This Isn't How It Was Supposed to Go!

Touko Aozaki, nestled in her chair, said sullenly.

After seeing this, Fujino Asagami blinked and then said:

"But without your guidance, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it well."

"... I just can't do anything with you."

After a few seconds of brief thought, Touko Aozaki got up from her chair, went to Fujino Asagami, took the bag from her, and headed towards the kitchen, grumbling as she went:

"Why did you have to make chocolate of all things?"

Yesterday, Fujino Asagami suddenly suggested making chocolates, and Touko Aozaki, unable to resist her disciple's persistent pleading, reluctantly agreed to her request.

"Because it's Valentine's Day, we should express our feelings with chocolate!"

"So who are you going to give it to? It's not that brat, is it?"

"Well, since it's my first time doing this, I wanted the teacher to give me some guidance."

"Tsk!"

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, Touko Aozaki, who already knew the answer, still showed considerable displeasure.

"But speaking of which..."

After the master and apprentice arrived in the kitchen, Fujino Asagami suddenly asked Touko Aozaki, "Teacher, do you know how to make chocolate?"

Feeling that her teacher's authority had been offended, Touko Aozaki immediately retorted loudly:

"I'm Grand Puppeteer, how could mere chocolate possibly stump me?"

Then--

As expected, it failed.

As for the chocolates that the Wang family father and son received later, those were the result of Fujino Asagami making them again after cleaning up the scene.

Ding-a-ling~

Meanwhile, Wang Xiaoming, whose phone call had been cut off by Touko Aozaki, was drawn to the suddenly ringing doorbell.

After opening the door and seeing the figures outside, Wang Xiaoming showed a surprised expression.

It's the Emiya family.

"What brings you here? Oh, let's go inside and talk."

"It's alright, we can talk here."

After rejecting Wang Xiaoming's suggestion, Kiritsugu explained his purpose:

"Because it's Valentine's Day, I wanted to take Iris on a trip for a few days, but Illya..."

[I just don't want to have this little third wheel around.]

Wang Xiaoming, who instantly understood Kiritsugu's thoughts, was about to nod in agreement when he remembered the three children who had disappeared from his family.

"By the way, have you seen Shirou and the others?"

"I ran into Miss Lily downstairs just now. She was with two children and said they were going to prepare some ingredients for making chocolate."

"Is that so? Then it's alright. Leave Illya with me; she'll have a playmate when the two children come back."

Is everything alright, little Illya?

No~

"Then I'll have to trouble you, wise ruler."

After seeing Emiya and his wife off, only the two of them, one big and one small, remained, staring at each other for a long while before Wang Xiaoming finally managed to utter a sentence:

"Shall we make chocolate?"

Okay~

"Let me see..."

After opening the refrigerator, Wang Xiaoming was stunned. It was completely full; all the chocolate-making ingredients they had bought were there. Logically, Lily and the others shouldn't have needed to make another trip...

Well, with Lily around, we shouldn't encounter any danger.

As he laid out the materials on the table, Wang Xiaoming suddenly remembered something and turned his gaze to Illya:

"Speaking of which, does Illya know why we're making chocolate today?"

"Mom said it's so that people can express their feelings to each other~"

"So, who does Illya want to give the chocolate to?"

"For Shirou and Sakura ~"

Wang Xiaoming smiled and shook his head at Illya's answer, thinking to himself that he had been overthinking things.

But then--

"Because Sakura and I have already discussed it, and we'll both marry Shirou when we grow up~"

"..."

Honestly, it was from this point that Wang Xiaoming began to seriously consider having his son train properly, after all, Kiritsugu's marksmanship was exceptional...

If that brat gets shot by accident, then there'll be no one to reason with.

"We're back."

Upon arriving home, Shirou let out a wail and collapsed onto the sofa, motionless.

"What happened? It's like you ran a marathon?"

Wang Xiaoming, who came out of the kitchen, looked at his son's listless appearance and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"Ah, it's nothing..."

Despite the aches and pains all over his body, Shirou struggled to get up from the sofa, clearly wanting to expose his embarrassing state to his father.

"Where are the materials you bought?"

Seeing Lily and her two companions walk in, Wang Xiaoming was a little puzzled. "You two came back empty-handed. It doesn't look like you've just finished shopping."

"Here~"

Sakura raised her hand to indicate that it was on her side.

Sakura raised her right hand, muttering incantations as if groping for something in mid-air, and then everyone saw her arm vanish into thin air.

Sakura's Magecraft attribute is the very rare [imaginary number] attribute.

It is considered to be an imaginary space where nothing exists, something like a dimensional pocket, into which things fall without being affected by time and space. It can be said that, apart from Magecraft who possess the same [imaginary number] attribute as Sakura, basically no one can interfere with this dimensional pocket.

"Heave-ho~"

Sakura, having regained her arm, held a round [bead] in her hand. The moment the [bead] was taken out, a surge of violent magic swept through the entire room.

"This thing..."

Watching the [bead] gradually stabilize its magic after being taken by Lily, Wang Xiaoming's lips twitched:

"Is it a [Spirit Core]?"

"Yes, that's right."

Lily nodded and praised Shirou:

"Thanks to Shirou's restraint, I was able to obtain this big guy's [Magic Factor]."

"Where..."

Shirou scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed. After all, being chased by monsters all the time wasn't exactly something to be proud of... But Lily- sensei was really amazing; she managed to make that monster called [Barbatos] disappear in an instant.

"If you have nothing else to do, wait a moment..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Wang Xiaoming suddenly remembered something and turned to Lily: "You're not thinking of using this to make chocolate, are you?"

"Oh, right~"

"Veto!"

Wang Xiaoming rejected Lily's answer without even thinking about it.

Finally, under Wang Xiaoming's guidance, the children in the family successfully made chocolates.

After the chocolates were made, the activity of exchanging them began.

In the end, Shirou received three chocolates from Sakura, Illya, and Fujino Asagami, and of course, he returned the favor.

As for Wang Xiaoming, looking at the two "horrible" chocolates in his hands, he could only eat them with tears in his eyes. However, the taste was surprisingly good...

Overall, today was quite an interesting day.

After putting the last period to today's diary, Wang Xiaoming closed the diary, picked up the already wrapped gift box next to it, and walked to the cabinet at the other end of the room. On the top of the cabinet was a photo frame containing a group photo of four people with an amusement park background.

Looking at the woman standing beside him in the group photo, smiling gently, Wang Xiaoming unconsciously curved a smile onto his lips as he gently placed the gift box in front of the photo.

Happy Valentine's Day, Caster.

P. S.: Happy Valentine's Day everyone! (A belated Valentine's Day greeting QAQ)

Chapter 323. This isn't what we agreed on!

"That's our destination, [Double-Faced Tower Izelma]."

Perhaps it was Lord El-Melloi II's voice that reached the coachman's ears, for the other's voice came from outside the carriage:

"The Sun Tower is on the east side, where guests reside; the Moon Tower is on the west side, which is our destination..."

--The carriage stopped at the entrance of the Moon Tower.

"Please come this way."

After the group from El-Melloi Classroom alighted from the carriage, the coachman nodded to them.

"Well then, I wish you all a pleasant time here."

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone saw the coachman and carriage vanish into thin air, leaving only a small toy soldier and a small carriage, as if a fairy tale had been turned into reality.

"As expected of the Department of Creation (Baruye) style..."

Upon witnessing this scene, the Lord El-Melloi II subconsciously muttered to himself, always unconsciously feeling a sense of excitement at such novel magic Magecraft.

However--

"Hey, hey, hey, Mr. Lu Xi'an, did you see that?!"

Flat Escardos's eyes lit up, and he shook the blond youth next to him vigorously. "What an interesting Magecraft! How is it done? Can I learn it?"

"Stop calling me Lu Xi'an (dog)!"

Flat Escardos shoved Flat away in annoyance, straightened Flat's rumpled clothes, and then said to Flat Escardos with disdain, "Fool, how could Svin possibly teach such a family secret to an outsider like you?"

"But we have a professor here, the absolute best, the number one in the Clock Tower, GreatBigBen☆LondonStar~"

"Hahaha, if Lord El-Melloi II were to ask, the Izelma Family would gladly offer up such a petty trick without hesitation."

Just as Flat Escardos was showering him with praise, a hearty laugh rang out from behind him.

Attracted by the laughter, the crowd looked in the direction of the sound and found a middle-aged man standing behind them. He was about forty-five years old, with brown hair, wearing a scarlet suit, and holding a cane in one hand—a typical English gentleman's attire.

"I apologize for the spectacle, Lord Iselma."

The Lord El-Melloi II had stepped out from the crowd, spoke to the man in front of him.

"Not at all, Lord El-Melloi II, it is my honor to see the esteemed students of your class."

The middle-aged gentleman bowed a proper greeting, his gaze sweeping over the boys and girls who had stopped their playful antics, before gesturing towards the entrance of the tower: