Sorry for the Trouble, but Please Indulge Me

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After the incident involving Rin Tohsaka and Sakura Matou, Noah ate breakfast at a restaurant, bought a few sandwiches to carry with him, and began wandering around Fuyuki City.

Fuyuki City was not an especially bustling metropolis, but compared to Misaki City, which Noah had visited before, it was at least not tucked away in some remote mountain village. It was considerably better than Misaki City in that regard.

Accordingly, trying to explore all of Fuyuki City in a single day was simply unrealistic.

Yesterday, Noah had merely taken a car for a rough tour around Fuyuki City. Today, however, he was bringing Rider along, both to familiarize himself with the city's terrain and to check for any potential issues. Naturally, he could not take it as easily as he had yesterday.

The reason he had brought several sandwiches was simply because Noah felt he would not have time to sit down and eat leisurely.

Thus, his wandering continued directly from morning until night.

The sky gradually darkened.

Glancing at the sky, Noah swallowed his last bite of sandwich and shook his head helplessly.

"As expected, trying to investigate the terrain and gather intelligence this thoroughly in one day is just too much?"

Though he said that, Noah turned his gaze ahead, the corners of his lips curling upward.

"Well, having this place as the final stop was part of the plan anyway."

Before Noah stood a fairly large chapel, enclosed by iron railings and radiating a distinctly sacred atmosphere beneath the moonlight.

"That's the church in Fuyuki City?"

Rather than merely a church, it would be more accurate to call it a Holy Church.