Outside London Airport.
Kayneth walked up to a car on the side of the road and knocked gently on the window. As the window slowly rolled down, Kayneth spoke.
"Lorelei, aren't you going to see Rin off?"
Lorelei watched Rin and the others walking into the airport in the distance and answered Kayneth tsundere-ly.
"None of your business!"
Just then, Rin, who had walked to the airport entrance, turned around and waved at Kayneth and Lorelei, shouting something, seemingly saying goodbye.
"It seems Rin has spotted you, Lorelei."
Lorelei blushed and turned her head away.
"I told you, none of your business! Drive, let's go back."
Rin smiled as she watched the vehicle drive away, and at the call of Sakura and the others, she pushed her luggage and followed them.
Marisbury smiled as he looked at Rin, recalling his meeting with Manaka after returning to London. After hesitating for a moment, he said to Rin.
"Rin, I'll leave you here. I look forward to you returning with enough funds next time."
"Rest assured, I will return with enough funds to fulfill our contract."
"Then, have a safe trip."
"Goodbye!"
Fuyuki City, the plane landed slowly at the airport.
Rin returned once again to this place, her birthplace. She raised her hand and looked at the command spells left over from the last war. 'Come, Holy Grail War, the winner this time will be me too!'
Rin, accompanied by Sakura, Fujino, Waver, and Gray, walked out of the airport and immediately spotted Touko leaning against a car outside the airport, smoking.
"Touko!"
"Rin!"
The two smiled at each other.
Tohsaka Annex, Touko drove the group back from the airport and arrived here first.
Just as she got out of the car, Rin saw Da Vinci, who was pouting and looking unhappy, standing in front of the gate, staring at her intensely.
"Uh, Da Vinci, why are you looking at me with that expression?"
"Ah! Rin, you bastard, what was that British 'delicacy'?'Stargazy Pie'? I think it was more like 'Death with eyes wide open'! Do you know I was so scared I crawled under the table back then! You must compensate me again!"
"Alright, alright, I'll compensate you. Tomorrow I'll go out with you, and I'll buy you whatever you like, okay? See, we have guests now."
Then, Rin turned to Waver, who was carrying luggage with a nostalgic look on his face, and Gray, who was curiously looking around, and said.
"Waver, Gray, please come in. Welcome to the Tohsaka Annex."
Rin and Touko took Waver and Gray to the rooms prepared for them to drop off their luggage. After accompanying Waver and Gray to tour the upper structure of the entire Tohsaka Annex, Rin stood up to bid them farewell, returned to the car, and left with Touko, Sakura, and Fujino.
Waver sat in the hall of the Tohsaka Annex with a cigar in his mouth, ignoring Da Vinci, who was occasionally casting curious glances, and said to the somewhat nervous Gray.
"Gray, I'm leaving Rin's experiment to you. Don't worry, Rin promised me that she definitely won't hurt you!"
"Okay!"
At noon, after many days of absence, Rin, Sakura, and Fujino finally returned home. After returning to their rooms to put away their luggage, the group came together to the hall.
"Sorry, Mother (Auntie), for making you worry." X2
Tohsaka Tokiomi sat at the head of the dining table, elegantly swirling the red wine glass in his hand.
"Oh, only to Aoi? Don't you intend to say anything to me?"
Rin walked up behind Tokiomi and slapped him on the back, startling Tokiomi so much that he spilled his wine all over the floor.
"Dad, where did you learn this routine? Not from another TV show, right?"
Tokiomi, who was wiping the wine stains off his hands with a napkin, was called out by Rin. He laughed awkwardly twice and said nothing more.
"It's alright, Sakura, Fujino, as long as you have returned safely."
Hearing that her mother was not blaming her, Sakura happily hugged Aoi, burying her head in Aoi's arms and acting coquettishly.
"Mom, you're the best!"
At this point, Tokiomi, on the side, was not having it.
"Sakura, am I not good?"
Hearing Tokiomi's words, Sakura left Aoi's arms, hugged Tokiomi's arm, looked up at Tokiomi, and smiled.
"Dad is of course just as good."
Rin, on the side, noticed the look of loneliness in Fujino's eyes. She walked up to Fujino and put an arm around her shoulder.
"Fujino, don't think too much. You are also part of our family."
Homurahara Academy, as the bell for the end of class rang.
Shirou Kotomine turned his head to look at Sakura's empty desk and couldn't help but sigh.
Shinji Matou, who walked up beside Shirou Kotomine, also followed Shirou's gaze to look at Sakura's desk. His expression changed drastically, and he cautiously leaned into Shirou Kotomine's ear and asked.
"Hey Shirou, what are you doing? I've seen you staring at Sakura's seat a lot lately. You don't like Sakura, do you? If that Tohsaka Rin finds out, she'll kill you."
Shirou Kotomine was stunned and looked at Shinji Matou in disbelief.
"Shinji, what are you thinking? How could I possibly like Sakura!"
"Ah! Is that so? Then why do you keep looking at Sakura's seat?"
Shirou Kotomine looked at the surrounding classmates, picked up his bento, and pulled Shinji to the empty rooftop before opening his mouth to reply.
"Shinji, you must not spread this around. I heard from my father that Sakura secretly ran off to the Clock Tower with Rin. You know what the Clock Tower is, right?"
Shinji Matou curled his lips.
"Of course I do. The highest institution in the Magecraft world, right? Oh! I get it, you're worried that Sakura won't come back?"
"Yeah, we've played together since we were little. Wouldn't it be sad if Sakura suddenly left?"
Shinji Matou rolled his eyes at Shirou Kotomine.
"Please! Shirou, we're Magi too, you know? What if Sakura really goes to London? At worst, we can go ask Rin-chan to help us, take us along! Don't!"
At this time, Shinji Matou was unaware that his original self should have had no magical aptitude. However, after being possessed by Zouken Matou in his childhood, Zouken, who was very dissatisfied with this body, had earlier, with the help of Kiritsugu Emiya, successfully cleared Shinji Matou's mage circuits. Of course, all of this was done while Shinji Matou was in a state of unconscious sleep; Shinji Matou himself knew nothing about it.
Shirou Kotomine awkwardly scratched his head.
"Seems that's true. Thanks, Shinji."
Just then, the rooftop door opened. Kallen, who had advanced a grade through her own efforts, had also come this year to the private Homurahara Academy where Shirou Kotomine was.
"onii-chan, Shinji-nii, what are you talking about?"
Shinji Matou looked at the adorable Kallen before him, smiled, reached out, and ruffled her head.
"We were talking about Sakura's matter."
"Oh! I get it. Was it this idiot onii-chan overthinking things again?"
Shirou Kotomine gave a wry smile and glanced at Kallen, then unwrapped the cloth bundle containing the bento boxes, taking out three of them.
Kallen and Shinji Matou each took a bento.
"Sorry to trouble you, Shirou. It's a bother for you to prepare a bento for me every day."
"Don't mention it. Well... after all, your father he..."
"Shirou, don't bring up that guy! He's not my father."
"Sorry!"
Kallen looked helplessly at Shirou Kotomine, who had misspoken again, put down her bento, and walked over to Shinji Matou.
"Shinji-nii, I'm sorry. This idiot onii-chan often speaks without thinking."
Shinji Matou lifted his gloomy face, looked at Kallen, and his expression slowly returned to normal.
"It's not Shirou's fault. We've been best friends for so many years; of course I know this guy's bad habit. I'm just angry at that bastard Tsuruno!"
"I'm so glad you don't blame onii-chan!"
Perhaps due to the earlier atmosphere, the three of them sat quietly on the rooftop eating their bentos, with no further conversation.
Just as they were almost finished, Shinji Matou suddenly looked at Kallen and Shirou Kotomine and asked,
"Kallen, Shirou, can the Holy Grail really grant any wish?"
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