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

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This is not at all what you'd expect from a kidnapping organization.

Puzzled, Shirou approached the sack in the distance. After untying it, he discovered that a boy was indeed lying inside.

He hadn't paid much attention at first, but for some reason felt that the boy looked very familiar.

After hesitating for a long time, he suddenly exclaimed, "Somare? Hey, are you Somar?"

"who……"

Somar awoke from his coma, instinctively responding to Shirou's words. Upon opening his eyes and seeing Shirou's appearance, a look of terror crossed his face. "Evil, a demon! No, Lord Shirou, how... how could you be here!"

Somar instinctively called Shirou by the name he used when he was a child.

But the passage of time has tempered him, making him more worldly and worldly-wise, and he quickly corrected his way of addressing people.

Shirou then realized that something was wrong.

This whole thing is eerily strange.

The mercenaries kidnapped Somar, whom they had known since childhood in the village of Buyena. Moreover, these mercenaries were far less skilled than those of a real kidnapping organization, and this was the Holy Kingdom of Milis.

A possibility emerged in Shirou's mind.

And it was quickly verified.

Suddenly, a blond man burst in from outside, reeking of alcohol, and shouted, "Alright! Sorry to keep you all waiting! No matter what villains come to attack, I can handle it all by myself!"

The man swaggered in from outside, his words filled with incoherent nonsense.

He seemed very confident in his abilities, but he looked extremely drunk.

Even from a distance, you could see that he was staggering and his face was flushed.

"Tsk, so arrogant and reckless. Hiccup... Don't make a move. Why use so many people to deal with a brat? I can handle it alone."

As soon as the man finished speaking, the mercenaries looked as if they had seen a savior.

The blond man, however, froze upon entering the warehouse and seeing the scene inside. Then, the moment he saw Shirou, his movements abruptly stopped, turning into stiffness and unease.

But in the end, he did not run away. In a state of great shock and doubt, he murmured to himself, "Shirou...you, are you Shirou?"

"Paul..."

A reunion that happened all too suddenly.

This was a completely unexpected event for both the father and son.

The two of them were stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Chapter 218 A Fatal Choice! Family or Alice?

This is a story as long as the one Shirou experienced.

When that white light illuminated everything, Paul was teleported to an unfamiliar place without even realizing it.

Since he was out with his daughter Norren at the time, the two of them were teleported together.

Although it was a bewildering situation, Paul's strength as an S-class adventurer allowed him to react immediately, and he was able to cope with any situation.

He quickly returned to the Kingdom of Asra with Norren.

But when he returned to the territory of Fituia, he found that the entire territory had disappeared.

The overwhelming sense of despair shocked Paul so much that he even had the illusion that it was all just a dream.

But he soon realized that it was not a dream.

Fituia Territory, Buena Village, Grerat House...

All disappeared.

During Paul's most chaotic and even desperate time, the existence of his daughter Noren ultimately made him strong, realizing that even if his entire family disappeared, he had to pull himself together and protect his daughter.

Therefore, Paul quickly took action and contacted the people he had in the past.

He soon discovered, to his good fortune, that most of the members of the Boreas family, with whom he had a close relationship, had survived.

He recalled Shirou being sent to the Boreas family to learn swordsmanship. He had hoped to reunite with Shirou, but instead learned that Shirou and Alice, the eldest daughter of the Boreas family, had disappeared during the transfer.

Paul was hit with a second blow.

Moreover, the Boreas family must bear the responsibility for the loss of their territory.

The head of the family, Sauros, was immediately imprisoned, and Philip also lost his former power and status, falling into a situation that was no different from house arrest.

After realizing that the Boreas family could not help him, Paul thought long and hard and decided to go to the Holy Kingdom of Milis, the hometown of his former adventurer companions and his wife Senis.

After some effort, Paul quickly built up his reputation as an adventurer and assembled an investigation team to search for those who were separated during the Great Transfer.

Meanwhile, Senis's family was also very concerned about her disappearance and provided Paul with a lot of assistance, even enabling him to gain a foothold on the continent of Milis.

Everything got off to a good start.

Paul even mistakenly believed that everything would go smoothly and that he would be able to find his family and take back everything that belonged to him.

But he soon tragically discovered just how unfair fate could be.

A year after forming the investigation team, Paul found many ordinary people in the Fituia territory who had disappeared after the Great Migration, and his growing fame attracted a large number of followers.

Many people admired Paul's savior-like behavior and voluntarily came to him for refuge.

However, Paul was not happy at all.

Because he never found the family he was looking for.

He couldn't find out anything about any of them, whether it was Senis, Lilia, Aisha, or even Shirou and Rudeus.

Especially Rudius.

He assumed the other person was studying at a magic university and would not be affected by the transfer, so he sent them a letter hoping they could come and help.

But the letters were like pebbles dropped into water, disappearing without a trace.

Paul didn't have time to go to the magic university to check the situation, so he could only put off making any plans for the time being.

As for the others, he had searched desperately, but had not found any of them.

In this situation, Paul became increasingly paranoid, resorting to any means necessary to find his family. In order to maintain the investigation team, he had to force himself to search for every member of the Fetoa territory, even committing crimes in order to reclaim them.

But no clues were found.

In the end, he could only keep going with the help of alcohol, so he drank from morning till night and could not stay sober for even a moment.

Although I know that continuing like this is not a solution, I can't control myself at all once I'm sober.

They would unconsciously imagine that their family members might be dead.

Even though he knew that Shirou's strength should have become stronger than his own, and the scene of Shirou slaying the Red Dragon was still vivid in his mind, if he were transferred to the Demon Continent or other dangerous places, he might still encounter an opponent he could not match.

Paul's hope was growing increasingly faint.

He began to doubt that he had made the wrong choice, because of which he lost his closest family members and had his most important things taken away from him.

The more I think about this, the more I can only numb myself with alcohol.

The bad news wasn't just for him; because the search had dragged on for so long, the search organization had found a large number of missing persons who all hoped to return to their hometowns.

Most of the search team members were also unable to withstand the heavy workload and began to consider stopping further searches.

Paul didn't want it to end like this, but it was difficult for him to change the minds of most people on his own.

In the end, he couldn't even find a single family member.

What a useless man.

No matter how much time passes, one can never become a mature adult.

In the end, he could only drown his sorrows in alcohol, which caused even his bandmates to distance themselves from him, with only his daughter Noren willing to interact with him.

It's also thanks to Noren being by my side that I've been able to hold on until now.

Because she still had to take care of her daughter, she didn't completely give up on herself.

Otherwise, Paul even suspected that he might one day die drunk on the roadside.

It was at this time that Paul heard about the approaching swordsman.

Although the enemy was the Sword Saint, Paul, as the superior of all three styles, was not flustered.

Most importantly, upon hearing that his opponent was a young man, so young and impetuous, he assumed that his combat experience must be far inferior, and he went there with confidence.

Ultimately, this unexpected reunion between father and son led to this.

……

In the tavern.

Paul Grealat, whom we haven't seen in a long time, has completely changed.

His cheeks were thin and sunken, his dark circles were obvious, his beard was unkempt, his hair was messy, and his breath smelled of alcohol. Overall, he looked decadent.

He was completely different from the Paul I remembered.

But Shirou was not unfamiliar with this person; in fact, he was quite familiar with him.

Because that's how Kiritsugu Emiya was before, whether it was the Kiritsugu Emiya in his memories or the Kiritsugu Emiya in the memories of the Heroic Spirit Emiya.

Because of an immense obsession in his heart, yet unable to achieve his goal no matter what, he completely degenerated and fell into a state of self-abandonment.

For this reason, Shiro did not feel much rejection towards the changed Paul; on the contrary, he felt more approval for him.

After all, the reason the other party has such an attitude is probably because they value their family too much.

Looking at it this way, Shirow actually felt that he hadn't done as well as Paul.

So much time has passed, yet nothing useful has been accomplished.

Paul did a much better job than him.

While Shirou was pondering, Paul seemed to be observing Shirou's current state, noting that his previously drunken attitude had become somewhat more sober.

For various reasons, he couldn't speak fluently for a moment, and could only hesitantly say, "Um... Shirou, you're Shirou, right?"

"What's wrong, Paul?"

"No, you've changed too much."

In Paul's eyes, Shirou has grown a lot.

When he left Buena Village, Shirou was still a boy, but now he has completely transformed into a teenager.

It's almost unchanged from before he traveled through time.

In addition, there's his sword saint-like strength.

That's why Paul became so hesitant.

After a brief period of confusion, Shirou gradually figured out the situation. He realized that the kidnapping he had encountered was not a kidnapping, but rather that Paul and his team were rescuing the victims of the Great Transfer.

Somar, who just spoke, must have been a poor soul who perished during the transfer and became a slave, but was rescued by Paul and his men through kidnapping.

Shirou no longer considered all of this to be a sinful act.

He wasn't pedantically convinced that only following the law constituted justice.

He genuinely approved of Paul's actions.

"Paul, you did a great job."

Shiro sincerely praised Paul.

"This……"

Paul looked surprised by Shirou's words, and then his face turned ugly, as if he was about to cry.

As before, although the two were nominally father and son, it was actually Shirou who often educated Paul.

Now, so many years later, the shift in positions has become even more pronounced.

"By the way, Shirou, where have you been all these years? I've never been able to find you."

Paul inquired about Shiron's situation.

Without hesitation, Shirou silently recounted everything he had experienced.

Paul was both surprised and shocked to hear Shirley's words.

He never expected that the other party would actually run off to the dangerous Demon Continent, and even survive in that dangerous place, and even return safely.