Shirou furrowed his brow, his eyelids tightly shut.
Wasn't today the weekend? Since there were no classes, just let me sleep a little longer...
Shirou felt so tired that if he fell asleep like this, he might never wake up again—but he was so exhausted that he felt it wouldn't matter even if that happened.
"So let me keep sleeping..."
"--Wake up."
His cheek stung fiercely.
A woman's voice kept calling out to Shirou.
"--Wake up already."
Shirou completely ignored the voice, but the woman continued repeating herself.
Each time the voice sounded, his consciousness, which was about to sink into sleep, was forcibly awakened.
Being woken just as he was about to fall asleep gradually made Shirou furious.
"How long are you going to keep slapping me...!"
He grabbed the wrist of the hand that had been smacking his face all this time.
"Mm... You finally woke up."
Shirou sat up irritably, still groggy from sleep, and finally saw the face of the woman disturbing his sweet dreams.
Dreamlike silver hair that reflected the radiance of a rainbow, and peerless beauty so exquisite it seemed unreal.
Her slender, graceful figure made one think of a fairy beside a lake. This woman was--
"Uh... Teacher...?"
As it turned out, the woman kneeling beside Shirou was none other than--
Lady Avalon, who had run away from home two years ago and had not been heard from since.
"Good evening, my Arthur~?"
Volume Five, 236: Type-Moon Heavy Industries' Pile Driver
"Teacher! Are you still alive!?"
"How rude. Even if humanity were wiped out and the world destroyed, I would still cling stubbornly to life!"
The silver-haired Female Magus declared proudly.
Shirou had no idea what there was to be proud of.
"Forget that, more importantly..."
"What do you mean, 'more importantly'?"
"Where