Chapter 815

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“!!”

Irisviel gave a sudden start.

“Don’t!” she cried, trying to snatch her phone back.

“I’m only joking.”

Shirou was just about to return it when it began to ring.

For a moment, both of them held their breath.

“Who is it?” Irisviel asked with her eyes.

“Who else could it be?” Shirou’s look replied.

“Oh no. It’s Illya.”

“They must have gotten tired of waiting and come looking for us!”

Then they heard Illya and her friends outside the photo booth.

“Mom isn’t around here either,” Illya said. “That’s strange. Where did they go?”

“I think I just heard Mom’s phone ringing,” Chloe said.

“Did you?”

“Try calling again,” Miyu suggested.

“Okay.”

“…”

Shirou and Irisviel exchanged a look and hurriedly tried to silence the phone.

“How do you put this thing on silent?”

“You idiot, give it here!”

Too late. The phone rang again.

“Gah!”

In desperation, Irisviel crushed the phone in her hand. The ringing stopped abruptly.

But there was no doubt about it: their hiding place had been discovered.

A few seconds later, the curtain opened, and Illya and the others poked their heads into the photo booth.

“Here they are! Here they are! Huh… That’s strange. How did we miss this booth before…? Ah.”

Right in front of them were Shirou and Irisviel, hastily improvising a game of horses.

Illya’s eyes widened.

“Mom…? Big Brother…? Wh-what are you two doing?!”

Neither Shirou nor Irisviel knew how to answer.

They barely understood it themselves.

“Um… Shirou and I were taking pictures… Pictures of us playing h-horses!”

Perched on Shirou’s back, Irisviel forced an awkward smile.

“Huh? Why is Big Brother your horse? That doesn’t make any sense!”

Illya and the others