"Field training for Totsuki students? More importantly, why did we have to take them in? Even if we were short-staffed, wasn't Kagami here?"
Inside the Western-style restaurant BistrolaSalle, Koharu Kusakabe held a notice in her hand and asked the restaurant owner, Yumiko Takemiya, in dissatisfaction.
Incidentally, Yumiko Takemiya was currently the only person who could make Koharu open up. Not even her brother, Tendo, could manage it.
"What did it matter? There were so few staff members at our restaurant anyway. This was a perfect chance to make the place livelier."
Just then, the restaurant door opened, and two white-haired people, one male and one female, walked in.
"Master, Rider... Sorry, wrong show. We're Totsuki students here for field training. Is there anything you need us to do?"
Kagami rushed in clumsily behind them. After seeing the clock on the wall, he let out a sigh of relief.
"Phew, good thing I wasn't late this time. Wait, you're that—"
Once Kagami came to his senses, he spotted Shirou at once. He pointed at him for ages but could not remember his name. Then again, Shirou had never told him.
"What, what? Is he someone Miyamori knows?" Alice Nakiri eagerly leaned over, clearly delighted by the prospect of watching a scene unfold.
"Obviously, I know him. He doesn't know me."
Shirou shrugged at Alice Nakiri and extended his hand to Kagami. "This is our third meeting, Kagami. My name is Shirou, Emiya Shirou."
"Uh, oh..." Kagami shook Shirou's hand in a daze, thinking this guy was surprisingly easy to talk to. He immediately wanted to see whether he could recruit him into ZECT.
"Could you..."
"No. I'm still a minor, and employing child labor is illegal." Shirou waved his student ID. While holiday jobs existed, a state-owned enterprise like ZECT did