Shirou stared at them in confusion. How did they know so much? And besides—
Sieg had been his Master in that red-and-black Holy Grail War. What had happened to her?
"So what? She was my Master in the last Holy Grail War, and then?"
"Instead of liking your two artificial little sisters, you went and fell for an imitation homunculus..." Illya said in a voice full of disappointment. "When the three little sisters at home are all so cute, and there's Sakura too, along with so many others, you actually fell for her."
This truly shocked Shirou.
How could they slander his innocence out of thin air?
Shirou touched his chest. Speaking in good conscience, he really had no feelings for Sieg. What he had done for Sieg was merely normal treatment for a Master.
"When did I ever like her?"
"She kissed you."
"W-What?"
"She kissed you..."
Shirou: "..."
There did seem to have been such an incident. It was probably when he was about to leave, when that homunculus Master had seemingly mustered tremendous courage and kissed him.
But even so, that meant she liked him, not that he liked her, right?
"Senpai, how do you explain that?"
Shirou gulped, then mechanically turned his head.
Illya was not actually that scary. Even with Chloe and Miyu added in, he was still confident he could placate them.
But Sakura—regardless of what form she took—gave Shirou an inexplicable sense of fear. Even before she had turned dark, Shirou had found Sakura rather frightening.
Not to mention Sakura now, who seemed poised to catch him in the act!
Shirou trembled as he pressed himself against the wall, sneaking a glance at Sakura's expression.
This seemed really bad!
He had clearly managed to turn the situation around quite a bit, yet Illya's