She gritted her teeth.
Fortunately, there was no one around at school, so her image hadn't completely fallen apart.
"What's going on? It's even quieter than I expected...?"
It was very quiet outside, with none of the usual morning bustle.
"It's this quiet at seven-thirty...? Well, there are days like this too. Everyone probably overslept this morning."
Although the sun was already up, it was winter after all.
—The weather was especially cold right now. Anyone would want to curl up under the blankets.
[Seven-thirty lol]
[I'm already laughing.]
[Her tendency to drop the ball has erupted.]
[Fuck, the previous anime didn't pull this stunt. Did this Record of Variations anime specifically add this just to torment Rin?]
[I'm dying, give us more torment~]
To be fair, even Emiya Bai had thought the story would at least begin with Rin summoning Archer, but she had never expected the timing to be pushed forward by another day.
"Sigh, Rin Tohsaka, the one tormenting you isn't me. It's fate."
While Sakura leaned against her, Emiya Bai took the opportunity to read the Danmaku here.
"No matter what, it's too strange not to see a single student... No, those two just now..."
Rin Tohsaka stood alone at the empty school gate, while morning practice at the track field and the Archery Club seemed to have only just begun.
"Masaka—?!"
"Oh? Tohsaka? You're especially early today."
A lively voice called out.
Mitsuzuri Ayako.
"So it really was that..."
Rin Tohsaka sighed.
She had gotten the time wrong.
It wasn't seven-thirty. It was six-thirty.
Rin Tohsaka looked speechlessly up at the sky.
She was one step away from crying out and committing seppuku before Heaven.
"Good morning, Tohsaka. It's cold again today."
Mitsuzuri said with a smile.
"Morning, Mitsuzuri. Let me ask you an unrelated