But then again, that was a good thing. Sieg could take human form instead of maintaining Fafnir's appearance. She could live a far broader life, rather than coming to the Sea of Stars after living for only fifteen days.
Wonderful, happy days awaited Sieg—though Shirou might not necessarily have such days waiting for him.
"How did you get here?" Sieg asked doubtfully. "Am I really not dreaming?"
Shirou hesitated. He couldn't exactly say that Sakura had come at him with a cleaver, so he hid in the Sea of Stars and eventually ran into her, could he? Shirou thought it over and decided to come up with another excuse.
"After nearly several hundred years, human technology has even recreated the Age of Gods. The Inner Side and Outer Side merged again, so I came here to find you. After so long, it'd be normal if you forgot me..." Shirou scratched his head as he made up excuses, but he felt as though he had forgotten something. What was it?
Oh, right. Even now, it seemed Sieg didn't know his name.
"Then let me introduce myself properly again. I never told you my real name. I always called myself Hassan, but that wasn't my real name. My name is Shirou Emiya. It's been a long time."
Sieg's clear amber eyes opened even wider, and her slit pupils softened. Her wings trembled slightly. Her mouth opened and closed, but perhaps because she had gone too long without speaking, no sound came out. In the end, she closed her mouth.
Her crawling body finally rose to its feet. The wind sent forth by her spread wings set waves rolling through the sea of flowers, and petals drifted gently through the air.
Golden light enveloped her body. Slowly, the scales on her body faded