Shirou Emiya is challenging FGO

Chapter 18 Help me practice! (Newbies please read!!!)

18. Have a clear conscience!
Jill has a clear view of everything, and this is the confidence that the Clairvoyance + Omniscience Star gives him.

He knew that the Dragon Demon Azdahaka was not lying, but he could not trust everything the old man said.

Azdahaka said that he would not take the initiative to cause trouble, because unless the world was in chaos and time and space collapsed, under normal circumstances, as soon as the dragon demon caused trouble, his real nemesis Bahram (Veleslana) would smell the scent and come over - this is the so-called "chain summoning" phenomenon.

But the Dragon Demon doesn't take the initiative to cause trouble, but he can induce others to do so!

And Jill thought that if he knew that the Dragon Demon was causing trouble, the Dragon Demon himself must also know it.

In other words, the Dragon Demon was actually testing Jill in disguise.

Why do you say that?
From a God's perspective, Jill knew that although Zouken Matou had obtained the 'Little Holy Grail of Azidahaka' that could make big news, in order to ensure that his goal could be achieved, Zouken Matou would definitely have to spend a lot of time preparing.

This preparation time is obviously measured in years.

It will most likely take at least five years - considering that Matou Zouken also needs to use the power of the earth veins, and if the spiritual power stored in the earth veins is not used, the mechanism will be automatically triggered after ten years, forcing the Fifth Holy Grail War to be held.
In other words, Matou Zouken will host the "Holy Grail War of Evil" in which he will be the mastermind behind the whole process at the latest ten years later.

With his abilities, maybe in the Holy Grail War, the behind-the-scenes control of all the Servants will be in his hands.

If we wait ten years,
But on the other hand, Shirou and Toosaka Rin will also have a ten-year growth period. With their potential, plus the personal guidance of Ryuuma and Jill, they may be able to fight after ten years of development.

but.
If they want to have a Happy End, the power of the two of them alone is not enough, they also need the power of Miyamoto Musashi - to be more precise, the power of Musashi's "eyes in the sky" that can turn decay into magic.

But Miss Musashi can only stay in this world for two months at most. After two months, her random time travel physique will be activated again. It is almost impossible for her to return to this world next time and to a time point close to Shirou.

Matou Zouken can take his time to prepare a plan that could take five or even ten years to start, but Shirou and Toosaka Rin cannot.

"Two months at most."

Jill muttered.

Is this enough time for Shirou to recover completely? How much stronger can he become?

If he waited ten years, Shirou might not be able to save everyone, but he would have more than enough strength to protect himself.

But if the decisive battle is to take place in two months, there may be a chance to save everyone, but Shirou will be in a situation where he is almost certain to die.

This is an unusual 'trial'!
It is also the "story" that the Dragon Demon enjoys the most.

Jill thought: Although it is not impossible to solve the problem himself, doing so would be meaningless for Shirou.

Jill snapped his fingers and said, "Since this is a test that only he can solve and must face, I have no right to make choices for him based on my own thoughts.

If it were Shirou, facing this trial, he would definitely say, "If it were Miss Musashi, I would definitely do this," and then decide to face the trial for two months."

So, Jill has made her decision.

Two months later, he will force Matou Zouken from the dark to the front.

As for whether Shirou can pass this trial, it depends on his own luck.

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Back to Shirou.

Tohsaka family.

There was not even a moment to mourn the death of Tōsaka Tokiomi.

"We only have two months left."

Shirou immediately reported the information he saw to Toosaka Rin and Miyamoto Musashi.

Although she didn't know the specific content of the trial, Toosaka Rin had already determined that the "narration" that Shirou could see was the masterpiece of the smoke mirror.

Smoke Mirror is also the god of warriors. He will urge warriors to fight on the battlefield and become stronger through the trials of battle until their souls are blessed by the Smoke Mirror at the time of their death.

Although no one knows what events will happen in two months - but since he is that smoking mirror, he might create an event even if there is no event at all!
Anyway, Smoke Mirror didn't come out to clarify.

Just think of it as him bringing bad luck.

Anyway!

Two months later - it will be the day of Azidahaka's Lesser Holy Grail Trial!

Quick practice begins!
Musashi said that he would teach with all his strength!

Then Musashi asked a very important question with a serious face and pointed out something: "How can we learn quickly in just two months?"

I don't know what she was thinking about. Toosaka Rin felt a little embarrassed and started muttering something meaningless: "Why do I always catch the same sheep and pull it?"

Shirou understood it, or rather, everyone present understood it.

So Shirou looked at Musashi: "And you."

Musashi was stunned.

Shirou: "If it were Miss Musashi, she would definitely do this (← meaning to help me practice)."

Looking at Shirou's still innocent and clear eyes, Miss Musashi knew that he really had no bad intentions, but she felt guilty and was sweating profusely.

Spiritual Ceremony.jpg
Let’s not count what happened before for now.

Could it be that in the next two months, Miss Musashi, as a pure love warrior, must be in front of Toosaka Rin?
Holy crap! There’s something awesome!!!
What? I am the boss again? Or someone else is the boss of me? Or who is the boss of me?
I can’t tell the difference! I really can’t tell the difference!
Okay, these are all jokes. After all, the spiritual ritual doesn't really involve anything.

It's just a quick way to accumulate experience points through spiritual rituals.

"Ms. Musashi, Tohsaka, if you don't want to, I won't force you. However, I hope you can go through the ritual of summoning magic with me to increase your strength quickly."

It was perfectly reasonable and natural for Shirou to say this so calmly, without the slightest feeling of guilt.

After all, Shirou has more reasons:
"I want to understand you (to fill the emptiness in my heart), and I know you have your own pride and secrets, but a big crisis will occur in two months, and I must do my best to become stronger to protect you - Toosaka, even if I have to use any means, I must protect you, so the means of spiritual communication are also necessary."

Have a clear conscience!

It is indeed well-founded and convincing.

Unfortunately, the two women seemed to feel guilty.

But Miss Musashi couldn't help but raise some objections: "What about me? You won't protect me?"

Shirou answered calmly, "I am not as strong as Miss Musashi. Rin and I need Miss Musashi's help, so I have no right to say 'I want to protect Miss Musashi'."

Musashi immediately frowned: "Don't be so serious at this time and say something that will make girls happy!"

Shirou immediately responded, "Although I don't think I have the ability, I will still fight for you with all my strength."

Musashi: "." Shirou said seriously: "I have a clear conscience."

Musashi subconsciously added: "What if I feel guilty?"

Shirou: "."

Musashi: “.”

Toosaka Rin: “.”

They stared at each other in silence.

Toosaka Rin looked at the sweaty Miss Musashi with contempt as if she were trash.

However, Shirou could see that Miss Musashi was not actually opposed to communicating with him, or rather, she was too unresistant.

What Musashi really resisted was letting Shirou see more of her childhood 'dark history' memories.

The two people who were in a stalemate looked at Toosaka Rin at the same time:
"Tousaka (Rin), what do you think?"

".Can you guys stop arguing about this?"

Toosaka Rin sighed helplessly.

Although she has a girlish heart, Rin Toosaka is a magician after all, and her acceptance of spiritualism may be easier than that of the feudal ancient Musashi.

The most important thing is, if it involves life safety, human life is at stake, so you have to go ahead no matter how shameful it is, right?
"If you don't want some of your memories to be seen, Ms. Musashi, I will help you adjust the technique so that you can only transfer memories related to combat training to Shirou."

Although she looks like a child and is actually still just a child, she is the only genius magic expert present. The answer given by Toosaka Rin directly ended the topic!
Compared to these trivial matters, Toosaka Rin has more important things to deal with at the moment.

That was to carefully examine and deeply address the problem with Shirou's magic circuits - previously it was mainly first aid, the goal was to get him out of the danger period, so many details were overlooked.

As the referee, Kotomine Kirei tells Tōsaka Rin that the Fourth Holy Grail War is over.

As Rin's senior and new guardian, he couldn't come to Rin's side right away. In addition to informing her of the end of the Holy Grail War, Kotomine Kirei's previous communication also mentioned the black mud in the Fuyuki city area - some information about 'all the evil in this world'.

Toosaka Rin doesn't know which Servants will participate in the Fourth Holy Grail War, and Kotomine Kirei claims that he left early so he doesn't know either.

Kotomine Kirei now has a job as a priest of the Cathedral Church, which is to resolve the disasters that may be caused by the black mud that is the source of all the evil in this world, and to deal with the aftermath.

Kotomine Kirei did make an agreement with Toosaka Rin that after he was done with his busy schedule, he would teach them the magic and martial arts he knew at Toosaka Rin's request.

Although Kotomine Kirei's magic skills are average, he is particularly good at "healing".

This is in line with the general public's stereotype of clergy in this regard.

Toosaka Rin felt that Shirou's fighting style, which would often destroy his own body, would be a good idea to learn from Kotomine Kirei.

In addition, Toosaka Rin also asked Kotomine Kirei to check Shirou's past records starting from the municipal administration.

If nothing can be found, then just find a reason and let Shirou be adopted by Kotomine Kirei, and let him live as 'Kotomine Shirou'.

but
(All the evil in this world. Black mud)

[Can Rin Toosaka deduce some clues from these two keywords? ]

[Difficulty: 75]

[Tousaka Rin's 'Magic Knowledge (Search)': 1D100=97 (Strong, too strong)]

Odd knowledge of myths?
No! This is not a problem for her at all!

The young genius Toosaka Rin immediately thought of Angra Mainyu, the evil god in the Zoroastrian dualistic mythology.

Angola Mainyu itself cannot be directly associated with the word "black mud".

But among Angora Mainyu's creations, the dragon demon Azdahaka has this ability.

If Angra Mainyu is all the evil at this moment, then the dragon demon is the concrete manifestation of its evil intentions in the human world.

According to legend, the blood flowing from the dragon demon has the property of 'creating life', which is similar to the 'chaotic fetal sea' in some myths and legends. The turbid and filthy black blood of the dragon demon will give birth to all kinds of evil creatures (mainly various dragon species and sub-dragons).

If you must say, in the eyes of magicians, the dragon demon Azdahaka actually has some attributes of the "Earth Mother Goddess".

In other words——

(The Gilgamesh that Shirou and Miss Musashi met was able to act independently because he accidentally came into contact with the black mud and used the characteristics of its chaotic mother womb. So he was "incarnated"?)

Toosaka Rin thought so, and then a somewhat out-of-character confusion emerged in her mind:
(Speaking of which, if it is a characteristic of the Chaos Womb, could it be that Azdahaka is actually a female dragon? No, that's not right, this is not an important question)

indeed.

(For those transcendent beings, it is normal for their gender to be non-fixed. It is impossible to summon an existence like Angra Mainyu through the Holy Grail's Servant System. Forcible summoning will only summon some pseudo-beings that seem to be real.

However, according to legend, the Dragon Demon Azidahaka has transformed into a human old man or a beautiful woman. Based on this legend, it is not impossible that he does not appear as a god but appears as a human being as a servant.)
Toosaka Rin came up with an answer that was not completely wrong, but not quite right either. The process was completely wrong but the result was right. It was also logically self-consistent and she thought it was the most reasonable answer:
(During the Fourth Holy Grail War, someone summoned the 'Dragon Demon Azidahaka as a human', and this black mud is the product of its Noble Phantasm!)
It is irrelevant whether Toosaka Rin's idea is right or wrong. After all, unless a normal person witnesses it with their own eyes, they will not realize that the Holy Grail itself has been contaminated for a long time.

But this at least made Toosaka Rin certain of one thing:

The root cause of Shirou's internal injuries at this time was his contact with the "black mud" which was equivalent to a part of the dragon demon's body.

It's important to know this.

It is very important to know that Shirou was 'internally injured by the blood of the Dragon Demon Azidahaka'!
Now that we know the origin of the myth, we can naturally look for a cure from the perspective of the myth!
Toosaka Rin originally thought that Shirou's serious irreversible damage could only be treated by making a wish with the Holy Grail.

But that's different now.

Use your imagination!

Magic is the world of imagination!

Theoretically, for a magician in the Type-Moon world, there is nothing they cannot do as long as they can imagine it!

Shirou also gave Rin Toosaka a compliment to boost her confidence: "As expected of Toosaka, nothing can stop you. I just saw the value of 'narration'. Your idea is right, and it was a great success."

Toosaka Rin was just being modest: "I just know what I know."

Although the pride on her face could not be hidden:

"Isn't it just the curse of the dragon demon? Look, I'll solve it for you!"

When you are successful, you can speak with confidence!

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