The girl spoke her real name from before she came to this world: Shizuka Nanahoshi.
Shirou seemed like he expected it.
Before he could say anything, Shizuka Nanahoshi started talking on her own: "Speaking of which, I feel like you're a little different from the Emiya Shirou in the main story, *Fate/stay Night*, that I watched? If I had to say, you're more like the Servant Archer than that Shirou? No, you don't have as much presence as Archer... more like a balance between the two?"
Wow.
Shirou realized just how much the other person knew about him.
No wonder Shizuka Nanahoshi said she knew him better than she thought. She basically knows everything!
Even if Shirou didn't want to admit it, he had to agree that what Shizuka Nanahoshi said might be true. She really might have seen that anime called Fate, and he just happened to be the main character.
But after a short talk, Shizuka Nanahoshi said in surprise: "Huh? You're saying you have a little sister named Miyu?"
"Yeah, didn't you say you watched the Fate anime?"
"No, in the anime I watched, you didn't have any little sister... Ilya is more like your older sister."
Shizuka Nanahoshi mumbled to herself, then she immediately realized, "Ah, I get it. You're not the Emiya Shirou from the main story, you're the Emiya from the spin-off *Magical Girl Ilya*!"
"..."
Shizuka Nanahoshi's words really confused Shirou.
She kept talking about the main story and the spin-off, but it was all incomprehensible.
However, Shirou gradually got used to Shizuka Nanahoshi's way of talking, and an idea came to his mind.
If what Shizuka Nanahoshi said was true, and he really was a character in some anime, wouldn't that mean Shizuka Nanahoshi could tell him where Miyu is based on how the anime goes?
Thinking of this, his heart started to beat fast.
A long-lost feeling of excitement spread through Shirou's body, and he couldn't help but ask Shizuka where Miyu might be.
Shizuka's expression was complicated.
She quietly said: "About your sister's location, I can only say that she was indeed sent to a very good, kind world. She made many friends in that world and became very happy."
"Really?"
Hearing that Miyu was doing well, Shirou almost cried tears of joy.
But Shizuka then said: "But the Ainsworth family still hasn't given up on her. They're trying all sorts of ways to open a path to another world to take Miyu back."
"Those bastards!"
Shirou clenched his fist.
He had thought about this possibility. After all, the Ainsworth family had so many Servant cards. If one of them had the ability to open up space, they might be able to find Miyu even across different worlds.
At that time, Shirou wouldn't be able to be by her side to protect her, which undoubtedly made Shirou very upset.
"Don't worry, Miyu has a lot of strong friends, they'll protect her."
Shizuka Nanahoshi said reassuringly, then said to herself, "But I never thought you'd really be that Emiya Shirou. It's already crazy enough to be sent to another world, why would I also run into characters from anime..."
"I don't know why I came here either."
Shirou shook his head. He was still confused about being sent to another world. Since coming to this world, he had just been taking things as they came.
Shizuka, however, didn't seem willing to just drift along. She then asked Shirou more questions and cleared up a lot of his confusion.
For example, Shizuka noticed that Shirou's language ability was especially amazing. Whether it was Japanese or the language of this world, he seemed to be able to understand everything quickly.
She thought that after Shirou inherited the power of the Servant Emiya, he also gained the Guardian's ability. After all, Guardians are servants of Alaya and have to travel through different times and spaces to save people in different worlds. If they couldn't understand the language, it would be very troublesome.
So Alaya gave her Guardian servants the ability to understand any language. This was to make it easier for the Guardians to start saving people.
Besides that, Shizuka also told Shirou about the *Fate* series anime she had watched, from the main story to the spin-offs, and the different paths. This made Shirou clearly realize the differences between himself, the Servant Emiya, and the Emiya Shirou from another world.
It could be said that after Shirou came to this world, this was the first time he had talked about his past in such detail with someone, which made him feel relieved.
Shirou was also very grateful for the information Shizuka gave him about Miyu.
And after talking so much, Shizuka herself seemed very happy and said excitedly: "Anyway, things are moving forward now. How should I say it, it's lucky that you're the one who came here? If the golden Archer, Gilgamesh, had come over, I can't even imagine what would happen..."
"Don't say such scary things."
Shirou couldn't imagine the image of a terrible Servant like Gilgamesh coming to this world. He would probably start fighting with the Dragon God or Hitogami on the first day, and then destroy the whole world in one go.
Shizuka also nodded, thinking that it was best if that didn't happen.
"But, I'm really glad you're the one who came, Emiya Shirou-kun... How should I say it, I'm not really a hardcore Anime fan, I just like watching Anime, so when I watched the *Fate* series, I really liked you. Uh, no, you can think of it as liking a celebrity? A fan, yeah, I'm your fan!"
"Even if you say that, I won't be happy."
No one would be happy to be called a character from an anime.
But because Shizuka herself was so honest, Shirou gradually accepted reality.
Shizuka then excitedly grabbed Shirou's hand and said with a happy face: "Emiya-kun, let's help each other to go back to our original world."
"This..."
Shirou wasn't surprised by Shizuka's goal.
If he had the chance, he would also want to go back to his original world, at least to save Miyu.
But at least for now, that wasn't his plan.
He still had things he needed to do.
So Shirou quietly let go of Shizuka's hand and said seriously: "If you want to go back, I can help, but I have things I have to do first. I can only think about going back after I've done them."
"Is that so, well, that's right. After all, you're the kind of person who, once you decide on something, you won't easily change it."
"...Can you not act like you know me better than I know myself?"
"Oh, I'm your fan, isn't it normal for fans to know more about their idols than anyone else?"
Shizuka said casually.
But this undoubtedly gave Shirou a headache.
...
Shirou and Shizuka had a long talk.
They were both people who came back to life and had come directly to this world, so naturally they had endless topics to talk about.
Shizuka directly showed that she was determined to go home. She also said that the reason she was making so many changes in this world was to prepare to go back to her original world. She never thought about trying to make this world better.
Shirou didn't hate this selfish idea.
Because he himself had given up on the goal of justice, he naturally wouldn't care about other people's selfish choices.
Moreover, Shirou could understand Shizuka's thoughts.
She must not be able to get used to this world, which had no place for her.
People are social animals. Only when they enter a group called society can they have a self in the concept of the group.
If they can't fit into the group, then a self can't be born.
Shizuka also talked about her experience when she came to this world.
At that time, she was in an empty grassland. She later learned that it was the Asura Kingdom.
Because it was empty and deserted, and she was struggling with what to do, it seemed that Orsted showed up and protected her.
Orsted's purpose was unclear. He just took her on a journey around the world, and in the process, Shizuka learned everything about this world, starting with language, to the existence of magic, currency, and living habits, and so on.
She spent two years in the Asura Kingdom.
During this time, she set up a plan to earn money by teaching others knowledge like the cooking or sewing skills of her original world. Then, she used the money to gain power, and finally, she only had to use the power and wait for the money to come to her.
Moreover, she also used the Dragon God, one of the Seven Great Powers, as a backing to spread the word and gain the trust of others, and then used her own way of talking to establish connections.
She now seemed to have enough assets to enjoy for the rest of her life.
However, all of this was just a stepping stone to achieve her goal of going back to her original world.
The fight with Shirou also happened during the journey. It was a situation that Shizuka hadn't expected, but it made her realize that Shirou was also someone who came back to life.
"Speaking of which, why did Orsted attack me because of Hitogami's existence?"
"I don't know the details, but he said it was a personal matter. Also, if Hitogami's followers are allowed to act freely, things will become very difficult, so they have to be dealt with early. That's what he said."
"Hitogami..."
Shirou also didn't trust Hitogami, but Orsted was also a huge threat at the moment, so he had to work with Hitogami for now.
Shirou also learned about the existence of transfer magic circles from Shizuka. It was said that there were many hidden magic circles in this world, which could allow people to transfer instantly between different locations.
This made Shirou very jealous, because if he had known about this during the Great Transfer, he wouldn't have spent nearly two years walking from the Demon Continent to the Asura Kingdom.
Then, Shizuka Nanahoshi told Shirou all the locations of the transfer magic circles.
"Is that okay?"
"Well, Orsted told me to not tell anyone, but if it's you, Emiya, there's no problem."
"Why do you trust me so much?"
"Because I'm your biggest fan!"
"..."
Seeing Shirou's speechless look, Shizuka quickly smiled: "Okay, okay, to be serious, it's because I know you pretty well. You're not the kind of person who would use the transfer circle to do bad things. Rather than not doing bad things, you're the kind of person who, when you see someone in danger, you'll instinctively go to save them, without any hesitation."
"This..."
Shirou was silent about Shizuka's words.
He didn't think he still had that heart of justice now. He had given up on justice.
But Shizuka said seriously: "You might think you've given up on justice, but I know that the Emiya Shirou inside you will never completely give up on justice. Even that Archer, even though he says justice is childish talk, he will actually do things that he doesn't regret."
"Archer is Archer, I'm me, and even Unlimited Blade Works has rejected me."
Shirou sighed.
Since Shizuka Nanahoshi already knew about his situation, he simply told her about Unlimited Blade Works.
Shizuka was surprised to hear this. She then thought silently and said: "I know about this, because in the anime, not every Emiya Shirou has mastered Unlimited Blade Works. The only one who really mastered Unlimited Blade Works is you in the UBW path... Ah, I said some incomprehensible things. Anyway, Unlimited Blade Works was originally Archer's ability, so being rejected by it doesn't mean you've given up on justice, but that you're not recognized by Archer, right?"
"Servant Emiya's recognition?"
Hearing Shizuka's words, Shirou suddenly felt like he had woken up.
Indeed, he had forgotten until now that the biggest connection between himself and Unlimited Blade Works was the existence of Servant Emiya.
On that snowy night, the reason why he could release Unlimited Blade Works was because he had gained Servant Emiya's recognition at the time and used the other's power to win the Holy Grail War overnight.
The current Shirou was constantly rejecting Servant Emiya in his heart, worried about being affected by Servant Emiya, so naturally there was no way he could gain Servant Emiya's recognition.
But this led to a dead end.
Being affected by Servant Emiya and gaining Servant Emiya's recognition would happen at the same time, but Shirou didn't want to take the risk and the terrible consequences.
While he was hesitating, Shizuka came up with an idea: "Actually, to gain Servant Emiya's recognition, it doesn't necessarily have to be Servant Emiya influencing you. You can also influence him. Or, if you can beat Servant Emiya and prove that your path is more correct than his, wouldn't you be able to gain his recognition?"
Shizuka's idea came from the duel between Emiya Shirou and Servant Emiya in the UBW path.
Emiya Shirou influenced Servant Emiya through battle, forcing the latter to agree with the former's chosen path, which eventually led to the power of Unlimited Blade Works being passed on to Emiya Shirou.
Shirou thought it was very reasonable after hearing Shizuka's idea.
He suddenly thought of many things and said with gratitude: "Thank you, Shizuka, you've cleared up a lot of my confusion."
"No, it's nothing."
Shizuka's face was a little red.
Seeing her appearance, Shirou realized that it seemed like she wasn't lying when she said she was his biggest fan.
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