Jobless Reincarnation: Emiya the Great Hero Must Show His True Skills

The family quickly gathered together to think about how to deal with Shirou's mentality of giving up everything in order to practice swordsmanship.

"How about we find Shirou a girlfriend?"

Rudeus immediately made a witty remark: "As long as a gentle and beautiful girlfriend is by his side, even Shirou would be completely captivated and immersed in the arms of a beauty."

"This...would my brother really do this?"

Hearing Rudeus's words, Hilfi seemed doubtful, even somewhat resistant.

During this time, Hilfi often came to the Grerat family to play and learn magic techniques from Rudeus, so she could almost be considered half a member of the Grerat family.

"Even if Shirou were interested, we can't find a suitable candidate."

Paul shook his head. "Buyena Village is just a small place, not the capital. There are girls, of course, but pretty girls are rare. How could an ordinary girl possibly arouse his interest?"

"That's true..."

Rudius waved his hand, indicating that his idea was indeed not feasible and had no possibility of being realized.

"I think this idea isn't entirely without the possibility of being realized."

Senis suddenly spoke up from the side, "There aren't any girls the same age, but we can just pretend to be girls the same age, right?"

"camouflage?"

The rest of the Grerat family exchanged bewildered glances, unable to comprehend what the other was saying.

Senis smiled and said, "Mom, I'm so naturally beautiful. Judging from my appearance, I'm still sixteen years old and in the prime of my youth. With just a little disguise, I can be a beautiful young girl. It'll be a piece of cake to handle Shirou!"

"??"

Senis's words shocked the family.

Before anyone else could say anything, Paul blurted out impatiently, "No, absolutely not!"

"why?"

"Senise, you're my wife! How could you seduce that scoundrel!"

"Kashiro is our son. Is there a problem with taking care of our son?"

"..."

Senis's overly matter-of-fact words left Paul speechless.

He couldn't find the words to refute the other person's statement.

However, just before Senis's outrageous plan was about to be carried out, Shirou came out from behind. He put down the sword on his back with a helpless expression and said, "Aren't you all worrying too much? I'm just practicing my swordsmanship. I'm not going to fight monsters."

"Shirou?"

Paul and the others were surprised to see Shirou return so early today.

After all, judging by the timeline, the other party should still be outside practicing swordsmanship day and night. Their sudden appearance at this moment is clearly abnormal.

Then Paul suddenly realized something and asked incredulously, "Could it be that you, Shirou, have mastered the Silent Sword Technique?"

"We've made some breakthroughs, haven't we?"

Shirou nodded calmly, neither complacent nor humble, but with a calm and undisturbed state of mind, like still water.

But his response clearly surprised everyone.

After all, the Silent Katana is the standard for advanced swordsmen; as long as one masters the Silent Katana, one can almost be considered an advanced swordsman.

Superior-level swordsmen are extremely rare in the entire Kingdom of Asura, and some are even capable of becoming direct subordinates of a lord and holding important positions in the army.

Even among adventurers, swordsmen of the superior sword god style are extremely rare.

Because Paul possesses advanced levels of the Northern God Style, Sword God Style, and Water God Style sword techniques, he is strong enough to serve as a key member of the S-rank adventurer team, Black Wolf Fang.

This shows how valuable the superior's position is.

Paul's first reaction was disbelief; he found it hard to imagine that Shirou, a child who had just turned eleven, had already mastered the advanced Sword God Style.

But when he thought about how the other person was Shirou, the child he had watched grow up and who had created countless miracles, he realized that the other person was Shirou.

He felt that if it were the other person, there might actually be hope for a breakthrough at the age of eleven.

But if I do that, won't I be caught up with by the other party in swordsmanship?

Has a father's dignity been completely shattered like this?

No, whether it's to prove whether Shirou has truly broken through to the higher ranks or to uphold his dignity as a father, Paul cannot accept this so easily.

"Shirou, come out and fight me!"

Paul began in a high-pitched voice.

In order to prove that his skills as a father were not surpassed by Shirou so quickly, he decided to have another sword fight with Shirou.

Furthermore, this time he made it clear that he had no intention of holding back or engaging in pure practice; rather, he was challenging Shirou as a true swordsman.

The rest of the Grellatt family were undoubtedly surprised by Paul's attitude, and some even wanted to stop him.

But before they could speak, Shirou had already replied with a smile, "Alright, let's have a real battle, Paul!"

After saying that, Paul and Shirou quickly went to the courtyard of the Grellard's house, intending to have a swordsman's battle in the winter when the snow had not yet melted.

Chapter 66 How to wield the silent sword?

On an empty field in winter.

Paul and Shiro stood at opposite ends of the courtyard, the sun casting long shadows on the ground.

Senis, Rudeus, Sylphie, and Lilia stood tensely at a distance on the steps, all of them paying close attention to the battle and concerned about its final outcome.

"Paul is really something. He's such a grown man, yet he's still arguing with a little kid."

Senis spoke with a hint of complaint, clearly not wanting to see this battle happen and worried that Shirou would get hurt in it.

“My father should know his limits, after all, they often practice swordsmanship.”

Rudeus offered words of comfort to his mother while keeping his eyes fixed on the impending battle.

Who will win, Shirou or Uncle Paul?

Hilfi was quite nervous at the moment, "Although my brother is very strong, Uncle Paul is an adult after all, I feel like it won't be easy for him to win."

"It was just Master Paul testing whether Young Master Shirou had truly mastered the advanced Sword God Style, so he probably wouldn't use his full strength."

As a maid, Lilia also spoke up quietly, clearly showing that she cared a lot about the outcome of this battle.

While the people around him reacted, Shirou and Paul stood about ten meters apart and each took out their weapons.

As with their usual sword training, Paul and Shirou each took out a wooden sword for training and struck the same pose.

"Since this is to test whether Shirou has reached the advanced level of the Sword God Style, I will naturally only use the Sword God Style to fight you from now on."

Paul grips the sword with one hand and uses the other for support, a standard technique of the Sword God style. This allows him to use only one hand to deliver a slash in any direction, while ensuring he can switch hands temporarily.

The so-called "Sword God Style" refers to the art of fighting using only a sword, and it is a technique that only focuses on offense and has no defense.

For those who follow the Sword God lineage, offense is always the best defense.

How to better launch attacks is a subject that every Sword God style user needs to study.

In general, most people use swords simply to swing them straight, at most trying their best to make the swinging speed faster.

Even the fastest slash will be easily dodged if you strike straight at it from the front. Therefore, to ensure a successful hit, you need to strike from below, horizontally, or even at an angle.

In order to kill their opponents, swordsmen must put in a lot of effort and unleash their slashes in all sorts of ways.

However, these are skills that ordinary people possess.

That's not what the Sword God style pursues.

For the Sword God School, all they need to do is swing their swords. They don't need any complicated techniques; they just swing their swords as fast as possible to cut everything in two.

It is said that Alpha Leon, the first sword god in history to create the Sword God Style, used the sword in a way that surpassed the limits of human imagination. Not only could he swing his sword at unimaginable speed, but he could also change the trajectory of the sword at will during the swing, launching slashes from completely different directions at an incomprehensible speed.

The first generation's seemingly natural action, meticulously planned and refined by successive generations of sword gods, has finally led to the current Sword God Style.

Wielding the sword with an empty mind, wielding the sword with supersonic force, even to the point of being described as a light-speed katana.

Speed ​​beyond limits—that's the essence of the Sword God Style.

Later generations of sword masters were ultimately just imitating the skills of the first sword master, but most of them could only imitate and could not fully restore the essence of the first sword master.

Even if it was just imitation, the skills of the Sword Gods of each generation were already at a level that no human could reach. For a long time, the strongest humans were almost all successors of the Sword God school.

And it is precisely because of this that the Sword God style has become the strongest style in the world.

To become a superior in the Sword God style, one needs to wield a silent katana that surpasses the speed of sound—a strike that even sound cannot keep up with, the ultimate in a single technique.

If one lacks talent, even a lifetime might not yield any progress on this path.

Shirou is the kind of person who has no talent in the sword god style, so Paul can't help but doubt whether Shirou has really mastered the skills.

Under Paul's watchful gaze, Shirou slowly adopted the same stance.

Both of them use the Sword God Style, but Paul is a superior in the Sword God Style. In addition, the Sword God Style is a swordsmanship that is purely about speed. To defeat an opponent who is also a Sword God Style user, one needs to match or even surpass the opponent in speed, otherwise one will inevitably be defeated instantly.

Shirou was fully aware of this, but he showed no fear at the moment. Instead, he exhaled and slowly asked, "Shall we begin?"

"Ah."

In response to Shirou's attitude, Paul smiled calmly and shook his head, "It has already begun."

The moment he finished speaking, Paul's aura changed abruptly, emanating a terrifying killing intent that even Rudius and the others beside him could actually feel!

"Boom!"

The instant the killing intent was fully formed—no, even before it was fully formed—Paul's actions had already begun. He vanished from his spot like a blur and appeared before Shirou without anyone noticing.

—The Silent Greatsword.

A slash so powerful that even sound cannot catch up with it.

The attack that appeared before Shirou at this very moment was just like that.

Before Paul even finished speaking those words, or even the instant they were uttered, his sword had already reached Shirou at a speed that surpassed the speed of sound!

Ordinary people would absolutely be unable to cope with such an attack.

Even the Northern God Style swordsmen and the Water God Style swordsmen, who are of the same rank, would absolutely not be able to handle the skills possessed by this superior Sword God Style swordsman.

The reason why the Sword God style is called the strongest is precisely because of its unreasonable and absolute techniques.

"!!!"

Despite feeling the pressure, Shirou's expression remained unchanged.

Compared to the first time he witnessed Paul wielding the Silent Blade, he is now intimately familiar with the technique.

If he anticipates the attack well, he can even block it with the simplest defensive swordsmanship without using the same techniques.

But that's not what Paul wanted to see, nor is it what Shirow himself wanted to see.

The Sword God style should be countered by the same Sword God style.

This is the goal that Shirou has always been pursuing!

"Snapped!"

Feeling the sword wind almost rushing towards him, the slash so powerful that even a sound couldn't reach it was so close that Shirou actually closed his eyes in this near-extreme situation.

The eyes are clearly the most important thing for a swordsman, something that every swordsman must spend time and effort honing, yet Shirou is now deliberately abandoning his eyes, the most important tool for observation.

Is he giving up?

Most people would instinctively have this thought when they see Shirou's actions.

Paul, however, was the only one who couldn't come up with such a thought.

The moment Shirou closed his eyes, he felt an astonishing pressure emanating from a child who shouldn't be his age.

"!!"

There was no time to react further. Paul's intuition, honed over years of adventure, instinctively gripped the sword with both hands, lowered his shoulders, leaned forward, and swung the wooden sword down with all his might.

He has no intention of holding back; he plans to go all out!

however--

"Ding,"

Shirou's sword was clearly the one that was swung later, yet he actually caught up with Paul's sword. Not only that, even though he had his eyes closed, he seemed to clearly feel the arc of Paul's sword as it swung, blocking Paul's sword with perfect precision, and then turning around to deliver a second combo.