Emiya Shirou doesn't want to work overtime

"However, what's the difference between a Nichirin Blade and an ordinary sword?"

After resting for a while, the female samurai remembered the katana with the crimson blade that she had used to kill the demon.

"A fine knife—!"

Without hesitation, the female warrior's pupils suddenly dilated as she carefully examined it, and she immediately became enamored with it.

He then looked around and saw samurai swords of various colors stuck in the ground and tree trunks, and couldn't help but fall into deep suspicion.

"Isn't this a bit too wasteful!"

She couldn't help but start rebuking the mysterious person who had saved her.

Because every sword here is exceptional in her eyes, and as a sword enthusiast, she wishes she could carry all the Nichirin swords left behind here on her person.

However, she knew that this was impossible.

But let's look at it from another angle.

"Such a fine knife is being used as a disposable arrow? Doesn't that mean—!!!!!!!"

The female warrior's eyes gleamed with a golden light that seemed to radiate greed; she was eager to see the mysterious man.

If someone throws away a knife like that so casually, it must mean that the other person has a better weapon.

Thinking of this, all that could be heard was a "whoosh!" The female warrior stood up from the ground, intending to rush towards the direction from which the sword arrow had come.

"Found it—!"

Just then, a very young voice came from in front of the female warrior.

Chapter 839 A Bizarre Situation

"Sir Samurai, are you alright?"

Worried inquiries followed the innocent voice of the child.

It was a simply dressed adult male holding a lantern.

"Ugh! My sister is such a grown woman, yet she's still running around like this at night. Even I know she shouldn't be wandering around in the forest at night!"

The childish voice rang out again. Standing next to the mature man, a girl with pigtails stood with her hands on her hips, fearlessly accusing the female warrior.

For a moment, she was stunned and didn't know how to reply.

"Shut up! Sir Samurai, please don't take a child's unintentional words to heart!"

Upon hearing the child's words, the adult man immediately reprimanded him, then turned around and spoke slowly with a smile on his face.

Hearing the man's reprimand, the child pouted and leaned against him.

"It's alright, it's alright! After all, it's dangerous at night, and ultimately it's my fault!"

The female warrior quickly waved her hand, scratching the back of her head to indicate that she didn't care.

After all, what the other party said makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?

Besides, she wouldn't hold a grudge against a child.

"This is really worrying—"

The girl hiding behind the adult man stretched out a hand and pulled at her face, making faces at the female warrior, showing no sign of restraint despite the man's reprimand.

"How did you know I was here?"

The female warrior then raised her own question, though it wasn't really a question, since the answer was already obvious.

The only person who knew he was here was the mysterious man who offered assistance, a wealthy man with an unknown number of fine knives.

At least, that's what the female warrior was thinking.

"Yes--"

"It's Grandpa Muramasa!"

Before the man could speak, the girl next to him immediately interrupted him.

The man could only glare at her fiercely, but he didn't continue speaking to the female warrior, which meant he agreed with her story.

"Grandpa Muramasa?"

The female warrior said she had never heard of such a person.

"Uh, actually, this is just her special way of addressing Lord Muramasa. In reality, Lord Muramasa is probably younger than you think."

The man offered an explanation, somewhat embarrassed. He really wanted to correct the girl's form of address, but since Lord Muramasa hadn't said anything, he didn't feel he should do anything more.

"is it?"

"Coo coo coo coo!!!!"

Just as the female warrior was about to continue the conversation and try to learn more about the man named Muramasa, her stomach rumbled appropriately.

"Wow, that sound is so loud! I thought it was some kind of monster roaring—"

The girl continued to mock him with undiminished arrogance.

"Hahahaha!!!! It really is a monster's roar! But could you take me to the village so I can feed this monster?"

The female warrior let out a carefree laugh and moved closer to them.

“Of course, that’s why we’re here.”

The man nodded and returned the way he came, lantern in hand.

"I was just about to ask you, aren't you afraid of running into something when you're out so late?"

"Grandpa Muramasa said he would protect me, so I'm not afraid!"

The girl suddenly put her hands on her hips and swaggered down the road ahead, showing no fear of the gloomy and dark forest.

The female warrior looked at the man beside her with a puzzled expression. Putting everything else aside, wasn't it very inappropriate to send a little girl into such a gloomy forest so late at night?

"Sir Samurai, in fact, Lord Muramasa only asked me to come and find you, but I couldn't dissuade my daughter, so I brought her along with me with Lord Muramasa's permission."

The man looked at the girl strutting and skipping ahead with a very apologetic expression and a tender look on his face.

The female warrior could see the doting look in his eyes; otherwise, the girl wouldn't have shown such an attitude even when her father was scolding her.

It's obvious that he's acting with impunity because of his father's favoritism.

Do you know what I was just facing?

In the place where she lived, the existence of the dead and monsters was not uncommon. In fact, all sorts of legends about monsters circulated in various places, many of which were actually real.

But this was the first time she had ever seen beings like them that couldn't be killed without special weapons.

However, such things as spirits and monsters are distant matters for ordinary residents, and basically only exist in legends. Most people will never see them even once in their lifetime.

She asked casually, not expecting a reply.

"Grandpa Muramasa said that those were demons, monsters that had almost no weaknesses except for being afraid of sunlight and dying if they were beheaded by a Nichirin Blade."

The girl quickly answered the warrior's question.

"Are there many of them? You seem quite familiar with them, little sister."

"Yes, these past few days, a large number of evil spirits have been attacking our village every day. If it weren't for Grandpa Muramasa, our village would probably have been slaughtered by those evil spirits."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, the female warrior frowned deeply. This world was even more abnormal than she had imagined, with evil spirits attacking villages at will.

Isn't there an official organization to restrain those evil spirits?

"What are you thinking about, big sister? If you don't hurry, you'll fall behind!"

The girl noticed the female warrior's pace slowing as she pondered, and couldn't help but call out to remind her.

Startled awake, the female warrior quickly caught up with the two men.

"Doesn't the shogunate have any countermeasures?"

"Shogunate?"

The man walking in front suddenly looked at the female warrior with a very puzzled expression.

"The rule of the shogunate ended more than forty years ago."

"Huh? Where have I traveled to?!"

The female warrior's expression changed once again, and she covered her face, which was filled with speechlessness. Everything had changed too quickly.

"If we're talking about the government, they're supposedly having a tough fight against those evil spirits, but things don't look good."

"We also plan to move away from here tomorrow during the day, heading south where it will be safer."

The man sighed inwardly, seemingly not taking the female warrior's words seriously.

"But with Grandpa Muramasa here, it's very safe!"

Upon hearing the man's words, the girl's expression immediately became anxious, and it was clear that she had no intention of leaving.

"Lord Muramasa can't stay here forever. Besides, the attacks from those demons are becoming more and more frequent. Their main force is probably getting closer and closer. If we don't leave soon, we may never be able to leave again. One person's strength is ultimately limited."

"Moreover, Lord Muramasa also said that he himself needs to have things to do."

The man patted the girl's head and gave her an extremely gentle smile.

Chapter 840 Artoria Who Can Only Live in My Imagination

The three of them quickly left the forest, and soon, under the dim moonlight, a brightly lit village appeared before them.

At the entrance to the village, a figure stood upright.

"Grandpa Muramasa!!!"

The girl waved to the figure standing at the village entrance, her eyes brimming with smiles.

It seems that she has become incredibly close to the man named Muramasa, even more so than to her father.