Getting Up Starting Up

"Squid, squid!" Pia happily swaying left and right, clapping her hands.

"No squid for breakfast Pia," Shino said, bringing the food to the tables. An assorted buffet fit for 4 people sat beside the table.

Pia pouting at Shino, "Ehh, why, Squid is bad, you should eat them in to extinction every day!"

Shirou could only shake his head besides. The answer he received from his question about Pia Crusades to the squid, was to put it simply beyond measures. It was started with a tale of fish that swam peacefully until a squid came, conducting its natural role in the food chain hierarchy.

Pia apparently, horrified by this course of action. Swore an eternal vengeance and 'genocide' to the entire poor species, until they forever to be banished in the ocean.

Other than that, she was a free-spirited girl, somewhat a ditzy little girl, with a penchant to tease whoever she likes.

Shino, he still reeling the fact Shino is the mother of Sakuya, wholeheartedly accept him in the Miyako Inn after tasting some of his food. Though the agreement, he would only work on a certain day as Sakuya suggested.

The rarer commodity, the higher the price. That was behind the Sakuya intention while grinning at her Abacus.

Sakuya, in a sense she was like his mentor, Rin. One only needs to remove the Tsun in front of the dere and reel the fact she loves money and the opportunity to make it than anything. Much to Shino sigh.

In a week, he seldom leaves the inn as he still maintaining the recovery of his body after that fight with the dragon. Not only there's one but three each compassing different elements and power.

Though his mind was very fuzzy at the time, he could barely remember the fight other than he managed to injure one of them.

Adjusting to his new body, while taking some time, he adjusted it fairly quickly. Why not, he once progressed to this body.

Only the change of 30 magic circuits that did affect him, years working as counter-guardian supplied by million units of prana were throwing him off.

Adjusting the output of the prana is the trickiest thing, as the world not rejecting his traced blade but instead encouraging it. The air was suffocating with ambient mana, he still had a hard time to breathe.

While there's a time before the projected blade will disappear, it took almost 5 days for Hrunting to disappear in his observation, but the power isn't degraded to the slightest as before.

He still not dared to project Excalibur or the weapon in divine origin, he could die if handled poorly.

And the fact his marble reality was shifting, and warping at a fast rate. He yet, can't enter it.

Hopefully, it won't damage his soul or anything, as marble phantasm is the manifestation of souls.

After finishing the breakfast, he clapped his hands in prayer before a hand took It off.

"C'mon, Shirou it's our turn to wishy-washy the bath!"

"Hey, there's some business I need Shirou for," Sakuya yelled at Pia, growling at her as she took the other arms.

"No, you've been ogling him last night, this is my turn!"

"Wha-" Her face turned beet red, misunderstanding the choice of Pia words, "Who has been ogling him, I'm only talking a business venture!"

Until a menacing aura came in front of them, Shino smiled warmly with her eyes closed and hands clapped.

"Well, well, since you've been using him these past days. Why don't you hand him to me, fair right?"

"But!" Sakuya raised her hand, only to be silenced as Kyuu~ came out of her with the aura intensified.

"Right?"

Both nodded at her. Mother, scary, sometimes she reminded him to a certain tiger but only more, immeasurably dependable.

"Now, Shirou, I have some errand for you."

She turned back, to the door leading to the corridor.

Shirou trailing back, leaving the sister's yet arguing again alone in the dining room.