"Hinako."
After dinner, Anno and Xiang An seemed to be planning to have a few drinks, and Taiga Fujimura joined in on the fun. In the end, Shirou Emiya found Hinako Akuta in his own courtyard.
Hinako Akuta sat alone at the edge of the courtyard, habitually holding a book in her hands. She seemed to be reading by the faint moonlight, though it was hard to say whether she could actually see clearly.
"Just so you know, we're enemies now."
Hinako Akuta did not look up, merely saying it in an indifferent tone.
"...And yet you came to my place to mooch dinner."
After a brief silence, Shirou Emiya replied helplessly.
"Because I was scouting tonight and didn't cook, so I came to mooch dinner."
Hinako Akuta answered with complete confidence.
"Fine."
Shirou Emiya sighed and sat down on the other side.
"Come to think of it, Sister Hinako, why did you join this Holy Grail War?"
"You want to obtain the Holy Grail, but what do you intend to do after obtaining it?"
Lowering his head, Shirou Emiya asked Hinako Akuta.
No one became a Master without a wish.
Every mage who became a Master necessarily had a wish that needed the Holy Grail to fulfill—at least, that was true for the three non-fixed slots.
Otherwise, they would not have been chosen by the Holy Grail—going by what Hinako Akuta and Kirei Kotomine had said, this was an absolute rule.
"I told you, we're enemies. Why would you think I'd tell an enemy my wish?"
As she spoke, Hinako Akuta raised her head and glanced at Shirou Emiya.
"Calling us enemies might sound naive, but I don't want to think of you as an enemy, Sister Hinako."
"You've looked after me for so long. How could I really