In Fuyuki City in another world line, in Shinji's room, Sakura is wiping the desk.
Although her brother is not at home, Sakura comes to clean the house every few days. Her idea is simple: whenever her brother comes back, he can see a clean and bright room.
Sakura wiped it very carefully, first using magic to clean off the dust on the surface, then wiping it carefully with a wet rag, and finally cleaning it with a dry rag to ensure that no trace of stains was left.
Because she had cleaned many times before, her movements were very skillful and she finished the cleaning work in no time.
Putting the rag into the basin, Sakura waved her fist enthusiastically and spoke to the desk.
"Brother's room is also very clean today."
On one side of the desk there is a row of vertical photo frames of the same style. Each frame contains a photo, which are the family photos taken once a year since Sakura entered this family.
At first, there were only the little Shinji, the little Sakura, Kariya and Tsuruya who had returned home, and then Yustiza, Scathach, Fujino, Orange, and Erza joined in. The group for the photo became larger and larger, and the smiles on everyone's faces became brighter and brighter.
As she looked at it, Sakura couldn't help but reach out and gently touch the photo in the center.
That was the latest group photo this year. The boy standing in the middle was making his usual scissors hand gesture and looked a little silly.
The girl ran her fingers across the boy's face and prayed silently.
"Brother, please come back soon. Sakura misses you."
...
Misaki City, Aozaki Touko Office.
The owner of the office had also been gone for a long time, and the person in charge of the office was Aozaki Touko's disciple, a girl named Asagami Fujino.
Although she is not yet an adult, the girl is very capable and hardworking. During the time when Orange was away, the reputation of the agency not only did not decline, but improved slightly.
Today, the girl received a new commission, asking her to investigate a mysterious phenomenon nearby.
"Bluish-white flames? Will-o'-the-wisp? Or some other phenomenon?"
Fujino was lost in thought as he carefully looked through the data collected by the office's only employee, a common "general employee" who had just gotten married.
"If it's a natural phenomenon, it's fine. If it's a 'demon', I don't have to worry about it. Although Miss Ryougi can't do strenuous exercise recently (can you guess why?), I can still ask Mr. Shiki for help. But if it's a supernatural phenomenon, it's a bit troublesome. I lack experience in dealing with things in this area. I don't know if my eyes can help with ghosts or something like that. It's better to call the teacher and ask for advice."
Fujino picked up the phone from the drawer and opened the address book. When she saw the name that was specially marked at the first place, the girl paused with her finger on the direction key.
"Shinji..."
She pronounced the name in an indescribable tone, the name that came into her life, changed her destiny, and made her miss it all the time.
His finger moved involuntarily to the green button next to it and pressed it hard.
After a brief silence, a voice came from the receiver.
"The user you dialed is out of service area..."
"He still hasn't come back?" Fujino sighed, lying listlessly on the table, "Where on earth did the second magician take him? I had to demonstrate the new skills I had learned with great difficulty to her."
...
In the garden of a secluded villa somewhere outside of Tokyo.
An adult woman with long orange hair, orange eyes, an orange coat, and the word "orange" in her name, was smoking a cigarette with an orange holder and talking into an orange cell phone.
"Based on the data analysis, it should not be a supernatural phenomenon, but something 'unclean'. The lack of a barrier means that the power of this thing is not strong. You can use your eyes to observe it from a distance. Unfortunately, Wuhui went to Taiwan for a trip. Her 'dual existence' is most suitable for investigation."
"Well, well, there's nothing wrong with your idea, let's handle it this way."
"Well, I think you've done well enough. There's no need to burden yourself. If you have time, take more rest. If you tire yourself out, that kid will definitely complain to me when he comes back."
"Me? Actually, I've already dealt with my business. It's a rare chance for that kid's intelligence to be wrong. However, I'm not without gain. I didn't expect the Tono family to have such a precious treasure. That kid must be shocked when he sees it."
"Well... you are being disrespectful. After all, I am still your teacher..."
"He actually hung up. Really, kids nowadays don't know how to respect their teachers..."
Orange put away his phone and leaned lazily back in his chair.
At this moment, a voice was heard in the deserted garden.
"Master, your face temperature is rising and your heartbeat has accelerated by 10%. Is there something wrong with your body?"
"No, I'm in good health." Orange waved his hand.
"But you just recovered from a cold the day before yesterday."
"If I say it's okay, then it's okay. It seems I should adjust your thinking circuits to make your emotions richer."
"I don't think it's necessary. I'm a puppet. I just need to follow orders, not emotions."
"Times have changed, Miss Ninja." Orange shook her ponytail, "Perhaps it was like this in the Warring States period when you were born, but now it is very common for dolls to have emotions. After the repair work is completed, I will take you to see other dolls. Some of them have started families, some have found their own love, and live more exciting lives than humans."
"Love? Like Akiba-san and Shiki-san, and you and Shinji-san?"
"!!!" Orange's body froze, "You must have been lying to me just now. There's no need for feelings or anything."
"???"
...
In the Sun Moon Lake, a famous tourist attraction on Taiwan Island, which is known as the Treasure Island in China, a woman in white clothes and a white hat took several photos of herself with a camera and talked to herself excitedly.
"Shinji, I found another fun place. Let's go play together next time."
...
At the Clock Tower headquarters in London, England, Lorelaia, who was becoming more and more like a queen, suddenly felt uneasy. She walked to the window and looked towards the east silently.
"Is that you?"
...
The workshop of the Jewel Master is located in a secret place.
The black-haired girl with twin ponytails and the white-haired girl with red eyes looked at each other.
The white-haired girl pouted: "What should I do, Lin, why is he suddenly glowing?"
The girl with twin ponytails shook her head repeatedly: "I don't know. I didn't do anything. I just followed the master's instructions and collected data from this guy regularly. Ah, why should I care about this guy? He is obviously the bastard who stole Sakura! Why don't we just pretend we didn't see it, Illya."
"Is this really okay?"
From time to time, Illya would peek at the crystal next to her, which contained a boy about Rin's age.
The boy's skin was covered with a soft white light, making him look like an oversized light bulb.
"We should be considered friends with him."
"Ugh... I'm so annoyed. I know. We'll stay here and take turns to take care of him. If anything unexpected happens, we can help in time—ah!"
Before he could finish his words, a hint of deep blue suddenly appeared in the white halo on the boy's body, just like the newly grown hair on his head.
"Rin, what should we do?"
"How should I know?"
Twelve-year-old Toosaka Rin felt that today was a terrible day.
PS: Orange says he doesn’t like the color orange, but in fact, he likes the color orange everywhere. When will he change this problem
PS2: Thanks to Fgo1.5.3, Orange found the best guard.