Shirou strode confidently down the town's main road, which led straight to the central Town Hall. He held his head high and his chest out, exuding an air of self-assurance.
As he approached the central Town Hall, he noticed a group of knights already waiting for him. They were impeccably dressed, and their leader was a friendly-looking, middle-aged man with a bit of extra weight.
Ector sidled up to Shirou and whispered in his ear, "That portly fellow over there is Sir Ywain."
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2023-02-28 23:14:25 +0000 UTC
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Days passed by like this.
Other than the fact that the servants in the estate were becoming more and more respectful towards him, there seemed to be no difference from usual.
Although things may have seemed unchanged, Shirou couldn't help but notice a few noticeable differences. For one, there was a daily crowd of knights and town residents who would surround the estate, shouting and asking to see him. If he didn't know any better, he would think he had done something terrible.
2023-02-27 22:31:32 +0000 UTC
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"King Arthur! King Arthur!"
"King Arthur! King Arthur!"
Amidst the cheers of the knights, Shirou turned around and headed back to the mansion. Dealing with the next task would be easy - he could just leave it to Ector to dismiss the knights.
The knights would transform into troubadours, spreading the word of Shirou pulling Caliburn and what had transpired that day, thereby promoting his reputation.
In other words, the most effective use of these knights was not to rely...
2023-02-27 22:19:47 +0000 UTC
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The knights were left stunned and unable to recover their senses for some time after Shirou's impressive display. They were left speechless, their eyes fixed on Shirou's smiling face as the situation was brought under his control.
"I see that none of you have any objections," Shirou stated, sheathing Caliburn as he looked out at the assembled knights. "I understand why you have questioned and doubted me. It is not out of self-interest, but rather because you fear for Arthur, who was pla...
2023-02-26 22:46:18 +0000 UTC
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Kay frowned and expressed his concern, "Are you sure you don't want to hide first? They look arrogant, like they want to eat us."
Shirou laughed in response, undeterred as he stepped out the door, "That's perfect."
Kay furrowed his brows and turned to look at Shirou's back, perplexed. "Didn't this guy make every excuse to avoid trouble before? Why is he suddenly so proactive?"
Merlin patted his shoulder reassuringly and replied with a smile, "Because he has seen the goal."
2023-02-26 22:46:11 +0000 UTC
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Sir Ector frowned and turned to Kay. "Is it true that Guinevere pulled out the sword from the stone, and Artoria wishes to honor him as her king?"
Kay confirmed with a nod. "Yes, that's true."
Sir Ector rose from his seat with a solemn expression and slapped the armrest. "Nonsense!"
Kay furrowed his brow in response to Sir Ector's outburst and attempted to clarify the situation. "Actually, he's just serving as a proxy king for now. The throne will be returned to Artoria late...
2023-02-25 23:29:41 +0000 UTC
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Shirou's mind was a jumbled mess, and he felt a sense of emptiness inside him. Instead of heading back to Ector's estate, he went to a small river near the town.
If he had accepted Artoria's pledge of loyalty and become king in her place, he could have been trapped in a singularity or an alternate reality. Thankfully, he had managed to avoid that fate and escape.
Shirou knew exactly what he wanted. He couldn't stay in this era for long, he was just a passerby. More importantly, he...
2023-02-25 23:18:40 +0000 UTC
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"Guinevere... Guinevere, what in the world is happening?" Kay gestured towards the sword in Shirou's hand, his speech faltering and his expression blank.
This situation was beyond odd.
Hadn't it been said that only her younger sister could extract the sword from the stone?
"I... I don't know! The sword just came out on its own! I didn't apply any force!" Shirou was equally perplexed.
How had he managed to extract Artoria's sword?
Sensing the power coursing throug...
2023-02-24 23:00:34 +0000 UTC
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After walking through the farmland, Shirou and Kay arrived at the gate surrounding the town. Today, the atmosphere was different from the past as everyone impatiently made their way to the mountain outside the town.
The children rushed out noisily, while the adults hurried towards the mountain with their eyes shining with anticipation. Shirou and Kay quickly followed suit.
Along the way, some familiar people greeted Shirou, "Oh! Isn't this Guinevere? Are you here too? That's great...
2023-02-24 22:49:24 +0000 UTC
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Shirou woke to the sight of sunlight peeking through a crack in the door, even though the room was still dim. He could hear the commotion outside, where Artoria and the apprentice knights were preparing as if they were headed into battle.
He suddenly remembered that it was the day of the selection, which explained the young people's excitement.
"Guinevere, why are you still wearing those sloppy clothes? Today's the day of the selection!" Kay frowned at Shirou, who was dressed in h...
2023-02-24 00:14:58 +0000 UTC
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Shirou hesitated for a moment before pointing to himself and saying, "Please take a good look at me. Guinevere is a princess, and I am male!"
Gawain widened his eyes and carefully examined Shirou from head to toe. Realizing his mistake, he became embarrassed and apologized repeatedly, "I'm sorry, I made a mistake."
Shirou was both amused and frustrated by the situation. It seemed that everyone in Britain was prone to mistaking someone's gender. He couldn't help but feel annoyed wi...
2023-02-23 23:56:03 +0000 UTC
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Ever since Shirou had come to accept his own darkness, he had never felt such an intense desire to beat someone up – not even Gilgamesh.
After a long and exhausting day, Shirou returned to his room hoping to get some rest. However, to his surprise, Kay emerged from under his bed with a smug expression on his face.
Shirou felt like he had hit rock bottom. In a fit of rage, he grabbed Kay's face with a vice-like grip and hurled him out of the window like a piece of garbage.
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2023-02-22 23:30:24 +0000 UTC
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Old knight Ector looked bewildered as he stared at Kay, who had a serious expression on his face. "What did you say? Merlin pulled you into a dream to simulate a kingdom, but you and Guinevere easily defeated him?"
Ector had been sound asleep when Kay abruptly woke him up. Initially, he had been quite angry, but after hearing Kay's story, his anger gave way to confusion. "I can't believe it," was written all over his weathered face.
"Kay, have I ever taught you to lie?" Ector coul...
2023-02-22 23:02:50 +0000 UTC
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As soon as Kay returned to the front lines with two warehouses full of grain, Artoria's side was still out hunting and stockpiling food.
However, with the abundant food supply, Shirou's side gained a significant advantage. They could fight longer and hold out until the enemy was weakened by hunger. The prospect of running out of food was no longer a concern.
Kay joined the battle and together with Shirou, they successfully defended their territory. The war dragged on for a long ti...
2023-02-22 05:22:39 +0000 UTC
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Merlin defeated Shirou in less than a year.
The map showed only the island of Britain, which left Shirou with very little strategic depth. He struggled to familiarize himself with the terrain, while Merlin led his troops with great momentum and killed him without giving Shirou any chance to develop.
Merlin truly lived up to his name as a wise man, with top-notch military strategy and tactics. The most critical factor in Shirou's defeat was that the enemy was too familiar with the ...
2023-02-21 23:00:47 +0000 UTC
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Shirou felt disheartened as Merlin claimed there was no way to go back to his world. He suspected that Merlin might be hiding something from him. However, Shirou couldn't find any clues to return home from Merlin.
Adding to his distress, Kay tricked Shirou into doing the estate's accounts.
"I've completed the calculations. The balance for this month is 10,323 semis," Shirou declared, setting his pen down and meeting Kay's gaze.
Kay's jaw dropped in astonishment. "That was fa...
2023-02-21 22:54:52 +0000 UTC
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After returning to the manor, Kay showered Shirou with attention, leaving him completely bewildered and confused. He couldn't help but wonder if Kay swung that way, and the thought sent chills down his spine.
Feeling uncomfortable, Shirou quickly distanced himself from Kay, which only added to Kay's confusion. He began to question whether he was not recruiting Shirou correctly.
Had he misunderstood his father's advice that the best way to recruit someone was to please them, develo...
2023-02-21 05:06:14 +0000 UTC
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Britain and Ireland are separated by the sea and are divided into three regions, England, Scotland, and Wales.
During the 5th century AD, Britain was in a state of turmoil due to the internal conflicts and the country was invaded by various foreign enemies.
While the Picts took control of Scotland, Vortigern, a petty king, invited the Anglo-Saxons to the British coast at the intersection of Scotland and England. These invaders seized the Roman hub city of Londinium and aimed to co...
2023-02-21 04:53:09 +0000 UTC
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The sunlight filtered through the thin window curtains, casting a faint golden ripple onto the bed. Shirou twitched his eyebrows and woke up, as he did every morning.
He got off the hard bed, put on the gray linen clothes that hung on the side, and then pulled open the coarse cloth curtains to let sunlight shine into the simple room.
Standing in front of the window, Shirou surveyed the familiar surroundings. This was a manor.
"Clatter clatter clatter."
A blond...
2023-02-20 03:35:54 +0000 UTC
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"Ugh..." Shirou groaned and slowly opened his eyes, feeling aches pulsating through his head and abdomen. Had he not escaped the path to the "Root" yet? As he sat up, his whole body screamed in soreness.
He muttered to himself, attempting to shake off the disorientation, but froze when he realized he was not in the familiar environment he had expected. Standing up and nervously looking around, His brow furrowed. Where was this? It was a strange place, or perhaps it was better to call it...
2023-02-20 03:22:38 +0000 UTC
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As Gilgamesh unleashed all of his Noble Phantasms, he was able to single-handedly hold back the army of Heroic Spirits for a brief moment.
"Someone has betrayed Alaya!"
"Who is it?"
"I don't know, but he won't last long. Anyone who goes against Alaya is bound to be captured and brought back soon enough."
...
As Arjuna prepared to take aim at Gilgamesh, a divine spear appeared before him. Arjuna turned his head to see Karna standing calmly nearby. "Do you wish to ...
2023-02-19 08:50:03 +0000 UTC
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In the Nasuverse, the path to the Root was an obstacle that every magus who attempted to reach the truth had to face. Almost every magus had encountered this challenge.
For centuries, True Magics had been passed down, including the Second Magic, which allowed the manipulation of parallel worlds, and the Third Magic, the ancestral magic of the Einzbern family.
Besides the true magics, other magi who sought to reach the truth, like the Night of Walachia who aspired to mess with the ...
2023-02-19 08:49:56 +0000 UTC
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Zepia Eltnam Oberon stood atop Mount Enzou, his eyes fixed on the gaping hole in the sky. He threw his head back and laughed, a wild, uncontrollable sound that echoed through the mountains.
As a prominent alchemist of the Clock Tower, Zepia had once loved humanity deeply. But as he failed time and time again to calculate a way to avoid their destruction, he had slowly gone mad. He had finally concluded that the only way to prevent humanity's demise was to achieve the Sixth Law. Unfortun...
2023-02-18 08:24:22 +0000 UTC
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The intense light made it difficult for people to see what was inside, but it was dazzling enough to evoke thoughts of all things beautiful - hope, and the path to life.
Pointing to the path he had opened up, Shirou shouted, "The path to freedom is here! Move forward and help each other. Support one another, and keep moving! The light is waiting on the other side!"
The people looked around, confused and unsure of where to go. They couldn't discern the direction of the path. Then, ...
2023-02-18 08:24:05 +0000 UTC
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Shirou molded most of the mud into a giant, then took hold of the Forest of Einnashe before spreading his wings and heading towards the forest. However, by the time he arrived, the forest had already manifested its Reality Marble, blocking him outside of it.
A Reality Marble is a powerful Bounded Field that distorts reality with mental images. When it's activated, it can absorb nearby objects into its own mental image, effectively blocking out any external interference.
The Realit...
2023-02-16 23:39:50 +0000 UTC
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Frowning, Shirou set aside his cup of instant noodles and stood at the door, gazing into the distance. Despite losing his Innate skill, Clairvoyance, from the shattered Saint Graph of Heroic Spirit Emiya, he could still make out a massive floating island above Shinto, covered in lush greenery. However, he couldn't see the details clearly.
The Evil Flower had absorbed so much malevolence that a sense of fear, terror, and anxiety hung thick in the air. Sh...
2023-02-16 23:39:33 +0000 UTC
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Enormous green vines burst through the ground, pushing up the classrooms, the playground, and all the other structures with such force that the steel bars of the foundations became mixed with debris from the buildings, creating a scene of an apocalypse.
Families held their children close and fled in a state of panic, their faces full of terror.
"Crack, crack, crack--"
With a tremendous upheaval, the gargantuan plant surged forth from the earth, causing the very ground to hea...
2023-02-15 21:51:02 +0000 UTC
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The Holy Church and the Mage's Association had taken action, and many magi were collaborating secretly. As the forces of the magi world began to gather in Miyama town, many construction projects in the area came to a halt. The workers, with permission from their superiors, began to evacuate the town.
Some intelligent individuals or those who had nearly perished in the Holy Grail War also noticed something was amiss and immediately withdrew to Shinto. The storm clouds were gathering, but...
2023-02-15 21:49:16 +0000 UTC
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A mother was sobbing in sorrow.
The girl approached her and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you crying?"
The mother replied through her tears, "My children have betrayed me. They threw me into this desolate and hellish pit and won't let me live or die. They've condemned me to an eternal existence in this lonely and frozen hell."
"Are you angry at your children?"
"I despise them with every fiber of my being," the mother responded bitterly. "But at the same time, I love th...
2023-02-14 22:41:13 +0000 UTC
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As Shirou watched the two massive hands approach, he decided against fighting back and instead darted behind the Enlightened One. At the moment of impact, the latter's body emitted a faint golden glow, creating a barrier that the giant arms were unable to penetrate.
"Incredible," Shirou marveled, unsure if he was praising the Enlightened One's [Enlightenment of the Sacred Fig] or his own EX-level defensive Noble Phantasm [Enlightened One Holy Shield].
2023-02-14 22:39:47 +0000 UTC
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