Shirou innocently shook his head. He did not recognize her.
"Who are you...?"
The Lolita girl with the eye patch cheerfully seized Shirou's hand, and Luvia clicked her tongue.
"Mm, hee hee hee! It may be presumptuous to talk about myself when asked, but I'm the currently popular Mage's Eye Girl!
From the Mineralogy Department, Yvette L. Lehrmann is my name!
As a member of the Lehrmann Family, a prestigious family of mages' eyes, of course I'm a regular at the Mage's Eye Collection Train auctions! Snap!"
A whole string of terms Shirou had never heard of came pouring out.
The Mineralogy Department... He felt as if he had heard that somewhere before...?
Seeing his utterly bewildered expression, Yvette smiled and said, "I'm Lord Kenshinnes's student."
"Ah...!"
Shirou finally remembered.
The Mineralogy Department—wasn't that the department governed by the El-Melloi Faction, where Kenshinnes El-Melloi Archibald was based?
Shirou did not know much about the Clock Tower's internal structure, but he at least knew that Lord El-Melloi controlled the Mineralogy Department.
"I see. So you're Kenshinnes's student."
The girl squeezed Shirou's hand and revealed a sweet, adorable smile.
"That's right, that's right! I often hear Teacher Kenshinnes talk about your heroic deeds!
I was deeply moved after hearing those stories. You're unbelievably cool!
To be honest, I'm your admirer. I've wanted to meet you for a very long time—"
"Why are you telling such an obvious lie?"
"...Huh?"
"How could Kenshinnes casually discuss my affairs with outsiders?"
After Shirou said that, the eye-patched girl's smile froze.
Kenshinnes, having returned to the Clock Tower, could not possibly talk about Shirou so casually. He had to conceal the truth of the Fourth Holy Grail War.
That did not mean Kenshinnes would completely avoid discussing that experience, of course. But at the very least,