IdleYoungMaster

Christmas Omake: The Beckoning

You call.

You beckon.

It is summoned forth.

It is always destined to arrive.

One regrets everything and tries to hide away, only to be found by it. Witness the true nature of—

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Tap-!

Tap-!

"Humu..."

It is currently midnight. 11:59 PM to be exact. Due to her sleepy state, Nero hadn't realized the special day that would come right when the clock hits 12.

After taking a drink in Chaldea's kitchen, she soon headed back to her room...

Chapter 209: Start of the Changes

Ordinary.

Logos felt nothing but mundaneness from the person opposite of him. Just like a drop of water in the sea, his existence fits so well with the surroundings that he's more of a "common" person than the CEO of a large company. His appearance is the only thing that makes him stand out, perhaps.

However, he knew more than the norm to treat him as 'ordinary'. In Terra, such incongruency between one's 'identity' and 'aura' is enough to alarm him. Basically, a person who has a h...

Chapter 208: Working!

A/N: I made a mistake. The chapter uploaded yesterday was supposed to be 207, but I uploaded 208 instead.

That's right, I was planning to make a Christmas surprise for everyone by uploading 2 chapters (2 normal & 2 advanced) in Christmas Eve, but I failed. Anyways, I would still do it now by uploading the true chapter 207 as well as the chapter 209 today.

Happy holidays, everyone!

PS: Since I partly failed for this present, you can look forward to a bonus omake that will...

Chapter 207: Seol; Logos' Arrival

"Two more kilometers."

Sweat covered Seol's sight. This time, he relied on his blurry vision to successfully push the boulder to the top of the mountain. Even with his current strength that reached Level 6, which corresponds to the Demigod Realm, it is still difficult to carry the weight of this entire boulder.

This was something that he got during his first 10x pulls.

[Training Boulder (SSR)]

Details: The boulder that you wouldn't forget during the long part of your l...

Chapter 206: The Richest

A romantic relationship is complex. Not only do they need to accurately grasp what is the limit of each of them, but trust is also required for the relationship to last.

This wasn't a problem when it comes to Shiro and his wives since they know each other well. Thousands of years of living together is enough to build this kind of unshakeable relationship.

However, it's not the same for his other relationships. In fact, he and Castoria already talked about this matter.

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Chapter 205: First Confession

Looking back at their memories together, Shiro can confidently say that Cardinal is one of his closest and most trusted friends of his. She is different from Romani and Kouzuki in the way that she's been with Shiro ever since they got out of Aincrad.

They have been together in their daily lives, which also catalyzed their close relationship.

Heck, they even 'communicated' back when she was still the <Cardinal System>. In a sense, Shiro is the first person that Cardinal has c...

Chapter 204: Hanging Out

"There are so many people."

Shiro looked at the sea of crowds in the streets. Many stalls are present beside it, with different kinds of ancient races present. Supposedly, only Kurantas are present in this capital city, but this week is a special one for Kazimierz.

"The majors will be held this week." Cardinal said before adjusting her librarian hat. "There are many opportunities present at this time, so these guys swarmed here like flies. Just like what the government wanted to."...

Chapter 203: [Cardinal]

"I heard you made a mess yet again."

"Ehe~!"

Hearing this, Cardinal sighed. She then said, "Seeing you act like this, you found another reliable employee, I guess."

"Hm! I don't know if he's that reliable, but he deserves to have this chance."

Suddenly, her UR-rated ability finished its work and alerted her through the familiar orange-white panels in her sight.

<<15 errors have been found.>>

<<28 errors have been found.>>

<&...

Chapter 202: Infected

"Sigh."

Helplessly, Strea's "guard" Kumo decided to intervene from here. Her matching pair of silver eyes swept through the crowd before she formed an objective in her head.

'Hostiles. Fifteen.'

'Killing intent. None.'

'Armed. All.'

'Casters. Three.'

'Gunners. None.'

"The best choice of action would be..."

Her voice was lost in the wind as she disappeared in the sight of many. A moment later, an Infected Kuranta saw a black silhouette descending...

Chapter 201: Kazimierz

Sensing that the gaze had disappeared, Shiro cancelled his [Lord of the Mysteries], concealing his "true form" once more.  To be exact, his [Supreme Magus] true form that came from the past.

Just to be sure, he used his past form to scare them even more. If he uses what he has right now... it won't achieve the same effect as it had now.

'They should be scared for a while.' He thought. "Everything got fucking ridiculous."

Shiro sighed as he thought of the problem right n...

Chapter 200: Outsider

[Devouring Complete! You have gained the ability [Life-Death Conversion].]

[Life-Death Conversion (SS)]

Details: The sub-authority that belongs between [Life] and [Death]. It allows one to convert life to death and vice versa.

A short explanation entered Shiro's vision before disappearing. Based on the information present on it, this ability allowed for the conversion of life to death. That is, bring death to everything that has life. At the same time, it allows him to bring...

Chapter 199: Terra, Once More

In the courtyard, Shiro and Castoria are alone.

"Shiro."

"Don't worry. I'll be back after 2~3 weeks at most." He said. "I'll also bring you there next time."

Even though she already has a materialized soul, making her independent of the grail, she still couldn't 'pierce' through world barriers easily. Only Altera is an exception as she possesses the power of "destruction". While Castoria can mimic it with her [Rhongomyniad], she doesn't possess abilities such as [Outer God] ...

Chapter 198: Online Help

Emiya Household.

Due to the exhausting night, everyone fell asleep easily. Even Sakura who was left here got surprised when everybody skipped dinner and showered before going to their bedrooms immediately.

Heck, even Castoria experienced mental fatigue while controlling the city-wide arrays and readying her [Magecraft] just in case of any emergencies. Hence, she's now cuddling Shiro like a pillow while sleeping with a sheepish smile.

"Hm..?"

Shiro was about to sleep wh...

Chapter 197: Mother..?!

While many things are occurring in Fuyuki, something else happened in other worlds.

Swoooosh-!

A KANSEN is "walking" in the ocean through the keels installed to her feet. She has a carrier's landing area installed to her right arm whilst she carried a black bow with her left.

She wore a calm expression whilst staring vigilantly in the distance.

"The anchor has been installed."

In the past, an agreement was made. In exchange for their cooperation, the Ash...

Chapter 196: Fae

Outside the cave, Castoria is silently gazing at its direction. Her [Excaliburs] are already prepared, firing off to Shiro's enemy with just a thought of hers. Furthermore, she wouldn't hesitate to pull in her true body if things escalate beyond their expectations.

By that time, none would be her match. Though, she'll have to pay the price of severe injuries at the <Creator> level. They are not simple injuries from before, but one that can't be treated with ease.

After all, ...

Chapter 195: Suffering from Success

"My wish is to... fully catch up with my past."

Shiro has a longing look as he said that. Only he knew how painful it was to see his wives who loves him, all the while he forgot many important moments of theirs. He couldn't fully understand them, hence the reason why he couldn't fully reciprocate the intensity of their love.

However, it will be different now.

"Your wish is to [Catch up with your past]. Determined that you are under several special conditions. As a result, th...

Chapter 194: His Wish

First of all, he collected every single crystals with a thought. Just like that, he earned more than 1,000,000 Origin Crystals, refilling his empty [Dimensional Storage] once more.

Then, he decided to refocus back to the [Greater Grail].

'She's still alive?'

Immediately, he saw through all the mechanisms of the [Greater Grail], including the materialized soul that served as its core. He sensed that her materialization is somewhat flawed, with the woman inside losing most of ...

Chapter 193: Acceptance

'Who am I?'

It was my first thought when I came into this world. It felt so cold knowing that I am detached from this world, without having any acquaintances nor close friends. my ability of sensing others' malicious intents only made it worse. Every single one of my doubts, I hid it under the guise of playfulness.

'Are everyone like this?' I thought at that time.

Upon meeting that little girl, I found out that not all living beings are averse with me. For reasons unknown, I...

Chapter 192: Ascension; Turning Point

The first thing that Shiro did after he came back is to "place" the artifact spirit back into her home, [Tail Gear]. It's an easy thing to do, more so when her mind is currently hazy due to them forming this connection for the first time.

Meanwhile, he didn't get out of this black sea yet as he could feel the increased rate of his [Devouring] concept. Right now, he's simply eating "him" without any inhibitions whatsoever.

Still, he decided to go another mile and crushed the [Time ...

Chapter 191: Meager Understanding

A/N: Welp. It's the last 2 weeks for this semester, so things have been hectic. I do apologize if the updates go intermittent, but everyone can still expect an update of a chapter every 2 days at least. After those two weeks, we'll be going back to the stable 1 chapter per day.

Enjoy~!

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Clang-!

Stab-!

A curved blade was sent downwards at Shiro's position, but the latter easily blocked it with his golden sword and stabbed the attacker's neck...

Chapter 190: Blood

Upon having a contact with the Artifact Spirit, her originally dull eyes shone with an intelligent light. She wore the skinsuit that Shiro wear during his [Twintail] state, though this girl in front of him has two [Tail Gears] instead of one.

'Just as planned.'

Right after Shiro thought, the girl suddenly lunged to him. He can prevent her using [Infinity], but he allowed her to fall into his embrace instead. Then, her lips parted, revealing a pair of sharp canines that dug into hi...

Chapter 189: Artifact Spirit

[Angra Mainyu] is very similar to Madoka's existence—a concept, so as to speak.

It is not a physical nor spiritual entity, but simply a concept of the world itself. It is all the evils of the world, and all the evils of the world are it.

This is why Shiro couldn't brute-force through him with his [Heaven's Feel]. It's still doable if someone would just destroy it or shut it down, but to fight against it?

It's nigh-impossible.

Just as how Madoka can exist forever in p...

Chapter 188: Greater Grail

Sensing that the Bounded Fields are disabled, Shiro directly entered the vicinity of Ryuudou Temple; to be exact, the mountain near it. It is the same mountain that Medea had first used as a base due to a sole reason:

The [Greater Grail] can be found here.

Although, it's pretty much useless unless she acquired the [Lesser Grail], its key so as to speak, hence she couldn't use it to her great advantage. Still, she designated Ryuudou Temple as her base to better protect it.

No...

Chapter 187: Servant Card

From that attack, a huge blue wave that contained mana passed through her magic circles.

Crack-!

Crack-!

Space began cracking, producing tears that revealed a black void. Upon seeing this, Medea was shocked as she realized that the weak magus in front of her had teared a hole straight to the layer of [Real Number Space]!

Different from [Imaginary Number Space], the [Real Number Space] is the layer of reality in the universe. It is observable by a mort...

Chapter 186: Simultaneous Show-downs

During that time, the light that separated from her converged on top of her. It took shape of a cup before it materialized. Surprisingly, the cup looked extraordinary even though it's a relic at best. Though, Shiro didn't mind this as he attracted it to his hand.

"The Lesser Grail..." Sella mumbled.

As she knew about Illya being the Grail's vessel, she wasn't surprised much. In fact, she had long accepted that the three of them will fall into this war; for their existences are cru...

Chapter 185: Materialization and Transformation

"Never mind that. Are you interested in becoming a real human?"

Once again, Illya couldn't react at Shiro's words. Though, the other two homunculi besides her immediately understood him.

"What? Do you have a True Magic?" Leysritt expressionlessly asked. A hint of joking can be heard on it, but it is not too sarcastic.

"Well, I do."

After he spoke, Shiro snapped his fingers. A moment later, light covered Leysritt as she felt some vague changes going inside her. For a sp...

Chapter 184: +1 Sniper Kill

While Shiro is dealing with Sasaki Kojirou, there is an ongoing fight in front of the Einzberg Mansion.

Clang-!

Clang-!

Due to the unstoppable force that Shinji had encountered, he was pushed back easily by the man in blue jumpsuit.

Bang-!

Bang-!

Bullets rained at him, all of which are sent by Mami, but to no avail. Still, she continued on doing so as she kept trying to project a rifle. In fact, that rifle is probably the...

Chapter 183: Three-Minute Showdown

In front of Ryuudou Temple's Torii Gate, Shiro arrived. Though, a single person greeted him under the moonlight. The man wore a set of blue yukata, his presence being "ordinary".

"I was about to leave, but I can trust them with holding the fort for a while." He said to the man opposite of him.

"The same goes to me, but why do I feel a faint familiarity with you?"

Instead of answering, Shiro took out his Armament, his black sword. It is noticeably weaker as it doesn't have hi...

Chapter 182: Shirou Emiya

Shirou Emiya, a person whom are living on borrowed ideals. His desire to help others originally came from Kiritsugu's nurturing, but his trauma only worsened it.

In the Fuyuki Fire ten years ago, he's the only one who survived in their vicinity. He heard dozens of screams getting weaker in every moment... until they're all dead. He couldn't even remember his parents, which ended up with him feeling lost at that moment.

Maybe it was due to his instincts kicking in, but he took in e...

Chapter 181: Idiots

Upon his arrival, the sleepy Castoria lazily pointed out randomly before fluctuations started to appear.

Bzzt-!

A miniature golden sword was summoned in Castoria's hand. It emitted the same aura as the [Excalibur] that Artoria wielded, but it is much more complete than it.

Yawning, she spun the sword while she rubbed her eyes using her right hand.

Seeing Castoria play with Excalibur that she "casually" brought out, Zelretch couldn't help but let out a small la...