Sweetness for Everyone / The Seventh Mystery

'Is this how the old witch in the candy house does things?!'

Abigail and Lavinia embraced, thinking to themselves.

"Anyway, try it first. I won't force you." Shirou took out two wooden spoons and handed them to the two girls.

To cater to the two girls' preferences, he filled the box with an exquisite dessert medley, incorporating classic desserts from various countries and taking into account the distribution of flavors, so that every bite would be a new taste, and the different combinations of desserts would create new stimulation.

"Delicious..." Abigail cupped her face in her hands and said with a blissful smile.

"Delicious... Shirou, no, teacher, what is this?" Lavinia's eyes also lit up, her eyes seemed to have enlarged from their beauty. She changed her previous indifference and looked at Shirou with admiration.

"Ah, this is a Mont Blanc, and the dark chocolate next to it is a brownie. I put a lot of chopped almonds and cream in it," Shirou explained.

"Montblanc...this is the special kind of black Magecraft that can influence people's minds!" Lavinia exclaimed in admiration.

"Wow! Black Magecraft, only black Magecraft can make such delicious desserts." Abigail exclaimed in admiration.

"Shirou- sensei, if you teach us this black Magecraft, we'll agree to take down this scarecrow," Abigail said readily.

"Yes, if you master this kind of dark Magecraft, it wouldn't matter if you abandoned a few evil gods of this level," Lavinia nodded repeatedly.

"Uh, I know. Since you all say so, let's go to the cooking class together after school. It's not black Magecraft, though..." Shirou could only agree.

"Great!" Abigail and Lavinia exclaimed, raising their hands and giving each other a high five.

"Alright, come on, have a cup of tea." Shirou smiled gently and handed the girls a cup of sweet milk tea mixed with dessert. It seems that girls are more suited to studying desserts than researching evil gods and black Magecraft.

After that...

I hold the key of silver in my hand.

Manifested from nothingness,

Touch it with your fingertips.

My Father God.

Crossing the Rose's Sleep

Reach the Gate of Despair! The illusory tree overflowing with luminous shell!

Abigail chanted a prayer, her long golden hair flowing behind her, revealing a black keyhole on her forehead. There, she connected to a passageway opened by the power of one of the three pillar gods in the void, extracting some substance from the body of the evil scarecrow.

After reconciling with the two girls, the ghost will be released back into the ghost realm. The evil god will be dismantled on the spot. Without the energy provided by Abigail, the evil god's will will be banished from this world, and the scarecrow will collapse and fall to the ground.

Afterwards, Shirou found the Cooking Teacher and asked her to use the kitchen in the cooking room. She was flattered and insisted on helping him, so Shirou had no choice but to agree. However, for some reason, word spread, and by the afternoon, the entire cooking room was packed with people. The female teachers who heard the news all came to join in the fun.

So while teaching the two girls how to make desserts, Shirou also made some for everyone present—the kind of dishes that glow.

However, no matter how beautiful it looks or how delicious it tastes, it's still a high-calorie dessert, which made the group of beauty-conscious female teachers hesitate.

"It's so delicious!" Once people take the first bite, they find themselves unable to stop.

"It would be worth running six kilometers tonight just for this taste," the female teachers said, savoring the food with expressions of admiration.

Faced with the temptation of such exquisite cuisine, no one in the world can resist.

Abigail and Lavinia exchanged a glance upon seeing this, their eyes gleaming with admiration, and they studied even more diligently.

Taking advantage of the moment when no one around was paying attention, Shirou handed a dessert to Black Shadow figure in the corner and whispered, "Miss Ruriko, thank you for cleaning my house earlier. Please enjoy."

A pair of beautiful, fair hands, belonging to a young woman, reached out from the Black Shadow. She swayed shyly from side to side, then clasped her hands together in thanks to Shirou. She took the plate and silently disappeared back into the Black Shadow.

This is the female ghost among the Four Heavenly Kings who didn't cause Seven Mysteries, a spirit in the cafeteria. She heard that Manager Shirou was in the cooking class, and out of curiosity, she secretly came to observe and learn. Unexpectedly, Shirou even made her a dish.

So Shirou continued to teach the two girls how to make desserts until they mastered the technique. The finished products were then consumed by the female teachers who stayed there. In the end, all the teachers ate their fill of desserts for dinner and left satisfied.

That evening, Shirou knocked on the door outside the women's restroom. After a while, a nearly transparent phantom peeked out from the doorway; it was Delia, the female ghost of the restroom.

"Mr. Shirou, what's wrong? Why did you come to see me?" Delia asked.

"That's great, Miss Hanako! I thought you had left and I didn't know how to find you." Shirou said with a smile as he looked at the woman who emerged from the restroom.

"Oh, come on, even I wouldn't spend all my time with the guy I like. He has to work at the Black Tea House, but we made plans to go out together tonight," Delia said with a sweet smile.

"Is that so? I've come to visit everyone in the inner world," Shirou explained his purpose.

"Oh my, that's surprising." Delia looked at the man in front of her with a look of astonishment, as if even a ghost had been startled.

"Miss Hanako, is there a problem? Or are Miss Kayako and Sachiko not here?" Shirou asked, puzzled.

"No, they're all here too. I'm sorry, Mr. Shirou, but this is the first time I've met a human who's willingly stepped into our world. You're definitely different from the others," Delia said with a sigh.

"I can only say that my experience is different from others," Shirou replied with a light laugh.

"I think it's just because Mr. Shirou is such a good man, it would be such a waste to give him to that girl. Anyway, let's go inside. I've already notified everyone to come and welcome you," Delia said with a smile.

As soon as he finished speaking, a black swamp appeared beneath Shirou.

However, this time, the female ghost Delia reached out and placed her hand on Shirou's arm, pulling him down into the underground world without any obstruction.

Shirou felt as if he had fallen from that long darkness in the blink of an eye. Guided by Miss Hanako, it was as if he had passed through a high-speed tunnel, and finally landed smoothly on the ground.

"Onii-chan ~! Shirou Onii-chan ~!" Sachiko, dressed in red, laughed happily as she flew up from behind and hugged Shirou's neck.

Chapter 541 A Sweet Gift for Everyone

"Hello, Sachiko- chan," Shirou greeted the little girl clinging to his back with a smile. She and Alexander seemed to be having a lot of fun, and the gloom on her face had completely disappeared.

"Oh right, Onii-chan, did you come here to play with me?" Sachiko asked in a coquettish tone.

"Yes, I'm here to meet all the ghosts." Shirou saw the little boy squatting on the ground in the yard looking this way and waved to him.

The little boy squatting on the ground saw Shirou's greeting, hesitated for a moment, then stood up and ran over, taking Shirou's other hand to show his welcome.

"It's rare to see Toshio being so friendly," Delia said in surprise.

"Toshio said that the sweets Manager Shirou made last night were especially delicious, so he fell in love with them," Miss Kayako said as she came out.

"Really? That's wonderful. Toshio -kun, I brought a gift with me today too." Shirou said, holding up the large basket he was carrying.

"Oh, it smells so good. I'll get the table and chairs out right away." Delia stretched out her hand and conjured a large tea table on the ground. A white cloth was laid on the tabletop, and then several white chairs with backrests appeared around it.

"We've talked about it a lot, and we'd love to try Mr. Shirou's omelet rice again," Kayako said with a smile.

"Sure, I actually had the same idea. Let's try the evening tea party first." Shirou took out a dish specially made for the ghosts from the basket. It was also designed to be visually appealing, fragrant, and delicious, but it looked like it would give ordinary people a stomachache if they ate it.

The ghosts that couldn't take human form and were floating outside the courtyard also began to linger around this area.

"And then there's this little snack, sprinkled with a special Magecraft powder. When lit, it emits a magical aroma. That way, even ghosts that can't take human form can enjoy the taste of the food," Shirou said.

At this moment, the grayish-white ghosts floating around began to drift around the rising blue smoke, and their movements became gentler.

"Thank you..." A faint, ethereal voice reached Shirou's ears, then vanished like wisps of smoke.

"You're welcome," Shirou replied softly.

"Mr. Shirou, the tea party was so much fun. When I was alive, I never imagined I could have something so wonderful," Delia said with a smile as she escorted Shirou back to the outskirts of the high school.

"Although this world is no longer here, it's not the end, Miss Hanako. Since death isn't the end, ghosts can grow stronger, so there will be more and more happy days to come. I think you will find happiness in the future too," Shirou said sincerely, looking at the female ghost dressed in a high school girl's uniform.

"Thank you. If I could hear someone say something like that to me in any world, I would be very content. Goodnight, kind Mr. Shirou." Delia disappeared into the night.

"Okay, goodnight," Shirou replied softly.

When Shirou walked out of the high school building, it was past midnight. As soon as he stepped outside, he saw an oval-shaped golden light in the sky, circling around the campus.

Shirou knew very well that this was the sixth of the Seven Mysteries of the Academy: the glowing UFO floating in the night sky, now a small, bright dot trailing a three-colored rainbow behind it.

Shirou waved to the sky, and the UFO above seemed to see Shirou, stopped moving, and flew straight down towards Shirou. This was actually Attila riding a ram.

"Good evening, Attila, aren't you going to rest?" Shirou asked, looking at the Christmas girl who had fallen from the sky.

Attila laughed and said, "Hehehe, as the headmaster, I naturally bear the mission of protecting this academy. Every night I fly in the air for three minutes to patrol the school. Shirou-kun, are you ready?"

"Lately, I've noticed you've been flying really hard, and it's not just for three minutes," Shirou remarked, though it was understandable. Da Vinci had left, leaving her alone in the office, and now she had to face the challenges of the academy where she had lived.

"I'm looking for that glowing floating object. How can we let those suspicious aliens wander around the school?" Attila looked at Shirou and said seriously.

"Alright, it seems you're not yet aware that you're also the perpetrator of this mysterious event. Oh well, you can rest assured now, there won't be any more glowing floating objects."

"Is that so? It's good that everything has been resolved." Principal Attila nodded with relief, looking around at the scenery. Although it was pitch black and she couldn't see much, everything was so clear. She knew exactly where the buildings were and where the flowers and plants were.

"Attila, is there anything else you wish for?" Shirou asked the girl.

"Well, after all, I usually only have three minutes to move around on Earth at a time, so I've already had a lot of fun since I've stayed for so long." Attila nodded, removed her beard, looked at Shirou, and smiled as she agreed.

"Is that so? Well, before you go to sleep, would you like to have another cup of tea in the principal's office? I happen to have two snacks here." Shirou said, taking out Attila's favorite dessert from the basket.

"Mmm, I want to eat! Let's go, get on the sheep, I'll take you there." Attila patted the sheep's rump and said expectantly.

"Huh? Can your sheep carry people?" Shirou asked, looking at the sheep the little girl was sitting on with surprise.

"Yes, you can ride it. This is an exceptionally fine Santa Claus steed, capable of carrying the dreams of all the children in the world. It's no problem for just Shirou alone. Hurry up, Shirou, hold me tight," Attila urged.

"Is that so... Alright then, I won't stand on ceremony." Shirou straddled the golden ram's back and hugged Attila.

"Then let's go!" Attila blushed and raised the tricolor God of War Sword high.

"Baa~!!" The golden sheep took flight and flew straight toward the principal's office.

The sky changed from deep black to a hazy gray, then golden rays pierced through all the clouds, bathing the earth in warm sunlight. Students, ordinary students unaware of what was about to happen in the world, chatted and laughed as they walked towards the school, just like any other day.

Chapter 542 The Seventh Unbelievable

For other students, this was just ordinary school life. But for the three sisters of the Sadako family, every day of their lives was a farewell. Because Shirou had taken on the responsibility alone, he allowed the girls to put aside their investigation and spend the rest of their school life freely. So they accepted Shirou's kindness.

The blonde girl works with her Student Council companions for the school, sharing the Shirou made for her with children of all grades, wiping the lips of sleepy younger children with rice grains stuck in their mouths, chatting with the believers, and encouraging people to be kind.

Meanwhile, Little Saint, carrying the snacks Shirou had given her, went to find Little Jack, Little Rhyme, and the other close friends in her class to play together. They chased and played, their laughter filling the air.

Only the lone wolf, the silver-haired girl, wandered aimlessly around the academy. Even if she wanted to say goodbye to her classmates and friends, she needed someone to say it to.

Although Black Saber wasn't unpopular at school, she was actually admired. Some were like the silver-haired girl who saved her from trouble and danger, while others were like children who liked this wild Elder Sister.

However, these little fan girls can only watch and admire their Black Rose Elder Sister from afar. Even if Black Saber goes up to talk to her, even if she doesn't run away, she will be too shy to say more than a few words.

If there's anyone left, it's the masochistic Brynhildr. Even if you don't go looking for her, she'll keep coming over. This time, Black Saber asked her to go back and spend some time with her Valkyrie sisters.

So now that she had nothing to do, she started wandering around, trying to investigate the last of the Seven Mysteries. However, compared to the other famous Seven Mysteries, she had no clue about this last one.

Because of the Seventh Unbelievable Event —I don't know why there are seven unbelievable events!

The silver-haired girl felt there must be some hidden story behind this.

Just then, two students from the journalism department, each with a camera around their neck, walked by talking.

"Let's decide on the unbelievable event that has suddenly become popular recently for this report."

"Hmm, but the buzz surrounding these unbelievable events seems to have died down quite a bit these past couple of days?"

"It seems the principal appointed the new teacher Shirou Emiya, to solve these mysterious incidents. Could it be that besides being a great cook and very handsome, that teacher is also so brave? Or is he some kind of psychic? This is a little worrying. But I heard he's secretly dating some teacher?" the gossipy girl said excitedly.

Hearing this conversation, the silver-haired girl couldn't help but strain her ears and stop in her tracks.

"Huh? I heard he's very close to his cousin, White Rose, with whom he lives?" the girl next to him said.

"I think Lady Black Rose..." The gossipy girl covered her mouth and laughed, but the words stopped abruptly as cold sweat covered her face.

"Huh? What's wrong?" his companion asked, puzzled.

At that moment, a pair of hands were placed on the shoulders of the two girls.

The woman stiffened and turned around, only to be met with the villainous face of the silver-haired girl.

"Hey, you two..."

"Black Rose! Aaaaaah!!! I'm sorry! Please don't kill us!" The two gossipy girls jumped up in fright and ran away as fast as they could.

"Wait, have you heard about the Seventh Unbelievable Event at the academy?" Black Saber tried to call out to the two girls, but they had already run away. Was she really that scary? The silver-haired girl was slightly taken aback...

"Um... we know a little about that rumor too!" a fangirl whispered as she watched the situation unfold.

"Huh? Really? Would you like to tell me? Thank you." Jeanne d'Arc looked at the girls and said with a smile.

"No, Lady Black Rose, please don't say that. It's really kind of us to be able to help you!" The two girls were flattered and surprised, and quickly bowed as if they were juniors.

"All these greetings are fine, just hurry up and tell me about the Seventh Unbelievable Event," the silver-haired girl said impatiently.

"Hmm, it's like the mysterious incidents that happen at the school before, and there are several versions of them. Some seem to have happened a long time ago, and some are from a year ago. Although they're widely circulated, no one has actually been hurt. So no one really took them too seriously. However... the seventh incident is a little more concerning." The female student lowered her voice and spoke in a deep voice as if telling a ghost story.

"The seventh incident?" the silver-haired girl pressed.

"Well, no one knows what the seventh event is, but it's said that when it happens, the world will come to an end," the girl nodded and said.

"The end!" The silver-haired girl's eyes widened.