Chapter 509: Trust

Lin draped the towel over her shoulder and looked at her seriously.

"San Yue Jie's words are indeed quite absurd banana."

Lin's tone was calm, "Monkeys, mirror world, speaking with banana, normally I'd think you're just making me happy banana. But—"

She paused, then stuck a finger into San Yue Qi's shoulder.

"You are the Servant I summoned banana. If the Master doesn't trust his Servant, then what's the point of the Holy Grail War banana? Just admit defeat banana."

San Yue Qi widened her eyes and stared at her.

In those pink‑blue eyes, something was gathering rapidly, and then—

"Lin!!!"

San Yue Qi threw her arms wide, leapt like a pink cannonball, and hugged Lin tightly!

"Uwa! What are you doing banana——!!!"

Lin's face flushed instantly, her hands flailed in the air, "Let, let go banana! This—this—what does this look like banana!"

"Don't let go, don't let go, just don't!"

San Yue Qi buried her face on her shoulder, her voice muffled yet full of feeling, "Lin, you're so great! Uwu why are you so great! I, this girl have decided, from now on anyone dares to bully you, I'll shoot Ice Arrow at their butt! Shoot them into existential crisis!"

"Who, who wants you to protect banana! Miss here can—"

"And that expression you just had! The expression that shows I trust you! So cool! Cooler than Dan Heng!"

"Dan, who is Dan Heng banana?!"

"The one in charge of security on the train! Not important! What matters is Lin, you're really great!"

San Yue Qi clung to her, arms wrapped tightly, her pink head rubbing against Lin's shoulder, looking like a pampering pink large‑dog‑type animal.

Lin was choked almost breathless, her hands still trying to push her away, but the force was limp and ineffective.

Her face was already red to the ears, heat spreading from neck to forehead, muttering:

"Let, let go banana… what kind of words is this banana… Miss here is the Master banana… must maintain dignity banana…"

"Don't let go!"

"San Yue Jie—!"

"Unless you say again that you trust me!"

"You—!"

Lin bit her lip, struggled for 0.3 seconds, then muttered rapidly in a mosquito‑like buzz:

"Trust you banana…"

Although Lin's face was still red to the ears, the corner of her mouth curved faintly.

"Stupid, idiot banana…"

She muttered softly.

After a while, San Yue Qi finally released her hand, stepped back two paces, a goofy smile on her face.

Lin smoothed her disheveled clothes, cleared her throat, and tried to regain her Tohsaka aura.

"Ahem, ahem. Anyway, I trust you banana."

San Yue Qi nodded vigorously.

"Mm!"

Just then—

"Gururururu—"

A long, loud stomach rumble, terribly ill‑timed, came from Lin's belly.

Lin's expression froze.

San Yue Qi looked down at her belly.

Lin stiffly turned, pretending to look at the wall clock.

"Um… that… actually… skipping one meal isn't a big banana…"

"Anyway, people from the Tohsaka family have never seen any great storm… just missing a breakfast is nothing banana…"

San Yue Qi's mouth twitched.

She instantly recalled the scenes from the previous Rewind—Lin, starving, wobbling while running desperately; Lin crouching on the ground, panting like a dead dog; Lin, chased by Monkeys, legs weak, still shouting "Why is it so big?"

No.

She must absolutely not let Lin face those chaotic things on an empty stomach.

"Lin."

San Yue Qi's expression suddenly turned serious, "Stay here, I'll go buy something to eat."

Lin was startled, "Now banana?"

"Mm."

San Yue Qi walked to the doorway, "Aren't you hungry? I happen to want something too. There's a convenience store nearby, right?"

"There is, there is banana… but could it be dangerous outside banana?"

San Yue Qi turned around and winked at her.

Then she inhaled deeply and whispered:

"MadeInHeaven—"

As soon as the words fell, San Yue Qi's figure stretched into a pink after‑image in Lin's sight, dashing from one side of the living room to the other and back, so fast it was almost invisible!

Time Acceleration!

Lin felt a gust brush her cheek; when she recovered, San Yue Qi was standing before her, brandishing a pillow from nowhere, swinging it proudly.

"How's that? Impressive, right?"

San Yue Qi tossed the body pillow back onto the sofa, "With this ability, running away is definitely no problem! And if something really happens, I can pause time and just bolt!"

Lin opened her mouth, seemed about to say something, but in the end just nodded.

"Then… then you be careful, banana."

She pulled out a few banknotes from her pocket and handed them to San Yue Qi, "Buy whatever you want, banana, just don't run too far, banana."

"Got it!"

San Yue Qi opened the door, stuck her head out and looked left and right.

Everything seemed normal.

She turned back, gave Lin an OK sign, then tiptoed out.

The door closed softly behind her.

Lin stood where she was, staring at the door for a while.

Then she patted her still growling stomach and muttered softly:

"Make sure you come back safe, banana…"

San Yue Qi walked along the early‑morning street, her steps light.

She tried the Time Acceleration ability and found it indeed smoother than the one she used in Rewind before.

The feeling was like— the whole world's flow had slowed, and she could freely weave through that sluggish river.

But San Yue Qi didn't let her guard down.

She carefully surveyed the surroundings—no Monkeys, no mirrored‑text traces, no unsettling dead silence.

Everything was as normal as it could possibly be.

But having gone through those Rewinds, she knew that this "normal" could be shattered at any moment.

(First to the convenience store, quick strike, quick finish.)

San Yue Qi clenched her fist and silently recited the slogan in her mind:

"Madeinheaven!"

Time Acceleration activated!

The world around instantly slowed— the middle‑aged man crossing the street lifted his foot and kept it raised for ages, clouds drifting in the sky seemed frozen, even the curve of leaves swayed by the wind moved as if in slow motion.

San Yue Qi felt like a gust of wind, racing down the street!

She tapped the ground a few times with her toes, and she was already dozens of meters away!

The speed was so fast even her shadow couldn't keep up; passersby only saw a flash, as if something zipped by, but on a closer look there was nothing.

The convenience store's door was just ahead!

San Yue Qi slammed on the brakes, pushed the door open—

"Welcome—"

The clerk's lazy greeting rang out, not noticing that the customer had "appeared out of nowhere."

San Yue Qi took three steps in two, sprinted to the shelves, and with the hand speed she had honed years of buying for Jizi on the train, flung items into the basket at lightning speed: bread, milk, rice balls, chocolate, and a few packs of snacks Lin might like.

"Checkout!"