With Miss Dalia and the members of Penguin Logistics helping, the soup was distributed to nearby villagers. As for the remaining portion, Shirou planned to take it to Mephisto and Faust.
After all, they did not know how many people Reunion had. Once the villagers had been served, only a little remained which was more than enough for just Mephisto and Faust.
It had gotten a bit cold, though. Hopefully Reunion had a fire to reheat it.
At first, when Penguin Logistics heard that Shirou wanted to bring the leftover soup to Reunion, they refused.
After all, those people had tried to recruit him that very morning. Now he was bringing them food? Was not that basically delivering himself on a platter?
"I am just taking it to those two kids."
Shirou tried his best to explain that he was only bringing it to Faust and Mephisto and he was not going to see Alina.
"Still no! If you are going then we are coming with you!"
Exusiai proposed a compromise, if Shirou was going they were all going together.
That was their bottom line.
"That is fine. But Sora, are you not cold?"
Shirou did not mind them coming along, but he remembered Sora rubbing her hands earlier. Even with two coats, she did not seem warm enough.
"N-no! I am not cold at all!"
Sora pulled her face out from inside her coat and spoke firmly and then immediately tucked herself back in.
"…"
Seeing her shivering even while talking, Shirou could not help but find it a little amusing.
"You are freezing like that. Stop pushing yourself."
He took off the red cloth wrapped around his neck, the Holy Shroud and placed it around Sora's neck.
Though it looked thin, it could still block some wind.
"Th-thank you."
Sora was a little touched that Shirou lent her something he clearly treasured.
"Why do I not get one?"
Croissant leaned in, still holding the pot of soup.
"You are not even cold. Did you not see Sora shivering?"
Shirou showed zero sympathy for the "bread girl" and pushed her head aside.
"I protest! Shirou is way too biased toward Sora!"
Exusiai pointed at Shirou, accusing him loudly.
On this trip, Shirou's care for Sora had been way too attentive! He gave her his coat, now his scarf and even spoke to her so gently, Exusiai refused to accept this!
Right now, she looked like an unpampered child throwing a tantrum.
"Exusiai, maybe think about how you usually act?"
Shirou chopped her on the head with a hand strike.
Croissant and Exusiai were basically the "chaos duo" or the "trouble duo." A good portion of Shirou's daily headaches came from them.
They dressed lightly, loved pranks, and were always stirring up trouble. If not for Texas and Sora stopping them, Shirou would probably spend every day cleaning up their messes.
Not to mention Texas and Sora did not cause trouble. They actually helped him.
Naturally, he treated them better.
Texas's custom Pocky was already in development.
As for Sora, Shirou noticed she cared about calories so he was working on low-calorie desserts for her.
As for the bread girl and the "fluorescent light"?
Shirou's only request for those two was: please do not cause him trouble.
"Texas!"
After getting bonked, Exusiai turned to her friend for help.
Texas simply looked away.
"Texaaaas!"
With no help coming, Exusiai let out a tragic wail.
"I will return this later… It is important to you, right? It would be bad if I got it dirty or lost it."
After Shirou chased off Exusiai and Croissant, Sora stepped forward and tugged lightly at his coat, speaking softly.
Wearing the scarf made her feel much warmer but knowing it was important to him, she did not dare keep it, afraid of damaging it.
"Just return it when we get back to Lungmen."
Seeing her complexion improve, Shirou figured the scarf was helping, so he let her keep it and even tucked the loose ends into her coat.
As for losing or dirtying it he did not mind. He trusted her.
"…Okay. I will give it back then."
A faint blush appeared on Sora's face. Shirou did not think much of it, just thinking that she was warming up.
The other three however, thought otherwise.
Shirou took the soup pot from Croissant. After all, Faust and Mephisto only recognized him. And since Penguin Logistics had already worked hard, now their only job was to supervise his interaction with Reunion.
When Sora returned to the others, she saw Exusiai and Croissant wearing mischievous grins.
"Well well, I did not expect to see this side of Sora."
Exusiai patted her back with a knowing smile.
"Exactly! Sora, you look so cute right now!"
Croissant regretted not bringing a camera, this blushing Sora could sell for a high price.
Though even if she had taken a photo, she would not sell it. She would just keep it… for teasing Sora later.
"Good luck."
Texas said, biting on a Pocky stick.
"No, wait! Let me explain!"
Seeing their expressions, Sora hurriedly waved her hands.
"We get it, we get it. There is no need to explain."
Croissant smiled knowingly.
Watching Sora bundled up in thick clothes, wearing someone else's scarf, blushing and flustered, Croissant felt like she was witnessing something very sweet.
"Go for it, Sora! We have got your back!"
Exusiai felt the same, her "sugar levels" were fully replenished just by watching this.
Texas, meanwhile, did not overthink it. Seeing them interact like this was enough for her.
"Hey! If you do not catch up, I am going on my own!"
Up ahead, Shirou turned back and shouted when he saw they had not moved.
"Ah! We cannot have that, we are coming!"
Exusiai and Croissant each grabbed one of Sora's hands and ran toward Shirou, while Texas casually took out another Pocky and followed behind.