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

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He now had only one thought left.

Please, Your Highness, return to the capital as soon as possible.

Stop tormenting him.

Chapter 164 Two years later, he broke through to the Sword Saint level!

Princess Ariel eventually left Bereas Castle.

Although Ariel herself was reluctant to part with Shirou immediately, the Boreas family clearly couldn't bear the princess's provocation.

You should know that when Ariel was captured, the entire Boreas family was so eager to unleash all their power that they put the entire Fituia territory under martial law.

Although Shirou ultimately succeeded in rescuing Princess Ariel, preventing the martial law imposed on the Boreas family from escalating further, this incident was an immense ordeal for the entire Boreas family, both in terms of spirit and energy.

Even Sauros, the head of the Bereas family, couldn't stand the princess's antics and begged her to return to the capital as soon as possible.

Although they couldn't say anything harsh, the Boreas family wanted to kick them out from the bottom of their hearts.

Even if Ariel had the thickest skin, she couldn't insist on anything at this point and could only reluctantly take her leave.

This time, in order to prevent Ariel from being in danger, the Boreas family even sent out both Kyrie and Shirou to escort Ariel.

You can imagine the quality of this hand.

However, Shirou still harbored some resentment.

He clearly didn't want to continue his contact with Princess Ariel; many of her behaviors were difficult for him to accept. However, Shirou couldn't disobey the Boreas family's orders and had no choice but to bite the bullet and escort Ariel away from the territory of Fituia with Kyrie Irvine.

Once they leave the territory of Fituia, Princess Ariel will be escorted by other territories.

The Boreas family has already done more than enough.

……

"It's such a shame. The thought of not seeing Shirou again soon makes me so lonely that I'm going to cry at night."

On their way out of the territory of Fituia, Princess Ariel looked at Shirou with a seductive expression, as if she wanted to seduce him.

"I've heard that Her Highness the Princess has a very rich nightlife and doesn't feel lonely at all."

Shirou sighed. "Even without me, Princess Ariel, you wouldn't be any different, would you?"

How could you know such a thing?

Upon hearing Shirou's words, Ariel showed a surprised expression.

Due to the corruption and decadence of the court environment, most nobles had strange and unusual fetishes. For example, the Boreas family liked girls with animal ears, and the Nottos family liked women with large breasts.

As a princess, Ariel was a notorious lesbian fanatic in the palace, and she had her way with every maid and servant in the court.

That is, Ariel will be more restrained outside the palace.

Otherwise, the women of the Boreas family might not have been able to escape the disaster.

Of course, while this matter was widely circulated among the royal family and nobility, almost no one outside the palace knew the inside story.

Most people still perceive Ariel as a beautiful, gentle, and dignified second princess, the most perfect woman in the world, and so on.

This shows how well Ariel hides her true self in everyday life.

As for why Shirou knew such a private matter, the reason is easy to guess.

After a brief moment of thought, Ariel's gaze shot like an arrow to Luke beside her.

"You little brat, Luke, you actually told Shirou about this princess's scandalous affairs? You seem to be getting bolder and bolder!"

"Your Highness, spare my life!"

Luke pleaded for mercy with exaggerated words.

Ever since witnessing the battle between Shirou and Nakuljad, the two brothers from the North, he has become acutely aware of his own weakness and has changed his previous contemptuous attitude towards Shirou to one of great respect.

Therefore, during the time the princess was rescued, he did his best to learn swordsmanship from Shirou.

Although his talent is average, his attitude has become much more upright after this incident.

Shirou felt that if the other person worked hard, he might have a chance to break through to a higher level.

It was during this process that Luke and Shirou forged a fairly good friendship, and could even be considered to have become close friends who could talk about anything.

At least Luke was very sincere to Shirou, and even told him some of Ariel's secrets while practicing swordsmanship with him.

Not only that, Luke also told Shirou a lot of important information about the nobles of the Kingdom of Asura, especially a lot of information related to Darius, which made Shirou more confident in killing Darius and provided considerable help.

However, Luke was still somewhat concerned about the inheritance rights of the Notos family, and he certainly wouldn't simply hand over the inheritance rights to Shirou.

However, Shirou himself has no intention of inheriting the Notos family line.

Therefore, both sides tacitly ignored the matter, which led to a fairly good relationship. Luke was even the first male friend of Shirou's age that he had ever made in the world.

"Hmph, I'll deal with you, Luke, when we get back."

Ariel clearly didn't really mean to target Luke; she just said it in a joking tone, then looked at Shirou with a serious expression, "I'm afraid this really means goodbye, Shirou. You really don't want to come to the capital with me? I really need you..."

For a young woman who is of above-average looks and temperament, to say to herself, "I need you."

If it were an ordinary person, they probably wouldn't be able to resist the other person's charm and would completely lose their soul.

But with Shirou, Ariel could never change his mind, because he carried too much on his shoulders and couldn't possibly give it all up to go to the capital with Ariel to make a living.

Of course, if one day Shirou becomes strong enough to defeat all his enemies, he might consider borrowing his power from this princess.

"Feel sorry."

Shirou expressed his attitude in a few words.

Seeing this, Ariel couldn't change anything. She just glanced at Shirou with regret, then rummaged in her pocket and took out a token.

"This is?"

Seeing Shirou's confusion, Ariel calmly replied, "This is a token I specially gave to the Guardian Knight. With this token, you can freely enter and leave the palace when permitted, and you can also persuade some people in my name at certain times. Don't worry, I will allow you to do whatever you want, Shirou."

"..."

I never expected Ariel to give me something so valuable.

Shirou was a little embarrassed to accept it, but Luke forcibly stuffed it into his arms.

“You are more suited to own this than I am.”

Luke stared intently at Shirou. "However, I will not give up. I will definitely become stronger and catch up with you, Shirou!"

"..."

Faced with Luke's determination, Shirou remained silent for a moment, and finally nodded silently.

He put the token into his pocket.

Ariel and Luke's figures disappeared completely from sight as the carriage drove away.

"Let's go."

Kyrie Irvine didn't have much affection for Ariel and Luke, and simply said something indifferent.

Shirou nodded silently and returned to the Boreas family with Kyrie Irvine.

……

With the princess's ordeal finally over, Shirou's life returned to a long-awaited peaceful routine.

After her tenth birthday, Alice and Shirou's relationship became much closer than before.

She became more serious and attentive during sword lessons, and occasionally even clung to Shirou, asking him to comb her hair.

While combing Alice's hair, Shirou often inexplicably recalls the times he used to comb Miyu's hair.

This made Shirou feel inexplicably sad. He missed Miyu and couldn't help but try his best to restrain himself from thinking of Alice as a substitute for Miyu.

He didn't think he was qualified to be Alice's brother, nor was he qualified to regard her as his sister.

To suppress his inner thoughts, Shirou even deliberately distanced himself from Alice.

He began to devote more time to swordsmanship and forging.

His forging skills had already reached their peak; his subsequent forging was simply a further enhancement of his already extraordinary skills, creating even more works that would astound the world.

have nothing to say.

Let's mainly talk about swordsmanship.

After his battle with the Northern Saints, Nakurjad, Shirou clearly realized the shortcomings in his swordsmanship, but at the same time, he also found a way to make up for them.

That is the release of magic.

Due to his young age, Shirou's fighting spirit foundation is not solid, at least not reaching the level of Kyrie Irving, whose fighting spirit has been honed over many years and is now incredibly strong.

Therefore, if Shirou wants to catch up with Gilead's level in a short time without spending a lot of time training, he must use a shortcut.

The release of magic power was the method Shirou discovered that allowed him to catch up with those veteran swordsmen.

After all, most swordsmen don't use magic, let alone hone their magical abilities.

Swordsmen in this world generally look down on magic, and at least they would never actively practice magic, because apart from a few things like the sword magic developed by Shirou, most magic is difficult to use in actual combat.

This gave Shirou the opportunity to take a shortcut.

Because he discovered the method of releasing magic power from Artoria's techniques, he could use the magic power in his body that was originally useless by releasing magic power, mixed with his battle aura.

Ordinary people's swordsmanship can only be entangled with fighting spirit, but Shirou's swordsmanship can not only be entangled with fighting spirit, but also with magic power, and can even use enhancement magic.

With these three enhancements, Shirou's burst of power in a short period of time will reach an unimaginable level, and may even directly increase by one or two levels.

Just like when he used his strength as a half-step sword saint to instantly kill Jade, the Northern Saint.

With this idea in mind, Shirou became even more adept at honing his swordsmanship. Not only was his strength gradually increasing, but he also gained a trump card that could turn the tide in actual combat.

The only downside is that Shirou in his Dream Summoning form can't be entangled with fighting spirit.

It may be a barrier between worlds.

This means that the potential of the Servant Emiya form in Dream Summoning was locked from the very beginning.

This is undoubtedly what Shirou has always wanted to overcome. What he has always wanted to do is surpass the limits of the Heroic Spirit Emiya and reach the true peak that he himself in the original world had never achieved.

And so, time once again began to slip away silently.

Two years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Shirou turned fifteen.

As mentioned before, five, ten, and fifteen years old are all extremely important time points in this world.

The entire Boreas family began celebrating Shirou's fifteenth birthday in advance, and even news came from Buena Village that the Greirat family wanted to celebrate with Shirou.

Shirou didn't feel much about any of this.

It wasn't that he was too heartless; it's just that he's been almost obsessed lately, using every single day to its fullest extent, trying to squeeze every last drop of time out of himself in an attempt to further improve his strength.

Finally, as Shirou swung his sword down with incredible speed, he felt a bottleneck quietly dissipate.

Shirou then suddenly realized a possibility—he had broken through the bottleneck of the advanced swordsman and mastered the true light katana.

This also means that he has broken through the bottleneck of the advanced swordsman and has the title of sword saint!

Chapter 165 Forging a Sword Sheath: A Distant Ideal Land?

It took Shirou two years to finally break through from an advanced swordsman to a sword saint.

Although it sounds simple, it actually involved countless hardships and struggles.

Learning the Blade of Light is not something that can be done overnight; it requires spending a lot of time practicing every day to ensure that every movement and every detail meets the requirements of perfection, and to imitate the divine essence possessed by the first sword god.

But this so-called Blade of Light is essentially nothing more than the basic attack of the first generation of sword gods.

The first Sword God was able to swing his sword perfectly simply by instinct.

Later generations relied on imitation and practice, spending a great deal of time to reach the starting point of the first sword god, which shows just how difficult the path of swordsmanship truly is.

Countless bones piled up at both ends of the road. Only those who give their all and fight with all their might can reach the summit and witness that brand new scenery.

Shirou is such a climber who barely reached the summit. He spent ten years climbing the mountain known as the Sword Saint.

But he then immediately realized how insignificant his place was.

Sword King, Sword Emperor, and even Sword God—every subsequent level and peak is far more difficult than one's current position. Mortals may never witness the true face of god-level swordsmanship in their entire lives!

However, Shirou will not become discouraged or give up because of this.