Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

The moment Shirou Emiya finished speaking, dozens of silver beams shot out from it, moving faster than bullets, transforming into dozens of afterimages, and hurtling straight toward Fariagne.

In that instant, a silver beam of light carrying a terrifying aura completely enveloped the Crimson World Demon King, leaving him nowhere to hide.

"Puff puff puff puff!"

Swords and blades relentlessly pierced Fariagni's body, and pure white flames gushed out like a spring.

"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

The screams of the severely injured followed.

He fell heavily to the ground like a bird struck down while flying in the sky.

"Oh!"

The heavy object made an extremely loud sound when it fell to the ground.

A pale white flame immediately ignited on Fariagni's body as he fell to the ground, and burned out in an instant.

The space returned to silence.

"Dead?"

The flaming-haired girl let out an incredulous sound, causing even the gem on her chest to make a sound to alert the Crimson Lord who was on high alert. She was so easily killed by a human.

"No, they escaped!"

A mature voice came again, and he quickly made a judgment about it.

It wasn't his experience that led him to make this judgment about the fallen Fariagni, but rather his reasoning that the lockdown maintained in the city at this time had not disappeared.

If Fariagni had truly perished, then the sealing technique he unleashed would no longer be in such a stable state, and would also have vanished with his death.

But now that the seal is so stable, there can only be one truth: the dead Fariagni they saw was just a puppet he had set up.

"Humans—"

Fariagni seemed to have no intention of hiding his faked death, and his voice, tinged with anger, echoed in the space.

"This time I was careless and impulsive; you won't be so good next time—"

Before he could finish speaking, a sound as if he had been pierced by something echoed throughout the space.

"Pfft——!"

The flaming-haired girl turned around again, and her pupils suddenly contracted.

Shirou Emiya was no longer in the same spot. Almost the instant he fired his sword arrow, he began climbing up the tallest building nearby.

He seemed completely unconcerned about whether his arrows would hit their targets or whether they would kill Fariagni.

Emiya Shirou stood on the top floor of the tallest building nearby, holding his bow, aiming at a certain spot the moment Fariagne uttered the word "human" in space.

Then——

"call out----!"

The sword arrow, like a meteor, streaked across the crimson space.

Chapter 230 The Second Lost Child at Zero Hour

"Well--!"

Seemingly having suffered considerable damage, after uttering that final sound within the space, the crimson space began to disintegrate at an extremely rapid pace.

Since the battle is taking place in the city, he cannot risk harming these residents by using high-level swords and arrows, or by using the illusionary collapse technique.

Therefore, Shirou Emiya uses only ordinary sword arrows, which have no special characteristics other than being relatively hard.

As the seal collapsed, Shirou Emiya quickly returned to his workplace, maintaining the actions he had taken before the seal occurred.

Given Shirou Emiya's quick reflexes, he immediately kicked the plate he had carelessly tossed aside, catching every last drop of the dessert and coffee on it.

This prompted all the guests present to spontaneously applaud, expressing their admiration for such a wonderful event.

It's like Spider-Man catching those fruits and vegetables; it's incredible.

Emiya Shirou then quickly finished his current work and asked his boss for permission to leave early.

Although it was the first day, the boss didn't make things difficult for Shirou Emiya, after all, Shirou Emiya had done the work of countless people during this time.

Seeing such work efficiency, he was somewhat at a loss.

"Are you just going to do this boring job?"

As he pushed open the door, a very familiar voice came from beside Shirou Emiya.

Emiya Shirou also turned around to look in the direction from which the sound came.

Just as Shirou Emiya had imagined, the figure that appeared matched the voice perfectly; it was a girl who looked to be only thirteen or fourteen years old.

The girl was very petite.

He was wearing a jet-black coat.

Aside from the fact that his originally vibrant red hair had turned into extremely smooth black hair, all his features matched the silhouette that Shirou Emiya had seen earlier.

When she was inside the sealed area, Shirou Emiya only saw her back, not her face.

And this imposing and awe-inspiring young girl stood before Shirou Emiya, her head raised, her delicate face tense, her eyes burning like flames as she stared intently at him.

"It can't be called a boring job either."

Emiya Shirou responded with a wry smile. Although he possessed such seemingly powerful combat abilities, the resulting consumption was naturally considerable, and he was afraid that tonight's expenses would be substantial.

Without realizing it, I've become a big eater myself.

"Why are you able to move inside the [Sealed-Off]?"

The girl raised a crucial question: although she was the one who blocked the flying playing cards, she didn't spot Shirou Emiya immediately.

Sealing off is a method that can directly sever the cause and effect between the inner and outer spaces, causing the inner space to freeze, as if time has been stopped.

Within this barrier, only two types of beings are capable of movement.

One type is the Flame Haze.

One type is the Crimson World Apostle.

Apart from the two types mentioned above, all others must possess special powers to accomplish the same thing.

Only by using special methods or servants like Phosphorus can one move freely within the sealed-off area.

The girl didn't sense any trace of the Free Magic on Shirou Emiya at that time, so she naturally ignored it immediately until Fariagne reminded her.

She then realized that the human behind her was able to move freely inside the sealed area.

"[Feng Jue]?"

After a moment's thought, Shirou Emiya immediately understood what the girl in front of him was trying to say.

It should be a proper noun for that red space, just like how the magic trick of various weapons suddenly appearing in one's hand is called projection magic; it is a proper noun.

"The ability to move within that space is probably due to this thing."

After all, Shirou Emiya couldn't move around in that world before, but after projecting this thing, he was able to move freely in that world. It can only be attributed to this thing.

Shirou Emiya actually had a good impression of the girl who was fighting against those who devoured humans.

So Shirou Emiya took out the pendant that he had placed on his chest.

A pale blue light flickered in front of the girl.

"The Lost Child at Midnight!"

The pendant in front of the girl let out a gasp.

Although he had never seen it in person, he had heard of this treasure and knew its general appearance.

So I could tell what kind of Noble Phantasm it was at first glance.

No matter how much existence power is consumed, it can be restored when it reaches 0. If such a treasure were obtained by a disciple, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Because obtaining this treasure grants one, in a sense, infinite power of existence. Even without doing anything, simply extracting this power of existence daily can have a significant impact on the world.

"Give this to me. It's far too dangerous for a human to possess this treasure."

The girl's expression turned serious once again. If it were just some extremely weak Noble Phantasms, she wouldn't have made such a request to take them, since even if a Crimson World Apostle obtained such Noble Phantasms, it wouldn't have much of an impact.

If that human wasn't going to give it to her, then so be it, but Zero Time Child is different; she herself is a Flame Haze who can use the power of existence.

They naturally knew what the ability to restore all of their existence at 0:00 meant to those Crimson World Apostles.

Even without the reminder from the pendant in front of her, she knew what kind of impact this Noble Phantasm would have if it were obtained by a Crimson World Apostle.

But then, something completely unexpected happened.

"it is good--!"

Emiya Shirou took the ornament hanging in front of him and placed it in the girl's hand without any hesitation.

"Eh!?"

Looking at the Zero Hour Lost Child in her hand, the girl felt extremely unreal. She had just obtained the Zero Hour Lost Child like this?

It felt so unreal, like witnessing Fariagni die right in front of me, as if I were in a dream.

This precious artifact was handed over so easily by this human without any thought of treasuring it.

In her mind, she would definitely have to go through a verbal battle before she could take the ornament.

Moreover, I would definitely have to pay a price to take away the Zero Hour Piece, so how could things have gone so smoothly?

However, before she could recover, a burst of light emanated from Shirou Emiya's right hand, and another Zero Time Child appeared.

Shirou Emiya made no attempt to conceal it, simply hanging it casually in front of him.

The girl in front of him immediately lost her composure.

"How can you have two missing persons in the zero-hour period?!"

Chapter 231 The Nameless Girl