Did the Heroic Spirit I conquered become a reality?

The office was spotless, and all the books and materials were arranged neatly on the shelves in an almost obsessive and precise manner.

Behind that luxurious and artistic desk, crafted from a single massive obsidian block, a handsome man with long blond hair, dressed in a magnificent, aristocratic deep red suit, was elegantly reviewing documents.

He was Kenneth El-Melloi Archibald, one of the twelve monarchs of the Clock Tower, the head of the Department of Minerals, and a genius magician of the Archibald family.

In this timeline, although he participated in the Fourth Holy Grail War, which was full of "accidents," he survived and did not suffer the same tragic end as in the original story.

Upon hearing the door open, Kenneth didn't even look up, but spoke in a harsh, cold, and emotionless tone:

"Hmph, who did I think I was? It turns out that Tohsaka-kun, the most 'hottest' guy in our Clock Tower, is back."

His voice was full of aristocratic elegance, but his words carried an undisguised and sharp "sarcasm".

"Teacher, please don't make fun of me." Tohsaka Yu looked at the teacher in front of her, who was as 'sharp' as ever, and a gentle smile appeared on her face. "I've come here today because I have a 'personal matter' that I'd like to ask you for a favor."

"Personal matters?" Kenneth slowly raised his head.

He glanced at Tohsaka Yu with his scrutinizing and arrogant eyes, and snorted coldly.

"You troublemaker! Every 'private matter' of yours ends up becoming a 'trouble' that I have to use my monarchical authority to deal with. Let me make it clear now, my 'guidance fee' is very expensive."

“Yes, I know.” As Yu Tohsaka spoke, she respectfully handed him the documents she had prepared beforehand. “I would like to process the enrollment ‘procedures’ and long-term ‘residence permits’ for my three younger sisters and one… well, an elder in the family.”

Upon hearing this, Kenneth glanced at the document with an impatient look in his eyes.

However, after seeing the four "weighty" names on the document—Rin Tohsaka, Sakura Tohsaka, Illyasviel von Einzbern, and... Irisviel von Einzbern.

Kenneth's handsome face, which was always full of arrogance and elegance, was completely distorted at this moment.

"Tohsaka Yu!" He abruptly stood up from his seat, roaring in a tone filled with exasperation and anger, "What were you thinking?!"

"Do you know how many eyes are watching you from inside the Clock Tower right now! How many factions are trying to find something to use against you and pull you down from your position as 'Professor'!"

"And what did you do? You actually brought back two generations of 'androids' from that declining German magician family that should have been expelled long ago?! Are you afraid others won't find your 'weakness'?!"

Although his harsh words were full of "anger," Tohsaka Yu could clearly see a trace of... a complex emotion called "concern" deep in Kenneth's seemingly cold eyes.

“Teacher,” he looked at the teacher in front of him, who always used the most sarcastic language to express his “concern” and was not frank, and a warm smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

"do not worry."

He looked at Kenneth quietly and said slowly, "I will take full responsibility for everything concerning them."

"In the end, it's just bringing close friends and family... at most there will be some gossip, but it's not enough to warrant impeachment, is it?"

Seeing the boy's firm and confident eyes, Kenneth's angry expression faltered slightly.

He remained silent for a moment, then finally snorted coldly and sat back down in his seat.

"Hmph, do as you please."

As he spoke, he picked up a quill pen and signed his name on the document.

"If anything goes wrong, don't come crying to me and make me clean up your mess."

“Of course.” Tohsaka Yu smiled as she accepted the hard-won “permission.”

"Then I won't bother you any longer."

After saying that, he turned around and prepared to leave.

"Wait a moment."

Just then, Kenneth's indifferent voice rang out again.

Yu Tohsaka turned around and looked at him with some confusion.

Kenneth took out an invitation from the drawer, which looked quite ornate and full of aristocratic flair, and casually tossed it onto the table.

“Next week is Reines’s birthday dinner.” He turned his head away, avoiding Tohsaka Yu’s gaze, and said coldly in a tone full of “impatience” and as if it were a routine, “If you are ‘free’, bring your ‘family’ along.”

"It's also a way to introduce them to Reines."

Yu Tohsaka paused for a moment, then quickly put on a gentle smile and nodded, saying, "Okay."

After leaving Kenneth's luxurious and rational office, Tohsaka Yu walked alone through the ancient corridors of the clock tower, a place steeped in history and mystery.

Looking at the hard-won "permit" in his hand and the ornate "invitation" that exuded aristocratic elegance, he was filled with indescribable emotions.

Reines's birthday dinner...

Recalling the girl's playful, mischievous gaze as she looked at him on his way to Fuyuki that day, Tohsaka Yu felt a strange sense of emotion.

ten years.

For the people of this world, it is a long decade, enough for an ignorant child to grow into a graceful young woman.

But for him, that journey of saving humanity, filled with countless "encounters" and "separations," felt like it happened just yesterday.

This sense of "disjointedness" in his perception of time occasionally makes him feel a touch of indescribable "loneliness".

but……

The thought of Rin, Sakura, Illya, and Irisviel waiting for him in the apartment gradually calmed Yu Tohsaka down.

He is no longer alone.

He now has a "family" in the truest sense.

Just then, as he was about to turn a corner, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

In the shadows not far ahead, stood a girl he had never seen before.

Upon seeing the girl, Tohsaka Yu was momentarily stunned.

The girl was dressed in a simple, even somewhat outdated, gray-black monk-like robe. The wide hood shrouded most of her face in shadow, making it difficult to see clearly.

Her figure appeared quite petite, forming a stark contrast with the imposing and historically significant buildings around her.

In her hand, she carried a rather strange-looking, birdcage-like, square cage filled with an air of mystery.

Seemingly sensing Yu Tohsaka's gaze, the petite figure, who had been keeping her head down and exuding an aura of indifference, trembled slightly.

After a long while, as if she had mustered up a great deal of courage, she slowly raised her head.

When Tohsaka Yu saw that delicate face hidden in the shadow of the hood, full of a "delicate" air, and those emerald green eyes that were exactly like her own, filled with "surprise" and "nervousness," she was stunned again.

"Um...teacher..."

The girl looked at him and, in a voice filled with uncertainty, a little timid, yet surprisingly clear and melodious, softly asked:

"I...I have something I'd like to discuss with you."

Are you free right now?

At the end, she added, "If I'm busy, I'll come see you later..."

Yu Tohsaka looked at the girl in front of her and hesitated before asking, "Grey...?"

According to his memories from his previous life, the girl in front of him originally lived in a village in the Welsh mountains. Because she had a face that looked just like King Arthur, she was revered by the villagers and therefore grew up in a very lonely environment.

This feeling of loneliness only eased after I came to London and lived in student accommodation.

Why would she come looking for me?

Yu Tohsaka instinctively asked, "Is there something you need?"

Grey hesitated for a moment, then finally mustered her courage, looked up, and asked, "It's Reines's birthday... Have you picked out a gift yet?"

"If it's alright... I'd like to ask you to help me choose a gift."

Yu Tohsaka was stunned for a while before finally realizing what was happening.

Speaking of which, since next week is Reines's birthday banquet, people from all the major magic families in the Clock Tower will surely come to offer their congratulations.

As Reines's 'teacher', he naturally needed to prepare a decent gift.

Thinking about it this way, time seems a bit tight...?

Thinking of this, Tohsaka Yu looked at the girl's delicate and pretty face and gave a bright smile from the bottom of her heart: "Okay."

"That's exactly what I've been worrying about too."

Upon hearing this, Grey's emerald eyes, which always carried a somewhat indifferent and lifeless aura, suddenly brightened, and she abruptly raised her head.

"R-really? Is it really okay?" she asked again, somewhat incredulously. "Won't it be too much trouble for you, teacher?"

“No.” Yu Tohsaka smiled and shook her head. “It’s actually a way of helping each other out… I don’t really know what Reines likes, so maybe I can ask you for some advice.”

Grey nodded immediately, about to speak.

Just then, the square cage in her hand, which had been quiet all along and resembled a birdcage, suddenly emitted a clear and melodious sound filled with "dissatisfaction" and "disdain":

"Hmph! What a useless disciple! For a mere birthday present, you actually have to ask a man you've only known for a short time for help! Where is your 'dignity'? Where is your 'restraint'?!"

"Hey?! Yard! Didn't I tell you not to talk nonsense?!" Grey's cheeks turned bright red instantly, and she frantically tried to cover the chattering "cage."

"Hehehe, I'm just stating a 'fact'! You're a bastard,'" the voice that called himself "Yad" and was full of arrogance continued confidently, "Moreover, with my noble taste as the 'Maid of Mercury,' the gift I choose for you is definitely a million times better than the one this seemingly ordinary man would choose!"

Hearing this tsundere conversation that felt so familiar, Tohsaka Yu's smile grew even gentler.

He looked at the adorable girl before him, who was now flustered and blushing because of his talkative familiar, and said softly:

"Then it's decided."

"Let's go, Grey."

"Go and pick out a gift for Reines that will really surprise her."

Grey paused for a moment, then quickly nodded and gave a soft "Mmm".

Inside the clock tower, there is a very special commercial street.

This is a magician's "shopping paradise".

The streets are lined with shops of all kinds, each with its own distinct style and a classic and luxurious feel.

There are old shops that specialize in selling the highest-grade "magical costumes" that have been enchanted over hundreds of years, as well as shops that sell "materials" of long-extinct fantasy species from all over the world, and even a peculiar shop that is full of "human touch" and provides "paper writing" services for magicians who are not good at socializing.

At this moment, Yu Tohsaka, with Gray and the "cage" in her hand that was still chattering and complaining, walked on this street, which even he rarely visited, and which was filled with the atmosphere of "money" and "power".

"Hmph! How utterly vulgar! To use gargoyle heads as shop decorations is the most vicious insult to my noble aesthetics!"

"And that shop! They actually displayed 'Dragon Fangs' and 'Chimera Claws' in the same window! Don't they know that the magical properties of these two materials are mutually 'repulsive'?! Amateurs! Utterly amateurs!"

The voice that called itself "Yad" and was full of "arrogance" kept coming out from the cage in Grey's hands, and it gave a merciless "poisonous tongue" criticism to every shop on both sides of the street.

"Um... I'm sorry." Grey's cheeks were already as red as a ripe apple.

As she walked, she kept apologizing to Tohsaka Yu beside her in a low voice, "Yad...it's not usually like this."

"It's alright." Tohsaka Yu looked at her helpless and adorable appearance, and a genuine, gentle smile appeared on his face. "I think your 'familiar' is quite 'energetic'."

"Hehehe... Of course!" Yad's arrogant voice rang out again, "I am, after all, the most special..."

"Yad! If you keep saying anything like that, I... I really will stop talking to you!"

The chatterbox finally quieted down somewhat reluctantly amidst Grey's threatening and slightly annoyed voice.

Seeing this, Tohsaka Yu couldn't help but smile with amusement, and was about to speak.

Just then, his peripheral vision was suddenly drawn to a fortune-telling shop not far away.

It was a peculiar shop that stood out from all the luxurious magic shops around it, which were filled with an atmosphere of "money" and "power".

Its shop is small, and the lintel looks quite old, as if it has weathered hundreds of years.

Inside the shop, the lighting was dim, making it difficult to see clearly. One could only vaguely make out some ancient crystal balls that seemed to be used for divination, as well as some unknown trinkets that looked mysterious.

"Hmph... What a strange shop."

The "cage" in Grey's hand, which had just quieted down, suddenly spoke again in a boyish voice, full of "vigilance" and "doubt."

“This place… has a very peculiar aura. It doesn’t feel like ‘magic’; it’s more like… some kind of ancient, more ‘pure’ curse.”

Upon hearing Yad's words, Tohsaka Yu narrowed his eyes slightly.

Looking at the fortune-telling shop that exuded an "eerie" atmosphere from the inside out, a thought filled with "curiosity" and "exploration" in his mind grew stronger.

"Grey, wait here for me for a moment."

After saying that, he didn't hesitate any longer, and pushed open the old wooden door that looked like it would break at the slightest touch, and went inside.

Inside the store, the lighting was dim, and the air was filled with a pleasant aroma that had a calming and soothing effect.

Deep within the mysterious shop, a woman dressed in a wide, black hooded robe that covered her entire body, her face obscured, sat quietly behind an old round table covered with a purple velvet tablecloth.

"Welcome, lost traveler."