The street was so dark that only a little bit of outline left, and Ying's figure gradually dissolved in the darkness. ()() ()

Even so, she was wandering freely, naturally avoiding any obstacles on the road.

I suddenly realized something was wrong, raised my head and saw the pale moon shining through the clouds in the sky.

The moon is not completely covered by clouds, and the street should not be so dark.

The air began to smell an ominous smell, as if something rotten was reviving.

The shadow was so thick that it broke away from the corners of the tree, and appeared hideously in the middle of the street.

There is no specific form, and if you have to describe it, there is only shadow. This shadow filled with the streets is staring at me maliciously, as if I were scrutinizing my prey.

Damn it, is it some servant magic?

"Sakura-Wake up!"

I became anxious, shouted Sakura's name loudly, and rushed towards the shadow.

It was indeed just a shadow, maybe it was just a shadow in my heart, I walked through it without any obstacles.

However, this delay made me lose the trace of Sakura.

"Sakura, where are you?"

I ran up in the empty streets, chasing the possible direction of Sakura.

What's going on? She only disappeared for a while, and she couldn't go far. Why can't I find her?

I ran through all the forks in front of me, but couldn't find Ying's traces. I began to hesitate to find out if the range was too small. During this period, she had already walked far away.

Now there is only one way, I secretly made up my mind.

Strengthen, start-

Magic runs happily in the magic circuit, and the once difficult places flow smoothly.

Now my body is not like a half-toned magician, and I am clearly a warrior who has been tempered for thousands of times.

My body naturally understood how to act, so I jumped gently and jumped onto the rooftop on the street.

The streets that were dimly lit by unknown magic are revealed in the enhanced eyes. ()

I jumped and ran freely on the roof. The feeling of flying almost made me understand why the servants like to act like this.

Everything is a gift from that lost soul, I thought with gratitude.

Although there are all kinds of sequelae, as long as I feel this body full of strength and omnipotence, I will be addicted to irresistible.

As long as I can maintain this state, become a partner of justice, and fight side by side with Saber, I can do everything.

However, it is not the time to think about these things. The most important goal is to find Sakura.

I shuttled through the roof of the street in Shinan Town, looking for traces of cherry blossoms.

But the cherry blossoms are like evaporating from the world and can never be found.

After nearly an hour of searching, I sat regretfully on a bench in the beach park and had to admit my failure.

Damn, I should have called Saber over before looking for it. If the two of them look for it together, the chances of finding it is greater.

While thinking about the bad luck that Sakura might face, I stared blankly at the distance in the night, the Tomoki Bridge connecting Shindu and Shinshan Town.

Suddenly, I noticed the small dot moving on the bridge.

The enhanced vision allowed me to distinguish the familiar purple hair.

By the way, how could I forget to look for Xindu?

I was still regretting, so my body ran up first, and crossed several streets that were in the way, and I came to the front of the small dot moving.

The girl walking in the night was walking down the bridge at this time, facing me with her head down and slowly moving step by step.

A dark figure emerged from the darkness, revealing the girl's pink pajamas. The darkness carved black lines on the folds of the pajamas. ()

The girl at this time seemed to be a flash of cereus blooming in the dark.

"Sakura, wake up!"

I didn't care about what it said that I couldn't wake up the sleepwalker and shouted out loud.

Hearing the sound of calling his name, Sakura stopped, lowered her head and stood quietly in front of me. ()

"Sakura, wake up—"

The girl raised her head, revealing her pale face that turned into a strange blue color under the moonlight, and stared blankly at the void in front of her.

"cherry--"

The girl's eyes began to become more energetic, her eyes turned, her pupils contracted and she noticed me.

At that moment, Sakura's face turned paler, and her expression was violently distorted by surprise and fear.

"Sakura, it's me, you were sleepwalking just now..."

Just when I thought she was about to scream, the girl turned around and ran away from me without a sound.

"how……?"

I had to chase Sakura again and grabbed the girl's arm.

The girl tried so hard to break free from my hand, and I pulled her hard so that she was not thrown away.

"Sakura, where do you want to go? I've been looking for you for a long time."

"Senior, are you looking for me?"

Realizing that he could not break free, Sakura finally relaxed and lowered her head to hide her face in the shadow.

"I didn't expect Sakura to sleepwalking, so I followed behind. Later, I lost it. It's so strange. It's better not go out to the streets at night. It's very dangerous for girls to be alone."

I let go of Sakura's arm and briefly introduced her to the cause and effect.

"Senior, am I scary?"

Hey—

Why did Sakura put the topic in a strange place?

"Sakura, what are you talking about? How could such a cute girl be terrible?"

"Ah, no, isn't I ugly now?"

Sakura seemed to be a little awake and asked quietly.

"Sakura has always been very beautiful, so there is no such thing as ugly."

The purple-haired girl was wearing thin pajamas and stood lovely in the cold wind of the night. Her lonely and helpless look could not be described as ugly.

"Okay, let's go back first, go back..."

Before he finished speaking, Sakura suddenly threw herself into my arms, hugged my neck tightly, and almost hung it on me.

"That's great, it's really great..."

It was because she woke up from a nightmare that the girl holding me was already crying and tears moistened her shoulders.

"cherry……"

"Senior, please don't leave me behind. No matter what, senior, please don't leave me behind--"

The girl whispered earnestly in her ears over and over again, breathing with the wet breath of tears, and drilled into my ears with the girl's prayer.

"I understand, I won't leave you, I will never leave Sakura alone."

I gently patted Sakura's back, and the girl's skin felt aroused by the pink touch of the thin pajamas.

"I'm so scared-I only have seniors, so don't leave me behind. If seniors want to leave me behind, I will definitely be broken-"

Sakura's voice became incoherent.

Oh, because of his poor condition during the day, I forgot to ask Sakura about Shinji's situation.

She must have had a nightmare because her brother suddenly disappeared.

"No matter what happens, I will not leave Sakura."

"Well, I believe in seniors, I believe in... only seniors--"

Sakura's crying sound gradually subsided, but she still hugged my neck tightly, not relaxing at all.

For Sakura, I must save Shinji. I hugged Sakura and encouraged her secretly.

After standing in the dark street for a long time, Ying finally relaxed her hand and leaned weakly in her arms.

I noticed that Sakura had fallen into a deep sleep, and the indescribable relaxation on her pretty face, which made people feel sorry for her.

"Shirou, Sakura is already asleep, let's go home."

The sudden sound scared me, but fortunately I didn't put aside Sakura.

"Saber, why are you here?"

The girl wearing heavy silver armor stood quietly beside me, wondering how long it had been.

"Sirou, you and my magic are in common. Once you use magic, I can feel abnormal. So come out to find you right away."

This immediately means that it must have happened a long time ago.

"Because Shirou did not summon me, I did not come out to meet you, but went to look for Sakura from the other direction."

Hearing my shouts of looking for Sakura, I quietly went to Sakura.

"Saber, thank you."

"No, I couldn't find Sakura either. At night, the city was always shrouded in abnormal magic, which made my originally low perception drop even more."

Saber admitted his failure.

"I was wrong with not notifying Saber Sakura. As long as Saber says hello to me, I can apologize to Saber."

"No, master doesn't need to apologize to me. If you don't talk about this, there are more important things to do now-"

Saber looked up at the top of the roadside roof.

"Come out and serve. If you want to fight, I'll be here to accompany you."

A clear laughter sounded on the roof, flowing towards the ground like a clear spring, turning into a familiar form in the air.

"It's rider..."

The long purple hair is flying, and the master's captured servant is as relaxed as a bird, falling lightly on the ground.

"rider, are you here to attack my master? Or are you going to attack humans?"

Saber took a step forward, holding her invisible sword in his right hand seemed to be able to take out her invisible sword immediately.

Faced with Saber's questioning, rider smiled happily, without any annoyance, but looked at me with interest.

"Hmph, before answering this question, I want to ask, what purpose is your master's family following my master in the middle of the night?"

"I was worried that Sakura came to protect her."

I defended myself and felt my face blushing and feverish.

"Master's family is also my protection. I am worried about it. If Shirou Emiya, you have any ideas, as long as you summon saber, I will have no choice."

"How could I have other ideas? Sakura is my most cherished sister."

Thinking that Saber is next to me, and under the guidance of rider, I could not help but be so excited that I couldn't control my tone.

"I believe Shirou won't do mean things. Rider, please be aware of your language."

At the most critical moment, Saber was standing on my side as always, and I was so moved.

"It turns out that Saber also believes in Shirou Emiya, your character is the only one who is sad."

Rider said strange words, and the corner of his mouth under the mask touched the happy smile of a cat playing with a mouse.

"So, are you here to protect Sakura? Are you going to take Sakura home now?"

I try hard to change the subject.

"No--"

The smile at the corner of the rider's mouth disappeared, and the purple servant lowered his head as if he was making a difficult decision, choosing his own words word by word.

"——Sakura, it was her wish to come to you, and I have no objection to her decision."

"Hey, if Shinji ordered you to protect Sakura, then she would be more suitable for her to be by your side."

I asked rider in confusion.

"Because this is Sakura's decision, she believes you can protect her. Besides, after the defeat, I don't have to worry about you using Sakura to threaten me."

The rider once again stated that he had given up on the fight and would not pose any threat to me and saber.

"rider, we were enemies before, why are you so relieved about me?"

"Because Shirou Emiya, you are too simple, anyone can tell you that you are innocent and upright at a glance."

rider said bluntly.

"Others can hand over the things to you with confidence, or they can betray you without any burden. Saber, I'm right."

Saber, who was standing beside me, nodded in agreement.

"Yes, this is Shirou's strengths and may also be a burden to him."

Saber's voice had a deep feeling.

"That's not something I need to care about. I just need to ask Shirou Emiya to take care of Sakura."

The Servant, who is beautiful in shape, stands in the quiet streets at night, with long purple hair like cherry blossoms hanging down to his legs. He wants to kill my rider many times, put down his hostility and asks me.

"I understand, I will definitely take good care of Sakura."

Although I was once an enemy, rider's trusted look made me unable to refuse. Perhaps as Saber said, such integrity will definitely become a burden to me in the future.

"Remember—please protect her, only you can save her."

After another solemn statement, rider took a few steps back and jumped up and disappeared into the night.

After watching rider leave, Saber clenched his fists and said unwillingly.

"Strangely, rider recovered so quickly. I thought she had attacked humans, but she didn't smell the blood on her."

"Is that so? Does rider have the ability to restore magic from other places."

"It is very likely that rider would not be trusted to give up the Holy Grail if he did not."

Saber said hesitantly.

"I understand, when attacking the Riyutoji Temple, I and Tosaka will be careful."

I nodded to agree with Saber, thinking about another question in my mind.

I always feel that rider has nothing to say.

What is she hiding?

Confused in my heart, I picked up Sakura's light body and walked towards home with Saber.

Saber walked by my side like the most loyal knight, paying attention to his surroundings.

No, saber was originally a knight, the only knight king in the world.

No matter what difficulties we face, as long as we go with Saber, we will definitely win.
Chapter completed!