"So, you mean you told Shirou everything that happened between you, your brother, and me on the plateau?"
Hinako Akuta stared at Xiang An with a terrifying look in her eyes.
Xiang An had yet to realize what was going on and blinked with an expression of pure innocence.
"Yes, Sister-in-law. Is something wrong?"
"You bastard!!!"
Hinako Akuta's eternally unchanging face twisted into a fierce scowl within seconds.
"Go—dieeeeee!!!"
Hinako Akuta punched Xiang An square in the face.
"Pugh—"
Xiang An was down for the count.
Ignoring Xiang An lying on the ground, Hinako Akuta's entire face trembled.
Damn it—something like that—letting that kid Shirou Emiya find out—
What was that kid going to think of me from now on?!
At the Emiya Residence, Anno looked at Shirou Emiya, whose expression seemed somewhat strange.
"Shirou, is something wrong? Your complexion has looked off since earlier."
Anno rubbed Shirou Emiya's head.
When that guy Xiang An came back, even his lips were swollen, which had given him quite a fright. Thankfully, Shirou seemed to be fine.
For some reason, though, he would sometimes sink into deep thought and agonize over himself, then at other times wear an expression like he was struggling not to burst out laughing.
In short, he was a complete mess.
So what exactly had happened?
"Ah, it's nothing. It's just that Mr. Xiang An didn't tell me how to solve it."
"He only told me about what Sister Jie had experienced. He probably wanted me to find the answer to what I should do within those experiences myself."
"I see... Wait."
Anno's expression turned serious.
Shirou had said... things she had experienced before.
And the things Xiang An knew she had experienced...
Wouldn't that be...
Those things?
Anno did not know the exact details, but he at