Dark room.
The boy fell to the ground.
A girl with lifeless eyes.
Intermittent wailing.
There are also occasional ups and downs.
Please don't get me wrong, this is not a prison, this is the cargo hold of a plane, a plane from Romania to East Asia. This is not some illegal detention or religious play, but smuggling, although this behavior is also illegal.
The boy and girl were naturally Shinji and Elquet, who had just escaped from the Millennium City. The reason they were in the cargo hold of the plane was that they did not have Romanian documents and were "illegal residents", so they could not board the plane and leave the country through regular channels.
Originally, Shinji wanted to contact "Jewel Master" by phone and ask him to teleport himself and Elquite directly to Japan, but he didn't expect that "Jewel Master" disappeared again before he made the call. He first said "Shinji is fine", and then sent Yustisa, Rin Toosaka and Illya out of the secret workshop.
When Shinji contacted Yustisa, the three of them, one adult and two children, had already boarded the train back to Fuyuki - after all, it was mainland Japan, and it was much more convenient for the Matou family, the Tōsaka family, and the Emiya family to operate there, unlike faraway Europe, where they were out of reach and powerless.
Shinji expressed his dissatisfaction with the "Jewel Man"'s hands-off approach. However, considering the other party's ability to escape and the difference in strength between the two, he could only curse "damn old jewel man".
Elquet didn't care, except for a little surprise when he heard the name "Jewel Man", he didn't say much. The two were old acquaintances. Elquet had known this legendary old man not long after he was born. The old man was also a rare special person who was obviously a dead apostle but was not on any vampire hunting list.
With no one to help him, Shinji had to find a way to get home by himself. Having had the experience of Altria and Little Jack going to Romania, he naturally chose a similar way.
Transfer to Bucharest, confirm the flight, sneak in when the cargo is being transported, and then there is a long wait.
Elquet has a naive personality, speaks whatever is on his mind, and hates boredom. He can sleep through the day, but becomes energetic at night, and feels uncomfortable if he doesn't find something to do. This is also a racial characteristic of vampires.
However, unlike other vampires who are harmed by sunlight and can only hide during the day, sunlight does not have any substantial effect on Elquet. She simply does not like sunlight and becomes listless in the sun.
Not only sunlight, but also flowing water, garlic, holy water, crosses and other exorcism objects are all ineffective. If she didn't have the urge to suck blood, she would be a truly perfect life. Well, even more perfect than Kaz SAMA, although her current performance is completely unrelated to perfection.
"So boring, so boring, Shinji."
"..." Shinji lay on the ground, eyes closed, not saying a word.
"Hey, hey, Shinji, come play."
"... "
"Mmmmm"
Seeing that Shinji ignored her, the princess started to act like a spoiled child, waving her arms and legs around like a kid, making the luggage around her rattle.
Shinji's eyelids finally opened a crack, and while yawning, he stood up and grabbed Elquet's hand.
"My princess, can't you let me sleep peacefully? You wanted to sleep during the day, but I didn't bother you. I even carried you to the airport."
"But, but it's really boring. Oh, by the way, what do you do when you feel bored?"
"Meditation, training, reviewing spells, practicing runes..."
"I don't think I know any."
"You don't need to know. If humans had your abilities, they wouldn't study these things..." Shinji shook his head and began to doze off again.
"Wait, wait, don't fall asleep, chat with me for a while."
"How long...?"
"A day?" said Arquette tentatively.
"Huh~"
"So... half a day?"
"Huh~"
"Just until dawn, just until dawn, okay?"
Elquet pouted and looked very aggrieved, but she didn't know that Shinji felt even more aggrieved.
"Sister, if you don't want me to sleep, just tell me."
"Oh, I don't want you to sleep, I want you to play with me."
"I lost to you magnificently. How do you want to play?"
The princess was so honest, what else could Shinji do except admit defeat? After traveling here for six years, this was the first time someone made him so helpless.
"I don't know." It was still a frank answer that left people speechless. "It's up to Shinji to decide."
"Then sleep with me." Shinji fell down again with a "bang" - sleeping, just sleeping, doing nothing.
"We agreed not to sleep." Elquet grabbed Shinji's shoulders and helped him up again.
"Okay, I won't sleep, but I don't know what to do." Shinji stared at the ceiling in boredom, "I can't practice magic alone while you watch me."
Elquet shook his head again and again: "No, absolutely not."
"Then you stay quiet for a while, let me think about how to pass the time..."
"Okay, hurry up."
"I'm already thinking about it."
"... "
"... "
"Are you ready?"
"No."
"Hmm..."
"It's almost done, don't rush me - answer me a question first."
"What's the problem?"
"How is your injury?"
"Much better, except for the 'Imagination Manifestation' which gives me a headache when I use it, everything else has been restored."
"What about the 'voice' in your head?"
"I can still hear it sometimes, but it doesn't seem noisy anymore."
"I see, then I can give it a try." Shinji held his chin and thought, "The rules of the Mooncell world are brand new, relying on the 'fantasy materialization' of the earth's nature; in theory it won't work, and if I remember correctly, the Servant-turned Elquito doesn't have the ability to break the rules, so... well, it's worth a try. If it doesn't work, I can go in and out, and it can be considered my first experience... uh, I always feel that this statement is terrible."
"What's so bad? Have you thought of any interesting ideas?" Her Royal Highness the Princess beside him still had a look of anticipation on her face.
"It's an idea, but it's a little dangerous."
"It's okay, I'm not afraid of danger, how do I play?"
"It's too narrow here, let's go to the wider world - put your hands down, I asked you to drill a hole in the bulkhead, do you want to crash the plane?"
"How do we get outside?"
"I can just chant a spell, and Gaia will send you up there?"
"'Gaia'? Could it be—"
"Haven't you always wanted to go and see it? Let's go now. But before that, we have to keep our bodies safe and set a time for our return so that no one can find us."
"Leave it to me, I'll unfold a small-scale fantasy..."
Pure white spread, enveloping the two bodies. Elquet grabbed Shinji's wrist, and just watched him close his eyes, and whispered:
"Link Start!"