Please play Fate/Go with me.

"Hello, we're here to help. Isn't Isshiki here?"

"Ah, Isshiki-kun, he's gone out to the convenience store to buy something to eat," the student council vice president said.

"Is that so? Then I'll go out and bring her back." Shirou greeted the two girls and walked outside.

Just as he arrived at the convenience store, the girl came out, struggling to carry a heavy bag in both hands.

"Ah! Senior, you've arrived. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting?" Iroha Isshiki said with a smile when she saw the boy.

"Give it to me," Shirou said, extending his hand.

"Huh?" Isshiki Iroha stared at the boy's outstretched hand, then took a few steps back.

"Ah! Senior! You really do have feelings for me! I'm sorry! Although I'm slightly attracted, this level of gentleness isn't enough!" The girl wore a frightened expression, thinking to herself, 'I'm not that kind of girl; don't think you can win me over like this!'

"What are you talking about? You just said it was heavy and asked me to help you carry it!" Shirou snatched the large bag from the girl's hands with a annoyance. It was indeed very heavy; it was a real struggle for the slender girl. It was filled with snacks and drinks, presumably for the meeting later.

"Ah... thank you, Shirou-senpai." Isshiki seemed surprised that her bag was suddenly taken away. When her hand was touched, she blushed slightly and said softly.

"Oh..." Shirou replied. Even though this was the third time he had been rejected today, he could still complain at least once. But now that the girl had suddenly become so obedient, he didn't know what to say.

Shirou and Iroha Isshiki returned to the meeting room together, and then the girl began to introduce the members of each other's schools to Shirou, Yukinoshita, and Yuigahama. After everyone had arrived, the meeting began.

"Let's let our minds wander today and speak freely, as long as there's no objection!" the president of the Business High School student council said loudly as the host.

"Yes! Regarding the musical performance, I think since there are elderly people present, we should definitely add some traditional instruments to the performance, such as the shamisen, erhu, and guzheng."

"I think that since children are coming back, I'll invite a few singers to sing the theme songs of popular children's anime, such as Ojamajo Miraculous, Meruru, and Madoka Magica. They'll definitely be a hit."

The student council president across from me twirled his hands in the air, as if he were thinking, and after a moment of contemplation, he smiled and said, "Hmm, traditional musical instruments and anime theme songs, these are good suggestions, I'll write them down!"

Seeing that the person who made the suggestion had passed, the others seemed to be encouraged and each of them made their own requests based on their interests.

"Actually, I think this kind of event must include jazz, and the school also has jazz music."

"How about K-On! K-On! The five members of K-On! Their cute music style is very popular among girls these days."

"Then let's make it more spectacular and invite a symphony orchestra over. The euphonium, trumpet, saxophone, all kinds of orchestral instruments plus piano, violin, dozens of instruments blending together, that feeling would be amazing! Let the national gold medal-winning symphony orchestra bring the most comprehensive musical enjoyment to the elderly and children."

“But to really get things going, we still need to rock!” someone shouted, raising his hand in what he considered very rock and roll.

"Everyone's opinions are great! Let's register them all!" The student council president waved his hand and made the decision.

No... it seems the other party only used their hands and didn't seem to think at all.

Shirou couldn't stand it any longer and raised his hand to speak up: "Um! Please wait a minute. If we keep doing this, the performance schedule is already full, and we don't have enough budget to invite so many people to perform."

"Thank you for reminding me, but now is the time to gather opinions from all sides. As for the budget issue, let's wait until it's officially finalized and then work together to find a solution," the student council president said with a friendly smile.

So this event alone brought together traditional instruments, anime theme songs, jazz, light pop, symphony orchestras, rock bands... Is this Bilibili's New Year's Festival?

"Are all the previous meetings like this?" Yukinoshita asked Isshiki in a low voice.

"Yes..." Iroha Isshiki lowered her head dejectedly. If things continued like this, by the time the Christmas event started, this meeting might not even be finished yet. She still had to study for her final exams, and she might really not have time to fully upgrade Santa Claus and Attila.

"Excuse me, high school students, the elementary school students who came to help are here." Just then, there was a knock on the door, and a staff member from the activity center opened the door and said.

"Okay, please let them in." The student council president welcomed the elementary school students. They had initially contacted the elementary school to increase their influence, but now that the girls had arrived, they hadn't yet figured out what tasks to assign them.

One after another, elementary school girls walked in from outside, their heads down as they cautiously observed the high school students inside. Although they had come to help, they hadn't been able to find out from the teachers what they were supposed to do.

But what they never expected was that none of these high school students actually knew what they should be doing...

Shirou and Yukino both covered their faces in unison. The future looked bleak; not only were the problems unresolved, but the tasks ahead seemed to be piling up.

Chapter 40 Isshiki Launches a Rebellion

"So, those elementary school students over there, were they also brought over by you?" Yukinoshita asked Isshiki accusingly.

"Yes, the student council president on the other side wanted to make the event more meaningful, so she asked me to contact the elementary school students to contribute to it..." Isshiki replied timidly.

"What do we need these elementary school students for now?" Yukinoshita asked.

"I'll go ask now..." Iroha Isshiki said, and was about to run towards the Business High School.

"Enough... Since they've pushed the matter onto us, even if we ask them, we probably won't get any clear answers." Yukinoshita covered her face. The situation here was worse than she had imagined. The other side only talked about ideas but never did anything, while the student council president here knew nothing about it.

"I'm sorry... then what should I ask them to do?" Isshiki asked, bowing her head after being scolded.

“You should be able to consider these things too, right? In short, let’s prepare things that the other party can do and that will definitely come in handy later,” Yukinoshita said.

Shirou came out to help and said, "Anyway, the elementary school students are helping to make decorations such as ribbons, origami stars, and decorate the Christmas tree."

"Yes! I'll go talk to them right now." Iroha Isshiki said suddenly, and ran towards the elementary school students as if she were running away.

Yukinoshita is so strict with Isshiki because she wants her to be able to stand on her own. The Service Club's policy is to teach a man to fish rather than give him a fish. Since she has agreed to help, she will spare no effort to help Isshiki adapt to the work of student council president as soon as possible.

"If you're always so strict with her, she might be seen as a scary senior," Shirou said to the black-haired girl.

"Even if she looks a lot like your sister, you can't spoil her like this. If you do everything for her, she'll never grow up, you siscon!" Yukinoshita said to the boy with a mocking tone.

"..." Shirou was speechless. When did he get seen through? Although Isshiki's malicious attempts to be cute were no match for Komachi's cuteness, he still treated her as if she were the uncut Komachi.

"I feel like... I'm being scolded by my parents at home." Standing to the side, Isshiki pouted and muttered softly.

When the second meeting came, there was still no progress. Whenever someone raised an objection, they would be brushed off with these excuses.

"But this narrows our perspective. I think we should all work together to find a solution. Don't worry, let's work together."

“If we keep discussing like this, we’ll never reach a conclusion, so let’s first decide what we need to do now, and then consider the rest one by one!” Yukinoshita suggested.

"Yes, then let's all think together and see if there's a more democratic way," the student council president on the other side said with a smile and a nod. The atmosphere remained amicable, but this kind of discussion wouldn't yield any results.

Ugh, 'try your best,' 'think of solutions,' 'let's brainstorm,' 'democracy'—all that cliché stuff on their lips. Are they just some busy civil servants waiting to leave work during meetings? Even a department head in a university student union would at least say, 'I'll send a few first-year students to handle this for you.'

"..." Shirou looked at them and sighed, thinking that at this moment he really wished he had a certain Red Saber's incitement EX skill, so that he could make the other party obediently do what they wanted.

After that, they really did go home like civil servants who attend meetings, say platitudes, and leave work on time.

"Could you guys stay for a moment?" Shirou stepped forward and called out to the group of students from his school.

"Yes?"

"It's okay, it's okay."

"What's matter?"

The other three student council members from the international high school asked, puzzled.

"So, what are your thoughts, Isshiki? You called us over to help, surely not to create this farce?" Yukino Yukinoshita asked Isshiki with a smile.

"Yes! I'm willing, I'm willing! I will definitely do my best!" The girl seemed to be frightened by that icy smile, nodding repeatedly in agreement. Rather than expressing her own opinion, it was more like she was being coerced into submission.

"Alright, alright, Aya is still new to the position, and there are many things she doesn't understand." Yuihama smoothed things over, comforting Yukino and telling her not to be so harsh.

"Yuihama-senpai~!" Iroha Isshiki buried herself in Yuihama's arms like a frightened lamb, acting coquettishly.

"So what's the student council's overall opinion?" Shirou asked.

"Huh? Ah...right." Isshiki was stunned for a moment when Shirou stared at her before realizing he was asking her, the student council president. She then turned to the vice president, secretary, and treasurer, smiling politely, and asked, "Um...what are everyone's thoughts?"

“Hmm…” The three student council members looked at each other and finally nodded in agreement.

"Our words..."

"If you want to do it seriously, there's nothing wrong with that."

Isshiki then gave a half-shy, half-awkward smile and reported to Shirou, "That's about it."

Seeing this girl, Shirou thought to himself, "As expected... It's not just upperclassmen from other schools who treat girls like errand girls; even my own student council members don't seem to get along well." Although, with Isshiki's cute and charming social skills, plus her shamelessness, she could probably resolve these awkward situations.

However, this girl was clearly very outgoing and even a little devil in front of me, but she seemed quite timid when she met other older people, so she probably didn't dare to express her opinions too much here.

"So, to be honest, do you want to do things the other party wants, or do you want to do them well?" Shirou asked.

"I... I really hope we can finalize things quickly and organize a decent event, instead of just bringing in a bunch of amateurs. And if things are resolved quickly, I can grind the FGO event a little longer." Iroha Isshiki said with a smile, seemingly having made up her mind, the girl abandoned her previous coquettish and cute image.

"Hey, you've already said your true intentions."

"You just want to make things easier for yourself, don't you?"

Shirou and Yuihama also commented that this really suited the girl's personality.

However, since the client has expressed their determination, the Service Department will naturally respond.

“I know. Then, Shirou, please have dinner at my house tonight,” Yukino Yukinoshita said.

"Huh? Huh?" Iroha was taken aback. So my senior was really that bold?

"Hmm, looks like I'll be busy until very late tonight," Shirou replied with a smile.

"Eh?" Iroha Isshiki looked at Yukinoshita and then at Shirou. When did you two become like this, casually going to each other's houses?

"Then I'll help pour tea tonight. By the way, Yukino, may I stay here tonight?" Yuihama raised her hand and said with a smile.

"Eh!! What's going on?" Isshiki Iroha felt like her brain couldn't keep up. Even Yuihama-senpai was like this. Are the three of you really that open-minded?

"Hey! Isshiki's gone." The boy walking ahead noticed that his junior hadn't caught up yet, so he turned around and urged her.

"Eh? Isn't that enough? I want to come too? I'm sorry! Although I've been tempted, I know this won't bring me happiness! So please let me go!" Iroha Isshiki waved her hands vigorously, shouting in a shrill voice as if she were refusing some kind of ghost flying towards her.

"What are you talking about? Didn't you say you wanted to end this farce? Shouldn't we work hard and prepare a plan tonight?" Shirou looked at his junior sister strangely. She was usually so clever and mischievous, but now she was acting all silly and cute.

Chapter 41 Iroha the Glutton

The four of them arrived at the luxury apartment, took the elevator to the 15th floor, and then turned right to enter the house where Yukino Yukinoshita lived.

"Because of the tight schedule, I'll leave dinner to you tonight, Shirou." Yukinoshita took a hairband, tied her long hair into a single ponytail, and handed Shirou a plain apron with an orange-red cat pattern on it.

"Okay, leave it to me. Let's have some easy-to-make and delicious Chinese food tonight," Shirou replied, taking the apron and tying it around his waist.

"No! Why is Shirou-senpai cooking here so casually?"

"It's normal for classmates or juniors from clubs to come over to help cook a meal and eat together, right?" Shirou really didn't understand why one or two junior girls were being so dramatic.

Iroha puffed out her cheeks and exclaimed, "It's not ordinary at all! Why do my classmates come to my house? Senpai, why don't you come to my house every day and cook for me?"

Iroha Isshiki always felt there was a generation gap between her and these people. Even though they were only a year apart, she couldn't understand their thought processes at all.

Even Yuihama-senpai, who gets along better with him, seems to have been poisoned. She is now sitting at the dining table, swinging her legs lightly, happily looking forward to dinner.

So this is the insurmountable gap between the popular, well-rounded student council president and the Service Club, which is only remembered when needed. Huh? In this situation, I'm the one who's well-rounded?

"Is this all the materials we have?" Yukinoshita was only helping Shirou this time. Although she was very unwilling, this was indeed the most efficient option.

The girl took out chicken breast, green peppers, bok choy, and a large piece of bacon from the refrigerator, because there were four people this time, so the portions were larger.

Shirou glanced at the meat and vegetables, and instantly came up with a suitable cooking method for tonight's meal. He checked the seasonings in the cupboard, nodded, and said, "Hmm, ginger, dried chili peppers, fried peanuts, all the ingredients are ready, that's good!"

"I can't wait, Aya-chan! Shirou and Yukino's cooking is so delicious, especially Shirou's." Yui-hama smiled and rested her chin on her hand at the table, watching the boy in his apron busily working, looking forward to dinner.

"Is that so... Senpai is not to be underestimated after all." Iroha squinted at the orange-red cat apron that Shirou was wearing, which was obviously a size larger than the purple cat apron that Yukinoshita-senpai was wearing, and was obviously bought specially for the boy.

Yukino used a knife to cut open the green pepper, turned on the water to rinse it clean, and her single ponytail swayed rhythmically with the movement.

Shiro laid the chicken breast out on the cutting board, and used a knife to cut the white meat into neat cubes. Then he marinated it with potato starch and braised meat.

After preparing everything, including chopping ginger and vegetables, and adding dried chili peppers and fried peanuts, heat oil in a wok. When the wok starts to smoke, quickly add the spices and stir-fry, then add the chicken.

The meat is tossed around in the pan to ensure it is fully heated and absorbs the sauce without compromising its freshness, thus cooking it quickly.

"Amazing!" Iroha exclaimed in admiration. She was actually quite confident in her cooking skills, so she knew exactly how good the boy in front of her was. Cookbooks often specified how many spoonfuls of each ingredient to use, how much sugar, how much salt, and how many times to stir and flip. Some more professional books even specified in detail how many seconds to use for each step and how many grams of salt to add.

In fact, this requirement is intended to ensure that those learning to cook can maintain as much consistency as possible with the chef's cooking style, which is indeed a good approach for Western cuisine.

However, Chinese cuisine is completely different. It uses ingredients in small quantities, like a spoonful or two, relying more on intuition than precise calculations. After countless hours of honing their skills, excellent Chinese chefs develop an intuitive, subconscious ability to judge the timing of stir-frying, the heat, and the cooking process.

Besides the freshness of the ingredients and whether it's farm-style cooking, these factors test the chef's understanding of cooking and their handling of dishes, from controlling the heat to the smallest details like cutting the meat.

Before long, the main course was ready, followed by stir-fried vegetables. With Shirou's skillful handling, dinner was quickly completed. Yukinoshita then served the rice and put the dishes on a tray and placed them on the table.

When Caiyu saw the delicious-looking and fragrant spicy diced chicken served, she was so surprised she couldn't close her mouth and exclaimed:

"Shirou-senpai is such a good cook? I thought he was just a nice guy who could shoot arrows and was easy to get along with!"

"Hey, you've said it all out loud," Shirou warned.

However, at this moment, the girl's mind was completely captivated by the food.

"I'm starting!" Shiroi Yu picked up a small piece of diced chicken with peanuts; the meat glistened under the light, looking translucent. The perfect amount of spiciness brought out the full aroma of the meat.