Exusiai declared that she could not stand such provocative behavior from Alina, urging Shirou to quickly wrap things up and leave this place.
"It will be soon."
Seeing that the group had calmed down, Shirou hurried over and handed all the candies to Mephisto.
"Thank you."
After receiving the candies, Mephisto carefully put them away and thanked Shirou.
"You're welcome. Remember to heat up the soup and drink it quickly."
Reminding the two once more, Shirou looked at Alina.
Looking at the smile on her face and recalling what had just happened, Shirou felt a dull ache in his teeth.
"Thank you so much, Shirou, for taking such good care of the two of them."
After giving some instructions to Faust and Mephisto, Alina had the two leave first as she had something she wanted to discuss with Shirou.
"It's nothing, we just happened to run into each other."
Shirou said, having just been thinking about why he felt such a sense of familiarity coming from Alina.
Yet now that they were face to face, he still could not figure out why.
Another unresolved mystery for Shirou.
"Is that so?"
Alina asked.
"Yes, and also... please allow me to decline the offer from this morning. I still have people here who need me to take care of them."
Glancing over to confirm the location of the Penguin Logistics members, Shirou said in a low voice.
If he spoke directly and loudly in front of them, Exusiai and Croissant would probably tease him again, not to mention that saying such things still felt somewhat embarrassing.
"That's a pity, but it doesn't matter. I just thought you looked very much like a friend of mine, which is why I thought about recruiting you."
Alina had anticipated Shirou's refusal.
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