In Type-Moon, people create a magic family lineage

Of course, most of the time was spent resting and slacking off.

After all, with his current magical skill of creating workshops from scratch with just a thought, he could transform the entire tavern into a mysterious palace that resembled another world in just a few minutes.

Setting up this top floor wouldn't even take a minute.

He even replicated the 'Three Foundations Magic Furnace' passed down from the Lemon Head family, hiding it in the gap between dimensions, continuously absorbing and releasing the magical power that supports the massive spell.

During this time, he slept really soundly.

It turns out there's nothing more enjoyable than slacking off during 'work hours'!

Lu Kang sighed with emotion.

Even though his energy is inexhaustible and he doesn't need to rest, the mental comfort he experiences is itself a kind of enjoyment.

After resting for a day and a night, he slowly got up when he heard the girl banging on the door outside. He dressed and went out again, almost getting punched in the face by Aoko, who was swinging her fist outside.

It took me a while to realize it.

"Don't you make any noise when you walk?!"

Aoko raised an eyebrow: "Also, didn't we agree that we were going to explore the entire city of Fuyuki today?"

"What time is it? Wake up!"

The girl named Aozaki Aoko still looked carefree and quite excited about today's itinerary. Although she had been staying in Misaki City before, it seemed that she had awakened the characteristics of a 'traveler'. Whenever she went out to travel, she was always full of energy.

She really looked ready to go now—

The morning light streaming through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the hotel corridor fell upon her.

The form-fitting red dress perfectly accentuated the girl's well-developed figure—her high breasts filled out the fabric with a full curve, while her waist was surprisingly slender, and her rounded hips trembled slightly with each stomp of her feet.

Black pantyhose encased her long, slender legs, gleaming delicately in the morning light. The glimpses of her private area between the stockings and the hem of her skirt were captivating.

The girl seemed to have just taken a shower; her hair was still slightly damp. As she stomped her feet angrily, a few strands of brown hair clung to her slightly flushed cheeks.

Her full lips were coated with light pink lipstick, which glistened with a dewy shine in the sunlight.

"What are you looking at!" Noticing Lu Kang's scrutinizing gaze, Qingzi's ears turned slightly red, but she deliberately puffed out her chest, making her already impressive curves even more prominent: "Didn't we agree to go out? You're not thinking of staying in bed again, are you?"

Her red lips were slightly parted, as if she didn't want Lu Kang to see that she was too excited and hadn't slept much the night before, remaining in a state of excitement.

The girl's chest rose and fell gently with her breath, and the dress's cinched waist accentuated her stunning waist-to-hip ratio.

Long legs encased in black pantyhose stomped restlessly on the ground, the edges of the stockings slightly digging into the soft flesh of the thighs, creating an alluring indentation.

Seemingly assertive, but actually uneasy... Lu Kang couldn't help but find it amusing, and his gaze skipped over Aozaki Aoko in front of him, looking at Ayumi behind her, who was also fully prepared.

The girl stood quietly in the shadows of the corridor, her short, jet-black hair falling over the lace collar of her ever-present pure black dress.

Her pale skin shone with a flawless, porcelain-like luster in the morning light, and the cinched waist design created a breathtaking contrast between her slender waist and full breasts.

Her outfit seemed to be largely unchanged from usual.

But Lu Kang also noticed the layer of oily sheen applied between the pearly red lips.

The girl pursed her pale lips, her fingertips unconsciously tracing the silver chain at the hem of her skirt—

She seemed to be expecting the same thing.

Also.

After all, they are still students.

Lu Kang said, "Then let's stick to the itinerary we agreed on yesterday."

"Starting from Fuyuki Grand Hotel..."

"Finally, we arrived at Ryudoji Temple in Fuyuki Fukayama Town."

Chapter 178 The Location of the Great Sage's Grail, and a Night Talk with Yuzhu

They said they wanted to go shopping.

But Lu Kang's real purpose was to get things done while slacking off—or rather, to do things while slacking off.

Visiting Ryudong Temple was, without a doubt, the "real business" amidst the slacking off.

Ryudouji Temple is located on the back mountain of Fukayama-cho, the old town of Fuyuki City. Just like the back mountain of Misaki City, Shirakenzuka, it is the upstream source of the earth vein magic of the entire Fuyuki City and the 'branching point' of the planet's blood vessels. The earth veins of the whole country flow into Fuyuki from here.

Correspondingly, that area is also the region with the most concentrated magic in the entire Fuyuki City.

The temples built there were constructed by local monks in ancient times to manage the earth's veins.

Now, times have changed, and the mysterious forces in the country have weakened to the point that only nine families remain. The management of magic power also fell from the local monks to the Tohsaka family hundreds of years ago, but their management role has not been lost, and the amount of magic power they gather is still enormous.

The cycle is based on 60 years.

The ritual known as the 'Great Holy Grail' is built upon this immense magical power—founded beneath Ryudou-ji Temple!

Yes.

Although there are still six months before the Holy Grail War officially begins.

Although right now, let alone the Holy Grail War, not even the 'Masters' who will participate in the Holy Grail have appeared yet.

But Lu Kang had already made an agreement with Lorelei to let the 'mystical world' witness the existence of the Greater Grail.

The water from the winterwood tree must be stirred up.

Therefore, directly showcasing the main aspects of the ceremony would be the best course of action.

It would be perfectly reasonable to use this as a pretext to "stir up trouble".

...

That being said, on the other hand...

"Where do you all get so much energy—walking around for so long without getting tired at all? And what about all the food you ate today? I haven't even seen a trace of it!"

The trip is nearing its end.

As the sun set and its afterglow scattered across the distant horizon, a tall, handsome foreign boy dressed in a black trench coat looked at the two girls walking ahead of him and, for what seemed like the umpteenth time, made a sarcastic remark.

"Lu Kang-jun, don't ask such a rude question to a beautiful girl!"

Aoko paused slightly, snapping out of her reverie. She had a pudding in her mouth, and her profile made her long red dress appear even more form-fitting, creating a visually stunning effect. The shadows cast by the swaying skirt also deepened.

Lu Kang glanced sideways and said, "I've never seen a beautiful girl who could shatter a mountain gate with a single punch."

"The last individual capable of doing this was called an 'excavator'."

“I’m an ‘excavator,’ so what are you? A walking ‘complaint robot’?” Aozaki Aoko replied with a face full of black lines.

A nearby figure, Yuzhu, was scooping small bites of ice cream with a spoon when she suddenly raised her dark eyes and interjected, "It should be called 'Mr. Expired Convenience Store Pudding'."

"It clearly had a 'half-price discount' lucky tag, but when I opened it—the expiration date was exactly yesterday!"

Aoko immediately burst into laughter: "That analogy is so accurate! No wonder you always manage to hit the minimum!"

This time, it was Lu Kang's turn to be speechless: "Did you guys secretly install a luck-measuring device on me...? And Youzhu, when did you learn to tell lame jokes?!"

It can only be said that the truth is the quickest way to cut through the fog—it seems that Lu Kang's luck has really been mostly used up on the mystical side.

Throughout the day, in addition to shopping, they also played some street games.

As for anything involving luck, Lu Kang almost always loses – if he didn't consider himself lucky on the mystical side, he wouldn't want to participate in any more of the Holy Grail War-like magical rituals that summon Heroic Spirits like 'card drawing'.

As for Lu Kang's further "complaints".

Yuzhu simply tilted her head back and breathed out a puff of cold air from the ice cream in her hand.

A gust of wind carrying the scent of autumn swept in.

The atmosphere was truly 'cold'.

"Alright, alright, let's get down to business!"

Aoko suppressed a laugh.

Lu Kang shook his head: "Let's get ready to go up the mountain."

He looked up as the last rays of the setting sun faded, and the lights stretched upwards, illuminating a road leading to the sky.

The back mountain of Fuyuki City, the source of the earth's veins, and the location of the Greater Grail.

Ryudong Temple.

It's right around the corner.

...

"Waaah... Do we have to spend the night at the temple tonight?"

"I wonder if the iconic scene—the ghost in the deep mountain temple—will appear?"

After briefly explaining their purpose and claiming they wanted to experience life, Lu Kang and his companions handed over a sum of money to the monks residing at Liudong Temple, and were thus able to stay at the temple.

Aozaki Aoko seemed very excited throughout the journey.

Lu Kang glanced sideways and retorted again, "What, you want to have a love story between a human and a ghost?"

“I want to see which is harder, the spirit or the Matou family’s gate!” Aoko said.

"Okay, Miss Excavator."

"Yes, 'Mr. Expired Pudding from the Convenience Store'."

It can only be said that you can get infected by spending too much time with 'idiots'—the way Lu Kang and Qingzi are teasing each other now is really childish.

Although he actually quite enjoyed the process.

Enjoy the 'childishness' that comes with this age.

Especially when the object is indeed a beautiful girl...

Even if you've passed through several years of your youth, who would complain about being 'young'?

However, Aoko was not a true superhero after all. She had clearly stated in advance that the 'operation' would begin at midnight—which was not only the time when the earth's ley lines were most active, but also the time when, in Lu Kang's memory, the Greater Grail of Fuyuki would descend at the end of the Holy Grail War.

This is the best time to open the ley lines.

But when they arrived at the room arranged for them by the monks of Ryudou Temple, after laying out the tatami mats she had brought, Aoko lay down on them and died without even changing her clothes. If it weren't for the rising and falling of the girl's chest, Lu Kang would have thought she had died on the spot.

In contrast, Lu Kang was truly energetic and showed no signs of fatigue—he lay on the tatami mat, looking at the mottled marks of time on the old ceiling, silently calculating the time in his mind.

A rustling sound suddenly came from my side.

Lu Kang looked in the direction of the sound and met a pair of deep, dark eyes, his gaze pausing slightly.

In the darkness of night, the outline of Kuonji Temple's Aryu, illuminated by the moonlight filtering through the temple's paper doors, resembled a watercolor painting with outlines.

The girl lay on her side, her black dress cinched at the waist, creating a distinct shadow line that clearly outlined the contours of her upper body.

The fabric on her chest was pressed into several diagonal folds by her body weight, forming lines of varying depths under the moonlight, rising and falling slightly with her breath.

The skirt draped naturally along the curve of her hips, casting a triangular dark shadow on the tatami mat.

Her thighs were completely covered by dark stockings, with a section of fair skin peeking out above the stocking tops, which was particularly striking in the dim light.

The garter belt left a shallow indentation in the middle of her thigh, barely visible in the shadows.

"Aren't you going to take a break, Youzhu?" Lu Kang glanced over, feigning nonchalance, and spoke calmly.

"Hmm." Youzhu didn't close her eyes, but looked at Lu Kang and nodded slightly: "Restling."

"Rest with your eyes open?" Lu Kang chuckled. "Do you think you're Zhang Fei?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Yuzhu sat up. The fabric of her black dress stretched even tighter at her chest, creating subtle folds and shadows in the moonlight. As she sat up, the hem of her dress slipped down her thighs, revealing more skin encased in stockings.

The absolute territory above the sock cuffs was particularly striking in the dim light, with a faint shadow cast by the indentation created by the garter belt.

Yuzhu said expressionlessly, "We'll be going back after tonight."

"Lu Kang, shouldn't we be heading to even farther places?"

Qingzi, who was next to him, was fast asleep, sprawled out on her back.

Upon hearing this, Lu Kang looked up.

Looking at Yuzhu's extremely serious expression, a strange feeling stirred within him.