We see Shirou sigh after reading the list of ingredients and their properties .... And understanding none of it... Just understand that he needs to combine it all with lead paint and create this symbol.
Anyways after finishing reading the list, he looks at the bag that was also hidden opening he see's..... guns.... lots of guns.... and ammo..... and grenades..... 'HOW IS THIS CONNECTED TO MAGECRAFT !!!' Shirou screams losing his mind. Unable to imagine himself sleeping a couple of rooms away from a grenade.
Nor his mother ever having them
* An hour latter the sun is starting to rise*
We see Shirou sigh again after calming down and hiding the weapons seeing the sunrise he realizes he didn't sleep for around 14 hours.
*Knock. Knock. Knock*
Hearing the knocks Shirou goes to the front door opening he sees Sakura with a worried face before he can greet her and welcome her in she asks '' Are you okay?.... I heard what happened to Kiritsugu" hearing the concern in her voice makes Shirou smile a bit and he replies
"Ye... I'm fine... I just needed some time to come to terms with it and calm down... She's strong... She will make it! " Shirou replies with confidence that makes Sakura's worried face brighten up a bit until she frowned " Shirou? did you get any sleep ?" Shirou just chuckles a bit and scratches the back of his head wanting to tell her a lie and say he slept but knowing he can't lie just replies "I couldn't. I needed time to think and I didn't notice the sun was coming up"
Sakura's frown became a bit bigger and was that a little flash of red in her eyes Shirou sees but thinks it's the light from the sun that was rising but she calms down and replies with a concerned voice "As long as you're okay Shirou...Do you want me to make you breakfast ?'' Shirou just shakes his head
" No I think I just need some time outside and breathe some fresh air after being inside the house so long... I don't think I would be coming home for a while so you can just go home. " Shirou replies softly while getting a jacket since it's November so it's cold. Sakura becomes sad since she can't spend the day with her friend but she understands that he needs time alone so she goes outside with him and they say goodbye to each other walking in different direction with her looking at him leaving.
Shirou walking around the city thinking about where he could buy so much silver until he feels.... something.... familiar and he turns his head to the feeling, seeing a church with a brown-haired woman going inside of it. Felling compelled he goes to the church - seeing it's broken down but still in good shape - knocks on the door three times and after waiting a bit opens it and walks in seeing the inside is in a much worse state than the outside almost like there was a fight here.
Or the one time a frustrated Taiga severely lost to... his mom...
While looking around, he hears footsteps and the door opening turning his head to the left he sees the same brown-haired woman who walked in here not too long ago.
The woman gets a surprised and intrigued look on her face until she gets a smile on her face.... a really wrong smile... a really, really wrong smile like she trying to smile but failing spectacularly like her face wants to smile differently... no like that smile is hiding another smile that doesn't exist...
"Hello there child for what reason have you come here in the house of God ?" The brown-haired woman asks, snapping out of his thoughts about her smile, he looks around and bluntly says.
" seems like god is a messy person " her smile ? strained or became looking a bit more .... normal ?... he doesn't know " Well God is a busy person, so he doesn't have the time to clean it up... But you still didn't answer my question" She replies.
"I don't really know... maybe.... I wanted to pray to save someone... I was just compelled to come here..." Shirou replies with a frowning smile.... since he smiles all the time
" ... Do you think he will help someone like me ? " Shirou continues and to that, the brown-haired woman's smile becomes a bit more ... genuine? "
Well, I personally think that only believers with strong wills and desire can reach God " and her smile grows a bit more seeing Shirou go down " ah... So I shouldn't even try" Shirou replies still down until he does a one-eighty and continues "Do you need help cleaning up" looking around again surprising the brown-haired woman a bit " We don't even know each other why should you help me " with an intrigued face the brown-haired asks and Shirou just shrugs his shoulders " what's your name miss ?" the nun looks at him for a bit and smiles " You should offer your own name before seeking another's. It's a basic courtesy " Shirou blushes a bit for forgetting his manners which Kiritsugu drilled into his head.
" My name is Shirou Emiya "
Shirou notices it immediately her smile started to morph and becoming .... happy ?
" Really.... Emiya ? " she asks and even the child could see that there was more to that question, so Shirou replies instantly and bluntly "You know my mother. Kiritsugu Emiya " and they stay in silence until "Ku ku ku, really? why do you think so ? "
She replies with a... It doesn't even count as a smile it's more like a grin... a grin that seemed to mask more than it revealed. "Because your smile became.... happy ? When I said my last name" her grin becomes more visible like she found out something new
" Really? That's the first time I've heard someone attribute happiness to my smile, or happiness in general " which surprised Shirou, but he feels like she was telling the truth " So may I now know your name?" She continues looking at him and then.
"Kirei... Kirei Kotomine"
She replies with the biggest grin and Shirou starts to grin slightly also knowing the name for who he feels compelled to know.
" So Kirei can I help you clean? since we now know each other, and my mother seemed to know you" Kirei thinks for a while " Well how can I deny help... especially from an Emiya. The heavens are really watching over this faithful servant " She says after thinking for a while and they start cleaning.
* A couple of hours later *
After cleaning the church Shirou randomly asks at least to Kirei asks "Do you have a kitchen here?" and Kirei just looks at him with a sideways glance " You won't try to poison me like Kiritsugu will you ?" she asks and laughs like its a personal joke but Shirou just stops completely.
" What ? " Shirou asks while slowly turning his head to her.
As Kirei just looks at him and then frowns a bit before smiling and starts to cackle like a hyena "She didn't tell you... did she ?" She says with the biggest grin possible for a human "Well ... I guess you will just have to ask her " She says while loving the confused face on Shirou ".... I wouldn't be able to... " She stops laughing hearing this "Really kukuku why ?" .... She didn't expect to hear "She's in a coma... and dying. "
Kirei's countenance shifted—confusion, surprise, and a hint of something else passing through her gaze. "I... I haven't heard of this," she confessed, her voice holding a note of genuine surprise. However, her subsequent words carried a tone of acceptance, "Well, it doesn't matter."
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" What ? " Shirou repeats again.
"It doesn't matter I guess she just wasn't the one then," Shirou asks with pure confusion " The one ? " Kirei just smiles "The one who will make me feel " Shirou is confused more " make you feel ?" She explains " To make me feel human," She says with a small smile and Shirou bluntly says "But you are human." Kirei stops and stays quiet for a while with a blank face until she smirks " really? Someone who enjoys pain is a human ?"
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Shirou really didn't know how to reply nor think... Enjoy causing harm to other ? He understands that people get hurt a lot... he saw that happened to many people, he saw people bully Sakura... even if he didn't understand why...
But enjoy pain ? Not just to others but the way she said it meant in general... ?
And so, standing there in silence Shirou felt her gaze on his stunned face holding back her laughter....
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Until he finally responded....
" Does... it really matter ? "
Kirei gained a confused look which Shirou saw " Why does enjoying pain make it so your not human ? I mean human's suffer all the time... right ? So some people finding joy in that shouldn't be wrong right ? I mean.... I mean.... your human... " Shirou tried to explain.... But on the inside, he felt like he was convincing himself.
Kirei doesn't respond.... and just continues to walk.... with Shirou following... thinking about what he just heard and said.
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"Were here," Kirei says opening the door to the kitchen while walking in with Shirou following her and starts to automatically checking the cabinet and sees... Tofu... everywhere ... "You really like tofu...." Shirou says surprised while checking another cabinet and sees more tofu..... "You don't know how to cook... do you" Shirou replies bluntly while turning to her and seeing her blank face... but he feels like she's embarrassed. After staring at her for a while he goes back to cooking.
In 48 minutes we see Shirou setting up the table for him and Kirei with tofu along with sauce .... that is glowing.
After looking at it for a while Kirei sits down "Are you sure you didn't poison it? I'm pretty sure normal tofu doesn't glow" She says with a smirk while looking at it from all angles to make sure it isn't poison since if it's her son you can't be sure.
" She didn't try to poison you did she ?" Shirou asks while looking at her seeing her shake her head " No she didn't try to poison me..." Shirou sighs happily... There's no way a hero would try to poison someone....
Until...
"...She tried to put a bullet in my head " She continues grinning seeing Shirou's shocked face. After messing enough with Shirou she takes a bite of her food and.... her mind goes blank... Shirou seeing her stop after taking a bite of his food drops his worries... for now... and gained new ones... which are that he didn't cook the tofu correctly or to her liking since he never really cooked tofu before.
So, he asks "are you okay?" Kirei just looks at him with a .... BLUSH !!!... and starts praying "Thank you, God... Thank you for giving me this miracle...." And she continues...
*After eating the meal at which for every bite she almost always prayed*
Shirou seeing the sun coming turns to Kirei to say he has to go but stops, seeing her basically looking at him like god .... Which disturbs him...Kirei sees this coughs and goes back to being normal.... ish...
After a while with him cleaning the plates and them just staring at each other one in amusement the other in intrigue wondering how she is connected to his mother, while also thinking of her words.... Enjoy pain ? Why... He understands that people can develop some tolerance to pain... He develop a lot of it... But enjoy it ?
Arg it's so confusing.
And her smile isn't helping.
And so while looking at her he notices something behind the window... the setting sun.
And before she asks him to cook again...
" I have to go home it's getting late " Shirou says quickly hoping to get away from her before she starts praying to him and calling him a cooking god. Kirei coughs again and says "Thank you for you're help and your Godly meal..."She starts praying again before she coughs the final time and says " Is there any way I can repay you? " Shirou just thinks and replies " ... Do you have lead paint and 1 kg of silver...." Kirei just stares blankly at him and replies ... " Lead paint and silver...I thought.... Kiritsugu didn't teach you anything about the Moonlit world ..." Shirou just bluntly replies "You know about the moonlit world ? .... and also no she didn't teach me anything about the moonlit world" Kirei just looks at him "I can prepare the resources tomorrow ".... Shirou was about to thank her then he thinks about it more ... " You want me to come tomorrow to cook you more tofu... And you can give me the paint and silver today...." Kirei just looks blankly at him and stays quiet and Shirou just sighs... "I will see you tomorrow and as much as I can when I'm available ... You can also come to my house whenever you want ..." Shirou doesn't see it on her face but he feels like she's pleased.....
Well atleast he might find out more about Kiritsugu's past.
TO BE CONTINUED !!!