"Th-this... everyone has their own preferences. Liking money is just... I only called it SG because I was too embarrassed to say it outright!" Rin immediately crossed her arms over her chest, assuming a defensive posture. "And what about you? Don't you have that special trait called the Woman Calamity Aura? That Alter Ego called Meltlilith is chasing after you."
Just thinking about it made Shirou shudder.
What did it feel like to be chased by an infatuated woman?—It made him want to die.
"Don't bring it up again. She sticks to me like chewing gum, and I can't even kill her. What am I supposed to do?"
"Oh? Could you really kill someone called Lilith if you had the chance?" Rin asked.
Even though Lilith had Sakura's face, Shirou really couldn't bring himself to strike her down.
She was wearing that face, after all. Shirou wanted to avoid dealing a killing blow if he could.
"Just as I thought, you can't, right?" Rin seized on Shirou's weak point and subtly redirected the heat onto him.
With ease, she shifted the topic Shirou had just brought up onto this.
Hakuno also looked at Shirou.
She tugged at him, demanding an explanation.
"Haha, well... who knows? If the situation calls for it, I'll still do my best to kill her," Shirou answered against his conscience.
"That Alter Ego's affection for Archer really is rather intriguing." Leo spoke with a smile, as though his words concealed another meaning.
"Or rather, is Archer really that great? As far as I can see, he's just a pretentious, obnoxious, overly talkative, bottom-tier Servant. Ah, right. I know someone similar. A guy who came down to the surface and served as a military training instructor for a month. He had exactly the same air as you,