Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

Most people are quite familiar with this, since there are quite a few adventurers with such strength.

This allows for an accurate understanding of how far one's team can explore and the allocation of resources among each team member.

However, they had no way of determining the true extent of Shirou Emiya's strength.

Is he a newly promoted LV2 adventurer, or has he already reached LV3, or is he stronger or weaker?

There is no explicit indication of Shirou Emiya's true strength regarding the bestowed gift.

Those who supported him were also unwilling to go to the dungeon with Shirou Emiya, whose strength was unknown and who had not received any blessings.

Since the supporters didn't know Shirou Emiya's strength, they didn't know how to remind him of his area of ​​operation or how to plan his route.

Rather than following this "ordinary person" whose reputation is causing quite a stir in Orario, it would be safer to stick with a team of adventurers who have received blessings.

"Why are you unwilling to accept the blood of the gods and become a member of their kin? If you were an adventurer who had received a blessing, you wouldn't be in this situation where you can't find a party!"

Eina also sighed.

Chapter 436 Eina's Invitation

"Perhaps I just want to prove my potential. Aren't the gifts that the gods bestow upon you precisely because they want to see your potential?"

Emiya Shirou gave the same answer to the gods who wanted to recruit him into their familia.

His answer surprisingly gained the approval of the gods.

Perhaps with Shirou Emiya's strength, becoming a member of their familia would make him even stronger and more famous.

But at most, at most, he will only become like Orario's only LV7 adventurer, an object of admiration for everyone.

Even if Shirou Emiya becomes an adventurer and manages to defeat him, becoming the new strongest, it will only be after everyone's shock.

However, if Shirou Emiya were to reach the depths of the dungeon without receiving the blessing, becoming a member of the dungeon's frontline exploration team, and defeat Orario's only LV7...

Then he will become a miracle, a legend that no one can forget and will be remembered forever.

Given the possibility of such a future for Shirou Emiya, most of the gods abandoned their desire to have him join their familia.

They were more excited to see Shirou Emiya become a legend, something almost impossible, than for him to become a member of their familia.

They knew the dungeons were incredibly dangerous, yet they still sent their kin to explore them. Wasn't that because they loved the great achievements created by humanity?

The stories of heroes and legends are what most gods love most.

"That's precisely why I don't understand!"

Eina adjusted her glasses and spoke loudly, slightly excited.

"Without receiving the blessing, you not only face dangers several times greater than them, but you also gain almost nothing from exploring the dungeons."

She didn't understand why Shirou Emiya insisted on proving his so-called possibility, as if he were gambling with his life just to prove something. It had no equivalent value and was almost meaningless.

Even if Shirou Emiya proves himself, so what? What does he want to change? And what can he possibly change?

Becoming a legend, no matter what, is not as important as one's own life.

Moreover, Shirou Emiya seemed completely unconcerned about his own life, having already reached the sixteenth floor despite only having been in the dungeon for a few days.

Emiya Shirou placed his hand on Eina's shoulder, whose expression was slightly agitated, and stared into her emerald green eyes.

"Before the gods descended, weren't there humans who were able to resist the invasion of dungeon monsters and thus protect human life?"

"Sigh—I should have known from the first day I met you that you are a stubborn person."

Under Shirou Emiya's gaze, Eina's expression calmed down. She adjusted her glasses, and a slow smile appeared on her lips.

"After all, you're the one who still chose to go to the dungeon despite my advice; I doubt many people could change your mind!"

Shirou Emiya could only respond with a wry smile, slowly lowering his hand. It seemed he had no right to refute what Eina had said.

"Alright, this is the money you got from exchanging those magic crystals and materials. That's enough for an ordinary person to live on for a lifetime. I don't know what you've been doing with it—"

"Actually, I didn't use it for anything. I've been learning forging techniques from Hephaestus, which requires a lot of materials for my training, so the amount of money I spend is also quite large."

"Really? I didn't expect you to be so close to the goddess Hephaestus, and you even know how to forge. Why don't you join Hephaestus's kin?"

"Please stop trying to persuade me to join a clan."

"Alright, alright, I won't say another word!"

Eina quickly waved her hand, indicating that Shirou Emiya could leave, showing that she disliked him very much.

"By the way, Eina, do you know where in Orario you can see history from a thousand years ago? I'm very interested in the history before the arrival of all living beings."

Perhaps it was because Shirou Emiya had mentioned a thousand years ago in his previous answer that he realized that the gods in this world corresponded to those in his own world.

Shirou Emiya can find a corresponding being for almost every god.

Whether it's the gods from Greek mythology, Norse mythology, Celtic mythology, or Hindu mythology, Shirou Emiya can find them all here.

Fortunately, I had brushed up on my history with Professor Ge Mu and also searched through many books, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to discover so easily that the gods here were the counterparts of the gods in my own world.

Of course, the Holy Grail War is the one we should be most grateful for, which is why Shirou Emiya is so concerned about history.

He confirmed that the world with the Holy Grail War was a parallel world to his own.

It was also confirmed that the Holy Grail War had taken place in Fuyuki City.

Shirou Emiya doesn't know if he will be involved in the Holy Grail War once again.

But it's never a bad thing to know more about epics.

If a Holy Grail War were to actually occur, knowing the enemy's true name would be a significant advantage.

In this world, it might be a coincidence that there is a corresponding god, but if all of them are corresponding gods, Shirou Emiya would still believe that there is a certain connection.

Just like the world where I became a detective, the characters like Sherlock Holmes, Arsène Lupin, and Dracula who transformed into a werewolf are all characters from stories.

But these stories became real history in that world.

He lamented that he hadn't read more history, otherwise he would have been able to understand these deities better.

"A word from the bookstore—"

Eina put her index finger on her chin and began to think.

Do you have any free time these next few days?

"Of course there is. As adventurers, don't you have a lot of freedom in how you allocate your time?"

Shirou Emiya couldn't possibly spend all his time in Hephaestus's workshop. Even if Shirou Emiya didn't have anything to do, Hephaestus, as the goddess of forging, had plenty of things to do.

Although for her, the most time-consuming thing seemed to be the frequent religious gatherings.

"Then I'll take you there tomorrow."

Eina nodded, seemingly quite certain.

"I can do it myself—"

Before Shirou Emiya could finish speaking, Eina interrupted him.

"Emiya, I remember you can't read, right? Are you really going to be able to find the book you want?"

"It seems there was such a thing—"

After speaking Japanese for so long, Shirou Emiya forgot that he was in another world, and he couldn't understand the language used at all.

Chapter 437 Helpful

"welcome."

Accompanied by such a sound, a girl carrying a tray walked out of the store.

After saying goodbye to Eina and leaving the guild, Shirou Emiya headed towards the tavern.

After exploring the dungeon for almost a day, Shirou Emiya only ate a few pieces of dry rations. Although he could continue fighting, he certainly couldn't keep going like this forever.

Although it wasn't late at night, it wasn't early either; for most people, it was already past dinner time.

However, there was no sense that dinner time had passed in the tavern.

The noise and commotion echoed continuously in the tavern, where adventurers could eat for hours on end. If it weren't for Mia's insistence on keeping the tavern running smoothly the next day, she would have driven all the customers out just before nightfall.

Those adventurers who don't have much to do tomorrow might actually stay inside this tavern until the next morning.

Adventurers generally arrange their own work and have a lot of flexibility in terms of time, but the staff at the [Abundant Mistress] tavern don't have such flexible working hours.

This is why Shirou Emiya was given a severe scolding by Mia when he arrived at the tavern late at night.

However, I still plan to make food for Emiya Shirou.

After spending so much time in the dungeon, you must be exhausted, both physically and mentally.

Mia was just worried that Shirou Emiya was too engrossed in the dungeon and forgot to come back.

When they finally want to come back, they find themselves unable to leave the dungeon due to physical or mental limitations.

This is a major taboo, especially since Shirou Emiya was exploring the dungeon alone.

He's not one of those adventurers on the front lines anymore; every time he enters a dungeon, it's basically an expedition, and it takes him several days to return.

The tavern staff were also quite familiar with Emiya Shirou, a regular customer of their establishment.

Naturally, they didn't want Shirou Emiya to die in the dungeon like that.

Although Shirou Emiya didn't understand that Mia's harsh scolding stemmed from concern that something might have happened to him in the dungeon.

But he kept Mia's words in mind, and afterwards he mostly returned to Orario during this period.

Seemingly out of remorse, Shirou Emiya chose not to trouble them, but instead went to the stove by himself and prepared the food using the ingredients.

At first, they were very skeptical of Shirou Emiya's cooking skills.

After all, there are only a few adventurers who are skilled at cooking, especially those who are still exploring dungeons, who have almost no time to spend on other things.

However, the enticing aroma not only dispelled their doubts about Shirou Emiya's culinary skills but also dispelled some of their drowsiness.