Shirou Emiya Stands on Terra Chapter 22

Shirou Emiya tilted his head slightly in confusion at Swire's request.

What kind of existence does Penguin Logistics hold in the eyes of the Knights of the Round Table? Shirou noted the question, feeling a bit curious about it.

"We'll contact your boss shortly and have them send someone to pick you up. Remember not to play the hero next time, understand?"

Seeing Shirou's confused tilt, Swire didn't say anything further. She had said what needed to be said and lectured him enough.

"Understood."

Shirou nodded, indicating he understood, though he didn't really believe it himself.

"And remember to properly dispose of that strange cloth," Swire reminded Shirou.

"Mm, I know."

"You may leave now. You all too, go on. Take him to the first floor to wait."

Swire rubbed her temples, which were starting to ache. The conversation with Shirou had genuinely angered her.

Putting his own safety aside for others, and the person himself having no self-awareness, just thinking it was natural... but people like that... she didn't actually dislike them. After all, the job of the Knights of the Round Table was to protect others.

With that thought, Swire called out to Shirou.

"Wait a moment!"

"What is it?"

As Shirou was about to leave, following a few Knights of the Round Table personnel, he was suddenly called back. Although he was confused as to why he was being asked to leave and then called back, Shirou turned around.

"Um... while what you did was reckless, you actually did help that mother and child from being taken hostage by the suspect."

Swire organized her thoughts a little and said what she wanted to convey.

"Hm?"

Shirou didn't understand why Swire suddenly brought this up.

"I just felt it was necessary to tell you, so you wouldn't think you were interfering with the Knights of the Round Table's work. I hope you won't forget that heart of wanting to help people. I've said all I need to say, you can leave now."

Swire turned her head, crossing her arms. She felt that saying such things was a bit inappropriate, but she still felt she should say them.

Saying things like this is so embarrassing!!!!!!

Swire felt that if she had a mirror, she would definitely see her face flushed red.

Shirou was stunned for a moment, then showed a relieved smile and said:

"Don't worry, I'll never forget that. If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

Shirou left the interrogation room. He remembered the dispute between his past self and Archer over their ideals.

Yes, that was the one thing he would absolutely never forget. After all, it was the most important element that made up the existence of Shirou Emiya.

"Wha... what?! Aren't you embarrassed saying that!"

Watching Shirou's retreating back, Swire buried her head on the desk. She felt like the clown just now was herself.

She had prepared herself mentally so much, ready to be ignored or to be met with awkward glances, but in the end, the other person had said something even more embarrassing and left!

"Commander Swire wanted to show off but got counterattacked."

"Exactly, exactly."

The two Knights of the Round Table members at the door whispered to each other. As for Shirou, another person was taking him downstairs.

"You two over there, have you finished processing the documents?"

Swire looked up and glared fiercely at the two who had spoken.

"We're doing it, we're doing it."

"We'll definitely hand them over before we get off work."

The moment they were caught in Swire's gaze, the two immediately chose to listen to their inner voices, grabbed their files, and scurried away.

"Hmph."

Swire snorted lightly and picked up her tablet, continuing to watch the recorded footage.

She had a feeling that there was something more behind this criminal. After all, there were too many strange points during the pursuit.

The screen showed the moment Shirou blocked the fireball. Swire glanced at it and was about to move the progress bar, but she noticed something that made her stop.

"This guy... is truly Longmen vulgarities suicidal."

She now understood why Shirou hadn't dodged. Because behind him, a mother and child were escaping. Judging by the trajectory of the spell, that fireball would have directly hit the three of them.

"It's a shame he's from Penguin Logistics, and he doesn't seem easy to poach."

Swire felt a pang of desire. If she had such a young man, who could judge situations and act heroically, as her subordinate, she could surely defeat that 'sausage dragon' and restore the glory of the Longmen Knights of the Round Table.

While Swire was lost in her fantasy of kicking the 'sausage dragon', Shirou downstairs was feeling a bit panicked.

The reason was none other than the fact that the people who came to pick him up were the four members of Penguin Logistics.

He had just left one smiling tiger, and now he was about to fall into the Penguin pit. Shirou felt a little panicked.

28 Escorted into the Car

"Well, well, well, isn't this Mr. Emiya, who should be resting at home? How did he end up like this?"

Exusiai walked up and slung an arm around Shirou.

"Yeah, yeah, how'd you get so pathetic? You're all messed up,"

Croissant slung an arm over Shirou's shoulder from the other side.

Although it was said they were slinging arms around him, to the Knights of the Round Table personnel, it clearly looked like they were dragging Shirou away. If this wasn't the Knights of the Round Table and they didn't know they were together, they might have mistaken it for a kidnapping.

"We agreed this morning that we should rest properly, right?"

Sora said with a slight smile at Shirou.

"Will you believe me if I say it was an accident?"

Shirou offered an awkward yet polite smile.

"No. Get him in the car."

Texas didn't listen to Shirou's explanation at all, waving her hand for others to escort Shirou into the car.

"Take care, don't come back so soon."

A Knights of the Round Table personnel said to Penguin Logistics and the others.

Although it was useless, they would still see the people from Penguin Logistics often.

They had entered and exited the Knights of the Round Table seven times, treating the Knights of the Round Table like their own personal space. That's what you'd call these people from Penguin Logistics.

He just hoped Shirou wouldn't be assimilated too quickly. He was such a fine young man.

"Um... I was just going to Da Gu Mall to buy something."

Shirou, sandwiched in the car, felt it necessary to explain that his initial intention was just to buy something.

"Couldn't you buy things later?"

Sora, sitting in the passenger seat, strongly condemned Shirou. After all, they had agreed to stay home that morning, only to receive news in the afternoon that Shirou had accidentally gotten involved in an incident and ended up at the station.

Promises broken would make anyone angry, even Sora, who was usually good-tempered.

"It was a bit boring staying in the dorm..."

Shirou was clearly a bit more defiant when facing Penguin Logistics, as they were more familiar with each other, and Shirou primarily played the role of taking care of everyone.

"Don't you have a game console? No... you don't seem to play, but you can still use your phone, right?"

Exusiai initially wanted to mention the game console they had brought over for him to play, but then she remembered that Shirou had barely touched it. He was either studying or doing chores every day.

However, she was still puzzled as to why Shirou didn't use his phone.

"...I forgot."

Shirou only then remembered the function of his phone. Since he got it, besides making and receiving calls and using it for navigation and flipping through a cookbook, he had basically just left it there.

"Forgot what? Shirou, don't you think you need to relax more?"

Upon hearing Shirou's answer, the members of Penguin Logistics fell silent. Croissant bravely stepped forward to retort at Shirou.

"I agree. You're either working or studying, you never make time to relax."

Texas offered her opinion from the driver's seat.

Everyone in Penguin Logistics cared deeply about Shirou's physical and mental well-being. After all, if Shirou collapsed, they wouldn't have anyone to cook for them.

"While studying can be a bit troublesome, cooking and housework are actually relaxing for me?"

Shirou slightly declared his interests.

For him, doing housework was quite a joyful thing. Especially seeing the smiles on others' faces when they ate his cooking gave him a sense of accomplishment.

"Understood, everyone has their own aspirations."

Croissant nodded in agreement with Shirou's statement.

They all had different interests, so they didn't have much of an opinion on what Shirou said.

"I think you should cultivate some other hobbies. For example, Exusiai really likes making apple pies and playing games, but she also goes shooting whenever she has free time."

Sora felt that Shirou should cultivate more hobbies, otherwise, doing the same thing for too long would eventually become tiresome.

No matter how much you liked a food, eating too much of it would make you irritable.

"Shooting... How about we go shooting today!"

Hearing Sora mention shooting, Exusiai suddenly realized it had been a while since she last went. She had been indulging in Shirou's extra portions every day.

Now, she could see her belly jiggling just by patting it lightly.

"I don't mind. What about Sora and Croissant?"

Texas said she had no objections. She was often dragged along by Exusiai, so she was used to it. However, Sora and Croissant in the car seemed much less enthusiastic about shooting.

"Go, of course, I'll go! Before, I was always outplayed by Exusiai, that's why I lost interest. Now that a newbie has finally arrived, I have to go!"

Croissant firmly clenched her right fist.

Shirou really wanted to ask if her attitude towards Croissant was polite.

"I can go too, I don't have much scheduled lately."

Sora had always been exercising, but the work pressure was quite high, so she didn't have many opportunities.

As for Shirou?

Sorry, he had no say in the matter.

Penguin Logistics' vehicle drove straight towards the shooting range.

"Whoa, it's been a while."

Exusiai was the first to get out of the car. Looking at the shop in front of her, she felt a sense of familiarity.

She used to come two or three times a month, but in order to catch Shirou when he occasionally practiced making desserts, she spent almost all her free time in the dormitory besides work. She had even moved her game console down there for this purpose.

She had already cleared several games.

"Exusiai, aren't you a bit too excited?"

Seeing Exusiai's excitement, Sora couldn't help but tease her.

"I remember you used to come here all the time. Why are you acting like you haven't been here in years?"

Croissant added, thinking Exusiai must be excited about being able to dominate others at shooting again.

"She really hasn't been here in a long time, she's been staking out Shirou's place every day."

Texas mercilessly sold out her friend. After all, there was a hungry angel snatching food from her every day. If Shirou hadn't made extra, she might have already dealt with this angel.

"Cough, cough, was I staking out? I was guiding Shirou in making desserts!"

Exusiai covered her embarrassment with a cough.