The Hound's Moon

Unfolding Affiliations

--Chapter 22--
Unfolding Affiliations

How did the raven end up at the one place she did not want to reside in? She was speaking to the white-haired male at the riverbank, which she never had gotten an answer for her question. A Bounded Field appeared before them and judging by how he responded, it was most likely his Master that was inside there. The earring she obtained from her mother—which was, in fact, Cú's—began to scorch her ear in high temperatures. After that... the two teens came out of the cracked dimension with Archer carrying a female adult. If imagery could explain everything, question marks would densely float all around Yuuki's head.

"Satou, come here and help us out. We're leaving." The male servant called out to the raven. Still quite confused on what just happened, she ran towards the bridge entrance meeting with the two teens. "S-Satou-san?!" The female teen saw the adult as they approached the overpass edge. "I'll ask about the situation later! Let me carry him." Rin nodded and eventually handed the auburn male over. The raven quickly pulled him over her back, staggering just a bit before following the female teen to whatever the location was.

To no surprise, the location was to the Tohsaka mansion. Specifically, the one big ass house the raven knows she would never obtain in her lifetime. A flat expression plastered on her face as she saw the building. "Well then..." The adult brought the injured teen into the large house as the twin-tailed female brought them to one of the rooms. "Put him on the bed here. We can tend his wounds."

The raven hesitated before she responded as she took out her materials from her bag. "Let me work on first aid. I can speed his recovery or lessen the pain for him at the very least." The female teen nodded as she turned towards the door. "Then I'll grab some water and some bandages." As the teen left, the adult removed her waterproof jacket and tossed it aside, pulling her sleeves up. "This may sting a bit, Emiya but hold on." The male scrunched his face in pain and confusion as all he could do was trust the raven.

She grabbed her bag of petals—specifically taking out the Anthurium ones—as she muttered strings of incantation runes. Silver and red hues of light glowed around the petals as she held within her hands before placing her palm right at the auburn's wound. "Nghh...Raaaa...!" He groaned and yelled at the sudden illumination and pain that ran through his injury. He gripped the bed tightly as his body tissues began to reform within the open wound. "Emiya-kun?!" The female then came back with bandages and a bucket of water as she glanced over at the distressed male.

"He'll... be fine. Just let me... concentrate please." The Anthurium petals eventually disappeared as the majority of his wound restored to a less dangerous condition. The raven fumbled, almost collapsing before a pair of large hands steadied her body. She glanced up, seeing the white strands and a pair of onyx orbs. "I told you that you were going to be useful."

"Archer? I thought I told you to be in the living room." The raven eventually got her balance as she whispered a thank you to the male. "And that I was. This woman would have collapsed with how she was performing that magic. Be glad I was here for even a split second." No sooner he left the room, leaving an angry Master and a sighing adult with the patient on the bed.

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The raven was sitting on the couch, opposite of the servant who draped themselves onto the furniture. Her jacket, which had residues of blood stains, hung over a chair. She had her eyes closed, concentrating on her breathing to regulate her mana after that first trial of healing with living specimens of flowers as the main component. She was surprised at how she was able to maintain composure with the fact that her first couple of trials of whatever it was usually ended up in failures. "For someone with such unstable mana control, that was impressive."