058, Shirou Emiya

"Eh? You're sleeping here tonight?" After school at the Emiya Residence, Shirou Emiya had just picked up Fujimura Taiga from the hospital. As they sat around eating together, he stared at Tiger Taiga across from him in stunned confusion.

"Yeah. What's with that? It's not like this is my first time staying here. Why are you making that face?" Fujimura paused, then suddenly widened her eyes and suspiciously glanced at Shirou Emiya and Saber, who was quietly eating beside him. "Eh?!! Don't tell me... while I was hospitalized, you two..."

"...Don't get weird ideas, you idiot!" Shirou Emiya said helplessly. "It's just that I've been staying up late lately because I'm practicing kendo. Is that okay? You're a teacher, after all..."

Poor sleep quality could become a serious problem.

"Eh, kendo? Come to think of it... hadn't you put that aside for a long time? Why did you suddenly pick it back up?" Fujimura Taiga paused, then became interested and eagerly said, "Well then, I just got out of the hospital tonight, so I need to get moving too. How about I test whether you've gotten rusty over the past few years? What do you say?"

Beside them, Saber, who had been silently eating, raised her eyes and glanced at the two of them. "So Shirou used to practice kendo too?"

"Yep~ Not only did he practice, his talent for kendo was downright absurd. He could remember any move after seeing it just once. Sometimes, Kiritsugu and I would joke that he had been born in the wrong era... Ah, but..." Fujimura Taiga's voice paused and softened slightly. "Ever since Kiritsugu died, he never practiced again. That made me really sad."

"Kiritsugu?"

"What, what? Are you interested in the person who influenced Shirou so much too?!" At the mention of