"You really do look like you're crying," Rin snarked.
"Rin's right. BB, you weren't crying at all, were you?"
BB immediately lowered her hands, revealing that sly smile again.
"Can't be helped. It was just so funny I laughed until I wanted to cry."
"But—"
BB's voice turned icy, and the smile vanished from her face.
"Senpai? I went out of my way to spare your life, so why did you deliberately come out? You could have lived an easy, comfortable love-and-comedy life with that spoiled little good child. Hehe. Yet you came out anyway. Which means your punishment wasn't enough, right, Se~n~pai?"
A chill ran down his spine.
The space around them began to warp.
It was fear. It was BB's oppressive presence.
A mere hint of irritation from her had distorted the space here.
They were absolutely not on the same level.
They had to run.
"Master, we should hurry and leave. This isn't a place to linger," Shirou urged again.
BB did not seem to intend to kill them.
Her words implied that as long as they did not leave the Inner Moon, she would not harm them, just as she would not harm Hakuno.
"That sounds wonderful," Hakuno said.
Shirou's heart sank.
He seemed to have seen this tactic before. It even seemed that he had used it himself.
Rin was overjoyed. She grabbed Hakuno's hand and tried to pull her back.
But despite Rin's considerable arm strength, she could not budge Hakuno at all.
"But I refuse."
BB looked as if someone had stepped on her tail. She nearly jumped into the air.
"Senpai, wh-what did you say?"
"I refuse. You may be strong, but you can't directly attack me right now, can you?" Hakuno calmly drove in her blade, analyzing the situation. "Otherwise, you