"The doujinshi is innocent!" Tears glimmered faintly in Shinji's eyes. "Shirou, please!"
If Shirou hadn't known Shinji was so emotional over something like doujinshi, he might have been moved to tears.
"Well, all right. Since this is a request from my friend Shinji, I suppose I can only reluctantly agree." Shirou put on a reluctant act, though he secretly laughed inside.
Shinji really was easy to fool.
"Shirou, since you don't want it, let me keep it for you. Ahem, right?" Shinji let out a breath of relief, wearing an expression that said he knew what Shirou meant.
But Shirou didn't understand.
Even if he did, he wouldn't.
He didn't actually have any doujinshi.
"Well, that still won't do. Shinji, for the sake of managing your health, I can't give it to you right now." Shirou spoke earnestly. "If you get Sesshoin's doujinshi, you can forget about taking any vacation."
"I... I don't want a vacation."
Shinji looked at Shirou pitifully.
"Then I definitely can't give it to you. I'll give it to you once we get back to Earth. Besides, I have a copy of the data."
"All right." Shinji agreed somewhat reluctantly.
At least he would get the doujinshi once they returned. There was no need to rush over something like that.
Seeing that Shinji had been placated, Shirou casually said a few more words before slipping away. He hadn't forgotten that Hakuno was still secretly watching him, the light in her eyes blazing.
Pretending nothing had happened, Shirou walked over and picked Hakuno up.
Some things, if left unmentioned, would gradually be forgotten.
Of course, Hakuno didn't seem inclined to forget.
"Archer, do you have Miss Sesshoin's doujinshi?"
"No, no!" Shirou flatly denied it. Then, remembering how confidently he had spoken to Shinji just now, he hurriedly