Anime Crossover: Master is Not Here Today

"what?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka paused for a moment, then quickly recovered and waved her hand, saying:

"Actually, that matter is quite complicated. Basically, like Ellie, I was asked to do something, so I had no choice but to temporarily take charge of managing the Underworld. It doesn't have much to do with the goddess of the Underworld or anything like that."

"Eh?!"

Gudao's eyes widened in disbelief as he said:

"So, Gudako is in charge of the Underworld in her human form?!"

"Well……"

Fujimaru Ritsuka scratched her head and laughed:

"In short, there are all sorts of reasons."

"This……"

Gudao swallowed hard, still feeling somewhat incredulous.

Although Fujimaru Ritsuka cleared up the misunderstanding, the reality seems even more absurd than the misunderstanding appeared!

Gudao found it hard to imagine how rugged and wonderful the other person's life must have been, and why he was so unknown, leaving the doctors and others unable to find a corresponding figure.

"Alright, I didn't call you out to talk about these things."

Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and waved her hand, bringing the topic back on track, then smiled and said:

Do you remember our last nighttime conversation?

"Last time..."

Upon hearing this, Gudao fell into memories and began to recall their conversation from back then.

It was during that conversation that Gudako revealed her identity as a modern magician. They also discussed two other things: one was that Gudako told him she couldn't always offer them help, and the other—

Thinking of this, Gudao's eyes lit up, and he carefully confirmed:

"You mean... the Shadow of the Spirit Origin?"

He still hasn't forgotten the strange expression on the other party's face when they learned that he couldn't use the Spirit Origin Shadow. This is a question that he has always been concerned about and still can't get an explanation for.

And that line, 'It has no meaning for him now'...

Although the other party said they could teach him at any time and asked him to go back and think about it, he was very busy afterwards and never had the chance to talk to them about it again.

However, to everyone's surprise, Gudako brought it up herself.

"bingo!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka snapped her fingers and then laughed:

“I told you before that the Spirit Origin Shadow Summoning Technique didn’t mean much to you back then, but things are different now. You should be able to put it to some use now.”

The difference lies in the fact that, in addition to Mash, who is now a Servant with whom he has officially signed a contract, Gudao has also signed contracts with two other divine Servants, Ishtar and Ereshkigal.

Although Gudao only signed temporary contracts with the latter two, it was barely enough.

Speaking of this, we must mention the Spirit Origin Chart, which has become a relic of the past.

The Spirit Origin Chart is a device used to record various data about the Servants she summons.

Through Leonardo da Vinci's own research and inventions, she was able to access the combat data of Servants in the [Spirit Origin Chart] and, through the connection of Servant Contracts, summon a temporary Shadow Servant to fight.

This was the first Spirit Origin Shadow Summoning Technique she mastered.

However, this has a drawback: she must maintain a connection with Chaldea or carry the Spirit Origin Chart with her to successfully summon the Spirit Origin Shadow.

However, unexpected situations like losing contact with Chaldea were commonplace for her.

So at that time, she always kept several copies of the Spirit Foundation Chart in the Treasure Vault of the Minister just in case, and occasionally she could only fight with the box.

However, this was still not very safe, since the Spirit Origin Chart, being a physical object, could be easily destroyed. So, the magicians of Chaldea gathered together for a meeting to brainstorm solutions to the problem.

Ultimately, they upgraded her Spirit Origin Shadow Summoning spell completely.

The upgraded summoning spell no longer requires a [Spirit Origin Diagram] as its foundation; instead, it relies on something more mystical—

Bonds.

As long as the bond between her and her Servants is strong enough, she can borrow a portion of their power through their Servant Contract and summon their Spirit Origin Shadows at any time.

That's right, this is the power of bonds!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 446 I teach myself, Teacher Gudako!

Originally, after Gudako and Ishtar signed the contract, she wanted to talk to them, but she thought that since they had just returned to Uruk, she should let them rest for one night first.

As a result, she accidentally ended up in the underworld that very night.

So today she chose to explain things to Gudako before going to sleep, in order to avoid any further complications.

As for the Spirit Origin Shadow Summoning Technique that she is about to teach Gudao, it is of course the final, complete version.

Since Gudao's contracts with Ishtar and Ereshkigal are only temporary, summoning their spirit origins may be difficult.

As for the issue of bonds... Ereshkigal should be fine, but Ishtar is a different story.

Of course, even if it's difficult to summon the spirit origin images of these two goddesses, at least one spirit origin image should be reliably summonable.

That is Mash's Spirit Origin Shadow.

Unfortunately, Mash's abilities are actually very strong, but the Spirit Origin Shadow cannot be imbued with idealistic effects, making it difficult to unleash Mash's true power, so it might be slightly... a little weak when used.

I'm sorry, Mashu!

Furthermore, considering that Gudao didn't have to go through those arduous and tortuous development and improvement processes, and could immediately learn the final version, or even a more powerful version, of the Spirit Origin Shadow Summoning Jutsu, Fujimaru Ritsuka couldn't help but sigh:

"You're really lucky, kid."

...Why do I feel like I'm not qualified to say that?

"?"

Gudao looked completely bewildered by Fujimaru Ritsuka's sudden, cryptic statement.

"Forget it, it's nothing."

Fujimaru Ritsuka waved her hand, bringing the topic back on track.

Back to the topic.

Gudao was naturally delighted to hear that Fujimaru Ritsuka was willing to teach him magic, but then he hesitated and said:

"But my aptitude for magic..."

It wasn't that he was being self-deprecating, but after experiencing so many singularities, the only magic he truly mastered was the Yin Qi Bullet; the rest he could only use the magic engraved on his Mystic Code.

He doubted whether he could master magic spells that sounded very powerful, such as the Spirit Origin Shadow Summoning Technique.

"don’t worry."

Hearing Gudao's words, Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and patted him on the shoulder, saying in a relaxed tone:

"If I can learn it, you definitely can too!"

After all, this was a summoning spell tailor-made for her by the magicians of Chaldea, a spell that was perfectly suited to her.

Although Gudao and she are somewhat different, Gudao can definitely be considered the second most suitable person to learn this magic trick.

"Yes, really?"

Gudao was still skeptical, and then he was slapped hard by the impatient Fujimaru Ritsuka.

"Snapped!"

"Stop talking nonsense, do you want to learn or not?"

"hiss--"

Gudao clutched his arm, gasping in surprise at the opponent's strength. However, upon hearing the question, he immediately nodded repeatedly.

"Of course I want to learn!"

"Good, that's more like it."

Fujimaru Ritsuka then revealed a satisfied smile, and then said with interest:

"During your magic lessons, you must call me teacher, understand?"

Gudao didn't see anything wrong with this and nodded as if it were perfectly natural:

"Okay, Gudako-sensei."

"Um--!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka's smile widened, and she said with a grin:

"Then let's begin right away."

"correct,"

Suddenly, Fujimaru Ritsuka seemed to remember something, and leaned slightly closer to Gudao, chuckling softly:

"This matter is a secret between the two of us for now, so remember to keep it a secret, okay?"

……

...

The spell itself isn't too difficult, because the most important part isn't the spell itself, but other aspects.

Even so, for those of them with mediocre magical talent, it's still not something they can learn in one night, not to mention they need to sleep.

Therefore, Fujimaru Ritsuka only told Gudao some basic precautions and then sent him back to rest. He would begin formal studies the next day.

As for whether Gudao can fully master it before repairing this singularity, she could not give a definite answer.

So the next morning—

Good morning, senior!

"Fu~!"