"So, Tohsaka, can you contact him and ask him to do us a favor?"
Rin awkwardly turned her face away. "That... probably won't work."
"Ohohohoho... Tohsaka Rin, I knew you were useless." Luviagelita laughed uproariously.
"What happened? Why can't you contact Lord El-Melloi II, Tohsaka? Or is it that you can't get him to help?" Shirou could not help asking.
Luviagelita raised her chin. "I still remember how Tohsaka Rin misappropriated funds to buy expensive gems last time."
Tohsaka Rin seemed as though her thoughts had been exposed, and her face instantly flushed red. "It wasn't misappropriating funds, it was a normal expense!"
"So, Luviagelita, can you contact Lord El-Melloi II and ask him for a favor?" Shirou shifted his gaze toward Luviagelita.
Luviagelita looked away as well.
"Hmph, Luviagelita, I still remember how you tried and failed to bribe a teacher last time." Seeing Luviagelita's expression, Rin said smugly.
Well, the only two people who could solve the problem had both left terrible impressions on their teacher.
But Shirou was still unwilling to give up. They had finally found an expert with extensive knowledge of magecraft—how could he let this chance slip away?
"Does he have any hobbies?"
"Games?" Rin recalled how, when she had gone to register, that teacher had enthusiastically talked to her about Japanese games while she had been completely bewildered.
She could barely even turn on a television, let alone play games.
"What games?"
"Those Japanese games, and some kind of strategy game called... Star something..."
"StarCraft?"
"Yes."
Tohsaka Rin tapped her right fist into her left palm, remembering what Lord El-Melloi II had said back then.
"I see." Shirou stroked his chin, and an idea immediately came to him.
Lord El-Melloi II stretched.
It was another day of overtime, and it was finally