"Um, which AI was willing to help us again?"
"It was Sakura!"
Shirou rubbed his hair.
What was the opposite color of red again?
"Um, Miss Sesshoin, could you not do this?" Shirou prepared to discuss it with Sesshoin.
"No. I can't let Hakuno accept the root of the magecraft. It would overwrite their personality."
"Huh?" Shirou bit his lip in distress.
Hakuno keenly noticed Shirou's unusual behavior, pulled him aside, and secretly asked:
"Archer, what's wrong with you?"
Shirou pondered how to put it.
"Hey, Master, let me ask you something. If Miss Sesshoin and I kissed so hard that we couldn't catch our breath, what would you think?"
"You dare?"
"If it happened, I mean if it happened, what would you do?"
Hakuno held out a hand.
"Project Kanshou for me."
Shirou handed it over.
"I'd chop you to death!"
Hakuno pounced with claws bared, only for Shirou to block them in an instant.
"I said if."
Shirou said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
"Anyway, it's not like I could beat you," Hakuno said calmly. "So what you mean is that when Kiyohime Sesshoin does that, you feel uncomfortable."
"Of course. I just feel... I, I..."
"Say it. What's your relationship with Sakura Matou?" Hakuno placed the blade against Shirou's neck.
Shirou thought for a while.
"I, well, li... well, how should I put this?" The moment Shirou uttered the first syllable of "like," Hakuno's expression changed, and Shirou hurriedly stopped.
"Let's put it this way. In my memories, I had a junior who looked a little like Sakura. Tell me, if I saw my junior being forcibly kissed by some delinquent, wouldn't I rush over and start chopping people up?"
Hakuno nodded. That did make some sense.
"You like Sakura, don't you?"
Shirou froze.
She