Chapter 5 Meeting new people

"Back to you little guy, I already gave my name so care to give yours." She asks as she looks at the boy still sitting on the ground.

"Ah- Shiro! Shiro Emiya is my name. Nice to meet you Astral-san." Shiro says a little hesitantly.

"Just Astral is enough, anyway may I ask why that guy wanted to kill you?" Astral asks while removing her helmet.

"I think he wanted to kill me because I saw something...…" He suddenly stopped speaking as only unintelligent noise left his mouth.

"Everything alright?" She asks the now red faced Shiro with a small tilt of her head which caused some of her hair strands to fall over her face.

"Yep, Yeah! Everything all right! Just a little nervous after all the things that happened today." He says as he turns his face away and scratches the back of his head.

"Pfth Hahaha You're a terrible liar." Astral says while laughing at the blushing boy who turned away in embarrassment.

Then she suddenly turns around and locks at a girl standing at the entrance of the house, black hair bound into two piggy tails, red pullover and very short skirt combined with black stockings.

The girl gives of the aura of a mage, a talented mage but still far from dangerous for her.

Ignoring the kid Astral continued to scan the surroundings till her eyes fix onto a point of empty air.

Feeling an energy signature in that place she decides to try and lure him out.

"If you don't show yourself within five seconds, I'm going to attack the girl." As expected by her, a man materializes at the spot where she looked.

The man has short white hair and dark skin. His clothes are mad up by a wired red jacket that covers mostly his arms and leaves the rest open.

Under the red jacket he wears some black armor that covers his whole upper body.

A sort of skirt hangs around his waist which reaches down to his calves and is open in the front.

Underneath he wears black pants and black boots.

`Seems like there's a connection between these two. I should keep that in mind.` Astral thinks as she makes an mental note.

"What Servant are you?" The man that appeared asks as he carefully observes her.

From his carefulness and absence of a weapon Astral concludes that he doesn't have any intent to start a fight at the moment, so she decides to play around a bit.

"I'm nobody's servant big boy but you are free to try and tame me." Astral shamelessly flirts with the newly appeared guy and enjoys their reaction.

Thrown off by her answer the man just stands there with a lost expression while the two kids have red faces.

"Wha-wha-What are you talking about!" The girl with black piggy tails screams after she recovers from her previous shock.

"Shush kid, grownups are talking." Astral says to the girl as she looks back at the white-haired man.

"What do you think big boy? Interested?" She says with a seductive smile on her lips while holding her hand behind her back ant tilting her head.

"I have to decline your offer but I still have some questions that I would like to have answered." He says as his eyes grow sharp.

"To bad then but was worth a try. As for answering your question, sure if you give me a name." Astral says as she shakes her head in disappointment.

"You can call me Archer." Archer says.

"Hmm So you too use such an alias, anyway Astral Selfor the name pleasure meeting you Archer." Astral says after mumbling over the wired nicknames.

Archer seems surprised that she gave him her real name but recovered immediately after.

"Yo Shiro, can you guide us to a more comfortable room where we can talk?" Astral asks.

"Yeah sure." He says a little distracted as his eyes are fixed on the girl.

"Do you know each other?" Astral asks Shiro and the black-haired girl.

"Yes, we are going to the same school." The girl says still a little flustered from earlier.

"Really? What kind of magic are they teaching in that school that such an talented mage like yourself is attending it?" Astral asks genuinely interested in the topic.

A little taken aback by the question the girl just stares at me with her blue eyes.

"Magic isn't taught in normal schools; the whole magic society is hidden from the non-magi. That is common knowledge didn't the grail inform you about that?" The girl finally says.

"How would a grail inform me about anything? They normally don't really talk you know." Astral says very confused as she locks at the girl as if she's dumb.

This comment seems shock the girl and Archer who walked a bit behind us as both froze and stare at me.