Chapter 88 Determination to become stronger
But in this life, he knew that he had his master with him. Even if he was no match for those heroic spirits, he could still maintain the order of reality.
Therefore, for someone who hasn't even learned the basics of kendo, it's better not to hold his master back easily. He plans to send Illya to Germany first, and then come back quietly to help his master if possible.
But just as he was talking about the first half of his plans, he noticed that the silver-haired girl's expression was not right.
And even though his magic skills were very low, he could still feel that there was something wrong with the magic fluctuations emanating from the other party.
And I was just about to say that it seemed like I was being targeted by some enemy in the void.
There was no hostility, just an ordinary gaze, but it gave him a lot of pressure.
This feeling is particularly similar to the time when I was thrown into a jungle by my master and was being watched by a tiger that had just eaten its fill.
So...spiritualization?
"Ilia."
He just called her name and didn't say anything else, but the look from Shirou made the silver-haired girl almost shrink into the corner.
He is obviously a stupid brother, but when he gets serious, his aura is incredibly strong, as if there is a blood suppression.
"Okay, I confess. I have already participated in the Holy Grail War."
With a wave of his hand, he dispersed the concealing magic covering the Command Seal, revealing its patterns.
"Berserker"
A black shadow appeared under the light outside the house, and after opening the door, the great hero Hercules walked in blankly. Although his eyes were full of brutality and madness, he was tied up and did not make any unnecessary movements.
"This is the great hero Hercules, the servant I summoned. So brother, I will protect you in this battle. We will definitely be able to get the Holy Grail and make tea for you."
But Shirou Emiya didn't say anything, just stared at the dark giant.
Very strong. Very strong.
"Physical strength, will, and martial arts that have been tempered through thousands of times are integrated into every move."
Shirou Emiya's intuition instantly saw everything he should see, and his body trembled slightly under the suppression of such a heroic spirit.
Is this what it feels like when the Holy Grail War arrives?
But surprisingly, the trembling was not fear, but an illusion of eagerness to try.
It seemed as if his body was telling him not to be afraid, and his hand had already grasped the hilt of the sword at his waist.
Then Shirou laughed to himself, what was he thinking?
You are not a magician like your teacher yet, you are just a half-baked one who can't even make a clear projection. You haven't even really started swordsmanship, how can you fight against such a strong man? It's really a fantasy.
He forcibly suppressed the urge to draw his sword, and then felt a little distressed about Illya's disobedience in participating in the Holy Grail War.
"Hey~~ Come with me to the Tree of All-Knowing tomorrow and explain this situation to the teacher."
"Can I not go?"
Even though she summoned her own Berserker, she still didn't want to go to the library to find that person.
The magic circuits and magical perception throughout her body were resisting that place, and her spiritual perception every time they met told her how powerful that person was. The girl even felt that Hercules was no match for him.
"No."
As expected, it was a firm rejection, so she had no choice but to go back to her room with a sad face to rest.
Emiya Shirou sat in the quiet room for a while, then turned around and took his weapon to practice kendo again under the moonlight.
Analyze, reorganize, strengthen, and swing the sword.
This time he boldly and radically added magic to the sword swinging because he deeply felt his own shortcomings.
According to the few bits of information that Ellie had said about the war before her death, it seemed that many of the Masters of those involved had met with accidents. Even though his sister had summoned such a powerful Servant, Shirou still felt deeply uneasy.
So during this practice, I thought I should take a little risk. Even if I made a little more progress, I might be able to protect my family.
With the help of his extremely firm will and the sword bone, he unexpectedly showed some improvement this time, but his talent in magic still held him back, and the iron sword exploded into countless pieces.
Even Shirou had several cuts on his body.
But this did not stop him from practicing, as he pulled out another sword from the warehouse and swung it again, causing another explosion.
He practiced like this for half the night, the sword fragments covering the entire training ground with steel thorns, and his hands were covered in blood.
In the end, no matter how I practiced, I didn't make any progress, so after cleaning up the practice area, I went back to rest. I will ask the teacher tomorrow to see if there are any more radical methods.
As for whether he would be afraid of being covered in bruises, of course not.
Because this time he clearly knew that before his death, Ellie had implanted a fantasy weapon in his body. It was called the distant utopia, which had the ability to restore the body.
Because Illya has the magic heritage of Einzbern, she doesn't really need this thing.
Instead, it was given to Shirou to maintain his life. It was because he always struggled on the brink of death during his magic practice. If he didn't have this thing, he would have been paralyzed in bed or even dead.
The young man lying on the bed ignored the pain in his body very calmly, only feeling the lack of strength.
"Sure enough, in addition to having ideas, you also need the power to execute them."
The weather was very good the next day. Shirou took a rare leave and took the reluctant Illya to the Tree of Omniscience.
But when she reached the door, the girl suddenly stopped.
"Berserker seems to be resisting entering here."
"Maybe he was a little nervous, but now it's okay."
Without making any sound, Noah stood in front of the siblings, startling the girl.
Following Noah's voice, Berserker also calmed down his restlessness.
The somewhat confused girl and the calm Shirou walked to the depths of the Tree of Omniscience, where there was a towering tree that was the core of the entire library.
Usually Shirou came here to ask for advice on kendo, but what surprised him today was that there was a beautiful lady with extraordinary grace here.
Wearing an indigo and purple hooded cape and a purple robe, she looks like a mysterious wizard in legends. The simple beauty has long blue hair and pupils, and has pointed ears that are obviously different from ordinary people. There is a braid on the left ear. She wears purple lipstick.
This woman was angrily shuttling back and forth between several piles of drawings and books that were several people high. And every time she opened a book, she would read it at a speed that seemed no different from turning the pages of a book to an ordinary person.
"This is……"
"A temporary worker hired by the library."
"Oh."
"He is also one of the servants in this Holy Grail War. According to his class, he should be a caster."
What? x2
The brother and sister were stunned. Illya's move was fast enough, but the teacher brought back a servant directly.
Chapter 89 The truth is always cruel and ruthless
"So it was you, Sensei, who summoned the Servant yesterday?"
"No, it was some mysterious piece of trash from the Middle East. He did some disgusting things so I sent him away. Medea followed me voluntarily after leaving the dark side for the light side."
The traitorous witch rolled her eyes in her busy schedule. Who would believe such a thing and follow him actively?
“Teachers are kind.”
Uh...Shirou is an honest child.
The boy brought his sister here this time to talk to the teacher about the summoned servant and wanted to know more specific information about the Holy Grail War.
Perhaps no one knows more about the Fourth Holy Grail War than the teacher. Shirou also roughly knows that the person who is always reluctant to have his name appear in Airi's story is Noah.
"The Fourth Holy Grail War..."
Sakura ran out at this time and made a cup of tea for everyone. Shirou was shocked to see that his school girl was actually in the Tree of All-Knowing... This was a bit unexpected.
But now is not the time to explore this matter. I should suppress the doubts in my heart and get the information first.
So Noah told them the story of the Fourth Holy Grail War under the tree.
The Einzbern Castle in Germany, the first night in Fuyuki Port, the crusade against the outsiders, the victory dinner, the betrayal siege, and the final winner.
He even talked about the things that Ai Li didn't want to talk about, which gave everyone a great mental shock.
Sakura thought that the first night was the night of her rebirth, and the departure of her nominal father, Tōsaka Tokiomi, was also very undignified.
Medea was also fascinated by what she heard. So this is the origin of this monster. It seems that she has to fight back. The opponent was able to kill 7 servants last time, so he probably wouldn't mind a few more this time. He is really a cruel person.
Besides, even Gilgamesh, whose status was superior to that of the gods, was not killed, but he was able to survive under the sword.
This is Medea > Hero King.
What was even more chilling was the other party's mind and calculations, which made it impossible for her, the traitorous witch, to find any flaws. Terrible.
The two siblings who took the initiative to seek intelligence were naturally the ones who had the greatest impact in the discussion.
Although Shirou and Illya had long been prepared for Kiritsugu to have some dishonorable behavior in the war.
Because they have all grown up, when they think back to the stories told by Ai Li, they always find that Kiritsugu's behavior became less and less frequent and strange in the second half, but they did not expect that the other party would do such an excessive thing.
What was even more difficult for them to accept was that even Airi had done such a thing. That gentle yet strong, simple yet stupid mother had also betrayed her Servant and even went crazy in the end.
No wonder before she died, Ellie said that both she and her husband were sinners. No wonder there was a saying about atonement for Noah.
Illya obviously couldn't accept it. In her mind, how could Kiritsugu and Irisviel, who were heroes, be such people? However, the stories her mother told her and the information from Einzbern made her sure that this was basically the case, so she fell into autism.
Shirou believes that it is a tragedy to have no correct ideological guidance when pursuing one's ideal, and how desperate it would be to be abandoned by one's own dreams.
As for the fact that Mr. Noah was originally a servant but eventually became an ordinary human, it did not cause much surprise.
Nothing would be strange to this man. After all, logically speaking, the winner of the last Holy Grail War was this man.
Finally, after hearing everything about the Holy Grail War, the place became very silent.
Sakura left here silently, and the people in the story had little to do with her anymore.
Shirou Emiya was the first to regain his sanity. The sword meditation he practiced regularly on a daily basis helped him concentrate his mind.
It turns out that the Holy Grail War is really like what my mother said, it turns good guys into bad guys and turns bad guys into crazy battles...
At the same time, he also understood what kind of situation his sister would face. It was a war with an alarmingly high casualty rate. It was too naive to think that Hercules alone could win the war.
Of the previous eight masters, only one survived normally after the war, and Airi was left with only half her life.
With such a tragic ending, it is no wonder that before her death, Ellie forbad both him and Illya to enter the Holy Grail War.
But... now that Illya has entered, Emiya Shirou has no choice.
"Teacher, please help me."
Noah understood what the other party meant. Since this kid wanted a more radical method of practice and had Avalon's support, he would give him a round-trip ticket to hell.
After leaving this world, there will always be a legacy that exists in Type-Moon, and maybe one day you can use it when you encounter an anomalous area.
"I will take two hours every night to guide you through practice. Be prepared to die."
"Good teacher, I am prepared to die every day."
The red-haired boy now shoulders the responsibility of protecting his sister. In the unknown perspective, his edge becomes sharper, more determined, and more powerful.
Then the young man took the confused Illya away from the Tree of All-Knowing.
When Noah looked back, he found that Medea's work enthusiasm suddenly rose. It seemed that her daily work was her passion.
"Do me a favor later. I need to build a barrier that cannot be detected by the outside world. At the same time, it has very high requirements for the intensity of shielding energy."
"Okay, boss."
Noah nodded and left. He wanted to arrange a suitable place to teach his disciples.
He knows too well about this kind of hot-blooded comic protagonist who has the potential to be the protagonist. The step-by-step training is just laying the foundation.
It’s easy to break through, just die a few times.
At night, a space door opened in front of Shirou Emiya and he stepped through it without fear.
This place turned out to be a red wilderness with countless ownerless sword tombstones. Nearly a thousand swords stuck in the ground made it look even more desolate.
“Here I asked Medea to create a shielding measure so that the satellites in the sky and the magic of the clock tower cannot detect it.
