That stray dog was held in Artoria's arms and given the name [Cavall II].
At first, Artoria had clearly been reluctant to pick up Cavall II.
But after the little white dog wagged its tail and licked Artoria once, she completely fell for it.
Even so, Artoria still stubbornly made a few excuses.
Artoria and Anno's base in Shinjuku was beneath a burger joint. It was filled with all sorts of clutter, along with several coin-operated vending machines. A few boxes had been stacked together to serve as a table, with a sheet of paper spread across them that appeared to be a map of Shinjuku.
"Wait. Why does a burger joint have an underground space? And there's even cola here!"
Fujimaru Ritsuka found the existence of this place somewhat contrary to common sense, but the moment he spotted the ramune in the vending machine, his eyes lit up.
Smash!
Anno punched through the vending machine's glass, took out two bottles of ramune, and handed them to Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence.
Fujimaru Ritsuka and Lawrence: ...
Mash, still silently shocked: ?
"Don't mention it."
The smile on Anno's face was hard to describe as anything other than strange.
"I think burger joints generally don't have underground spaces."
Leonardo da Vinci was the one who remained rational.
Come to think of it, if da Vinci could turn herself into this bizarre state, then Anno changing things around a little didn't seem all that surprising, did it?
Artoria dragged out a food bowl from somewhere and poured some dog food into it.
"Here, this is dog food. Don't run off on your own, okay?"
"By the way, where did you run into this guy?"
Anno tossed the unconscious Archer onto a pile of boxes that could barely be called a "bed."
"This