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

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Shirou also had mixed feelings. He silently observed her and found that although Theresa and Senis had some similarities, there were also many differences.

He then apologized, saying, "I'm sorry, I mistook you for Senis."

"Haha, although I have mixed feelings about being mistaken for my mother for no reason, Shirou, you saved my life before, so I won't hold it against you."

Theresa's face was still slightly flushed as she spoke.

She was clearly recalling Shirou's heroic figure when he fought against the assassins and the Templar Knights.

She couldn't help but mutter to herself, "How could it be Paul's child? How could Paul raise such a handsome and proper son? This shouldn't be..."

Shirou heard Teresa's words perfectly.

He didn't say anything, but pretended not to know.

He continued chatting with Theresa and learned that after this incident, Theresa was not only not demoted, but was promoted to captain of the Shield Guard of the Knights Templar.

The knight captain who attacked Shirou was the captain of the sword guard, and he had already been demoted. Theresa has now filled the gap left by the former.

Chapter 227 The Church wants to find someone to repair the Holy Sword of Milis?

"I never expected that you, Shirou, were actually my nephew. That bastard Paul didn't even bring you to our family home to show your face. He's being far too distant."

"This……"

Shirou seemed somewhat embarrassed by Theresa's reaction.

He knew that Paul hadn't taken him to the Latorrea family, probably not because he was being distant, but because of his previous conflict with them.

After all that chaos, Paul naturally didn't have the chance to introduce him to Senis's family.

As Shiro sighed inwardly, he silently explained, "However, I am not Paul's biological son, but rather his adopted son."

"An adopted son... I see, that makes much more sense! No wonder Paul could have given birth to such an outstanding child as Shirou!!"

Theresa did not hesitate to belittle Paul.

And after learning that Shirou and Paul were not related by blood, the way they looked at Shirou became complicated, as if they had found some kind of target.

Shirou didn't know what had happened, but instinctively felt he should change the subject.

He then asked, "By the way, what about that divine child? Has she returned safely?"

"The Divine Child is the treasure and hope of the Church of Milis, and has naturally received the Church's safest care. After my promotion, I will also completely take over all responsibilities of caring for the Divine Child."

Theresa spoke with a serious expression.

She then looked at Shirou with intense eyes and said, "By the way, since Paul won't take you home, I'll take you to see your mother. After all, she's your grandmother."

"Theresa, your mother, is also Senis's mother?"

"Yes, yes."

Theresa seemed to have a strange anticipation for bringing Shirou home, and she encouraged him to go to the Latoria house with her.

Although Shirou had no idea about the Latorrea family, the thought that it was Senis's original family made him feel that he should at least go and see it.

If Senis is found in the future, we will notify you immediately.

He then nodded in agreement.

Seeing Shirou nod, Theresa immediately showed an excited expression: "Oh my, I never thought I would have a sword saint as my nephew. Even Mother would be very pleased to see you. By the way, Shirou, how old are you now? When will you come of age?"

Why are you so concerned about my age?

Shirou increasingly felt that Theresa's gaze was strange, but he still honestly told her his age.

Having experienced the Great Transfer, he is now seventeen years old, which, according to the laws of this world, makes him essentially an adult.

"I see, so you're already an adult... But isn't it still a bit early? But if we don't strike first..."

Theresa spoke to herself in a way that Shirou couldn't understand.

In Shirou's eyes, the other person didn't feel like an elder at all; she was more like a girl of the same age.

In fact, the two are not that far apart in age.

As they continued their conversation about various topics, such as the Holy Kingdom of Milis, the Divine Child, the Latorrea family, and Shirou and his companions' journey, commotion gradually spread from inside the forge.

Shirou initially thought his demon sword, Breaking Wind, had been repaired, but upon closer inspection, he discovered it was something completely unrelated to him.

There were a lot of blacksmiths coming and going there.

There were even quite a few knights fully armed, wearing silver-white armor.

Based on their colors, these people should be the Knights Templar. Among the three major knightly orders, this is the most special force because they are not loyal to the Church of Milis, but to the Holy Kingdom of Milis.

They fight for the entire nation, so they only intervene in the most critical situations and never participate in any internal struggles within the cult.

Seeing the Templar Knights intervene, Shirou immediately realized that the situation might be more complicated than he had imagined.

Indeed, that is true.

According to Shirou's observation, many knights seem to be very interested in a weapon that the blacksmiths are forging, or rather, repairing it.

The blacksmiths in the Holy Kingdom of Milis are highly skilled, after all, it is close to the Mining Tribe, which gives them the advantage of being able to easily acquire advanced forging knowledge.

Therefore, generally speaking, there shouldn't be any weapons that they can't repair.

But this time, the situation was indeed unexpected.

"In the end what happened?"

Shirou asked, quite curiously.

Seeing how concerned he was, Theresa smiled and said, "I'll go ask for you, Shirou. After all, I'm a member of the Latorrea family. With that identity, I even became the captain of the Temple Knights with my intermediate level of the Water God Style. Leave it to me."

"This……"

Shirou was genuinely starting to lose his composure at Theresa's overuse of her background, even taking pride in it.

But he was indeed curious about what was happening in the forge, so he didn't stop them.

Theresa quickly entered the forge, inquired with the knights present, and then ran over excitedly, her eyes wide, exclaiming, "I've heard some big news!"

"What's the big news?"

"The very foundation of the Holy Kingdom of Milis, the Holy Sword of Saint Milis, has been unearthed!!"

"???"

Shirou was stunned by Theresa's words.

He then quickly inquired about the situation and finally managed to sort out the details.

Originally, after the birth of the Church of Milis in this world, Saint Milis established the Holy Kingdom of Milis. At the same time, in order to protect this country, he left his holy sword in Milis to defend the country in times of crisis.

The holy sword he left behind is indeed very powerful. As long as one meets the qualifications and gains the recognition of the holy sword, one can unleash extremely amazing power and defeat all external enemies.

However, during the Second War between Humans and Demons five hundred years ago, the Holy Kingdom of Milis became the main battlefield, and no one in that generation of the Church was able to gain the Holy Sword's approval to wield it and annihilate the enemy.

Ultimately, the Holy Kingdom of Milis fell.

The holy sword left behind by Saint Milis vanished without a trace during the war.

When the war ended, the Holy Kingdom of Milis spent almost all its resources trying to retrieve the Holy Sword, but to no avail.

That is why, when the Pope saw the Sword of Victory at the auction of the blacksmith Muramasa, he did not hesitate to bid for it and use it as a substitute for the Holy Sword of Milis.

However, a substitute is still just a substitute. Although it may gain acceptance from the church in the short term, it ultimately lacks a deeper spiritual essence.

The Pope was well aware that the Holy Sword was indispensable to the Church of Milis, and so he had been trying every means to find its whereabouts for years.

I didn't have high hopes to begin with.

Unexpectedly, they found this weapon, which was extremely similar to the Holy Sword, in the home of an old woman living in poverty.

The old woman was initially unwilling to sell the weapons, but after hearing that the church was willing to pay any price, she immediately made an outrageous demand for two Asura silver coins!

Faced with such a huge sum of money, the Church of Milis paid without hesitation and immediately welcomed back the Holy Sword overnight.

However, once the church actually received the sword, they discovered that it had been worn down beyond recognition over the past five hundred years.

The once indestructible sword has suffered severe damage due to the destruction of war, the passage of time, and the lack of any maintenance.

If it weren't for the fact that the iconic Saint Milis pattern was undamaged and still clearly visible after wiping away the dust, probably no one would believe that such a weapon hanging in an old woman's house for hanging dried goods could be the legendary holy sword.

In short, because of the premise of the Sword of Victory, the Pope has come to realize that the power of the holy sword itself is not important; what is more important is that people recognize it as a holy sword.

He immediately ordered that the Holy Sword be repaired at all costs, and even considered seeking help from the current mining god from the Mining Clan.

However, the Cardinal immediately stopped him from doing so.

The Cardinal's stated reason was that the Holy Sword was a national treasure of the Holy Kingdom of Milis and should not be touched by other races, as this would taint its sacredness.

In reality, this was the Cardinal Secretary's way of preventing the Pope's faction from growing stronger, so he stepped forward to create obstacles.

After all, the Cardinals' faction had managed to maintain a balance of power with the Papacy's faction thanks to the appearance of the Divine Child. If the Papacy's faction possessed a holy sword that was no less powerful than the Divine Child's, they would have no chance of resisting him.

Moreover, the Cardinals faction truly despises all races other than humans and is an absolute human supremacist. They look down on not only demons but also the Miners.

On the contrary, the Papal faction believes in the equality of all beings, and does not even discriminate against demons.

For this reason, the Cardinals faction absolutely refused to allow the Miners to get involved in the reforging of the Holy Sword, and spent all their resources to suppress the matter.

In the end, the Holy Kingdom of Milis could only rely on its local blacksmiths to repair the holy sword, but due to a lack of skill, the repair work made no progress.

Even though the Holy Sword has been recovered for a long time, there isn't even a trace of it being repaired.

All the blacksmiths were stumped by this legendary weapon from thousands of years ago.

"I see……"

Having finally learned the details of the chaos within the forge, Shirou pondered for a moment when a blacksmith hurriedly approached and handed him the repaired Demon Sword, Orifu.

Shirou also inquired about the progress of the Holy Sword's repair.

Seeing that he knew something, the blacksmith assumed he was some important figure, so he sighed and replied, "There's nothing we can do. With the forging techniques of our Holy Kingdom of Milis alone, it's impossible to repair the Holy Sword. If we could invite the Mining God of the Mining Tribe, there would be a sliver of hope. Otherwise, I'm afraid we'd need the most skilled blacksmiths among humans to have even the slightest chance of repairing this Holy Sword."

"The most skilled blacksmith..."

Theresa, standing nearby, thought such a thing was almost impossible. The human race hadn't produced a top-tier blacksmith in a long time, and were generally inferior to the blacksmiths of the demon race and the mining race.

In recent years, a blacksmith named Muramasa has become quite famous.

But there has been no news of them for the past two years.

Theresa felt that there was no hope of forging the Holy Sword.

Shirou, on the other hand, seemed to be deep in thought and realized that this might be an opportunity for him.

Because he was the blacksmith Muramasa himself.

Chapter 228: The Possibility of Muramasa Repairing the Holy Sword.

After learning that the Church of Milis might want to repair the Holy Sword of Milis, Shirou briefly parted ways with Theresa.

Theresa expressed her desire to take him to her family home for a public appearance later.

Shirou agreed and then officially left.

Back at the inn, Shirou fell into deep thought.

He summarized everything that had happened that day, from meeting with Paul to rescuing Teresa and the Son of God, and then learning that the Church of Milis was going to repair the Holy Sword.

Although it was a completely different development from what he had expected, he did ultimately achieve the three goals he had set in the early stages.

Meet Paul, heal the poison, and forge weapons.

Of course, neither meeting Paul nor forging weapons were formally achieved.

The reason for meeting Paul was that they had an unpleasant encounter, and the two could not agree on each other's goals, which even led to a physical fight.

Recalling Paul and Noren's reactions at the time, Shirou could only sigh slightly.

Because he simply couldn't abandon Alice at this moment.

At the same time, the problem of weapon forging was only beginning to be solved, but not truly resolved.

After arriving at the headquarters of the Church of Milis, Shirou was almost certain that if he wanted to complete the work of repairing the Holy Sword in the Holy Kingdom of Milis, he would have to rely on the power of the Church.

After all, ordinary forging workshops are not enough to support the repair of weapons of the holy sword level.

Although the mining tribe seemed to have more advanced technology, Shirou naturally dared not display Muramasa's forging skills on the mining tribe's territory because the mining tribe extremely rejected and disliked the blacksmith Muramasa.

Therefore, seeking the assistance of the Church of Milis and utilizing their forge to repair the Golden Sword of Invincibility is the only solution.

However, this process will undoubtedly be fraught with risks, and Shirou must devise a perfect solution to ensure that his identity remains intact.