Chapter 787

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Shirou sank into the water up to his nose, pretending he wasn't there.

“Kuro didn't give herself away, did she?” Rin asked.

“She almost did, but I managed to explain it away.”

A nervous sweat broke out on Illya's face. “I think they bought it... Probably.”

Rin settled into the warm water, while Luvia sat at the edge.

“Oh, really... That sounds like a close call.”

“But this is a good opportunity to return to the subject we put off earlier...”

Illya tilted her head. “What subject?”

Rin and Luvia both turned toward Chloe.

The two had discussed it again afterward.

As they had suspected, they couldn't keep muddling through and leaving things as they were.

Today, they needed clear answers about Chloe's existence and her intentions.

Just as they were about to speak—

“...Huh? Shirou?”

Despite his best efforts to keep a low profile, he had finally been spotted.

Even Presence Concealment couldn't make Shirou invisible in plain sight.

“A-A-A-Amamiya! Why are you here?!”

Rin and Luvia's eyes went wide, and they cried out in shock.

“Tohsaka, Luvia, calm down! There's an explanation for this...”

“What explanation could possibly justify this?!”

“Sorry. I'll leave right now...”

Shirou rose from the bath.

He breathed a sigh of relief. At last, he could leave.

Thank goodness. He was finally saved...

But just as he was about to go, a hand caught his wrist.

Chloe looked up at him, pleading for help.

“Don't go, big brother.”

Kuro would probably be facing another round of questioning from Rin and Luvia.

You're the only ally I have in this world, big brother—that was what her imploring eyes seemed to say.

“...”

Rin and Luvia exchanged a glance, then sighed