pray to God to lead them to heaven or anything like that; once they're dead, they're dead.

However, for Servant and Servant, death is not the end, but an endless cycle of reincarnation.

Shirou and Jeanne d'Arc went to a secluded corner and, using the FGO system, summoned Sanson in Chaldea into the boy's body.

After the possession summoning was completed, Sanson concealed the spirit armor and went into hiding, handing over his power to the boy to control.

Because of Sanson's full cooperation, the compatibility reached 100%, Shirou was able to use Sanson's abilities freely. In the process, he also came to understand the Servant's heart. At this moment, Shirou also understood the thoughts of this cold-on-the-outside but warm-on-the-inside man.

"Is a guitar okay?" Shirou asked the Servant in his mind.

"Well, you can decide how to do it exactly," Sanson said.

"I know, then I'll do it the way I want to. Let me borrow your power," Shirou said.

"That's good, thank you, Shirou," Sanson said.

"No, Emperor Louis Great also helped me," Shirou said.

"Then let's practice. If I practice hard, I'm sure I can do it well," Jeanne d'Arc said.

"Okay, let's listen to the song first." Shirou said, Projection the earphones, connecting the phone, and finding the French song.

Then Shirou and Jeanne d'Arc found an empty chair and sat down. One of them used the right earpiece, and the other used the left. They each wore one earpiece and listened to the song three times in its entirety. Then they practiced together and sang along.

Chapter 197 The Song of Shirou of Jeanne d'Arc

Humans are born with the ability to appreciate music; you could say everyone is a musical genius, but this ability is gradually lost as we grow up.