Jeanne d'Arc: "Yeah, why is that...? Ah, eat."
Metatron: "Now, now, isn't this nice? Everyone gets the urge to play mahjong sometimes. Pon."
Shirou: "Hmm, something feels strange... I haven't forgotten anything important, have I?"
Lady Avalon: "I win. All simples, pinfu, sanshoku, iipeikou, dora 1. Haneman, 12,000 points."
Shirou: "Damn it!"
Maybe games involving luck just aren't suitable for me lately, Shirou thought.
"By the way."
Lady Avalon spoke up while shuffling the tiles. "I'd like to ask all of you something. How long do you intend to keep living like this?"
Metatron: "..."
Shirou frowned and asked in return, "What do you mean, how long?"
"Peaceful daily life and tranquil death. Those are concepts completely unrelated to you, aren't they?
"Or is this what you want? If so, then I'll be terribly disappointed in you, Arthur.
"Do you really think you can quietly fall asleep while walking toward the end?"
"..."
Under Lady Avalon's beautiful gaze, Shirou felt as though something were stuck in his throat.
Metatron protested, "Hey! We're playing mahjong right now. Save the lectures and nonsense for later. Talk after you win. Win first."
Lady Avalon smiled faintly. "Sorry, you're right. Then I'll win first and earn the right to voice my opinion."
They played continuously from noon until midnight.
As expected, Lady Avalon won by a landslide.
Her average placement was first, her win rate overwhelming, and her average hand value terrifying. Most shamelessly of all, she had played almost the entire time damaten, never declaring riichi.
Shirou, Metatron, and Jeanne d'Arc were toyed with single-handedly.
Incidentally, Jeanne d'Arc had come in last place the most times. It seemed that "Revelation" and her Holy Grail knowledge were not very useful in the world of mahjong either.
"Teacher, did you use Clairvoyance EX?"
"Good. It's