Another World Café / Shizuka Cute Picks Up a Boy

"Jeanne d'Arc! Thank you! You made this a wonderful experience for us!"

"May you live happily in this world."

"Manager Shirou! I'm counting on you for them."

Gil's mother walked up to Shirou, her eyes wide, and said, "Rumble!!! Shirou Emiya, you really did a great job with Jeanne d'Arc and the others in this world, and I thank you for that. But one thing at a time! I don't admit it! I absolutely refuse to admit it, Daddy!"

"Alright, alright, Mama Gil, let's go together." Siegfried pulled him along and walked outside.

"Elder Sister! Elder Sister ~! Elder Sister ~!!!" Brynhildr cried as she rushed towards the silver-haired girl.

"Alright! Alright! This is so troublesome! I'll find a better way, and one day I'll summon you all back!" This time, Black Saber didn't push her away, letting her cry as she did so.

"You silly, arrogant woman, don't let a good man like Shirou be stolen away by another woman!" Sachiko shouted.

"Judging from her expression, it seems quite possible," Delia remarked.

"Shut up! My business is none of your concern!" the silver-haired girl said irritably.

"Little Saint, see you elsewhere! We absolutely, positively want to play together again!" Little Jack shouted.

"Okay, you can't sneak away again then," the Little Rhyme said, waving her little hand.

"Yes, it's a promise! We'll definitely meet again! We'll play together then!" Little Saint shouted loudly, putting his hands in front of his mouth.

Finally... the black curtain of the sky shattered, and people saw only a brightly colored, beautiful aurora before losing consciousness.

The shattering of space was like the sky being torn apart, but this gap wouldn't last long; the world would soon repair it. This was because this place was like the Shinjuku Demon Realm; once the maintaining forces were broken, everything would be restored to a state acceptable to humans.

Those living within the confined area of the small world will forget this period of time and the fact that they had contact with the vanished beings, treating it as a dream and then putting it out of their minds. Then everything will proceed according to the rules of the original world, and people will return to their ordinary daily lives.

Servant with overpowered abilities like BB can find ways to gain freedom by utilizing other sources of magical energy. However, for Imitation Heroic Spirits and ghosts, the only outcome is inevitable disappearance.

Because this is a small world that encompasses illusions, existing in the gap between reality and virtuality.

Black Saber's gentleness made this world a haven for all imperfect children, and Servant created from counterfeits, Phantasmal Spirit, and virtual spirits.

But the real world is not so gentle; everything unreasonable is either eliminated or pushed out.

From the moment the small world shattered, time in the land it covered returned to normal, and everything returned to the ordinary routine.

The dark night gradually brightened as the sun rose, and the thick, unsightly smog was slowly dissipated. The world was being rebuilt with new common sense and new rules; the flow of time was imperceptible, and the whereabouts of people were unknown.

After an unknown amount of time, a young man appeared in the Small Town with three sisters.

After a holiday, the church school nestled in the mountains welcomed a new semester. Birds chased each other and chirped as they flew through the lush green woods. Pink cherry blossoms fell with the wind at a speed of five centimeters per second, carpeting the earth with vibrant colors.

As if welcoming this year's new students, many students carrying their schoolbags walked up the cherry blossom-colored slope in the morning.

As they walked along the mountainside, they could smell a rich aroma that whetted their appetites and brought them a sweet sense of happiness.

"It tastes so sweet!"

A female student passing by couldn't help but smile as she looked curiously at the café with its mahogany door engraved with a pattern of black cutlery and white spoons crossed together.

"Hey, did you guys hear? And it looks like they sell really delicious desserts there," said the well-informed female student.

"Hmm, is that so?" the female classmate next to me said listlessly while playing on her phone.

"The manager of this newly opened coffee shop is a handsome guy!" the well-informed female student changed her tune.

"Is that so? Let's go check it out together after school!" The girl next to me quickly put away her phone and said excitedly.

Chapter 546 Another World Cafe

Inside the shop, Shirou was busy placing freshly baked bread on the counter. He turned to the three girls eating breakfast at the table in the kitchen and reminded them, "Are you done eating? It's almost time to head out."

The three girls exchanged glances, as if confirming each other's resolve, then stood up and picked up their schoolbags.

"Yes, these are bento boxes. Share them with your friends." Shirou took out three extra-large bento boxes and handed them to the girls one by one, hoping that the food would help them make friends.

Then, looking seriously at the girls, he asked, "You... are you alright?"

"Mm." The blonde girl nodded.

"Of course!" Little Saint said with a smile, his hands behind his back.

"Who do you think we are?!" the silver-haired girl said with a grin.

At this moment, the three girls changed into the uniform of this church school. Through their hard work, they successfully passed the entrance exam and were admitted to the school as ordinary new students.

Although the school no longer has those unique friends or eccentric teachers, the three girls still choose to enroll and prepare to start a new life here.

It is precisely because of the collapse of our ideal world that we should live a more fulfilling life in the real world. Especially in this less-than-happy real world, we must not let down ourselves or the expectations and hopes of those who have disappeared.

"Well then... I'll officially open my shop too." Shirou stretched and loosened his arms before carrying the signboard outside.

A short while later, the door was pushed open and the bell rang.

"Welcome! We're opening a new store, and you're our first customer. All items are available for free tasting!" Shirou said cheerfully.

"Oh dear, how lucky!" the lady said, rubbing her face as she walked in.

"Good morning, Mrs. Sanae. Please try our unique and creative breads." Shirou stepped forward, pointed to the counter, and recommended them.

"Oh my, how do you know my name?" the young and beautiful woman exclaimed in surprise. She felt that the young store manager had a particularly kind face, and she felt a sense of warmth, as if she were meeting an old friend.

"I had the same feeling. Maybe we've met somewhere before, so please don't be shy. Please sit down and enjoy the bread. I'll go make you a cup of milk tea," Shirou said.

After 5 PM, as dusk approaches and the sun and moon alternate, it is the time of twilight, when the world's corrective power is at its weakest, and the distance between the other world and this world is infinitely shortened.

Shirou walked out of the café, took down the sign outside, and closed the door. The café was no longer open to the public; it was time to serve other special beings.

"Shirou, I'm home!" The silver-haired girl was the first to rush back after school.

"Welcome back, I'm just about to open my shop." Shirou took out a golden cup and wiped it with a cloth.

"Forget it, I'll just be alone anyway even if I join a club. I'll just stay home, that's fine." Black Saber waved her hand dismissively. She changed into a cute dress for waitresses and helped out in the kitchen and dining room, wiping down the chairs and waiting for the otherworldly guests to arrive.

After the world's power collapsed, very little remained. Even with the Holy Grail, it was impossible to create a small world of the same scale as before. However, Shirou and the girls found a new method: to keep the special space confined to the shop and, taking advantage of a few days each month when the world's consciousness was at its weakest, connect to another world and offer a special service for only a few hours.

We can't select guests; it's all up to fate. However, the restaurant's policy, just like that banquet, is to welcome everyone.

I only hope that in some world, someone I once knew will see this door.

She longs for the day she can reunite with her lost companions. And, like this, running the shop with Shirou feels pretty good too.

At this very moment, on a high slope of the Britain plains, a proud, pale-gold girl clad in black armor gripped a black, blood-red holy sword with both hands, and thrust it downwards, plunging it into the head of the evil dragon.

She had already killed nearly a hundred dragons in this space. To be honest, she was getting a little tired of roasted dragon meat and was starting to miss the taste of hamburgers and fried chicken wings.

At that moment, as if in response to her expectations, an exquisite mahogany door appeared out of thin air, carved with a pattern of intersecting spoons, knives, and forks, just like the one in Shirou's café.

At the bottom of an abandoned ancient well, a female ghost with long black hair hanging down from the front, obscuring her entire face, sensed the call.

Someone was playing a videotape in the room. She let her hair hang down to the ground, lay on her back, with her hands and feet behind her back, grabbed the rock wall of the well and climbed up, then crawled out of the television screen that was playing the videotape.

"Aaaaaah!" The people watching the videotape huddled together, screaming. They watched in horror as the female ghost crawled up in front of them.

Just then, a red door appeared in front of the female ghost.

On the other side, a girl with horns on her head and carrying a large purple gourd was lying on her side on a mountain made of piled skulls. She tilted her head back, opened her mouth, and gulped down the wine that was being poured down. But as she drank the wine, she felt that her mouth was a little bland.

At that moment, a mahogany door appeared silently behind her.

On one side, a pink-haired, sexy queen-like woman, dressed in a sexy red tight-fitting latex suit, white gloves, and wielding a black leather whip, wearing a red military cap topped with a crown, sat with her legs crossed on the back of a high school boy in a striped shirt who was crawling on all fours on the floor in this secret room with black iron bars like a prison.

A door appeared before her.

"Oh, hehehe, is this an invitation?" the pink-haired queen said with amusement.

In a rather peculiar religious hall, unlike either a Western church or an Eastern Buddhist temple, a nun wearing a white headscarf and a pink robe lay in the central hall. She had just finished listening to the believer's lament and seeing him off. She stretched, her body aching from the exertion of listening. Touching her stomach, she felt a pang of hunger.

At that moment, a mahogany door appeared on the wall that had previously been bare...

Ding-a-ling! The wind chimes hanging on the door rang.

Shirou and the silver-haired girl in the café looked up expectantly at the door, wondering what kind of customers would arrive.

In fact, it wasn't just the two people inside the shop; those beings in another world also looked towards the door, curious about what kind of beings awaited them on the other side, with new destinies to share.

Shizuka Passionate Chapter

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Chapter 547 Shizuka Picked Up a Boy

At 8 p. m., under an overpass, two women were arguing about something around a large cardboard box.

On one side was a playful girl with slightly curly short hair wearing the uniform of a first-year student at Sobu High School, and on the other side was a college student with long black hair wearing a trench coat.

"Let's take him back to where I live," the female college student said after considering for a moment.

"Huh? Really? Shizuka-chan, are you really going to adopt him?" The high school girl's tone was as if she were talking about a puppy she found on the street.

But that's exactly what happened. At this moment, a primary school student was curled up inside the cardboard box shelter, looking as if he had been frightened. He was fast asleep.

The boy had short red hair, wore thin clothes, and his body was covered in dirt and bloodstains. His shoes were worn out, as if he had gone through a terrible escape.

They had only gone out to meet up, but they didn't expect to discover this when they passed by.

"What else can we do? Let him freeze to death here? Haruno, just tell me if you'll help me or not!" A beautiful woman with long black hair and a cheerful demeanor said.

"But... what if someone sees you picking it up like this? You've only been in university for less than a year. It wouldn't be fun if you got expelled," the high school girl named Haruno said doubtfully.

"We can't worry about that now! As long as it's not that bad, we'll deal with it when the time comes! Things will work themselves out, we'll figure something out later. It's unbelievable that someone would leave a child here unattended!" Shizuka Hiratsuka angrily kicked the wall under the overpass and said in a deep voice.

Ever since she watched "Great Teacher Onizuka" and was deeply moved, vowing to become a passionate People's Teacher and dedicate her life to this great cause, she could no longer bear to see any child facing difficulties in front of her and refusing to help.

Shizuka Hiratsuka crouched down, trying to lift the boy as if she were lifting weights, but she didn't have enough strength and couldn't lift him. She only managed to turn the boy over, revealing his delicate face.

A high school girl squatted down nearby, touching the boy's face with a blade of grass, and said with a smile, "Hey... looking closely, this kid is actually quite cute. Maybe I should take him home. He looks about the same age as my little sister Yukino, so I'd have two toys!"

"Alright! Stop dawdling! Haruno! Come and lend a hand!" Shizuka Hiratsuka called out.

"Shouldn't I be more worried about what will happen to me if someone sees me on the street and tells the Yukinoshita Family? Hehehe." Haruno Yukinoshita laughed and said, acting like a naughty girl who was secretly doing something bad with her friends behind her parents' backs and looking for excitement.

A high school girl and a college girl were carrying a boy who looked no older than middle school, heading into an apartment building. If the genders were reversed, anyone who saw them would immediately call the police without hesitation.

Fortunately, none of this happened. The two girls went through a lot of trouble to finally move the boy into the female college student's apartment, into the elevator, and then into the room. Luckily, no one saw them go through the process.

"Phew... As expected of a boy, he looks very young, but he's quite well-endowed." Haruno wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked at the boy on the ground.

"Huff, huff. I've been the one putting in all the effort the whole way!" Shizuka Hiratsuka collapsed to the ground, arms hanging limply, utterly exhausted, and complained.

"So you can stay here and rest for now. I'll go to the nearby convenience store to buy some medicine, and then bring back some food and supplies. Shizuka-chan, hold on to yourself and don't attack him, okay? Hahaha." Haruno said with a laugh as she walked out the door.

"Shut up! No way!" Shizuka Hiratsuka scolded irritably. She looked at the sleeping boy. Even with all the bumpy ride, she hadn't been able to wake him. It seemed that his condition was really serious.

The boy was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, stained with blood and black ash, and smelling as if they had been smoked over thick smoke; he looked as if he had just run out of a fire.

"... If I want to check the wound, I guess I should give him a bath." Shizuka Hiratsuka hesitated as she reached out her hand. This was the first time in her life she had ever undressed someone else.

"Ugh..." Just then, the boy opened his eyes. He saw a woman reaching out and pulling at his shorts.

Shizuka Hiratsuka looked up somewhat awkwardly at the boy and asked, "Ah, you're awake. What's your name? Would you like something to drink...? Ah, I only have beer in my fridge. Would you like some tap water?"

"Shirou... my name is Shirou, the rest... ugh~!" The boy suddenly clutched his head, the sharp pain causing him to arch his body and writhe.

"Hey, kid, are you alright? Don't scare me! Does your stomach hurt? Are you hungry? There'll be something to eat soon." Shizuka Hiratsuka hurriedly held the boy down and asked.

"I'm back~! Shizuka-chan, your date with the little boy... ah... sorry, I'll be going out now, please enjoy yourself. Don't worry. As your childhood friend, I won't betray you." Haruno gave a thumbs up, flashed a tiger-like smile, and then went to the door.

"Daze, you big dummy! Come back here right now!" Shizuka Hiratsuka shouted in a frenzy.

After that, Shirou was placed on the sofa and fell into a deep sleep. He had a fever-reducing patch on his forehead that Haruno Yukinoshita had bought. His cheeks were a little red and he was sweating a little. He seemed to have a fever.

A basin and towel were placed beside him. The two girls had already wiped his body several times and changed his dirty clothes. After the dirt on the boy's body was cleaned, what was originally thought to be extremely horrific wounds peeled off in pieces, revealing snow-white, jade-like skin, even more delicate than a girl's, making one want to take a bite.

At this point, a peculiar phenomenon occurred: what was initially thought to be a horrific injury had, after the bloodstains were wiped away, revealed that the underlying wounds had healed. The situation became even more perplexing.

"Hmm, the wound isn't infected. Based on my assessment, it seems more like a case of intellectual fever; his brain appears to have been severely stimulated. But what should we do next?" Haruno asked.

"I will help investigate his background. There must be something hidden behind this incident. We absolutely cannot hand him over so easily!" Shizuka Hiratsuka said passionately.

"Shouldn't it be handed over to the police station?" Haruno asked in surprise.

"What if you get randomly assigned to a bad orphanage or church facility? Hmm? What's wrong? Are you going to report me?" Shizuka Hiratsuka asked, glancing at the short-haired girl.

"No, it looks quite interesting! So I'll help." Haruno Yukinoshita said with a mischievous smile.

"That's more like it! It's settled then!" Shizuka Hiratsuka agreed with a satisfied smile.