You're So Noisy, Wakame

"Head of the Einsbern family, Tohsaka family, let's begin!"

After saying that, Zouken slammed his cane heavily on the ground.

The magic circle beneath the three people's feet emitted a dazzling red light.

Chapter 169 So noisy, wakame seaweed

The incident occurred on the morning of HF's release.

The earth gradually awakens, and a ray of dawn breaks the silence of the night.

Unfortunately Shinji's burning heart was not beating, nor was he praying for the arrival of peace.

"That brat Sakura..."

Walking down the empty streets, admiring the four o'clock morning sun over Fuyuki City, Shinji's heart was far from calm.

Last night, because of the smile in the final post-credits scene, Sakura, who had already calmed down from her anger towards Shinji, had a relapse.

Instead of removing the petrification from Shinji, she led everyone out of the lounge and went home to sleep.

Shinji was thus forced to remain in the petrified position until the petrification Magecraft weakened half an hour ago, at which point he was able to move again.

"Damn it, this is unbelievable."

Shinji kept grumbling, his face full of resentment.

Although her younger sister thoughtfully covered her with a blanket before leaving and kept the air conditioning in the lounge working properly to prevent her from catching a cold at night.

But since you're being so thoughtful, why didn't you take your older brother with you?!

"His smile was actually quite nice... so why did he get so angry?"

Shinji tilted his head, completely baffled.

If it were solely due to her character's dark and yandere tendencies, Sakura would have brought it up during filming long ago; it wouldn't have only surfaced now.

Therefore, Shinji strongly suspects that it was the final, crooked-mouthed Dragon King smile that made Sakura think he had made her look ugly in the photo.

"How childish! Doesn't she know that those are meme materials that could go down in internet history and be passed down through generations?"

Think about the providers of internet meme resources in our past lives—weren't they all famous and incredibly popular?

"Tsk, if I had known Sakura would react this strongly, I wouldn't have deliberately filmed those kinds of scenes."

Shinji sighed helplessly.

The crooked-mouthed Dragon King smile isn't something everyone can pull off. When the crooked-mouthed smile meme was popular in a previous life, many people copied it, but the only ones who could truly make it both natural and unique were the crooked-mouthed war god and Kaburagi from <Zeta>.

As a girl with a normal physiological structure, Sakura naturally couldn't make that kind of smile.

Therefore, Shinji used a common method employed by cosplayers to alter facial features—using adhesive tape.

When cosplayers portray characters, they often use tape to stretch the skin around their eyes to reduce the difference in shape between their own eyes and those of the anime characters, thus altering the appearance of their eyes.

This makeup technique is not usually used in film and television dramas because actors need to move during filming, and standing on tape would look very unnatural.

Fortunately, Sakura's Dragon King smile was just a fixed pose, and her hairstyle effectively concealed the tape on her cheeks, which gave Shinji the opportunity to use this little trick.

Analyzing from the perspective of the smile, Shinji's portrayal of Sakura's eerie smile is very stiff and unnatural; it would be the kind of shot that would require multiple takes in any film crew.

But Shinji wanted was this kind of smile that normal people couldn't achieve; only in this way could he leave a deep impression on the audience.

It would be even better if it could be made into emojis.

Unfortunately, Sakura didn't understand her brother's good intentions; she only felt that she looked ugly in the photo Shinji took.

During the filming, Sakura saw herself in a mirror, which was completely different from the camera angle, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with it. She simply thought her smile looked strange.

After seeing the final product and realizing that she was actually like this [Matou Sakura], Sakura naturally couldn't sit still.

"Brother, why don't you spend the night at the company and reflect on your actions?!"

Recalling Sakura's roar back then, Shinji's heart still felt utterly cold.

"Is there anything terrible waiting for me at home?"

Standing at the Matou Residence, Shinji's heart was filled with mixed emotions.

"Although Sakura made me spend the night outside yesterday as punishment, it might not be the only punishment... What if she sets a trap for me? Wouldn't I be walking right into it?"

Just as Shinji was debating whether to go home to catch up on sleep or go to a hotel, a heart-wrenching scream came from the Matou Residence.

"Ah------!!!"

The scream was so piercing that Shinji felt the windows of his house were about to shatter.

"That sound... it's from Artoria's room!"

Upon hearing the shouts, Shinji disregarded everything else and rushed into the Matou Residence, arriving at Artoria's room before the others had even emerged from their rooms, still dazed.

"Artoria! What happened?!"

Shinji kicked open the room door.

"You're screaming so loudly, what if the glass breaks and you have to pay for it!"

The first thing Shinji saw was Artoria sitting on the bed, dressed in white. Perhaps because she had been startled awake from her sleep, the King of Knights was only wearing a thin nightgown.

Her figure is really not good.

This was the Second Master's first thought.

Her skin is very good, though.

This was the second idea of Second Master.

"Master!! How did you get in here?!"

Artoria snapped angrily at Shinji.

There was no girlish shyness, only dissatisfaction with Shinji for entering without knocking.

"Didn't I hear you scream?"

Sensing Artoria's attitude, Shinji calmly stroked his chin.

If it were Tohsaka Rin, she'd probably be blushing and rushing at him with a set of Baji Quan by now.

Unlike Artoria, who, even when Shinji treated her to ice cream, only complained about his rudeness in not knocking.

Although, Shinji had absolutely no intention of profiting from Artoria's figure.

"So, Artoria," Shinji leaned against the door and teased, "What are you yelling about so early in the morning?"

Shinji's words reminded Artoria, and she quickly pointed to the other side of her bed.

"What on earth is going on?!"

Artoria angrily questioned him, seemingly convinced that Shinji should take the blame.

"What? What happened?"

Shinji tilted his head, looking completely bewildered.

"She!"

Artoria lifted her blanket, revealing another girl lying in bed.

"Not bad, Artoria. You've even learned how to keep a mistress hidden away. Is dressing up as a man in Britain really your fetish?"

"Master, stop with the sarcastic remarks! See for yourself!"

Hearing Artoria's roar, Shinji raised an eyebrow. He walked to the other side of the room and finally saw the face of the girl lying on Artoria's bed.

The sleeping girl has the same face as Artoria and is wearing the same pajamas as Artoria.

The girl's skin was just paler, and her beautiful blonde hair was lighter than Artoria's.

Although the girl didn't open her eyes, Shinji was certain that her eyes were golden.

Why is that?

"Artoria Alter??"

Shinji looked on in surprise as he scanned the two girls on the bed.

"This means... she already... has a child??"

Shinji asked in surprise.

"Why??"

Artoria's expression froze instantly.

"Artoria... even though you're a queen, even though you're Heroic Spirit, even though you're not human, shouldn't you at least abide by basic social morality? What have you been doing all this time I haven't been paying much attention to you?!"

While vehemently condemning Artoria's character, Shinji glanced at Alter's light blonde hair and pajamas as she lay on the bed.

Hmm... so close, so very close, just a tiny bit more...

Smack

Shinji's view was blocked by Artoria.

"Putting everything else aside, their ages alone are suspicious!!!"

Artoria twitched her lips; for the first time, she had such a strong urge to beat up her own Master.

"That's true. If we're really going to have a baby, I'd still prefer you to have a blond, tomboyish boy with a single ponytail."

"..."

Artoria hadn't forgotten, and now the more important thing was the situation of the woman who had suddenly appeared in her bed this morning.

As for Shinji's nonsense, we'll settle the score later.

"Ah, if possible, I'd like the child's name to be Mordred."

That's not the point!

Artoria, her face flushed, roared, "The important thing is why she's in my bed, and what's going on with her?!"

"Have no idea."

"Don't lie to me! This was definitely done by you, Master!" Artoria grabbed Shinji's shoulders with both hands and brought her face close to his.

"Master, you didn't use Magecraft to clone me, did you?"

"I already said no."

"Brother, Artoria. Everyone went to bed very late last night, could you please not go to bed so early..."

Sakura, who had just entered and started complaining, stopped halfway through her sentence and looked at Artoria on the bed with an expression that said, "The world is ending."

"This means... she already... has a child??"

Artoria loudly denied, "No, why do you siblings all have the same reaction?!"

These words seemed to have the opposite effect, and Sakura's gaze turned to Shinji.

"When... when is it, brother?"

"It has nothing to do with me! I've never even reached second base with that King of Knights!" Shinji immediately shook his head in denial.

"What does this mean? Master, do you treat me like an animal?"

"Brother... I knew this day would come sooner or later, but I didn't expect it to come so soon. There's no other way, brother, you should go to the police station and turn yourself in!"

"Even if I hadn't touched the steel plate, I wouldn't need to turn myself in, would I?"

"What the hell is a steel plate?! So, in your eyes, Master, I'm just a plate?!"

"It's so noisy..."

A somber remark sparked an argument among the three.

"It's so noisy."

Filled with resentment, Miss Alter, lying in bed, finally opened her eyes.

She roughly scratched her hair and sat up with a disgruntled expression.

"Can't people get any sleep at this hour?"