Please play Fate/Go with me.

"Although I wanted to say that, there are still things I can't say. Sorry, I think I said something strange? Hehe."

"Looks like I have to go back now. See you tomorrow, and remember to bring the photos." Yui waved to the boy in the fluorescent light.

"Okay, see you tomorrow," Shirou nodded in agreement.

The fluorescent light emanating from the girl grew brighter, and a white magic circle appeared around her, enveloping her in white light.

Watching the girl disappear into the white light, the boy reached out and picked up the two photo booth pictures. Besides the previous group photo, he also took several smaller, strange photos. The girl's photoshopping was too exaggerated. The pink blush was one thing, but her eyes were enlarged to the size of ping-pong balls. And with the skin-beautifying effect, he had completely turned into a vampire-like, snow-white face.

"As expected... that's really strange." Shirou chuckled and put the two photo booth pictures into his pocket.

"Ah!" Shirou suddenly remembered a serious problem: how was he supposed to get out of this forbidden area all alone?

Chapter 27 Girls Girls Girls

The next day, as soon as lunch break started, Shirou went straight to the Service Club with Yuihama, where Yukinoshita was already waiting.

"Yah hello~! Yukino." Yui waved to the girl.

"Good afternoon." Yukinoshita put down her book, nodded, and then stood up to make tea for the two of them.

Yukino handed the boy the hot tea she had brewed.

"Thank you." Shirou accepted the teacup with both hands.

"Then let me explain what exactly happened yesterday?" Yukino Yukinoshita asked with a smile.

"What's wrong?" the boy asked, puzzled.

So much happened yesterday! Was it the battle with the Soul Eater?

It was referring to last night when, because Komachi wasn't studying properly and was secretly playing on her phone, I went up to confiscate it. But I found chat logs on it filled with things like, "My brother is so great, Komachi absolutely has to get into an international high school so she can go to school with him every day."

Because he saw all this, Komachi is too shy and is now caught in a cold war called "Brother won't let you into my room!"

Ah! Could it be about me getting trapped inside the photo booth yesterday? Has it been exposed? I even used my leg muscles, which were enhanced to the maximum by magic, and sprinted out with my head down at a speed faster than an Olympic sprinter.

"I don't know how much you've been hiding from me, and I don't care. But what I'm asking now is, 'Why didn't you summon me, but instead dragged Yuihama into this?'" Yukinoshita asked coldly, looking down at the boy.

"I've tried that. But I couldn't find your Servant in the Saber rank section at all," Shirou explained, sweating profusely.

"So you mean yesterday, you did want to summon me, but I didn't appear in the support list?" Yukinoshita asked, frowning.

"Yes, and this monster is really tough to deal with. It's like it has infinite evasion, and it's incredibly fast. If it gets out and wreaks havoc, it'll be terrible. We had no choice but to summon Yuihama," Shirou explained.

Upon hearing her name called, Yuihama smiled and leaned closer, saying, "Yes! Yes! And then I showed off my skills! My Suzuka Gozen-chan is so cool! The graphics are completely different from the mobile game, it's like a 3D movie! Yukino-chan, I really want you to see it."

"Yuihama, calm down. You're so happy about what happened," Yukinoshita beckoned the dango girl to sit down.

“Because Yukino and Shirou are here! I feel safe and secure no matter where we are, with the three of us together.” Yuihama said with a sweet smile, still gesturing excitedly even after sitting down. “Yukino, listen to me, back then, I waved my hand and hundreds of golden swords flew around in the sky! They fell down with a whoosh.”

“No, Yuihama, with your level of expression, I probably can’t understand it,” Yukinoshita said with a light laugh.

"Huh? How could this happen? I wish I had recorded it back then," Yui Hama said regretfully.

"Yuhihama, even if you're very proud of yourself, you can't just tell other people about this," Yukinoshita reminded her.

"Yeah, Yuihama, when you're chatting with the guys in your class, remember not to let anything slip, or you'll be laughed at for being an idiot," Shirou added.

It seems like if there were a red magic wand and a white alien creature, this child would be easily fooled.

"Of course I know that! What do you two take me for? I'm not a child!" Yuihama complained to the two of them, clearly annoyed.

"Regarding the issue of not being able to summon, I actually made some new discoveries while collecting information," Yukinoshita said, taking out a notebook and opening the notes inside.

"According to information provided by a friend of mine, our current state of possession and summoning is similar to the pseudo-Servants that appear in games, but the difference lies in the fact that we can freely disengage from them."

However, it's generally a good reference point. The key is compatibility. For a Heroic Spirit to possess a human, it needs to find someone very similar, whether in terms of physique, age, personality, or capacity. Therefore, the reason it didn't appear in the Saber-class support slot is probably because I didn't have a Saber-class Heroic Spirit with the appropriate compatibility.

Yukino Yukinoshita was recounting her research findings from the previous night, but an eerie silence fell over the classroom.

"..."

"..."

"What's wrong?" Yukinoshita noticed that the two hadn't reacted for a long time, so she looked up at Shirou and Yuihama, who were stunned, and frowned.

"Why did you two suddenly fall silent? And can you explain why you both have those 'unbelievable, you actually have friends?' looks on your faces? Is this a provocation? It definitely is!" Yukinoshita asked with a cold smile.

"No... Ahahaha! I never expected that you, Yukino, had other friends." Yuihama laughed and begged for forgiveness.

"Hey, Yui, that's going too far. Everyone has friends outside of school." Shirou scolded Yui, then turned to the black-haired girl and asked, "No offense, I just wanted to confirm. The friend you're talking about isn't some kind of 'air friend' like the 'air guitar,' is it?"

Yukinoshita, her face flushed with anger, said, "They're online friends! Can't they be friends from the game group?"

"What?! Oh, I see. Haha." Yuihama suddenly realized, breathed a sigh of relief, and finally laughed heartily.

"Yukinoshita, the internet is complicated these days. Friends there shouldn't take it too seriously. After all, you don't know if the other person is male or female, or even if they're human," Shirou advised. Although his younger sister wasn't good at studying, she had high emotional intelligence, and perhaps the girl in front of him should be more careful in this regard.

"Heh, so you two really want to fight, right?" Yukinoshita smiled coldly and asked the boy and girl.

Just then, there was a knock on the door, and a pink-haired girl came in.

"Good afternoon, Yukinoshita-senpai! Yuihama-senpai! And... Shirou-senpai." Mashu opened the Service Club door from the outside and peeked in, greeting them politely, but her eyes held a hint of resentment when she looked at the boy.

"Oh! Mashu-chan, come in, come in." Yui saw her pink-haired junior and happily stood up from her seat, ran over and pulled the girl into the classroom.

"..." Mashu carefully observed Yuihama-senpai, who had a warm smile on her face, and felt that the terrifying woman who had been abandoned and forbidden from following her yesterday seemed like a fake.

Which side is fake? Which side is real? Mashu is completely confused.

I have lived on a snow-covered mountain where there is nothing for more than ten years since I was born. I am a kind and simple village girl who has just arrived. Can you city people please stop playing so many tricks and be more sincere?

"Mash, please sit down," Yukinoshita said, standing up to make tea for the girl.

"Sorry to bother you," Mashu replied obediently, and found a seat.

“Mash, please explain the situation here. After all, Yuihama still doesn’t know many things,” Shirou said.

"I know, let me explain the situation to Yuihama-senpai first."

Mashu nodded, adjusted her posture and sat up straight, facing Yuihama who was smiling at her, and repeated what Da Vinci had said to Shirou and Yukinoshita a few days ago.

Chapter 28 Girl Eggplant Girl

The girl was a test-tube baby bred by the Chaldea organization, prioritizing her magical abilities and sacrificing her physical lifespan.

Having lived in isolation for fourteen years, the actual time spent outside Chaldea and in contact with the outside world was only two years, and both of those years were spent busy fighting to save humanity. Although she continued to study and read, her heart remained as pure as a child's.

The experiment involving forced fusion with a Heroic Spirit caused the girl's already short lifespan to decline, meaning she could only live to be 18 years old at most.

She was on the verge of death during the explosion, but was saved by the Heroic Spirit within her and survived as a Demi-Servant. However, the fusion with the Heroic Spirit did not stop the decay of the girl's cells.

The girl was destined to die, or rather, her birth was actually meant to allow her to sacrifice herself at a crucial moment.

In the Temple of Time, the girl stood alone at the front, shield in hand, blocking Goetia's Noble Phantasm for her revered senior...

After hearing Mashu's story, Yui Hama was stunned for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "So, the stories in this game are all things that Mashu personally experienced?"

"Yes, about 90% of it is true, and the store manager of a certain shop was also romanticized," Mashu said honestly.

"Waaah... Mashu, good girl, such a good girl..." Yui suddenly stood up, hugged Mashu tightly, stroked her junior's head, while tears streamed down her own face.

"Yuihama-senpai?" Mashu asked, stunned, as she was suddenly hugged.

"Hey, Yuihama, why are you carrying your junior away and crying? You're the senior, aren't you?" Shirou said helplessly. Although he could understand her feelings, perhaps this was just how the yuba girl showed her gentleness.

“Because…because, when I think of Mashu-chan, all that she went through, trembling as she raised her shield to block the monster, even knowing she would die, she still stood in front of it. She’s such a fragile girl, she just wanted to live like a normal person but couldn’t…” Yui hugged Mashu, stroking the girl’s head as tears streamed down her face.

The girl with the bun hairstyle spoke incoherently, as if she was trying her best to share some of the girl's bitterness.

"Mash-chan, from today onwards, treat me as your older sister! I will do my best to help you, so don't worry about anything." Yui hugged the pink-haired girl tightly and said earnestly.

"Yuhihama-senpai... I'm actually quite happy with my life right now." Mashu, who was being held in the girl's arms, also reached out and hugged this gentle older sister back. Feeling a warmth in her heart, she smiled and said softly.

The two girls embraced each other and remained so for a long time.

"Mash! Shirou! Yukino!" Yuihama suddenly shouted.

"Yes!?" The three of them were startled and replied.

Yuihama, abandoning her usual playful demeanor, spoke with unwavering seriousness, though tears still clung to her eyes, each word deliberate: "Absolutely! Absolutely! We must help Mashu save Chaldea! And then reunite her with Gudako-chan and her Chaldea friends!"

Shirou was taken aback by Yuihama's words, thinking to himself, "Yes, the girl has always been such a gentle person."

Shirou chuckled softly, then responded firmly.

"Of course!"

Yukinoshita gently tossed her hair and spoke calmly and sincerely.

"Hmm... Since I've agreed to help, it wouldn't be my style to not get the best possible result."

"Thank you! I knew you were the best! Yukino~!" Yui happily pounced on her, nuzzling the black-haired girl's face.

"Don't hug me, aren't you hot?" Yukinoshita said shyly.

"Thank you! I love all of you the most!" Mashu mustered her courage and rushed forward with open arms.

"Honestly! Everyone says it's hot!" Yukinoshita said, sounding like she was disgusted by her affectionate kitten.

The three girls hugged each other tightly, rubbing their faces against each other, just like sisters.

Seeing the three girls getting along well, Shirou smiled with satisfaction.

I feel like there's nothing better than this, even though the yuri (lesbian) elements are a bit too strong, and it's a three-person relationship.

“Senior…” Mashu cupped her flushed face and took a deep breath to calm herself down.

Aside from Gudako-senpai, this was the first time she had ever hugged a girl of similar age so intimately, especially two beautiful women. She was a little excited, having one on each side of her.

"Ahem. Shirou-senpai, there's something else I really need to tell you." Mashu coughed twice and looked at the boy seriously. "Regarding the problem with your eyes yesterday, I think it's necessary to have Da Vinci examine them personally."

"Ah, well, you don't really need to worry about that. Look, you've fully recovered now," Shirou said.

"Yes, Shirou, it would be better to check it out."

Yukinoshita looked over with concern, and although she didn't say anything, her eyes said it all.

"Alright then, please, Mash." Shirou had no choice but to agree.

"Yes, senior, I'll connect you to Da Vinci right now." Mashu said, operating her phone.

A richly dressed noblewoman, who looked somewhat like the Mona Lisa, appeared in the 3D projection.

"Hello, everyone. Oh my, you've gained another companion. As expected of Shirou, your ability to gather companions is truly outstanding, even among the Heroic Spirits I know."

"Ugh, this person seems kind of annoying." Yui whispered in the black-haired girl's ear the moment she saw her.

"I feel the same way." Yukinoshita nodded.

"Dear Da Vinci, please examine the senior's eyes. He overused his Magic Eye in the last battle and is worried about potential aftereffects."

"The Magic Eye, is it usable now? Just point it this way at me, so I can have someone use some tools to analyze the data," Da Vinci said.

“I know, this is my Mystic Eye. I call it ‘Analysis Mystic Eye’ based on its characteristics.” Shirou nodded and unfolded his amber-colored Mystic Eye.

Whenever he uses the Magic Eye, he receives an excessive amount of unnecessary information, which puts a strain on his brain and eyesight.

If it's used on equipment or furniture, then it's fine.

However, the strain on the eyes increases when analyzing fantasy species. The large amount of magic power consumed in analyzing the mutated chimera last time, along with the time-traveling phenomenon that occurred when projecting a Noble Phantasm, also contributed to this.

The boy opened his amber-colored magic eye, and when he focused his gaze on the 3D projection, the structure and concept of the Chaldea machines within his sight automatically began to be analyzed, and then transformed into knowledge that flooded into his mind.

The tool used to observe this world, the near-future observation lens, Sheba...

The blue sphere connected to Sheba resembles a model of the Earth's environment, Chaldea...

Imaginary Number Observation Machine · PaperMoon...

Meanwhile, on the other side, Leonardo da Vinci was using Chaldea's technology to examine Shirou and quickly obtained the results.

"Analysis? This is observing the past of another world and being able to analyze the constructed data. It can already be said to be 'reproduction,' right? Is this cheating ability really going to happen to a human?" When Da Vinci saw the data, even the omnipotent genius was stunned for a moment, clicking his tongue and muttering to himself.

"Da Vinci, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with Shirou-senpai's eyes?" Mash asked anxiously, clutching her clothes.

"Don't worry, Mash, there's no problem. You're in good condition. The observed data is actually quite extraordinary. I think that as long as you're not trying to project a 'complete' divine weapon during battle, you should be fine. Shirou, try controlling your Mystic Eyes and lowering the resolution. Even if it comes at the cost of downgrading your Noble Phantasm, you should still be able to project it, right?" Da Vinci suggested, looking at the data.

"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Da Vinci." Shirou nodded.

"Oh right! I actually just finished this today. Take a look, and I'll install it for you later." Da Vinci clapped his hands and pulled out something that looked like a tablet computer from the table.

"Hello everyone~!" The computer screen lit up, and a miniature figure ran out of it, waving at us. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a miniature version of Leonardo da Vinci, who seemed to have become much younger, probably looking like a lower elementary school student.