Chapter 24

Calm down, calm down, as a qualified soldier, it is taboo to act on one's temper.

Moreover, these two little devils seem to be just a pair of siblings who depended on each other after losing their parents. It is a matter of course that they will have deep feelings and tacit understanding. What is there to be excited about?

Although... Judging from the completely different hair and eye colors of the siblings, it seems that they are not related by blood at all.

Tsk! Isn't it worse?

Why didn't I have this kind of close childhood sweetheart when I was a child?

Thinking of this, Himeko, a single 20-year-old female, suddenly felt more and more depressed, and her whole body was surrounded by a gloomy cloud. She glanced in the direction of Emiya Shirou, and her urging voice carried a trace of sour personal emotions: "What are you doing standing there? Why don't you come here quickly?! Your parents didn't teach you to listen to the police?"

As soon as she finished saying this, she regretted it, wishing to slap her open mouth twice.

Damn! What the hell am I talking about? Didn't the kid just say that their parents are gone?! She growled silently in the back of her mind. Not to mention Himeko herself, even the soldiers sitting in the jeep couldn't help but glance at their captain with some strange eyes.

Fortunately, probably because of the strong tone of this sentence, the two children did not comment on Himeko's words. The boy held the girl's hand without saying a word, and under Himeko's embarrassing gaze, they carefully walked to the door and then sat in the back seat of the jeep together.

The warrior sitting in the back seat was a black-haired woman who looked older than Himeko. Seeing that the two silent children seemed a little scared, she grinned, showing a friendly and generous smile.

"Don't be afraid, the captain just doesn't know how to speak. We are all soldiers fighting to protect human beings. No one will hurt you two children."

"..."

Protect humans? This strange description moved Emiya Shirou. Being a soldier is a profession of defending the country. Although there are differences in purpose and position, in the final analysis, no matter which country you belong to, the moment you become a soldier your primary opponent should be soldiers from other countries who are also human beings.

Why does this woman say that they are all warriors protecting human beings? Emiya Shirou was a little puzzled.

At this time, Himeko, who saw Emiya Shirou and Elysia had already reached the back seat, squeezed up. She first glared fiercely at the black-haired woman sitting on the other side with sharp eyes, threatening with meaning was beyond words, and then she stretched out her hand and gently pushed Elysia's upper arm, and her tone of voice became a little gentler: "Sit a little bit, the back seat is not spacious. The two of you in front of the town should squeeze together a little bit."

The bold black-haired woman shrank her neck and laughed a little guilty.

"Then I'm going to sit on Emiya's lap!" I don't know if it was because she felt relieved, but Elysia returned to her previous carefree look, and when she heard Himeko's instructions, her eyes widened. Elysia looked in Emiya Shirou's direction with eyes full of expectation.

Emiya Shirou, who had nothing to do with Elysia, rolled his eyes and sighed helplessly.

"...Up to you."

"Okay!"

"Hey! Let me tell you! Don't pounce on me like this! It's crowded in other people's cars! If you want to sit, straighten your posture! Sit down properly!"

"Oh~~ You are too long-winded, okay, okay, I get it."

After the three people in the back seat were seated firmly, the driver in the driver's seat started the engine, and the military jeep was buzzing for a while. With a low roar, it drove towards the direction of the town.

"Speaking of...you two..." Himeko glanced at the boy with a plain face, and the girl who was sitting on the boy's lap with a calm expression, shaking her legs gently, and after hesitating for a long while, asked something in an uncertain tone, "...it should be a pair of siblings, right?"

Shirou Emiya and Elysia turned their heads at the same time, stared at Himeko with different meanings in their eyes, and said completely opposite words in unison:

"Do you think she looks a little bit like my sister?" "

"You think so too, huh! You really are a good person! That's right! I'm Emiya's older sister without a doubt! Come to Emiya~~ Please call me older sister"

"Tsk..." Emiya Shirou smacked his tongue in displeasure, he raised his arm, stretched out his index finger and middle finger, and unceremoniously gave this "sister" who pushed her nose and face to him a crisp brain crash.

"It hurts!" Elysia clutched the back of her head in pain, "Why did you hit me all of a sudden!"

"Stop talking nonsense, who do you think raised you so diligently? Capricious like a goblin and your elders treat you as a wayward child who is a toy, if I don't teach you a lesson now, you will be in trouble in the future?" Emiya Shirou said angrily.

"I-I'm not a child!" Elysia angrily pushed her butt hard and bumped Emiya Shirou's thigh hard twice.

"Hey! You two don't move around! The car is still driving here!" Himeko grabbed Elysia's arm and couldn't help feeling a little headache, "And you kid, why are you treating her as a little girl? You are also a child, worry about yourself !"

"Wh-oh, you guys are so annoying! I told you I'm not a child!" Elysia glared at Himeko angrily, her cheeks on both sides were full of displeasure.

"You still have to wait ten years to tell me that you are not a child or twenty years?" Emiya Shirou shrugged, "Maybe by that time, I will admit that you are an independent adult?"

Elysia's eyes widened:

"Ten years?! Why does it take so long?! Ten years is too long! Just treat me as a reliable adult now!"

"Okay, okay, our Ellie is such a reliable little adult."

"Don't use this tone of comforting a child to persuade me! Say it seriously! And get rid of that fine print!" After a series of roars that seemed to be crazy, she calmed down a little. Elysia gasped for a moment, and murmured unwillingly, "Damn it! Just wait and see! One day, I will become an adult who will completely impress you!"

"Oh?" Emiya Shirou raised his eyebrows and chuckled, "Then, I'm looking forward to the day you become an adult."

If, at that time... I am still by your side.