Aika happily narrowed her eyes.
"Mm, but you can't."
Shirou spoke seriously, stating the obvious.
He explained the proper path of humanity to Aika, doing his best to sound like he was teaching a child.
"That's wrong... I don't want you to do something so cruel."
Shirou remembered that he had once tactfully taught Fujino that "killing people is bad."
But the current topic was on an entirely different level.
Was this "killing"?
This was "anti-human."
The girl tilted her head slightly, her platinum hair rippling with the movement.
"Saber, you're so kind."
"Aika."
"But don't worry. Saber, you don't need to worry about me."
Aika's expression was just as serious. "For your sake, I'm willing to do anything."
She had not listened at all.
She simply couldn't understand.
Shirou had earnestly tried to admonish her, but the two of them were operating on completely different wavelengths.
What should he do?
Shirou had a premonition:
Even if he sternly scolded her and said, "Killing people is wrong!", Aika would only answer, "Why?"
Their values were completely different.
What exactly could he do to bring her back to the right path?
Or should he simply leave her alone, since admonishing a Master was not really a Servant's responsibility in the first place?
"..."
Shirou suppressed the irritation rising in his heart, clenched his teeth, and spoke.
"In that case, Aika, don't do things that would make me hate you."
"..."
Sajyou Manaka's smile froze.
"Saber... do you hate me?"
"No, but I hate the topic we were just discussing."
"I understand."
Sajyou Manaka hesitated, then gently bit her lip.
And so—
To prove to her Master that he could handle the Holy Grail War, Shirou took her into Tuliphas.
He displayed overwhelming combat ability, thinking that he would put Aika at