6 Turn lemons into your catgirls and XP

He chose one without hesitation, needing someone loyal to him, him alone, not friendship. He knew better that his mother's knight allegiance was to his mother, not him, so he wouldn't bother getting too close to them, letting their relationship flow naturally. 

[Choose 1]

"Hey, cutie," Shirou greeted the maid with a friendly smile on his face.

The catgirls looked at each other and burst into laughter when they saw their master, who is still a kid, flirting with them. 

They thought he was acting cute rather than thinking he was flirting with them. 

It's all blame on the Simulator Mode he played previously that gave him the option to flirt with Rita, which made him subconsciously use this with the catgirls in front of him. 

However, they just laughed for a while, then greeted back their master with friendly smiles on their faces.

"Hello too, master."

"Is there anything you need us to do?"

"Considering that we have already known each other for two days, it seems we really have not yet properly introduced ourselves so far," Shirou said.

He didn't tell his purpose in visiting them or directly ask about the supernatural world. Instead, he used this opportunity to bond his time and show his care to his maids, the opportunity to build a friendship with them so it would be easier in the future for them to help him and be used by him.

"Indeed, you have a point, master," the pink-haired catgirl nodded. She was Ni, and her twin sister, the blue-haired one, Li, agreed with their point at the same time and said, "Since that's the case, we would like to introduce ourselves, master. My name is Li, and she is Ni, my twin sister."

"From the information we have gathered so far about you, we know that you're just an ordinary human. Although it's not befitting our position to remind you of this, I will say it considering you are new to this."

"Be careful, master. Many vampires inside this castle have discrimination against you, even if they don't say it outright because of fear of the Princess."

"They are indeed always talking dirty behind your back. And outside, there are many people who want to take advantage of your newfound status. Whether it is inside or outside, they hate your guts for being the Eclipse Princess' adopted son. They want to see you fall and take advantage of you at the same time," she reminded her master at the same time.

"Then what about you? Will you take advantage of me, or are you someone who discriminates against me behind my back?" Shirou playfully asked.

He was intrigued by the information that the catgirls had gathered so far. 

So, that's it, they were very good at gathering intelligence and news that would probably be very difficult for him to gather in a short amount of time. 

With this, he noted that they were very useful if they were used as his eyes and ears, to gather information and build an intelligence network if he needed them in the future.

"No, we are ordered by the Princess to protect you at all costs and obey all of your orders," Ni stated sternly.

"Is there something that I need to know that makes you loyal to my mother? She did say your former master is Riser Phenex. Was your former master abusive, which made you become grateful to mother?" Shirou asked with a sharp expression on his face.

"We never suffered abuse as you think. The truth is, as much as we don't have much affection for Riser, we are sincerely grateful to his mother, Lady Phenex, who saved us from the Naberius Clan after they experimented on us and many neko races. And Ravel would be your future fiancée, master. The friendship between your mother and the Phenex Clan is not that simple," she added.

"To put it another way, you own our allegiance and our sincerity because of your future bond with Ravel and our gratitude to her mother, Lady Phenex."

Interesting...

It seems there is still much information and many things that he needs to learn. For now, he needs to learn how to improve his strength first. Luckily, due to their devotion, they should be willing to go all out to teach him what he needs to know. Unlike the knights who are probably not willing to share their secret techniques, his maids are different because they are bound to him through his engagement with Ravel Phenex. 

Though he is not sure if he is really engaged with her or if it's just dinner talk of her mother with them rather than a promise, he will not let go of this opportunity to learn all the secrets that this world has to offer. 

"Is there anything that I need to know?" Shirou then asked.

"Well, probably Riser hates your guts too, master. We know his affection for us, even towards his own sister. You stole not only his peerage but his sister too. Although your mother and the Clan of Phenex are allies, it doesn't mean Riser couldn't challenge you in the future. He surely will."

"There are two solutions to these problems. Either completely avoid Riser or train yourself hard to the point where you can beat him."

"Don't worry that he will play tricks, master. Riser is an arrogant man. He despises using schemes and will challenge you upfront, that's for sure."

"So, what is your choice, master?"

"Can we start our training then?" Shirou grinned.

He's not sweating it because let's be real, when life hands you lemons, you turn those lemons into XP and level up like a boss.

The catgirls grinned too as they nodded in approval at their master's choice.