Shirou Emiya Stands on Terra Chapter 8

After deciding what to do, Shirou took the opportunity to restock all the seasonings, focusing on cream, salt, sugar, black pepper… and other commonly used seasonings. He also bought a few tomatoes, carrots, and green peas along the way.

"It seems like the seasonings are all pretty much there, but the seafood part seems a bit lacking?"

Shirou carried a large basket of items to the checkout, thinking that when he was browsing earlier, there seemed to be less seafood.

He figured it was probably because Longmen wasn't by the sea. He remembered that Longmen seemed to be a mobile city, and mobile cities were born to avoid Catastrophes.

This seemed to lead to many other things, so Shirou only remembered the general idea.

However, his memory seemed to have improved quite a bit. In the past, absorbing so much knowledge at once would definitely require some time to digest, but now it seemed like he could remember it just by reading it.

Shirou was too lazy to think about it. Anyway, it was best to attribute any unusual things to the Holy Grail.

When in doubt, blame the Holy Grail.

Following his memory, Shirou successfully returned to the dormitory from the supermarket.

After going upstairs, he plugged in the refrigerator and put the items that needed to be chilled into it one by one. The seasonings were also placed in the cabinets, all arranged according to Shirou's convenience.

"I remember there's an electric cooker here, the kitchenware is in this cabinet, oh? There's an oven here too!"

Shirou remembered seeing some kitchenware and basic appliances when he was organizing yesterday, but he had only tidied them up a bit before leaving them. Now he could use them freely. Shirou planned to put out some of the commonly used items.

It was just that some of the items were more modern, and he studied them for a while before he roughly figured out how to use them.

After everything was put in place, the kitchen here finally looked like a kitchen.

"Alright, let's start preparing the rice."

Shirou washed the rice clean, then poured it into the electric cooker. Besides water, he also added some oil. Adding oil could make the rice look fuller and more beautiful, and it would also improve the texture.

"Let it soak for a while like this. During this time, I'll prepare the other ingredients."

Shirou dried his hands and took out the ingredients he needed.

Shirou started by processing the meat. He cut the Winged Beast meat into small pieces, sprinkled them with salt and black pepper, and set them aside to marinate while he prepared the other ingredients.

Omurice, overall, was a relatively simple dish. First, cook the meat, then add the other ingredients, and finally add a little ketchup, and it would be ready to eat.

Shirou watched as the rice in the pot was stained red by the ketchup. After stir-frying it a bit drier, he put it onto a plate.

Next was the egg part. Shirou was going to try the "skirt" style omelet this time. It was relatively simpler than a regular omelet, and it was also a quite beautiful way to present omurice.

Shirou poured in the egg mixture mixed with milk. Once the bottom layer solidified, he used chopsticks to hold it from both sides towards the center, then gently shook the pan while slowly rotating the chopsticks. The egg would form a spiral shape. Then, he placed the egg on top of the shaped rice, and it was done.

Shirou brought the rice to the table and took a bite.

"Hmm… the taste doesn't seem to be much different. I'll try to adjust the other things slowly."

Shirou was in a good mood. At least the taste of things here was similar. The taste of the Winged Beast and eggs was about the same as ordinary chicken and eggs.

Just as Shirou was about to take another bite, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Shirou put down his cutlery and went to open the door. He saw Exusiai standing outside.

"What's wrong?"

Shirou looked at Exusiai outside the door, wondering why she would suddenly come down to find him.

"Shirou, Shirou, are you cooking?"

Exusiai asked excitedly, clenching her fists.

She had been lying around upstairs when she suddenly smelled a very fragrant aroma. After searching for a while, she found that the source of the smell was from downstairs in their dormitory.

Thinking of the new resident downstairs, Exusiai felt it was necessary to communicate properly and build some rapport.

So she came down.

"Uh, yes, I'm trying to cook."

Shirou was caught off guard by Exusiai's arrival.

"Can I take a look? It smelled really good from upstairs."

Exusiai's gaze fell on the yellow object on the table, her eyes shining continuously.

Looking at her reaction, Shirou felt like he had seen it somewhere before. Saber's gaze when she was hungry and saw food seemed to be like this too?

08 Texas, you betrayed me!

In the end, Shirou let Exusiai in.

After entering, Exusiai immediately went to the kitchen to see if there was anything else, but unfortunately, she didn't see what she wanted.

However, she surprisingly discovered that the kitchen seemed different from its empty state yesterday. Now it looked like a normal home kitchen.

"Do you want to eat the omurice?"

Looking at Exusiai's actions and her gaze at the omurice at the door, Shirou deduced that she had come because of the smell.

"But there's only one serving, right? It wouldn't be good to fight you for food."

Exusiai had originally come with the intention of getting some free food. She hadn't considered fighting Shirou, a patient, for food.

"It's fine, I was just trying it out. You don't mind it being a test product, and that I've taken a bite."

Shirou didn't mind. After all, he had considered the possibility of failure when he was shopping, so he had bought extra. Besides, Exusiai and Texas had helped him a lot this morning.

"Really? Then I won't be polite!"

Upon hearing Shirou's words, Exusiai immediately rushed to the table and looked at the omelet rice.

Exusiai looked around.

"It's a bit different from what they sell outside. Outside, they just put fully cooked eggs on top of the rice.

Exusiai tentatively scooped some with her spoon and ate it in one bite.

"I got you a new spoon..."

At this moment, Shirou came out holding a new spoon and saw Exusiai using the one he had just used.

The two red-haired people looked at the spoons in each other's hands (or in their mouths).

After about five seconds, Exusiai pulled the spoon out of her mouth, walked over to Shirou, swapped the spoons in their hands, and then pretended nothing happened, returning to her seat to eat the omelet rice.

"..."

Shirou washed the spoon clean, with no intention of returning to the living room.

After thinking for a moment, Shirou decided to make another portion for Exusiai to give to Texas.

As for Sora and Croissant, Shirou wasn't sure if they were there. He would ask them if they were there after giving Texas's portion to Exusiai.

Exusiai, sitting in the living room, felt a bit awkward, but after taking a second bite of the omelet rice, she threw the awkwardness away.

Awkward? What was that? It was just holding someone else's used spoon!

Wasn't the omelet rice in front of her more important?

After eating a few more bites, Exusiai heard the sound of chopping coming from the kitchen.

With a sense of curiosity, Exusiai quietly crouched at the kitchen door and watched Shirou cook.

Shirou was completely focused on preparing the ingredients. Although Exusiai couldn't understand much, she could tell that Shirou's cooking skills were probably quite good.

After finishing the ingredients in his hands, Shirou turned to grab the next ingredient to prepare when he noticed the glowing object at the doorway, which was Exusiai's halo.

"Want something to drink?"

Shirou washed his hands and took a bottle of tea from the refrigerator, handing it to Exusiai.

"Are you making omelet rice too?"

Exusiai took the tea and pointed at the ingredients Shirou was preparing, asking.

"Yeah, it's for Texas. You two helped me a lot this morning."

Shirou said as he prepared the ingredients. Looking at the ingredients in his hands, he suddenly thought of something and turned to ask Exusiai:

"Are Sora and Croissant here too? If they are, I'll make a few more portions."

Exusiai's eyes darted around, and she gave a thumbs-up.

"They're all here!"

Shirou felt that she was acting a bit strange, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it, so he just focused back on cooking.

"Then I'll finish Texas's portion first, and then make theirs."

For some reason, Exusiai happily returned to the table with the iced tea to eat her omelet rice.

When she finished eating, Shirou also brought out a portion and placed it in front of Exusiai.

"Could you call the others down? Or you can take it up, that's fine too."

"No problem, no problem, I'll take it up."

Exusiai picked up the plate and rushed out the door.

Shirou watched the door that Exusiai had forgotten to close, smiled helplessly, and then returned to the kitchen to continue preparing Croissant and Sora's portions.

On Exusiai's end, she went upstairs and knocked on Texas's door.

"What is it?"

Texas opened the door a crack and looked at Exusiai outside.

"Shirou made some omelet rice. Do you want some? He said it's a thank you gift for helping him this morning."

Exusiai asked, holding the omelet rice.

Texas glanced at it, then opened the door and walked out, taking the rice from Exusiai.

She was only wearing a tank top and shorts, as she was at home and dressed casually.

"Was that the smell I smelled earlier? It tastes pretty good."

Texas took a bite of the rice, chewed it carefully, and gave her assessment.

"Right, right? Sora and Croissant aren't here, so Shirou was going to make two more portions. Let's split them."

Exusiai said with a wicked grin, trying to snatch her companion's food.

"...Shirou probably confirmed with you if they were here before deciding to make them, right?"

Texas deduced her teammate's personality and figured Shirou had likely been tricked into making extra.

"Heh, you figured it out."

Exusiai lightly tapped her head with her fist, striking a "heh" pose.

"I'll pass. This is enough for me. You figure out what to do with yours."

Texas had no intention of getting involved in Exusiai's antics, and the omurice she held was quite substantial.

Just as Texas was about to take it back to her room, Exusiai grabbed her by the waist.

"Noooo, I can't finish it all! See, I even thought of you. It's good to have company, right?"

"Don't drag me down with you."

Texas pushed away Exusiai's clinging head with a look of disdain, her other hand steadying the plate.

In the end, with no other choice, Texas agreed to Exusiai's request. She threw on a jacket and headed downstairs with the food.

"Ah, Texas, you're here too? I just finished making these. Where are Sora and Croissant?"

After Exusiai and Texas walked in, Shirou, who had just placed two plates of omurice on the table, greeted them. Seeing Texas in a jacket behind Exusiai, he said hello. He had initially thought everyone was here, but it seemed only the two of them had arrived.

Texas placed her plate on the table, then grabbed Exusiai by the back of her collar.

"Sora and Croissant haven't been here for the past two days. This useless angel lied about them being here just to get more food."

Texas quickly explained the situation.

"Texas, you betrayed me!"

Exusiai tried to break free from Texas's grip but was held firmly in place.

"Hmm... I had a feeling it was something like that, but I didn't expect it to be exactly like this."

After observing Exusiai's strange behavior, Shirou had a good idea of what she was up to. Back when he helped out in the student council, there were people who would use their friends' names to get extra food. He knew what was going on, but he usually didn't call them out.