Jobless Reincarnation: Emiya the Great Hero Must Show His True Skills

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"Formal negotiations? Can you let me see Lilia now?"

"This... I'm sorry, Miss Lilia, she..."

Jin Jie seemed to know that Pakus had done something wrong, which is why she couldn't answer Shirou's question.

Shirou had no hope for this either. After learning about Lillia and Aisha's situation through his clairvoyance, he had made up his mind that no matter the cost, even if it meant going against the entire Kingdom of Shilon, he would rescue the mother and daughter!

"You are...my brother?"

As Shirou confronted the knights, Aisha showed a surprised expression.

It was clearly the first time she had met Shirou.

After all, Aisha was less than a year old when Shirou left the Grellard family, so it was impossible for her to have any impression of her older brother.

When Shirou recalled Noren from before, he couldn't help but show a hesitant expression, thinking that Aisha might be afraid of him.

But the current situation doesn't allow him to go too far away from Aisha.

After much deliberation, he took off the Avalon from behind him, handed the scabbard containing the holy sword to Aisha, and activated the defensive barrier on the scabbard.

"Take this and stand behind me. Don't be afraid, for I am coming."

Shirou said the same words he had once said to Rudeus, and smiled as he patted Aisha's head.

Although the girl was still quite unfamiliar with this, looking at Shirou's appearance, a different expression gradually appeared on her face, realizing that the boy in front of her was someone she could rely on.

While the brother and sister were interacting, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Xilong were frozen in place.

They didn't know what to do, so they could only quickly send someone to contact Pakus.

Among the remaining soldiers, some of the more impulsive ones stepped forward and said, "Listen up, kid. You can play the hero, but this is the royal palace of the Kingdom of Xilong. If you don't want to die, you'd better hand over that girl obediently."

"Wait a moment……"

Jin Jie inexplicably took a step to stop the soldiers' reaction.

Even though it was her first time meeting Shirou, she instinctively showed him an attitude of extreme awe.

But she alone couldn't stop the soldiers' impulse.

Several soldiers had already rushed towards Aisha's direction.

Upon seeing this, Aisha's face showed obvious panic. She nervously grabbed Shirou's hand and said, "Brother, brother, please...please save me! And, and Mom..."

Seeing Aisha's face, a mess of tears and snot, as she came seeking help, Shirou had absolutely no other thoughts.

For him, it wouldn't matter if he were to become an enemy of the entire kingdom for his sister's sake.

"Don't worry, I will protect you and Lilia."

After saying that, Shirou didn't say anything more and directly drew the demon sword Muramasa from his waist.

Muramasa, the first weapon forged by Shirou, had no extra effects and was probably not much better than the Demon Sword Windbreaker.

But this is, after all, the original weapon that Shirou created based on his own forging skills. When he was creating it, he made many adjustments based on his own swordsmanship, so that he could easily wield the fastest and most comfortable swordsmanship.

"Snapped!"

Shirou unleashed his Sword God Style.

He appeared like a flash of light, instantly appearing behind several soldiers.

Before the soldiers could even react, only a few instinctively drew their swords, but they couldn't keep up with Shirou's movements and were instantly defeated!

Through the soldiers' actions, Shirou realized that most of the swordsmen in this country belonged to the Suijin-ryu school.

This is normal; the Water God style has always been the most popular style among royalty and nobility, to the point that the guards of major kingdoms are basically composed of Water God style players.

However, compared to true genius swordsmen like Izuru, these Water Gods of the Kingdom of Shiron are barely even cannon fodder, with an average level below the lower ranks, posing no pressure to Shirou at all.

"It's actually the Sword Saint! Just as Ms. Lokishi said..."

Jin Jie looked bitter upon seeing this.

She had actually heard quite a bit about Shirou from Loki.

After all, Loki would often talk about Shirou, her disciple, and say that although she was his teacher, she had great respect for him.

Thus, Jin Jie learned that Shirou, at only seven or eight years old, had already reached the intermediate level of the Sword God Style.

Seeing that the adult Shirou possessed the strength of a sword saint, she was not surprised at all.

The existence of a Sword Saint is an unimaginable opponent for a small country like the Kingdom of Xilong.

Because ordinary small countries simply cannot find many Saint-level powerhouses.

A king-level expert is even more impossible.

This is why, when Loki was temporarily residing in the Kingdom of Xilong as a Water King-level mage, she received the highest level of treatment in the entire kingdom.

Now, without a king-level powerhouse like Lokishi to oversee things, the Kingdom of Xilong has once again returned to its status as a weak and vulnerable nation.

Let alone encountering a King-level powerhouse, even if Shirou, a mere Sword Saint, were to appear, he could potentially destroy the entire country!

This is the tragedy of small countries.

Chapter 245 Projection, Pseudo-Spiral Sword!

Shirou easily annihilated the soldiers of the Kingdom of Xilong, whose average level was only below that of the Water God Stream, posing no challenge to him.

According to Shirou's observation, among the soldiers present, only the female knight named Jin Jie had a slightly better skill level, but she was only at the intermediate level of the Water God Style.

They can't be considered enemies at all.

As Shirou stopped moving and began to think about what he should do next to rescue Lillia as well, the soldiers in front of him were all too afraid to step forward.

Shirou's sword-wielding movements, almost impossible to perceive with the naked eye, seemed like monsters to the soldiers of the Kingdom of Xilong, something they, as ordinary humans, could not possibly contend with.

While waiting, Shirou also checked on Aisha behind him, worried that she might have some psychological trauma from the chaos just now.

After all, Norren had been like that before, becoming very resistant to himself because of his battle with Paul.

Unexpectedly, Aisha didn't seem to react that way. Instead of being disgusted by the sight of her fighting, she became very excited, her eyes sparkling.

"Wow, that's amazing! Brother is so amazing!"

Aisha opened her mouth excitedly, waving her clenched little fists as if cheering for Shirou.

Her ponytail swayed in time with the movement.

Unlike Noren, Aisha accepted the fact that Shirou was her brother almost instantly, and she was not at all opposed to it; on the contrary, she was very happy.

How should I put it? Judging from appearances alone, Shirou and Aika do indeed look more like siblings.

Because both of them have red hair.

Shirou felt strange about this. He hadn't been called "brother" sincerely in a long time (not counting Alice's awkward way of calling him that), and now he felt like he had been injected with adrenaline for a long time.

If my sister were to support me, I wouldn't be unable to fight against even the Kingdom of Asura, let alone the Kingdom of Xilong!

"Ha ha……"

Shirou smiled and shook his head, reminding himself not to get too excited or get carried away.

Although the Kingdom of Xilong is just a small country, it may have some extraordinary entities within it.

It should not be underestimated.

So he decisively looked at Aisha and asked seriously, "Aisha, do you know where Lilia is? If I can confirm her location, I can find a way to locate her."

Shirou's clairvoyance cannot pinpoint a specific location. In a place as vast as the Shiron Palace, finding Lilia directly is simply not something that can be done immediately.

Conversely, if the scope can be narrowed down as much as possible, limiting the area to a specific location, then he can directly complete the location search.

"Where is Mom?"

After a brief moment of contemplation upon hearing Shirou's words, Aisha immediately spoke up, "She should be in Prince Pacus's palace. I heard from the soldiers that he prevented Mom from contacting outsiders in order to force her to reveal Miss Lokishi's whereabouts."

"Prince Pacus..."

Having just learned from the soldiers that Lilia and her daughter Aisha were persecuted by that prince named Pacus, Shirou naturally showed no mercy now.

He grabbed Lilia with one arm, picked up a soldier from the ground, and forced him to reveal the location of the prince's palace. Then he rushed toward Pacus's palace at an extremely fast speed.

On the way, he used his clairvoyance to observe the palace and discovered that Lilia was indeed being imprisoned somewhere within the palace.

Prince Pacus and his men waited patiently in place, seemingly waiting for him to come to them.

"He's not a brainless guy after all."

Shirou was slightly surprised. He had thought that Prince Pakus, who was so obsessed with Loki, must be a fool who was blinded by lust.

If this guy knew that he had taken Aisha away, he would probably do everything in his power to bring people to capture him.

But Pakus wasn't so impulsive. Instead, he knew to hold onto Lilia's weakness and wait for her to come to him.

His composure alone made it clear that this prince was no ordinary man.

Shirou became even more cautious and tried his best to use his clairvoyance to check every aspect of the scene.

After confirming that everything was correct, he put Aisha down and tried to get her to take Avalon to a safe place to hide.

"There is no safe place in this palace."

However, Aisha shook her head. "Mom used to say that the only safe thing in the world is to stay with your family, which is why I wanted to write to Dad."

"This……"

Upon hearing Aisha's words, Shirou fell silent.

He could fully imagine the painful and desperate situation that Lilia and Aisha must have felt when they were left to fend for themselves in this country, with no one else to rely on.

Now that her brother has finally found her, Aisha naturally doesn't want to leave his side no matter what.

"Okay, but you have to stay by my side and behave."

"Hehe, Shirou-nii is just like Mom said, a reliable person."

"Lilia mentioned me?"

"Yes, she said that the most reliable man in the entire Grerat family is Shirou-nii."

"Nothing like that."

Shirou smiled and shook his head. He didn't think he deserved such high praise; Paul and Rudius had done no worse than him.

Aisha, however, didn't seem to think so. She stubbornly insisted, "That's definitely true, because all the other men in the Greirat family are lecherous! That father, Paul, supposedly had an affair with my mother, which is why I was born. And that brother named Rudeus has been peeping at girls taking baths since he was little. He's extremely lecherous. They're all perverts! Only Shirou is a gentleman and the most reliable older brother!"

"...Don't say things like that to them."

"Of course, you can only talk badly about others behind their backs."

"Ah this..."

Shirou was genuinely surprised that Aisha, at such a young age, knew so many strange things, which made him wonder how Lillia had educated her.

But in any case, Aisha doesn't seem to reject herself.

This is undoubtedly a good thing.

As for Paul and Rudius's assessment, we can only hope that those two will clarify their statements to Aisha through their actions in the future.

"Alright, Aisha, get ready, we're going to rescue your mother."

Shirou put Aika on the ground and let her follow him.

"Ah."

The red-haired little girl, dressed in a maid outfit, hugged a sword sheath almost as tall as herself and nodded vigorously.

Shirou and Aisha then barged into Pacus's palace and found Prince Pacus sitting in his seat, surrounded by guards, looking at them with extreme arrogance.

"Oh... this guy is Shirou Grellard? He's not what Loki said, he's just an unremarkable-looking guy."

Prince Pacus openly criticized Shirou's appearance.

But Shirou wanted to make a sarcastic remark about the other person.

Prince Pacus's appearance is truly unsettling. Although he puts on an air of superiority, he is exceptionally short. Not only is he short, but his limbs are also short. His body shape is like a wooden barrel, as if the Lilliputians and Miners were divided by half. However, only his face is particularly large, the size of an adult human male.

Their appearance is beyond description; they are the type who would attract 100% attention if they walked down the street.

Because it's just too ugly.

Of course, as a prince, Pacus's status meant that outsiders generally wouldn't criticize him based on his appearance.

This makes him appear quite confident.