Chapter 1100

【Gao Wen's mashed potatoes...】

【Back then, Gao Wen didn't know why he liked researching mashed potatoes, and she ate the other party's trial products for a long time.】

【When mentioning this topic, Shirou Emiya seemed to see a vengeful spirit emerging behind Artoria.】

【Is this resentment towards mashed potatoes?】

【Good guy, how lethal are Gao Wen's mashed potatoes!】

Gao Wen: "..."

Gao Wen only felt betrayed at this time.】

King, clearly you didn't say that back then.】

Zabiko: "Actually there is food that even King Arthur doesn't want to eat."

Blonde Rin: "Instead, it makes people interested."

Artoria: "Cough cough, that Sir Gao Wen, don't overthink it."

Mordred: "Hahaha ＼(^▽^)／, big gorilla, now you know how bad your mashed potatoes taste."

Back then, she also suffered from the poison of mashed potatoes.】

Flower Magician: "Don't be sad Gao Wen-chan, at least your younger siblings still like to eat them."

Gao Wen: "(╥╯^╰╥)"

【At midnight, Artoria had already gone to rest, and Rin Tohsaka, who couldn't sleep, pulled Shirou Emiya to sit in the corridor and admire the moon.】

【Rin Tohsaka clearly had different feelings for Shirou Emiya, otherwise she wouldn't have moved into the Emiya house.】

【The reason is that Rin Tohsaka discovered a truth.】

【Archer, that guy, is actually Shirou Emiya!】

【Actually, for the past few days, perhaps because of the contract, she had dreams for several consecutive days, seeing Archer's past experiences in her dreams.】

【Of course, the experiences were concentrated on the second half of his life, which had the greatest impact on him; the memories of the first half regarding the Holy Grail War and the Clock Tower were instead glossed over.】

【She only then knew that her Archer was such a miserable person.】

【However, she hadn't noticed that Archer was Shirou Emiya until the battle ended yesterday.】

【After going back, the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong; she brainstormed all night and finally had a guess: Archer is Shirou Emiya.】

【For this answer, she didn't dare to believe it at first; after all, you really couldn't tell.】

【Summoning a future Servant like this had never been recorded before, and in the first few days after Archer descended, he kept enticing her to kill Shirou Emiya.】

【Killing yourself, what kind of operation is this?】

【But as the window paper was poked through, she felt more and more that the two were very similar.】

【Holding the attitude of better to believe it than not, she accepted this fact.】

【For this reason, she moved into the Emiya house under the pretext of helping Shirou Emiya exercise his Projection Magic, hoping to help Shirou Emiya's miserable future.】

【It's just that Archer, that guy, appears extremely awkward and doesn't know where he ran off to again.】

Fiore: "So it was discovering Archer's past."

Waver: "Another case of shared memories, it's really magical."

This situation where the Master sees the Servant's past memories in a dream because of the contract isn't the first time; it happened to Kairi Sisigou before.】

Can't see the cause of this yet.】

Rin Tohsaka: "Really, being overly kind."

Aoko Aozaki: "When a woman is interested in a man, it's a signal."

Rin Tohsaka: "..."

【The two were quiet for a moment, and Rin Tohsaka broke the silence first.】

【She asked Shirou Emiya, does learning and practicing magic make you feel happy?】

【She feels very happy, because this allows her to forget that she is alone, with only a distant younger sister left.】

【She likes magic very much, likes the feeling of magic skills improving. But she didn't indulge in it.】

【She won't become arrogant and look down on others just because she gained a little bit of power.】

【It counts as responding to her father's expectations for her, and also as responding to her own persistence.】

Waver: "Hehe, core question right off the bat."

Lord El-Melloi II: "Through this question, one should be able to see Shirou Emiya's true heart."

【"..."】

【For this question, Shirou Emiya didn't know how to answer.】

【He didn't know—】

【This question to him is like someone asking a person who runs every day, do you feel happy running every day?】

【Running is just a way to exercise the body, just like Shirou Emiya practicing magic and learning magic; he only learns it when he needs to use magic, and he doesn't feel happy.】

Caules: "In general, it's just completing it as a task."

Gordes: "Actually, most magicians are like this at first; for example, my incompetent son, he just goes through the motions for the training plan I gave him."

Magical Girl Illya: "Just like going to school for exams (︶︹︺)."

Jinako: "Hehe, this metaphor is really too vivid."

【Rin Tohsaka: "Why are you silent? Emiya-kun's father didn't force you to do it, right, but you continued to practice; isn't it because magic makes you very happy?"】

【Shirou Emiya: "Uh, no..."】

【Rin Tohsaka's words pierced deep into his heart.】

【Happy, Shirou Emiya really hasn't felt this feeling even once.】

【He learns magic just to become an ally of justice, to be useful when saving people.】

【Magic is a tool for saving people; learning the method of using the tool certainly won't bring happiness.】

【He knows he has no talent for magic (he thinks), but to become someone like Kiritsugu, he can only desperately grasp this little hope.】

【At least by learning magic, there is a chance to get close to Kiritsugu.】

【"Wait, answer me seriously."】

【Rin Tohsaka said seriously: "Emiya-kun. I, maybe I misunderstood a very important thing."】

【She suddenly realized that she might have understood something.】

【"... That's right."】

【Shirou Emiya hesitated for a moment, but still said frankly: "I never thought practicing magic was happy. Whether it's practicing magic or magic itself, I've never felt happy. But, as long as the surroundings can feel happy, I'm very glad. So that's it, as long as I learn magic, one day it will be useful for someone, I think so."】

【"I want to become an ally of justice like Kiritsugu, that's why I learn magic."】

【"Yeah, my reason is probably like that."】

【"What is that! Aren't you learning magic for yourself?"】

【Rin Tohsaka only felt a fire surge into her heart; she remembered the tragedy of Archer she saw in her dream.】

【She finally understood what the source of the tragedy was.】

Waver: "Tools... can't say it's wrong. But—"

Kairi Sisigou: "If you are holding this mentality to practice magic, he won't go far."

Kayneth: "No inquiry, no creativity, learning magic is all for others; such a person is just following the book."

Househusband: "... The me in the video is self-taught; this is already pretty good."

Waver: "Also, you really lack a qualified teacher to guide you in magic."

【"Not for yourself, what does that mean?"】

【Shirou Emiya wondered: "As long as I can help others, I will be very happy."】

【He didn't know why Rin Tohsaka was angry, but still said what was on his mind.】

【Learning magic, helping others, harvesting others' smiles, and doing good deeds, so everyone is happy, isn't that good?】

【"That's just feeling glad! It's not happiness!"】

【Rin Tohsaka said with hatred for iron not becoming steel: "Happiness isn't like that. I'm talking about Emiya-kun yourself, whether you feel happy, it has nothing to do with everything around you!"】

【"I'm asking you if you feel happy from the bottom of your heart!"】