Click!
The sound of the door lock opening was heard.
"Syr? How do you have the key to my room?", Ryuu was very surprised.
"I borrowed it from Mama Mia," Syr said, "You broke the record for 'how many plates can be broken at once' at the tavern today, Mama Mia is very angry and sent me here to catch you."
Syr's round little face was very serious, "Suspect Ryuu Lion, you are under arrest, surrender now!"
Seeing Syr's cute appearance, Ryuu couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth.
Her mood eased a lot.
Syr chuckled, she sat on the elf girl's bed, "What are you worried about, Ryuu."
"Syr...", Ryuu blushed, "I don't know how to face Shirou..."
'Just rush up, confess, date, and then get married,' Syr shouted in her heart, 'You two, hurry up and be together!'
However, although she was very anxious, Syr still maintained a gentle smile, and chose not to say the words in her heart.
"Just like before," Syr comforted Ryuu.
"Can it really be like before...", Ryuu lowered her head, trying to hide her crimson pretty face and swaying eyes.
Syr covered her chest.
Ryuu: "What's wrong, Syr."
Syr took a deep breath, "Ryuu, you are too cute now..."
"Syr, don't tease me...", Ryuu blushed, she hugged her knees with both hands, and said in a low voice, "I don't want to make Shirou worry..."
In Ryuu's view, Emiya's actions were all to save everyone from desperate situations, everything he did was out of righteous actions, everyone survived because of Shirou's courage and determination.
And now, for Emiya's justice to stand up, she actually had an inappropriate reaction and thoughts, Ryuu felt that she was very bad.
Ryuu, who has a strong sense of morality and honor, believes that the reputation of the noble forest clan has been disgraced because of herself.
And besides, the thought that "I was saved by Shirou" also made Ryuu feel very uneasy.
After the revenge against the Evilus, Ryuu's original plan was to die, it was the existence of Emiya and Syr that supported her broken heart and became the reason for Ryuu to live.
Ryuu believes that Shirou can become the successor of the justice of the Astraea family, and she, who is no longer worthy of the name justice, the only thing she can do is to use her remaining strength to protect the temporarily weak boy.
However, she, a useless waste elf, could not even do this.
She could neither kill the black Goliath alone, nor could she defeat Alicia who had upgraded to Lv.5.
'I can't do anything...'
Looking at Ryuu who was shrinking into a ball and becoming more and more depressed, Syr sighed helplessly.
Truly an elf. In the field of being stubborn, no race can compare with the elves.
Knock! Knock!
The room door was knocked.
"Ryuu, are you okay," Because the fleeing Ryuu did not show up, the worried Emiya came up.
"Shirou?", Ryuu panicked, but there was no place to hide in this room.
So Syr saw Ryuu lift the quilt and bury her head in it.
But her butt was not hidden in time, but instead was sticking out high.
'An ostrich?', Syr held back her laughter and got up to open the door for Emiya.
Emiya: "Syr, long time no see."
"Shirou, it's really good to see you are okay."
The silver-haired girl clasped her hands in front of her chest, she smiled sweetly from the bottom of her heart.
But immediately, Syr changed the subject—
"I still have work to do, Ryuu is left to you," Syr said decisively, she quickly walked behind the boy and pushed Emiya into the room.
Because the girl's movements were too coherent, Emiya had no time to object and was pushed in.
Syr closed the door from the outside, then she took out a long iron chain from under her skirt and locked the room door.
"Done!"
The silver-haired girl put her hands on her hips and nodded with satisfaction.
———
"Ryuu," Emiya called the elf girl's name.
"Can't see me, can't see me, can't see me...", Ryuu hid her head in the quilt, pretending to be an ostrich, futilely escaping.
Emiya tried again, he called Ryuu several times, but the elf girl did not respond. She held her head tightly, only a small butt was shaking outside.
For the elf girl hiding in the quilt, Emiya also felt helpless for a while.
'Elves are a group of stubborn and awkward guys, it's useless to reason with them,' Emiya thought of the dwarf Mia's evaluation of elves.
The bold and rough dwarves, and the elegant and proud elves, the two races are completely different extremes in style of doing things, so they often dislike each other.
And in a sense, the two races who are lifelong enemies, their views on each other may be the most accurate.
In Mia's mouth, elves are a group of "troublesome good people".
In general, elves often have a sense of morality above the average level, they are considered symbols of "purity" and "integrity".
Even the dwarf Mia admits that as comrades, most elves are trustworthy.
"But, it's really troublesome to interact with elves in daily life," That's what Mia said.
Stubborn, proud, don't listen to people... These are also the evaluations that elves often receive.
In this regard, if Lefiya is an elf who is not like an elf, then Ryuu is an elf among elves.
Her degree of stubbornness, even the experienced Mia feels troublesome.
However, Mia, who has experienced storms, has long mastered the trick to deal with elves, and she selflessly taught this secret skill summed up from life experience to Emiya.
The correct way to deal with elves is - to be tough.
"It's useless to reason with a stubborn elf, their heads are more stubborn than orichalcum and they can't listen to others," Mia clenched her fists while showing a villain-like evil expression, telling Emiya her approach, "The only feasible way to deal with them is to be 'tough', the more you reason with them the less they will listen, but if you start to be 'unreasonable', they will obediently listen."
"The softer you are, the harder they are, and the tougher you are, the softer they are, elves are such a race."
Seriously recalling the truth taught by Mia, Emiya took a deep breath, 'Sorry, Ryuu.'
He whispered to the elf girl in his heart.
Emiya's right hand naturally hung down, from the shoulder to the fingertips, all bones, muscles, joints, completely relaxed.
He closed his eyes, imagining his arm becoming softer and softer, turning into a clear stream of water.
The right hand swung, the target, Ryuu's... back.
Slap—
"Ah!"
Ryuu covered her back and jumped up from the bed.
The elf girl's pretty face was red, stammering, "Shirou, you, you, you..."
The situation finally made some progress, at least Ryuu admitted the existence of the other party, and could no longer pretend to be an ostrich.
Ryuu protected her back behind her hands, her slightly red eyes looked at Emiya, her eyes had three parts of grievance, three parts of surprise, three parts of fear, and one part of expectation.
Emiya took advantage of Ryuu's panic and stepped forward.
He grabbed the girl's hands from both sides and held them tightly.
"Ahhh—", Feeling the temperature of the boy's body, Ryuu lost her strength for a moment.
"Ryuu, look at me carefully," Emiya said seriously.
"Yes, yes..."
"Ryuu, you are very important to me."
"Yes..."
"I am grateful to you and also regard you as an admired role model."
"Yes..."
"Because of Ryuu, I was saved."
"Yes..."
In the small room, Emiya looked into the eyes of the elf girl, saying each sentence seriously.
Ryuu felt that she could not bear the boy's sincere gaze, she tried to escape, but could not break free.
The only way Ryuu could resist was to push Emiya away with her strong force, but, pushing Shirou away was something she could not do.
The hot temperature from the other's fingers passed to her sensitive fingertips, Ryuu's whole body was soft, unable to resist, and could only unconditionally agree with everything the boy said.
"Ryuu, I hope you can be happy," Emiya said softly.
Hearing this, Ryuu's heart ached.
She struggled to resist, "I am not qualified to be happy..."
Emiya opened his mouth, then closed it, he originally wanted to tell Ryuu: everything she did was right, she should untie her heart knot, the sacrificed companions would not want Ryuu to continue to struggle in the shadow of the past...
But, he realized that comfort was useless.
As Mia said, for stubborn elves, those painless words are meaningless.
Even if it can briefly cheer Ryuu up, she will soon start to deny herself again.
Only "unreasonable", "troublesome", "reversing right and wrong", "making trouble for no reason" is the correct way to deal with Ryuu.
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