Heroic Spirit: I, Shinji, have tried my best.

Chapter 269: The Matou Residence I Haven't Seen for a Long Time

In a quiet, dark space, there are countless light spots floating around. Although the edge is invisible, it gives people a strange texture...

There was a huge white light spot among them, which suddenly began to flicker as if it sensed something strange:

[The barrier has been broken again...]

[He is back...]

……

“…Ugh…Ugh!”

Shinji was forced to brave the rapids in that strange space-time flow. When he finally landed, his stomach was churning and he almost vomited...

“Huh~ Huh~ What a weird place… There is no time, no space, no direction, and no light source… It’s a complete life-forbidden zone…”

Shinji lay on the ground and retched a few times, then lay down facing the sun with his body limp.

His mind was in a mess now, and since this place was so warm, he instinctively wanted to take a nap here.

But in the end, reason took over, and Shinji sat up crookedly from this comfortable position, looking around in confusion...

"The sun is at a normal distance, the temperature is just right, and the size is right, so it looks like at least this time I'm back on Earth... Woohoo, this makes me miss it so much!"

A feeling of returning home after a long absence came over him, and the young man, sitting on the roof basking in the sun, shed tears of happiness...

…Wait, why am I on the roof?

Only then did Shinji realize that the place he was in seemed to have a different architectural style from anything he had ever seen. What were those huge tall buildings over there, and those strange buildings?

Eh? Why are there so many flagpoles here?

"It's broken... It's been so long now and my memory is a little fuzzy..."

...Hey, what is this?

When my right hand moved backwards, I suddenly seemed to grab some strange foreign object. I turned around and saw a strange wrinkled object on the large and clean roof.

Shinji approached suspiciously and took out the crumpled plastic-like thing, and then a grayish blond cartoon character appeared in front of him...

"…This thing, why does it feel so familiar… Oh my! Isn't this Saber?!"

"Who is this idiot who stuck this on someone's roof? How uncivilized!"

After speaking seriously, Shinji slowly stood up and looked towards the sun in the sky...

[I need to find someone to ask for directions first. If I’m not mistaken…]

At this moment, in a place that Shinji himself didn't know, a white-haired girl was cautiously hiding behind a golden cup, peeking at a huge glowing geometric shape in front of her...

"What the hell is this thing... coming to steal my territory?"

The white-haired girl walked carefully to the side of the geometric sphere, and through the virtual interface, she could see a petite figure sleeping inside it.

But compared to normal people, this person has many mechanical parts on her body, but it does not affect her cuteness.

The mechanical girl just slept quietly inside. The white-haired girl, not understanding the situation, could only retreat back to the Holy Grail.

It seems that she will be forced to give a piece of land to the other party in the future. It's really strange. Why are there people trying to snatch her land everywhere?

The girl thought depressedly, but Shinji didn't know what was going on here. At this moment, he was trying to get a long-distance ticket, because he had confirmed that this was the place where he had left at the beginning...

……

“…Knock, knock, knock! Is anyone there?”

"coming…"

In a spacious Japanese-style mansion, a gentle purple-haired girl put down the broom in her hand, untied her apron and walked towards the door.

[It's really strange... Why are there still people coming at this time? Are all the salespeople so active now? ]

“…Crack!”

"Hello, who are you... Hey! Are you... Illya!?"

The purple-haired girl looked at the white-haired little Lolita in front of her with some surprise. Although she was short, she had the same elegant temperament as a young lady, and there were two maids with strange decorations following behind her.

"It's me. Long time no see, Ms. Matou... If you don't mind, can I come in and bother you for a moment?"

"Eh? Oh! Excuse me, please come in..."

… a few minutes later

Illya and two maids knelt in front of the table, looking out through the open wooden door at the courtyard reflecting the sunlight, and taking in the surrounding environment...

As expected, that man still didn’t come back.

Suddenly, the door was opened and Sakura Matou walked in with a tea tray. The two maids beside her hurried over to take the tea tray and then sat down.

The two girls avoided each other's gazes, silently holding the teacups in their hands, tasting one sip at a time...

"..."

"..."

"It's quite quiet here..."

“…Yeah, after all, Nissan has been out all the time, and now I’m the only one here.”

"Oh, really... That guy is really heartless. He actually left such a beautiful sister at home."

“…Actually, there is no more…”

The purple-haired girl smiled somewhat forcedly, but her eyes revealed a hint of loss. Seeing this, Illya quickly shut up.

[Tsk! It’s all because of the bad temper I had when I bargained with those old guys before. I actually said something like this right away…]

"So what are you going to do now? Your university should have had its holidays very early, have you ever thought about going out?"

"Well... that's true, but Nissan might come back at any time, so in case he comes back and there's no one at home, I'd better live here."

"By the way, where's Illya? Why did you come to see me at this time? I heard Rin and the others mention you before..."

"Well... I just came back from London, so I thought I'd stop by and take a look..."

Illya responded with a normal expression, but what she was thinking might not be that simple.

After all, he could not have imagined that one day she would need to find outsiders to complement the technology she had developed. It was a pity that the only person she could contact now who had in-depth artificial human technology was that man.

But unfortunately, after the Holy Grail War two years ago, this guy seemed to have disappeared without a trace and could not be found at all.

Although she felt a little sympathetic towards the lonely girl in front of her, she couldn't do anything to help her. At most, she would come over a few more times to express her condolences for the sake of their acquaintance...

"Actually, I have another question for you this time..."

"…you say."

Illya put down her teacup and looked seriously at the widow of the Matou family in front of her... I guess you could say that.

When the party saw her like this, they immediately straightened up and looked at her seriously.

"...I want to ask you, what are you going to do next..."

"Bang bang bang!"

"..."

“…Huh? That’s weird. What’s going on today? Why do people keep coming to visit?”

Sakura scratched her cheek in confusion, then looked at Illya embarrassedly:

"I'm sorry, I have to excuse myself for a moment..."

"Well, it's okay. I can ask you when you come back."

"…it is good."

At the same time, a young man with long hair stood outside the door nervously.

He kept looking around. The familiar yet unfamiliar environment made him a little unsure for a moment, but according to the route he remembered, this should be the place...

"Crack!"

"Who is it?"

As the door opened, a familiar figure appeared in sight. The corners of Shinji's mouth slowly lifted up, and an extremely soft expression, different from before, appeared on his face.

[That’s what I said…]